[theme music playing]
[The Rock] For one hour. I'll punish you. Destroy you. Humiliate you.
[Vince] Life sucks and then you die.
[The Rock] For one hour, you'll feel my wrath,
anger, hate, for one hour.
For one hour, you'll know who is the game. You will know who the great one is.
[dramatic music playing]
[announcer] And now, Army Men World War, the video game by 3DO,
presents WWE Judgment Day.
[upbeat music playing]
[fireworks crackling]
[audience cheering]
[Jim Ross] Judgment Day is upon us
from the sold out Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.
Tonight, the WWE title will be decided in a 60-minute WWE Iron Man match.
Hello again, everybody, I'm Jim Ross, alongside, Jerry "The King" Lawler.
And, King, these fans are revved tonight in the Bluegrass State.
[Jerry] Wow.
[Vince] No question then.
We're gonna be celebrating, and eating a lot of those
because tonight, sure, it's judgment night, it's Judgment Day,
but it'll also be a night of celebration for the entire faction.
-Just think about… Where have youbeen? -I've had some errands to do…
-Errands to do? -Yes, sir.
Where the hell is Patterson?
Patterson missed his plane today, and I just barely made it as he… I'm sorry…
How can we have an event without Patterson here?
Right. How about… I'll take mine black, you want more coffee, anybody?
-I'd like orange. -More milk.
I would like a double with…
[X-Pac] I want a little ice in it because I don't like mine that hot.
-All right. -[woman] And lemon, don't forget.
You know what I like mine? Fast. So go get it.
Go, chop. Okay.
In any event, what are we gonna do in the table match, huh?
-What are we gonna do? -Slam-dunk.
-We're gonna win. -They're both going through tables.
-Beat them at their own game. -Smash a little in their own backyard.
How about this, Shane McMahon, my only son,
-against the big seven-foot monster giant? -You saw me chokeslam him on Thursday.
That's nothing what we got planned for him tonight.
-[growls] -[laughs]
And by the way, no holds barred, falls count anywhere.
-Okay. We got that in the bag. -No, no. And then one hour, huh?
Who can go one hour and come out and be the WWE Champion?
-[Triple H] Rock it. Come on, kid… -Uh-uh.
-No way, it's gotta be Triple H. -[indistinct chatter]
What the hell…
-[Jim] Wait a minute. -[Jerry] What is this, JR?
[Jim] Brisco, the Hardcore Champion and he is…
Gerald Brisco is being assaulted here, it looked like by The Headbangers.
-[Jerry] What happened to the coffee? -[man 4] Come on!
[Jim] The coffee? Brisco is fighting for his life here.
[Jerry] Damn it, Pete. He promised to bring McMahon's coffee.
-[Jim] There's Shawn Michaels. -[audience cheering]
Shawn Michaels has the WWE title, resting in his hand tonight.
The fate of the WWE title
in the hands of the most controversial superstar in WWE history.
[Jerry] You know what? If I were The Rock, I'd be very, very worried.
[music playing]
[Jim] For more reasons than one as the 1996 Olympic gold medal winner,
the Heavyweight Freestyle Champion, Kurt Angle.
Quiet, quiet.
Ever since I teamed up with Edge and Christian…
[audience cheering]
…your Olympic hero has noticed,
he's been getting a lot of extra attention lately from teenage girls.
-[Jim] Uh-oh. -[Kurt] Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
[Jerry] It's true.
In fact, word on the street is,
your Olympic hero is considered to be "all that".
-It's true. -[Jerry] He's all that.
[Jerry] He's hip. He's hot.
[Kurt] But, teenage girls,
I have a word of warning for all of you in a form of a nursery rhyme
and it goes something like this.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Don't be like the people here, shacking up with different guys.
Be clean, be pure, be abstinent and follow my three eyes. Thank you.
-And now… -[audience cheering]
And now, I would like to introduce my tag team partners
who also happen to be "all that".
And I like for you to give them the same respect and admiration
that you have given me, without further ado, Edge and Christian.
[heavy metal music playing]
[Jim] Words of wisdom from Kurt Angle. And a nursery rhyme.
Please.
And here comes the rather conceited tag team champs.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is a six-man tag team match.
About to enter the ring at a combined weight of 462 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team champions,
Edge and Christian.
[Jerry] JR, what do you think they got in those bags?
[Jim] Maybe… I don't know what they got there.
[Jerry] I bet it'll be something good. [chuckles] That might be, young lady's…
How will I say, would like shack up with Edge and Christian
but I felt like they like them.
You know, it's great to be back here in the Bluegrass State.
[audience cheering]
And specially to be in front of all of our great fans…
[audience cheering]
…right here in Louisville.
-[Jerry] Louisville? -[Jim] It's Louisville. By the way.
Now before we so administer a wicked beating to Rikishi and Too Cool…
[audience cheering]
…myself, Edge and Kurt Angle,
well, we have a very special treat for all of you tonight.
[Jerry] Oh, boy, this is gonna be good.
So, for the benefit of those with flash photography…
[Jerry] Uh, get your camera.
…we'll now unveil a brand new pose
which should be very near and dear to all of your hearts.
[Jerry] Oh, great. Another Kodak moment, JR.
We feel that it's your greatest cultural achievement
to ever come out of Kentucky.
We call this one The Jug Band.
[Jerry] The Jug Band?
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Get a camera, quick. [laughs]
-[Jim] Darn it, I left my camera at home. -[Jerry] Oh, man, you…
I'll make you a copy with one of my prints. Look at this.
[Jim] And obviously, Angle, Edge and Christian,
making fun of the heritage of the Kentuckians.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Not the old tag team, the fans.
Let me tell you a story about a man named Jim. Come on, get the cameras.
[audience chatter]
[Jerry laughing] Look at Edge, look.
[Jerry laughing]
[audience cheering]
Hope y'all enjoyed it.
[Jerry laughing]
[Jim] I don't think these three men are endearing themselves
to this sold out crowd, but these three will.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] We got [inaudible].
[announcer] Their opponents
at a combined weight of 854 pounds,
Too Cool and Rikishi.
[Jim] But 424 of those 854 pounds belong to Rikishi,
and large part of that, King, is in his ample posterior.
[Jerry] Oh.
The bountiful buns of Rikishi.
[Jim] You've gotta wonder if somebody will get the stinkface tonight
or will the Tag Team Champions
and the Olympic gold medalist come out smelling like a rose.
[Jerry] What if Edge got those… Did you see those nasty teeth of his?
What if they got stuck in Rikishi's butt crack.
-[Jim] That's a vision I'd rather pass on. -[Jerry] Right.
[rap music playing]
This should be a high energy six-man tag team matchup
with the tag team champions and the Olympian
against Too Cool and Rikishi
and certainly from time spent in the ring together,
one have to think that the combination of Too Cool and Rikishi
would have the edge in this matchup. No pun intended.
[Jerry] No, right.
These guys gotta realize they're in Louisville, Kentucky,
they can't relate in this type of dancing.
These people square dance or line dance down here.
Oh, my God! There it is, JR.
Looks like the moon from about three miles out.
[Jim] And… Oh, look out, Angle, Edge and Christian,
trying to get a jump on their adversaries
and it may have sounded good on paper but it's not working.
[Jim] Look at the power of Rikishi
already asserting himself physically here in this matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, look out, guys, what's this? What the heck?
[grunts]
[Jim] A little bun action.
[grunts]
[Jerry] They've been practicing with their posteriors.
[Jim] Oh, no.
Rikishi is gonna back that big old ass up.
[Jerry] Thank goodness they've escaped.
[Jim] Edge, Christian and Kurt Angle, having to regroup here
at a very early going of the Six-Man Tag Team matchup.
[Jerry] That's showing intelligence, JR, one of the three eyes of Kurt Angle.
[Jim] I'd love to know what Shawn Michaels was talking to The Rock
about in The Rock's locker room.
-Shawn was… -[Jerry] I don't know that's…
I don't know if that's exactly Kosher,
the referee of the match, in the locker room of one of the participants?
-Do you think that's a good idea, JR? -[Jim] It's rather unorthodox frankly.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[grunts]
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] I'll tell you one thing I'm wondering about, did you hear?
Or maybe I heard it wrong, did you hear Vince McMahon say
that Shane's match with the Big Show is gonna be…
Oh, falls count anywhere?
[Jim] Yeah, no holds barred. Man, that's not doing his son any favors.
-[Jerry] Who's idea was that? -[Jim] I don't have any clue.
-I must… Big Show must like that. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jim] And Sunday Night Heat goes to Washington, USA.
[Jerry] Hey, watch the hair.
[Jim] Certainly some eye-opening occurrences…
with Stephanie McMahon and Shawn Michael's locker room.
[Jerry] Yeah, what was up with that?
[Jim] The expression on her face since she left was more confident,
at least that was my view.
Right hand by Christian on Scotty 2 Hotty and there's no doubt in anybody's mind
that Too Cool would like to have the opportunity some place soon
to challenge for the tag team titles now held by the young duo from Toronto.
[Jerry] Look at Scotty, he's fool of himself.
His hair full of mousse.
[Jim] Scotty with a counter, rather unorthodox one.
Uh-oh, here go.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Jim] Nice suplex getting the air out of Christian
and a nice nip-up by Scotty 2 Hotty.
Wait a minute, what's this?
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Moonwalk, moonwalk. [laughs]
Oh, look out.
[Jim] Scotty moonwalked a bit too long there.
One step for men and one forearm from Christian.
Never moon over Christian or Werewolf.
[Jim] Look at Grandmaster Sexay saved his partner that time.
Scotty 2 Hotty building the momentum here and now…
Edge trying to return the favor but Scotty reversed.
-[Jerry] Look out, Edge. -[Jim] Edge let himself hung out to dry.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Jim] Uh-oh.
[Jerry] I won't say hung out now.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] That'll change your dating schedule for the next couple of days.
[Jerry] Oh, his face.
[Jim] And look at double clothesline, Too Cool building the momentum here.
-Ooh, a drop toehold. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Jim] Edge's face in the lower extremities of his tag team partner, Christian.
[Jerry] Who do they want, JR?
-Who are these people clamoring for? -[Jim] Rikishi.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] They don't want Rikishi, they want his… What happened?
-[Jim] Grandmaster [inaudible]. -[Jerry] What the heck.
[Jim] At least he didn't have any poops stain in those underwear.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
What happened?
[Jim] Grandmaster danced out of his pants.
[Jerry] I think Scotty did that.
Now Scotty is talking about the worm.
[audience cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Jim] Down goes Grandmaster Sexay.
Too Cool and Rikishi having a good time here but party maybe over now.
-Look at Christian mocking. -[Jerry] Uh-oh. Oh, no, look out.
[Jim] Rikishi got the tag and the 424 pounder is cooking here.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Kurt. Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] Rikishi manhandling the Olympic gold medal winner
from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
[Jerry] This is not right. Hey, good move.
[Jim] Sunset flip, look out.
And Angle, he avoided a catastrophe by inches there.
[grunts]
[Jim] A whole lot of backside coming down your face, I'll tell you.
[Jerry] You gotta look up on that and just say no to crap.
[Jim] And now the double team by the Tag Team Champions on Rikishi.
[Jerry] Look at Kurt Angle, intelligence.
[Jim] Angle had just manipulated Too Cool and the referee at that exchange, King.
Come on. You made the tag, let him go.
[Jim] What you gotta like about Edge, and Christian and Kurt Angle,
they form a mutual admiration society, they all realized. Wait a minute.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] In sorta an international type of thing too,
United States, Canada, makes for good relation.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Scotty 2 Hotty with the tag, the bulldog
and no worm though, thanks to Kurt Angle.
[Jerry] What happened to worm? What happened to worm?
Christian, right back in a mount position right in Scotty 2 Hotty's face.
[Jerry] Scotty is wormless.
[Jim] And now look at Edge, getting his licks and kicks in.
[Teddy indistinct chatter]
[Jim] Referee asking if a tag was made and I'm sure, you saw any, King?
[Jerry] I didn't but you can believe Edge, he said there was a tag.
[Jim] How many teeth does Edge have? Thirty, thirty-five?
-They look like large white dominos. -[Jerry] Yes. Exactly.
[grunts]
[Jim] Angle choking away with referee Teddy Long, exercising that count.
If he got to five, we'd have a disqualification.
Oh, look at this, there's the intensity.
-[audience cheering] -[Teddy] One,
two, three…
[Jim] Right hands by Angle and Scotty 2 Hotty, turning the table.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Listen to this crowd, JR. At least momentarily.
[Jim] Oh, man. Phenomenal crowd tonight, this historic arena, Freedom Hall,
here in Louisville sold out in less than two hours
several months ago for this event.
[audience chanting]
[Jerry] Angle does not suck.
[audience continue chanting]
[Jerry] You think people from Louisville, Kentucky…
[Jim] Suplex and a rollover and a near fall.
[Jerry] Well, think this being the home of Mohammed Ali or Cassius Clay
when he won a gold medal in the Olympics would appreciate a gold medalist.
Of course, Mohammed Ali didn't go,
he's in the Ohio River off the little bridge, didn't he?
-[Jim] That's what I heard. -[Jerry] He did the name great too.
[Jim] Wow. A boot to the face, desperation move by Scotty 2 Hotty,
who needs to make a tag here.
[Jerry] Oh, my and Rikishi's waiting.
[grunts]
[audience cheering]
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Jim] Grandmaster.
[Jerry] Oh, what a move.
[Jim] Went off with an offensive move, hanging up Christian on the top rope.
