1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:04,037 [Vince laughing sinisterly] 2 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:18,184 [Vince] Shawn Michaels, I will unleash the apocalypse on you. 3 00:00:19,953 --> 00:00:22,722 It's gonna be you, and your tag team partner. 4 00:00:22,789 --> 00:00:26,526 The good Lord Almighty versus me, 5 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:30,530 and the product of my semen, my son, Shane. 6 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:32,999 You have finally gone completely insane. 7 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:34,334 I swear to God, 8 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:37,203 Shawn Michaels will not be walking out of here on his own power. 9 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:39,906 -Tonight's gonna be violent. -[J.R.] Shawn Michaels has snapped. 10 00:00:39,973 --> 00:00:42,809 -Tonight's gonna be brutal. -[J.R.] That must be a 20-foot ladder! 11 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,477 -[King screams] -[J.R.] Oh, my God! 12 00:00:44,544 --> 00:00:46,546 [Vince] Shawn Michaels broke all my commandments 13 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:48,481 and now will face the Backlash. 14 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:50,917 [man] Fatal smackdown! Oh, no, no. Don't do this. 15 00:00:50,984 --> 00:00:52,485 [King] Don't do this. No! 16 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:56,589 Tonight, you are going to endure your own personal hell. 17 00:00:56,656 --> 00:00:59,592 [Vince] When my son, Shane, and I get finished with Shawn Michaels, 18 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:01,961 he will worship at my feet. 19 00:01:02,028 --> 00:01:06,566 Praise be the name of Vincent Kennedy McMahon! 20 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:10,904 [Vince laughing maniacally] 21 00:01:14,107 --> 00:01:15,975 [echoing] Hallelujah! 22 00:01:21,114 --> 00:01:24,184 [J.R.] The biggest prize in the land. 23 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:26,319 [Cena] That's what this is about. 24 00:01:26,386 --> 00:01:29,789 [Joey Styles] John Cena has regained the Championship. 25 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:33,293 Edge has shocked the world. 26 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:38,932 [J.R.] Triple H is back on top of the mountain for a tenth time. 27 00:01:40,133 --> 00:01:43,803 The Game begins now. 28 00:01:43,870 --> 00:01:45,472 -Backlash… -Backlash… 29 00:01:45,538 --> 00:01:48,141 At Backlash, it is no tomorrow. 30 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:49,542 I have one mission. 31 00:01:49,609 --> 00:01:52,879 [King] They all want the same thing. They all want the WWE Title. 32 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:54,147 That is mine. 33 00:01:54,214 --> 00:01:57,283 [Edge] I'm going to become a two-time WWE Champion. 34 00:01:57,350 --> 00:01:59,619 [Cena] This means you rise to the occasion. 35 00:01:59,686 --> 00:02:01,421 You got your match, bitches. 36 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:05,692 [Triple H] I will go through anyone, if it means taking that Championship. 37 00:02:05,758 --> 00:02:08,094 [man] Stakes are high. They don't get higher than this. 38 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:09,429 -At Backlash… -…I'll take… 39 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:10,630 …what's mine. 40 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:12,699 [King] Three superstars, one title. 41 00:02:12,765 --> 00:02:15,401 -Who's it gonna be? -[J.R.] Who's it gonna be? 42 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:22,976 [narrator] And now, RAW presents… 43 00:02:23,042 --> 00:02:26,579 ["Baby Hates Me" by Danko Jones playing] 44 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:28,915 …WWE Backlash. 45 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:34,754 ♪ My favorite situations ♪ 46 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:38,424 ♪ Are always sticky kinds ♪ 47 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:42,061 ♪ I'll be the first to cast stones ♪ 48 00:02:42,128 --> 00:02:44,964 [audience cheering] 49 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:48,301 ♪ I'll sing it from a mountain ♪ 50 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:51,471 ♪ Just take me to the top ♪ 51 00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:53,773 [J.R.] We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, 52 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,609 to the Eighth Annual Backlash, 53 00:02:56,676 --> 00:03:00,313 live from Lexington, Kentucky. 54 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:03,183 I'm Jim Ross, alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler. 55 00:03:03,249 --> 00:03:05,218 We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, 56 00:03:05,285 --> 00:03:07,420 to the pay-per-view extravaganza. 57 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:09,389 And finally, tonight, King, 58 00:03:09,455 --> 00:03:13,393 the WWE Championship will be settled once and for all. 59 00:03:13,459 --> 00:03:16,162 That's right. Three superstars, only one title. 60 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:20,300 And tonight, some man, one of those superstars is going to be able to claim 61 00:03:20,366 --> 00:03:21,634 that he is The Champ. 62 00:03:21,701 --> 00:03:24,370 And what about Mr. McMahon? I think he is losing it. 63 00:03:24,437 --> 00:03:27,373 I'll tell you, Rupp Arena, this is my own stomping ground. 64 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,310 And I got a feeling, somebody's gonna get stomped tonight. 65 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:35,114 Let's take you over to our colleagues. Hugo Savinovich and Carlos Cabrera. 66 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:38,284 [speaking in Spanish] 67 00:03:55,735 --> 00:03:59,205 [Chris Masters' theme music plays] 68 00:04:19,225 --> 00:04:21,594 [audience booing] 69 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,768 Oh, come on. Come on. 70 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:35,775 [yells] 71 00:04:45,985 --> 00:04:47,186 [bell dings] 72 00:04:47,253 --> 00:04:49,689 [Lilian] This contest is scheduled for one fall. 73 00:04:49,756 --> 00:04:55,828 Introducing first, from Los Angeles, California, weighing in at 275 pounds… 74 00:04:55,895 --> 00:04:59,132 The Masterpiece, Chris Masters. 75 00:04:59,198 --> 00:05:03,169 [J.R.] Two former tag team partners, kicking it off tonight here at Backlash. 76 00:05:03,236 --> 00:05:06,372 And, King, these two, Masters and Carlito, 77 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:09,342 have had quite a historic past in the last month. 78 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:11,344 [King] Oh yes, they have. 79 00:05:11,411 --> 00:05:12,945 See there. 80 00:05:13,012 --> 00:05:16,015 I think, there is where the table started to turn right here. 81 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:18,351 Oh! That sneak attack from behind. 82 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:21,754 That Back Cracker from Carlito onto The Masterpiece. 83 00:05:21,821 --> 00:05:24,691 And then, Carlito was all over Chris. 84 00:05:24,757 --> 00:05:26,793 [J.R.] And then, Carlito shows up 85 00:05:26,859 --> 00:05:29,395 -with teacher Matt Striker. -I'm warning you. 86 00:05:29,462 --> 00:05:30,797 Put down the apple now. 87 00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:34,267 [audience exclaiming] 88 00:05:35,268 --> 00:05:39,472 [J.R.] Carlito spitting that apple in the face of the teacher, Matt Striker 89 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:44,711 and then falling victim to the unbreakable, seemingly, Masterlock. 90 00:05:51,284 --> 00:05:53,753 [King] So, it's come to this, has it? 91 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:57,090 Master's somewhat vain, a… arrogant young man, 92 00:05:57,156 --> 00:05:58,725 at 23 three years of age. 93 00:05:58,791 --> 00:06:01,194 Certainly a… amazing physical specimen. 94 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:04,197 [Carlito] I spit in the face of people who don't want to be cooler. 95 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:07,300 -[Carlito's theme music plays] -[Lilian] And making his way to the ring, 96 00:06:07,366 --> 00:06:10,970 from the Caribbean, weighing in at 220 pounds, 97 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:13,106 Carlito! 98 00:06:13,172 --> 00:06:14,741 [King] J.R., did you say 99 00:06:14,807 --> 00:06:17,477 Masters was "somewhat vain"? [laughs] 100 00:06:17,543 --> 00:06:21,080 [J.R.] Trying to be... Start the show off with a somewhat even keel here. 101 00:06:21,147 --> 00:06:23,716 -[King] Okay. -[J.R.] And frankly, same adjectives 102 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:26,586 that we have used to describe The Masterpiece 103 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:29,756 regarding "vain, arrogance, somewhat conceited," 104 00:06:29,822 --> 00:06:31,891 it certainly is part of Carlito's world. 105 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:35,194 [King] Both of these youngsters think that they are "it." 106 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:37,397 [J.R.] Carlito, 27 years of age. 107 00:06:37,463 --> 00:06:40,600 The son of a real wrestling legend, 108 00:06:40,666 --> 00:06:43,603 Carlos Colón, The King of the Caribbean. 109 00:06:43,669 --> 00:06:46,139 [audience cheering] 110 00:06:46,205 --> 00:06:50,209 [J.R.] And Carlito has a experience advantage here. 111 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:53,012 Both these men know each other very well, 112 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:57,717 but Masters' size and his power may be the deciding factor in this match. 113 00:06:57,784 --> 00:06:59,952 [King] I think they are trying to figure out 114 00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:01,821 which one should be talking smack right now. 115 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:03,389 [arguing indistinctly] 116 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:04,957 [J.R.] That's not a debate. 117 00:07:05,024 --> 00:07:06,926 Here at the… 118 00:07:06,993 --> 00:07:08,127 home of the… 119 00:07:08,194 --> 00:07:10,663 -[bell dings] -…University of Kentucky, Wildcats. 120 00:07:10,730 --> 00:07:12,832 Here in the historic Rupp Arena. And… 121 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:16,369 [King] This is what took place between these two. There's a slap! 122 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:19,205 -[audience booing] -[King] And there's a big right hand. 123 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:22,775 This is the kind of discussion that took place between these two, 124 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:25,011 before they went for matches, when they were partners. 125 00:07:25,077 --> 00:07:27,079 -[J.R.] When they were getting along. -[King] Yeah! 126 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:29,582 [J.R.] Certainly these two, not getting along any longer. 127 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:31,651 -[King] Hey! Hey! Hey! -[J.R.] And now… 128 00:07:31,717 --> 00:07:36,155 Masters is using that shortcut, that T-shirt to choke the lying Carlito. 129 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:39,592 Referee Mike Chioda signed this contest one-on-one here tonight, 130 00:07:39,659 --> 00:07:41,994 to kick off Backlash. We have him here with us, 131 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:43,563 wherever you may be. 132 00:07:45,164 --> 00:07:47,967 [King] I got a feeling that this is going to be the most… 133 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:49,869 I don't even know how to describe it. 134 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:52,872 Probably the most unusual, interesting pay-per-view 135 00:07:52,939 --> 00:07:54,740 that I have ever been involved with. 136 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:58,110 [J.R.] Both dropkicked into the lateral press. Couldn't get one as… 137 00:07:58,177 --> 00:08:00,479 Masters, with all that upper-body strength. 138 00:08:00,546 --> 00:08:03,082 -[Masters grunts] -[J.R.] He's… He is a… really a… 139 00:08:03,149 --> 00:08:06,018 Put together amazingly well, Chris Masters. 140 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:08,488 [King] You and I have had the pleasure of calling 141 00:08:08,554 --> 00:08:11,791 matches of many, many different superstars here in the WWE, 142 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:15,027 but never called one involving God before, have we? 143 00:08:15,094 --> 00:08:16,963 [J.R.] Mr. McMahon has put God. 144 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:18,998 [King] What-- Oh, my gosh! 145 00:08:19,065 --> 00:08:21,067 [J.R.] I wonder who he checked God's dates with. 146 00:08:21,133 --> 00:08:23,102 Nice high back body drop as, uh, 147 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:25,371 Masters elevates Carlito. 148 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:28,741 And Masters again going for the cover, not wasting any time, 149 00:08:28,808 --> 00:08:32,011 -and got a near-fall out of that. -[King] You know it is Sunday. 150 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:33,946 God doesn't usually work on Sunday, does he? 151 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:36,215 [J.R.] Guess he is off, observing the Sabbath. 152 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:39,051 -[Carlito grunts] -[J.R.] Mr. McMahon, what a… 153 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:44,490 Every week that goes by, this… man gets a little bit more strange. 154 00:08:44,557 --> 00:08:46,359 But in any event, we'll talk more about that 155 00:08:46,425 --> 00:08:48,294 as this night progresses, as… 156 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,062 [King] I'm sure you will. 157 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:52,231 [J.R.] As Carlito… 158 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:55,134 Was a little overpowered in the early going. 159 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:56,936 Carlito's gotta use his feet. 160 00:08:57,003 --> 00:08:59,906 [King] Whoa! Look at that strength you were talking about. 161 00:08:59,972 --> 00:09:01,607 That's gonna be difficult for Carlito. 162 00:09:01,674 --> 00:09:03,209 -Hey, look at this! -[J.R.] And… 163 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:04,544 [King] Look at this! 164 00:09:04,610 --> 00:09:07,647 [J.R.] Carlito with the Masterlock. 165 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:09,282 [audience cheering] 166 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:11,550 [J.R.] Some have called it the full nelson 167 00:09:11,617 --> 00:09:12,985 over the years, obviously, 168 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:15,488 but Masters has really perfected it. 169 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:18,724 And Masters breaks the Masterlock of Carlito. 170 00:09:18,791 --> 00:09:20,927 Something that no one has done to Masters. 171 00:09:20,993 --> 00:09:22,962 Masterlock does fall. 172 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:25,598 [King] I don't think Carlito can even-- Smashed him! 173 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:28,334 He better just stick with the full nelson. 174 00:09:28,834 --> 00:09:30,703 Then he outsmarts, uh… 175 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:32,138 the national champ-- Oh! 176 00:09:32,204 --> 00:09:34,674 [J.R.] Carlito with a low bridge and then... 177 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:38,578 over the top rope, nice crossbody, high-risk move by Carlito. 178 00:09:38,644 --> 00:09:41,581 I've got to think, King, that for Carlito to be successful, 179 00:09:41,647 --> 00:09:43,649 -he's got to do more of this. -[King] You're right. 180 00:09:43,716 --> 00:09:47,053 This is, as you say, a high risk move and that's… You see him… 181 00:09:49,021 --> 00:09:50,623 Well, it worked out that time. 182 00:09:52,024 --> 00:09:53,225 [Chioda] Six! 183 00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:55,895 [J.R.] Referee Mike Chioda has a ten-count to utilize 184 00:09:55,962 --> 00:09:58,197 and Carlito back in at seven. 185 00:09:59,065 --> 00:10:01,968 This is a one-fall match to kick off Backlash… 186 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:05,338 on a night where the WWE Championship 187 00:10:05,404 --> 00:10:07,440 will be decided between three men. 188 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:10,843 -[audience] Two! Three! Four! Five… -[J.R.] There's the southpaw, 189 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:12,645 from Samoa. 190 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:15,748 Finds his mark with those left hands. 191 00:10:17,817 --> 00:10:20,786 [King] And believe me, with The Masterpiece and Carlito, 192 00:10:20,853 --> 00:10:22,421 this match you're watching, 193 00:10:22,488 --> 00:10:25,324 is the biggest match on this pay-per-view tonight. 194 00:10:25,391 --> 00:10:28,894 Both of these guys… A win for either one of these guys is gonna be big. 195 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:30,096 [audience booing] 196 00:10:30,162 --> 00:10:32,098 -[J.R.] Masters a… -[King] Uh-oh! Oh! 197 00:10:32,164 --> 00:10:35,167 [J.R.] …23-year-old young man from Southern California. 198 00:10:35,234 --> 00:10:37,036 Shows great strength 199 00:10:37,103 --> 00:10:40,006 hurling Carlito. 200 00:10:40,072 --> 00:10:43,075 And Carlito-- Carlito's head, I think, hit the top turnbuckle. 201 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:45,344 [King] It was like a whiplash effect there. 202 00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:47,947 I don't know if his head hit the turnbuckle, 203 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:50,783 or if his neck just snapped back. 204 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:53,119 [J.R.] A lateral press and a hook of the leg… 205 00:10:53,185 --> 00:10:55,087 -Two! -[J.R.] Again, a near-fall 206 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:58,891 created by the strength and power of Chris Masters, 207 00:10:58,958 --> 00:11:00,459 The Masterpiece. 208 00:11:00,526 --> 00:11:02,294 [audience chant] Masters sucks! 209 00:11:02,361 --> 00:11:05,331 [King] The fans here in the Rupp Arena are voicing their opinion. 210 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:07,299 They think that Masters sucks. 211 00:11:07,366 --> 00:11:09,402 [J.R.] Much like they do Rick Pitino. 212 00:11:09,468 --> 00:11:10,836 -One! Two! -[King laughs] 213 00:11:10,903 --> 00:11:13,472 [J.R.] The coach at Louisville just down the road. 214 00:11:13,539 --> 00:11:14,874 [Masters screams] 215 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:18,444 [J.R.] Again, that bulking size, 216 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:22,948 with the pace slowed down to a Masterpiece-like level, 217 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:27,253 is paying dividends thus far for Chris Masters. 218 00:11:27,319 --> 00:11:29,855 A leglock by Masters and again… 219 00:11:29,922 --> 00:11:33,959 body-to-body and a chest-on-chest, got a near-fall again. 220 00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:38,130 [King] Masterpiece pretty much now… commands-- 221 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:41,634 Basically, kind of, manhandling Carlito. Look at this. 222 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:43,836 [J.R.] One has to only… 223 00:11:43,903 --> 00:11:47,940 wonder how much punishment Carlito's gonna be able to take 224 00:11:48,007 --> 00:11:50,943 at the hands of his bigger, stronger adversary. 225 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,012 And it looked at one time 226 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:56,415 as if these two were well on their way to becoming, 227 00:11:56,482 --> 00:11:59,385 perhaps, the finest tag team combination 228 00:11:59,452 --> 00:12:00,886 on Monday night RAW, 229 00:12:00,953 --> 00:12:03,022 until they met up with Big Show and Kane. 230 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:05,858 [King] These two young men, as we've talked about-- 231 00:12:05,925 --> 00:12:09,295 They both have tremendously bright futures here at WWE. 232 00:12:09,361 --> 00:12:12,064 They both have tremendous egos. 233 00:12:12,131 --> 00:12:14,333 And when you get a team like that, 234 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,535 you usually don't stay together that long. 235 00:12:16,602 --> 00:12:19,038 [J.R.] Carlito, only 27 years of age. 236 00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:22,842 He's got caught in the reverse elbow, more high-impact stuff. 237 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:25,978 Smashmouth style by Masters. 238 00:12:26,045 --> 00:12:29,415 Again, the cover, and again another near-fall. 239 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:32,284 That's gotta be their fourth or fifth near-fall 240 00:12:32,351 --> 00:12:35,254 created by Masters in this matchup. 241 00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:37,590 But the match will not end on a point system. 242 00:12:37,656 --> 00:12:40,793 [King] Masterpiece with that big handful of that… 243 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:43,395 that hair… of Carlito. 244 00:12:43,462 --> 00:12:45,631 Carlito got several heads' worth of hair. 245 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:56,342 [J.R.] Masters turns and scores the neckbreaker, 246 00:12:56,408 --> 00:13:00,179 again, applying the pressure to the neck of Carlito. 247 00:13:00,246 --> 00:13:03,015 Cover, and referee's hand again, coming down. 248 00:13:03,082 --> 00:13:05,551 And all that pressure on the neck and head 249 00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:08,554 certainly would seem to be a precursor 250 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:10,923 to Chris Masters 251 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:13,225 using the Masterlock at some point. 252 00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:16,328 Clothesline for the neck and hip. 253 00:13:16,395 --> 00:13:18,931 -[King] How old did you say Carlito was? -[J.R.] Twenty-seven. 254 00:13:18,998 --> 00:13:21,700 [King] Any more of those, he's not gonna make it to 28. 255 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:24,403 [J.R.] Great right hand. Referee's got to get in there 256 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,539 and admonish Masters. 257 00:13:26,605 --> 00:13:29,275 [King] Watch this again, and listen to this impact. 258 00:13:29,341 --> 00:13:30,709 -[loud snap] -[body thuds] 259 00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:34,547 [J.R.] Nothing fancy about Master's offense. 260 00:13:37,049 --> 00:13:39,885 Certainly a victory here on pay-per-view. 261 00:13:39,952 --> 00:13:42,121 This match is seen worldwide… 262 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:43,622 [Carlito grunts] 263 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:47,126 …would no doubt benefit the career 264 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:48,394 of both these young men. 265 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:50,162 [King] Not only will it benefit the career, 266 00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:52,364 but it will do wonders for each one of these guys, 267 00:13:52,431 --> 00:13:54,166 or whoever's the victor, for their ego. 268 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:56,035 Because both of these guys thought 269 00:13:56,101 --> 00:13:59,038 that they were the reason for the success of their tag team. 270 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:00,940 And now, looks like the Masterlock… 271 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:04,410 is about to be applied. Whoa! Whoa! Fight! 272 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:07,112 [J.R.] Nice roll-up. Can it be? 273 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:08,447 A near-fall. 274 00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:11,984 Nice counter to that attempted Masterpiece. 275 00:14:12,551 --> 00:14:16,288 [King] Well, I gotta think that that's the one thing Carlito's been doing. 276 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:19,391 Preparing for this match, trying to come up with some counters 277 00:14:19,458 --> 00:14:20,993 for that… that Masterlock. 278 00:14:21,060 --> 00:14:23,295 [J.R.] Springboard, reverse elbow, 279 00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:25,798 as Carlito tries to quicken the pace, 280 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:29,001 Carlito still holding that head. 281 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:30,669 Nice athletic move here, King. 282 00:14:30,736 --> 00:14:33,839 [King] Check this out one more time, that springboard 283 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:36,709 into a nice elbow right to the jaw of The Masterpiece. 284 00:14:37,476 --> 00:14:40,412 -Wait a minute. -[J.R.] Carlito's grabbing his apple. 285 00:14:43,048 --> 00:14:46,218 -[King exclaims] -[J.R.] A little sleight of hand there. 286 00:14:46,285 --> 00:14:48,487 [King] He just threw that apple in the air 287 00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:50,723 and it distracted Chris Masters. 288 00:14:50,789 --> 00:14:52,658 He watched that apple fly by, took his… 289 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:54,393 So to say, his eyes off the ball… 290 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:57,429 But he took his eyes off Carlito for a moment. He got… 291 00:14:57,496 --> 00:14:59,031 It was kinda short, dropkick. 292 00:14:59,098 --> 00:15:01,166 [J.R.] Low dropkick, right to the kneecap. 293 00:15:01,233 --> 00:15:03,235 And then follows it up, does Carlito. 294 00:15:03,302 --> 00:15:05,704 Again in the left side, if you notice, 295 00:15:05,771 --> 00:15:07,139 where those poles are. 296 00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:10,175 Carlito, now, picking up the pace here. 297 00:15:11,076 --> 00:15:12,344 Lowered his head. 298 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:14,213 -[King] Look at this! -[J.R.] Nice counter. 299 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,850 -And a dropkick, Carlito, -[King] Nice, high dropkick that time. 300 00:15:17,916 --> 00:15:19,385 [J.R.] Taking to the airways, 301 00:15:19,451 --> 00:15:22,221 and taking down Chris Masters. 302 00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:24,556 Carlito, using more aerial maneuvers 303 00:15:24,623 --> 00:15:26,592 thus far in this match than we've seen. 304 00:15:26,659 --> 00:15:28,994 -[King] It's a cover. -[J.R.] That won't get it. 305 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:30,562 [audience screams, boos] 306 00:15:30,629 --> 00:15:33,098 And Masters got his shoulder up. 307 00:15:33,165 --> 00:15:35,234 Masters almost asleep at the wheel there. 308 00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:37,536 I didn't think there was a chance in the world 309 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:39,405 that Masters would have been pinned, 310 00:15:39,471 --> 00:15:41,607 but the referee's hand was coming down on three, 311 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,142 and Masters almost… 312 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:45,244 took a little siesta at the wrong time. 313 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:51,750 [King] The referee may have taken a siesta. 314 00:15:51,817 --> 00:15:53,819 -Oh. -[Carlito screams] 315 00:15:53,886 --> 00:15:57,389 [J.R.] Short, sternum first, quick to the turnbuckle. 316 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:04,363 And now, again, Masters really manhandling Carlito, 317 00:16:04,430 --> 00:16:06,865 and no disrespect meant to Carlito. 318 00:16:06,932 --> 00:16:10,836 There's a distinct size and strength advantage for Masters here. 319 00:16:10,903 --> 00:16:13,872 [King] Watch out. This is not gonna bode well for Carlito… 320 00:16:13,939 --> 00:16:15,040 Oh, wait a minute. 321 00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:16,976 -[J.R.] And Masters… -[King] Nice move. 322 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:19,378 [J.R.] …got the elbow to the face, and Masters… 323 00:16:19,445 --> 00:16:21,814 not like anybody else. Really despises getting hit 324 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,417 -on those handsome features of his. -[King] Ay, ay, ay. Look at Carlito! 325 00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:27,987 -[J.R.] Carlito on top. -[King] Look out! 326 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:32,024 [J.R.] Carlito with a moonsault. Not sure how much he got of it. 327 00:16:32,091 --> 00:16:35,127 He's got the leg, nonetheless-- And a near-fall. 328 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:40,366 Masters never met a mirror he didn't like. 329 00:16:40,432 --> 00:16:41,667 [King chuckles] 330 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:44,636 [King] I heard that after he checks out of his hotel room, 331 00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:46,972 the mirrors don't cool off for about 30 minutes. 332 00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:48,507 Watch it there. 333 00:16:48,574 --> 00:16:51,710 [J.R.] Masters looking for that Masterlock again. Can't find it. 334 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:53,245 And, finally… 335 00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:56,015 -[King] Almost got it now! -[J.R.] Lock those hands! 336 00:16:56,081 --> 00:16:58,917 Carlito negotiating Masters to the turnbuckle. 337 00:16:58,984 --> 00:17:00,886 -Masters ain't a… -[King] Yes! 338 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:02,321 [J.R.] Top turnbuckle! 339 00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:04,590 And that Back Cracker… 340 00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:07,326 -after the turnbuckle. -[audience] One! Two! Three! 341 00:17:07,393 --> 00:17:09,695 -[bell dings] -And Carlito steals one. 342 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:11,964 [Carlito's theme music plays] 343 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:14,199 [Lilian] Here is your winner… 344 00:17:14,266 --> 00:17:16,769 Carlito! 345 00:17:17,603 --> 00:17:20,072 [J.R.] Well, both men perceive themselves 346 00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:22,107 to be cool, gutsy. 347 00:17:22,174 --> 00:17:23,809 Both are arrogant. 348 00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:29,415 But on this occasion, the speed and the resourcefulness of Carlito 349 00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:31,717 was too much for Masters. 350 00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:34,787 [King] Let's see a little of what you call "resourcefulness." 351 00:17:34,853 --> 00:17:36,555 That was resourceful right there. 352 00:17:36,622 --> 00:17:40,192 Driving Masterpiece's face into that turnbuckle. 353 00:17:40,259 --> 00:17:41,927 And the backbreaker was good. 354 00:17:41,994 --> 00:17:44,396 But this is the resourcefulness, right here. 355 00:17:44,463 --> 00:17:46,565 -Using the rope for leverage. -[bell dings] 356 00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:49,234 [J.R.] Carlito made sure that the referee was 357 00:17:49,301 --> 00:17:52,838 in a position to see the shoulders of Masters, 358 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:55,274 and not the feet of Carlito on the ropes. 359 00:17:55,340 --> 00:17:58,077 Carlito gets a victory here… 360 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:02,014 in the most dubious of circumstances. 361 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,283 [King] There we are. We're taking a look at, 362 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:06,652 as you said, historic Rupp Arena, 363 00:18:06,718 --> 00:18:09,721 right here in beautiful Lexington, Kentucky, 364 00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:12,024 and the picturesque horse farms all around. 365 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:13,425 This is a wonderful place 366 00:18:13,492 --> 00:18:17,162 and a great shot for this pay-per-view tonight. 367 00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:21,133 [J.R.] The horse capital of the world, and here's a handsome young filly. 368 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,234 Here's Maria. 369 00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:23,368 [King] Oh, yeah. 370 00:18:24,436 --> 00:18:27,072 What an exciting night here at Backlash. 371 00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:30,809 Some of you may not have been too happy with Masters' victory over Carlito. 372 00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:32,878 But let's hear what you had to say 373 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:37,916 about who's going to leave Lexington, Kentucky the WWE Champion. 374 00:18:37,983 --> 00:18:40,819 -Is it gonna be Edge? -[audience booing] 375 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:43,055 -Or Triple H? -[audience cheering] 376 00:18:43,121 --> 00:18:45,324 Or The Champ, John Cena? 377 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:46,391 [audience cheering] 378 00:18:47,192 --> 00:18:51,330 Triple H plus Pedigree equals pinfall of one, two, three. 379 00:18:51,396 --> 00:18:54,333 John Cena, without a doubt. He's earned his spot. He's gonna keep it. 380 00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:57,436 The Rated-R Superstar. Nobody but Edge. Come on, now. 381 00:18:57,503 --> 00:19:00,906 Without a doubt Triple H, The Game, The Cerebral Assassin. 382 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:04,576 Cena is gonna win because Edge and Triple H can't see this. 383 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:08,647 Edge. He's the better wrestler, all around, high flyer, quickest. 384 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:09,915 Edge taking it all the way. 385 00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:13,318 Oh, Triple H is gonna take it home because he's The Game. 386 00:19:13,385 --> 00:19:15,621 I've been watching them from Iraq. I'm watching them now. 387 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:16,855 Today's my birthday. 388 00:19:16,922 --> 00:19:19,224 So, happy birthday to me. Triple H is gonna kick some butt. 389 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:23,729 Wow, it seems there aren't too many Edge fans out there. 390 00:19:23,795 --> 00:19:26,665 But tonight we'll have to see what happens when… 391 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:28,600 Ow! 392 00:19:31,537 --> 00:19:33,805 Do you really think Edge and I actually care 393 00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:37,209 what Rosco P. Coltrane out in Lexington, Kentucky thinks tonight? 394 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:39,945 Mm-mm, no. 395 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:42,147 These are the same fans 396 00:19:42,214 --> 00:19:44,883 that have been calling me a ho. 397 00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:48,787 [audience cheering] 398 00:19:51,156 --> 00:19:53,325 You know, I've kept my mouth shut long en-- 399 00:19:53,392 --> 00:19:56,261 Um, uh, really? 'Cause from what I hear, 400 00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:59,665 you like to keep your mouth pretty wide open. 401 00:19:59,731 --> 00:20:01,300 [audience cheering] 402 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:02,935 Want me to knock you out? 403 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:04,803 -Mm-mm, no. -"Mm-mm, no." 404 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:06,505 So, shut up. 405 00:20:06,572 --> 00:20:09,274 And I will tell you what I am gonna do with my mouth. 406 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:11,977 I'll tell you and all these people 407 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:14,713 that they can laugh all they want. 408 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:17,616 Because I'm gonna be the laughing when Edge walks out 409 00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:20,886 the new WWE Champion. 410 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:22,554 [audience booing] 411 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:24,957 And we're going to take that title. 412 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:28,260 We're not gonna have a live sex celebration. 413 00:20:29,127 --> 00:20:32,497 But we are gonna have a private… 414 00:20:33,732 --> 00:20:36,401 sex celebration. 415 00:20:36,468 --> 00:20:38,503 [audience booing] 416 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:40,472 Because, unlike these people, 417 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:43,375 I actually get some. 418 00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:47,045 [audience booing] 419 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:49,381 [King] Ow. 420 00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:52,284 [speaking in Spanish] 421 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:55,020 [audience booing] 422 00:20:57,189 --> 00:21:01,693 [speaking in Spanish] 423 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,097 [in English] Everybody, listen… [chuckles] 424 00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:07,399 …to me. 425 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,537 [speaking in Spanish] Ha-ha! 426 00:21:16,008 --> 00:21:18,343 My name is 427 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:24,049 Armando Alejandro Estrada. 428 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:26,952 [audience booing] 429 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:30,022 And I present to you, 430 00:21:30,088 --> 00:21:35,127 the man who is going to destroy 431 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:38,764 the Nature Boy, Ric Flair. Ha-ha! 432 00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:40,165 [audience booing] 433 00:21:40,232 --> 00:21:42,501 Ladies and gentlemen, 434 00:21:42,567 --> 00:21:45,604 Umaga! 435 00:21:45,671 --> 00:21:49,641 [Umaga's theme song playing] 436 00:21:56,114 --> 00:21:57,382 [bell dings] 437 00:21:57,449 --> 00:21:59,985 [Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall. 438 00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:02,321 Introducing first, from the isle of Samoa, 439 00:22:02,387 --> 00:22:04,623 weighing in at 350 pounds, 440 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:06,458 Umaga! 441 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:10,662 [J.R.] I'll tell you what I think, this Umaga is, uh, 442 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:12,097 a little north of, uh… 443 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:14,533 -[Samoan war cry] -[J.R.] …of 350. 444 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:17,035 Just by looking at him, but man, oh, man. 445 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,503 A few weeks ago, King, 446 00:22:18,570 --> 00:22:20,839 when he interrupted the Nature Boy, Ric Flair… 447 00:22:20,906 --> 00:22:24,409 Look at this. Look at Ric Flair's head snap back 448 00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:28,447 at the impact of a man that I say weighs closer to 400 pounds. 449 00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:30,782 [King] Let me tell you something. 450 00:22:30,849 --> 00:22:32,918 That's hard to watch right there for us, 451 00:22:32,984 --> 00:22:36,722 and I'm sure that the Nature Boy has seen this over and over, 452 00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:40,258 and it's not a very pretty sight, as you say. 453 00:22:40,325 --> 00:22:42,260 Umaga manhandling Ric Flair. 454 00:22:42,327 --> 00:22:44,663 But let me remind you, 455 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:47,632 that was an attack from behind, if you remember. 456 00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:48,734 [J.R.] Exactly. 457 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,503 [King] Gonna be a different story here tonight with the Nature Boy 458 00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:54,072 looking this giant right in the eyes. 459 00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:58,443 [J.R.] Well, Flair made a… 460 00:22:59,811 --> 00:23:02,347 impression, to say the least, on Umaga, 461 00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:04,983 at least, certain parts of his anatomy, last week. 462 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,721 [Ric] Woooo! 463 00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:11,790 [Ric Flair's theme song playing] 464 00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:17,028 [Lilian] And making his way to the ring, 465 00:23:17,095 --> 00:23:20,198 from Charlotte, North Carolina, 466 00:23:20,265 --> 00:23:24,736 the Nature Boy, Ric Flair! 467 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:32,811 [J.R.] Fans on their feet here at the Rupp Arena… 468 00:23:33,678 --> 00:23:36,415 as the incomparable Nature Boy, Ric Flair, 469 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:40,218 a former 16-time World Heavyweight Champion, 470 00:23:40,285 --> 00:23:43,255 makes his way to the ring. The 57-year… 471 00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:44,356 [King] Here we go! 472 00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:46,858 [J.R.] Being met on the outside by Umaga. 473 00:23:47,692 --> 00:23:49,361 And in… in the face. 474 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,696 Important here, King, is, 475 00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:56,134 Umaga's just too big, just too strong, 476 00:23:56,201 --> 00:23:57,936 for Ric Flair to handle. 477 00:23:58,003 --> 00:24:00,172 [King] Well, I don't like the fact that, uh… 478 00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:03,208 as you said, Ric Flair was met on the outside by Umaga. 479 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:04,676 More or less attacked 480 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:07,379 -before the match officially started. -[bell rings] 481 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,815 That, in my opinion, does not bode well for Flair. 482 00:24:09,881 --> 00:24:12,417 [J.R.] Referee Mickie Henson has called the bell. 483 00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:14,186 We are officially on the way. 484 00:24:14,252 --> 00:24:17,923 Umaga has yet to lose in the WWE. 485 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:21,026 And Armando Alejandro Estrada 486 00:24:21,092 --> 00:24:24,729 has quite the find in this… Samoan-- 487 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:27,632 Thumb to the eye, one of the dirtiest play in the game. 488 00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:29,835 And Estrada has… 489 00:24:29,901 --> 00:24:32,737 [King] Alejandro is saying he thumbed him in the eye. 490 00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:34,506 Thumb in the eye, nothing compares to that! 491 00:24:34,573 --> 00:24:36,775 [J.R.] And a low blow by Flair. 492 00:24:39,511 --> 00:24:41,213 Flair, a hard shot. 493 00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:44,916 Flair's gonna be successful in… 494 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:48,186 -in getting Umaga off his feet… -[King] Oh! Another one. 495 00:24:48,253 --> 00:24:50,789 [J.R.] And Flair, maneuvering the referee, 496 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:54,826 manipulating the referee, with the second low blow in this match. 497 00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:58,530 [King] Look at him. Oh, those chops. 498 00:24:58,597 --> 00:25:02,601 From Flair to Umaga, did not take that big monster off his feet. 499 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:07,939 But well, well-aimed shot to the throat of Flair, knocks the Nature Boy down. 500 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:10,208 [J.R.] Umaga's probably got a 60-inch chest. 501 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:14,246 And Flair was laying those hard knife edge chops in. 502 00:25:14,312 --> 00:25:15,914 And look out here. 503 00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:17,015 [King] There you go! 504 00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:21,553 [J.R.] And Flair able to avoid obvious disaster. 505 00:25:22,988 --> 00:25:26,324 But Umaga rolling to the outside. 506 00:25:26,391 --> 00:25:29,094 This is a huge, powerful man. 507 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,864 -[King] Oh, man. Did you hear that? -[J.R.] Hard shots. 508 00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:35,000 But look at the effect 509 00:25:35,066 --> 00:25:37,802 those knife edge chops have on Umaga-- 510 00:25:37,869 --> 00:25:39,037 [King] Look at him! Oh! 511 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:40,872 [J.R.] And the Nature Boy… 512 00:25:40,939 --> 00:25:42,674 Man, he may have saved his… 513 00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:45,377 [King] His skin. 514 00:25:45,443 --> 00:25:48,346 [J.R.] His skin… in more ways than one there. 515 00:25:48,413 --> 00:25:49,848 [Henson] Two! 516 00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:52,851 [King] Check this out one more time. 517 00:25:52,918 --> 00:25:54,319 This big monster… 518 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:57,689 Head first into what would've been Ric Flair, 519 00:25:57,756 --> 00:26:00,325 but it turned out to be that steel ring post. 520 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:02,093 [J.R.] And a scary part about it is 521 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,163 Umaga's head and the sternum hits the ring post, 522 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:08,166 Umaga is back up, he's still vertical. 523 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:13,572 And Flair with that chop block finally starts to wear down Umaga. 524 00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:15,440 No! 525 00:26:15,507 --> 00:26:17,108 [King] Well, what is the… 526 00:26:17,175 --> 00:26:18,877 Here you go, you're gonna see some 527 00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:21,680 patented Nature Boy, now going after those legs. 528 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,649 [J.R.] Flair kicked off from the attempt Figure-Four. 529 00:26:24,716 --> 00:26:26,184 Umaga, now… 530 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:28,253 big size. 531 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,821 -[Umaga grunts] -[J.R.] Oh! 532 00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:33,258 Strength, power, he's got everything over Flair, 533 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:34,759 except that great experience 534 00:26:34,826 --> 00:26:39,264 and Flair's daunting will to win and survive. 535 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:40,899 Applying flying headbutt, 536 00:26:40,966 --> 00:26:45,437 as Flair is tied upside down in the Tree of Woe. 537 00:26:46,671 --> 00:26:50,842 The 350 or 400 pound, or whatever you wanna… 538 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:52,944 He's a big son of gun, is that Umaga. 539 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:56,348 [King] Well, I'm afraid he's gonna go for it again, and this time… 540 00:26:56,414 --> 00:26:59,651 I don't think Ric's gonna be able to get away! Gosh! 541 00:26:59,718 --> 00:27:01,219 [Ric grunting in pain] 542 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:04,689 [J.R.] Ric can't move his… his head. 543 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:06,291 Almost popped like a pimple 544 00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:09,728 between Umaga's backside and that bottom turnbuckle. 545 00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:12,263 [King] Look of ecstasy on the face of Estrada. 546 00:27:13,765 --> 00:27:15,133 Look out, Ric! 547 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,636 [J.R.] Flying headbutt off that second row. 548 00:27:17,702 --> 00:27:21,139 I'm telling you, King, this Umaga is… 549 00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:25,410 is going to be someone in the-- that we are going to have to deal with. 550 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:29,381 And more importantly, the RAW locker room's gonna have to deal with. 551 00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,583 And that Samoan Spike-like maneuver 552 00:27:31,649 --> 00:27:33,651 -right to the throat. -[Henson] Two! Three! 553 00:27:33,718 --> 00:27:36,721 [J.R.] And I can't believe what we've just witnessed. 554 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:40,558 How many times has Ric Flair lost this decisively? 555 00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:43,061 [Lilian] …Umaga. 556 00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:45,697 King, we have seen Ric Flair in every environment. 557 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:48,500 You've known him for over 20 years, 558 00:27:48,566 --> 00:27:50,101 -as have I. -[King] Yeah. 559 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:52,670 [J.R.] I don't think I've ever seen Ric Flair 560 00:27:52,737 --> 00:27:54,973 be completely physically dissected 561 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,641 as we have just seen here. 562 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:59,577 [King] And look at the size of this victory cigar 563 00:27:59,644 --> 00:28:04,883 that Armando-- I'll just say it, Alejandro Estrada-- 564 00:28:04,949 --> 00:28:06,518 look at the size of that cigar. 565 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,822 [J.R.] The 350-pound Umaga 566 00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:15,660 has physically destroyed the legendary Ric Flair 567 00:28:15,727 --> 00:28:19,230 in literally record time here at Backlash. 568 00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:21,266 [King] Let's check this out one more time. 569 00:28:21,332 --> 00:28:24,369 If you find yourself in this position, 570 00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:27,806 hanging upside down at the mercy of Umaga, 571 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:32,143 and then literally between a rock and a hard place there, 572 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:36,481 and this taped thumb, like a steel spike into your throat… 573 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,817 [J.R.] That Samoan-like spike 574 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:42,420 right into the carotid artery, the throat of Ric Flair. 575 00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:45,190 Umaga remains undefeated, 576 00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:51,529 but on his résumé, he can say he dominated Ric Flair at Backlash. 577 00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:54,632 [King] One thing I don't think we're gonna have to worry about 578 00:28:54,699 --> 00:28:57,769 is seeing Estrada tomorrow night at RAW. 579 00:28:57,836 --> 00:28:59,170 [J.R.] You don't think so? 580 00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:02,607 [King] Isn't there one of those illegal immigrant work stoppages tomorrow? 581 00:29:02,674 --> 00:29:04,776 I don't think he'll show up. 582 00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:07,479 But I'm afraid Umaga will be there. 583 00:29:07,545 --> 00:29:10,215 -[Speaking in Samoan] -[King] This guy is a freak. 584 00:29:11,216 --> 00:29:14,285 Check out the guns, baby. Yeah! [chuckles] 585 00:29:14,352 --> 00:29:16,087 -Man, looking good, looking good. -Yeah. 586 00:29:16,154 --> 00:29:18,323 Ready to take Shawn Michaels out? You and I? 587 00:29:18,389 --> 00:29:20,091 Damn right. 588 00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:21,993 Wait a minute. What'd you say? 589 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:24,395 This is… This is not a Handicap Match. 590 00:29:24,462 --> 00:29:26,998 This is not you and me against Shawn Michaels. 591 00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:28,433 Let me remind you, 592 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:30,201 this is a tag team match. 593 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:32,203 It's the McMahons together 594 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:33,972 against Shawn Michaels 595 00:29:34,038 --> 00:29:36,007 and his partner, 596 00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:37,075 God. 597 00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:39,110 I know you're gonna handle Michaels. 598 00:29:39,177 --> 00:29:41,146 Drop that elbow just like you did last week, 599 00:29:41,212 --> 00:29:44,215 but this time, I want you to send him straight to hell. 600 00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:46,851 Let's get one thing straight between you and me. 601 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:50,188 When it comes to Michaels' tag team partner, 602 00:29:50,255 --> 00:29:53,591 you leave God to me. 603 00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:55,493 -Oh, he's all yours. -Yeah. 604 00:29:56,294 --> 00:30:00,398 Because there's nothing God can do 605 00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:01,900 that I can't do. 606 00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:05,703 I'll give you an example. Give me that bottle for a second. 607 00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:08,006 Excuse me a second. Watch this, okay? 608 00:30:08,072 --> 00:30:09,073 Now watch. 609 00:30:11,376 --> 00:30:13,411 Okay, here, hold this. 610 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:14,479 Now watch. 611 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:16,147 [boots stomping] 612 00:30:19,617 --> 00:30:21,586 You know what that was? 613 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,421 Yeah, you're making a mess. 614 00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:24,889 No, no. 615 00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:26,691 I'm walking on water. 616 00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:30,094 See? It's not that difficult. 617 00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:32,363 Oh, I got something else for you. Watch this. 618 00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:35,166 -Dad, let's-- -I know, the match is coming up, I know. 619 00:30:35,233 --> 00:30:36,301 Watch this. 620 00:30:36,367 --> 00:30:38,069 Damn, this thing is sticky. 621 00:30:38,136 --> 00:30:40,104 You know what this is? Huh? 622 00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:43,608 There's this-- I don't quite have the story right. 623 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:45,176 There's this, um… 624 00:30:45,243 --> 00:30:47,712 Something about th-the bread, 625 00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:50,281 and lots of bread coming after that, and more fishes, 626 00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:51,549 and that sort of thing, 627 00:30:51,616 --> 00:30:54,352 and breaking the bread and getting the hook out of the fish's mouth, 628 00:30:54,419 --> 00:30:55,653 and, you know… 629 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,723 I don't need this at the moment. But watch this. Now, watch. 630 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,059 [whooshes] It was easy. 631 00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:03,127 [whooshes] 632 00:31:03,761 --> 00:31:05,096 How about that? 633 00:31:06,431 --> 00:31:07,932 Okay. You ready to go? 634 00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:11,102 Yeah, but shouldn't we wait for it? Wait. 635 00:31:11,169 --> 00:31:13,438 But, Dad, wait for what? 636 00:31:14,872 --> 00:31:16,341 Now! 637 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:19,944 [laughs maniacally] 638 00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:23,181 It's bountiful. Ha! It's bountiful. 639 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:24,782 [laughs maniacally] 640 00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:28,219 Yes! Yes! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 641 00:31:28,286 --> 00:31:31,155 Oh. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Shane, look, look! 642 00:31:31,923 --> 00:31:33,491 It's an omen. 643 00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:34,759 It's a sign. 644 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:37,195 Yes. 645 00:31:38,263 --> 00:31:40,865 Holy mackerel! 646 00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:43,034 [laughs maniacally] 647 00:31:44,102 --> 00:31:46,271 Damn, that thing stinks. [groans] 648 00:31:49,707 --> 00:31:52,477 [man] Your father should be fired! 649 00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:59,951 Uh, Dad. 650 00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:01,319 [audience laughing] 651 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:04,489 Can it get any more bizarre? 652 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:07,392 I think now, Vince can forgive his own sins. 653 00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:10,561 -I don't-- -Ladies and gentlemen, 654 00:32:10,628 --> 00:32:12,163 it goes from the bizarre 655 00:32:12,230 --> 00:32:16,000 to, well, a little bit more bizarre, perhaps. 656 00:32:16,067 --> 00:32:17,068 -Yeah. -Because… 657 00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:20,505 We're getting ready to see the WWE Women's Championship on the line. 658 00:32:20,571 --> 00:32:22,473 Mickie James, the champion, 659 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:25,310 to be challenged by the former champion, Trish Stratus, 660 00:32:25,376 --> 00:32:28,913 who lost to Mickie James, King, at WrestleMania. 661 00:32:30,214 --> 00:32:32,917 ♪ You used to be so special ♪ 662 00:32:32,984 --> 00:32:36,454 [J.R.] Here's what happened… Here's what happened earlier in the month… 663 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:40,858 when Trish came into WrestleMania as the champion. 664 00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:44,195 [King] As the women's champion. And I think at that point-- Oh! 665 00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:49,267 Well, I think that I'm starting to say, at that point she was still 666 00:32:49,334 --> 00:32:51,936 Mickie James' idol or hero. 667 00:32:52,003 --> 00:32:54,605 But then it changed somewhere in this match. 668 00:32:54,672 --> 00:32:58,609 -[bell dings] -[J.R.] Well, the mid kick put Trish down. 669 00:32:58,676 --> 00:33:02,146 And, you know, King, since… since that time, we have seen… 670 00:33:02,213 --> 00:33:04,782 We have seen Mickie dress… and dress like Trish… 671 00:33:04,849 --> 00:33:06,684 -Right. -…and seen Trish dressed like Mickie. 672 00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:09,520 What do you make of this situation? What do you think we're gonna see? 673 00:33:09,587 --> 00:33:12,023 Well, I think it's certainly more than identity crisis. 674 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:14,826 I think that, in Mickie's mind-- 675 00:33:14,892 --> 00:33:16,060 I've said this before-- 676 00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:19,263 imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery, stalking is. 677 00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:20,465 And she became a stalker. 678 00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:22,834 And maybe this will be… come to an end tonight. 679 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:24,769 Well, Trish Stratus is one of the greatest, 680 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:26,938 if not the greatest, women's champion ever. 681 00:33:27,004 --> 00:33:30,375 Has an opportunity here tonight, to regain her gold, 682 00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:32,210 but it is not gonna be easy. 683 00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:36,180 [Mickie James' theme music playing] 684 00:33:36,781 --> 00:33:40,785 [J.R.] King, look! Mickie actually looks like Mickie. 685 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:42,220 [King laughs] 686 00:33:42,286 --> 00:33:44,655 [Lilian] This contest is scheduled for one fall, 687 00:33:44,722 --> 00:33:47,725 and it's is for the WWE Women's Championship. 688 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,561 Introducing first from Richmond, Virginia, 689 00:33:50,628 --> 00:33:52,730 she is the Women's Champion, 690 00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:54,832 Mickie James! 691 00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:58,336 [King] Well, actually, I like it better when Mickie looks like Mickie. 692 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:01,339 I mean, she's a hot diva. 693 00:34:01,406 --> 00:34:04,175 I don't know why she's just not content with that. 694 00:34:06,577 --> 00:34:11,182 [Trish Stratus's theme music playing] 695 00:34:11,249 --> 00:34:15,119 [Lilian] And introducing the challenger, from Toronto, Canada, 696 00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:17,688 Trish Stratus! 697 00:34:17,755 --> 00:34:19,190 [King] Hey, wait a minute. 698 00:34:19,257 --> 00:34:21,225 Trish looks like Trish! Good! 699 00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:23,528 [J.R.] And the fans here in Rupp Arena, 700 00:34:23,594 --> 00:34:27,498 in the shadow of the University of Kentucky Wildcats, 701 00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:29,000 coming to their feet, 702 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:34,038 and Trish looks to have her game face on. No doubt about that. 703 00:34:34,105 --> 00:34:36,107 [King] I've got a feeling we're gonna see 704 00:34:36,174 --> 00:34:38,609 a couple of little wildcats go at it, right now. 705 00:34:40,578 --> 00:34:44,582 [J.R.] Trish has turned back to challenge so many great female competitors. 