17,533 jam-packed the Freedom Hall here in Louisville,
many on their feet as we speak,
really in to this Six-Man Tag Team matchup.
[Jerry] I saw that tag, I saw that one too.
[Jim] Rikishi, what thunderous right hands and clotheslines…
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
…followed with the high impact stuff, clotheslines, headbutts,
all of those blitz.
[Jerry] Slipped bad, JR.
[Jim] Rikishi, stepping his [inaudible].
[Jerry] He's gonna make an ass of himself, he did it.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And Rikishi is absolutely over powering.
[Jerry] No. Kurt, that's not a good way to be, Kurt, look over here, get away.
[Jim] Angle is now in the middle stand.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] No, Kurt.
[Jim] Stinking face… Don't try that at home.
[Jim] Oh, Grandmaster thrown over the top rope and Rikishi
-[Jerry] I'm sick, JR. -[Jim] How must Kurt Angle feel?
And now, Angle, a double DDT and…
-[Jerry] No effect? -[Jim] No effect. Clothesline, knock down.
-[Jerry] Spear. -[Jim] The spear.
[Jerry] That had some effect.
-[Jim] Tremendous offense. -[Jerry] Show your teeth, smile.
[Jerry] Look, oh, wait, it's a Worm.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Edge is wormless, but Scotty 2 Hotty isn't.
[Jerry] There he goes, JR. how many people are here? 17…
-W-O-R-M. -W-O-R-M!
[Jerry] 17,000 people are witnessing the Worm.
[audience shouting]
-[Jerry] Oh! -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Scotty 2 Hotty, oh, what a shot there by Grandmaster.
[audience shouting]
[Jerry] Damn.
[Jim] Scotty 2 Hotty has assert himself, King, quite frankly.
-[Jerry] I guess. -Now, wait. Oh.
[Jim] Hey, Christian with the ring bell and the referee didn't see it. We saw it.
Rikishi just got his lights dimmed with the ring bell
and Grandmaster going on top.
-[Jerry] Look at this, up on top. -[Jim] A hip hop drop of the top rope.
It caught Edge in the back of the head.
-Rikishi has gotta cover. -One, two, three.
[audience cheers]
-[Jim] And we got winners. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[audience cheering and applauding]
[announcer] Here are your winners, Rikishi and Too Cool.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Rikishi and Too Cool prevailed,
Edge and Christian tried to use that ring bell,
we gotta nail that ring bell down.
[Jerry] Man.
[Jim] It looked like Edge and Christian along with Kurt Angle are gonna,
in one of those bargain basement victories, a cheap one.
A screw job but it didn't work out.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Maybe the worst thing that ever happened to Kurt Angle
in his entire Olympic life, I tell you.
Oh, for goodness sakes.
[Jim] That's a whole Olympic village right in your face.
[Jerry] What.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
I thought they were gonna get out of here without busting a move.
[audience shouting] Rikishi! Rikishi! Rikishi!
[Jim] And the fans wanna say Rikishi and Too Cool.
[Jerry] It's a Rikishi chant.
[Jim] Can I say get down, it sounds kinda stupid, does it.
[Jerry] You can say it but you just can't do it.
[Jim] Yeah.
[Jerry] See, I don't… These guys are just not all that like Kurt Angle.
["No Mercy" music playing]
[Jerry laughs]
[Jerry] Look out.
[Jim] A whole lot of shaking going on, those big old cheeks of Rikishi.
["No Mercy" music continues]
[Jerry giggles] That baby got back.
-[Jim] Lots of back. -[Jerry] Hey, look, worm, worm. [laughs]
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And again, ladies and gentlemen, where does Shawn Michaels stand?
The fate of the WWE title rest in his hands here tonight.
Shawn Michaels, for 12 years,
you're the most controversial superstar in the WWE.
Come on, let's not forget I'm also the greatest WWE champion ever.
Indeed, you were a great champion.
Tonight, you're the special guest referee for the Iron Man Match,
the WWE "Iron Man" match between The Rock and Triple H for the title.
A lot of speculation on who you'll favor. Will you call it on the middle?
You met The Rock on Sunday Night Heat, will you call it for The Rock?
You met with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, Triple H's wife on Sunday Night Heat,
will you call it for Triple H?
I haven't been around a while, I was just talking to people.
I was hired by Linda McMahon to do a job and tonight, I will do that job.
You're friends with Triple H, maybe you'll favor your old buddy?
Of course, Triple H's my boy, but, I guess, only after this match
can you truly assess my job as special referee.
Well, wwe.com, rumorsswirlingon.com
and throughout the Internet that you're jealous of The Rock,
that you're jealous of the fame that The Rock has achieved in the WWE?
Well, Lord knows if it's on the Internet, it's gotta be true.
That's enough for these asinine questions.
-[Jerry] No. -[Jim] What we got here,
ladies and gentlemen, earlier tonight, quite an auspicious arrival
for Eddie Guerrero and Mamacita.
[Jerry] You got that right. Look at this.
[Jim] The European Champion, he'll put the title on the line.
It's all about styling, baby.
Explain it to me, Eddie.
That's right, Mommy. You know you love the love machine, man,
and this is all your [speaks Spanish].
Woo! Shake it but don't break it, baby.
You, I'll deal with later. You gotta keep your nose out of our business.
It's between me, Eddie and Perry, not you.
Did you hear that, Mamacita?
-You'll stay out of this, okay? -Yeah, I'll stay out of it.
[laughs]
-We'll see who'll last laugh. -[Jerry] Okay. Wink, wink. [giggles]
What the hell is going on?
I tell you, if you'll kiss somebody's ass, kiss the ass of the guy who'll win it, me.
-[Jim] Wow. -[Jerry] Mamacita!
["No Mercy" music playing]
[Jim] That happened earlier tonight on Heat
and certainly this matchup, a triple threat match
for the European title,
the first man to earn a pin or submission will win the European title.
[Jerry] Latino Heat. [laughs]
You gotta admit it, JR, Latino heat rides in style,
did you see that lowrider?
[Jim] Quite a set of wheels, no doubt about that.
["No Mercy" music continues]
He loves to drive his car, Eddie does and he loves to show Chyna his dipstick.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
It's the triple threat match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment European Championship.
Introducing first, accompanied by the 9th Wonder of the World, Chyna.
From El Paso, Texas, weighing 240 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion, Eddie Guerrero.
[Jim] Referee Jack Doan wanna check out those roses
because it was not long ago that Chyna stuck a…
There's a pipe in those roses and use it.
[Jerry] I'm sure those roses are perfectly fine.
[Jim] Well, January 31st at the Radicalz, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko,
Perry Saturn, and Chris Benoit. shocked the WWE fans
for their unexpected arrival in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Jerry] Yeah, Latino Heat.
[Jim] And a lotta folks say that Chyna is the reason that the wedge…
She is the wedge that has come between of the Radicalz.
[heavy metal music playing]
-[Jim] True or not? Come find out… -[announcer] Introducing from Boston, MA,
weighing 241 pounds, Perry Saturn.
[Jim] In the same speculation, King,
is the fact that Perry Saturn is the only one of the Radicalz
that has yet to experience WWE gold of some sort.
[Jerry] I like Perry Saturn.
He could watch a tennis match without even moving his head.
-[Jim] Oh, come on. -[Jerry] What?
[metal music continues playing]
[Jim] A former Army Ranger is Perry Saturn.
And he'll have the opportunity tonight to become the European champion.
[heavy metal music playing]
[announcer] And from Tampa, Florida, weighing 225 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Light Heavyweight Champion,
Dean Malenko.
[Jim] The last two times the European title, here we go,
has been contested on pay-per-view in the WWE, the champion is left beltless.
Let's see if that theme continues here tonight
and right now, Saturn and Malenko assaulting Eddie Guerrero.
But remember, the first man to score a pinfall or submission
will win this matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, I think I see that Guerrero and…
[Jim] Oh, man. Malenko…
[Jerry] Saturn and Malenko are taking out their frustrations
on poor Latino Heat there. Look at… Oh, come on.
[Jim] We'll see how genuine that handshake is,
as this match progresses remember.
[Jerry] Chyna, did you see that?
-[Jim] Chyna looking on… -[Jerry] Mamacita!
[Jim] Somewhat concerned, she should be here.
This is almost like a handicap match.
[grunts]
[Jerry] I wanna tell you something, I'm getting a bad vibe about this,
these guys are certainly… Oh, they're certainly…
Oh, there it is, JR. Now we're seeing their true colors.
[Jim] Near fall and now Malenko and Saturn hammering away.
[Jerry] I knew that wouldn't last long.
[Jim] These men know each other very well, they've travel the roads together,
they have competed around the world together quite frankly.
[Jerry] And they came to the WWE together as a group, the Radicalz did,
hey accomplished what they set out to do, they got themselves a big fat contract.
They got themselves security in the WWE, so now it's every man for himself.
[Jim] Great display of strength there by Saturn and Saturn…
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Jim] …take Guerrero over…
-Oh, Lord. -[Jerry] He got him both.
Guerrero got… He got four in one there.
And look at Guerrero now, the European Champion.
[Jerry] Four? Oh, I get it. Four in one.
[Jim] Hey, look who's here, Saturn down and Guerrero with that explosive offense
that he can generate and as scintillating…
[Jerry] Look at that.
-[Jim] Nice hurricanrana. -[Jerry] Oh, scary.
[Jim] With that Greco-Roman knuckle lock on the top.
[Jerry] I'd just be eternally grateful to the Radicalz for getting rid of…
What's his name? Mick Foley, your buddy?
[Jim] That hurricanrana… It was Triple H who had got rid of Mick Foley, King.
-[Jerry] Yeah, but they turned on him. -[Jim] Yes, that they did.
With friends like them who needs enemies, right?
[Jerry] Well, I don't know.
[audience chatter]
Oh, look at this.
[Jim] Oh, man. Nice block by Malenko, goes for the cover
and Saturn makes sure the three doesn't go down.
[Jerry] What a shot from Saturn.
Yeah, this triple threat rules do not favor the champion
because whomever loses a fall by pin or submission.
[Jerry] Right, the champion can lose without losing it.
[Jim] We saw that at WrestleMania, Kurt Angle lost two titles
without being involved in a decision.
[Jerry] That's still under protest.
[grunts]
[Jim] Nice tornado DDT,
a lotta momentum there by Eddie Guerrero and Guerrero making a…
-Going for the cover. -[Jack] One, two…
[Jim] And Malenko, you could see that one coming,
Malenko out on the corner of his eyes saw Guerrero going for the cover.
[Jerry] Mamacita.
[Jim] Mamacita looks very bodacious tonight to say the very least.
[Jerry] JR, I've to pick up one of those Talk Magazine
with Mamacita's picture in it.
Woo-hoo, talking about Latino Heat.
-[Jim] Powerbomb. -[Jerry] It could be all.
[Jack] Two!
[Jim] Guerrero barely got his right shoulder off the canvass.
Unless those photos are hot.
And a great article of Chyna, in the current Talk Magazine.
[Jerry] Hey, look out.
[Jim] Malenko talked a little trash to Eddie Guerrero.
Maybe he's telling how he'll beat him for the European title,
that means Malenko be a double champion,
he's already the Light Heavyweight Champion.
Oh, modified sunset flip
and Malenko going for the Texas Cloverleaf,
the submission move here.
Maleko's trying to turn Guerrero over.
[Jerry] Yeah, but look at Perry waiting in the wings. Here he comes.
[Jim] Malenko was thinking the same thing you were, King.
[Jerry] It's tough to win one of these matches by submission
because you always got one other guy
that's gonna be out there to try to break up any submission hold.
[Jim] It's almost as if two men should try to incapacitate one
and then settle it between themselves, eliminate somebody.
[Jerry] That's good strategy, JR.
[Jim] But there's no way to trust each other and not to do that.
[Jerry] Right. [laughs]
[Jim] Irish whip, Malenko finding the turnbuckles at time
and well, this don't look good for Malenko.
-[Jerry] No, it doesn't. -[Jim] And his heirs.
[Jerry laughs]
One.
[Jim] Guerrero hooking up Malenko, what'll happen here.
-[Jerry] Look at Saturn. -[Jim] And Saturn with the shot.
And now Saturn has Guerrero up on his shoulders.
[Jerry] This don't look good for Latino Heat. He's got them both.
[Jim] Nice overhead suplex by Perry Saturn,
Malenko landed rather gingerly on that top turnbuckle
when Guerrero hit the top rope.
-One. -Uh-oh
[indistinct chatter]
[Jim] Malenko trying to fight out of this attempted suplex and does so.
And a wicked bumped there by Saturn.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jim] No one has really gain any sort of clear cut advantage thus far
and Guerrero, both a couple of high risk.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] These guys are all so evenly matched, what is this?
[Jim] Oh, what a gut buster right off the top rope.
-[Jerry] That did it. -[Jim] That'll mangle your insides.
[Jerry] It'll cool off your Latino Heat.
[Jim] And now, Malenko on the outside,
great opportunity here for Perry Saturn to get to the throne room.
[audience chatter]
-[Jerry] Throne room? -[Jim] European gold.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Saturn used the frog splash, one of Guerrero's favorite moves,
that should be all and Malenko able to get back in the ring and interrupt the count.
Double pickup and now look at Saturn looking for the…
Saturn has got the Texas Cloverleaf on Malenko.
-[Jerry] But look who's there. -[Jim] That's Malenko's hold.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Guerrero. Oh, what a brainbuster. Wow.
Shades of the late Dick Murdoch with that brainbuster, there's a cover.
Well, Saturn's…
His brains has got to have been rattled and look at the submission move.
[Jerry] Oh. Speaking of rattled brains.
[Jim] Malenko left his face exposed there and paid for it.
[Jerry] Watch Malenko on this, watch this move, watch Eddie Guerrero.
Right across the knee of Malenko. Now watch Saturn.
[audience groan]
[Jerry] You gotta hand it to Malenko or not Malenko,
I gotta hand it to the Latino Heat, I mean, he's resilient.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Guerrero fighting for Mamacita and for the European title here.
And Saturn went straight south from that one,
leaving Malenko and Guerrero on the ring.
The Light Heavyweight Champion, Malenko. The European Champion, Eddie Guerrero.
[grunts]
[Jim] Oh, textbook suplex by Dean Malenko.
-A second generation star. -[Jerry] What's up, Mamacita?
His father late Professor Boris Malenko.
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
What a move there by Dean and Malenko against the…
That's a great backwards, he'll have himself double teamed
unless he can fight outta it, that's what Malenko has done this far.
[Jerry] Oh, man. Oh, these guys got the same idea, I guess… Oh.
[Jim] Suplex, a triple suplex or I guess a double suplex.
[Jerry] Oh, you know, I've never seen that before.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And Chyna just… She just nailed.
Chyna with those roses and that ain't 1-800-Flowers. So, I'm telling you.
[Jerry] I want my piece of own flowers, they're like stiff.
[Jim] I didn't…
[audience chatter]
Oh, Saturn got his eyes crossed there.
[Jerry] He did.
And they were like it's… Oh.
[Jim] Eddie Guerrero tried a sunset flip off the outside and back in and…
Oh, Mamacita.
[Jerry] Hey, you can't take her flowers.
[Jim] I think he hit his head on those flowers.
-[Jerry] On the flowers. -One, two, three.
[audience cheering]
-[Jim] And Guerrero retains the title. -["Latino Heat" music playing]
[announcer] The winner of this contest and still European champion,
Eddie Guerrero.
[Jerry] What?
[Jim] Oh, look at Chyna, just as we suspected.
That lead pipe is the reason
that Eddie Guerrero has retained the European title.
Mamacita has done it again.
[Jerry] Latino Heat.
[Jim] Malenko trying to get those flowers
and Malenko's head just cracked off that pipe.
And that half Nelson and roll up.
["Latino Heat" music continues]
-[Jim] I can't believe that. -[Jerry] I can.
[Jim] Folks, last Thursday night on SmackDown,
Gerald Brisco became the hardcore champion in a very unorthodox manner,
Crash Holly was napping and he's a very sound sleeper.
[snorts]
[Jerry whispering] Just make it up, just try and cover him.
[snoring]
[Jerry whispering] Gerald Brisco is the hardcore champion.
You gotta be kidding me.
Gerald Brisco is the hardcore champion.
It's a good thing we don't have any music it would've wake up Crash.
-Gerald Brisco. -[clatters]
[Jim] Well, obviously, Crash has awaken by the clumsy referee
and Brisco would avoid Crash at all cost.
[Jerry] Now, what?
[Jim] We're live now, ladies and gentlemen, where are we now?
[Jerry] Shush, shush. Be quite.
This guy's sneaky.
-[Jim] Brisco wearing the title belt. -[Jerry] JR, be quiet, what you doing?
[Gerald] Oh.
[Jerry] JR.
-[Jim] He saw his… -[Gerald] You son of a bitch.
[groans]
[Jim] Boy, Brisco's on Edge.
[Jerry] I think he split his pants.
[Jim] Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's going to be a no holds barred,
falls count anywhere, no disqualification matchup
between the 500-pound Big Show and Shane McMahon.
I wonder if Shane truly knows what he's got himself in for.
Take a look at this.
I think it's time for the Big Show to go Hollywood.
I'm entertaining.
[Jim] He's just having a blast, King.
[Big Show] You see what I've been doing? What do you think?
[Shane] I'll tell you what I think, I think you let me down tonight,
you were the first man eliminated, that's embarrassing to me.
I think that you are an unmotivated slob
and no one will ever care about anything that you do out there, Show,
because you don't deserve it.
[Jim] King, Big Show is about to cry.
[Shane] I've the Big Show brainwashed and I own this guy.
Oh, which way did he go, which way did he go?
[Jim] Shane McMahon has been revealed here.
[Jerry] Shane McMahon running for his life.
And I pity the day Show gets his hands on Shane.
[Jim] Well, Shane is laying in wait.
Show is out and to be driven through a table
and look at the vulture, the buzzard, Shane.
[Jerry] Young Simba. Look at him, he's catlike around the ring.
This is jungle cat is feeling so frisky
that Young Simba, Shane McMahon will be challenging the Big Show at Judgment Day.
[Big Show] Why should I wait until Judgment Day,
I think right now I'm gonna cash in a few of your nine lives.
[Jim] Shane McMahon got collared by the Big Show.
[Jerry] Oh, my God!
[Big Show] I'm a big, nasty, bastard, is what I am.
[audience cheering]
Even though I'm hurt,
I'm not trying to back out of the match with the Big Show.
Big Show, I will like to find out just how fast you are
as you begin to run the very special gauntlet match.
[Jim] It's six on one, T & A, Boss Man and Bull, DX, the Big Show's cleaning house.
-[Jerry] Look at that. -[Jim] Shane with a chair.
-[Jerry] Simba's speed… -[Jim] To the back of the Big Show.
[Jerry] Shane's gonna chokeslam the Big Show.
-[Jim] How humiliating, how embarrassing. -[Jerry] The Simba slam.
I'm like a lion and this ferocious lion this Sunday is gonna rip your heart out.
[Jim] Can you think what Show will do with a no-disqualification matchup
at Judgment Day?
[Big Show shouting]
[Jim] And there's Shane McMahon warming up maybe for the last time, King.
-Maybe for the last time. -[Jerry] He's catlike, look at him.
-[Jim] No holds barred. -[Jerry] Go Simba.
17,533 had jam-packed Freedom Hall here in Louisville, Kentucky.
And we ain't running for roses tonight.
[Jerry] That's right. Army Men World War 3DO presents Judgment Day.
WWE Judgment Day is brought to you by Army Men World War,
the video game by 3DO.
[heavy metal music playing]
♪ No chance, that's what you got ♪
-[Jerry] There he is. -[Jim] How appropriate is that lyrics.
-[Jerry] What do you mean? -[Jim] No chance in hell.
I'm sure that's what people were thinking that Shane McMahon's chances.
[Jerry] Look at the shirt.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
this is no disqualification, no holds barred,
and falls count anywhere.
In the ring, from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing 235 pounds, Shane McMahon.
[Jerry] Look at Shane's shirt, look at Simba's shirt.
I see the front but the back is [inaudible]. Which way did he go?
[Jim] Shane has been assaulting the wounds of the 7'2", 500-pound animal.
["No Chance in Hell" music playing]
[Jim] And Shane got a lotta guts, you got to hand that to him.
-No holds barred, falls count anywhere. -[Jerry] Which way did he go? [laughs]
This is great.
♪ Well, it is the Big Show! ♪
[fireworks crackles]
[heavy metal music playing]
[announcer] His opponent weighing 500 pounds,
the Big Show.
[Jim] The looks at the Big Show's face tells this story.
[Jerry] Yeah, but look at the look on Shane's face,
he's cool, he's calm, he's collected, he's confident.
[Jim] Shane very confident, I don't know how he can be confident,
anybody… Oh, wait a minute.
Shane McMahon, [inaudible]
and the Big Show is catching the 235 pounds in mid-air.
[Jerry] Shane, what were you thinking? Simba.
[Jim] Shane spine first into the steel ring post by this monster,
7'2", 500-pound, the Big Show.
Just throw Shane McMahon around like a rag doll.
The big nasty bastard is the biggest athlete in the world today.
[Jerry] I think we agreed that Simba started this match
with only seven of his nine lives, he maybe down to six, no, five.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] And this one may not last long at this rate.
[Jerry] Oh, Show got his hand.
[Jim] Big Show has got Shane's hand, I mean…
[Jerry] Get your foot off Simba's paw.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] That paw maybe broken.
Remember, no holds barred, falls count anywhere.
[Jim] Oh, my God! Get outta his way.
Shane went over the security wall like a baby.
[Jerry] But don't worry, he's catlike, I'm sure he landed on his feet.
[Jim] I don't know about that, he landed on concrete,
I don't know about feet.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute, that [inaudible] hand.
[Jim] Look at the size of the hands of the Big Show,
they look like catcher's mitts.
-[Jerry] Shane, where is he going? -[Jim] Over the top, a lot of power,
that's a scary power by the big, nasty bastard.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh, the what?
[Jim] Oh, the shirt says.
-[Jim] Big show. -[Jerry] Hey, hey.
[Jim] Right on that spraining ankles where he kick him,
but that's gotta be painful and humiliating.
And I don't know if Shane McMahon has humiliated… Oh, Lord.
As he humiliates the Big Show on that.
[Inaudible]
[Jerry] He gotta give it to Shane, he's gutsy. He's hanging in there.
[Jerry] Did you see that movie Lion King?
I mean, Simba, he was much smaller than that mean, ugly Scar,
but Simba still came up the top someway.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Shane landed on his back with that…
-Oh, no. -Hey, wait a second. Hey, wait.
That's the Boss Man.
The Boss Man with that nightstick and it's no holds barred,
that means that there can be no disqualification.
[Jerry] Oh, how unfortunate.
[Jim] The Boss Man using that blunt, nightstick.
It's [inaudible].
-[Jerry] [inaudible]. -[Jim] A very delicate instrument.
[Jerry] [inaudible] with it.
-[Jim] Uh-oh, look out. -[Jerry] [inaudible].
[Jim] The Boss Man down and so is the nightstick.
Big Show enduring that pain right on his legs with a nightstick.
[Jerry] Poor Shane, he's broken nearly in half.
[Jim] Shane McMahon lying on the outside. Oh, look out. Oh, my God, the powerbomb.
And the Big Show is, he has opened up on the big Boss Man.
[Jerry] I think Boss Man should be disqualified. Hey.
-[Jim] Wait a minute. More? -[Jerry] What is this?
[Jim] That's T & A. Test and Albert with chairs.
-[Jerry] He missed. -[Jim] Oh, my God!
The Big Show hitting those chairs with his fists.
[Jerry] He hit that chair like it was nothing, JR.
[Jim] Oh, my God! This is out of… Oh, there's Trish Stratus.
-[Jerry] What's she doing? Is she crazy? -[Jim] Trish with a low blow.
[Jim] Trish… What is… What is…
She better get outta there. Trish Stratus is acting like a bitch.
[Jerry] What?
[Jim] Oh, my God! Big Show. Oh, she's over his head.
-[Jerry] What the heck. -[Jim] Oh, look.
The Big Show just threw Trish Stratus ten feet in the air.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Right in the face of T & A. And down goes Test and Albert.
[Jerry] Disqualify him, disqualify the Big Show.
[Jim] Shane McMahon is trying to get the hell outta here
and who can blame you, Shane, crawling to…
-[Jerry] He's still catlike. -[Jim] …the locker room.
[Jerry] He looks like Simba, a wounded Simba.
Shane McMahon on hands and knees from this…
[Jerry] He's not on his hands and knees, he's catlike,
he knows it's falls count anywhere, he can handle the Big Show out here.
-[Jim] Hold up. -[Jerry] Not again.
[Jim] Oh, good God.
Shane McMahon must have been eight feet in the air,
right against that steel grating,
his head bounced off of the grating like a basketball.
[Jerry] What is this guy doing? Wait a minute.
-[Jim] That's all metal. -[Jerry] He's gonna…
[Jim] Good God, he's tearing that super structure apart,
he just broke the weld.
Could you imagine this, the power it takes to even think about that?
[Jerry] Shane, look out, Simba.
-[Jim] What will Big Show do with this? -[Jerry] What do you think?
[Jim] Shane McMahon might be eating that steel and… Oh, Shane McMahon.
-[Jim] Got both feet in the Show's face. -[Jerry] Simba, the cat.
[Jim] And now, T & A.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] T & A, Test and Albert double teaming the show.
[Jerry] Falls count anywhere.
[grunting]
[Jim] Right hands by Test and Albert, two huge men.
[audience cheering]
Shane McMahon's got something on his mind.
The Lord knows only what.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. This is great.
[Jim] This has turned in to a handicap match,
no holds barred, falls count anywhere.
[Jerry] It's not a handicap match, no holds barred, falls count anywhere.
[Jim] It looks like three on one to me by the way.
[grunts]
[Jerry] No holds barred.
It's a couple of holds right there. What's… Look at Shane.
-[Jim] God, that's a metal, an anvil case. -[Jerry] Look out, battering ram.
[Jim] Battering ram is right and right into the Show.
-[Jerry] He's got him. -[Jim] Shane got a cover.
-[Jerry] It's over. -[Jim] It could… Over the top…
-Show still got that power left. -[Jerry] He gotta count to two though.
A slow count, ref.
[Jim] Oh, Big Show is back up and he's pissed.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Shane McMahon headbutted to the concrete.
[Jerry] Simba.
[Jim] I don't know what this will take,
it'll take more than T & A have brought tonight.
[Jerry] Look at that concrete block.
[Jim] Test trying to hit the Big Show with that concrete, a cinderblock
that has shattered here on the concrete.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] Albert face first.
Oh. Test head first.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] They'll tear up that entire structure.
And Shane McMahon trying to get the hell out of here.
[Jerry] Climb, Simba, climb. Climb for your life.