706 00:34:44,649 --> 00:34:46,751 But the thing about it, King, is that 707 00:34:46,818 --> 00:34:49,887 Mickie, obviously, is in need of a little psychotherapy. 708 00:34:49,954 --> 00:34:52,356 Probably wouldn't hurt any of us, quite frankly. 709 00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:54,992 But be that as it may, Mickie's a little manic 710 00:34:55,059 --> 00:34:57,428 and very unpredictable. 711 00:34:57,495 --> 00:34:59,964 [King] I could volunteer some sessions. 712 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:03,568 -[J.R.] Some couch time? -[King] Yeah, couch time, of course. 713 00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:07,038 [J.R.] Referee Jack Doan holding up the Women's Championship, 714 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:08,906 that will be decided here. 715 00:35:08,973 --> 00:35:10,575 Trish here, before WrestleMania, 716 00:35:10,641 --> 00:35:15,213 was the reigning Women's Champion for well over a year. 717 00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:20,118 I've always said that Trish is Toronto's most beautiful gift 718 00:35:20,184 --> 00:35:21,719 -to the WWE. -[bell dings] 719 00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:25,590 Man. 720 00:35:27,758 --> 00:35:31,129 And Mickie looks perplexed. 721 00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:32,697 [King] Or schizophrenic. 722 00:35:32,763 --> 00:35:35,566 But she says herself, schizophrenic beats being alone. 723 00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:39,971 [J.R.] I think she likes living in that lunatic fringe, does Mickie James. 724 00:35:40,037 --> 00:35:43,307 One fall to a finish here, with the Women's Title on the line. 725 00:35:43,374 --> 00:35:46,577 [King] Yeah, I think that's kind of a comfort zone for her. 726 00:35:46,644 --> 00:35:49,313 Oh, man, look at Trish's outfit. 727 00:35:53,317 --> 00:35:57,188 [J.R.] Arm wringer applied by Mickie James. 728 00:35:57,255 --> 00:35:59,223 The irony of Mickie James is that… 729 00:35:59,290 --> 00:36:00,658 And-- Oh, nice. 730 00:36:00,725 --> 00:36:03,761 Leg trip by Trish Stratus into a pinning predicament. 731 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:07,999 The irony of Mickie James, in my view, is that 732 00:36:08,065 --> 00:36:11,102 she can be, I mean, completely out there. 733 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:13,604 She is manic, she can be depressive. 734 00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:16,040 She can be obsessive-compulsive. 735 00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:18,242 Trish trying to play a little head game there. 736 00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:20,144 [King] Yeah. Whoa! Nice. 737 00:36:20,211 --> 00:36:22,446 The MaTrish move and then… 738 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:24,615 [J.R.] Into the headscissor. 739 00:36:24,682 --> 00:36:26,751 Mickie can't wrestle. 740 00:36:26,817 --> 00:36:28,920 And Trish, now, coming to fight here 741 00:36:28,986 --> 00:36:32,089 and gaining the early advantage quite distinctively. 742 00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:34,725 [King] Well, you're right. 743 00:36:34,792 --> 00:36:38,996 Mickie can't wrestle because she… she watched closely-- 744 00:36:39,063 --> 00:36:41,866 Oh! --and patterned herself after Trish. 745 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:44,135 [J.R.] I tell you what, 746 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:46,971 women's wrestling's come a long way since the days of… 747 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,006 the early days of The Fabulous Moolah 748 00:36:49,073 --> 00:36:51,609 and the late Kay Noble and others. 749 00:36:51,676 --> 00:36:53,644 -And… -[King] Right in the eye. 750 00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:56,147 [J.R.] And that was a… Oh. 751 00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:58,883 [King] Right to the… Right to the eye of Mickie James. 752 00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:01,819 [J.R.] Remember, Trish is gonna get Mickie back in the ring again. 753 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:03,387 [all exclaiming] 754 00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:05,823 [J.R.] A Lou Thesz press off the apron. 755 00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:09,193 And Trish not wasting any opportunities here, 756 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:12,230 and makes sure that Mickie gets forced back into the ring. 757 00:37:12,296 --> 00:37:15,266 -[Mickie screams] -[J.R.] Trish can win title back here now… 758 00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:17,301 -[Doan] Two! -[J.R.] For-- Near-fall. 759 00:37:17,368 --> 00:37:19,537 [King] Let me see that… One more time, that… 760 00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:22,440 -[J.R.] Scissor kick on mouth. -[King] Kicked in the face. 761 00:37:22,506 --> 00:37:24,842 And this is where that chick-kick did-- Bang! 762 00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:28,346 [King] Oh, that-- I'm surprised that didn't put Mickie's lights out. 763 00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:30,748 -[wrestlers yell] -[King] Oh. 764 00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:32,783 [J.R.] Trish just splash in the corner. 765 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:36,087 And Mickie James has not been able to come out of locks. 766 00:37:36,153 --> 00:37:37,822 [audience cheering] 767 00:37:37,888 --> 00:37:40,858 Trish Stratus has dominated this match. 768 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:42,960 [King] Oh, look at that fall. 769 00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:44,996 [J.R.] Perhaps, spoke too soon. 770 00:37:45,062 --> 00:37:47,598 As Mickie dumped Trish over the top rope, 771 00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:49,133 all the way to the floor, 772 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,104 and Trish seems to be holding her right arm. 773 00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:54,505 And she is right-handed. 774 00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:56,641 [King] Let's see if we can see what happens here. 775 00:37:56,707 --> 00:37:58,042 Oh, man, yes. 776 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:04,582 I don't know if her arm was hyperextended there at her elbow or what. 777 00:38:04,649 --> 00:38:05,950 [man] Go, Trish! 778 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:09,754 [King] A very awkward looking, scary looking fall. 779 00:38:09,820 --> 00:38:12,990 [J.R.] And the other bad break there. No pun intended for Trish. 780 00:38:13,057 --> 00:38:15,960 -Seven! -[J.R.] She is a right-handed competitor, 781 00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:18,629 and it's the right arm that's hurt. 782 00:38:18,696 --> 00:38:20,965 And now Mickie has the opportunity 783 00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:23,534 to widen the offensive advantage here 784 00:38:23,601 --> 00:38:26,804 -and exploit that injury if possible. -One! Two! 785 00:38:26,871 --> 00:38:29,040 [J.R.] With a cover and near-fall. 786 00:38:30,174 --> 00:38:33,010 Some of Mickie's expressions on her face are scary. 787 00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:35,713 -One! Two! -[King] Seeing it on her face right now 788 00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:36,847 for some reason. 789 00:38:37,381 --> 00:38:39,350 [J.R.] Trish again, holding that arm. 790 00:38:39,417 --> 00:38:41,018 Jack Doan, getting down. 791 00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:43,688 Got a good look at another near-fall. 792 00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:47,692 [Trish screams in pain] 793 00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:49,927 -One! Two! -[J.R.] I can't imagine… 794 00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:52,563 Love for you to go on a double date assignment. 795 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,598 Go on a double date with Mickie James. 796 00:38:54,665 --> 00:38:56,167 Take your favorite girlfriend 797 00:38:56,233 --> 00:38:59,470 and give us a report back on how things went. 798 00:38:59,537 --> 00:39:01,172 [Trish screaming] 799 00:39:01,238 --> 00:39:04,342 [King] Uh, I don't think it would work. I told you, I asked her out. 800 00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:07,078 She asked me if she could bring a date. 801 00:39:08,612 --> 00:39:10,214 [J.R.] And right now… 802 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:11,549 Trish has been grounded… 803 00:39:11,615 --> 00:39:15,820 -[Trish screaming] -…quite convincingly by Mickie James. 804 00:39:15,886 --> 00:39:19,223 Winner's title on line here in Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. 805 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:21,826 -We have a… -[King] Whoa, look at this now! 806 00:39:21,892 --> 00:39:24,428 -Come on, ref. She's choking with the… -[J.R.] And… 807 00:39:24,495 --> 00:39:25,996 -[Doan] Ring the bell! -[bell dings] 808 00:39:26,063 --> 00:39:28,432 -[J.R.] Mickie's got a break. -[Doan] Disqualification. 809 00:39:28,499 --> 00:39:30,501 -[audience booing] -[King] What? 810 00:39:30,568 --> 00:39:32,636 [J.R.] I don't think Mickie broke on… 811 00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:35,306 [Lilian] Here is your winner, by disqualification, 812 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:37,341 Trish Stratus! 813 00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:41,445 [J.R.] You know, I'm not so sure that 814 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:44,482 Mickie didn't get herself disqualified on purpose there. 815 00:39:44,548 --> 00:39:47,818 Mickie knows the rules, she's gotta break on four. 816 00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:50,154 She'll be disqualified on five. 817 00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:53,290 And Mickie did not obviously break on the four-count. 818 00:39:53,357 --> 00:39:57,228 Referee had no choice but to call for the bell 819 00:39:57,294 --> 00:40:00,164 -and signal a disqualification. -I still have my belt! 820 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:04,068 -My title! It's mine! -[King] Well, Trish is asking, uh, 821 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:06,537 Mickie James to come back and restart the match, 822 00:40:06,604 --> 00:40:08,739 -but I gotta be honest with you… -It's mine! 823 00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:12,343 [King] Trish's right arm… she's hurting. 824 00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:17,014 Can we see that one more time in the truck there? 825 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:19,750 Yeah, watch this fall as Mickie James dumps Trish. 826 00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:21,752 Look at Trish's right arm. Oh, yeah. 827 00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:26,757 [J.R.] Trish… a hyperextended elbow hurt the shoulder. 828 00:40:26,824 --> 00:40:27,992 I mean, watch this. 829 00:40:28,058 --> 00:40:30,528 There's that choke right in front of referee. 830 00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:33,697 One, two, three, four, five… 831 00:40:33,764 --> 00:40:35,433 -They got to five. -[bell dings] 832 00:40:35,499 --> 00:40:38,235 [King] It can't get any more blatant than that. 833 00:40:38,302 --> 00:40:42,239 I-I'm like you, I think there's a method to her madness there. 834 00:40:42,306 --> 00:40:43,674 She knew what she was doing. 835 00:40:43,741 --> 00:40:45,709 -All mine! -[J.R.] Well, the bottom line 836 00:40:45,776 --> 00:40:49,313 is that Mickie James is still the women's champion. 837 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:53,818 Ladies and gentlemen, it seems I made a little mistake early tonight. 838 00:40:53,884 --> 00:40:57,621 The winner of the Masters-Carlito match was Carlito! 839 00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:02,993 Now, with that said, my guest at this time, Shawn Michaels! 840 00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:04,995 [audience cheering] 841 00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:09,867 Shawn, Mr. McMahon asked me to ask you… 842 00:41:10,634 --> 00:41:15,372 Is your tag team partner, God, going to show up tonight? 843 00:41:16,740 --> 00:41:18,976 You know, Maria, I do my best 844 00:41:19,043 --> 00:41:22,580 to not shove my Christianity down everybody's neck. 845 00:41:22,646 --> 00:41:27,017 But make no mistake about it, the Lord is with me, 846 00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:29,153 as he is always with me. 847 00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:30,221 [audience cheering] 848 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:33,224 Now, that being said, 849 00:41:33,290 --> 00:41:35,926 he expects me to do what he always expect, 850 00:41:35,993 --> 00:41:38,262 and that is to go out there and use the gifts 851 00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:40,664 that he has given me to the best of my ability, 852 00:41:40,731 --> 00:41:42,633 which is exactly what I'm gonna do. 853 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:45,135 So, let's call this what it is, Vince. 854 00:41:45,202 --> 00:41:46,837 It is a Handicap Match. 855 00:41:46,904 --> 00:41:49,440 Two against one. 856 00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:51,775 Because at WrestleMania, you found out 857 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:54,979 you couldn't hang with HBK, one on one. 858 00:41:55,045 --> 00:41:59,149 So, tonight it'll be Vincent Kennedy McMahon, 859 00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:03,087 and his son, Shane Brandon McMahon 860 00:42:03,153 --> 00:42:06,624 against yours truly, the "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. 861 00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:10,461 But the results, I guarantee you, are gonna be the same. 862 00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:14,265 The McMahons will be brought down to their knees. 863 00:42:14,331 --> 00:42:15,633 [audience cheering] 864 00:42:15,699 --> 00:42:18,736 And who knows, when it's over, 865 00:42:18,802 --> 00:42:23,307 I might even have Vince McMahon himself crying out to God! 866 00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:24,875 [audience cheering] 867 00:42:24,942 --> 00:42:26,577 But then again… 868 00:42:26,644 --> 00:42:27,645 maybe not. 869 00:42:28,512 --> 00:42:31,081 And if that's the case, Vince, that's okay, 870 00:42:31,148 --> 00:42:36,420 because myself and Lexington got two words for ya. 871 00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:39,590 [audience shouting] Suck it. 872 00:42:39,657 --> 00:42:42,059 [audience cheering] 873 00:42:42,793 --> 00:42:43,928 [bell dings] 874 00:42:43,994 --> 00:42:47,231 This match is a Winner Take All match 875 00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:49,300 for both the Money in the Bank 876 00:42:49,366 --> 00:42:52,303 and the Intercontinental Championship. 877 00:42:53,137 --> 00:42:55,272 [Shelton Benjamin's theme song plays] 878 00:42:57,374 --> 00:43:00,711 [Lilian] Introducing first, from Orangeburg, South Carolina, 879 00:43:00,778 --> 00:43:03,414 weighing in at 248 pounds, 880 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,650 he is the Intercontinental Champion, 881 00:43:06,717 --> 00:43:09,053 Shelton Benjamin! 882 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:12,189 [J.R.] Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin 883 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:15,559 has a huge opportunity here 884 00:43:15,626 --> 00:43:17,995 to not only retain his Intercontinental Title 885 00:43:18,062 --> 00:43:20,230 but also to win the contract 886 00:43:20,297 --> 00:43:24,001 that is inside the Money in the Bank briefcase, 887 00:43:24,068 --> 00:43:26,136 in the possession of Rob Van Dam. 888 00:43:26,203 --> 00:43:28,939 And, of course, that contract allows the holder 889 00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:31,508 to challenge for the championship 890 00:43:31,575 --> 00:43:35,012 any time the holder chooses within the next 12 months. 891 00:43:36,447 --> 00:43:39,049 [King] And this is such a big match, I thought that… 892 00:43:39,116 --> 00:43:42,353 hopefully Mama would have been back here ringside with Shelton. 893 00:43:42,419 --> 00:43:44,321 [J.R.] She's probably in catering. 894 00:43:44,388 --> 00:43:48,025 [King] I heard Mama told Shelton, "You're not gonna push me around anymore." 895 00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:51,261 Could that be the case? 896 00:43:51,328 --> 00:43:54,331 [J.R.] How could he? I mean, it's a hernia waiting to happen. 897 00:43:54,398 --> 00:43:56,634 -[audience cheering] -[King] Here we go. 898 00:43:56,700 --> 00:43:59,703 [Rob Van Dam's theme music playing] 899 00:44:01,638 --> 00:44:03,907 [Lilian] And from Battle Creek, Michigan, 900 00:44:03,974 --> 00:44:06,677 weighing in at 230 pounds, 901 00:44:06,744 --> 00:44:09,913 he is Mr. Money in the Bank. 902 00:44:09,980 --> 00:44:13,283 Rob Van Dam! 903 00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:17,287 [J.R.] Well, it's obvious that Van Dam's favorite number is 420. 904 00:44:18,355 --> 00:44:20,624 And at WrestleMania, 905 00:44:20,691 --> 00:44:22,960 he won the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. 906 00:44:23,027 --> 00:44:26,797 The briefcase was hanging high above the ring. 907 00:44:26,864 --> 00:44:29,767 Van Dam, my man, was able to climb the ladder, 908 00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:31,235 secure the briefcase. 909 00:44:31,301 --> 00:44:34,371 Inside that briefcase is a contract 910 00:44:34,438 --> 00:44:38,609 that says Van Dam can challenge the WWE Champion 911 00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:42,780 or the World Champion any time Van Dam chooses 912 00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:45,315 in the next 12 months and, King, by the way, 913 00:44:45,382 --> 00:44:48,652 Edge won it last year at WrestleMania, 914 00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:53,257 and it paid off very handsomely for Edge earlier this year. 915 00:44:53,323 --> 00:44:55,292 [King] Yes, it did. 916 00:44:55,359 --> 00:45:00,931 [J.R.] Edge won the WWE Title in the early part of January, 917 00:45:00,998 --> 00:45:04,001 after John Cena had successfully defended 918 00:45:04,068 --> 00:45:06,670 the WWE title in the Elimination Chamber. 919 00:45:06,737 --> 00:45:09,940 [King] That's right. When you got that briefcase, 920 00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:14,178 holding that contract in your hand, timing becomes everything. 921 00:45:14,244 --> 00:45:18,148 And Edge used that perfect timing to become the champion. 922 00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:20,117 And then, I mean, you don't sit in it. 923 00:45:20,184 --> 00:45:23,654 He's remained in that championship picture, as he is tonight. 924 00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:27,658 Same thing could happen for whoever comes out victorious in this match. 925 00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:29,760 Winner Take All. 926 00:45:29,827 --> 00:45:33,464 [J.R.] That's pretty simple, folks. Winner Take All is right. 927 00:45:33,530 --> 00:45:35,966 [King] J.R., we were talking about Shelton's mama, earlier. 928 00:45:36,033 --> 00:45:39,803 And I've been reminded that she underwent surgery and is still convalescing. 929 00:45:39,870 --> 00:45:41,972 You know what it's like to undergo surgery, don't you? 930 00:45:42,039 --> 00:45:44,808 [J.R.] I do. I sure do. I wish her the best. 931 00:45:44,875 --> 00:45:48,879 [King] What did-- Dr. McMahon, did he really do that surgery on you? 932 00:45:48,946 --> 00:45:50,080 [J.R.] Dr. Heiney? 933 00:45:50,147 --> 00:45:52,983 [King chuckling] What that… That wasn't Dr. Heiney. 934 00:45:53,050 --> 00:45:56,687 -[J.R.] The evil proctologist. -[King laughs] That must've hurt. 935 00:45:58,322 --> 00:46:02,159 And remember, you know, my favorite nurse, Slobberknockers, she was the best. 936 00:46:02,226 --> 00:46:04,428 -[J.R.] She was a beaut, wasn't she? -[King] Oh, yes. 937 00:46:04,495 --> 00:46:07,164 [J.R.] Was that good television or what? Here we go. 938 00:46:07,231 --> 00:46:10,667 It's Intercontinental Title versus a Money in the Bank. 939 00:46:10,734 --> 00:46:12,870 Somebody's gonna leave here with all of it. 940 00:46:12,936 --> 00:46:16,340 [King] I wonder how that helmet fit in there. 941 00:46:16,406 --> 00:46:18,375 Right, this is gonna be a great match. 942 00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:21,178 [audience chanting] E-C-DUB! E-C-DUB! 943 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:25,816 [J.R.] Shelton immediately quick go behind takedown, 944 00:46:25,883 --> 00:46:28,685 a former University of Minnesota wrestling, All-American. 945 00:46:28,752 --> 00:46:33,757 Three-sport all-stater from the state of South Carolina is Shelton Benjamin. 946 00:46:33,824 --> 00:46:39,163 Certainly is very, very proud of his athletic feats, 947 00:46:39,229 --> 00:46:40,531 as he should be. 948 00:46:40,597 --> 00:46:44,134 But man, he has had a somewhat of a personality change, 949 00:46:44,201 --> 00:46:47,571 somewhat of a metamorphosis over the last several months. 950 00:46:47,638 --> 00:46:50,541 [King] I think his mama instilled that new attitude in him. 951 00:46:50,607 --> 00:46:53,110 [audience chanting] RVD! RVD! 952 00:46:53,177 --> 00:46:54,778 [King] If Mama showed up, 953 00:46:54,845 --> 00:46:58,015 Shelton didn't take anything off anybody. 954 00:46:58,081 --> 00:47:00,284 [audience continues chanting] RVD! 955 00:47:01,118 --> 00:47:05,055 [J.R.] So Benjamin's gonna leave here with the Money in the Bank briefcase 956 00:47:05,122 --> 00:47:07,024 and the contract, more importantly. 957 00:47:07,090 --> 00:47:08,659 And his Intercontinental Title. 958 00:47:08,725 --> 00:47:10,627 Or he's gonna leave here empty-handed. 959 00:47:10,694 --> 00:47:13,063 And Van Dam is gonna leave here with everything. 960 00:47:13,130 --> 00:47:17,067 Winner Take All in this one-fall match here tonight at Backlash, 961 00:47:17,134 --> 00:47:18,569 Lexington, Kentucky, 962 00:47:18,635 --> 00:47:22,005 the site of our first ever WWE pay-per-view 963 00:47:22,072 --> 00:47:24,708 in this historic sports city. 964 00:47:24,775 --> 00:47:28,078 [King] What about the athleticism shown there by Shelton Benjamin? 965 00:47:28,145 --> 00:47:31,748 I mean, both of these young men, that's what they're known for. 966 00:47:31,815 --> 00:47:34,484 We've heard it said, Rob Van Dam can do things in this ring 967 00:47:34,551 --> 00:47:35,986 that nobody else could do. 968 00:47:36,053 --> 00:47:38,822 But that young man right there, Shelton Benjamin, 969 00:47:38,889 --> 00:47:40,924 he's pretty impressive as well. 970 00:47:40,991 --> 00:47:44,461 [J.R.] This match quite possibly could be and should be 971 00:47:44,528 --> 00:47:46,864 the most athletic one-on-one match 972 00:47:46,930 --> 00:47:49,466 for the entire Backlash pay-per-view here tonight. 973 00:47:50,267 --> 00:47:52,269 [King] I'm glad you said one-on-one. 974 00:47:52,336 --> 00:47:54,872 [J.R.] Don't ever doubt the athleticism. 975 00:47:57,007 --> 00:47:58,342 [King] What he's capable… 976 00:48:00,210 --> 00:48:02,746 [J.R.] Got headlocked by Shelton Benjamin. 977 00:48:03,614 --> 00:48:05,782 And Van Dam is certainly, uh-- 978 00:48:05,849 --> 00:48:08,719 has a great deal of unorthodox offense. I like it. 979 00:48:08,785 --> 00:48:10,254 It keeps you off-balance. 980 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:14,992 Shelton a little preening, somewhat arrogant. 981 00:48:15,058 --> 00:48:16,560 And as the last few months-- 982 00:48:16,627 --> 00:48:18,795 -[King] Look at that roll. -[J.R.] Takedown by Van Dam. 983 00:48:18,862 --> 00:48:20,964 And Van Dam with that great leg strength-- 984 00:48:21,031 --> 00:48:22,266 Arm drag takedown. 985 00:48:23,300 --> 00:48:25,235 And another by Van Dam. 986 00:48:25,302 --> 00:48:27,304 -[King] Oh. -[J.R.] Shades of… 987 00:48:27,371 --> 00:48:29,806 the outstanding Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat 988 00:48:29,873 --> 00:48:32,676 with those deep arm drag takedowns. 989 00:48:32,743 --> 00:48:34,311 And Van Dam has got his… 990 00:48:34,378 --> 00:48:36,546 his share of fans here tonight. 991 00:48:38,715 --> 00:48:42,352 -Van Dam, a former star in ECW. -[audience chanting] Rob Van Dam! 992 00:48:43,754 --> 00:48:46,657 Has dominated in the WWE, as well. 993 00:48:47,591 --> 00:48:50,527 Rob, over that left eye, got quite a little mask on there… 994 00:48:51,695 --> 00:48:56,433 from that very first arrogant slap delivered by Shelton Benjamin. 995 00:48:56,500 --> 00:49:02,372 [J.R.] These men just returning from a sold-out tour of almost two weeks. 996 00:49:02,439 --> 00:49:03,540 In Europe. 997 00:49:04,608 --> 00:49:07,511 [King] I was there, I missed you over in jolly old England. 998 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:11,481 [J.R.] I was jolly back in Oklahoma, 999 00:49:11,548 --> 00:49:13,116 just for the record. 1000 00:49:13,183 --> 00:49:16,920 -And Van Dam pushed back into the corner. -[referee] One! Two! Three! 1001 00:49:16,987 --> 00:49:18,955 He'll get a clean break. 1002 00:49:19,022 --> 00:49:22,125 Which Chad Patton has asked for. 1003 00:49:22,659 --> 00:49:25,362 Request denied by Shelton Benjamin. 1004 00:49:25,429 --> 00:49:27,597 [audience chanting] We want fire. 1005 00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:32,469 [J.R.] Great right hand. Benjamin knocking down… 1006 00:49:33,470 --> 00:49:36,673 Van Dam. I'm surprised Benjamin is not wrestling more 1007 00:49:36,740 --> 00:49:38,975 and then brawling less. 1008 00:49:39,042 --> 00:49:42,612 And the unorthodox Van Dam, the man with the educated feet. 1009 00:49:42,679 --> 00:49:45,015 -[man] Yeah, baby. -[King] Shelton Benjamin, 1010 00:49:45,082 --> 00:49:47,584 a little disappointed with himself that he, uh, 1011 00:49:48,618 --> 00:49:49,886 got caught off guard but… 1012 00:49:49,953 --> 00:49:53,623 Nice spinning kick there from Rob Van Dam. 1013 00:49:53,690 --> 00:49:56,393 It's easy to get caught off guard by Rob Van Dam. 1014 00:49:56,460 --> 00:49:59,262 Those feet come flying at you from every direction. 1015 00:50:01,198 --> 00:50:04,334 [J.R.] Benjamin, uh, making his way back up to the apron now. 1016 00:50:04,401 --> 00:50:07,170 Again, Benjamin-- These men are very cautious, 1017 00:50:07,237 --> 00:50:10,574 and rightfully so, ladies and gentlemen, because all you got to do-- 1018 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:12,676 Just consider what's at stake here. 1019 00:50:12,743 --> 00:50:14,945 Benjamin can leave with his title, 1020 00:50:15,011 --> 00:50:17,914 and the Money in the Bank Ladder Match contract, 1021 00:50:17,981 --> 00:50:19,082 which is huge. 1022 00:50:19,149 --> 00:50:20,851 [King] You said, uh… 1023 00:50:20,917 --> 00:50:22,552 You know, very neat work there. 1024 00:50:22,619 --> 00:50:24,721 Earlier, you said these guys were preening. 1025 00:50:24,788 --> 00:50:28,191 This match is still in the preening and posturing stage right now. 1026 00:50:28,258 --> 00:50:30,027 They're still in the feeling each other out 1027 00:50:30,093 --> 00:50:32,162 and trying to impress each other, right now. 1028 00:50:32,229 --> 00:50:35,565 [J.R.] But then, for Rob Van Dam, he's an individual. 1029 00:50:35,632 --> 00:50:38,835 He's his own man. We know a lot about RVD. 1030 00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:41,304 He's a very unique man, 1031 00:50:41,371 --> 00:50:44,141 and his educated feet, as they are, 1032 00:50:44,207 --> 00:50:47,511 now taking down Shelton Benjamin again on those clotheslines. 1033 00:50:47,577 --> 00:50:51,681 Van Dam looking to not only become the Intercontinental Champion again, 1034 00:50:51,748 --> 00:50:57,521 but to also retain his Money in the Bank contract, and… 1035 00:50:57,587 --> 00:50:59,723 [King] Nobody home for the Rolling Thunder. 1036 00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:02,993 [J.R.] Shelton Benjamin thinks he's avoid-- 1037 00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:04,428 Contact! 1038 00:51:04,494 --> 00:51:06,096 And a high risk move. 1039 00:51:07,831 --> 00:51:10,067 Beautiful crossbody, 1040 00:51:10,133 --> 00:51:13,236 a suicidal-like maneuver by Van Dam. 1041 00:51:13,303 --> 00:51:15,205 And Van Dam… 1042 00:51:15,272 --> 00:51:17,774 He is… It's all or nothing for Van Dam. 1043 00:51:17,841 --> 00:51:19,476 [King] Right out here in front of us. 1044 00:51:19,543 --> 00:51:21,478 Rob Van Dam incoming 1045 00:51:21,545 --> 00:51:23,914 right onto the noggin of Shelton Benjamin. 1046 00:51:24,915 --> 00:51:25,916 Oh. 1047 00:51:25,982 --> 00:51:29,686 And we see Rob Van Dam coming in again, but stopped by that knee. 1048 00:51:29,753 --> 00:51:31,822 -[J.R.] Van Dam… -[King] Look at this! 1049 00:51:31,888 --> 00:51:33,223 [J.R.] Shoulder pull! 1050 00:51:33,290 --> 00:51:34,758 -[King] Man! -[J.R.] My God. 1051 00:51:36,460 --> 00:51:39,196 [J.R.] That was a sunset flip. 1052 00:51:39,262 --> 00:51:43,233 A version of a sunset flip from the inside out, King. 1053 00:51:43,300 --> 00:51:46,503 [King] But then it was converted into a powerbomb. 1054 00:51:46,570 --> 00:51:48,605 I mean… Watch this. 1055 00:51:48,672 --> 00:51:51,041 Here comes the sunset flip part right there. 1056 00:51:51,107 --> 00:51:54,611 But from here that becomes the powerbomb onto the floor. 1057 00:51:55,879 --> 00:51:56,880 Man. 1058 00:51:56,947 --> 00:52:00,917 [J.R.] And Benjamin knows that he's gotta get Van Dam back in the ring. 1059 00:52:00,984 --> 00:52:04,454 It is my understanding this match must end by pinfall or submission. 1060 00:52:05,522 --> 00:52:08,125 I may be wrong on that, that's my understanding. 1061 00:52:08,191 --> 00:52:10,093 The cover and a near-fall. 1062 00:52:10,794 --> 00:52:12,829 [King] Let's take one more look at this. 1063 00:52:16,266 --> 00:52:18,001 -[thud] -Man, do you hear that? 1064 00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:21,004 [J.R.] That was the old proverbial splat 1065 00:52:21,071 --> 00:52:24,074 of the lower back and kidney area of Van Dam. 1066 00:52:24,141 --> 00:52:25,275 Just a… 1067 00:52:26,877 --> 00:52:30,447 Well, a very ugly way of landing on the outside here. 1068 00:52:30,514 --> 00:52:33,183 -[RVD screaming] -[J.R.] Now, if Benjamin can maintain 1069 00:52:33,250 --> 00:52:36,153 the focus on this lower back, King, and the kidneys, 1070 00:52:36,219 --> 00:52:38,688 Van Dam may not be able to get back in this thing. 