[Jim] Hey, wait a minute, there's Bull Buchanan,
Buchanan with that nightstick in the back of the head.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Look at Shane how catlike.
[Jim] Bull Buchanan, what a vile attack on the Big Show
with that nightstick right on the Big Show's heart
and now choking the 500-pound.
[Jerry] Look out, Shane.
-[Jim] What's Shane doing? -[Jerry] That fell on the Big Show's leg.
[Jim] Oh, my God, it is.
[Big Show groaning]
[Jim] Whatever that is, that speaker box is right on the Big Show's leg.
And Buchanan at 300 pounds. Oh, my God! Shane McMahon has got a block.
Don't tell me. No. Good God almighty.
[Jim] Shane McMahon broke the cinderblock on the Big Show.
-…two, three! -[Jim] I don't believe it.
-[bell ringing] -[Jim] I don't believe it.
[Jerry] Wow.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Shane McMahon.
[Jerry] Simba has done it.
[Jim] Shane McMahon just busted a cinderblock over the Big Show's skull
and Shane McMahon has defeated the Big Show in this no holds barred,
falls count anywhere war.
-[Jerry] Shane has won, Shane's won. -[Jim] And Big Show is hurt.
["No Chance In Hell" music playing]
[Jim] These men are trying and checking… Look at all the guys.
There's five people lifting that case off the Big Show's leg.
[Jerry] That's a huge amplifier I think.
[Jim] It took five men to move that case off the Big Show's leg.
How can he even know where he is
after being hit in the skull with a cinderblock.
[Jerry] I don't think he does know where he is.
I don't think the Big Show knows what happened for sure.
Look at this, this amplifier. Oh.
[Jim] And then, the cinderblock,
Big Show couldn't, he couldn't move, he didn't even see it coming.
-[Jerry] Watch this. -[Jim] Oh, my God!
[Jim] One of the most devastating things I've ever seen in my life.
[Jerry] Can't believe he's even up.
[Jim] Big Show's leg, he can't even put any weight on it.
[Jerry] His knees has gotta be crushed much less his skull.
[Jim] Those things, they gotta weight at least a thousand pounds
that case that thrown on Show's leg…
[Jerry] JR, if we got hit in the head with that cinderblock
we'd still be unconscious for months.
[Jim] I cannot believe, I mean, the betting line if there was one,
had to be Shane McMahon a huge underdog, King, coming into this matchup.
[Jerry] I wanna tell you, I had faith in Simba, you know I did,
I knew Simba would somehow pull it out but I never thought it'd take an,
that thousand-pound amplifier and a cinderblock.
[Jim] It was no holds barred, it was all within the rules
but you certainly… Big Show now being taken to an ambulance.
-[Jerry] Right. Straight to the ambulance. -[Jim] And that's…
-[man1] We got an EMT here? -[man2] This isn't good.
Oh, my left leg. I couldn't feel my freaking kneecap.
-[Jerry] I suggest a CAT scan on his head. -Oh, my foot.
[Jim] He may have a broken leg and he may have a knee…
-[Big Show] Oh, that son of a bitch. -[Jerry] Can we see it one more time?
[Jim] Then a concussion, you gotta think he has gotta have a concussion
with that cinderblock in his skull.
[Jim] Here's another look at…
Of course the Big Show pinned into that 1,000-pound weight.
-[Jerry] Yeah, but watch the cinderblock. -[audience screaming]
[Jerry] Shane could barely carry that across the arena floor.
[Jim] Which way the shows go, he went down and…
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Jim] We're live, ladies and gentlemen.
[Jerry] Brisco again, what's he doing?
-[Brisco] Hey, guys. Hey, guys. -Brisco. Hey.
Hey, you guys mind if I come in here and just relax just for a little while,
I just need a place to hang until the closing of the…
Sure, get up, give him a chair.
As soon as the event is over with, I'll get out of here.
-Just go ahead and have a sit. -I appreciate.
-You don't know the pressure, though. -I understand. You look worn out.
It's hard work, the belt. Everybody is after me here.
-Just relax. -Yeah, relax.
Oh, thank you, guys. Thank you. I just wanna kick back here.
Sure, sure.
You look worn out.
[Jerry] Brisco is resting, hey. Hey, hey.
-[screaming] -Hey, hey!
What the hell are you guys doing? What are you doing?
-Do you think that's joke? -That's a joke.
-[inaudible] Come on. -That's a joke!
-You guys wanna keep this [inaudible]. -[Jerry] That was no joke.
You don't know what kinda pressure I'm on with this belt.
Everybody in the world is trying to meet me, everybody.
You guys think you're funny. I tell you, I don't think that's funny.
-[Jerry] That's a cruel joke, JR. -Sorry.
-[Jerry] Hey. -Good to have you back.
How is your wife doing and stuff,
we don't get to talk that much, how's your wife?
They're great, my wife, my baby, he's growing like a wave.
Yeah, when I saw him he's little, he's probably huge now.
That's right. He's great. He's my pride and joy.
-Good, that's great, I'm proud of you. -Yeah.
Hey, let me ask you a question though, you'll not wear those shorts, are you?
Of course, I'm wearing shorts. You know I love these shorts.
I hate those shorts, it looks like you're smuggling bananas in those things.
Look at them.
[heavy metal music playing]
[Jim] Well, that was an interesting conversation, King.
[Jerry] Smuggling bananas.
[Jim] They didn't say anything about the match tonight, that's unusual.
Folks, momentarily,the submission match for the Intercontinental Title,
Chris Benoit defending against Chris Jericho
and these two men have waged a pure war
getting here tonight at Judgment Day in the submission matchup.
Aren't too many veteran young contenders and these two guys are staying right here?
[commentator] Look at the intensity between these two great athletes.
No one lost between these two individuals, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit.
What I'll do to Jericho can't be putting into words. Payback son of a bitch, Chris.
[Jerry] Look at his eye, Chris Jericho did that.
What I'm here for,
is to offer Chris Jericho an opportunity
at the World Wrestling Entertainment's Intercontinental Championship
at Judgment Day.
There is one stipulation.
This will be a submission match.
[Jerry] I can't believe it's gonna be a submission match at Judgment Day.
Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Judgment Day Submission Match.
Who do you think has the better submission hold anyway, Benoit or Jericho?
[Jim] They're both amazing.
[Jerry] He's got the Walls of Jericho locked in.
If Benoit submit Sunday, Jericho will be the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jim] And there's Benoit going for the Crippler Crossface.
He's got it locked in, the referee calls for the bell.
[Jerry] There's no getting outta that.
[Jim] He was going for the Walls of Jericho, but Chris Benoit countered.
Benoit with the Crippler Crossface, a Crippler Crossface, could be over.
[Jerry] There you go, that's counter to that.
[Jim] Oh, look out.
-[Jerry] Walls of Jericho, here they come. -[Jim] How tough is Chris Benoit.
Man, that was an awesome exchange
for the Crippler Crossface to the Walls of Jericho.
Can you imagine Walls of Jericho versus the Crippler Crossface
at Judgment Day?
[Jerry] Somebody has gotta submit.
[Jim] King, last Thursday night on SmackDown,
it was Hardcore Holly and Chris Benoit as tag partners
against Jericho and Val Venis, and look at the treatment
that Hardcore Holly gave Benoit especially on that knee.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. It was unbelievable, JR. Look at the shape the chair is in.
I mean, it was destroyed. Just think what happened to Benoit's knee.
[Jim] That was just three days ago.
And the condition of Benoit's knee to tell a big story here.
[audience cheering]
[firecrackers crackling]
[audience cheering]
[Jim] The challenger for the Intercontinental Title,
the master of the Walls of Jericho.
[heavy metal music playing]
Chris Jericho. What an ovation here in Louisville.
[audience cheering]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is a submission match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship,
introducing first the challenger from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
weighing 227 pounds, Chris Jericho.
[Jim] You know, King, Chris Jericho is at least got into the Crippler Crossface
on more than one occasion in the last few weeks.
And wouldn't you think that his shoulder, it's probably, it's not in 100%.
[Jerry] Well, I agree, I think probably. What would you say, maybe 80%, 85%?
But what about Benoit, we saw what happened to him just three days ago,
no way Benoit is gonna be 100%.
Who does that give the advantage to?
[Jim] Great question. It's the Crossface versus the Walls of Jericho.
[heavy metal music playing]
[announcer] His opponent from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, weighing 229 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Chris Benoit.
[Jim] These men have a lot in common. They're both from Western Canada.
Benoit from Edmonton, Jericho from Winnipeg.
[Jerry] I won't hold that against them.
[Jim] They both trained in Stu Hart's Dungeon in Calgary.
They both know a lot of submission moves.
And they both are as physically and as mentally tough as anyone
that we've seen in the WWE in a long, long time.
Intercontinental Title at stake,
it can only end in this match via submission, pinfalls are irrelevant.
[bell rings] There are no disqualifications,
can be no countouts.
The match ends in only one way, and that is by a submission.
[Jerry] I've asked you this many time, JR, but you've always avoided the question.
One time, go out on a limb, stick your neck out.
Who has the best submission hold between these two guys?
[Jim] I kind like the Crippler Crossface from the standpoint
that it's gonna get it quicker than the Walls of Jericho.
[Jerry] So you're saying that Benoit should be favored
because he's got the most effective submission hold?
[Jim] Well, moving on, only an assumption. But at that knee of…
You notice that Benoit has a brace on his left knee…
and that, well, that can be used as a weapon too as we all know, King.
[Jerry] You know another interesting thing about this match also,
this is no disqualification either 'cause let's face it, it's all submission.
-That's the only way you can win or lose. -[Jim] It's like mixed matchup.
-[Jim] It's not you reiterate that point. -[Jerry] You did say that?
[Jim] Down goes Benoit and Jericho.
[Jerry] It's not that I wasn't listening to you, JR, but I was ignoring you.
[Jim] I heard you.
-[grunts] -[Jim] Oh, man.
[audience cheering]
-[Jerry] Man. -[Jim] Flesh on flesh.
But the best way to describe that knife is…
[Jerry] Chop. I hate those chops.
[Jim] These two young guys just can take the hat off each other.
Wait a minute, armbar.
[grunts]
[Jim] Attempting.
[grunts]
[Jim] The armbar, Jericho trying to hyperextend Benoit's arm
and Benoit rolling away from the pressure.
[Jerry] Absolutely no love lost between these two guys, JR,
but what is this?
[Jim] Well, look like a tombstone piledriver attempt.
[Jerry] I'm not gonna say what it looked like to me.
[Jim] Look at this athleticism, Benoit back with the advantage,
off the shoulder breaker.
Benoit with the shoulder breaker
and not a bad strategic move if you're looking for the Crossface.
[Jerry] I was saying no love lost between this two guys.
And, JR, let me just say this,
what about Triple H and Shawn Michaels, those guys looked like best buds there?
[Jim] They're friends, King, I'm sure it has a lotta folks trouble,
they're friends and have been for a long time.
[Jerry] But you're a few minutes away from the biggest match of your life!
And you're talking about the wife and kids?
[Jim] That doesn't mean that Shawn isn't gonna call it right down the line.
[Jerry] Hey, he can submit right here. Go ahead, give up, tap out.
[Jim] And look at the shape of Jericho's right shoulder.
[Jerry] Man, I mean, let's face it,
Benoit doesn't have to win with the Crippler Crossface.
[Jim] Exactly, and neither does Jericho, Jericho could submit to any move.
And so could Benoit.
[audience cheering]
-[Jim] Jericho… -[Jerry] And he's going for the…
[Jim] Look at the leg strength of Benoit. It's a nice counter for Walls of Jericho.
[grunts]
[Jerry] You're right. When you talk about leg strength,
that makes me think that maybe, well, maybe Benoit is 100%,
you saw his legs appeared hurt after what Hardcore Holly did to him
three days ago, but his leg looked good shape then.
[Jim] Awesome dropkick by Jericho.
Using the ropes for momentum…
Well, there's Val Venis who's challenged the winner of this matchup
for a Monday Night on RAW,
he's looking on, getting a good look at one of these two men
who Val has challenged for the Intercontinental…
[Jerry] Oh, man.
-[grunts] -[audience screaming]
-[Jerry] Wow! -[Jim] Shoulder first goes Jericho
and there is a method to the madness of the crippler, Chris Benoit.
[Jerry] Watch carefully, Val Venis, one of these guys have 2x1s.
[Jim] The left shoulder seems to be the focus now of Chris Benoit.
Remember, no disqualifications in a match that can only end by a submission.
[audience clamoring]
-[Jim] What's this? -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Jim] The braced knee of Benoit driven to the steel steps by Jericho.
[Jerry] That'll put his knee back in the disadvantage.
[audience screaming]
[Jim] Hard shots right to the head of Benoit by the challenger
for the Intercontinental Title, Y2J himself, Chris Jericho.
[Jim] Well, these two young men are marvelous, marvelous competitors.
-[Jerry] They're from Canada. -[Jim] What's wrong with that?
[Jerry] We're live in Canada tonight.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] I'm not sure what [inaudible]. Oh, nice backbreaker.
And no pins, remember, there's no cover, instinctively Jericho going for the cover.
[Jerry] Instinctively, I think he's tired, trying to buy some time.
[grunting]
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[audience cheering]
[Jim] And who's gonna oblique.
-[Jerry] Why don't you and I try that, JR? -[Jim] I'll pass.
Right hand got Benoit in the face…
and Benoit latching on that corner, anchoring himself.
-[grunts] -[Jerry] Oh!
[Jim] All the way to shoulder, left shoulder again found steel
and that is not good for the anatomy of Chris Jericho.
Hey, look at the crippler.
[Jerry] Get away, referee. He can do anything he wants to.
You wanna give it up.
[Jim] Jericho riding in pain
at the feet of the Intercontinental Champion, Chris Benoit
who is obviously trying to expose that metal bolt in the…
[Jerry] Who ties those stupid turnbuckle covers on there that tight?
[Jim] The top turnbuckle there. That bolt is exposed now.
-[Jim] Oh, left shoulder found it. -[Jerry] Wow.
[Jim] And no wasted motion by Benoit.
[Jerry] A lot of people often wonder
what's behind those turnbuckle covers, take a look.
-[Jim] It's a metal bolt. -[grunts]
[Jim] All steel there, it's exposed
and that steel is not gonna bend but that shoulder may break.
And now, Benoit trying to get… Take Jericho down.
-Putting a pressure on that… -[Jerry] Listen, JR, he may submit.
Gotta listen carefully here, sometimes those referees are hard to hear.
[Jim] Referee Tim White looking eye-to-eye with Chris Jericho.
[audience cheering and applauding]
[Jerry] Well, can these people be quiet. We gotta hear when he submits.
-[Jim] Jericho [inaudible] but no effect. -[Jerry] Ooh!
What? Oh, man. What?
[Jim] And downstairs goes Benoit one more time.
[Jerry] I don't blame him.
[Jim] A beautiful snap suplex.
Benoit, the Rabid Wolverine that he is.
King, you're right. I don't know how badly that knee is hurt of Benoit,
he may be just gutting it out or may not be as injured as we thought it was
on Thursday night on SmackDown.
[Jerry] And remember how Jericho broke Benoit's nose.
[Jim] Absolutely.
[Jerry] That probably is still not completely healed.
[Jim] Black eye as Benoit's eyes was well shut, thanks to Chris Jericho,
just a couple of weeks ago.
[Jerry] Did Jericho knocked out Benoit's tooth, that one that's missing?
Has that been gone a while?
[Jim] I think that must've been gone a while.
Oh, man, right for the head.
Benoit aimed for the head and he hits dead center.
[Jerry] Here we go.
[Jim] Fujiwara armbar now Jericho's,
he can't let his arm get straightened out or be hyperextended at the block.
[referee indistinct chatter]
[Jim] Jericho is trying to hold that arm up in a 90-degree angle
and blocks the fujiwara armbar.
[Jerry] Pull, pull.
[Jim] See, what Jericho's trying to fight,
[Jerry] I see it, I see it, pull.
[Jim] Benoit looking to hyperextend the elbows.
[Jerry] Look at the strength, the intensity.
[Jim] With everything he's got,
the Intercontinental Champion is torqueing at that elbow.
I don't care who you are, you can't last long.
[Jerry] With everything he's got, huh, Jericho tries to get to the ropes.
[Jim] Referee Tim White calls for the break.
[Jerry] How can you be proud of having to save yourself like that?
Hey, look at this.
[Jim] Hardcore Holly.
He's got a vested interest at least in his view in this matchup as he looks on.
He'd love a shot at the Intercontinental Title as well.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] And Benoit to the calculated risk. Didn't pay off.
Knees first into the turnbuckle, now knees first into the canvas.
[Jerry] I think Hardcore Holly would love not just a shot,
but a chair shot at either one of this guys.
[Jim] A window of opportunity has opened somewhat for Chris Jericho
to focus on the knee of Chris Benoit.
Benoit knows that full well and look at Benoit come back.
Oh, legs takedown.
And Benoit getting hammered by Jericho.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that, authoritative referee. Let him go.
[Jim] And what… Jericho working on that knee,
I'm not sure exactly what Jericho is doing but…
[Jerry] I think he's trying to get that brace off.
-That'd a disqualification, wouldn't it? -[Jim] No, absolutely not.
[Jerry] It's allowed to take a man's medical brace off?
[Jim] Well, there's no disqualifications is all I can tell you.
-And that's exactly what's happening here. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jim] Jericho is taking that knee brace off of Benoit.
And now Benoit has lost that support that we think he needed.
-And now Jericho… -[Jerry] That's a medical brace.
[Jim] …using that brace as a weapon right on the patella.
[Jerry] Ref, look at that.
[Jim] Right on the knee, right on the thigh of Chris Benoit.
[Jerry] Jericho is ruthless.
-[Jim] Jericho, look… -[Jerry] If you can submit, just…
[Jim] Jericho wants that Intercontinental Title,
he wants it badly, Here tonight at Judgment Day.
[Jerry] Wants it bad enough to really cheat for it.
-[grunts] -[Jerry] Wow!
-[Jim] Then a toe hold. -[Jerry] Look at that.
[Jim] The figure-four, but that was a brutal counter by Benoit.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Jim] A dropkick to the knee by Jericho.
Strategy unfolding here. Oh, the lionsault.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Springboard lionsault.
But remember, we're looking for submissions, not pins.
[Jerry] That's right. You'll not submit off a lionsault. Uh-oh.
Look at Benoit hanging on.
[Jim] Benoit in a very precarious position here.
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Jim] [inaudible] those knees, King.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, what kind of hold is this?
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Benoit getting stretched here.
[groaning]
-Look at the… Look at the power. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
-He's gonna have to submit. -[Jim] This could be right here.
It could be a submission right here. Look at…
Jericho arching his back.
[Jerry] He got his arm. Benoit got his arm now.
[Jim] Benoit trying to fight his way back up.
-A couple of right hands. -[Jerry] Look at those kicks.
[Jim] Right on the bridge of Jericho's nose.
[Jerry] Those are gonna be 40-yard punch in the XFL.
Kick him again.
[Jim] And what unorthodox move that was by Chris Jericho
who is relentless and ruthless, [inaudible].
[Jerry] He missed it. But, JR, how tough is Benoit.
I thought he was done, you thought he was done too, didn't you?
-[Jim] Absolutely. -[Jerry] Somehow he managed to get away.
[Jim] Benoit holding on that waist lock. Oh, another suplex.
[Jerry] Another one. He'll submit about…
-[Jim] [inaudible] a back suplex. -[Jerry] …at about the fourth one.
And Benoit drives you to the canvas, he doesn't release it.
He drives you down by holding onto that waist lock.
And now, look out, Benoit hammering that shoulder again.
[Jerry] And Jericho hammering Benoit's knee. Oh, no.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Drop hold, he's gonna torque up for it.
[Jerry] Look at Benoit's fighting around like a fish.
-[Jim] Benoit trying to get to the ropes. -[Jerry] He'll get to that brace. Aw!
[Jim] Benoit caught Jericho right in the face with that brace.
That's the knee brace.
-[Jerry] That's just deserves. -[Jim] And wait a minute, he got him.
Benoit's got the Crippler Crossface on Chris Jericho.
[Jerry] And he tapped?
-[audience clamoring] -[groaning]
[Jim] Benoit has got the Crippler Crossface.
-It may be a matter of time. -[Jerry] Come on, pull.
[Jim] You can almost hear that shoulder,
that left shoulder of Jericho's ripping and tearing.
[Jerry] Listen to these fans, they're trying to help Jericho.
They're trying to drown out the sound of his screams and cries of anguish. What?
[Jim] Jericho, he got his arm now,
and now the torque on the neck and shoulder.
[Jerry] That was great, Benoit moved Jericho back to the center of the ring
away from the ropes.
[grunts]
[Jim] Jericho, favored in Benoit's hands, free from… Look at…
And Benoit going right back to the Crippler Crossface.
-[Jerry] He is relentless. Pull. -[Jim] Like a rabid pit bull.
Oh, look at this.
[Jerry] Now we can really see the pain on Jericho's face.
[Jim] Jericho has gotta tap out. His neck and shoulder will be ripped.
[Jerry] He's turning blue, JR.
[Jim] Jericho's face is a…
[Jerry] He did, no accident. He did it, he did it.
[Jim] Referee has stopped this.
[announcer] The winner of this bout
and still Intercontinental Champion, Chris Benoit.
[Jim] I did not see Benoit or Jericho tap out.
[Jerry] Benoit choked him out.
[Jim] I think Benoit… I think Jericho is unconscious.
[heavy metal music playing]
-[Jim] I think Jericho is unconscious. -[Jerry] He was choked out.
[Jim] Benoit just choked out Jericho.
[Jerry] There's no doubt about it now,
the Crippler Crossface is the greatest submission hold ever.
[Jim] Jericho refused to tap out.
Chris Jericho shows hellacious courage in not giving up.
But the pain, the excruciating riveting pain
of the Crippler Crossface was too much. It was too much for anyone.
[Jerry] Didn't tap out. He passed out.
Look at this. What a warrior, what a gladiator.
[Jim] Benoit is still the Intercontinental Champion.
But you gotta hand it to a courageous, Chris Jericho.
My God, he would not quit. Jericho would not tap out.
He will not say, "I quit." He will not give up the fight,
but the pain was too much for the challenger.
[Jerry] Wow, look at that, JR.
[heavy metal music playing]
[Jim] You gotta imagine that, and believe the pain
is ripping through the anatomy of Chris Jericho.
[Jim] I don't know if it was so much
that his shoulder was being pulled outta a socket or he had no oxygen,
his wind was cut off, and the blood supply to his brain.
[Jim] It may be a combination of the two, King, that's a good point.
[Jerry] Look at the blood coming from his nose.
[Jim] On this night, at Judgment Day,
Chris Benoit was the King of this ring and the Intercontinental Champion.
[Triple H] Step in this ring and you'll regret it.
Play this game and you're gonna get hurt.
Enter this world and you'll feel my wrath.
There's only room for one king in this Godforsaken jungle.
[announcer] WWE King of the Ring, live, Sunday,
June 25th exclusively on pay-per-view.
[Jim] Boston, the FleetCenter.
And, folks, early tonight here on Judgment Day
as we follow the misadventures of the Hardcore champion.
Gerald Brisco was getting coffee for the regime.
[Jerry] We finally gonna see what happened.
[Inaudible]
[Jim] And then we see from behind for the referee came The Headbangers,
and The Headbangers assaulting the Hardcore champion.
And look at Brisco, come off those shoulders defending the title
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
[Jerry] He wouldn't wear the Hardcore Championship belt around,
he wouldn't be such a target.
He was just going after Vince coffee. Oh!
[Jim] I tell you what, there should be an interesting interview,
Michael Cole with the Hardcore Champion.
Brisco, I'm so glad I caught up with you.
You've been defending this Hardcore title 24 hours a day, how it changed your life?
Michael, it has changed my life so much. You don't have any funny ideas, do you?
-Not at all. -Let me tell you.
Michael, my boys at home and my neighbors are trying to beat me.
I go to Brisco brothers shop, they're trying to beat me there.
I go to the airport this morning, they're all pointing fingers at me.
I'm looking for striped shirts everywhere. I mean, I go onto a restaurant,
they're trying to point fingers at me.
They're trying to beat me there. I just don't know what I'm gonna do.
It just changed my life so much, Michael. I'm beginning to be a nervous wreck.
I don't know if you could tell that or not but it's driving me bats. So everyone…
What are you guys doing?
[Jim] What-- Brisco did to those guys?
Well, he gets a little jumpy on those vendors.
[inaudible] everywhere I'd go.
[Jim] You think those vendors had designed some…
The Rock is gonna say this to you one time and one time only
and you can be chummy chummy with Triple H all you want to.
You can shove Vince McMahon on his ass, it's fine with The Rock, but I says this,
you better call that match tonight right down the middle and if not,
if you don't call the match down, it's gonna be between you and The Rock.
And it's certainly not gonna take 60 minutes.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Wow. And that was not a friendly conversation.
Well, folks, momentarily, a Tag Team Table Match,
DX versus the Dudley Boyz and remember that one team,
for one team to win they must drive both their opponents through tables…
-and that isn't gonna be pretty, King. -[Jerry] No, it's not.
[rock music playing]
[Jerry] For the record, I don't think The Rock's gonna get very far
threatening the referee, not a good idea.
-[Jim] That wasn't a good conversation. -[Jerry] No.
[Jim] Certainly not on the level of the Triple H,
Shawn conversation you heard earlier.
[Jerry] No. I never heard The Rock asking what's about the life it is.
[Jim] Well, folks, never gonna forget what DX did to The Dudleys,
most definitely what Tori did to The Dudley's, King.
We talk about giving some wood.
And Tori right on the table,
right on Bubba Ray Dudley dropping his body to a table
to the concrete.
Bubba, snapped out of it.
I promise you, her sins will not go unpunished, my brother.
Oh, you must listen to me because on Judgment Day,
Tori will know our name and we will testify.
Cut the music.
[audience cheering]
Louisville, Kentucky, welcome to the Dog House.
[audience cheering]
You know it's me, it's me, it's the D-o-double G,
Marvin once again with the X to the P to the A to the C.
Always by his side is our great machine, Tori.
Now then on that note,
I got two tins in a bucket and if you went down,
I got two words for you.
[audience shouting and cheering]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[heavy metal music playing]
-[Jim] And here come the Dudley Boyz. -[Jerry] And a table.
[Jim] Those damn Dudleys and the table.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is the Tag Team Table Match
in which the first team who could conquer their opponents
through the table will be the winner. Intro…
[Jerry] Forget it, Michael!
[Jim] And the Dudleys aren't wasting any time to…
[Jerry] These are two guys that absolutely need no introduction,
but they will introduce anyone to wood.
[Jim] Whose gonna get the wood tonight? Is it gonna be DX?