1071 00:52:38,755 --> 00:52:40,991 [King] Well, that powerbomb-- Oh! 1072 00:52:42,225 --> 00:52:45,962 Certainly, swung the pendulum in the favor of Shelton Benjamin. 1073 00:52:46,029 --> 00:52:48,932 [J.R.] Let's not forget that Van Dam-- There's a cover, 1074 00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:51,701 hook of the far leg, got a near-fall. 1075 00:52:51,768 --> 00:52:53,537 Let's not forget that Rob Van Dam, 1076 00:52:53,603 --> 00:52:56,506 with his tremendous ability to strike. 1077 00:52:56,573 --> 00:52:58,575 -He is a striker. -[audience chants] RVD! 1078 00:52:58,642 --> 00:52:59,943 [J.R.] Without a doubt. 1079 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:04,848 He is one hard kick to the face away from winning any match he's in. 1080 00:53:04,915 --> 00:53:08,118 [King] At any time. Crowd now trying to get behind Rob Van Dam. 1081 00:53:08,185 --> 00:53:11,922 And, personally, I think there's a mistake on the part of Shelton Benjamin. 1082 00:53:11,988 --> 00:53:13,557 If you ask me, all that's doing 1083 00:53:13,623 --> 00:53:16,393 is giving Rob Van Dam a little time to recuperate here. 1084 00:53:16,459 --> 00:53:18,528 There you go. That's what you got to do. 1085 00:53:18,595 --> 00:53:20,463 You gotta stay on top of your opponent. 1086 00:53:20,530 --> 00:53:23,233 [J.R.] Certainly want to thank all the countries around the world 1087 00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:25,302 that are watching Backlash live tonight. 1088 00:53:25,368 --> 00:53:29,539 We thank you for inviting us to be a part of your day, your evening, 1089 00:53:29,606 --> 00:53:31,775 as it may be, to invite us into your home. 1090 00:53:31,841 --> 00:53:34,711 Backlash will be seen in tape delay 1091 00:53:34,778 --> 00:53:37,247 in over 60 countries, in nine languages, 1092 00:53:37,314 --> 00:53:39,616 once all this is said and done, 1093 00:53:39,683 --> 00:53:40,884 and all is said and done 1094 00:53:40,951 --> 00:53:44,187 may be moments away for Rob Van Dam, 1095 00:53:44,254 --> 00:53:47,390 unless Benjamin makes a… a mistake here, 1096 00:53:47,457 --> 00:53:51,394 and it doesn't look like Benjamin is in a mistake mode, 1097 00:53:51,461 --> 00:53:53,530 the style that he's wrestling. 1098 00:53:53,597 --> 00:53:56,266 [King] He is feeling pretty cocky, pretty confident right now. 1099 00:53:56,333 --> 00:53:58,034 Smile on his face. 1100 00:53:58,101 --> 00:54:01,104 Big knee to the face of Rob Van Dam. 1101 00:54:01,171 --> 00:54:03,006 -[J.R.] And the cover. -One! Two! 1102 00:54:03,073 --> 00:54:04,708 And a little low on that cover. 1103 00:54:04,774 --> 00:54:07,711 That was not the soundest of covers by Benjamin 1104 00:54:07,777 --> 00:54:11,948 who followed up on that Mr. Wrestling II-like running knee lift, 1105 00:54:12,015 --> 00:54:15,652 but he got a little low on that cover, and Van Dam was able to kick out. 1106 00:54:16,653 --> 00:54:20,156 You don't want to give Van Dam a lot of second chances. 1107 00:54:20,223 --> 00:54:22,292 Perfectly executed backbreaker. 1108 00:54:22,359 --> 00:54:24,361 Again, focusing on the lower back, 1109 00:54:24,427 --> 00:54:28,965 and that has been… has been Benjamin's strategy, King, 1110 00:54:29,032 --> 00:54:32,502 posting that left knee into the spine, now, of Van Dam, 1111 00:54:32,569 --> 00:54:33,937 poking on the back. 1112 00:54:34,004 --> 00:54:35,405 And Van Dam 1113 00:54:35,472 --> 00:54:38,074 is being subjected to a gut check. 1114 00:54:38,141 --> 00:54:39,743 [King] Yes, he is. 1115 00:54:39,809 --> 00:54:42,412 So far, Van dam hanging in there, 1116 00:54:43,546 --> 00:54:46,016 but tougher by the minute to hang. 1117 00:54:46,082 --> 00:54:47,684 -[King] Oh. -[J.R.] Camel clutch. 1118 00:54:48,518 --> 00:54:51,021 And The Iron Sheik is nowhere inside. 1119 00:54:51,087 --> 00:54:54,457 [King] Boy, you're getting to mention a lot of old wrestlers here tonight. 1120 00:54:54,524 --> 00:54:56,159 [J.R.] I got a lot of material. 1121 00:54:56,226 --> 00:54:59,829 -[King] Iron Sheik used to wrestle too? -[J.R.] Yeah. Oh, they're famous. 1122 00:54:59,896 --> 00:55:00,964 [King] There you go. 1123 00:55:01,031 --> 00:55:02,432 [RVD screams in pain] 1124 00:55:02,499 --> 00:55:05,769 [J.R.] And look at the… Benjamin pulling back on that camel clutch. 1125 00:55:05,835 --> 00:55:06,870 And you can see the… 1126 00:55:06,936 --> 00:55:08,972 [King] It's like almost down on his-- on his throat. 1127 00:55:09,039 --> 00:55:10,607 Yeah, the referee agrees. 1128 00:55:10,674 --> 00:55:11,908 [J.R.] That's a choke. 1129 00:55:11,975 --> 00:55:14,344 Tosses Van Dam to the rope… 1130 00:55:14,411 --> 00:55:15,812 off the immediate break. 1131 00:55:15,879 --> 00:55:19,916 And it wasn't really a clean break, but a break nonetheless. 1132 00:55:19,983 --> 00:55:21,718 And Benjamin again… 1133 00:55:21,785 --> 00:55:25,055 Hard slam, again focusing on the lower back. 1134 00:55:26,356 --> 00:55:28,858 Nice strategy by Shelton Benjamin. 1135 00:55:28,925 --> 00:55:30,927 -[RVD screams in pain] -[King] Of course. 1136 00:55:30,994 --> 00:55:35,031 Shelton hugely slammed Rob Van Dam, trying to send him right through that mat. 1137 00:55:35,098 --> 00:55:38,601 [J.R.] But about the athleticism of Van Dam or Benjamin, 1138 00:55:38,668 --> 00:55:42,539 a guy that was a national heavyweight wrestling champion in the amateurs. 1139 00:55:42,605 --> 00:55:46,710 At the same time he ran a 4.25, 40. 1140 00:55:46,776 --> 00:55:49,379 With the NFL draft and all that this weekend, 1141 00:55:49,446 --> 00:55:51,281 and all the times being banded about. 1142 00:55:51,348 --> 00:55:54,718 That's world-class time for a world-class athlete. 1143 00:55:55,985 --> 00:55:58,254 Van Dam, riding back up. 1144 00:55:58,321 --> 00:56:01,124 We have seen Van Dam overcome amazing odds 1145 00:56:01,191 --> 00:56:04,194 and put his own body at risk on so many occasions 1146 00:56:04,794 --> 00:56:06,029 to be successful. 1147 00:56:07,564 --> 00:56:09,199 And look back at… 1148 00:56:09,265 --> 00:56:11,267 Whoa, setting up that T-Bone suplex. 1149 00:56:11,334 --> 00:56:13,870 [King] Really dropped nicely by Rob Van Dam, 1150 00:56:13,937 --> 00:56:16,673 and Rob Van Dam going once again for Rolling Thunder. 1151 00:56:16,740 --> 00:56:18,742 Boy! He rolled right into that. 1152 00:56:18,808 --> 00:56:20,610 Could Shelton-- That could do it! 1153 00:56:20,677 --> 00:56:22,178 [J.R.] The Samoan drop. 1154 00:56:22,245 --> 00:56:23,480 Will it be… 1155 00:56:24,814 --> 00:56:27,150 And Van Dam rolled his hips 1156 00:56:27,217 --> 00:56:30,086 that got his left shoulder off the canvas. 1157 00:56:30,153 --> 00:56:31,788 Not really a kick-out, 1158 00:56:31,855 --> 00:56:34,991 but the Rolling Thunder ended up being a Samoan drop, 1159 00:56:35,058 --> 00:56:37,894 a very unique counter by Shelton Benjamin. 1160 00:56:37,961 --> 00:56:40,830 [King] If you don't believe it, check it out one more time. 1161 00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:42,866 Here's the Rolling Thunder coming up. 1162 00:56:42,932 --> 00:56:45,869 But like you said, he rolled right into the Samoan drop. 1163 00:56:45,935 --> 00:56:47,237 And you know what, 1164 00:56:47,303 --> 00:56:52,008 that… that one second of not being able to roll Rob Van Dam over 1165 00:56:52,075 --> 00:56:54,277 will probably cost him the match there. 1166 00:56:54,344 --> 00:56:57,814 [J.R.] And Van Dam overcame six men including Shelton Benjamin 1167 00:56:57,881 --> 00:57:00,216 at WrestleMania earlier this month 1168 00:57:00,283 --> 00:57:01,351 in Chicago 1169 00:57:01,417 --> 00:57:03,553 to win the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. 1170 00:57:03,620 --> 00:57:05,054 [King] Look at this, Jim. 1171 00:57:06,022 --> 00:57:08,925 [J.R.] And Shelton doing some oratory, 1172 00:57:08,992 --> 00:57:10,527 maybe not his strength. 1173 00:57:10,593 --> 00:57:13,163 [King] Shelton's just rubbing his fingers together 1174 00:57:13,229 --> 00:57:14,831 and he's saying, "That's my money," 1175 00:57:14,898 --> 00:57:17,066 talking about that Money in the Bank briefcase. 1176 00:57:17,133 --> 00:57:18,768 [J.R.] And Van Dam not talking. 1177 00:57:18,835 --> 00:57:21,604 Van Dam using that right hand very effectively. 1178 00:57:21,671 --> 00:57:25,175 And Shelton Benjamin's mouth lost him the advantage. 1179 00:57:25,241 --> 00:57:28,611 But look at this. Oh, my God. Look at the athleticism. 1180 00:57:28,678 --> 00:57:30,480 Benjamin leaping back-footed 1181 00:57:30,547 --> 00:57:33,450 from the corner of the ring to the top turnbuckle. 1182 00:57:33,516 --> 00:57:36,019 [King] The vertical leap from Shelton Benjamin. 1183 00:57:36,085 --> 00:57:40,056 We saw something similar to that in that ladder match you were talking about. 1184 00:57:41,457 --> 00:57:43,059 -Look at this, J.R. -[J.R.] Nice. 1185 00:57:43,126 --> 00:57:46,396 [King] Is there a better athlete in the WWE than Shelton Benjamin? 1186 00:57:46,462 --> 00:57:48,565 [J.R.] I don't remember-- Near-fall, 1187 00:57:48,631 --> 00:57:51,701 on the right side of your screen, 1188 00:57:51,768 --> 00:57:54,204 but it will be hard to argue, quite frankly, 1189 00:57:54,270 --> 00:57:59,242 that there is a better, pure athlete in the WWE, period, 1190 00:57:59,309 --> 00:58:01,010 than Shelton Benjamin. 1191 00:58:01,077 --> 00:58:03,480 And Benjamin now with that bodyscissors. 1192 00:58:03,546 --> 00:58:05,615 I won't use my Joe Stecher reference, 1193 00:58:05,682 --> 00:58:07,951 -just for you, King. -[King] Who? 1194 00:58:08,017 --> 00:58:11,421 -[J.R.] You wrestled him. -[King] You went with Joe Stecher? 1195 00:58:11,488 --> 00:58:12,722 Never heard of him. 1196 00:58:13,423 --> 00:58:15,158 [J.R.] Strength by Benjamin. 1197 00:58:15,225 --> 00:58:18,628 He has got his legs hooked, but he's trying to hook that bodyscissor. 1198 00:58:18,695 --> 00:58:22,499 Bottom line, that reverse chinlock has Van Dam grounded. 1199 00:58:23,066 --> 00:58:24,734 And in this position, 1200 00:58:24,801 --> 00:58:28,404 Van Dam's having a hard time kicking Benjamin with those feet. 1201 00:58:28,471 --> 00:58:30,907 [King] You got that right. I think he knows that. 1202 00:58:30,974 --> 00:58:34,277 He's just trying to wear Rob Van Dam down… 1203 00:58:34,344 --> 00:58:38,081 [King] Drain what little strength there is left in him. 1204 00:58:38,147 --> 00:58:39,449 Van Dam, right out of it. 1205 00:58:39,515 --> 00:58:40,850 [Shelton] Come on, die. 1206 00:58:41,484 --> 00:58:43,453 [J.R.] Van Dam's trying to keep moving. 1207 00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:46,789 Keep circulation going, keep that adrenaline pumping. 1208 00:58:46,856 --> 00:58:49,459 Trying to get this crowd here in the Rupp Arena, 1209 00:58:51,494 --> 00:58:52,729 a famous facility. 1210 00:58:54,063 --> 00:58:57,333 The site of 1985 NCAA Final Four. 1211 00:59:00,370 --> 00:59:02,538 -Reversal, Irish whip here. -[King] Oh! 1212 00:59:02,605 --> 00:59:06,276 [J.R.] And… Van Dam, luckily enough to hold on, 1213 00:59:06,342 --> 00:59:09,445 as Benjamin was really looking to deliver 1214 00:59:09,512 --> 00:59:11,714 a thunderous dropkick to the face. 1215 00:59:12,949 --> 00:59:15,351 [King] That could be a momentum shift right here, 1216 00:59:15,418 --> 00:59:17,353 if Rob Van Dam could capitalize on it. 1217 00:59:18,655 --> 00:59:20,690 Maybe not. Wait a minute. 1218 00:59:20,757 --> 00:59:23,259 Oh, nice. There you go, those educated feet. 1219 00:59:23,326 --> 00:59:27,530 [J.R.] Van Dam blocked and then shot with that kick right to the face. 1220 00:59:27,597 --> 00:59:30,333 Nice move by Van Dam, but can he follow up on that? 1221 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,235 [King] Check it out one more time. 1222 00:59:32,302 --> 00:59:34,470 How quick those feet can come flying at him. 1223 00:59:36,172 --> 00:59:37,573 [J.R.] Heard the impact. 1224 00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:39,275 A splash in the corner. 1225 00:59:40,176 --> 00:59:41,411 Now nobody there, 1226 00:59:41,477 --> 00:59:43,513 and now Van Dam with the clothesline. 1227 00:59:43,580 --> 00:59:46,182 Making a… a proper clothesline. 1228 00:59:47,517 --> 00:59:49,285 [King] Here comes RVD. 1229 00:59:49,352 --> 00:59:51,187 [J.R.] Great kick by Van Dam. 1230 00:59:51,254 --> 00:59:54,724 [King] He's trying to tell this crowd here at Rupp Arena he's had about enough. 1231 00:59:54,791 --> 00:59:57,994 [J.R.] Van Dam, that lower back gotta be bothering him. 1232 00:59:58,061 --> 01:00:01,164 Gonna effect the kidney area, as well-- Reverse elbow. 1233 01:00:01,230 --> 01:00:02,966 He's a little overzealous. 1234 01:00:03,032 --> 01:00:05,101 Springboard kick by Van Dam, 1235 01:00:05,168 --> 01:00:08,538 another martial arts kick by Rob Van Dam. Van Dam… 1236 01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:15,345 -Spinning heel kick. Van Dam down… -[King] Rolling Thunder finally connects. 1237 01:00:15,411 --> 01:00:17,780 [J.R.] And finally, after about three attempts… 1238 01:00:17,847 --> 01:00:20,316 -[King] Third time's the charm. -…the Rolling Thunder. 1239 01:00:20,383 --> 01:00:22,852 -The cover and-- Oh. -[audience] One! Two! 1240 01:00:22,919 --> 01:00:26,189 Remember the Intercontinental Title of Shelton Benjamin, 1241 01:00:26,255 --> 01:00:28,791 the Money in the Bank contract 1242 01:00:28,858 --> 01:00:30,226 of Rob Van Dam, 1243 01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:31,728 all on the line, 1244 01:00:31,794 --> 01:00:33,463 everything's at stake in this match. 1245 01:00:33,529 --> 01:00:36,933 -[King] What a match it is. -[J.R.] Winner takes all, here tonight. 1246 01:00:38,901 --> 01:00:40,770 A tight slam. 1247 01:00:40,837 --> 01:00:42,205 And… 1248 01:00:42,939 --> 01:00:44,407 Split like a moonsault. 1249 01:00:44,474 --> 01:00:46,376 Beautiful move. Will it be? 1250 01:00:46,442 --> 01:00:47,944 [audience groans] 1251 01:00:49,512 --> 01:00:50,580 [King] So close. 1252 01:00:52,181 --> 01:00:54,751 That's gotta be frustrating for Rob Van Dam. 1253 01:00:54,817 --> 01:00:58,021 Hit a couple of your patented moves and still don't get the win. 1254 01:00:59,889 --> 01:01:01,057 But he keeps coming. 1255 01:01:02,325 --> 01:01:04,594 [J.R.] Shoulder blocked by Van Dam. 1256 01:01:06,763 --> 01:01:10,266 Monkey flip and the great athleticism by Benjamin, landing on his feet. 1257 01:01:11,134 --> 01:01:13,202 [King] Rob sensed it from the crowd. 1258 01:01:14,170 --> 01:01:16,973 [J.R.] Stepover heel kick again by Van Dam. 1259 01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:19,942 Van Dam has gone to the ground with a third attack. 1260 01:01:21,477 --> 01:01:25,882 [King] I think he's about to… he's contemplating an air attack now, J.R. 1261 01:01:25,948 --> 01:01:28,651 -[J.R.] Five-Star Frog Splash! -[King] Oh! 1262 01:01:28,718 --> 01:01:30,119 Nobody home. 1263 01:01:30,653 --> 01:01:34,223 [J.R.] Van Dam went for everything, got nothing. 1264 01:01:34,290 --> 01:01:36,692 -And a five-star DDT. -[King] Oh, man. 1265 01:01:36,759 --> 01:01:40,263 [J.R.] And talk about driving Van Dam's head into the canvas 1266 01:01:40,329 --> 01:01:41,798 with that DDT. 1267 01:01:41,864 --> 01:01:43,466 Will that be it? 1268 01:01:43,533 --> 01:01:44,867 Will that be enough? 1269 01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:48,671 -There's cover by Benjamin. -[King] Foot over. 1270 01:01:48,738 --> 01:01:51,307 [J.R.] And RVD keeps this match alive, 1271 01:01:51,374 --> 01:01:53,710 his hopes alive 1272 01:01:53,776 --> 01:01:55,712 in winning the Intercontinental Title 1273 01:01:55,778 --> 01:01:58,948 and retaining his Money in the Bank contract. 1274 01:01:59,015 --> 01:02:01,684 [King] Boy, and you can just say, barely alive there. 1275 01:02:01,751 --> 01:02:03,586 He's gonna try another attempt to… 1276 01:02:03,653 --> 01:02:04,954 [all exclaiming] 1277 01:02:05,855 --> 01:02:08,891 [King] Check out this DDT one more time. Wait, wait. 1278 01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:12,395 Another near-fall. 1279 01:02:12,462 --> 01:02:13,596 [audience cheering] 1280 01:02:14,664 --> 01:02:17,200 [King] There goes the Five-Star Frog Splash. 1281 01:02:17,266 --> 01:02:18,668 Look at that hang time. 1282 01:02:18,734 --> 01:02:23,206 [J.R.] Van Dam, certainly an amazing athlete, as is Benjamin. 1283 01:02:23,272 --> 01:02:26,909 Benjamin not the only great athlete in this match, I can tell you that. 1284 01:02:26,976 --> 01:02:29,912 But man, that Five-Star Frog Splash may be the… 1285 01:02:29,979 --> 01:02:33,116 have the beginnings of something to end. 1286 01:02:33,182 --> 01:02:36,719 [King] That DDT, after that missed prospect, 1287 01:02:36,786 --> 01:02:37,954 was amazing. 1288 01:02:38,020 --> 01:02:40,123 [J.R.] Involves a modified drop toe hold or what, 1289 01:02:40,189 --> 01:02:41,958 but it looked like Benjamin's head 1290 01:02:42,024 --> 01:02:45,595 went into the security wall on the outside. 1291 01:02:45,661 --> 01:02:48,931 Again, this doesn't do Van Dam any favors 1292 01:02:48,998 --> 01:02:51,300 for Benjamin to be on the outside. 1293 01:02:52,034 --> 01:02:54,303 Van Dam can't win the Intercontinental Title… 1294 01:02:56,139 --> 01:02:57,306 except being a hero. 1295 01:02:58,007 --> 01:02:59,809 Benjamin grabbing that briefcase. 1296 01:02:59,876 --> 01:03:01,911 [King] That's not yours yet. 1297 01:03:01,978 --> 01:03:03,913 Benjamin has been out-wrestled 1298 01:03:04,680 --> 01:03:08,551 in the last few moments, and a hard kick by Benjamin 1299 01:03:08,618 --> 01:03:12,889 that took Van Dam face first into the apron of the ring. 1300 01:03:13,923 --> 01:03:16,826 [King] You guys gotta realize you can't win this match on the outside. 1301 01:03:16,893 --> 01:03:18,027 There you go. 1302 01:03:18,094 --> 01:03:20,930 Shelton Benjamin getting Rob Van Dam back into the ring. 1303 01:03:20,997 --> 01:03:23,533 [J.R.] Benjamin's getting frustrated. Got that briefcase 1304 01:03:23,599 --> 01:03:25,668 to use as a weapon. That didn't… 1305 01:03:25,735 --> 01:03:27,503 That didn't pay off on that occasion. 1306 01:03:27,570 --> 01:03:31,007 And the Intercontinental Champion, now, on the top turnbuckle. 1307 01:03:31,073 --> 01:03:32,175 [King] Waiting… 1308 01:03:32,241 --> 01:03:35,178 [J.R.] Look at the balance. Look at the great balance and athleticism. 1309 01:03:35,244 --> 01:03:37,680 [King] Ready to swing in there like a vulture. 1310 01:03:37,747 --> 01:03:39,615 Here he comes! 1311 01:03:39,682 --> 01:03:42,285 [J.R.] And Van Dam rolling through. 1312 01:03:42,351 --> 01:03:43,553 [King] Oh. 1313 01:03:43,619 --> 01:03:45,054 Oh, man. 1314 01:03:45,121 --> 01:03:47,890 [J.R.] Van Dam using Benjamin's own momentum 1315 01:03:47,957 --> 01:03:49,892 against the Intercontinental Champion. 1316 01:03:52,795 --> 01:03:54,530 Van dam ducking that… 1317 01:03:56,032 --> 01:03:57,533 Oh, nice. 1318 01:03:57,600 --> 01:04:01,370 -[King] Nice reverse. -[J.R.] I certainly am wrong about Van Dam 1319 01:04:01,437 --> 01:04:03,005 who countered Benjamin 1320 01:04:03,072 --> 01:04:04,740 right into the hurricanrana. 1321 01:04:04,807 --> 01:04:07,009 [King] He's good. These guys are so fast, so quick, 1322 01:04:07,076 --> 01:04:09,879 using so many moves, so many counters, it's hard to call it. 1323 01:04:09,946 --> 01:04:12,348 -[J.R.] And again, now-- -[King] The briefcase. 1324 01:04:12,415 --> 01:04:15,184 [J.R.] Oh, referee got a shot there, inadvertently. 1325 01:04:15,251 --> 01:04:18,487 Benjamin's got that briefcase. Went for Van Dam's head with it. 1326 01:04:19,055 --> 01:04:20,756 And now, Van Dam's got his briefcase. 1327 01:04:20,823 --> 01:04:23,192 -To kick-- Oh, my God! -[audience cheering] 1328 01:04:23,259 --> 01:04:25,661 Van Dam tossed the briefcase 1329 01:04:25,728 --> 01:04:27,096 to Shelton Benjamin, 1330 01:04:27,163 --> 01:04:28,731 who instinctively caught it. 1331 01:04:28,798 --> 01:04:30,566 Rob said, "You want the briefcase? 1332 01:04:30,633 --> 01:04:32,702 Here, you can have it. For just a second. 1333 01:04:32,768 --> 01:04:34,570 Then you can have this big foot!" Look out! 1334 01:04:34,637 --> 01:04:36,138 [J.R.] Five-Star! 1335 01:04:36,205 --> 01:04:37,673 [King] Whoa! Man. 1336 01:04:37,740 --> 01:04:40,610 [J.R.] The briefcase to a face, a Five-Star. 1337 01:04:40,676 --> 01:04:42,645 The hook! For three! 1338 01:04:42,712 --> 01:04:44,814 -[bell dings] -[J.R.] And Van Dam has done it! 1339 01:04:45,982 --> 01:04:47,850 [Lilian] Here is your winner, 1340 01:04:47,917 --> 01:04:50,620 of both the Money in the Bank 1341 01:04:50,686 --> 01:04:54,056 and the new Intercontinental Champion, 1342 01:04:54,123 --> 01:04:57,326 Rob Van Dam! 1343 01:04:57,393 --> 01:05:00,062 [J.R.] Rob Van Dam has come to Backlash, 1344 01:05:00,129 --> 01:05:02,765 and he's leaving with the Intercontinental Title 1345 01:05:02,832 --> 01:05:04,934 and the Money in the Bank briefcase. 1346 01:05:05,001 --> 01:05:08,971 Winner Take All! Van Dam has done it. 1347 01:05:09,038 --> 01:05:11,641 [King] And this electrified crowd here 1348 01:05:11,707 --> 01:05:14,043 at Rupp Arena, Lexington loves it. 1349 01:05:14,110 --> 01:05:16,612 [Rob Van Dam's theme song playing] 1350 01:05:16,679 --> 01:05:17,813 [King] There it is. 1351 01:05:18,748 --> 01:05:19,915 He got it all. 1352 01:05:26,722 --> 01:05:28,658 [J.R.] This crowd on their feet. 1353 01:05:30,126 --> 01:05:32,762 [King] What an amazing, amazing match. 1354 01:05:32,828 --> 01:05:34,597 [J.R.] What a turn of events. 1355 01:05:34,664 --> 01:05:36,132 Benjamin tried to use 1356 01:05:36,198 --> 01:05:38,567 that Money in the Bank briefcase to his advantage. 1357 01:05:38,634 --> 01:05:40,069 And he ate it. 1358 01:05:40,136 --> 01:05:41,871 Benjamin ate the briefcase. 1359 01:05:41,937 --> 01:05:43,773 And then look at this hang time. 1360 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:46,075 My God, athleticism. 1361 01:05:46,142 --> 01:05:47,810 Rob Van Dam 1362 01:05:47,877 --> 01:05:50,613 driving the air out of Benjamin. 1363 01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:53,616 And Van Dam has won it all. 1364 01:05:57,653 --> 01:06:01,424 Things is, this has got to be one of the most significant victories 1365 01:06:01,490 --> 01:06:04,026 in Rob Van Dam's career. 1366 01:06:05,695 --> 01:06:06,862 [King] It's huge. 1367 01:06:07,663 --> 01:06:09,298 Intercontinental Champion. 1368 01:06:10,266 --> 01:06:13,970 He's still got the Money in the Bank briefcase. 1369 01:06:14,036 --> 01:06:15,338 The contract inside. 1370 01:06:15,404 --> 01:06:19,041 And one more look at this amazing frog splash. 1371 01:06:19,108 --> 01:06:21,243 Look at the impact. Rob Van Dam, 1372 01:06:21,310 --> 01:06:25,948 turning in a complete somersault after that impact. 1373 01:06:26,015 --> 01:06:28,818 [J.R.] Amazing velocity for Rob Van Dam 1374 01:06:28,884 --> 01:06:32,121 off the top of that Five-Star Frog Splash. 1375 01:06:32,188 --> 01:06:35,491 And so now, it was truly Winner Take All. 1376 01:06:35,558 --> 01:06:38,828 Ladies and gentlemen, Van Dam is the Intercontinental Champion. 1377 01:06:38,894 --> 01:06:41,664 Rob Van Dam is Mr. Money in the Bank. 1378 01:06:41,731 --> 01:06:45,768 I'd say Rob Van Dam is sitting at a pretty damn good spot right now. 1379 01:06:45,835 --> 01:06:48,537 I'll say one thing, he's obviously the happiest fan 1380 01:06:48,604 --> 01:06:51,774 in Rupp Arena right now, I can assure you. Look at that. 1381 01:06:51,841 --> 01:06:53,242 Sick match. Big win. 1382 01:06:53,309 --> 01:06:55,144 Well, King, we got a little thank you, 1383 01:06:55,211 --> 01:06:57,513 -to send out here now. -[King] Oh, yes, we do. 1384 01:06:57,580 --> 01:06:59,448 We wanna thank Danko Jones, 1385 01:06:59,515 --> 01:07:03,786 for… Well, it's for the official Backlash theme song. 1386 01:07:03,853 --> 01:07:06,222 It's gonna be my theme song. It's called "Baby Hates Me." 1387 01:07:06,288 --> 01:07:09,625 ♪ You make me rock solid Hot and bothered ♪ 1388 01:07:09,692 --> 01:07:12,228 [J.R.] Ladies and gentlemen, coming out momentarily, 1389 01:07:12,294 --> 01:07:15,264 two of the biggest men in the history of WWE, 1390 01:07:15,331 --> 01:07:17,266 former tag team partners. 1391 01:07:17,333 --> 01:07:18,534 As a matter of fact, 1392 01:07:18,601 --> 01:07:23,706 they may have been the most dominating tag team combination in WWE history, 1393 01:07:23,773 --> 01:07:25,941 and that's how this got started. 1394 01:07:28,444 --> 01:07:31,180 [man 1] The World Tag Team Champions, Kane and The Big Show. 1395 01:07:31,247 --> 01:07:35,518 It's the most dominating tag team champions in generations. 1396 01:07:35,584 --> 01:07:39,055 [King] They said it, I believe it. Kane and The Big Show are unstoppable. 1397 01:07:39,121 --> 01:07:42,858 [J.R.] Is there really two-man combination on God's green earth 1398 01:07:42,925 --> 01:07:44,660 that can beat Kane and The Big Show? 1399 01:07:49,732 --> 01:07:52,668 [man 2] World Tag Team Title on the line. 1400 01:07:52,735 --> 01:07:54,203 They do have spirit, 1401 01:07:54,270 --> 01:07:58,741 but is spirit enough to combat the gargantuan World Tag Team Champions? 1402 01:08:00,643 --> 01:08:02,812 [man 3] Ref has got a pair of sneakers to the face. 1403 01:08:02,878 --> 01:08:04,080 [King] Look out. Look out. 1404 01:08:04,146 --> 01:08:07,516 Wait a minute. Can they pick up the 500-pounder? Look out! 1405 01:08:07,583 --> 01:08:09,285 [man 4] The answer is yes. 1406 01:08:09,351 --> 01:08:11,487 -[King] Look out! -[man 1] Oh-ho, baby! 1407 01:08:11,554 --> 01:08:12,555 I don't believe it! 1408 01:08:12,621 --> 01:08:15,424 [Lilian] Here's your winner, and the new 1409 01:08:15,491 --> 01:08:18,561 World Tag Team Champions! 1410 01:08:18,627 --> 01:08:20,830 The Spirit Squad. 1411 01:08:24,266 --> 01:08:26,001 [Kane] May 19th. 1412 01:08:26,068 --> 01:08:27,069 [breathing heavily] 1413 01:08:28,537 --> 01:08:31,740 [echoing] May 19th, it's happening again. 1414 01:08:32,875 --> 01:08:35,277 Kane, it's me. It's okay. 1415 01:08:35,878 --> 01:08:36,946 It's okay. 1416 01:08:39,882 --> 01:08:41,016 You all right? 1417 01:08:41,550 --> 01:08:42,852 We've got work to do. 1418 01:08:42,918 --> 01:08:44,453 Let's go do this thing. 1419 01:08:45,154 --> 01:08:47,490 [man 1] The World Tag Team Championship's on the line. 1420 01:08:47,556 --> 01:08:50,960 The Spirit Squad defending against The Big Show and Kane. 1421 01:08:51,026 --> 01:08:54,830 Oh! And right now, Nicky is seeing that evil up close and personal. 1422 01:08:54,897 --> 01:08:57,099 [King] Easy, Kane. Wait a minute. What are you doing? 1423 01:08:57,166 --> 01:08:59,168 [man 1] The referee's called for the bell. 1424 01:08:59,235 --> 01:09:01,971 [man 2] This man is sick. Seems to me like he's sick. 1425 01:09:02,037 --> 01:09:04,840 [man 1] Oh! He's trying to break these kids in half. 1426 01:09:04,907 --> 01:09:06,242 Oh, no, don't do it. 1427 01:09:06,308 --> 01:09:07,776 -Not the referee. -[King] Look out! 1428 01:09:07,843 --> 01:09:10,412 [man 2] What the hell is Kane doing? 1429 01:09:10,479 --> 01:09:12,982 [King] Big Show, you gotta get in there and stop this. 1430 01:09:13,048 --> 01:09:14,383 You need to calm down. 1431 01:09:14,450 --> 01:09:16,852 [King] No! Oh, my God! 1432 01:09:16,919 --> 01:09:18,654 These guys were the Tag Team Champions. 1433 01:09:18,721 --> 01:09:20,589 -[man 1] Oh, my God. -[King] Look out! 1434 01:09:20,656 --> 01:09:24,126 [King] Kane snapped, and he just chokeslammed The Big Show. 1435 01:09:24,193 --> 01:09:26,328 [man 3] What's going on inside Kane's head? 1436 01:09:28,898 --> 01:09:32,434 [Lilian] Making his way to the ring, weighing in at 320 pounds… 1437 01:09:33,335 --> 01:09:34,370 Kane! 1438 01:09:35,838 --> 01:09:37,139 What did you say? 1439 01:09:38,641 --> 01:09:40,142 What did you just say? 1440 01:09:40,209 --> 01:09:42,278 You said, "May 19th." 1441 01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:45,648 Why did you tell everyone about May 19th? 1442 01:09:45,714 --> 01:09:47,483 I didn't say anything. I didn't say anything. 1443 01:09:47,550 --> 01:09:50,152 -[screams] -[King] Oh, no, no. Don't do it. 1444 01:09:50,219 --> 01:09:53,022 [Lilian continues screaming] 1445 01:09:53,088 --> 01:09:56,358 [Big Show] You and I have been friends. You and I have been partners. 1446 01:09:56,425 --> 01:10:00,162 As your friend, what's going on? What's the big deal? 1447 01:10:00,229 --> 01:10:03,999 [Kane panting] You said that date. 1448 01:10:05,100 --> 01:10:06,468 What date? 1449 01:10:06,535 --> 01:10:07,903 Come on, May 19th? 1450 01:10:07,970 --> 01:10:09,638 [King] Uh-oh. 1451 01:10:10,673 --> 01:10:13,142 [Kane] Don't say that again… 1452 01:10:13,909 --> 01:10:16,045 or else… 1453 01:10:19,048 --> 01:10:22,251 [King] I can't believe what I'm seeing. These men were partners. 1454 01:10:22,318 --> 01:10:23,586 There goes the bell. 1455 01:10:23,652 --> 01:10:26,088 [man] I don't think Big Show particularly wanted to do that. 1456 01:10:26,155 --> 01:10:27,957 But The Big Show had no choice. 1457 01:10:28,023 --> 01:10:30,025 May 19th. 1458 01:10:34,730 --> 01:10:36,398 [both grunt] 1459 01:10:41,270 --> 01:10:44,006 [Kane yelling] 1460 01:10:47,543 --> 01:10:49,812 [screaming in pain] 1461 01:10:49,878 --> 01:10:51,480 Ah! My eye. 1462 01:10:51,547 --> 01:10:53,148 I told you not to say that. 1463 01:10:53,215 --> 01:10:55,150 -I told you not to… -Kane, stop. 1464 01:10:55,217 --> 01:10:57,019 Kane, you son of a bitch! 1465 01:10:57,086 --> 01:10:58,821 [screams in pain] 1466 01:11:04,793 --> 01:11:08,097 Big Show, up next you go one-on-one against Kane. 1467 01:11:08,163 --> 01:11:10,332 Just want to get your thoughts on facing off 1468 01:11:10,399 --> 01:11:13,435 against your former World Tag Team Championship partner, 1469 01:11:13,502 --> 01:11:16,505 who's been going through some mental trauma recently, 1470 01:11:16,572 --> 01:11:20,242 apparently surrounding the release date of his new movie, See No evil. 1471 01:11:20,309 --> 01:11:23,412 You know, Todd, I've done everything I know to do as a friend 1472 01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:24,480 to try to help Kane. 1473 01:11:24,546 --> 01:11:28,017 I've tried to talk to him and I've tried to reason with him. 1474 01:11:28,083 --> 01:11:30,886 Okay, Kane has a movie coming out. 1475 01:11:30,953 --> 01:11:32,254 So what? 1476 01:11:32,321 --> 01:11:33,656 I was in Waterboy. 1477 01:11:33,722 --> 01:11:35,958 You didn't see me running around across the country, 1478 01:11:36,025 --> 01:11:38,227 attacking people and freaking out. 1479 01:11:38,294 --> 01:11:40,229 Now, okay, Kane's got problems. 1480 01:11:41,163 --> 01:11:42,631 Who doesn't? 1481 01:11:42,698 --> 01:11:46,135 You understand what I'm saying? Who doesn't have problems nowadays? 1482 01:11:46,201 --> 01:11:49,405 I don't know if May 19th is so traumatic for him for his past, 1483 01:11:49,471 --> 01:11:52,608 because, you know, his goldfish died, 1484 01:11:52,675 --> 01:11:54,843 uh, his puppy ran away. 1485 01:11:54,910 --> 01:11:57,880 I don't know what Kane's problem is with May 19th. 1486 01:11:57,946 --> 01:11:59,782 But I do know this. 1487 01:11:59,848 --> 01:12:04,320 Last week, Kane crossed the line. 1488 01:12:05,554 --> 01:12:06,789 And tonight, 1489 01:12:07,456 --> 01:12:10,159 it's an eye for an eye. 1490 01:12:10,826 --> 01:12:13,362 [audience cheering] 1491 01:12:14,763 --> 01:12:16,331 [bell dings] 1492 01:12:16,398 --> 01:12:19,968 [Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall. 1493 01:12:20,035 --> 01:12:21,670 Introducing first, 1494 01:12:21,737 --> 01:12:24,673 weighing in at 320 pounds, 1495 01:12:24,740 --> 01:12:25,808 Kane. 1496 01:12:27,776 --> 01:12:30,179 -[Kane's theme song playing] -[J.R.] Whoa! 1497 01:12:30,245 --> 01:12:34,383 [J.R.] Well, Lilian Garcia, certainly hates him, to say the least. 1498 01:12:34,450 --> 01:12:38,687 The treatment that Kane has delivered to Lilian. 1499 01:12:38,754 --> 01:12:41,123 He was gonna chokeslam Lilian, was Kane, 1500 01:12:41,190 --> 01:12:43,492 just a few a few days ago. 1501 01:12:43,559 --> 01:12:45,828 Thank God, that Big Show intervened. 1502 01:12:45,894 --> 01:12:48,230 [King] He might as well have chokeslammed. 1503 01:12:48,297 --> 01:12:50,799 He threw her to the floor just like a rag doll. 1504 01:12:52,301 --> 01:12:54,570 [J.R.] This a really a strange situation. 1505 01:12:54,636 --> 01:12:56,905 One would think Kane would be happy. 1506 01:12:56,972 --> 01:12:59,675 He's gonna be starring in a major motion picture 1507 01:12:59,742 --> 01:13:02,144 that premieres on May 19th. 1508 01:13:02,211 --> 01:13:04,146 [loud blast] 1509 01:13:04,213 --> 01:13:09,818 [J.R.] But it seems as if the closer we get to that May 19th date, 1510 01:13:09,885 --> 01:13:12,921 the more deranged and conflicted Kane becomes. 1511 01:13:12,988 --> 01:13:15,524 [King] Guys, I don't think you wanna be holding up 1512 01:13:15,591 --> 01:13:18,127 those May 19th signs out there in the crowd. 1513 01:13:18,193 --> 01:13:20,262 ♪ And no flame returns ♪ 1514 01:13:20,329 --> 01:13:23,098 [King] Guys, come on, it's gotta be like Big Show said. 1515 01:13:23,165 --> 01:13:26,301 It's gotta be something more than the release date of his movie. 1516 01:13:27,569 --> 01:13:30,172 [Big Show's theme song playing] 1517 01:13:35,177 --> 01:13:37,246 [Lilian] And making his way to the ring, 1518 01:13:37,312 --> 01:13:41,683 weighing in at 507 pounds, and seven feet tall, 1519 01:13:41,750 --> 01:13:43,819 The Big Show! 1520 01:13:43,886 --> 01:13:47,923 [J.R.] You know, I admire The Big Show for trying to reason with Kane. 1521 01:13:48,690 --> 01:13:51,226 When these two guys were on the same page… 1522 01:13:51,894 --> 01:13:54,029 I'm not here to amend. 1523 01:13:54,096 --> 01:13:56,965 Least, since we've been working together all these years, 1524 01:13:57,032 --> 01:13:59,601 I've never seen a more dominant tag team 1525 01:13:59,668 --> 01:14:01,036 than The Big Show and Kane. 1526 01:14:01,103 --> 01:14:04,173 When they were together, when they were on the same page. 1527 01:14:04,239 --> 01:14:05,908 [King] Yeah, we both agreed. 1528 01:14:05,974 --> 01:14:07,709 They were gonna be unbeatable. 1529 01:14:07,776 --> 01:14:10,479 I didn't know how they were ever going to be stopped. 1530 01:14:10,546 --> 01:14:12,347 Until, like you said, this… 1531 01:14:12,414 --> 01:14:15,784 -this whole situation with this May 19th. -[audience chanting] May 19th! 1532 01:14:15,851 --> 01:14:17,953 Kane, here though-- Oh. 1533 01:14:18,020 --> 01:14:19,087 [bell dings] 1534 01:14:19,154 --> 01:14:21,590 [J.R.] Kane, not wasting any time here. 1535 01:14:21,657 --> 01:14:24,159 I really don't want to think about this matchup. 1536 01:14:24,226 --> 01:14:27,463 Look at The Big Show. Kane, a seven foot-- 1537 01:14:28,897 --> 01:14:32,935 320 pounds, and a shade under seven feet, to be exact. 1538 01:14:33,001 --> 01:14:35,370 And the headbutt by The Big Show. 1539 01:14:35,437 --> 01:14:37,573 [King] Big Show's strength is scary. 1540 01:14:38,307 --> 01:14:40,042 As is, of course, Kane. 1541 01:14:40,108 --> 01:14:41,310 [Kane grunts] 1542 01:14:41,376 --> 01:14:43,445 [J.R.] These are two huge men that, 1543 01:14:43,512 --> 01:14:45,447 when they came together as a unit… 1544 01:14:46,915 --> 01:14:48,550 Oh, damn, that's… 1545 01:14:48,617 --> 01:14:50,686 That is just a devastating, 1546 01:14:50,752 --> 01:14:52,354 devastating impact there. 1547 01:14:52,421 --> 01:14:54,490 [King] You know, Kane's artistic. 1548 01:14:54,556 --> 01:14:55,557 [Big Show grunts] 1549 01:14:59,161 --> 01:15:00,596 [J.R.] And again… 1550 01:15:00,662 --> 01:15:01,930 Kane going for that eye. 1551 01:15:03,699 --> 01:15:06,134 And The Big Show hammering at that elbow. 1552 01:15:06,201 --> 01:15:07,736 Right at the elbow joint. 1553 01:15:08,670 --> 01:15:10,939 We saw that Kane was a-- They know, uh… 1554 01:15:11,940 --> 01:15:13,575 no sidetracks, 1555 01:15:13,642 --> 01:15:15,344 no detours. 1556 01:15:15,410 --> 01:15:18,714 Went right for The Big Show's eye last week on RAW. 1557 01:15:18,780 --> 01:15:21,884 [King] And that's where The Big Show said, we heard him say earlier, 1558 01:15:21,950 --> 01:15:23,452 Kane crossed the line there. 1559 01:15:24,419 --> 01:15:27,589 [J.R.] Watching that show at home back there in Norman, Oklahoma, 1560 01:15:27,656 --> 01:15:31,026 thinking, you know… Kane's movie's called See No Evil. 1561 01:15:31,093 --> 01:15:33,195 Certainly, that's what Kane had in mind. 1562 01:15:33,262 --> 01:15:35,931 Or did so, to not see any evil. 1563 01:15:35,998 --> 01:15:38,500 -[King] Well, you know… -[man] May 19th, bitch. 1564 01:15:38,567 --> 01:15:40,702 [King] …wrestling has some unwritten rules, 1565 01:15:40,769 --> 01:15:43,372 and I don't care how much you dislike your opponent, 1566 01:15:43,438 --> 01:15:45,574 it's just… It's just, uh, 1567 01:15:45,641 --> 01:15:47,242 it's one thing you don't try to do. 1568 01:15:47,309 --> 01:15:49,111 You don't try to cost anybody their sight. 1569 01:15:49,177 --> 01:15:50,545 [J.R.] Dammit. 1570 01:15:50,612 --> 01:15:55,150 Kane manhandling The Big Show right into that steel ring post. 1571 01:15:55,751 --> 01:15:56,785 [referee] Two! 1572 01:15:56,852 --> 01:15:59,354 [King] Why The Big Show said Kane crossed the line. 1573 01:15:59,421 --> 01:16:02,224 -[referee] Three! -[King] And now it's an eye for an eye. 1574 01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:06,295 [J.R.] World's largest professional athlete, 1575 01:16:06,361 --> 01:16:08,263 The Big Show. 1576 01:16:08,330 --> 01:16:10,465 Over seven feet tall, 1577 01:16:10,532 --> 01:16:12,968 gotta be 520 pounds. 1578 01:16:14,036 --> 01:16:16,271 [King] Or at least a biscuit or two from that. 1579 01:16:18,774 --> 01:16:20,576 [J.R.] Getting a hard stomp by Kane, 1580 01:16:20,642 --> 01:16:23,512 who has succeeded in getting The Big Show down, 1581 01:16:23,579 --> 01:16:26,848 which is no small feat, to say the least. 1582 01:16:28,016 --> 01:16:31,320 [King] The Big Show would've gone number one in this week's draft… 1583 01:16:31,386 --> 01:16:33,322 [J.R.] You're looking for a defensive lineman, 1584 01:16:33,388 --> 01:16:36,592 he would have been the prototype, but what about Kane? 1585 01:16:36,658 --> 01:16:38,594 These are two magnificent athletes 1586 01:16:38,660 --> 01:16:42,531 that we have the privilege of seeing here on RAW 1587 01:16:43,065 --> 01:16:44,866 and here tonight on Backlash. 1588 01:16:46,234 --> 01:16:48,937 And then Kane, intimidating referee Jack Doan. 1589 01:16:49,004 --> 01:16:51,039 Running clothesline. 1590 01:16:51,106 --> 01:16:55,310 Nowhere to go for Big Show, but against those turnbuckles. 1591 01:16:55,377 --> 01:16:57,012 [King] Big Show said that-- 1592 01:16:57,079 --> 01:17:00,115 Oh, my gosh, what a clothesline. 1593 01:17:00,182 --> 01:17:01,583 [J.R.] That was amazing, 1594 01:17:01,650 --> 01:17:02,851 the impact there. 1595 01:17:02,918 --> 01:17:04,786 -[Doan] One, two… That's two. -[J.R.] Cover! 1596 01:17:04,853 --> 01:17:07,489 [King] Never seen The Big Show knocked down 1597 01:17:07,556 --> 01:17:09,024 with that authority. 1598 01:17:09,091 --> 01:17:11,493 And like Big Show said, everybody's got problems, 1599 01:17:11,560 --> 01:17:15,197 but I think Kane has more than his share. Don't you? 1600 01:17:15,831 --> 01:17:18,166 [J.R.] There's just something wrong there. 1601 01:17:18,233 --> 01:17:19,968 I mean, there's just… 1602 01:17:20,035 --> 01:17:22,004 something about his… 1603 01:17:23,805 --> 01:17:26,208 [King] I'd like to say, it is more than the movie. 1604 01:17:26,274 --> 01:17:28,076 Gotta be something more than the movie date. 1605 01:17:28,143 --> 01:17:30,479 [J.R.] More than May 19th, more than See No Evil, 1606 01:17:30,545 --> 01:17:34,049 more than something else. There's something going wrong, 1607 01:17:34,116 --> 01:17:37,119 something going on in Kane's mind 1608 01:17:37,185 --> 01:17:39,121 that has got him so… 1609 01:17:40,288 --> 01:17:41,757 so dangerous, 1610 01:17:41,823 --> 01:17:43,825 and so unpredictable. 1611 01:17:44,459 --> 01:17:46,928 [King] Hearing voices in his head. 1612 01:17:46,995 --> 01:17:49,798 If the voices in my head start talking to me, 1613 01:17:49,865 --> 01:17:52,334 -I'd poke them with a Q-tip. -[J.R. chuckles] 1614 01:17:52,401 --> 01:17:54,169 [J.R.] Well, I think Kane's past that. 1615 01:17:54,236 --> 01:17:56,538 [King] He's past that, he's way past that. 1616 01:17:56,605 --> 01:17:58,740 [J.R.] Kane is a very perplexing individual. 1617 01:18:00,308 --> 01:18:02,678 Certainly a man that has… 1618 01:18:03,245 --> 01:18:06,314 At many times, we have seen him 1619 01:18:06,381 --> 01:18:09,985 display some very disturbing personality traits. 1620 01:18:11,053 --> 01:18:12,654 It's the story 1621 01:18:12,721 --> 01:18:14,790 of his life, somewhat unique, 1622 01:18:14,856 --> 01:18:16,258 to say the very least. 1623 01:18:16,992 --> 01:18:19,728 Many folks, including yours truly, 1624 01:18:19,795 --> 01:18:23,465 have had some unique interaction with Kane. 1625 01:18:23,532 --> 01:18:24,900 [King] You certainly have. 1626 01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:27,135 [J.R.] Unpleasant to remember. 1627 01:18:27,202 --> 01:18:30,338 The headbutt by The Big Show. Big Show's got to fight. 1628 01:18:30,405 --> 01:18:34,476 He's just got a reasoning, and trying to reason, and… 1629 01:18:34,543 --> 01:18:37,412 And again, right in that elbow joint by Kane. 1630 01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:41,249 [King] Big Show wanted to get that chokeslam and-- Oh, look at this now. 1631 01:18:44,820 --> 01:18:48,457 [J.R.] A wristlock and a torque on the elbow and wrist, 1632 01:18:48,523 --> 01:18:51,193 and Kane's all that leverage and all that strength. 1633 01:18:51,259 --> 01:18:52,728 And this is one of the few times 1634 01:18:52,794 --> 01:18:54,763 that The Big Show is gonna be out-leveraged. 1635 01:18:54,830 --> 01:18:56,264 Of course, he is on a knee. 1636 01:18:56,865 --> 01:18:58,266 [Kane] Get up, Show. 1637 01:18:58,333 --> 01:19:00,836 [J.R.] Kane is almost seven feet tall. 1638 01:19:00,902 --> 01:19:02,737 Look how big The Big Show is on a knee. 1639 01:19:02,804 --> 01:19:04,773 -[King laughs] It's amazing. -[J.R.] It's scary. 1640 01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:06,208 And until you see a man-- 1641 01:19:06,274 --> 01:19:08,076 both these men, quite frankly-- 1642 01:19:08,143 --> 01:19:09,845 but especially The Big Show in person, 1643 01:19:09,911 --> 01:19:12,247 it's really… it's really amazing 1644 01:19:12,314 --> 01:19:14,382 just how big he really is. 1645 01:19:14,449 --> 01:19:17,419 That size 18 5E wrestling boot. 1646 01:19:18,019 --> 01:19:21,223 [King] But somehow Kane with enough athletic ability 1647 01:19:21,289 --> 01:19:22,924 to get that huge boot of his 1648 01:19:22,991 --> 01:19:25,160 all the way up there into the face 1649 01:19:25,227 --> 01:19:26,928 of the seven-foot-tall Big Show. 1650 01:19:26,995 --> 01:19:31,199 [J.R.] Big Show wears like a 19 or a 20-size ring, 1651 01:19:31,266 --> 01:19:32,667 and there is… 1652 01:19:33,535 --> 01:19:35,570 the strength. 1653 01:19:35,637 --> 01:19:39,708 Fallaway slam by the seven-foot-plus, 1654 01:19:40,275 --> 01:19:44,079 520-pound, I'm estimating, of Big Show, 1655 01:19:44,146 --> 01:19:46,948 and how The Big Show comes back with that clothesline. 1656 01:19:47,015 --> 01:19:50,252 I don't know the effects that's gonna have on the damaged arm. 1657 01:19:50,318 --> 01:19:52,854 [King] What size? Couldn't get the average one… [chuckles] 1658 01:19:55,190 --> 01:19:57,592 -[King] Big Show wears a 20. -[J.R.] I wore a 10. 1659 01:20:00,028 --> 01:20:03,398 -Ah! -[J.R.] Look at this. Look at that hand. 1660 01:20:03,465 --> 01:20:05,400 This is a… Holding that shoulder again. 1661 01:20:06,802 --> 01:20:08,770 -[Kane grunts] -[King] Uh-oh. 1662 01:20:08,837 --> 01:20:10,772 Here he goes. This is the-- Oh! 1663 01:20:10,839 --> 01:20:12,107 Look at this! 1664 01:20:13,708 --> 01:20:17,245 [J.R.] Big Show, I don't know what… Big Show trying to-- 1665 01:20:17,312 --> 01:20:19,281 [King] Big Show, went for the chokeslam 1666 01:20:19,347 --> 01:20:21,383 and Kane was able to counter. 1667 01:20:22,117 --> 01:20:25,754 Came down once again on that weakened right arm of The Big Show. 1668 01:20:25,821 --> 01:20:29,291 [audience chanting] Big Show! Big Show! 1669 01:20:30,492 --> 01:20:33,061 [King] Kane is a scary-looking individual. 1670 01:20:33,762 --> 01:20:36,164 [J.R.] We sure don't have all the details. 1671 01:20:36,231 --> 01:20:39,367 We understand there's an update on WWE.com 1672 01:20:39,434 --> 01:20:42,370 on the condition of Trish Stratus. 1673 01:20:42,437 --> 01:20:44,906 And the details are sketchy as we know them here. 1674 01:20:44,973 --> 01:20:47,175 -[King] Look out. -[J.R.] Look at that big legdrop. 1675 01:20:47,242 --> 01:20:48,944 -Four! Three! -[J.R.] 500-plus. 1676 01:20:49,010 --> 01:20:51,313 Will it be enough? Not this time. 1677 01:20:54,216 --> 01:20:57,385 This has not been a pretty match. 1678 01:20:57,452 --> 01:20:59,888 This has not been a catch-as-catch-can. 1679 01:20:59,955 --> 01:21:01,690 -[King] No. -[J.R.] Classic. 1680 01:21:01,756 --> 01:21:03,425 [all exclaiming] 1681 01:21:04,659 --> 01:21:06,728 [J.R.] And total powerslam. 1682 01:21:06,795 --> 01:21:08,997 -And there's a powerslam. -[Doan] One! Two! 1683 01:21:09,064 --> 01:21:10,932 [J.R.] And a hook to the leg. 1684 01:21:10,999 --> 01:21:13,702 You see the great-- the grace, the athleticism, 1685 01:21:13,768 --> 01:21:16,204 the movement, the aerial skills. 1686 01:21:16,271 --> 01:21:19,407 We saw moments ago with RVD and Shelton Benjamin. 1687 01:21:19,474 --> 01:21:21,443 And then you see these two Clydesdales. 1688 01:21:21,509 --> 01:21:23,645 [King] Oh, wait a minute, look at this. 1689 01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:28,416 I think he's got that "eye for an eye" thought in mind here. 1690 01:21:28,483 --> 01:21:31,853 -Look out, Big Show. No, you don't wanna-- -[J.R.] Big Show looking to stick that… 1691 01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:33,989 "An eye for an eye," just as he said. 1692 01:21:34,055 --> 01:21:36,324 [King] That size-20 finger you're talking about. 1693 01:21:36,391 --> 01:21:40,228 [J.R.] And a poke right to the eye by… by Kane. 1694 01:21:40,295 --> 01:21:44,366 And… Oh, Kane, hard shot right to the temple, 1695 01:21:44,432 --> 01:21:46,902 taking The Big Show to the outside. 1696 01:21:47,702 --> 01:21:50,071 And Kane with a big smile on his face. 1697 01:21:50,138 --> 01:21:53,041 -[King] A sadistic smile. -[voice whispers] May 19th. 1698 01:21:53,108 --> 01:21:55,010 [King] Too close. What's this? 1699 01:21:55,076 --> 01:21:57,312 [voice whispering] It's happening again, Kane. 1700 01:21:57,946 --> 01:22:00,649 You know what happened on that day. 1701 01:22:02,217 --> 01:22:06,054 May 19th. It's happening again. Kane. 1702 01:22:06,121 --> 01:22:07,555 Kane. 1703 01:22:07,622 --> 01:22:09,391 [overlapping voice] May 19th. 1704 01:22:09,457 --> 01:22:11,793 -You can't control it. -[King] You hear that too? 1705 01:22:11,860 --> 01:22:14,596 -[J.R.] I can't explain. -[overlapping voice] You can't stop it. 1706 01:22:14,663 --> 01:22:18,233 You can't stop it. May 19th. They're all going to die. 1707 01:22:18,300 --> 01:22:20,368 [J.R.] I can't explain where this is coming from. 1708 01:22:20,435 --> 01:22:23,038 [overlapping voice] May 19th. It's happening again, Kane. 1709 01:22:23,104 --> 01:22:26,207 -You can't stop it. -[J.R.] You can see the reaction of Kane. 1710 01:22:26,274 --> 01:22:29,144 [King] Just by listening to it, I thought I was going nuts. 1711 01:22:29,210 --> 01:22:31,579 [voices whispering] May 19th. It's happening again, Kane. 1712 01:22:31,646 --> 01:22:33,682 You know what happened on that day. 1713 01:22:33,748 --> 01:22:35,717 [J.R.] Kane is beating himself up. 1714 01:22:36,785 --> 01:22:39,921 Kane's striking himself. 1715 01:22:39,988 --> 01:22:43,024 [overlapping voices] May 19th. You can't control it. 1716 01:22:43,091 --> 01:22:46,728 It's happening again, Kane. You can't stop it. 1717 01:22:46,795 --> 01:22:50,498 You can't stop it. May 19th. 1718 01:22:50,565 --> 01:22:53,001 [Kane grunts] Shut up! [moans] 1719 01:22:53,068 --> 01:22:57,906 It's happening again, Kane. You can't stop it… 1720 01:22:57,973 --> 01:23:00,241 [J.R.] What the hell is going on? 1721 01:23:00,308 --> 01:23:04,279 [man] Yeah, get it, Big Show! Yeah, baby! 1722 01:23:05,847 --> 01:23:07,782 [overlapping voices] May 19th. 1723 01:23:07,849 --> 01:23:12,053 [King] Big Show just got a steel chair. 1724 01:23:12,654 --> 01:23:15,590 [J.R.] Big Show with a steel chair in hand. 1725 01:23:15,657 --> 01:23:20,562 They're all going to know. May 19th. It's happening again, Kane. 1726 01:23:20,628 --> 01:23:22,230 [J.R.] I guess at May 19th… 1727 01:23:23,465 --> 01:23:27,268 Can't explain the origins of why we're hearing that. 1728 01:23:28,903 --> 01:23:31,973 -Oh… -[overlapping voices] May 19th. 1729 01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:33,842 -[J.R.] And certainly… -[voices stop] 1730 01:23:33,908 --> 01:23:36,611 [Kane panting heavily] 1731 01:23:36,678 --> 01:23:39,714 [J.R.] The Big Show… It's almost as if The Big Show was just 1732 01:23:39,781 --> 01:23:43,518 trying to put his former tag team partner 1733 01:23:43,585 --> 01:23:45,453 out of Kane's misery. 1734 01:23:45,520 --> 01:23:48,757 Like, The Big Show was trying to help Kane 1735 01:23:48,823 --> 01:23:51,559 cope with these voices. 1736 01:23:53,061 --> 01:23:57,532 [audience booing] 1737 01:23:58,500 --> 01:24:02,771 [J.R.] And Big Show, walking out and walking away from this contest. 1738 01:24:02,837 --> 01:24:05,073 -[audience cheering] -[J.R.] Kane sits up 1739 01:24:05,140 --> 01:24:08,143 with a perverse smile on his face, 1740 01:24:09,711 --> 01:24:12,113 but at least those voices have stopped. 1741 01:24:14,315 --> 01:24:17,252 [King] The chair, instead of knocking Kane's lights out, 1742 01:24:17,318 --> 01:24:19,821 it knocked the lights back on and the voices off. 1743 01:24:19,888 --> 01:24:21,356 I don't… I don't get it. 1744 01:24:21,423 --> 01:24:23,792 [J.R.] Show's just trying to help Kane, I think. 1745 01:24:28,997 --> 01:24:30,899 [Candice coughing] 1746 01:24:30,965 --> 01:24:33,701 Candice! My goodness, you look beautiful. 1747 01:24:33,768 --> 01:24:36,771 Thanks, Mr. McMahon, but… [coughs] 1748 01:24:36,838 --> 01:24:38,606 What's that smell? 1749 01:24:38,673 --> 01:24:42,744 Um, it's not me, it's a new cleaning solvent 1750 01:24:42,811 --> 01:24:44,379 that they have out on the market. 1751 01:24:44,446 --> 01:24:46,948 -Smells a little fishy, doesn't it? -Yeah. Not good. 1752 01:24:47,015 --> 01:24:49,150 What can I do for you? My match is comin' right up. 1753 01:24:49,217 --> 01:24:51,419 Well, Mr. McMahon… [coughs] 1754 01:24:51,486 --> 01:24:54,255 Sorry, but I have this really bad chest cold. 1755 01:24:54,322 --> 01:24:57,692 [coughs] And you know, with you being God, 1756 01:24:57,759 --> 01:25:00,829 I thought maybe you could lay a healing hand on me. 1757 01:25:00,895 --> 01:25:03,031 -[coughs] -Um… 1758 01:25:04,666 --> 01:25:07,068 [hesitates] Yeah, let's try that. 1759 01:25:07,135 --> 01:25:09,704 -In the name of-- -Uh, Mr. McMahon, 1760 01:25:09,771 --> 01:25:13,108 it's a chest cold, so a little lower, please. 1761 01:25:13,174 --> 01:25:15,577 -Oh, well, okay, then. -[audience hooting] 1762 01:25:15,643 --> 01:25:17,212 Why don't we try… 1763 01:25:17,278 --> 01:25:19,914 You have beautiful shoulders. Let's try this. 1764 01:25:20,748 --> 01:25:22,817 Yes. Can you feel that? 1765 01:25:22,884 --> 01:25:24,853 No, just a little lower. 1766 01:25:24,919 --> 01:25:27,255 Maybe around that 1767 01:25:27,322 --> 01:25:30,125 tiny little waist of yours, as a feeling. 1768 01:25:30,191 --> 01:25:31,292 Yeah, I like that. 1769 01:25:31,359 --> 01:25:33,194 Yeah, just a little bit higher. 1770 01:25:33,261 --> 01:25:34,629 -A little bit higher? -Yeah. 1771 01:25:34,696 --> 01:25:38,066 -Like-- -Yeah. Keep going. Yeah. [moans] 1772 01:25:38,133 --> 01:25:41,636 [screams loudly] 1773 01:25:41,703 --> 01:25:45,173 Heal! Heal this woman's breath! 1774 01:25:45,240 --> 01:25:47,408 Heal this woman's voluptuous breath. 1775 01:25:47,475 --> 01:25:49,711 -[screams] -Do you feel it? 1776 01:25:49,777 --> 01:25:52,780 -Right out there, right there! -I feel it too. 1777 01:25:52,847 --> 01:25:55,884 [both screaming] 1778 01:25:55,950 --> 01:25:57,385 Hey, let's go. 1779 01:25:57,452 --> 01:26:01,289 Let's go. Our match is next. Let's go. What are you doing? 1780 01:26:01,356 --> 01:26:02,957 I'm just healing Candice. 1781 01:26:03,024 --> 01:26:05,827 -You can heal Candice later. Let's go. -Okay. 1782 01:26:05,894 --> 01:26:07,295 [Candice moaning] 1783 01:26:07,362 --> 01:26:08,963 [Shane] Let's go! 1784 01:26:09,030 --> 01:26:10,165 Damn it! 1785 01:26:10,231 --> 01:26:13,101 -[audience laughs] -[Candice continues moaning] 1786 01:26:21,409 --> 01:26:23,578 -Now, I wanna bet-- -He does have the power. 1787 01:26:23,645 --> 01:26:26,915 -He's got the power. I believe it. -Well, what the hell was that? 1788 01:26:26,981 --> 01:26:29,250 -Is he crazy? Has-- -He laid hands on Candice. 1789 01:26:29,317 --> 01:26:30,952 I saw him laying hands. 1790 01:26:31,019 --> 01:26:34,889 He'd have laid more than hands, only this match was an imminent. 1791 01:26:34,956 --> 01:26:39,227 As… The chairman of the WWE, folks, has lost it. 1792 01:26:40,261 --> 01:26:42,897 If you didn't know by now, he has lost it. 1793 01:26:42,964 --> 01:26:47,235 Because not only has Mr. McMahon and his son, Shane, 1794 01:26:47,302 --> 01:26:49,804 had booked this mess, Mr. McMahon has made 1795 01:26:49,871 --> 01:26:52,240 Shawn Michaels' tag team partner tonight, 1796 01:26:52,307 --> 01:26:54,809 in Mr. McMahon's words, God. 1797 01:26:55,543 --> 01:26:58,913 [King] Well, you and I have both never seen the likes of it, 1798 01:26:58,980 --> 01:27:02,317 but this is how this all came about tonight. 1799 01:27:06,221 --> 01:27:07,922 [J.R.] McMahon is Satan-like. 1800 01:27:08,456 --> 01:27:10,725 He is morally corrupt. 1801 01:27:10,792 --> 01:27:14,329 McMahon has broken every commandment known to the good Lord, 1802 01:27:14,395 --> 01:27:19,934 and now he wants to break Shawn Michaels, physically, spiritually, emotionally. 1803 01:27:20,001 --> 01:27:23,538 So diabolical, so devoid of human kindness. 1804 01:27:23,605 --> 01:27:27,008 Well, and he's getting everything that McMahon deserves. 1805 01:27:27,075 --> 01:27:29,777 [Shawn] Vince, you better be the one to hit your knees 1806 01:27:29,844 --> 01:27:31,479 and pray to the God above. 1807 01:27:31,546 --> 01:27:32,947 [Vince] God… 1808 01:27:34,015 --> 01:27:35,383 I don't like you. 1809 01:27:36,251 --> 01:27:37,885 You don't like me. 1810 01:27:37,952 --> 01:27:41,589 [Shawn] You are going to endure your own personal hell. 1811 01:27:42,890 --> 01:27:45,960 [J.R.] He's literally getting the hell beaten out of him. 1812 01:27:47,362 --> 01:27:50,164 [Vince] You nor anyone else in the world 1813 01:27:50,231 --> 01:27:53,701 can beat the McMahons. You can't do it. 1814 01:27:53,768 --> 01:27:57,071 [J.R.] He has been battered bloody, but he's still breathing. 1815 01:27:57,972 --> 01:27:59,774 Satan lives. 1816 01:28:04,012 --> 01:28:06,147 [Vince] It became a Handicap Match. 1817 01:28:06,214 --> 01:28:08,516 Me versus you and God. 1818 01:28:09,183 --> 01:28:12,120 Vince, you have finally, finally gone 1819 01:28:12,186 --> 01:28:13,554 completely insane. 1820 01:28:13,621 --> 01:28:14,789 You're in a war! 1821 01:28:15,690 --> 01:28:17,692 [Vince] That war for you is gonna continue 1822 01:28:17,759 --> 01:28:21,262 at Backlash, there's gonna be a tag team match on. 1823 01:28:21,329 --> 01:28:24,565 You and God versus me, 1824 01:28:24,632 --> 01:28:26,868 Vincent Kennedy McMahon, 1825 01:28:26,934 --> 01:28:29,203 and my son, Shane. 1826 01:28:31,406 --> 01:28:32,540 I'm here to announce, 1827 01:28:32,607 --> 01:28:35,843 for the first time, a new religion. 1828 01:28:37,211 --> 01:28:40,315 My own personal religion. 1829 01:28:40,381 --> 01:28:42,750 And the name of it is McMahonism. 1830 01:28:47,088 --> 01:28:50,158 McMahonism is the theology of the future. 1831 01:28:50,224 --> 01:28:52,226 Yeah, I know, there's one person, 1832 01:28:52,293 --> 01:28:55,163 here in this arena, who will not convert. 1833 01:28:55,229 --> 01:28:57,398 And his name is Shawn Michaels. 1834 01:28:57,465 --> 01:29:00,802 At Backlash, I can assure you, 1835 01:29:00,868 --> 01:29:04,272 when my son, Shane and I get finished with Shawn Michaels, 1836 01:29:04,339 --> 01:29:09,510 he will fall on his knees and worship at my feet. 1837 01:29:09,577 --> 01:29:14,082 If I'm lying, may God striketh me down as I stand here before you. 1838 01:29:14,782 --> 01:29:16,551 [thunder crashes] 1839 01:29:18,886 --> 01:29:21,222 [man 1] Mr. McMahon asked for a slamming. 1840 01:29:21,289 --> 01:29:22,423 Well, he got one. 1841 01:29:27,962 --> 01:29:30,365 [man 2] That wasn't an act of God at all. 1842 01:29:30,431 --> 01:29:32,900 That was a succession of mere coincidences. 1843 01:29:32,967 --> 01:29:36,471 [Vince] I told you. Shawn, God's not here tonight. 1844 01:29:36,537 --> 01:29:40,375 [man 3] Shawn Michaels better hope there is an act of God. 1845 01:29:40,441 --> 01:29:42,844 [Vince] God has abandoned you. 1846 01:29:42,910 --> 01:29:46,447 Shawn Michaels, I will unleash the apocalypse on you. 1847 01:29:46,514 --> 01:29:48,483 God will not be at your side. 1848 01:29:48,549 --> 01:29:52,186 The god of McMahonism will guarantee victory 1849 01:29:52,253 --> 01:29:55,323 against Shawn Michaels at Backlash. 1850 01:29:55,389 --> 01:29:57,792 Not even you, God, can protect him. 1851 01:29:57,859 --> 01:30:03,564 Praise be the name of Vincent Kennedy McMahon. 1852 01:30:03,631 --> 01:30:06,234 Hallelujah! And amen! 1853 01:30:06,300 --> 01:30:08,803 [thunder rumbles] 1854 01:30:14,175 --> 01:30:15,777 ♪ Here comes the money ♪ 1855 01:30:15,843 --> 01:30:17,879 -Here we go. -Money talks. 1856 01:30:17,945 --> 01:30:19,380 ♪ Here comes the money ♪ 1857 01:30:19,447 --> 01:30:22,383 ♪ Money, money, money, money ♪ 1858 01:30:22,450 --> 01:30:24,519 ♪ Dolla, dolla, dolla, dolla ♪ 1859 01:30:24,585 --> 01:30:27,288 ♪ Ching ching, bling bling Cut the chatter ♪ 1860 01:30:27,355 --> 01:30:29,957 ♪ You ain't talking money Then your talking don't matter ♪ 1861 01:30:30,024 --> 01:30:31,893 ♪ Ching ching, bling bling ♪ 1862 01:30:32,794 --> 01:30:33,861 [bell dings] 1863 01:30:33,928 --> 01:30:36,898 [Lilian] This tag team contest is scheduled for one fall. 1864 01:30:36,964 --> 01:30:39,600 Introducing first, from Greenwich, Connecticut, 1865 01:30:39,667 --> 01:30:42,470 weighing in at 234 pounds, 1866 01:30:42,537 --> 01:30:45,406 Shane McMahon. 1867 01:30:45,473 --> 01:30:50,044 [King] Well, since Mr. McMahon thinks that he's a god, 1868 01:30:50,111 --> 01:30:53,481 now, does that-- doesn't make Shane son of God, does it? 1869 01:30:54,048 --> 01:30:55,817 [J.R.] I wouldn't think so. 1870 01:30:58,753 --> 01:31:01,422 The simple son of… 1871 01:31:02,290 --> 01:31:04,659 I think, Mr. McMahon. 1872 01:31:04,725 --> 01:31:07,862 I've said this before. I think he looks forward to going to hell. 1873 01:31:07,929 --> 01:31:10,465 -[King] What? -[J.R.] He can take over. 1874 01:31:10,531 --> 01:31:12,200 Satan will be out of work. 1875 01:31:12,266 --> 01:31:14,168 ♪ No chance ♪ 1876 01:31:14,235 --> 01:31:16,571 [Lilian] Introducing his tag team partner, 1877 01:31:16,637 --> 01:31:18,940 weighing in at 248 pounds, 1878 01:31:19,006 --> 01:31:23,110 he is the Chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment, 1879 01:31:23,177 --> 01:31:25,947 Mr. McMahon. 1880 01:31:26,547 --> 01:31:30,084 [J.R.] There were several lightning strikes in the area today. 1881 01:31:30,151 --> 01:31:33,487 Let's hope they don't find their way to the Rupp Arena. 1882 01:31:36,257 --> 01:31:38,259 [King] Yeah, give up-- You know what? 1883 01:31:38,326 --> 01:31:41,362 You can't take any chances. You gotta respect all religions. 1884 01:31:41,429 --> 01:31:43,698 You don't want to go to hell on a technicality. 1885 01:31:43,764 --> 01:31:47,134 [J.R.] Well, that's true, I don't wanna go to hell for any reason. 1886 01:31:50,204 --> 01:31:53,474 I have a hard time understanding 1887 01:31:53,541 --> 01:31:56,143 the thorough doctrine of McMahonism. 1888 01:32:00,615 --> 01:32:04,318 [King] I know one thing Vince wouldn't like about heaven, he hates harp music. 1889 01:32:04,385 --> 01:32:06,454 -[King] Oh, he does. -[J.R.] I heard that, yeah. 1890 01:32:06,521 --> 01:32:08,723 -[J.R.] Thou shalt… -[Vince] I got it from here, Lilian. 1891 01:32:08,789 --> 01:32:12,193 -Thou shall get a haircut. -Allow me to introduce to you, 1892 01:32:12,260 --> 01:32:16,030 one of Shawn Michaels, or actually the only, 1893 01:32:16,097 --> 01:32:19,100 tag team partner Shawn Michaels is gonna have here tonight. 1894 01:32:22,837 --> 01:32:24,305 He is the… 1895 01:32:24,372 --> 01:32:26,874 Let's see. He has many names. 1896 01:32:26,941 --> 01:32:29,343 Let's try, he's the Holy Roller. 1897 01:32:29,410 --> 01:32:30,444 [King] Oh, boy. 1898 01:32:30,511 --> 01:32:32,580 He's the hipster from heaven. 1899 01:32:33,648 --> 01:32:35,950 He's the man upstairs. 1900 01:32:37,151 --> 01:32:39,921 From the kingdom of heaven, please welcome… 1901 01:32:41,389 --> 01:32:42,857 God. 1902 01:32:42,924 --> 01:32:44,025 [audience cheering] 1903 01:32:44,091 --> 01:32:46,093 [celestial music playing] 1904 01:33:05,713 --> 01:33:08,749 Oh, all right there. Hold it. Hold it. Stop it. 1905 01:33:08,816 --> 01:33:10,518 Stop the music. Hold it. Stop it. 1906 01:33:11,886 --> 01:33:13,487 Now, Listen, God. 1907 01:33:15,923 --> 01:33:19,760 We're not doing things your way tonight. We're not doing things my way. 1908 01:33:19,827 --> 01:33:22,530 This is not your house, this is mine. 1909 01:33:23,898 --> 01:33:26,133 [audience booing] 1910 01:33:26,200 --> 01:33:28,269 You call that an entrance? 1911 01:33:28,336 --> 01:33:29,704 That's not an entrance. 1912 01:33:29,770 --> 01:33:33,074 Tonight, we're gonna do it WWE style. 1913 01:33:33,140 --> 01:33:36,143 Let's get down. Let's jiggy with it. Come on, God. 1914 01:33:36,210 --> 01:33:37,979 Let's see what you've got, come on. 1915 01:33:38,813 --> 01:33:40,081 Come on, God. 1916 01:33:40,147 --> 01:33:42,383 [funky music playing] 1917 01:33:42,450 --> 01:33:45,486 [J.R.] McMahon wants God to get jiggy with it. 1918 01:33:45,553 --> 01:33:48,689 [King] Well, he did stop God in his tracks right there. 