And, King, could it be Tori, or is it gonna be the Dudley Boyz?
[Jerry] The Dudley would love nothing better than to put Tori through a table
and there are tables everywhere out here.
[Jim] This ring is surrounded by tables and the Dudleys.
[Jerry] We're sitting at a table. These guys hate tables.
[Jim] And the Dudleys have made a reputation by driving females
-to tables among others. -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] What I'd give to see you go through a table, JR.
[Jim] Why would you say that?
[Jerry] Well, I guess maybe because I don't like you too much.
[Jim] D-Von Dudley and the Road Dogg,
and Road Dogg getting the first look in on D-Von.
Remember, no pinfalls, that's very unique rules here tonight.
[Jerry] If we had a match campion, could have a pinfall?
[Jim] We did indeed the first one of the night.
-[Jerry] Aw! -[Jim] So, it was no pinfall
and when Simba broke a center block along the skull of the Big Show.
-That was a pinfall. -[Jerry] Simba.
I was hoping to see the Simba slam.
[Jim] Tags made, Road Dogg tagging in the explosive X-Pac.
He could beat you in so many ways.
D-Von, what a collision that was,
D-Von leaving his feet driving a shoulder through X-Pac
and now tagging in D-Von's half brother, Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Jerry] Look at Bubba Ray, he is… I guarantee you,
Bubba's more fired up for this match than anyone he's ever had in his life.
-[Jim] Bubba will take the power outta ya. -[Jerry] You got that right.
[Jim] I don't know if Bubba Ray is a pugilist or not, but…
[Jerry] Pugilist?
[Jim] And X-Pac went out to get a table.
And this ring is surrounded by tables, and here comes X-Pac.
Bubba ray back in as well.
[Jerry] Oh, oh, oh, oh.
It hurt me.
[Jim] Oh, I don't care it hurt you or not.
-[Jerry] I know. You don't like me. -[Jim] I didn't say that.
And Bubba Ray up on the top, just like a turnbuckle
and almost beheading X-Pac there.
And Bubba shut the Road Dogg and then got his attention.
-[Jerry] Right, he did. -[Jim] Look out, referee's in Road Dogg.
-Here it comes. -[Jerry groans]
[Jim] The X to the P to the A to the something got hammered.
And now, Tori inadvertently distracting the referee
and now the Road Dogg knows exactly how X-Pac feels.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Testify.
[Jim] Well, those two boys [inaudible].
[Jerry] I just can't forget we saw earlier what D-Von told Bubba Ray.
[audience chanting]
-[Jim] They got their… -[Jerry] Hey, where's DX going?
-[Jim] I guess they'll call it a night. -[Jerry] I don't think so.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] And the Dudleys got unfinished business with DX.
[Jerry] Tori, look out.
[Jim] Tori's no damsel in distress, I tell you.
[Jerry] She's hot. You gotta admit she's hot, JR.
[Jim] She's hot all right. She's dangerous and she can take of herself.
[Jerry] What'd you call her?
-[audience cheering] -[grunting]
[Jerry] Among… Well, you called her a lotta thing.
-[Jim] Maybe Jezebel. -[Jerry] Not quite yet.
Eat this.
-[Jerry] Eloquently evil. -[Jim] She's eloquently evil all right.
[Jerry] You know that evil spelled backwards is live
and Tori lives on the Edge.
-[Jim] Bubba sees Tori. -[Jerry] She's on the Edge right now.
[Jim] Bubba may be getting Wood as we speak.
[Jerry] What? Did you see that? He's licking his chops.
[Jim] Bubba love to put Tori into the table here tonight.
And D-Von taking care of X-Pac and then here comes the Road Dogg.
Another, oh, the Road Dogg dropping everything's out.
[Jerry] Bubba Ray, you better pay attention up here. Forget about Tori.
Or your partner D-Von is gonna be tableized.
[Jim] Look at the team work of DX, doing their business in their corner.
[Jerry] That Wood.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Back laid, but X-Pac was kicked. Oh, shot, that's artwork.
[man] Come on, D-Von.
[Jim] That's an amazing move.
-And… -[Jerry] The Bronco buster.
[Jim] The innovator and originator of the Bronco buster…
giving D-Von Dudley a taste of it.
Another exchange, Road Dogg in, X-Pac out.
[Jerry] And look at Tori. I know she'd love to get a hand in there.
[Jim] And she might, the word [inaudible].
[inaudible]
[Jim] Double team by DX.
[groaning]
[Jim] And Bubba is letting his emotions
get the better of him here with the referee, Mike Chioda.
[Jerry] Just run over him, Bubba. There's no disqualification, right?
[Jim] No. There's only one way to end the match.
That's when both men of one team go to the table or tables. Plural.
[Bubba Ray clapping]
[Jim] Bubba Dudley trying to get these crowd,
and he has successfully does so, getting in behind D-Von.
[Jerry] Tori, wave your arms. Tell them to be quiet. They'll listen to you.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Road Dogg on a front face lock that brought D-Von's tag here.
[Jerry] Or maybe getting a sleephold.
-[Jim] And, oh, there's a tag. -[Jerry] Hey, ref. No tag, no tag.
[Jim] There was a tag, but the referee didn't see it.
[Jerry] I think you only heard it.
[Jim] I saw with my own eyes.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And the fans here saw it. The fans at home saw it.
[referee] Hey. Did you tag?
[Jim] Referee asking if he tagged. They'll tell you the truth.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Jim] Spinning heel kick by X-Pac
who would've gone for a cover right there, but that's not the nature of this contest.
A very unique night as far as rules are concerned,
and we'll try to keep you apprised and abreast if you will,
all those rules, as we go through the night.
[Jerry] You said abreast. Oh!
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Desperation double clothesline by D-Von and look at Bubba.
He could feel it and he got the tag.
-[Jerry] I didn't see that tag. -[Jim] Of course you did.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Jim] Oh, sidewalk slam from Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Jerry] It was a second slam.
[Jim] Oh, full Nelson into the atomic drop.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God! -[Jim] Samoan drop.
Table.
-[audience cheering] -[Jerry] Table drop coming up.
[Jim] DX in trouble and Bubba and D-Von looking for some wood
and it's, the ring is surrounded by it.
[audience cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Jim] Two tables in the ring.
They've got another one.
Three tables in the ring.
[Jerry] Let's see.
[Jim] Remember, both Dudleys or both member of DX.
[Jerry] You got a table for Road Dogg, you got a table for X-Pac
and you got a… Uh-oh. Tori.
[Jim] You know, the DX,
they know full well that Tori has a got bulls-eye on her ample chest.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, JR, I think they're getting a table for you.
[Jim] Well, I hope, I don't think so.
[audience shouting]
[Jim] And X-Pac is… He is fairly… Look at that.
[Jerry] That's hand went right into that, didn't it?
[Jim] Man, that'll turn the momentum here obviously.
-[Jerry] Watch this? -[Jim] Another table on the outside.
You could go to their table inside the ring or outside
from what I understand.
[Jerry] Hey, table.
[crashing on the table]
[Jim] That's one. D-Von Dudley through a table, and his…
[Jerry] D-Von's been tabled.
[Jim] And his kidneys maybe bruised in that shot.
[Jerry] They got wood.
Get up you piece of crap. Like this one.
[Jim] Bubba Dudley doing some commentary on that right hand.
[Jerry] Yeah. If you get put through a table, JR, he can take your place.
-Oh, man. -[Jim] Oh, what a shot.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] Not a goodnight to D-Von.
Pumphandle slam by the Road Dogg right to the table.
[groans]
[Jim] So we are…
Bubba Dudley away from DX winning this Tag Team Table Match.
[Jerry] So both members of the team gotta be put through tables.
[Jim] There you go, Einstein.
-[Jerry] Oh, you're gonna get it. -[Jim] You're on top of your game.
From behind, Bubba taking down X-Pac by the hair.
Road Dogg still down.
D-Von Dudley barely… He's moving a little bit.
[Jerry] How many tables? Oh, hit Bubba Ray and it's over.
[Jim] Oh, X-Pac…
The reversal.
-[Jerry] No, wait. -[Jim] Oh, look out.
[Jim] Oh, my God! Bubba Dudley in a powerbomb.
We're down. The next man that goes to the table…
-[Jerry] Tori can't believe her man… -[Jim] …and this match will be over.
[Jerry] Her man got wood.
[Jim] We're looking for Bubba Ray or the Road Dogg…
exchanging those right hands.
[Jerry] Come on, ref, let them fight. Look out.
-[Jim] Oh, my God! -[Jerry] The ref through the table.
Who wins? Who wins?
[Jim] Road Dogg and Bubba Ray just threw the referee in hand
along with another table.
[Jerry] Never touch the damn Dudley.
Look at this. It's the Hardcore Champion.
[Jim] What's Brisco doing out here?
[Jerry] He can do anything he wants, JR. he's a Hardcore Champion.
[Jim] We know the Brisco had his piece of taste of the table himself.
[Jerry] He's got his own sign there. He's true Hardcore.
[Jim] Oh, look out here. There it is. It's over, it's over.
The Dudleys have won the table matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute, our referee is down.
[Jerry] That's right. The referee went through a table.
[Jim] Referee didn't see a damn thing on that last table.
Now, Brisco pulling the Road Dogg out of the ring,
Brisco's tainted the evidence.
Uh-oh. What is that Jezebel doing in there?
[Jerry] Tori, what are you doing?
-Boy, she's… -[Jim] Tori.
-Oh, she was gonna slap Bubba Ray. -[Jerry] Tori.
[Jim] Tori is gonna get some serious wood tonight.
[Jerry] Do you think there's enough table for Tori?
[Jim] My God. Look at the look of Bubba's face, he's damn near demented.
[Jerry] Damn near? He's way past demented.
[Jim] The damn Dudleys are gonna dive Tori to the table.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] This match should be over.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, don't stick that tongue out now.
[Jim] Oh, God almighty. The Dudleys will break her in half.
-[Jerry] Look at Brisco. -[Jim] Oh, Brisco.
Oh, Brisco standing up for women's rights.
[Jerry] He's a champion of women rights.
[Jim] Brisco has saved Tori's at… And there's the X-Factor.
-Brisco, pull the referee up. -[Jerry] And I think the referee saw that.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] What's this mean?
[announcer] The winners of this match "Road Dogg" Jesse James and X-Pac.
[Jerry groans]
[Jim] The Dudleys just got screwed, I'll tell you.
The Dudleys had this match won. And then Tori…
Brisco saved Tori's… her height, I'll tell you.
And I won't tell you what I was thinking.
[Jerry] Look at Brisco, and the Hardcore Champion.
[Jim] I don't… Brisco's feeling a little bit frisky now.
[Jerry] Brisco is Brisco.
-Look at this. -[Jim] Hey. Wait a minute.
[Jerry] You might wanna celebrate at the back.
[Jim] Oh, wait. Look at D-Von. D-Von from behind nailing Gerald Brisco.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Wait a minute. I know he's a Hardcore Champion but…
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Oh, Brisco, he should have tried to find sanctuary somewhere else.
And now, another table has come into the ring.
-[Jerry] Is this a hardcore match? -[Jim] No referee.
The Dudleys have been shafted out of a victory here…
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Jim] …because of abusing official.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Oh, this don't look good for the Hardcore Champion.
[Jerry] Look at Brisco.
-3D. -[audience] 3D.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Oh, good God. Brisco just got 3D through the table.
[heavy metal music playing]
[Jim] Well, I guarantee you one thing.
If you think this issue between the damn Dudleys and DX is over,
folks, we better think again.
[Jerry] If you think Gerald Brisco, the Hardcore Champion
is gonna take this laying down, you can think again too.
[Jim] I tell you one thing. Tori ought to hug Brisco's neck
because Gerald Brisco saved Tori's ass.
[Jerry] Yeah, right here she was,
unfortunately having to hug Bubba Ray's neck
until Gerald Brisco, the champion of women's rights, came to the rescue.
[Jim] And then Brisco dragged the referee up
in time for the referee to see X-Factor of Bubba Dudley through a table.
-[Jerry] Yeah, look at this. -[Jim] And then Brisco had hell to pay.
[Jerry] Oh, 3D to the Hardcore Champion.
[rock music playing]
[Girls] As I lay me down to sleep.
Lay me down. I pray my soul is mine to keep.
My soul.
And never set outside this bed. Never.
Into all the evil. All the evil.
[Jim] King, have you figured out what the hell that's [inaudible] about?
[Jerry] What that means, is that [inaudible]?
[Jerry] It's about Judgment Day.
[inaudible] says his Judgment Day is coming?
[Jerry] I don't, don't know.
[Jim] Well, I do know that Army Men World War, the video game
by 3DO presents WWE Judgment Day,
right here from the sold-out Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.
-[Jerry] Not Louisville. Louisville. -[Jim] We know that.
The Freedom Hall sold-out in a couple of hours this event,
seventeen thousand five-thirty-three here, another look at Gerald Brisco…
[Jerry] Do you have to keep rubbing this in?
Gerald Brisco… I don't wanna see this anymore.
[Jim] He'll need some body work down in Tampa at the body shop.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, we're just moments away…
[audience cheering]
…from our main event, a 60-minute WWE Iron Man Match.
The most falls determined by pin, submission, disqualification, or countout
will win the WWE title, but the question remains,
where will Shawn Michaels' allegiance be or will he call it right down the middle?
[audience cheering]
[The Rock] Finally, The Rock way to backlash…
[Jerry] And here comes the People's Elbow.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] The Rock started the People's Elbow.
[The Rock] Finally, once again, the Rock, WWE Champion.