1919 01:33:54,762 --> 01:33:56,597 [J.R.] Someone call 911. 1920 01:33:56,664 --> 01:33:59,467 [King laughs] Hey, wait there, I got it coming this way. 1921 01:34:00,935 --> 01:34:03,037 -[J.R.] What? -[King] Can you feel him? 1922 01:34:03,104 --> 01:34:04,839 He wouldn't let go. 1923 01:34:04,905 --> 01:34:08,843 [J.R.] I feel God in my life all the time, but this is… 1924 01:34:09,810 --> 01:34:12,413 -I know what I got here. -[J.R.] This is insanity. 1925 01:34:12,480 --> 01:34:14,048 [Vince panting] All right. 1926 01:34:14,682 --> 01:34:15,783 Oh. 1927 01:34:15,850 --> 01:34:17,218 God… 1928 01:34:17,284 --> 01:34:19,120 [King] Oh, he's in the ring. He's in the ring. 1929 01:34:19,186 --> 01:34:21,288 Let me just say this. 1930 01:34:21,355 --> 01:34:22,423 What is it? 1931 01:34:22,490 --> 01:34:23,958 Oh, he's behind me. 1932 01:34:25,660 --> 01:34:26,761 The hell was that? 1933 01:34:26,827 --> 01:34:28,529 You sneaked up, behind me. 1934 01:34:30,398 --> 01:34:32,266 God. Come here. 1935 01:34:34,101 --> 01:34:35,169 Go, check him out. 1936 01:34:37,338 --> 01:34:40,007 [King chuckling] He's asking the referee to check God. 1937 01:34:41,075 --> 01:34:44,912 Now, tell me what God has up his sleeve. Now, go check him out. 1938 01:34:44,979 --> 01:34:46,247 [inaudible] 1939 01:34:47,381 --> 01:34:48,649 [all exclaiming] 1940 01:34:48,716 --> 01:34:50,651 I said, go check him out. 1941 01:34:52,086 --> 01:34:53,921 No, whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a minute. 1942 01:34:54,989 --> 01:34:57,191 On second thought, you know what, God… 1943 01:34:58,225 --> 01:34:59,226 Bring it! 1944 01:34:59,894 --> 01:35:01,495 Bring it! Whatever you've got! 1945 01:35:01,562 --> 01:35:02,963 I don't care what it is. 1946 01:35:03,030 --> 01:35:06,233 Because, tonight, there's no disqualification. 1947 01:35:06,300 --> 01:35:08,502 -[J.R.] What? -There's no countout. 1948 01:35:08,569 --> 01:35:13,641 This match is no-holds-barred. 1949 01:35:13,708 --> 01:35:15,676 -[J.R.] Since when? -[audience cheering] 1950 01:35:17,011 --> 01:35:18,646 [J.R.] When the hell did that happen? 1951 01:35:18,713 --> 01:35:22,316 Praise be the name of Vincent Kennedy McMahon. 1952 01:35:23,217 --> 01:35:25,186 Praise be the name of-- 1953 01:35:25,252 --> 01:35:27,722 [Shawn Michaels' theme song playing] 1954 01:35:29,957 --> 01:35:31,992 ♪ I know I'm sexy ♪ 1955 01:35:32,059 --> 01:35:33,794 ♪ I've got the looks ♪ 1956 01:35:33,861 --> 01:35:36,664 ♪ That drive the girls wild ♪ 1957 01:35:36,731 --> 01:35:39,667 [J.R.] The Rupp Arena has exploded. 1958 01:35:40,334 --> 01:35:42,103 ♪ I send chills ♪ 1959 01:35:42,169 --> 01:35:44,672 ♪ Up and down their spines ♪ 1960 01:35:44,739 --> 01:35:46,273 ♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪ 1961 01:35:48,342 --> 01:35:50,444 ♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪ 1962 01:35:52,580 --> 01:35:54,115 ♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪ 1963 01:35:58,786 --> 01:36:01,956 [J.R.] The born-again spirit of Shawn Michaels 1964 01:36:02,022 --> 01:36:03,824 has now gotta face 1965 01:36:03,891 --> 01:36:06,660 a no-disqualification, 1966 01:36:06,727 --> 01:36:08,462 no-holds-barred… 1967 01:36:10,498 --> 01:36:13,667 You might as well say, a Handicap Match. 1968 01:36:18,172 --> 01:36:19,807 [King] Where did that light go? 1969 01:36:20,775 --> 01:36:23,277 I'm afraid to look into the light. 1970 01:36:26,080 --> 01:36:29,116 [J.R.] McMahon loves to castrate people's dignity. 1971 01:36:29,183 --> 01:36:30,985 He's so morally corrupt. 1972 01:36:31,051 --> 01:36:32,686 [Vince] Hold on! Hang on a second. 1973 01:36:33,788 --> 01:36:35,289 Before this match begins, 1974 01:36:36,457 --> 01:36:38,559 I just wanna let you know something, okay? 1975 01:36:39,693 --> 01:36:42,396 I know you've never been there, 1976 01:36:42,463 --> 01:36:44,765 and your partner hasn't either. 1977 01:36:44,832 --> 01:36:46,800 But before this night is over, 1978 01:36:46,867 --> 01:36:49,236 you and God 1979 01:36:49,303 --> 01:36:51,272 are gonna go straight to hell. 1980 01:36:51,338 --> 01:36:52,773 And I know-- 1981 01:36:52,840 --> 01:36:53,908 -[King] Oh! -[J.R.] Oh. 1982 01:36:53,974 --> 01:36:56,377 -[bell dings] -[J.R.] Well, maybe not right away. 1983 01:36:56,443 --> 01:36:58,813 [King] He just got the hell slapped out of him. 1984 01:36:59,446 --> 01:37:02,183 [J.R.] Shawn Michaels against Vince McMahon 1985 01:37:02,249 --> 01:37:04,818 and his prodigal son, in this… 1986 01:37:05,786 --> 01:37:07,154 [King] Look out! 1987 01:37:07,221 --> 01:37:09,590 [J.R.] …this jacked-up Handicap Match 1988 01:37:09,657 --> 01:37:12,793 with no holds barred and no disqualification. 1989 01:37:12,860 --> 01:37:15,162 -[King] Oh! -[J.R.] In the heart! 1990 01:37:15,229 --> 01:37:17,231 A crossbody 1991 01:37:17,298 --> 01:37:20,167 on the chairman of the WWE. 1992 01:37:21,001 --> 01:37:23,904 [King] Shawn looks like he came flying in from the heavens, 1993 01:37:23,971 --> 01:37:25,105 landing on this. 1994 01:37:25,172 --> 01:37:27,508 [J.R.] Michaels guards the right hand, 1995 01:37:27,575 --> 01:37:30,144 that big right hand by Shane McMahon. 1996 01:37:30,211 --> 01:37:33,514 We saw what happened when these man… 1997 01:37:33,581 --> 01:37:36,417 Their paths crossed at WrestleMania. 1998 01:37:36,483 --> 01:37:40,487 One of the most amazing Hardcore Matches I've ever seen. 1999 01:37:40,554 --> 01:37:43,123 [King] Look at him. Amazing. Did you see that move? 2000 01:37:43,190 --> 01:37:44,992 Shawn Michaels-- Look at that! 2001 01:37:47,528 --> 01:37:49,496 [J.R.] Again, Michaels showing 2002 01:37:49,563 --> 01:37:52,700 absolutely no fear or intimidation 2003 01:37:52,766 --> 01:37:54,235 by the McMahons. 2004 01:37:54,301 --> 01:37:57,538 But can even Shawn Michaels overcome… 2005 01:37:57,605 --> 01:37:59,273 [audience chanting] HBK! HBK! 2006 01:37:59,340 --> 01:38:02,476 …a no-disqualification, no-holds-barred match 2007 01:38:02,543 --> 01:38:04,578 between two desperate individuals, 2008 01:38:04,645 --> 01:38:06,080 such as 2009 01:38:06,747 --> 01:38:09,650 Vince McMahon and his demon seed, Shane. 2010 01:38:10,451 --> 01:38:12,686 [King] The fans are chanting, "HBK." 2011 01:38:13,754 --> 01:38:16,457 What will the do if he tags out? They'll chant "G-O-D"? 2012 01:38:18,058 --> 01:38:19,693 [J.R.] There's no tag-out, King. 2013 01:38:19,760 --> 01:38:22,830 This is a Handicap Match. It was… 2014 01:38:22,897 --> 01:38:25,966 Vince McMahon's way of getting into Shawn Michaels' head, 2015 01:38:26,033 --> 01:38:28,869 to insult his belief and philosophy. 2016 01:38:30,004 --> 01:38:33,240 Knees to the midsection by Shane McMahon. 2017 01:38:33,307 --> 01:38:35,042 -No countouts. -[King] Right. 2018 01:38:35,109 --> 01:38:37,278 [J.R.] No disqualifications. 2019 01:38:37,344 --> 01:38:40,281 [King] That's why this match can be taking place 2020 01:38:40,347 --> 01:38:42,750 on that steel stage, as it is right now. 2021 01:38:43,984 --> 01:38:46,153 [J.R.] It'll be taking-- 2022 01:38:46,220 --> 01:38:48,389 [King] Oh, no, no, not this! 2023 01:38:49,356 --> 01:38:51,659 [J.R.] Oh, my God. Shane McMahon, look at that 2024 01:38:51,725 --> 01:38:54,461 -power grab. -[King] Who's the power grabber now? 2025 01:38:54,528 --> 01:38:56,597 [J.R.] And Shane McMahon bounces. 2026 01:38:56,664 --> 01:39:00,267 His carcass bounces right off that steel. 2027 01:39:00,334 --> 01:39:02,670 Shane McMahon's spine burst. 2028 01:39:02,736 --> 01:39:05,906 And Mr. McMahon with the steel chair. 2029 01:39:07,107 --> 01:39:12,413 And this match didn't last long in a ring, but again, no disqualifications. 2030 01:39:12,479 --> 01:39:14,682 -[Vince groans] -[J.R.] What a shot. 2031 01:39:14,748 --> 01:39:16,283 No countouts. 2032 01:39:16,350 --> 01:39:18,686 [King] I'll wait for you to say, right to the-- 2033 01:39:18,752 --> 01:39:20,454 Oh! Oh, my gosh! 2034 01:39:20,521 --> 01:39:22,690 [J.R.] Shane McMahon's head bouncing 2035 01:39:22,756 --> 01:39:26,427 off the stage in the Backlash staging. 2036 01:39:26,493 --> 01:39:29,229 -[King] Look out! -[J.R.] Crossbody! My God. 2037 01:39:29,296 --> 01:39:30,998 My God, the crossbody. 2038 01:39:31,065 --> 01:39:32,967 And Michaels took 2039 01:39:33,033 --> 01:39:36,704 the 60-year-old chairman of the WWE 2040 01:39:36,770 --> 01:39:39,606 from the stage to the floor. 2041 01:39:39,673 --> 01:39:41,642 [King] They crashed through the floor. 2042 01:39:44,778 --> 01:39:45,779 Oh, man. 2043 01:39:47,047 --> 01:39:48,082 Look at that. 2044 01:39:48,782 --> 01:39:50,451 [J.R.] Man, this match may not… 2045 01:39:50,517 --> 01:39:53,520 -This may not be a long epic. -[audience chanting] HBK! 2046 01:39:53,587 --> 01:39:56,156 [King] I think it may be over for Mr. McMahon. 2047 01:39:56,223 --> 01:39:57,725 Let me see that again. 2048 01:39:58,559 --> 01:40:00,694 Here's Shane's head slamming into that… 2049 01:40:04,198 --> 01:40:06,633 Damn, whatever that thing is, they're probably… 2050 01:40:06,700 --> 01:40:08,168 And then, this! 2051 01:40:10,871 --> 01:40:17,378 [J.R.] And Shawn Michaels, cross-slamming the remorseless rich. 2052 01:40:17,945 --> 01:40:23,117 And the remorseless rich hurts just as badly as anybody else, 2053 01:40:23,183 --> 01:40:28,188 even though Mr. McMahon doesn't believe he is a mortal being. 2054 01:40:29,256 --> 01:40:32,760 [King] Right now, I bet Mr. McMahon wishes he had the number to dial-a-prayer. 2055 01:40:32,826 --> 01:40:34,495 They'd probably hang up on him. 2056 01:40:36,196 --> 01:40:37,731 [J.R.] Shawn Michaels having-- 2057 01:40:39,366 --> 01:40:41,635 Michaels hit right in the face 2058 01:40:41,702 --> 01:40:43,837 from the steel chair shot. 2059 01:40:43,904 --> 01:40:46,974 And Shane McMahon came from downtown. 2060 01:40:47,041 --> 01:40:49,843 You thought he was out, but Pujols 2061 01:40:49,910 --> 01:40:53,047 going deep, deep, deep, or a Travis Hafner 2062 01:40:53,113 --> 01:40:55,282 450-foot home run. 2063 01:40:55,349 --> 01:40:56,350 -[King] Oh, look out now. 2064 01:40:56,417 --> 01:40:58,619 [J.R.] Right in the face of Shawn Michaels. 2065 01:40:58,685 --> 01:41:03,123 And now, the boy sperm… I mean, the boy wonder 2066 01:41:03,190 --> 01:41:05,793 going to check on his black-hearted daddy. 2067 01:41:05,859 --> 01:41:07,761 [King] This chair shot, one more time. 2068 01:41:09,029 --> 01:41:11,932 [J.R.] And listen to it. Listen. 2069 01:41:11,999 --> 01:41:13,534 [metallic clang] 2070 01:41:13,600 --> 01:41:15,969 [J.R.] Sets a steel chair 2071 01:41:16,036 --> 01:41:18,839 on the cranium of another human being. 2072 01:41:18,906 --> 01:41:21,408 And Michaels has been busted open, 2073 01:41:21,475 --> 01:41:25,312 it looks like, literally, from ear to ear. 2074 01:41:25,379 --> 01:41:27,915 [King] Well, I'd guess so, after that chair shot. 2075 01:41:27,981 --> 01:41:31,585 Shane went down to see if he can lay some healing hands on his father. 2076 01:41:33,754 --> 01:41:38,392 [J.R.] How can a family be so devoid of human kindness 2077 01:41:38,459 --> 01:41:42,262 when they have so many things to be thankful for? 2078 01:41:42,996 --> 01:41:45,632 How can the McMahons conduct themselves 2079 01:41:45,699 --> 01:41:48,202 like soulless heathens? 2080 01:41:48,268 --> 01:41:51,705 [King] You're right. They'll have to count their blessings on a computer 2081 01:41:51,772 --> 01:41:52,873 or calculator. 2082 01:41:52,940 --> 01:41:55,809 [J.R.] I mean, they're richer than any possible fools ask. 2083 01:41:55,876 --> 01:41:59,780 I don't understand how they can't be remorseful of anything. 2084 01:41:59,847 --> 01:42:02,049 This is because of the craziness… 2085 01:42:02,116 --> 01:42:07,121 the fact that Vince McMahon is losing his mind, in my opinion. 2086 01:42:08,822 --> 01:42:11,458 And this may be my last broadcasting. 2087 01:42:12,960 --> 01:42:15,062 Michaels bleeding profusely. 2088 01:42:15,929 --> 01:42:17,764 Everytime Michaels' heart beats, 2089 01:42:18,465 --> 01:42:20,667 you see a squirt of blood out of his head. 2090 01:42:20,734 --> 01:42:23,871 I hate to be that graphic, but that's the way that it is. 2091 01:42:23,937 --> 01:42:26,206 [King] Well, it you ask me, J.R., 2092 01:42:26,273 --> 01:42:27,608 I think that… 2093 01:42:31,011 --> 01:42:33,380 I believe that Vince McMahon is… 2094 01:42:33,447 --> 01:42:36,750 He's not envious of anyone else's wealth or money. Because he's… 2095 01:42:36,817 --> 01:42:39,119 You know, I mean, he can hang in there with anybody. 2096 01:42:39,186 --> 01:42:40,521 But he's envious 2097 01:42:40,587 --> 01:42:44,658 of Shawn Michaels' relationship with God, with his religion. 2098 01:42:45,359 --> 01:42:49,930 [J.R.] And Shawn's happiness, his eternal happiness, his sanity. 2099 01:42:49,997 --> 01:42:53,133 And look at Shane McMahon. How Shane McMahon… 2100 01:42:53,200 --> 01:42:57,704 Never underestimate his fighting ability. He is a battler. 2101 01:42:58,305 --> 01:43:00,841 -[audience members exclaim] -[J.R.] Hard drag takedown. 2102 01:43:00,908 --> 01:43:02,476 That was his arm whipped. 2103 01:43:02,543 --> 01:43:06,013 Shane sent Michaels right into the security wall. 2104 01:43:06,079 --> 01:43:07,648 [King] Watch this again. 2105 01:43:08,448 --> 01:43:11,718 Shane throws Shawn into that steel post and then like this… 2106 01:43:11,785 --> 01:43:14,955 whips him right into the restraining wall. 2107 01:43:15,822 --> 01:43:17,824 [J.R.] The wall didn't give. 2108 01:43:17,891 --> 01:43:19,593 The wall didn't sell a thing. 2109 01:43:19,660 --> 01:43:21,995 Michaels' body was contorted there. 2110 01:43:22,062 --> 01:43:24,631 [King] Talk about Mr. McMahon being twisted. I'll tell you what? 2111 01:43:24,698 --> 01:43:27,301 Shane has a bona fide mean streak. 2112 01:43:27,367 --> 01:43:29,937 [J.R.] Oh, there's no doubt about that. 2113 01:43:30,003 --> 01:43:33,040 There's no doubt about that whatsoever. 2114 01:43:33,106 --> 01:43:34,908 The simple son 2115 01:43:34,975 --> 01:43:39,680 of the Satan on Earth has a mean streak, no doubt. 2116 01:43:39,746 --> 01:43:42,516 [King] You say that's where he got the mean streak, huh? 2117 01:43:42,583 --> 01:43:47,087 Look at that, Shawn Michaels' blood all over that jersey of Shane-O-Mac. 2118 01:43:47,154 --> 01:43:48,455 [Shane whoops] 2119 01:43:49,523 --> 01:43:52,192 [J.R.] Shane, now, having some fun at Michaels' expense 2120 01:43:52,259 --> 01:43:55,596 because Michaels is essentially helpless 2121 01:43:55,662 --> 01:43:57,798 in this Handicap Match. 2122 01:43:57,864 --> 01:44:03,604 And Michaels' blood all over the shirt, all over that jersey of Shane McMahon. 2123 01:44:06,974 --> 01:44:08,575 I always think that 2124 01:44:08,642 --> 01:44:12,713 Shane is sometimes seemingly embarrassed with his father's own… 2125 01:44:13,847 --> 01:44:15,349 this bizarre behavior. 2126 01:44:16,250 --> 01:44:19,853 But that doesn't discount the fact that Shane is a McMahon. 2127 01:44:19,920 --> 01:44:22,723 And McMahons like to win in everything they do. 2128 01:44:26,126 --> 01:44:27,728 High risk here. 2129 01:44:28,428 --> 01:44:29,630 And nobody there! 2130 01:44:31,365 --> 01:44:32,766 [King] Shane emulating that 2131 01:44:33,667 --> 01:44:37,337 patented elbow drop on Shawn Michaels off the top rope, 2132 01:44:37,404 --> 01:44:40,007 -but Shawn read that book. -[Vince] Come on, Shane! 2133 01:44:40,073 --> 01:44:42,142 [J.R.] Michaels able to counter here, look. 2134 01:44:42,209 --> 01:44:43,977 Avoid the contact. Look at that… 2135 01:44:44,544 --> 01:44:49,116 that hang time, the height, the intimidating athleticism. 2136 01:44:49,182 --> 01:44:52,352 If the elbow had struck the heart of Shawn Michaels, 2137 01:44:52,419 --> 01:44:56,123 this match would, in my view, would be over as we speak. 2138 01:44:57,858 --> 01:44:59,293 And Michaels fight back. 2139 01:44:59,359 --> 01:45:03,730 The spirit of Shawn Michaels, his will to compete, 2140 01:45:03,797 --> 01:45:08,101 has amazed me since the first time I saw him in 1984. 2141 01:45:08,168 --> 01:45:10,871 [King] If you ask me, Shawn needs to make a tag right now. 2142 01:45:10,937 --> 01:45:13,573 Look out! He really needs to tag out now. 2143 01:45:14,141 --> 01:45:17,611 [J.R.] That tornado DDT. And now go to your daddy. 2144 01:45:17,678 --> 01:45:21,148 Now, with Shawn Michaels helpless, old Dad wants to tag. 2145 01:45:21,214 --> 01:45:24,951 "Let me have him, Shane. I got it. I got it under control. 2146 01:45:25,018 --> 01:45:26,687 By God, he's all mine." 2147 01:45:26,753 --> 01:45:29,022 [audience booing] 2148 01:45:29,089 --> 01:45:33,226 [King] All right, J.R., tell me what you really think of Mr. McMahon and don't say… 2149 01:45:34,695 --> 01:45:36,563 [J.R.] This is absolutely repulsive. 2150 01:45:36,630 --> 01:45:40,000 -[belt cracks loudly] -[J.R.] Lashing him like a packing mule. 2151 01:45:40,534 --> 01:45:42,602 Like he's not a human being. 2152 01:45:42,669 --> 01:45:45,706 It's like McMahon is this superior being 2153 01:45:45,772 --> 01:45:48,642 and Michaels is nothing more than just an animal. 2154 01:45:48,709 --> 01:45:51,378 -How do you like that? -[King] Did you say he's morally corrupt? 2155 01:45:51,445 --> 01:45:53,814 [J.R.] You're damn right he's morally corrupt. 2156 01:45:54,815 --> 01:45:56,283 [Shawn screams] 2157 01:45:57,417 --> 01:45:58,518 [J.R.] This is… 2158 01:46:00,387 --> 01:46:03,857 This… This match is gonna be a… 2159 01:46:03,924 --> 01:46:06,526 Mr. McMahon booking it as a Tag Match. 2160 01:46:06,593 --> 01:46:10,297 Changing it mid-stream, making it no-disqualification, 2161 01:46:10,364 --> 01:46:11,565 no-holds-barred, 2162 01:46:11,631 --> 01:46:13,533 because he can, 2163 01:46:13,600 --> 01:46:15,702 because he owns the company, 2164 01:46:15,769 --> 01:46:19,072 because he's the chairman of the WWE. 2165 01:46:19,139 --> 01:46:21,441 [King] And he's the god of McMahonism. 2166 01:46:21,508 --> 01:46:25,679 [J.R.] And he got his ass embarrassed, beaten bloody, 2167 01:46:25,746 --> 01:46:27,948 -at his own creation… -How do you like that? 2168 01:46:28,014 --> 01:46:32,285 [J.R.] …perhaps his greatest professional creation at WrestleMania 2169 01:46:32,352 --> 01:46:34,821 about four weeks ago. 2170 01:46:39,159 --> 01:46:43,029 McMahon looking and asking Shane for a weapon. 2171 01:46:43,096 --> 01:46:46,767 As if that belt, and the hide he just took off his… 2172 01:46:46,833 --> 01:46:48,468 Oh, dear. 2173 01:46:49,436 --> 01:46:51,271 [King] I think I know what's coming. 2174 01:46:51,838 --> 01:46:52,839 [J.R.] Payback. 2175 01:46:53,840 --> 01:46:55,442 Payback is what's coming. 2176 01:46:55,509 --> 01:46:57,844 [indistinct speaking] 2177 01:46:57,911 --> 01:47:01,415 [King] McMahon wants to throw that metal garbage can 2178 01:47:01,481 --> 01:47:02,816 right into the head-- 2179 01:47:02,883 --> 01:47:04,184 Oh, and he did! 2180 01:47:06,253 --> 01:47:09,256 [J.R.] We're talking about a human being who needs psychotherapy. 2181 01:47:09,322 --> 01:47:11,291 [King] That's a payback for WrestleMania, J.R. 2182 01:47:11,358 --> 01:47:12,659 Give me your microphone. 2183 01:47:12,726 --> 01:47:15,128 [J.R.] God. Now he's gonna talk him to death. 2184 01:47:15,996 --> 01:47:17,798 What do you think now? 2185 01:47:17,864 --> 01:47:20,033 What do you think now, God? Look at him. 2186 01:47:20,801 --> 01:47:22,335 [audience booing] 2187 01:47:24,938 --> 01:47:26,506 What are you gonna do about it? 2188 01:47:26,573 --> 01:47:29,109 What are you gonna do about it, God, huh? Come on. 2189 01:47:32,279 --> 01:47:33,647 Wait a minute. 2190 01:47:34,214 --> 01:47:35,749 Where the hell are you going? 2191 01:47:36,483 --> 01:47:38,151 Where the hell are you going? 2192 01:47:39,219 --> 01:47:42,956 God, come back! Come back here, God! 2193 01:47:43,023 --> 01:47:45,325 Look what you made in your own image! 2194 01:47:45,392 --> 01:47:47,360 Look at him, he's a piece of crap. 2195 01:47:47,427 --> 01:47:49,196 Where you going, God? 2196 01:47:49,262 --> 01:47:50,530 God, come back. 2197 01:47:51,998 --> 01:47:54,067 Ladies and gentlemen, 2198 01:47:54,134 --> 01:47:56,570 God has left the building. 2199 01:47:56,636 --> 01:47:58,205 [King] Oh, man. 2200 01:47:58,271 --> 01:47:59,873 [J.R.] This is uncomfortable. 2201 01:48:00,807 --> 01:48:02,375 But you haven't. 2202 01:48:04,945 --> 01:48:07,848 Yeah, come on up here. Yeah, come on up here. 2203 01:48:09,182 --> 01:48:10,250 Can tell you this. 2204 01:48:11,585 --> 01:48:14,454 I'm gonna knock your teeth right down your throat. 2205 01:48:17,457 --> 01:48:21,394 -[J.R.] McMahon, tuning up the band here. -[King] You gotta be kidding me here. 2206 01:48:22,028 --> 01:48:26,199 [J.R.] Oh, Michaels blocked! Michaels blocked the superkick. 2207 01:48:27,234 --> 01:48:29,202 Michaels blocked the superkick. 2208 01:48:30,103 --> 01:48:32,439 And there's Vince McMahon with the right hand. 2209 01:48:32,505 --> 01:48:35,876 -[King] And now, Shane-- -[J.R.] Shane knocked out of the apron. 2210 01:48:35,942 --> 01:48:38,011 Shawn Michaels, can he do it here? 2211 01:48:38,078 --> 01:48:41,448 Shawn Michaels, with that flying forearm. 2212 01:48:42,182 --> 01:48:44,117 Almost a running forearm 2213 01:48:44,184 --> 01:48:46,253 right into the face of Mr. McMahon. 2214 01:48:46,319 --> 01:48:47,621 [King] They're both down. 2215 01:48:47,687 --> 01:48:49,356 Is there any way in hell 2216 01:48:49,422 --> 01:48:53,593 that HBK can overcome these odds? 2217 01:48:53,660 --> 01:48:55,495 That's the question here. 2218 01:48:56,930 --> 01:49:01,034 [King] McMahon talking to God. There's nothing wrong with talking to God. 2219 01:49:01,101 --> 01:49:04,871 But that demented son of a bitch actually thought he saw him. 2220 01:49:08,008 --> 01:49:10,944 -[King] Uh-oh. -[J.R.] Michaels picked up. 2221 01:49:11,845 --> 01:49:13,480 -Shane McMahon… -[all exclaiming] 2222 01:49:13,547 --> 01:49:15,749 [King] No! 2223 01:49:15,815 --> 01:49:17,417 [J.R.] Well, go home, Daddy. 2224 01:49:17,484 --> 01:49:19,586 [audience cheering] 2225 01:49:22,455 --> 01:49:25,458 [J.R.] The prodigy, the demon seed… 2226 01:49:26,893 --> 01:49:29,429 has turned his daddy's lights out 2227 01:49:29,496 --> 01:49:31,598 with an inadvertent chair shot. 2228 01:49:31,665 --> 01:49:33,900 And Michaels now has the opportunity. 2229 01:49:36,269 --> 01:49:38,371 [King] Michaels on fire here. 2230 01:49:39,739 --> 01:49:41,775 Michaels rocking and rolling. 2231 01:49:41,841 --> 01:49:46,179 Hammering Shane McMahon, and down goes McMahon. 2232 01:49:46,246 --> 01:49:48,315 [King] Big bodyslam, now. 2233 01:49:49,149 --> 01:49:54,087 [J.R.] How has Michaels done it? He has regrouped, he has not quit. 2234 01:49:54,154 --> 01:49:55,956 He has lost blood. 2235 01:49:58,525 --> 01:50:00,260 -And Michaels… -[King] Here he goes! 2236 01:50:00,327 --> 01:50:02,562 Halfway across the ring! 2237 01:50:02,629 --> 01:50:05,465 [J.R.] My God, what athleticism. 2238 01:50:07,133 --> 01:50:09,002 The elbow 2239 01:50:09,069 --> 01:50:11,237 all the way from San Antonio 2240 01:50:11,304 --> 01:50:14,941 into the black heart of the crown prince, 2241 01:50:15,008 --> 01:50:17,510 the heir apparent to the McMahon empire. 2242 01:50:18,478 --> 01:50:21,381 -[audience counting down] -[King] And the man is tuning up. 2243 01:50:22,549 --> 01:50:26,653 Come on, Shane McMahon, get to your feet and take your medicine. 2244 01:50:26,720 --> 01:50:28,254 [J.R.] And a plan by… 2245 01:50:28,321 --> 01:50:29,923 -[King exclaims] -[J.R.] My God! 2246 01:50:29,990 --> 01:50:31,891 [King] Come on, come on! 2247 01:50:31,958 --> 01:50:34,260 [J.R.] My God, Kentucky home. 2248 01:50:34,327 --> 01:50:36,463 Both McMahons are down. 2249 01:50:36,529 --> 01:50:39,566 [King] And there's a nice "suck it" for good measure. 2250 01:50:39,633 --> 01:50:41,101 [J.R.] A little DX… 2251 01:50:45,972 --> 01:50:47,107 Wait a minute. 2252 01:50:49,709 --> 01:50:52,178 I think HBK could pin either… 2253 01:50:52,245 --> 01:50:54,180 either McMahon. 2254 01:50:54,247 --> 01:50:57,951 [King laughs] But after what the McMahons have put Shawn Michaels through, 2255 01:50:58,018 --> 01:51:01,554 he's not gonna be content with just pinning either one of these guys. 2256 01:51:01,621 --> 01:51:03,456 [J.R.] McMahon… 2257 01:51:03,523 --> 01:51:09,195 The McMahons have put Shawn Michaels on a horrid highway to hell 2258 01:51:09,262 --> 01:51:11,131 for the last several months. 2259 01:51:11,197 --> 01:51:13,933 [King] J.R., you think Mr. McMahon may have 2260 01:51:14,000 --> 01:51:17,237 made a mistake on this no-holds-barred thing? 2261 01:51:17,837 --> 01:51:21,074 [J.R.] McMahon said no holds barred. Anything goes. 2262 01:51:21,141 --> 01:51:23,076 No disqualification. 2263 01:51:23,143 --> 01:51:25,612 And Shawn Michaels is gonna take advantage of it. 2264 01:51:25,679 --> 01:51:28,615 Right here and right now, it would seem. 2265 01:51:31,651 --> 01:51:33,453 A bloody Shawn Michaels 2266 01:51:34,320 --> 01:51:36,322 setting these tables up. 2267 01:51:36,389 --> 01:51:38,458 Shane McMahon 2268 01:51:38,525 --> 01:51:42,962 has been battered and fried, laid to the side, 2269 01:51:43,029 --> 01:51:44,597 and Daddy dearest 2270 01:51:45,331 --> 01:51:47,067 is even in worse shape. 2271 01:51:47,133 --> 01:51:49,402 [King] And the crowd here in Rupp Arena 2272 01:51:49,469 --> 01:51:51,571 chanting, "We want tables." 2273 01:51:52,439 --> 01:51:55,975 I'm sure Mr. McMahon and Shane don't want anything to do with tables. 2274 01:52:00,747 --> 01:52:03,683 [J.R.] HBK setting those table together. 2275 01:52:03,750 --> 01:52:05,752 What is his agenda here? 2276 01:52:06,719 --> 01:52:09,322 We know, I think, his agenda, but what is this… 2277 01:52:09,389 --> 01:52:11,791 What's gonna be the method in this madness? 2278 01:52:11,858 --> 01:52:15,628 And this has been a maddening personal rivalry. 2279 01:52:15,695 --> 01:52:18,031 A maddening personal issue 2280 01:52:18,098 --> 01:52:21,401 between Shawn Michaels and the McMahons. 2281 01:52:24,537 --> 01:52:27,107 [King] I thought Mr. McMahon was… 2282 01:52:27,874 --> 01:52:31,044 You couldn't tell but it looked like maybe he was praying there for a second. 2283 01:52:31,111 --> 01:52:34,714 -That couldn't be the case, could it? -[J.R.] I don't think he knows how. 2284 01:52:35,849 --> 01:52:38,685 I think that would be foreign territory for him. 2285 01:52:38,751 --> 01:52:40,920 And the McMahons are lying helpless. 2286 01:52:40,987 --> 01:52:44,224 Shawn Michaels has done, 2287 01:52:44,290 --> 01:52:47,193 seemingly, the impossible here. 2288 01:52:47,994 --> 01:52:48,995 [King] What now? 2289 01:52:50,563 --> 01:52:51,831 What now? 2290 01:52:51,898 --> 01:52:54,000 [J.R.] King, you don't think… 2291 01:52:54,067 --> 01:52:56,369 [King] I don't know what to think right now. 2292 01:52:58,004 --> 01:53:01,207 [J.R.] Michaels showing that… that attitude 2293 01:53:01,274 --> 01:53:03,042 that we used to see a lot. 2294 01:53:04,210 --> 01:53:05,345 [King] Oh, my. 2295 01:53:06,846 --> 01:53:08,381 No way. 2296 01:53:13,520 --> 01:53:17,857 There's always tables, ladders, chairs under the WWE ring. 2297 01:53:17,924 --> 01:53:21,294 [J.R.] And that is one hell of a big ladder. 2298 01:53:21,361 --> 01:53:23,830 [King] Stretches all the way across the ring. 2299 01:53:24,631 --> 01:53:25,899 And the ring is… 2300 01:53:26,933 --> 01:53:29,435 King, that's another… That's king-sized… 2301 01:53:29,502 --> 01:53:31,838 -[King] 20-foot ladder. Gotta be. -[J.R.] A 20-footer. 2302 01:53:36,009 --> 01:53:39,212 [J.R.] Maybe more, I'm not sure. I'm not a… 2303 01:53:39,279 --> 01:53:41,714 I'm not a Home Depot guy. 2304 01:53:41,781 --> 01:53:44,551 That is one hell of a big ladder. 2305 01:53:44,617 --> 01:53:46,319 At least 20 feet. 2306 01:53:48,788 --> 01:53:53,359 Referee Mike Chioda trying to talk Michaels down. 2307 01:53:54,394 --> 01:53:57,697 This is a suicidal-like maneuver 2308 01:53:57,764 --> 01:54:00,233 for everybody in the equation. 2309 01:54:00,300 --> 01:54:02,569 [King] I'd get out of there if I were you, referee. 2310 01:54:03,570 --> 01:54:05,872 Here he goes! 2311 01:54:05,939 --> 01:54:07,507 Whoa, wait a minute! 2312 01:54:07,574 --> 01:54:09,375 [J.R.] The Spirit Squad. 2313 01:54:09,442 --> 01:54:11,177 The World Tag Team Champions. 2314 01:54:11,244 --> 01:54:13,646 -[King] Where'd they come from? -[J.R.] All five of 'em. 2315 01:54:13,713 --> 01:54:15,114 Coming to ringside. 2316 01:54:15,181 --> 01:54:17,383 Michaels saw them. 2317 01:54:17,450 --> 01:54:20,153 Michaels turned his attention to the Spirit Squad 2318 01:54:20,220 --> 01:54:22,689 and took down all five. 2319 01:54:22,755 --> 01:54:25,925 They represent the World Tag Team Champions. 2320 01:54:27,293 --> 01:54:29,729 [King] Shawn Michaels, I didn't even see 'em. 2321 01:54:29,796 --> 01:54:32,832 Obviously, it's good-- Good thing he did. But Shawn Michaels 2322 01:54:32,899 --> 01:54:35,935 saw the Spirit Squad and he bombarded them. Look at this. 2323 01:54:36,002 --> 01:54:37,503 Oh, my God! 2324 01:54:37,570 --> 01:54:41,441 [J.R.] Michaels putting his own body at risk. 2325 01:54:41,507 --> 01:54:44,744 Up that ladder, right into the cluster 2326 01:54:44,811 --> 01:54:50,116 of the most annoying quintet in WWE history. 2327 01:54:51,884 --> 01:54:56,589 Now, Michaels… Again, there's no disqualification. 2328 01:54:58,825 --> 01:55:02,395 [King] Now, the numbers really come into effect. 2329 01:55:02,929 --> 01:55:06,766 Before it was two-on-one, now it's seven-on-one. 2330 01:55:06,833 --> 01:55:09,235 [J.R.] And there's no holds barred. 2331 01:55:09,302 --> 01:55:10,904 [Spirit Squad members screaming] 2332 01:55:10,970 --> 01:55:14,340 And the match can't be stopped. The referee is totally helpless… 2333 01:55:16,843 --> 01:55:18,878 in disqualifying anybody. 2334 01:55:18,945 --> 01:55:22,515 [King] Well, like I said before, I guess Mr. McMahon knew what he was doing 2335 01:55:22,582 --> 01:55:24,584 when he made this match no-holds-barred. 2336 01:55:24,651 --> 01:55:26,552 -[overlapping conversations] -Boss. 2337 01:55:27,787 --> 01:55:29,622 [King] What do these guys got in mind? 2338 01:55:29,689 --> 01:55:32,925 [J.R.] Mr. McMahon's always got a plan and now… 2339 01:55:32,992 --> 01:55:36,362 look at these… these suck-ups 2340 01:55:36,429 --> 01:55:40,533 pulling the McMahons out of harm's way off those tables. 2341 01:55:44,837 --> 01:55:47,840 And now that… that huge ladder that was 2342 01:55:47,907 --> 01:55:52,378 about to be used on the McMahons by Shawn Michaels 2343 01:55:52,445 --> 01:55:58,184 is being… being eliminated from this… this equation. 2344 01:55:58,251 --> 01:55:59,719 [audience booing] 2345 01:56:02,855 --> 01:56:07,593 [J.R.] Michaels has been beaten down by the five members of the Spirit Squad. 2346 01:56:07,660 --> 01:56:09,295 You can do the math at home. 2347 01:56:09,796 --> 01:56:14,000 It's seven-on-one, any way you wanna configure it. 2348 01:56:16,569 --> 01:56:18,137 -Let's go! -Here we go! 2349 01:56:18,204 --> 01:56:22,208 -[Spirit Squad] One, two, three. Up. -[King] Watch this. 2350 01:56:25,078 --> 01:56:27,747 [J.R.] Michaels' body driven through that table. 2351 01:56:27,814 --> 01:56:30,650 And the five members of the Spirit Squad, 2352 01:56:30,717 --> 01:56:33,987 and the Tag Team Champions, 2353 01:56:34,053 --> 01:56:35,822 just decimating Shawn Michaels. 2354 01:56:35,888 --> 01:56:39,192 And look at the look on the face of Mr. McMahon. 2355 01:56:40,994 --> 01:56:42,795 He absolutely looks… 2356 01:56:42,862 --> 01:56:44,630 His eyes look black. 2357 01:56:44,697 --> 01:56:46,933 He looks like a soulless… 2358 01:56:47,000 --> 01:56:49,502 -soulless human being. -[audience continue booing] 2359 01:56:49,569 --> 01:56:53,039 -Oh, no. You gotta be kidding me. -One! Two! Three! 2360 01:56:53,106 --> 01:56:55,375 -[J.R.] Oh, that's bull [bleep]. -[bell rings] 2361 01:56:57,210 --> 01:56:59,045 Excuse my language. 2362 01:56:59,112 --> 01:57:01,314 [Lilian] Here are your winners, 2363 01:57:01,381 --> 01:57:04,550 Shane and Mr. McMahon. 2364 01:57:04,617 --> 01:57:06,886 -[J.R.] I apologize. -[King] Do you? 2365 01:57:06,953 --> 01:57:10,623 [J.R.] Yes. It's damn sure horse manure for this-- 2366 01:57:10,690 --> 01:57:13,593 how Mr. McMahon beat Shawn Michaels. 2367 01:57:13,659 --> 01:57:17,096 [King] Well, not just Mr. McMahon. You realize what we have here? 2368 01:57:18,431 --> 01:57:21,901 It's the father, the son, 2369 01:57:21,968 --> 01:57:25,138 and the holy Spirit Squad. 2370 01:57:26,272 --> 01:57:29,308 [J.R.] This just makes me ill. 2371 01:57:30,810 --> 01:57:34,247 Shawn Michaels did everything he could. 2372 01:57:34,313 --> 01:57:37,517 Everything a human being could possible do 2373 01:57:37,583 --> 01:57:39,952 to fight through these odds. 2374 01:57:40,019 --> 01:57:42,722 Then it became no-holds-barred, King. 2375 01:57:42,789 --> 01:57:45,758 It became no-disqualification. 2376 01:57:45,825 --> 01:57:47,994 And then, the Spirit Squad came out. 2377 01:57:48,061 --> 01:57:50,997 And that's seven-on-one, any way you count it. 2378 01:57:51,063 --> 01:57:55,101 [King] Well, Shawn dives once again from the heavens, 2379 01:57:55,168 --> 01:57:57,036 right into the hellish pit. 2380 01:57:57,103 --> 01:57:59,205 And the Spirit Squad with this maneuver. 2381 01:57:59,272 --> 01:58:01,274 Look at that impact. 2382 01:58:02,842 --> 01:58:07,246 Look how high these guys throw Shawn into the air and listen to this… 2383 01:58:07,313 --> 01:58:08,347 [crack] 2384 01:58:08,414 --> 01:58:09,882 Sickening. 2385 01:58:10,750 --> 01:58:12,885 [J.R.] And then it was academic. 2386 01:58:15,121 --> 01:58:19,592 The five members of the Spirit Squad did the damage. 2387 01:58:20,460 --> 01:58:25,398 Mr. McMahon and his sperm, Shane, get the victory 2388 01:58:25,465 --> 01:58:28,568 in a glorified Handicap Match. 2389 01:58:31,204 --> 01:58:33,873 Oh, now look at this. 2390 01:58:33,940 --> 01:58:36,876 Carry them right to the next rubber room. 2391 01:58:36,943 --> 01:58:39,512 Come, get it. 2392 01:58:40,713 --> 01:58:43,116 [J.R.] The McMahons need help. 2393 01:58:43,749 --> 01:58:48,154 Especially… Especially, the patriarch. 2394 01:58:49,555 --> 01:58:51,023 I will be damned. 2395 01:58:52,024 --> 01:58:56,696 How in the hell can Vince McMahon live with himself? 2396 01:58:57,363 --> 01:58:59,332 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome 2397 01:58:59,398 --> 01:59:02,935 the man who has been touted as the most controversial champion 2398 01:59:03,002 --> 01:59:04,971 in WWE history, 2399 01:59:05,037 --> 01:59:06,739 John Cena. 2400 01:59:06,806 --> 01:59:08,674 [audience cheering] 2401 01:59:11,911 --> 01:59:12,912 Uh… 2402 01:59:14,080 --> 01:59:15,715 John, I've got to say, 2403 01:59:15,781 --> 01:59:20,520 lately the crowd doesn't exactly seem to be 100% behind you. 2404 01:59:20,586 --> 01:59:26,392 Um, yes, some fans do love you, but other fans don't seem to like you. 2405 01:59:26,459 --> 01:59:29,362 Hey, [chuckles] thanks for watching the show. Proud of you. 2406 01:59:29,428 --> 01:59:33,032 Nevertheless, tonight, it's every man for himself, a Triple Threat Match, 2407 01:59:33,099 --> 01:59:35,401 as you face off against Triple H and Edge. 2408 01:59:35,468 --> 01:59:37,904 Now, recently, there have been a series of Handicap Matches 2409 01:59:37,970 --> 01:59:41,841 which have seen Triple H Pedigree you and pin you. 2410 01:59:41,908 --> 01:59:44,644 We've seen, uh, you make Edge tap out. 2411 01:59:44,710 --> 01:59:47,813 And then we've seen Edge Spear Triple H and pin him. 2412 01:59:48,481 --> 01:59:50,183 So, I have to say that tonight-- 2413 01:59:50,249 --> 01:59:52,184 Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no. 2414 01:59:52,251 --> 01:59:54,053 A fountain of information, as usual, 2415 01:59:54,120 --> 01:59:56,822 but you're leaving out the most important part. 2416 01:59:56,889 --> 01:59:59,458 Tonight, I don't have to get pinned 2417 01:59:59,525 --> 02:00:01,561 to lose the WWE Championship. 2418 02:00:02,495 --> 02:00:03,863 I mean… 2419 02:00:03,930 --> 02:00:07,533 It all makes sense. In the past few weeks I have seen 2420 02:00:07,600 --> 02:00:09,835 and heard... [chuckles] 2421 02:00:09,902 --> 02:00:12,205 ...just about everything. 2422 02:00:12,271 --> 02:00:13,673 From kudos to death threats, 2423 02:00:13,739 --> 02:00:17,743 the sports entertainment community is divided. 2424 02:00:18,945 --> 02:00:20,246 Listen… 2425 02:00:21,414 --> 02:00:25,151 Those are the sounds of the deafening silence 2426 02:00:25,218 --> 02:00:29,021 of the people who want Edge to become the WWE Champion. 2427 02:00:29,088 --> 02:00:32,091 [audience booing] 2428 02:00:32,158 --> 02:00:34,026 There is also a group out there 2429 02:00:34,827 --> 02:00:36,796 that wants Triple H… 2430 02:00:36,862 --> 02:00:38,965 [deafening cheering] 2431 02:00:39,031 --> 02:00:41,968 …to become the WWE Champion. 2432 02:00:43,803 --> 02:00:47,506 Todd, the lines are drawn, the stage is set, the time is now. 2433 02:00:47,573 --> 02:00:52,545 Every single thing you have seen, felt, and heard, comes down to this. 2434 02:00:55,715 --> 02:00:56,882 And tonight, 2435 02:00:57,883 --> 02:00:59,452 through it all, 2436 02:00:59,518 --> 02:01:02,054 through the, uh… the holes, 2437 02:01:02,888 --> 02:01:04,690 through the hammers, 2438 02:01:05,491 --> 02:01:07,093 and through the haters, 2439 02:01:08,127 --> 02:01:10,429 is one voice. 2440 02:01:10,496 --> 02:01:14,600 One voice that will stand tall when that final bell tolls. 2441 02:01:17,103 --> 02:01:19,272 And that's Lilian Garcia. 2442 02:01:20,873 --> 02:01:25,044 When she announces, "Your winner 2443 02:01:25,111 --> 02:01:27,680 and still WWE Champion…" 2444 02:01:27,747 --> 02:01:29,382 [audience cheering] 2445 02:01:31,150 --> 02:01:32,251 "…John Cena." 2446 02:01:33,152 --> 02:01:34,720 Keep up the good work, kid. 2447 02:01:36,722 --> 02:01:39,458 [J.R.] Ladies and gentlemen, we just got an update. 2448 02:01:39,525 --> 02:01:42,895 Trish Stratus has dislocated her shoulder. 2449 02:01:42,962 --> 02:01:44,930 It's been put back into place. 2450 02:01:44,997 --> 02:01:46,465 And we'll have a… 2451 02:01:46,532 --> 02:01:49,268 She's getting an MRI. We'll have an update on her. 2452 02:01:49,335 --> 02:01:51,237 [King] What about an update on Shawn Michaels? 2453 02:01:51,304 --> 02:01:53,472 [J.R.] As soon as we get information on Shawn Michaels, 2454 02:01:53,539 --> 02:01:55,074 we'll get that to you as well. 2455 02:01:55,141 --> 02:01:57,610 -[Matt Striker's theme song playing] -[King] Still out? 2456 02:01:57,677 --> 02:01:58,911 [J.R.] Oh, no. 2457 02:01:59,445 --> 02:02:01,180 [Striker] Hello, my students! 2458 02:02:01,247 --> 02:02:04,550 It is our Matt Striker, your teacher. 2459 02:02:04,617 --> 02:02:06,886 [Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, 2460 02:02:06,952 --> 02:02:09,488 from the Classroom, Matt Striker! 2461 02:02:09,555 --> 02:02:11,657 [J.R.] And you know, this is the guy that was teaching 2462 02:02:11,724 --> 02:02:14,760 in the New York City public school system 2463 02:02:14,827 --> 02:02:16,929 until he got fired. 2464 02:02:16,996 --> 02:02:19,565 -[King] Why'd he get fired? -[Striker] It's not how hard… 2465 02:02:19,632 --> 02:02:21,901 [J.R.] I guess you gotta ask his principal. 2466 02:02:21,967 --> 02:02:23,335 [Striker] …smart you were. 2467 02:02:23,402 --> 02:02:26,572 [King] I had a teacher that looked just like him in high school. 2468 02:02:26,639 --> 02:02:29,141 -He was cross-eyed. He got fired too. -[bell dings] 2469 02:02:29,208 --> 02:02:32,011 [King] He couldn't control his pupils. [chuckles] 2470 02:02:32,078 --> 02:02:34,647 -Get it? -[J.R.] I would assume that, uh, 2471 02:02:34,714 --> 02:02:40,853 Mr. Striker was terminated for conduct unbecoming a school teacher. 2472 02:02:40,920 --> 02:02:44,023 -[Striker] School is… -[King] Oh, he thinks he's a… 2473 02:02:44,090 --> 02:02:45,491 [Striker] …cool! 2474 02:02:46,358 --> 02:02:49,662 [King] All good teachers always wrote their name on the blackboard. 2475 02:02:50,396 --> 02:02:54,266 Now, I know that I was not originally scheduled 2476 02:02:54,333 --> 02:02:56,302 to be here at Backlash, but… 2477 02:02:57,937 --> 02:03:01,073 With all due respect to Mr. McMahon, 2478 02:03:01,140 --> 02:03:04,477 there is actually yet another miracle 2479 02:03:04,543 --> 02:03:06,512 occurring right now. 2480 02:03:06,579 --> 02:03:08,247 [audience shouting indistinctly] 2481 02:03:10,349 --> 02:03:11,817 That miracle is… 2482 02:03:12,718 --> 02:03:16,822 believe it or not, that there's actually an intelligent person 2483 02:03:16,889 --> 02:03:18,491 right here in Kentucky. 2484 02:03:18,557 --> 02:03:20,493 [audience booing] 2485 02:03:22,194 --> 02:03:24,363 Okay, okay, okay. 2486 02:03:24,430 --> 02:03:27,299 I know that Kentucky is famous for many things, 2487 02:03:27,366 --> 02:03:30,069 like, uh, fried chicken… 2488 02:03:30,136 --> 02:03:32,671 [King] Oh, Kentucky fried. 2489 02:03:32,738 --> 02:03:37,042 …illegally recruited basketball players. 2490 02:03:37,109 --> 02:03:39,945 [audience booing] 2491 02:03:43,182 --> 02:03:46,519 The one thing Kentucky is not famous for 2492 02:03:46,585 --> 02:03:49,388 is being an educated state. 2493 02:03:51,290 --> 02:03:52,324 But, hey. 2494 02:03:52,391 --> 02:03:55,628 Hey, you're right on par with the rest of the country, 2495 02:03:55,694 --> 02:03:56,996 so, don't worry. 2496 02:03:58,097 --> 02:04:01,634 But I have some good news for "y'all." 2497 02:04:03,969 --> 02:04:08,240 My name is Matt Striker, 2498 02:04:09,008 --> 02:04:14,280 and I am going to be your teacher. 2499 02:04:14,346 --> 02:04:16,015 [King] Oh, boy. 2500 02:04:17,583 --> 02:04:19,852 And as an added bonus, 2501 02:04:19,919 --> 02:04:22,621 I have gone out and found 2502 02:04:22,688 --> 02:04:27,226 one of the smartest men to ever come from Kentucky. 2503 02:04:27,293 --> 02:04:31,931 So, ladies and gentlemen, please, join me in welcoming, 2504 02:04:31,997 --> 02:04:36,168 from your home state, Eugene! 2505 02:04:36,235 --> 02:04:39,405 -[audience cheering] -[King] Oh, no, Eugene? 2506 02:04:39,472 --> 02:04:41,240 [J.R.] Well, he is from Louisville. 2507 02:04:42,408 --> 02:04:44,577 [King] Yeah, but he is a mental midget. 2508 02:04:45,311 --> 02:04:47,046 [J.R.] Oh, come on, King. 2509 02:04:47,112 --> 02:04:49,048 Well… he is a… 2510 02:04:49,715 --> 02:04:53,052 As for me, he is a good-hearted guy. Come on. 2511 02:04:53,118 --> 02:04:56,388 We've both had some interesting conversations with him. 2512 02:04:57,690 --> 02:04:59,992 It's a surprise there's a lot of components to his skills. 2513 02:05:00,059 --> 02:05:02,027 He's got that freakish strength 2514 02:05:02,094 --> 02:05:05,731 and he emulates the wrestlers he's seen on television over the years. 2515 02:05:05,798 --> 02:05:08,334 -He has even emulated you. -[King] I know. 2516 02:05:14,573 --> 02:05:20,246 You see, this is exactly what I'm talking about. 2517 02:05:20,312 --> 02:05:24,083 Do you see this, Kentucky? 2518 02:05:25,217 --> 02:05:26,685 [audience] Yes! 2519 02:05:27,686 --> 02:05:30,623 This is a perfect reason, 2520 02:05:30,689 --> 02:05:33,425 regardless of how tempted you may be, 2521 02:05:33,492 --> 02:05:36,128 to not marry your cousin. 2522 02:05:36,195 --> 02:05:37,396 [King chuckles wryly] 2523 02:05:42,268 --> 02:05:45,538 Eugene, I'm gonna take a hypothesis, 2524 02:05:45,604 --> 02:05:47,506 which means an educated guess. 2525 02:05:48,774 --> 02:05:51,677 You're probably confused right now, aren't you? 2526 02:05:51,744 --> 02:05:53,712 [inaudible] 2527 02:05:53,779 --> 02:05:55,147 You see, Eugene, 2528 02:05:55,214 --> 02:05:57,516 I brought you out here 2529 02:05:57,583 --> 02:06:00,185 to make an example out of you. 2530 02:06:02,288 --> 02:06:03,956 You may very well be 2531 02:06:04,023 --> 02:06:07,826 the smartest person from this state of Kentucky and yet, 2532 02:06:08,961 --> 02:06:10,563 I'm willing to bet 2533 02:06:11,130 --> 02:06:14,466 that you can't even spell your own name. [chuckles] 2534 02:06:14,533 --> 02:06:16,936 I'm willing… What's that? 2535 02:06:17,002 --> 02:06:19,838 Oh! Oh, you can spell your name? 2536 02:06:20,773 --> 02:06:22,508 Okay. 2537 02:06:22,575 --> 02:06:24,977 I'll tell you what, Eugene. 2538 02:06:25,044 --> 02:06:26,946 I've got a piece of chalk. 2539 02:06:27,913 --> 02:06:29,748 It's a pretty piece of chalk. 2540 02:06:30,816 --> 02:06:33,118 Why don't you take this chalk? 2541 02:06:33,719 --> 02:06:35,888 Prove me wrong. 2542 02:06:35,955 --> 02:06:41,260 Prove to me that people in Kentucky aren't inbred and illiterate. 2543 02:06:41,327 --> 02:06:44,430 [audience booing] 2544 02:06:45,030 --> 02:06:49,368 Why don't you write your name on my blackboard? 2545 02:06:49,435 --> 02:06:52,438 Yeah, go ahead. Okay, good. 2546 02:06:53,539 --> 02:06:59,712 You know, I don't have any idea what Ashley Judd sees in you people. 2547 02:07:00,879 --> 02:07:03,916 Frankly, she's getting kind of old, 2548 02:07:03,983 --> 02:07:06,585 but that's an entirely different lesson. 2549 02:07:06,652 --> 02:07:07,920 I'll tell you what? 2550 02:07:07,987 --> 02:07:09,822 Time's up. Time's up. 2551 02:07:09,888 --> 02:07:13,892 Eugene, what do you say that you show all these people 2552 02:07:13,959 --> 02:07:16,996 exactly how you spell your name? Go ahead, show them. 2553 02:07:17,529 --> 02:07:20,165 -[King] Oh! -[King and J.R. laugh] 2554 02:07:21,133 --> 02:07:24,637 [J.R.] Oh… that's good. 2555 02:07:25,604 --> 02:07:28,807 "Matt Striker loves poop." 2556 02:07:28,874 --> 02:07:31,010 [audience cheering] 2557 02:07:31,844 --> 02:07:34,213 I do not love poop! 2558 02:07:34,279 --> 02:07:36,682 You love poop! You love poop! 2559 02:07:36,749 --> 02:07:39,985 -[King chuckles] Oh, boy. -[audience chants] You love poop! 2560 02:07:43,122 --> 02:07:44,456 Eugene! 2561 02:07:45,190 --> 02:07:48,527 This is disrespectful. 2562 02:07:48,594 --> 02:07:50,095 And second of all, 2563 02:07:50,162 --> 02:07:52,031 -poop isn't even a word. -[J.R.] No. 2564 02:07:52,097 --> 02:07:54,733 -And you shouldn't capitalize it… -[J.R.] Oh. 2565 02:07:54,800 --> 02:07:56,669 …and there's no period there. 2566 02:07:56,735 --> 02:07:58,637 Are you picking your nose? 2567 02:08:10,082 --> 02:08:12,084 [King] Oh, I think he's rolling it there. 2568 02:08:12,818 --> 02:08:13,852 Oh, he is rolling. 2569 02:08:20,959 --> 02:08:23,929 Okay, stop. Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop. 2570 02:08:24,897 --> 02:08:26,398 Stop it! 2571 02:08:27,766 --> 02:08:29,334 Listen to me! 2572 02:08:29,401 --> 02:08:31,103 Okay, forget all of this. 2573 02:08:31,603 --> 02:08:35,007 If there's one thing that you and all these people 2574 02:08:35,074 --> 02:08:36,308 take away from tonight, 2575 02:08:36,375 --> 02:08:40,979 it's that you do not pick your nose 2576 02:08:41,847 --> 02:08:45,751 and then attempt to eat it. 2577 02:08:49,088 --> 02:08:50,856 Do you understand me? 2578 02:08:52,591 --> 02:08:55,060 Do you hear the words coming out of my mouth? 2579 02:08:55,127 --> 02:08:57,296 Do I make myself clear? 2580 02:09:00,432 --> 02:09:02,134 Okay, good. Good. 2581 02:09:03,102 --> 02:09:06,071 Now I want you all to write this down, okay? 2582 02:09:06,138 --> 02:09:07,139 And I-- 2583 02:09:07,206 --> 02:09:09,108 -[King] Oh, no! -[J.R.] Oh, my God! 2584 02:09:09,741 --> 02:09:11,643 Oh, my God! 2585 02:09:14,847 --> 02:09:16,115 [King] Rolling Thunder! 2586 02:09:16,181 --> 02:09:19,218 -[J.R.] A stunner on Striker. -[King laughs] 2587 02:09:21,120 --> 02:09:24,389 [J.R.] King, not even barbeque sauce can make that taste good. 2588 02:09:24,456 --> 02:09:26,725 Good grief, Almighty! 2589 02:09:26,792 --> 02:09:28,894 [King] First the booger and then the stunner. 2590 02:09:28,961 --> 02:09:31,730 Oh, that's horrible. [laughs] 2591 02:09:31,797 --> 02:09:33,432 Oh! 2592 02:09:33,499 --> 02:09:34,967 Look at him. 2593 02:09:36,935 --> 02:09:39,438 [chuckles] Matt Striker might be the teacher, 2594 02:09:39,505 --> 02:09:42,174 but tonight, Matt Striker got taught a lesson. 2595 02:09:42,241 --> 02:09:45,477 [J.R.] I don't think Eugene's gonna get away with this course. 2596 02:09:46,945 --> 02:09:49,681 [King] Check this out one more time. I can't believe it. 2597 02:09:49,748 --> 02:09:52,351 First Eugene picked it and then he rolled it, 2598 02:09:52,417 --> 02:09:55,287 and then he stuck it right on tongue of Matt Striker. 2599 02:09:55,354 --> 02:09:56,655 [audience cheering] 2600 02:09:57,456 --> 02:09:59,925 [J.R.] You love that rolling part, don't you? 2601 02:09:59,992 --> 02:10:01,226 [King] Oh, man. 2602 02:10:02,795 --> 02:10:03,929 [J.R.] Matt Striker. 2603 02:10:04,897 --> 02:10:06,865 Striker's not gonna forget this. 2604 02:10:07,933 --> 02:10:09,368 What are you doing there, J.R.? 2605 02:10:09,434 --> 02:10:11,703 Well, my eyes are getting all watered up. 2606 02:10:11,770 --> 02:10:12,871 Maybe that… 2607 02:10:12,938 --> 02:10:15,808 -Never seen anything like that. -Rolling… That rolling… 2608 02:10:16,942 --> 02:10:19,178 Are your still feeling a little queasy? 2609 02:10:19,244 --> 02:10:21,079 [J.R.] I need a promo or something. 2610 02:10:21,146 --> 02:10:24,183 Ladies and gentlemen, let's get down to some serious business. 2611 02:10:24,249 --> 02:10:28,987 And it doesn't get any more serious than the WWE Title. 2612 02:10:29,054 --> 02:10:30,556 Three men, 2613 02:10:30,622 --> 02:10:31,957 one match, 2614 02:10:32,024 --> 02:10:34,893 only one man can leave with the title. 2615 02:10:34,960 --> 02:10:39,031 And this unreal… really heated up at WrestleMania. 2616 02:10:41,567 --> 02:10:44,970 [man] WrestleMania 22, WWE Title on the line. 2617 02:10:45,037 --> 02:10:46,438 This is what it's all about. 2618 02:10:46,505 --> 02:10:50,576 [Cena] Defending this means you rise to the occasion. 2619 02:10:50,642 --> 02:10:53,045 [King] These two men are laying it all on the line. 2620 02:10:53,111 --> 02:10:54,713 [Triple H] And mark my words, 2621 02:10:54,780 --> 02:10:58,984 the King of Kings goes back on his throne. 2622 02:10:59,051 --> 02:11:00,319 [J.R.] Oh, my God! 2623 02:11:00,385 --> 02:11:02,788 John Cena showing the will 2624 02:11:02,855 --> 02:11:05,023 to relive WrestleMania 22 2625 02:11:05,090 --> 02:11:07,059 with his WWE Title intact. 2626 02:11:07,125 --> 02:11:10,329 [Cena] His heart, my heart, and staying tall. 2627 02:11:10,395 --> 02:11:13,532 [man 2] STFU! Cannot get any hold on! 2628 02:11:13,599 --> 02:11:16,068 [King] Look at the pressure that Cena is putting on The Game! 2629 02:11:16,134 --> 02:11:18,136 -Look at that! -[man 2] The Game passed. 2630 02:11:18,203 --> 02:11:20,072 -[King] He tapped. -[man 2] I don't believe it! 2631 02:11:20,138 --> 02:11:24,543 [Cena] The Champ is still here! 2632 02:11:24,610 --> 02:11:27,279 [J.R.] Cena made The Game submit. 2633 02:11:27,346 --> 02:11:31,550 [Triple H] I tapped out because I underestimated The Champ. 2634 02:11:31,617 --> 02:11:36,588 Well, trust me, it will never happen again. 2635 02:11:37,122 --> 02:11:38,423 The way I see it, 2636 02:11:38,490 --> 02:11:40,359 that is mine, 2637 02:11:40,425 --> 02:11:43,028 and I want another shot. 2638 02:11:44,563 --> 02:11:47,232 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on a minute. 2639 02:11:48,300 --> 02:11:50,836 Triple H, you lost, 2640 02:11:50,902 --> 02:11:53,171 which means, you go to the back of the line 2641 02:11:53,238 --> 02:11:55,707 and somebody else takes your spot. 2642 02:11:55,774 --> 02:11:58,343 Someone who won a WrestleMania. 2643 02:11:58,944 --> 02:12:03,015 Someone who destroyed a future Hall of Famer, 2644 02:12:03,081 --> 02:12:05,684 a Hardcore legend, named Mick Foley 2645 02:12:06,285 --> 02:12:08,020 in his own environment. 2646 02:12:08,086 --> 02:12:09,755 [J.R.] Edge is relentless. 2647 02:12:09,821 --> 02:12:12,557 [Edge] And that someone is me. 2648 02:12:12,624 --> 02:12:15,260 [man 3] Edge is back where he deserves to be, 2649 02:12:15,327 --> 02:12:17,396 in the WWE Title chase. 2650 02:12:18,330 --> 02:12:21,233 [man 4] At Backlash, it will be a Triple Threat Match, 2651 02:12:21,300 --> 02:12:23,402 for the WWE Championship. 2652 02:12:23,468 --> 02:12:26,938 Edge, Triple H and the reigning champion, John Cena. 2653 02:12:27,005 --> 02:12:31,343 [King] Three superstars, one title, who's gonna it be? 2654 02:12:31,410 --> 02:12:33,845 [man 5] In the weeks leading to Backlash, 2655 02:12:33,912 --> 02:12:37,182 these three men have played the game of Can You Top This? 2656 02:12:38,450 --> 02:12:40,218 [man 6] Had a great day with this. 2657 02:12:40,285 --> 02:12:42,988 [King] The Game has beaten John Cena. 2658 02:12:43,055 --> 02:12:45,657 -[man 6] Oh! Oh, no. -[King] Look out. 2659 02:12:45,724 --> 02:12:47,159 And he won the game. 2660 02:12:47,225 --> 02:12:49,428 [man 4] It is the STFU! 2661 02:12:49,494 --> 02:12:53,465 Triple H tapped out at WrestleMania. And Edge just tapped out here. 2662 02:12:53,532 --> 02:12:55,267 [King] I don't believe this. 2663 02:12:56,001 --> 02:12:58,170 -And like-- Oh! -[man 4] Spear by Edge! 2664 02:12:58,236 --> 02:12:59,371 [King] Look at this. 2665 02:12:59,438 --> 02:13:03,308 [man 4] Edge just pinned The Game. Edge just pinned Triple H. 2666 02:13:03,375 --> 02:13:05,077 [King] You know what this means? 2667 02:13:05,143 --> 02:13:08,647 [man 4] All three of these men has now proved that they can pin each other. 2668 02:13:08,714 --> 02:13:10,148 [Triple H] At Backlash… 2669 02:13:10,215 --> 02:13:12,951 -[Edge] At Backlash… -[J.R.] The WWE Titles on the line. 2670 02:13:13,018 --> 02:13:15,854 [Cena] What I fight for, what I stand for, what I become. 2671 02:13:15,921 --> 02:13:18,557 [King] There's gonna be a hell of an explosion here tonight 2672 02:13:18,623 --> 02:13:20,158 with these three combustible elements. 2673 02:13:20,225 --> 02:13:23,829 [Edge] The Rated-R Superstar is back where he belongs. 2674 02:13:23,895 --> 02:13:26,431 [Triple H] I will go through anyone… 2675 02:13:26,498 --> 02:13:29,234 -[Cena] You want some? -[Triple H] …to get what I want. 2676 02:13:29,301 --> 02:13:30,702 [Cena] Come get some! 2677 02:13:30,769 --> 02:13:33,238 [Cole] John Cena does not have to be pinned to a submission 2678 02:13:33,305 --> 02:13:35,307 for the championship to changed hands. 2679 02:13:35,374 --> 02:13:38,243 [Edge] I will be walking out the new champion. 2680 02:13:38,310 --> 02:13:41,179 [Triple H] The king goes back to his throne. 2681 02:13:41,246 --> 02:13:43,915 [Cena] I never back down, and I never quit. 2682 02:13:43,982 --> 02:13:46,418 [King] Three superstars, one title. 2683 02:13:50,355 --> 02:13:52,157 [Edge's theme song playing] 2684 02:13:58,263 --> 02:13:59,498 ♪ On this day ♪ 2685 02:14:00,298 --> 02:14:02,167 ♪ I see clearly ♪ 2686 02:14:02,901 --> 02:14:06,538 ♪ Everything has come to life ♪ 2687 02:14:06,605 --> 02:14:11,243 ♪ A bitter place and a broken dream ♪ 2688 02:14:11,309 --> 02:14:13,011 ♪ And we'll leave it all behind ♪ 2689 02:14:13,078 --> 02:14:14,079 [bell dings] 2690 02:14:14,146 --> 02:14:16,548 [Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall, 2691 02:14:16,615 --> 02:14:20,385 and it is for the WWE Championship. 2692 02:14:20,452 --> 02:14:22,687 Introducing the challengers, 2693 02:14:22,754 --> 02:14:24,489 first, from Toronto, Canada, 2694 02:14:24,556 --> 02:14:27,392 weighing in at 250 pounds, 2695 02:14:27,459 --> 02:14:28,960 Edge! 2696 02:14:30,662 --> 02:14:33,365 [J.R.] We can never take anything away from Edge, 2697 02:14:33,432 --> 02:14:35,901 his victory over Mick Foley at WrestleMania. 2698 02:14:35,967 --> 02:14:38,403 Edge, a former WWE Champion. 2699 02:14:38,470 --> 02:14:40,071 And if you believe in faith, 2700 02:14:40,138 --> 02:14:42,674 here's a little 24/7 fact for you. 2701 02:14:42,741 --> 02:14:47,412 It was this date, 1977, in Baltimore, 2702 02:14:47,479 --> 02:14:52,050 when "Superstar" Billy Graham defeated the great Bruno Sammartino 2703 02:14:52,117 --> 02:14:55,554 to win the WWE Title, 2704 02:14:55,620 --> 02:14:58,590 the forerunner to the WWE Championship 2705 02:14:58,657 --> 02:15:01,193 that's about to be decided here tonight. 2706 02:15:03,195 --> 02:15:04,896 [King] Well, are you telling me 2707 02:15:04,963 --> 02:15:07,265 that the championship's gonna change here tonight, J.R.? 2708 02:15:07,332 --> 02:15:08,400 That what you're saying? 2709 02:15:09,367 --> 02:15:11,703 [J.R.] I think there's a distinct possibility. 2710 02:15:13,772 --> 02:15:16,107 [Triple H's theme song playing] 2711 02:15:19,945 --> 02:15:21,880 ♪ Time to play the game ♪ 2712 02:15:26,017 --> 02:15:28,253 [Lilian] Making his way to the ring, 2713 02:15:28,320 --> 02:15:30,355 from, Greenwich, Connecticut, 2714 02:15:30,422 --> 02:15:33,458 weighing in at 255 pounds, 2715 02:15:34,159 --> 02:15:36,661 Triple H! 2716 02:15:38,897 --> 02:15:41,166 ♪ All about the thrill ♪ 2717 02:15:41,233 --> 02:15:43,401 ♪ Take it… ♪ 2718 02:15:43,468 --> 02:15:46,671 [J.R.] There are ten Championships 2719 02:15:46,738 --> 02:15:48,707 on the resume of The Game. 2720 02:15:50,642 --> 02:15:53,111 He has every intention, 2721 02:15:53,612 --> 02:15:56,481 with every fiber in his being, 2722 02:15:57,115 --> 02:16:01,386 to make tonight his 11th claim. 2723 02:16:04,089 --> 02:16:07,025 ♪ I am the game and I make the rules ♪ 2724 02:16:07,092 --> 02:16:09,928 ♪ So move on out here And die like a fool ♪ 2725 02:16:09,995 --> 02:16:11,730 [J.R.] The Cerebral Assassin. 2726 02:16:13,131 --> 02:16:14,966 So aptly nickname. 2727 02:16:17,135 --> 02:16:20,405 By his own admission, he underestimated 2728 02:16:20,472 --> 02:16:23,375 John Cena at WrestleMania. 2729 02:16:24,109 --> 02:16:26,945 That will not happen here tonight. 2730 02:16:29,147 --> 02:16:30,582 [King] Well, he's Triple H. 2731 02:16:31,082 --> 02:16:33,218 He's The Game, he's The Cerebral Assassin, 2732 02:16:33,285 --> 02:16:35,754 and now he calls himself the King of Kings. 2733 02:16:42,527 --> 02:16:45,664 That song in the background it said, "On your knees, dog." 2734 02:16:45,730 --> 02:16:47,599 Straight from the "King of Kings" song. 2735 02:16:52,103 --> 02:16:54,206 An impressive ovation. 2736 02:16:54,272 --> 02:16:56,541 Here, in the historic Rupp Arena. 2737 02:16:57,475 --> 02:17:00,979 Near the campus of the University of Kentucky. 2738 02:17:02,781 --> 02:17:03,782 For The Game. 2739 02:17:04,583 --> 02:17:07,485 A ten-time champion. 2740 02:17:07,552 --> 02:17:10,055 Hoping to make it 11 tonight. 2741 02:17:11,890 --> 02:17:16,227 [King] J.R., he literally lives for the championship. 2742 02:17:16,294 --> 02:17:18,363 That is all Triple H cares about. 2743 02:17:18,430 --> 02:17:22,067 And he'll do whatever it takes to regain that title. 2744 02:17:24,169 --> 02:17:26,271 [J.R.] Triple H eyeing briefly towards Edge. 2745 02:17:26,338 --> 02:17:29,007 He has a mean streak. 2746 02:17:29,074 --> 02:17:33,044 He has said he would destroy his own grandmother 2747 02:17:33,111 --> 02:17:35,347 to become the WWE Champion. 2748 02:17:35,413 --> 02:17:37,215 I believe that. 2749 02:17:37,282 --> 02:17:38,550 [King] Well, 2750 02:17:38,617 --> 02:17:41,119 it's sometimes called passion, J.R. 2751 02:17:41,186 --> 02:17:42,854 [audience booing] 2752 02:17:43,455 --> 02:17:44,889 Or sadistic. 2753 02:17:45,957 --> 02:17:49,661 [John Cena's theme song playing] 2754 02:17:57,702 --> 02:18:00,305 [Lilian] From West Newbury, Massachusetts, 2755 02:18:00,372 --> 02:18:03,375 weighing in at 228 pounds, 2756 02:18:03,441 --> 02:18:06,745 he is the WWE Champion, 2757 02:18:06,811 --> 02:18:10,081 John Cena! 2758 02:18:10,148 --> 02:18:11,583 [audience cheering] 2759 02:18:12,751 --> 02:18:15,186 [J.R.] Well, you can go back as far… 2760 02:18:15,253 --> 02:18:17,722 and WWE has seen you too. 2761 02:18:19,891 --> 02:18:22,560 King, you know, I've been around quite a while. 2762 02:18:22,627 --> 02:18:25,597 I have never been around a champion 2763 02:18:25,664 --> 02:18:28,233 that creates these emotions. 2764 02:18:28,299 --> 02:18:30,535 There's been lot of emotions, 2765 02:18:30,602 --> 02:18:32,637 and this controversy, 2766 02:18:32,704 --> 02:18:34,973 that John Cena does. 2767 02:18:35,040 --> 02:18:37,809 I know, you look around this huge crowd, 2768 02:18:37,876 --> 02:18:40,111 and our crowd in conflicted. 2769 02:18:40,178 --> 02:18:42,647 ♪ I'm slaughtering stale competition ♪ 2770 02:18:42,714 --> 02:18:44,416 ♪ I got the whole block wishing… ♪ 2771 02:18:45,884 --> 02:18:47,052 [King] What? 2772 02:18:47,118 --> 02:18:49,487 No matter which way the reaction is, 2773 02:18:49,554 --> 02:18:51,356 he certainly gets a reaction. 2774 02:18:52,257 --> 02:18:55,226 ♪ In any weather I'm never better Your boy's so hot ♪ 2775 02:18:55,293 --> 02:18:58,229 [J.R.] Cena, diverse, controversial. 2776 02:18:58,296 --> 02:19:00,665 That blue-collar work ethic. 2777 02:19:00,732 --> 02:19:03,268 [King] It's anybody's guess who is gonna be 2778 02:19:04,135 --> 02:19:06,638 the WWE champion when this match is over. 2779 02:19:06,705 --> 02:19:09,941 Part of me, J.R., is hoping that Edge wins. 2780 02:19:10,008 --> 02:19:15,113 'Cause they promised one of those, you know, sex celebrations. 2781 02:19:15,180 --> 02:19:17,716 Maybe they don't have a camera, but I don't know. 2782 02:19:17,782 --> 02:19:20,985 Videos like Pamela and Tommy Lee. You'd like to see that? 2783 02:19:21,920 --> 02:19:25,824 [J.R.] I'm not as interested in that as I am about this match, the WWE Title. 2784 02:19:25,890 --> 02:19:28,359 Remember… three men in the ring, 2785 02:19:28,426 --> 02:19:31,296 the first man to score a pinfall or submission 2786 02:19:31,362 --> 02:19:34,599 wins the match, wins the WWE title. 2787 02:19:34,666 --> 02:19:38,036 [King] That's where the deck is stacked against the champion, John Cena. 2788 02:19:38,103 --> 02:19:40,305 -[J.R.] Cena does not have to be involved… -[King] Wait… 2789 02:19:40,371 --> 02:19:43,341 …in the equation to lose his title. 2790 02:19:43,408 --> 02:19:45,443 Much like we saw at WrestleMania. 2791 02:19:45,510 --> 02:19:47,779 -Or SmackDown. -[King] What's Edge doing, J.R.? 2792 02:19:48,346 --> 02:19:50,582 [J.R.] Looks like he's taking the outside. 2793 02:19:50,648 --> 02:19:52,484 And letting that… 2794 02:19:52,550 --> 02:19:55,220 WrestleMania all over again here. 2795 02:19:55,286 --> 02:19:56,454 Here we go now. 2796 02:19:56,521 --> 02:19:58,890 John Cena, right hands, 2797 02:19:58,957 --> 02:20:01,860 hammering The Game and The Game reverses. 2798 02:20:02,427 --> 02:20:05,029 Edge on the outside… rise in shock. 2799 02:20:05,096 --> 02:20:07,065 Cena, can he get it over early here? 2800 02:20:07,132 --> 02:20:10,235 The flying shoulder blocks, taking down The Game. 2801 02:20:10,301 --> 02:20:13,872 Cena, starting out quickly. Quickly and… 2802 02:20:13,938 --> 02:20:15,740 with a smashmouth style. 