[Jim] The Rock is on top of the mountain again. The game is over.
[Triple H] This game is not over. It is just beginning.
Rock, Judgment Day, you and me, Iron Man Match.
Sixty minutes, Rock, let's find out who the man is.
[The Rock] Let The Rock officially answer your challenge.
At Judgment Day, The Rock is officially just got to kick your candy ass.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Shawn Michaels has returned, but the question is, why?
At Judgment Day, you have a 60-minute Iron Man Match
for the WWE Championship.
I ought to be the special referee at Judgment Day.
[Jerry] That's certainly news to Vince McMahon.
[Jim] Big news.
[The Rock] The last time The Rock, Triple H, HBK, in the middle of the ring,
HBK cost The Rock the WWE title.
[Jim] What the hell? Shawn Michaels just super kicked The Rock,
but The Rock has the WWE title.
[The Rock] So, Shawn Michaels,
The Rock says you better call the match straight down the middle
or The Rock will take his boot and shove it straight up your candy ass!
[Triple H] Shawn, you and I have quite a past together, my friend.
If you do not call this match the way it should be called,
I can guarantee you that you will have no future.
[Jerry] Who's side is Shawn gonna be on?
[Jim] The Rock, Triple H, 60-minute Iron Man Match.
One hour. The one in the end with the most falls, wins.
Sixty minutes, can you go to distance?
Can you hang, Rock?
One hour.
As good as you are, The Rock is simply, simply better.
-[Triple H] Pinfall… -[The Rock] Just bring it.
-[Triple H] …submission… -[The Rock] Bring it.
-[Triple H] …countout… -[The Rock] Bring it.
-[Triple H] …disqualification… -[The Rock] Bring it.
[Triple H] One hour.
[The Rock] As The Rock always does, he's gonna get the job done.
[Triple H] Sixty minutes, can you hang, Rock?
[The Rock] Well, considering what the Rock is gonna do to you,
one hour isn't long enough.
[Triple H] You will look into my eyes and you will know that I am the game
and then, I am that damn good.
[The Rock] You're gonna feel all The Rock's pain,
all the Rock's anger, all the Rock's fury.
[Triple H] One hour.
[The Rock] Every ounce of sweat, every drop of blood.
[Triple H] Sixty minutes.
[The Rock] The Rock is going into Judgment Day,
walking out Undisputed Champion. Walking out WWE Champion.
[Triple H] Can you go the distance, one hour?
[dramatic music playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
it's now time for the 60-minute Iron Man Match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
In this contest,
the individual who scores the most falls in the 60-minute time limit
will be the winner.
["Sexy Boy" music playing]
[audience cheering]
♪ I think I'm cute ♪
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I got the looks ♪
♪ That drives the girls wild ♪
[Jim] Look at this ovation for HBK.
[announcer] Introducing the special guest referee,
The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels.
[Jerry] He's already answered one question, JR.
Will he wear those shorts?
He's wearing them, the smuggling banana short.
[Jim] We've seen Shawn Michaels tonight with interesting conversation,
interact with Stephanie McMahon.
We have seen Shawn Michaels go into The Rock's locker room,
we have heard that conversation with Shawn and The Rock wasn't very positive earlier.
We heard Shawn Michaels talk to Triple H, we know they are friends,
and they've talked about everything, but this match, quite frankly.
["Sexy Boy" music continues]
[Jerry] Maybe that was maybe just,
they were both trying to get loose a lotta tension.
[Jim] This is the second WWE Iron Man Match in the modern era.
Shawn Michaels won the WWE title from Bret Hart at WrestleMania XII,
an Iron Man Match.
But we saw no falls in the first 60 minutes.
♪ One self, is this on? ♪
♪ Heh, yo, Jimmy, hit me with That Triple H, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ♪
♪ Yeah, you let that music keep playing ♪
[Jim] Before Triple H made the challenge for this matchup,
he not only wants back the WWE title,
but Triple H wants to prove
that the game is the most dominant athlete in this business.
[Jerry] He is The Game. He said he's The Game.
I believe he's The Game but he's gotta prove it tonight.
[announcer] Introducing first the participant
accompanied by the McMahon-Helmsley faction.
From Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing 260 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Triple H.
[Jim] Triple H escorted by his wife, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley,
who's the reigning WWE women's champion, along with father-in-law, Vince McMahon,
the owner of this company, and Shane McMahon.
[Jerry] Simba, Simba, he beat Big Show tonight.
[Jim] Gonna like this brother-in-law, a real family affair here.
["My Time" music playing]
[Jim] So much has been made, the officiating in this matchup.
That we have not supposed of the fact that neither Triple H nor The Rock
have ever in their WWE career gone 60 minutes.
[inaudible] 60 minutes match in their illustrious career?
It must be a hellacious challenge.
[Jerry] Well, I mean without a doubt, JR. There's nothing quite like it.
It's really hard to describe. One thing…
I really wanted to go talk to all of these guys before this,
but one thing you gotta be so careful of.
I mean, this is one of those matches where you can't go out there and--
For lack of a better term,
I mean, you can't choose to ride in the first 10 minutes of this match
or even the first 30 minutes of this match.
You gotta realize, this is gonna go 60 minutes whether you like it or not.
You gotta have something left at the end of that 60 minutes.
[Jim] In the locker room the boys call it, "The hour."
[music fades off]
[audience chattering]
Vince, Shane, Steph…
not that I don't appreciate it,
because there's nothing more I'd like to have than my family
sitting at ringside watching me destroy The Rock for 60 minutes.
[Jerry] This is touching, JR.
[audience cheering]
But I'll tell you what…
I'm gonna make history tonight on a whole lot of levels
and I'm gonna do it myself.
This is between me and The Rock, man to man, one-on-one.
So, I'll ask you all to go in the back and leave it to me…
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. What? -…and the Rock to settle by ourselves.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, Triple H, you need to rethink this.
I'm sure.
I wanna do it for me
and I wanna do it in front of all the people by myself.
[audience cheering]
-[Jerry] Boy, that'll be gamy. -[Jim] He's sincere. That's admirable.
["My Time" music plays]
[Jim] And the McMahons are adhering
to the somewhat surprising request.
[Jerry] You're gonna have to retire back to their plush office
and watch this on a monitor.
I'm sure they wanna see it up close and personal, especially Stephanie.
[Jim] This match will last one hour.
The man with the most falls in the hour, wins.
Falls can be earned by pin, submission, disqualification, or countout.
[Jerry] And Stephanie…
[Jim] In the event of a tie, King, The Rock will retain the WWE title.
[Jerry] Stephanie keeps looking back at her man.
Can you imagine how proud she must be of Triple H, right now?
[Jim] Triple H is challenged, he feels he has something to prove.
[Jerry] He's got something to prove all right. You're right.
The man that issue the challenge has the most to prove.
[Jim] A true test of will and determination.
[Jerry] The ultimate challenge, the hour.
[Jerry] There's still nothing like a good old fashion love story,
Triple H and Stephanie.
[audience chanting]
[The Rock] If you smell what The Rock is cooking.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Here comes the WWE Champion…
ready to go 60 minutes of hell.
[announcer] From Miami, Florida, weighing 275 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, The Rock.
[Jim] There's room for only one man at the top of the WWE match.
And in one hour, we will know who it is.
Will it be The People's Champion, The Rock or will it be The Game.
And what role will our referee, Shawn Michaels, play in this epic matchup,
perhaps, the most important WWE Championship match in history.
[Jerry] Boy, this atmosphere is something, JR,
or like the hair's standing up behind your neck,
it's so "Electrifying" in here. A supreme gut check.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Save your energy. Do not face him.
[Jim] Physical pain plus emotional distress equals the hour.
["Electrifying" music playing]
[audience cheering]
-[Jim] Shawn Michaels… -[Jerry] Well, it's all about.
[Jim] …has a huge responsibility awaiting him.
[audience chanting and cheering]
[Jim] Remember, you gotta keep score.
[audience continue chanting]
[Jim] We'll have a clock on our screen from time to time
to give you a glance of the time expired.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] It starts, the hour starts, JR. Here we go.
[Jim] And set your watches. Here we go.
And remember, the man with the most falls at the end of the 60 minutes
will be the WWE Champion.
Falls can be earned by a pinfall or submission or a countout
or disqualification.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Talk a little trash.
[audience cheering]
I don't know what this hour will be like.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] I've got a lotta list of guys that might.
[Jerry chuckles] I wish they were.
[Jim] So much animosity
and this awesome rivalry between these two young studs.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] I think The Rock just said
for Triple H to go and do something to himself.
I am not sure what.
[Jim] Hard stiff collar-and-elbow tie.
[Jerry] Listen to these voices. It's electrifying.
It's like two bulls.
[Jim] These two gladiators trying to get an advantage here.
And one of the stiffer collar-and-elbow tie ups you're gonna see. Right back at.
[Jerry] See, this is what I talked about earlier.
I mean, that the amount of energy these guys are expending right now.
This isn't smart on both of their parts.
I know they both wanna take it to each other tooth and nail,
but you gotta be smart in this match. It's an hour.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Both men trying to gain the advantage here.
Shawn Michaels is asking for a break. Will he get a clean then from Triple H?
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Smart thing to do would've been to think all week long.
About different offensive moves that would take very little energy.
I mean, the least amount of energy.
That's what you need to… That's what you need to use.
[Jim] We're in Louisville, Kentucky, the home of the Kentucky Derby.
This is a Derby Day-like atmosphere here at Judgment Day
and these two thoroughbreds, yes, indeed, are going to run here for one hour.
[Jerry] Yeah.
Kentucky Derby, those thoroughbreds can only run for two minutes.
These guys gotta go 60 minutes.
[Jim] They're not running for the roses. They're running for the WWE title.
The most coveted title in our business.
[Jerry] The Rock 6'5", 275.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Watch this, that was a very fast pace
or will he change it up and throw some off-speed pitches at Triple H.
[Jerry] JR, you cannot establish a fast pace in this type of match.
It just won't work in your favor. It'll work against you.
[Jim] I'm not thinking he'd do that, but it's what we see from The Rock.
He is smash-mouth in your face, WWE champion.
[Jerry] I realize that, hopefully The Rock realized he can't do that for 60 minutes.
You know, the longest I've checked on this,
the longest match The Rock has ever had in his career has been 30 minutes longest.
The longest he's ever been in the ring.
[Jim] That was in July of '98 with Triple H by the way.
[Jerry] You see these guys are using a lot of energy here.
[Jim] Overhead wristlock and look at The Rock.
-That huge neck bridging… -[Jerry] See, look at this.
This is where were your pride works against you.
The Rock is just too proud.
Too proud to let Triple H get the upper hand.
[Jim] And Rock turning right back on that side headlock.
Rock using that awesome upper body strength here
to keep the challenger for the WWE title at bay at least momentarily.
-[Jim] Now, here we go. -[Jerry] Nice shot and there's a cover.
Shawn Michaels is in great position, quite frankly.
And a hard knockdown and another cover and another near-fall.
[Jim] Oh, there's a counter, cradle.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Two-count and Triple H says, "What the hell?"
And Triple H has to get break some momentum here, quite frankly,
and maybe a smart move by Triple H after three near-falls
to break the momentum and give Rock enough time to think of that.
[Jerry] I don't think Triple H was expecting that from The Rock.
But you can win this match early.
I mean, if you could pile up four, maybe five quick victories early on
then in the middle part of that match, the things just get sort of even.
You can hang on at the end and win this thing.
I think that's what The Rock has in mind.
[Jim] Obviously, the man who gets the advantage can use the clock
to his advantage much like a tag team partner.
Triple H's [inaudible] getting back in the ringside.
Shawn Michaels at the four, a countout results at a ten-count,
but The Rock stops the count.
May not be the smartest thing for The Rock can do
even though Triple H was on these top steps,
he was in no danger of being countedout on that exchange.
[Jerry] Both guys are already sweating bullets.
It's only been five minutes, JR.
-[Jim] We got long way to go. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Jim] We're gonna find out if Triple H really is "The Game".
[inaudible]
[Jim] Triple H, a technical marvel, quite frankly.
And the condition of both these men is absolutely amazing.
[Jerry] We're gonna find out really if Rock really is the great one.
-Oh, man. -[Jim] Good right hand by The Rock.
[Jerry] That slammed a smack down right there.
[Jim] He may have taken busted a lip,
Triple H could have swallowed some teeth on that one.
-Huge right hand by The Rock. -[Jerry] See, on a shot like that.
It's very smart to get outta the ring. You can't get pinned out there.
But you can be counted out.
-[Jim] Which count the same as a pinfall. -[Jerry] Okay. I give you that.
[Shawn] …four.
[Jerry] It's gonna take into the count of ten to get counted out
as supposed to the count of three to get pinned.
Plus, obviously you can get the referee to stop this count.
Uh-oh. Or maybe you can't.
[Jim] Triple H trying to get a break there from HBK, but to no avail.
HBK did not stop the count at the seven
before the challenger returned to the ring.
[audience shouting]
[Jim] Triple H, a master strategist.
Sometimes, I think The Rock is more of an instinctive competitor
where Triple H is more calculated.
[Jerry] I'd love to know what each of these guys are thinking right now.
The intimidating hour.
And we are in a process of the WWE Iron Man Match.
[Jerry] Every time they'd locked up,
Rock just instinctively and automatically going for that headlock,
it's a controlling hold, you could do alot of things with that headlock.
[Jim] Uh-oh. What a right hand.
Triple H tried to leapfrog. The Rock saw it coming apparently.