2803 02:20:15,807 --> 02:20:19,244 [King] Cena is very aggressive, no doubt about that. Look out here. 2804 02:20:19,310 --> 02:20:21,379 [J.R.] Suplex, and hold him right there. 2805 02:20:21,446 --> 02:20:23,014 [King] Over the line is Edge. 2806 02:20:23,081 --> 02:20:25,350 [J.R.] And Edge in to break up the count. 2807 02:20:25,417 --> 02:20:29,187 Remember, the first man to score a pin or submission wins. 2808 02:20:29,254 --> 02:20:30,989 [King] Edge was in, and now he's back out. 2809 02:20:31,055 --> 02:20:33,992 Come on, John Cena, you had to know that was gonna happen. 2810 02:20:34,058 --> 02:20:36,561 [J.R.] Edge trying to play little cage here in the out. 2811 02:20:36,628 --> 02:20:40,598 [King] I'm surprised that John Cena and Triple H are going for that. 2812 02:20:40,665 --> 02:20:42,267 [J.R.] Inverted atomic drop. 2813 02:20:44,369 --> 02:20:48,473 And I don't think he has any alternative, quite frankly. 2814 02:20:48,540 --> 02:20:51,643 And a great right hand, another right hand, 2815 02:20:51,709 --> 02:20:54,179 and downstairs to take right hand of Triple H. 2816 02:20:54,245 --> 02:20:56,681 Triple H is seeing what a rivalry. 2817 02:20:56,748 --> 02:21:00,351 Every time you see these two guys in the proximity of each other, 2818 02:21:00,418 --> 02:21:02,620 they just literally beat the hell out of each other, 2819 02:21:02,687 --> 02:21:05,190 -and they seem to like it. -[King] If I were in this match… 2820 02:21:05,256 --> 02:21:08,259 [J.R.] High knee. The high knee by The Game. 2821 02:21:08,326 --> 02:21:11,162 He should go for the cover, he does. Lifts a leg. 2822 02:21:11,229 --> 02:21:14,966 And Edge pulls Triple H off the pile. 2823 02:21:15,033 --> 02:21:17,602 Edge stops the three count. 2824 02:21:17,669 --> 02:21:20,872 [King] If I were in this match, I'd like to be doing exactly what Edge is. 2825 02:21:20,939 --> 02:21:24,442 Standing out there, watching those two beat the hell out of each other. 2826 02:21:25,210 --> 02:21:27,445 Edge is only taking advantage of this rivalry. 2827 02:21:27,512 --> 02:21:29,781 [J.R.] It has been a brawl thus far. 2828 02:21:29,848 --> 02:21:31,950 Not a lot of catch-as-catch-can wrestling. 2829 02:21:32,016 --> 02:21:33,418 Just hard right hands, 2830 02:21:33,484 --> 02:21:34,819 high-impact wrestling. 2831 02:21:34,886 --> 02:21:36,721 Another right by Cena, 2832 02:21:36,788 --> 02:21:38,890 a return right by The Game. 2833 02:21:38,957 --> 02:21:41,159 WWE Title on the line. 2834 02:21:41,226 --> 02:21:43,494 Cena comes in as a champion. 2835 02:21:43,561 --> 02:21:45,830 No guarantee he's going to leave with it. 2836 02:21:47,732 --> 02:21:50,735 Whatever it is, laughing is… Well, he was laughing. 2837 02:21:52,570 --> 02:21:57,108 [King] You know what I think, that The Game and John Cena just realized 2838 02:21:57,175 --> 02:21:59,010 what's going on. Yes, they have. 2839 02:21:59,077 --> 02:22:02,514 [J.R.] Edge brought back in, very unceremoniously. 2840 02:22:02,580 --> 02:22:06,451 And Edge now being pinned, he's being volleyed with right hands 2841 02:22:06,518 --> 02:22:08,253 back and forth. 2842 02:22:09,854 --> 02:22:12,590 Oh! Cena with a clothesline. 2843 02:22:12,657 --> 02:22:15,994 Right out here in front of us. Tremendous impact, 2844 02:22:16,060 --> 02:22:17,896 as John Cena… 2845 02:22:18,396 --> 02:22:21,966 -[King] Oh, no. Oh. no. Somewhere else… -[J.R.] Easy, easy here. 2846 02:22:22,033 --> 02:22:23,434 [King] Come on. 2847 02:22:27,238 --> 02:22:28,273 Look out! 2848 02:22:30,208 --> 02:22:32,844 [J.R.] Edge's head bouncing off our table. 2849 02:22:32,911 --> 02:22:35,179 [King] You ever think you'd see this? It looks like… 2850 02:22:35,246 --> 02:22:38,182 -[J.R.] Battle of one-upmanship. -[King] Cena and Triple H? 2851 02:22:38,249 --> 02:22:40,752 They're pretty much teaming up there, look. 2852 02:22:42,120 --> 02:22:46,124 [J.R.] Cena and Triple H, beating the hell out of each other earlier. 2853 02:22:46,190 --> 02:22:49,127 And now, they are beating the hell out of Edge. 2854 02:22:49,193 --> 02:22:53,197 Edge's head… Oh, my God… it's bouncing like a rubber ball. 2855 02:22:55,199 --> 02:22:59,637 Remember, these men cannot be disqualified or counted out. 2856 02:23:01,072 --> 02:23:03,408 This match will only end in one way. 2857 02:23:04,108 --> 02:23:06,477 -That's when one man gets a pin-- -[King] Oh! 2858 02:23:06,544 --> 02:23:07,779 Coming from behind. 2859 02:23:07,845 --> 02:23:11,115 I thought the match was gonna end right here on our tabletop. 2860 02:23:11,182 --> 02:23:13,217 [J.R.] That's the kind of man Triple H is. 2861 02:23:13,284 --> 02:23:16,054 He did get the advantage from behind. 2862 02:23:17,522 --> 02:23:21,659 [King] Edge, after having his head rammed into this table about 15 times, 2863 02:23:21,726 --> 02:23:24,295 still has the wherewithal to duck out of the way. 2864 02:23:24,362 --> 02:23:28,466 [J.R.] That's just gotta be instinctive. That's all that can be, is instinctive. 2865 02:23:28,533 --> 02:23:31,202 You can't have your head bounced off a table that many times 2866 02:23:31,269 --> 02:23:33,805 -and have your faculties about you. -[King] There we go. 2867 02:23:33,871 --> 02:23:36,574 Cena now, dumped to the outside, moments ago. 2868 02:23:36,641 --> 02:23:39,210 [King] You're right, Edge on spaghetti legs there. 2869 02:23:39,277 --> 02:23:40,945 Just wondering if he knows where he's at. 2870 02:23:41,012 --> 02:23:45,149 ]J.R.] Edge may be running on fumes, but again, the WWE Title is on the line. 2871 02:23:45,216 --> 02:23:46,951 Cena, the reigning champion, 2872 02:23:47,018 --> 02:23:50,755 which means absolutely nothing, one of the terms of this match. 2873 02:23:50,822 --> 02:23:53,224 [King] Oh, watch out for Cena here. 2874 02:23:53,291 --> 02:23:56,761 [J.R.] Cena… Oh, my gosh! 2875 02:23:56,828 --> 02:23:59,330 Cena returns the favor to The Game. 2876 02:23:59,397 --> 02:24:02,133 Dumping The Game face first on the ring apron. 2877 02:24:02,200 --> 02:24:05,870 And Cena now who got clobbered from behind by Triple H earlier. 2878 02:24:05,937 --> 02:24:07,605 [King] Wait a minute. What's this? 2879 02:24:07,672 --> 02:24:11,042 I don't know if I've ever seen John Cena do this before. What do you… 2880 02:24:12,543 --> 02:24:13,811 Look out! Look out! 2881 02:24:13,878 --> 02:24:16,047 Cena with a splash, could have a-- 2882 02:24:16,114 --> 02:24:17,649 No! 2883 02:24:18,416 --> 02:24:21,653 -[J.R.] Cena with a splash off the top. -[King] Have you… Have you… 2884 02:24:21,719 --> 02:24:23,688 Have you ever seen John Cena do that before? 2885 02:24:23,755 --> 02:24:26,057 I guess he saw an opening and figured he's gotta go for it. 2886 02:24:26,124 --> 02:24:27,792 [J.R.] Yeah. Nice slam there. 2887 02:24:27,859 --> 02:24:29,394 Cena took a chance. 2888 02:24:30,128 --> 02:24:32,063 John Cena. 2889 02:24:32,130 --> 02:24:34,632 -That modified suplex and now thinking… -[King] Uh-oh. 2890 02:24:35,433 --> 02:24:37,435 [J.R.] Five Knuckle Shuffle time. 2891 02:24:37,502 --> 02:24:39,270 [King] Time to pop 'em up. 2892 02:24:39,337 --> 02:24:40,705 "You can't see me." 2893 02:24:42,173 --> 02:24:43,641 Look at Lita! Look at Lita! 2894 02:24:43,708 --> 02:24:47,078 [J.R.] And Lita with-- Forgot all about Lita. 2895 02:24:47,145 --> 02:24:49,547 But Lita pulled down that top rope. 2896 02:24:49,614 --> 02:24:51,883 Cena went sailing over the top. 2897 02:24:52,750 --> 02:24:54,152 [King] Watch yourself. Oh! 2898 02:24:55,486 --> 02:24:57,955 [J.R.] Now, folks, that's some by God impact. 2899 02:24:58,022 --> 02:25:00,091 That is some impact right there. 2900 02:25:00,625 --> 02:25:05,430 The Game taking advantage of John Cena and Lita's assist. 2901 02:25:05,496 --> 02:25:07,965 Even though I'm sure she intended it to help Edge 2902 02:25:08,032 --> 02:25:09,233 and not Triple H. 2903 02:25:10,468 --> 02:25:12,503 Facebuster by The Game. 2904 02:25:13,304 --> 02:25:16,007 The Game. The Cerebral Assassin. 2905 02:25:16,074 --> 02:25:19,210 Just to regain the WWE Title. 2906 02:25:19,277 --> 02:25:20,945 [King] He knows he's eliminated-- 2907 02:25:21,012 --> 02:25:23,281 [J.R.] Hook of the leg, King. And a near-fall. 2908 02:25:23,347 --> 02:25:25,983 [King] The Game knows he's eliminated John Cena for the time being. 2909 02:25:26,050 --> 02:25:28,586 Cena's still flat out on the floor down there 2910 02:25:28,653 --> 02:25:31,055 in front of the steel steps. 2911 02:25:31,956 --> 02:25:35,026 [J.R.] And Cena may have dislocated that shoulder. 2912 02:25:35,093 --> 02:25:38,529 Those steps came unhinged, and that leaves… 2913 02:25:38,596 --> 02:25:41,299 The Game to tee off on Edge. 2914 02:25:41,365 --> 02:25:44,635 And remember, Edge, his face was in our ringside table 2915 02:25:44,702 --> 02:25:46,270 on numerous occasions. 2916 02:25:46,337 --> 02:25:48,506 Now, he's here, 100%. 2917 02:25:49,507 --> 02:25:51,943 No, sadly, no. Spinebuster. 2918 02:25:52,009 --> 02:25:53,845 -Spinebuster. The cover. -One! Two! 2919 02:25:53,911 --> 02:25:56,380 -[J.R.] Has he got-- No. -[King] Man. 2920 02:25:57,048 --> 02:25:59,584 [J.R.] Referee Mickie Henson's hand was coming down 2921 02:25:59,650 --> 02:26:00,718 for the three-count 2922 02:26:00,785 --> 02:26:03,054 with the WWE Title at stake here. 2923 02:26:03,121 --> 02:26:05,089 Front facelock now by The Game. 2924 02:26:05,156 --> 02:26:07,291 [King] And Lita, over there, wringing her hands. 2925 02:26:07,358 --> 02:26:08,793 She's a nervous wreck now. 2926 02:26:08,860 --> 02:26:10,862 [J.R.] A ten-time champion… 2927 02:26:10,928 --> 02:26:13,397 [King] Oh, look out, look out, look out, look out. 2928 02:26:14,165 --> 02:26:16,167 [J.R.] Edge, now dropping it off south. 2929 02:26:16,234 --> 02:26:18,636 Could be over here! And now The Game… 2930 02:26:18,703 --> 02:26:22,073 The Game's gonna force his way off his back. 2931 02:26:22,140 --> 02:26:23,708 [King] I thought that was it. 2932 02:26:23,775 --> 02:26:27,378 [J.R.] When you got three volatile… volatile individuals, 2933 02:26:27,445 --> 02:26:30,548 that are so desperate to become WWE champion, 2934 02:26:30,615 --> 02:26:33,384 this match could end at any time, at any moment. 2935 02:26:33,451 --> 02:26:36,654 [King] There's only two in the ring now. And here we go. Sleeper. 2936 02:26:38,422 --> 02:26:42,059 Sleeper's been applied by The Game and Edge is… 2937 02:26:43,027 --> 02:26:44,529 strength is being sapped. 2938 02:26:44,595 --> 02:26:46,931 [J.R.] Sleeper hold here. It can be moments away. 2939 02:26:46,998 --> 02:26:48,933 Edge in pain. 2940 02:26:49,000 --> 02:26:51,169 Again, trying to hold on, cannot. 2941 02:26:51,235 --> 02:26:54,138 And now, an attempt… attempt the reversal 2942 02:26:54,205 --> 02:26:55,640 Into the sleeper. 2943 02:26:55,706 --> 02:26:58,509 -Edge with a sleeper on The Game. -[King] And look who's back. 2944 02:26:58,576 --> 02:27:00,978 -[J.R.] And Cena… Oh, my God. -[King] Oh, my God. 2945 02:27:01,746 --> 02:27:03,614 Cena going for a Double FU. 2946 02:27:03,681 --> 02:27:05,449 -[King] Oh! -[J.R.] And a Spear. 2947 02:27:05,516 --> 02:27:09,453 [King] Spear on John Cena while he was holding Triple H in the air. 2948 02:27:10,521 --> 02:27:13,224 [J.R.] Cena was gonna FU both men. 2949 02:27:13,291 --> 02:27:16,394 Edge came off of it, delivered the Spear. 2950 02:27:16,460 --> 02:27:19,630 John Cena down with The Game. 2951 02:27:19,697 --> 02:27:22,567 More importantly, down went John Cena 2952 02:27:22,633 --> 02:27:26,070 -as a result of that Spear. -[King] Who is gonna win this thing, J.R.? 2953 02:27:26,137 --> 02:27:28,573 That would have been amazing to see a Double FU. 2954 02:27:29,173 --> 02:27:31,509 [J.R.] Take another look at this. This is amazing. 2955 02:27:32,677 --> 02:27:36,380 [King] The Spear right here, from Edge. 2956 02:27:36,447 --> 02:27:38,850 [J.R.] Cena very vulnerable there. 2957 02:27:38,916 --> 02:27:42,019 And got nailed with the Spear. It's anybody's ballgame 2958 02:27:42,086 --> 02:27:43,855 for the WWE Title. 2959 02:27:45,857 --> 02:27:49,093 [King] I don't like this, J.R. They look like they may be coming this way again. 2960 02:27:52,463 --> 02:27:54,098 [J.R.] Triple H… 2961 02:27:54,165 --> 02:27:56,434 Triple H just trying… 2962 02:27:56,500 --> 02:27:59,003 trying to figure a way out of this predicament 2963 02:27:59,070 --> 02:28:00,905 -but it's too-- -[King] Oh, God! 2964 02:28:01,505 --> 02:28:03,808 [J.R.] Triple H's head just pop-- popped. 2965 02:28:03,875 --> 02:28:05,376 [King] Oh, my! Jesus. 2966 02:28:05,443 --> 02:28:08,279 -[J.R.] Oh, my God. -[King] Busted wide open, immediately. 2967 02:28:08,346 --> 02:28:11,749 -He'll never recover from that. -[J.R.] The Game is busted wide open-- 2968 02:28:11,816 --> 02:28:13,851 Exactly right. And now… 2969 02:28:13,918 --> 02:28:18,256 And now it's Edge, turning the table on The Game. 2970 02:28:18,322 --> 02:28:22,793 A bloody Game with a WWE Championship on the line here. 2971 02:28:25,363 --> 02:28:28,399 [King] Edge, ripping apart that… 2972 02:28:28,466 --> 02:28:31,202 Spanish announce table. 2973 02:28:31,269 --> 02:28:33,104 [J.R.] Blood. Blood everywhere. 2974 02:28:33,170 --> 02:28:34,905 [King] Oh, wait a minute, this is not good. 2975 02:28:34,972 --> 02:28:37,108 -[J.R.] Not good at all! -[King] Look out! 2976 02:28:37,174 --> 02:28:39,210 Oh, man. 2977 02:28:39,277 --> 02:28:42,313 [J.R.] Good God Almighty! The DDT. 2978 02:28:42,380 --> 02:28:44,148 And the result… Look at that blood! 2979 02:28:44,682 --> 02:28:47,351 The bloodstained Spanish announce table. 2980 02:28:47,418 --> 02:28:49,453 That's The Game's blood. 2981 02:28:51,956 --> 02:28:54,258 Edge, with that DDT… 2982 02:28:55,526 --> 02:28:56,661 And man… 2983 02:28:56,727 --> 02:28:58,930 And the man back in the ring is John Cena, 2984 02:28:58,996 --> 02:29:01,299 but these two adversaries 2985 02:29:01,365 --> 02:29:05,136 are on the outside and can't be counted out. 2986 02:29:05,202 --> 02:29:07,405 No one can be disqualified here. 2987 02:29:07,471 --> 02:29:10,508 [King] I'm gonna tell you something. I'm looking over here at Triple H. 2988 02:29:10,574 --> 02:29:12,476 He… I think he is history. 2989 02:29:12,543 --> 02:29:15,313 Listen to this sickening sound of his skull smashing. 2990 02:29:16,147 --> 02:29:19,850 That is The Game's skull smashing into that announce table. 2991 02:29:19,917 --> 02:29:21,052 Look at this, J.R.! 2992 02:29:21,118 --> 02:29:23,054 [J.R.] And a dropkick by Edge. 2993 02:29:24,188 --> 02:29:26,891 -[King] Edge is gonna get it right here. -[J.R.] To win it all here. 2994 02:29:26,957 --> 02:29:29,527 -Edge has got the near leg hook! Oh, Cena popped. 2995 02:29:29,593 --> 02:29:31,896 And popped hard, kicking off his back. 2996 02:29:32,463 --> 02:29:36,233 [J.R.] Cena popped hard to kick out of that pinning predicament 2997 02:29:36,300 --> 02:29:38,469 from that missile dropkick. 2998 02:29:38,536 --> 02:29:40,071 But The Game is bloody. 2999 02:29:40,137 --> 02:29:43,107 Over by us. He is losing blood. I mean, tons of blood. 3000 02:29:43,174 --> 02:29:44,875 [King] Cannot believe this match. 3001 02:29:46,777 --> 02:29:48,913 [J.R.] And now Edge has the advantage. 3002 02:29:48,980 --> 02:29:50,481 It is Edge, the aggressor. 3003 02:29:50,548 --> 02:29:53,918 It is Edge who is, seemingly, is in driver's seat. 3004 02:29:53,984 --> 02:29:58,756 It is Edge who is closer and closer to becoming the WWE Champion. 3005 02:29:58,823 --> 02:30:00,691 [King] He's been champ before but if you ask me, 3006 02:30:00,758 --> 02:30:01,759 this is down to two men. 3007 02:30:01,826 --> 02:30:03,728 Triple H needs some medical attention. 3008 02:30:03,794 --> 02:30:06,897 He's right here at our feet and he's bleeding profusely. 3009 02:30:06,964 --> 02:30:10,534 -Oh, Cena at the corner. -[J.R.] The Spear, the Spear by Edge. 3010 02:30:10,601 --> 02:30:12,937 The Spear drilling… It has tripped 3011 02:30:13,003 --> 02:30:15,906 John Cena back in that corner, 3012 02:30:15,973 --> 02:30:17,975 Cena had nowhere to go. 3013 02:30:18,042 --> 02:30:19,877 But the air driven out of Cena. 3014 02:30:19,944 --> 02:30:22,680 Cena is running on fumes now. 3015 02:30:22,747 --> 02:30:24,648 [King] Oh, wait, wait, wait. 3016 02:30:24,715 --> 02:30:26,650 -There we go! -[J.R.] STFU! 3017 02:30:26,717 --> 02:30:28,619 [King] With the STFU… This is it! 3018 02:30:28,686 --> 02:30:30,421 [J.R.] The submission move. 3019 02:30:30,488 --> 02:30:33,190 This is happening. Cena made The Game 3020 02:30:33,257 --> 02:30:35,526 submit at WrestleMania. 3021 02:30:37,428 --> 02:30:39,196 Cena's got him locked in. 3022 02:30:40,030 --> 02:30:43,234 [King] He's gonna tap! Here we go! Tap, really tap! 3023 02:30:43,300 --> 02:30:44,668 [J.R.] The STFU locked. 3024 02:30:45,936 --> 02:30:47,738 Cena reaching back 3025 02:30:47,805 --> 02:30:49,874 -with every muscle in his body. -[Cena yells] 3026 02:30:49,940 --> 02:30:51,409 [King] Cena's trying-- Oh, no. 3027 02:30:51,475 --> 02:30:53,644 Edge is trying to claw his way to the ropes. 3028 02:30:54,945 --> 02:30:57,882 [J.R.] Edge, if he taps, it's over. 3029 02:30:57,948 --> 02:30:59,817 Edge getting closer to the ropes. 3030 02:30:59,884 --> 02:31:02,620 -[King] What is this? -[J.R.] And look at The Game. 3031 02:31:02,686 --> 02:31:04,388 [King] He stopped the tap. Oh! 3032 02:31:05,589 --> 02:31:10,761 [J.R.] The Game with that microphone just hit Cena right in the head. 3033 02:31:10,828 --> 02:31:13,297 There's nothing the referee can do about it. 3034 02:31:14,231 --> 02:31:17,268 [King] Where did he get the microphone? Oh! 3035 02:31:17,334 --> 02:31:22,206 The Game kept… The Game kept Edge from tapping out 3036 02:31:22,273 --> 02:31:26,610 and then delivered that death blow to John Cena with a microphone. 3037 02:31:29,046 --> 02:31:31,782 -My God, I've never seen-- -[King] Right here in front of us. 3038 02:31:31,849 --> 02:31:34,452 Triple H has that steel chair. Look out, Edge! 3039 02:31:34,518 --> 02:31:36,420 -[loud thud] -[King] Oh, God! Look out! 3040 02:31:37,588 --> 02:31:41,158 We got Edge right here over the third row ringside. 3041 02:31:41,225 --> 02:31:43,060 [J.R.] Edge running ahead. 3042 02:31:43,127 --> 02:31:46,263 The momentum took him from the rail to the concrete. 3043 02:31:46,330 --> 02:31:48,933 [King] This is a brutal main event we are witnessing. 3044 02:31:48,999 --> 02:31:50,067 Let's-- Look at this. 3045 02:31:50,968 --> 02:31:52,937 [J.R.] God Almighty! 3046 02:31:53,003 --> 02:31:54,839 Can you believe that impact? 3047 02:31:54,905 --> 02:31:57,708 The nastiness of that shot. Two men now. 3048 02:31:57,775 --> 02:31:59,410 -[King] Look, look, look. -[J.R.] Oh! 3049 02:31:59,477 --> 02:32:02,279 [J.R.] The long-term hold. The STFU. 3050 02:32:02,346 --> 02:32:04,181 Just like WrestleMania. 3051 02:32:04,248 --> 02:32:06,217 Will The Game tap out? 3052 02:32:06,283 --> 02:32:08,919 [King] There's no way that The Game can withstand this. 3053 02:32:08,986 --> 02:32:11,856 -[J.R.] Will The Game tap out? -[King] He's got to! 3054 02:32:12,556 --> 02:32:14,091 Look at his face! 3055 02:32:14,158 --> 02:32:17,027 [J.R.] The Game's face, a crimson mask here. 3056 02:32:18,062 --> 02:32:21,098 Cena reaching back with everything he's got. 3057 02:32:21,732 --> 02:32:24,068 [King] You can't blame The Game if he taps out. 3058 02:32:24,969 --> 02:32:27,771 He's been busted wide open. 3059 02:32:27,838 --> 02:32:31,041 His strength is sapping. Is he tapping? 3060 02:32:31,108 --> 02:32:35,646 [J.R.] Cena reaching back, every muscle. 3061 02:32:35,713 --> 02:32:38,282 Cena pulling as hard as he can. 3062 02:32:38,349 --> 02:32:41,418 -The STFU! -[King] That's it. That's it. 3063 02:32:41,485 --> 02:32:43,554 -[yells] -[J.R.] Is it gonna be over here? 3064 02:32:43,621 --> 02:32:45,122 Referee checking The Game. 3065 02:32:45,189 --> 02:32:48,292 -No, no, no! -[King] No! Oh, my God! 3066 02:32:48,359 --> 02:32:50,294 [J.R.] Somehow The Game is holding on. 3067 02:32:51,595 --> 02:32:53,597 [King] How does he-- Where does he get this from? 3068 02:32:53,664 --> 02:32:55,799 -How is he doing this? -[J.R.] I can't believe this. 3069 02:32:55,866 --> 02:32:57,835 I can't believe The Game. 3070 02:32:57,902 --> 02:33:01,338 Could not see his hand drop for the third and second time. 3071 02:33:01,405 --> 02:33:04,041 And The Game got to the rope. The Game got to the rope. 3072 02:33:04,108 --> 02:33:06,677 And the WWE Title Match continues. 3073 02:33:06,744 --> 02:33:10,381 [King] Unbelievable. The game tapped out at WrestleMania, but not tonight. 3074 02:33:10,447 --> 02:33:12,816 But look at Cena. He is still in control here. 3075 02:33:13,484 --> 02:33:15,886 -[J.R.] Cena poised. -[King] We got an FU coming. 3076 02:33:15,953 --> 02:33:18,389 -[J.R.] The Game… -[King] There it is! 3077 02:33:19,924 --> 02:33:21,592 -[J.R.] The claw here. -[King] No! 3078 02:33:21,659 --> 02:33:24,261 [J.R.] FU, no. Pedigree, no. 3079 02:33:25,429 --> 02:33:26,830 Yes, what a counter! 3080 02:33:26,897 --> 02:33:28,699 [King] What a beautiful counter! 3081 02:33:28,766 --> 02:33:30,701 [J.R.] What a counter by John Cena, 3082 02:33:30,768 --> 02:33:32,403 into the STFU. 3083 02:33:33,103 --> 02:33:36,307 FU, no. Pedigree, no. 3084 02:33:36,373 --> 02:33:37,975 STFU, yes! 3085 02:33:38,042 --> 02:33:39,810 And now can The Game hold on? 3086 02:33:39,877 --> 02:33:43,180 [King] How is The Game not tapping out? Did he-- Did he tap? 3087 02:33:44,848 --> 02:33:46,383 [J.R.] Referee looking at Edge now. 3088 02:33:46,450 --> 02:33:48,619 Edge has gotta get back in this fray. 3089 02:33:49,453 --> 02:33:53,224 [King] Edge trying desperately to somehow get back in this. 3090 02:33:53,290 --> 02:33:55,159 -He's climbing-- -[J.R.] Cena sees Edge. 3091 02:33:55,225 --> 02:33:56,594 He knows he's there. 3092 02:33:56,660 --> 02:33:58,295 [King] Getting through here. Oh. 3093 02:33:58,362 --> 02:34:00,197 [J.R.] Triple H was about to tap there. 3094 02:34:00,264 --> 02:34:01,899 Triple H came close to tapping. 3095 02:34:01,966 --> 02:34:04,768 Cena now teeing off on Edge. 3096 02:34:04,835 --> 02:34:06,437 [King] Uh-oh. 3097 02:34:06,503 --> 02:34:08,472 [J.R.] There's the referee. 3098 02:34:08,539 --> 02:34:10,241 Referee goes down. 3099 02:34:10,307 --> 02:34:12,476 Remember, one fall or submission. 3100 02:34:12,543 --> 02:34:14,945 WWE Title on the line. 3101 02:34:15,012 --> 02:34:17,248 -First time… -[King] Hey, hey, wait a minute. 3102 02:34:17,314 --> 02:34:19,583 Don't tell me he's gonna try to FU Edge from there. 3103 02:34:19,650 --> 02:34:20,985 -Oh, no! -[J.R.] Oh, my God. 3104 02:34:22,987 --> 02:34:26,690 The Game got in the lead over both Cena and Edge. 3105 02:34:26,757 --> 02:34:28,058 And what a ride! 3106 02:34:28,125 --> 02:34:29,994 And now three of these men are out. 3107 02:34:30,060 --> 02:34:32,396 [King] Everybody's crashed and burned. 3108 02:34:33,797 --> 02:34:35,366 [J.R.] My God. 3109 02:34:35,432 --> 02:34:37,034 Action inside, outside. 3110 02:34:37,101 --> 02:34:40,371 Those bloody bodies are battered and bruises. 3111 02:34:40,871 --> 02:34:44,642 [King] This is unbelievable carnage there. The only person still standing 3112 02:34:44,708 --> 02:34:47,044 and can walk is Lita-- She's getting into the ring. 3113 02:34:47,111 --> 02:34:49,346 [J.R.] I've never seen a Triple Threat Match like this. 3114 02:34:49,413 --> 02:34:50,648 And now… 3115 02:34:50,714 --> 02:34:53,117 Lita will soon be the deciding factor. 3116 02:34:53,183 --> 02:34:55,986 -Lita with a steel chair. -[King] Watch it, Game. 3117 02:34:56,754 --> 02:34:58,622 [J.R.] Lita with a steel chair. 3118 02:34:58,689 --> 02:34:59,923 [King] Oh, no! 3119 02:34:59,990 --> 02:35:01,358 [J.R.] Oh, my God! 3120 02:35:02,259 --> 02:35:03,494 [King] Good grief! 3121 02:35:03,560 --> 02:35:06,397 [J.R.] The Game sidestepped a chair shot 3122 02:35:06,463 --> 02:35:08,766 and spinebusted Lita. 3123 02:35:09,633 --> 02:35:12,102 -And now… -[King] Uh-oh. Now Triple H has a chair. 3124 02:35:12,703 --> 02:35:16,807 [J.R.] And there's no disqualifications in this Triple Threat Match. 3125 02:35:16,874 --> 02:35:19,743 [King] Look at this, J.R. Just like that. 3126 02:35:19,810 --> 02:35:22,479 [King] The momentum has swung down in Triple H's favor. 3127 02:35:22,546 --> 02:35:25,249 -[J.R.] What's The Game doing here? -[King] I don't know. 3128 02:35:25,849 --> 02:35:29,019 [J.R.] Game had that chair, he could use it as a weapon. 3129 02:35:29,086 --> 02:35:31,221 [King] Looks like he doesn't need the chair. 3130 02:35:32,556 --> 02:35:33,891 [J.R.] Maybe not. 3131 02:35:33,957 --> 02:35:36,560 [King] He's battered, he's bruised. Now, where's he going? 3132 02:35:36,627 --> 02:35:39,830 [J.R.] Don't need the chair. He'll just use his Pedigree. 3133 02:35:39,897 --> 02:35:42,199 -[J.R.] He's got this thing won. -[King] Maybe. 3134 02:35:42,266 --> 02:35:44,335 The Game needs something else, J.R. 3135 02:35:44,401 --> 02:35:46,770 -[J.R.] Oh, my God. You gotta be kidding. -[King] Oh, no. 3136 02:35:46,837 --> 02:35:50,874 Forget the chair when you got a sledgehammer at your disposal. 3137 02:35:50,941 --> 02:35:53,010 [J.R.] A steel chair wasn't enough. 3138 02:35:53,077 --> 02:35:54,978 The Game's got the sledgehammer 3139 02:35:55,045 --> 02:35:58,349 and the WWE Title on his mind. 3140 02:36:02,353 --> 02:36:05,756 This is a heinous… a heinous act. 3141 02:36:05,823 --> 02:36:08,292 The Game may have won the match with a wrestling hold. 3142 02:36:08,359 --> 02:36:10,994 But this is what he wants to do. He wants to hurt people. 3143 02:36:11,061 --> 02:36:14,732 He could care less about the well-being of anybody but himself. 3144 02:36:14,798 --> 02:36:17,801 [King] Oh, slammed, right out of nowhere by Edge. 3145 02:36:17,868 --> 02:36:19,970 [J.R.] Where the hell did Edge come from? 3146 02:36:20,037 --> 02:36:25,943 The Game was measuring Cena with a… with a sledgehammer. 3147 02:36:26,009 --> 02:36:28,045 And Edge came out nowhere. 3148 02:36:28,112 --> 02:36:31,315 [King] Well, look, look, Edge has the sledgehammer now, J.R. 3149 02:36:31,382 --> 02:36:35,052 [J.R.] And now Edge looking at that sledgehammer like it was a deity. 3150 02:36:35,119 --> 02:36:37,221 [King] He feels empowered, and he-- Oh! 3151 02:36:37,287 --> 02:36:39,123 -[J.R.] Oh! -[King] Oh, no! 3152 02:36:39,189 --> 02:36:41,692 [J.R.] Bumper. Cena-- Oh! 3153 02:36:41,759 --> 02:36:44,595 Low blow got one on Edge. 3154 02:36:44,661 --> 02:36:46,864 And there may have went the title for Cena. 3155 02:36:48,332 --> 02:36:50,567 Cena, roll over… 3156 02:36:50,634 --> 02:36:52,503 -[all cheering] -[bell dings] 3157 02:36:52,569 --> 02:36:54,071 [J.R.] I don't believe this. 3158 02:36:54,138 --> 02:36:56,106 [John Cena's theme music playing] 3159 02:36:56,173 --> 02:36:58,675 [J.R.] Cena just rolled up The Game. 3160 02:36:58,742 --> 02:37:02,713 [Lilian] And still the WWE Champion… 3161 02:37:03,480 --> 02:37:06,383 -John Cena! -[King] I can't believe it. 3162 02:37:06,884 --> 02:37:09,153 [J.R.] John Cena did it to earn it. 3163 02:37:09,720 --> 02:37:12,122 John Cena countered The Game. 3164 02:37:12,189 --> 02:37:14,825 John Cena out-wrestled The Game. 3165 02:37:14,892 --> 02:37:18,562 And now The Game is showing what he's made of, 3166 02:37:18,629 --> 02:37:21,064 with a cheap shot from behind. 3167 02:37:21,131 --> 02:37:24,268 [King] What a match! John Cena's still the champion. 3168 02:37:25,235 --> 02:37:27,771 [J.R.] Come on! What the hell is it? 3169 02:37:27,838 --> 02:37:31,475 No! The Game with that damn sledgehammer 3170 02:37:31,542 --> 02:37:33,243 annihilating everybody. 3171 02:37:33,310 --> 02:37:34,478 And Cena… 3172 02:37:34,545 --> 02:37:37,181 [King] Triple H obviously thinks he was robbed of the title. 3173 02:37:37,247 --> 02:37:40,050 Now he's destroying everybody in sight. 3174 02:37:40,117 --> 02:37:41,552 [audience booing] 3175 02:37:43,854 --> 02:37:48,125 [J.R.] Well, the bottom line is that sledgehammer or not, 3176 02:37:48,192 --> 02:37:51,328 John Cena is still the WWE Champion. 3177 02:37:51,395 --> 02:37:53,230 [Triple H] The King of Kings… 3178 02:37:53,297 --> 02:37:54,998 [J.R.] And there's gonna be some… 3179 02:37:55,666 --> 02:37:59,303 There's gotta be some repercussions of these actions. 3180 02:38:00,304 --> 02:38:03,707 A referee's been assaulted with a sledgehammer. 3181 02:38:03,774 --> 02:38:06,210 Two competitors with a sledgehammer. 3182 02:38:08,278 --> 02:38:10,214 I mean, come on. 3183 02:38:11,982 --> 02:38:14,718 It wasn't Cena's STFU, King. 3184 02:38:14,785 --> 02:38:17,354 It's wasn't Cena's FU. 3185 02:38:17,421 --> 02:38:19,256 It was Cena towering The Game 3186 02:38:19,323 --> 02:38:21,058 in a roll lock. 3187 02:38:21,124 --> 02:38:24,428 He's rolled him up and out-wrestled The Game. 3188 02:38:25,195 --> 02:38:28,198 A hell of a counter from John Cena. 3189 02:38:28,265 --> 02:38:29,833 [King] What a hell of a match. 3190 02:38:30,801 --> 02:38:36,006 We saw it all... but, J.R., look at… look at Cena now. 3191 02:38:36,073 --> 02:38:37,841 And look at Edge now. 3192 02:38:37,908 --> 02:38:42,212 [J.R.] It looks like we just witnessed a hellish car wreck. 3193 02:38:42,279 --> 02:38:45,516 The bloody Game, sledgehammer in hand… 3194 02:38:45,582 --> 02:38:48,352 [King] …is the only man walking away from the car wreck. 3195 02:38:48,418 --> 02:38:51,154 [J.R.] But without the WWE Title. 3196 02:38:52,623 --> 02:38:55,292 Without the WWE Title. 3197 02:38:55,359 --> 02:38:58,028 [King] Let's take a look back at some of this amazing action. 3198 02:38:58,095 --> 02:39:00,931 Lita was going after The Game with that chair. 3199 02:39:00,998 --> 02:39:04,835 And instead, she got a spinebuster for her trouble. 3200 02:39:04,902 --> 02:39:07,471 And Edge with the sledgehammer, he… 3201 02:39:07,538 --> 02:39:11,508 Instead he was about to get FU-ed and then a low blow from The Game. 3202 02:39:12,776 --> 02:39:14,878 [J.R.] But Cena made a great recovery. 3203 02:39:14,945 --> 02:39:16,146 Look at this. 3204 02:39:16,213 --> 02:39:18,482 Cena, counters a Pedigree. 3205 02:39:18,549 --> 02:39:21,184 The roll-through… The hook of the legs. 3206 02:39:21,251 --> 02:39:24,521 What a hell of a counter by John Cena! 3207 02:39:24,588 --> 02:39:28,091 [King] Ah, but then the sledgehammer does its damage. 3208 02:39:28,158 --> 02:39:29,860 Here's one for Edge. 3209 02:39:29,927 --> 02:39:33,630 And then, there was one for Cena. 3210 02:39:33,697 --> 02:39:35,732 And the only man left standing 3211 02:39:35,799 --> 02:39:38,368 is that man, The Game. 3212 02:39:38,435 --> 02:39:43,140 [J.R.] But John Cena is still The WWE Champion here. 3213 02:39:43,206 --> 02:39:47,277 -[King] Look at that, look. -[J.R.] My God, the carnage, the blood, 3214 02:39:47,344 --> 02:39:50,480 the bones, the bruises, the broken bones. 3215 02:39:50,547 --> 02:39:52,516 [King] What an amazing night, J.R. 3216 02:39:52,582 --> 02:39:54,618 [J.R.] It has been absolutely chaotic. 3217 02:39:55,452 --> 02:39:57,487 [King] Cena, still the champion. 3218 02:39:57,554 --> 02:40:00,123 My God! What a Triple Threat Match. 3219 02:40:00,190 --> 02:40:02,993 -[J.R.] What a night. -[King] What a night. Oh, man. 3220 02:40:03,594 --> 02:40:05,362 [J.R.] My God, what a night. 3221 02:40:05,429 --> 02:40:09,066 ♪ Bow down to the Bow down to the king ♪ 3222 02:40:12,102 --> 02:40:13,971 [audience cheering] 3223 02:40:20,544 --> 02:40:22,613 [growls] cheering]