[Jerry] Here we go.
[Jim] And now Triple H nailed into the turnbuckles.
[audience screaming]
Face first.
And, oh, The Rock has fallen into Triple H den, off the elbow
and then a knockdown by The Game with a clothesline.
[Jerry] I think The Rock was thinking Rock Bottom,
but Triple H had other ideas.
[Jim] Triple H with a thunderous clothesline
regaining the offensive advantage here from the WWE champion.
[grunts]
[Jerry] We're almost eight minutes into this, JR, no falls, no pinfalls,
no countouts as yet.
[Jim] As we said earlier, the last WWE Iron Man Match
was at WrestleMania XII.
Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart
and there were no falls in the first 60 minutes of that match.
-It was unbelievable. -[Jerry] If I remember correctly.
[Jim] Michaels admonishing the use of the illegal fist off The Game
who measures The Rock, again.
[Jerry] I couldn't see this match doing it, JR.
I can see these guys.
Neither one of them being able to gain an advantage.
Neither one of them being unable to get a pinfall on the other.
[grunts]
[Jim] There are no athletes in this business
with anymore pride than The Game and the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] If that's the case if neither one gets a pinfall or submission at the end,
the Rock would retain the title.
[Jim] That's what we call the championship advantage,
I think in my opinion anyway as it should be.
[groans]
[Jerry] Well, and to his credit The Game didn't disagree with that.
The Game made sure that was brought out into stipulation.
[Jim] Certainly did.
Armbar, corked on the elbow on The Rock by The Game.
Standing over The Rock, there's a great leverage advantage, folks.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels is looking around. There's the clock up there, Shawn.
[audience cheering]
Scoring nine minutes into this thing.
[Jim] Rock with clear force shots to the face.
[Jerry] The pace is starting to pick up… oh.
Armbar takedown and The Rock hurting. There's a cover.
And a long two-count.
[audience cheering]
Triple H at the armbar then the armbar takedown
and now, trying to hyperextend the elbow of The Rock.
[Jerry] Check out, JR, there's the clock. We're at ten minutes into this thing…
-[Jim] No score. -[Jerry] No score.
Not only that if you saw, Shawn Michaels calling this thing down in the middle.
[Jim] Maybe we overthought Shawn Michaels element in this matchup.
[Jerry] Well, I couldn't help but smell a rat one
when Linda McMahon signed Shawn Michaels to be the referee here.
[Jim] What do you mean by that?
[Jerry] Linda's always trying to throw a monkey rage into her husband's plans
I can't understand why she's at the life of Riley, thanks to Vince McMahon.
[Jim] That's offensive, what you're saying.
The Rock back up to his feet, takes on the pressure of that arm.
Shawn Michaels asking for the break.
[Jerry] What do you mean that's offensive?
[Jim] Oh, right hand. That was offensive right there.
That's probably a five-yard penalty in the XFL.
[Jerry] Now, The Rock he's opening it up. Whoa, whoa.
[Jim] Rock advertised that. Oh, look out. Oh, my, the Rock Bottom, the Rock Bottom.
[banging]
[Jim] No. And The Rock got the… He got the first decision.
[announcer] The winner of the fall, The Rock.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] So, The Rock is up one to nothing at the 49-minute mark.
So, 11 minutes approximately in this matchup
if you keep them scored at home, The Rock goes up one to nothing.
[Jerry] Yeah. But you know what? If you look at this realistically,
The Rock, it's almost like being up two because if this thing ends in a tie,
The Rock still, it's like Rock wins still because it's a tie.
-[Jim] No rest period between falls. -[Jerry] There's no rest period?
[Jim] This match just continues to run.
[Jerry] Who put that rule in? It's not The Game.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] And The Game after suffering a Rock Bottom…
[audience cheering]
…he's walking around like he's drunk and he's not even a drinker.
[Jerry] That was loopy.
[Jim] That Rock Bottom would intend to do that to you.
Now, both men on the outside here and both could be counted out
if Shawn Michaels decides to call this at the letter of the law.
-[Jim] Oh, look out -[Jerry] Look out. Oh.
[Jim] The Game ribs first into the steel.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] And this isn't good for The Game.
[Jim] To get injure with 47 minutes left in the match and here it is…
That is a-- That could be a hellacious challenge but…
[Jerry] Would be devastating. And any one of these moves could cause an injury.
[Jim] Oh, reversal and Rock got dropped face first…
right on the railing.
[Jerry] Shawn was asking The Rock if he wants to…
if he wants to give up. I don't think The Rock will give up.
[Jim] Triple H bought himself some time that relates intelligence.
I tell you, I'm surprised Triple H didn't get back in the ring
and see if Rock would've gotten counted out.
That count's the same as a pinfall.
[audience screaming]
And that maybe exactly what Triple H is gonna do here,
beat Rock up enough in the outside
to where the WWE Champion can't reenter the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this. Oh, no.
[Jim] And that's, like what I tell you, a big chance there.
He may have dinged that knee, but returns with the right hand.
[Jerry] I gotta give Shawn Michaels credit for one more thing.
He's letting these guys go at it and that's what the people want.
That's what these two guys want.
They wanna suddenly… Oh, wow.
[Jim] I wonder though, what's gonna happen if this match progresses here tonight.
Will we see the same sort of down in the middle
officiating by Shawn Michaels?
-[Jerry] Why not? -[Jim] Suplex outside, back hands.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Could be another fall here.
It's-- And Triple H got a shoulder up just before the three.
Now Rock up one to nothing at the 46-minute mark.
[Jerry] For all the controversies that's been surrounding Shawn Michaels,
you can't argue with him so far.
You know, I'm telling you, if the Rock would've get another fall,
and you get up two falls, that maybe surmountable for The Game.
[Jim] And exactly. I'll tell you something right here.
If The Rock can take The Game's legs from him as he is doing right now,
that's gonna change the whole complexion and the whole strategy of this match.
[Jerry] Remember from this… And for every fall The Rock takes now,
Triple H has got to take two to be able to win.
-[Jim] Can't play for a tie. -[Jerry] Right.
-[Jim] Triple H must… -[Jerry] Rock can.
[Jim] Rock can, but Triple H cannot.
[Jim] Triple H barely able to function here and again The Rock…
[Jerry] I think Triple H is realizing that outside that ring isn't friendly confines.
You wanna get back inside the ring, Triple H, oh, look out. Look out.
Oh, my gosh. Will that knee hurt? You hear the knee smacking in those steps?
[Jerry] I heard it. I heard it. Triple H felt it.
[Jerry] Tell him, Shawn, get back inside.
[Jim] Triple H just may have one hellacious time standing now.
And let's see if The Rock can exploit that injured knee of Triple H.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Jim] Oh, my…
What a way to bring around the corner.
And now The Rock focusing on that left knee.
[Jerry] Let me tell you something, I'm concerned…
[groaning]
…we're now 15 minutes into this and I think Triple H is…
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. Rock.
[Jim] That quadricep, that fine muscle, the biggest muscle in your body
and The Rock trying to Charley horse it up, numb it up.
[Jerry] I'm worried about Triple H's stamina.
I mean, I know he's told us he's The Game but he's looking like he's worn down.
[Jim] You gotta see how he's placed in pain.
There's no doubt, that knee has gotta be aching.
[Jerry] Did he overestimate
or did he underestimate what the hour was gonna be like?
[Jim] Oh, The Rock. The Rock, look at him, with a Figure Four.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Jim] We've only seen The Rock do this one other time in his career.
[audience cheering]
He's got the Figure Four on The Game.
[groaning]
[Jerry] Shawn's in the face of Triple H. He wants… Is he gonna ring it?
[Jim] Triple H just writhing in pain. The Game's leg could be snapped any time.
[groaning]
[Jerry] He can't go down to nothing, JR, it will be over. It will be game over.
-[Jim] Triple H. What's he gonna do here? -[Jerry] He's begging.
[Jim] The Rock's got the Figure Four locked in.
[audience chanting]
[Jim] The longer Triple H stays in this, the more damage it's doing to his legs.
He… Oh, there's the count. The pain is so excruciating.
The Game wasn't aware of his shoulders being down.
[groaning]
[Jim] I'm not too sure that he shouldn't give up.
-He's got 43 minutes of… -[Jerry] No. He can't give up on this.
He cannot afford to get down two to nothing.
[Jim] King, what if his leg is broken?
-[Jerry] Can't afford that either. -[Jim] That's my point.
And The Rock has got this Figure Four… Oh, there's another count.
[Jerry] Oh, whoa. That was close, you're right.
The Rock's got to cinch in, I don't see him getting out of this.
[Jim] The Game has gotta think of some strategy or something here.
[grunting]
[Jim] He'll try to turn The Rock. He'll try to reverse this.
[groans]
[Jim] If The Rock goes on the Rock stomach advantage gained.
[groaning]
-[Jerry] Push. Whoa! -[Jim] Triple H expending a lotta energy
to try to turn The Rock and there's another count.
It is… Another near-fall. The three of them from this Figure Four.
[Jerry] Look at The Game. He's giving it every single
and he's got his body. He's got him, he's got him, he's got him.
-[Jim] Oh, no. -[Jerry] Look who's got him.
[Jim] Now, The Rock has been punished by the Figure Four.
[Jerry] Look at that.
[Jerry] Triple H reversed it.
No, I can't.
[Jim] The pressure and the pain has reversed to The Rock.
[Jerry] But believe me there's still pain on Triple H, oh.
[Jim] And both The Rock and The Game are in the ropes.
And referee Shawn Michaels calling for a break.
[Jerry] I hate that hold.
[Shawn] Three! Come on. [inaudible]
[Jim] What toll could the Figure Four have on both of these magnificent competitors.
[Jerry] I think it was worse on Triple H than it was on The Rock.
-[audience screaming] -You could tell that right now.
[Jim] Rock doesn't seem to be limping and Triple H can barely stand.
Now, wait a minute here.
[audience shouting]
[Jim] Both men on the outside and referee as well.
[audience chattering and screaming]
[Jerry] Oh.
[Jim] The Rock now really has physically asserted himself after that Figure Four.
[Jerry] I don't like it when they come over here.
[Jim] And The Game reverses The Rock.
What a shot that was by Triple H. Almost beheaded the Rock.
[Shawn] Triple H, get back in the ring.
[audience chattering]
[Jerry] You hear Shawn telling Triple H to get into the ring. I agree.
Get in the ring 'cause a countout is good as a pinfall.
Oh, get in the ring Triple H.
[Jim] Just over 40 minutes to go for The Rock up one fall and then…
[audience screaming]
[Jerry] 40 minutes right now, JR, is like two days.
[Jim] Triple H just… Well, that's… I don't know how smart this is.
[audience chanting]
[Jim] I thought Triple H has bought himself some time,
but shown the tenacity of The Game,
he's right back out of The Rock's face into a sea of humanity.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Get outta the way, you fools. Yeah, baby.
[Jim] And The Rock and Triple H having one hell of a fistfight.
[audience chattering and screaming]
[Jerry] It isn't a fight, it's a brawl.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] This isn't the smart… Anything can happen out there.
[Jim] Absolutely. This is what a no man's land out here.
And Triple H just backdropped The Rock
from the concrete side to the ring side area.
[audience chattering]
[Jerry] Get in there, Shawn.
[audience shouting and screaming]
-[Jim] And this… -[audience cheering]
I think Triple H got the better of the exchange on the outside.
And again Shawn Michaels is not using his count.
How could you tell who got the better out there?
Well, because Triple H was standing and The Rock was down.
[Jerry] I think some fan took a cheap shot and slugged Triple H.
Oh, look at that score, one to nothing, The Rock.
[Jim] Just under 40 minutes remaining in this WWE Iron Man…
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
[Jerry] A suplex.
[Jim] What a suplex by Triple H, taking down The Rock.
[Jerry] Drives the wind out of The Rock's body.
[Jim] Triple H trying to stick that feeling back on the knee.
And he comes with the elbow.
That drove the point of the elbow down in the sternum of The Rock.
King, I tell you what, it doesn't matter who's gonna win or to lose this match.
[Jerry] What do you mean it doesn't matter?
[Jim] These 16 minutes, these men may never be the same again in their lives.
There's a cover. And there's a count, and a near fall.
[Jerry] Agree, they may never be the same, but believe me it matters who wins.
[Jim] And another cover.
The Rock expending a hell of a lot of energy and strength.
[Jerry] Look at the shoulder, look at his arms shaking.
Oh, come on, Rock.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Triple H forcing The Rock back down,
Shawn Michaels gotta a good look at those shoulders
and The Rock will he stay down this time, no, he won't.
[Jerry] That's his knee, come on, put that knee back in it
right in his heart like you did before, Triple H.
[Jim] Triple H got both his shoulders, here we are and the Rock again
and now, the lateral press, and that doesn't work.
[Jerry] Well, it'll take more than that.
[Jim] Triple H has gotta be getting somewhat frustrated at this juncture.
[Jerry] You got that right.
Somebody needs to reach down, right now, I don't know which one,
but somebody needs to reach down and come up with some sort of flurry,
I mean, they need to come out with some fire power right here.
I don't think either the other one would… Here it comes.
[Jim] The Rock's hands are down. His head is like there's a target, uh-oh.
And the Rock back to that knee, Rock right back to the knee
that he punished with the figure-four leglock earlier,
fighting back and…
Oh, my God! The Rock, oh. His back just hit our table.
-And the table isn't gonna move much. -[Jerry] No, it's not.
Now, you know what, Shawn should be counting, here we go, count.
[Jim] Oh, my.
Rock will get counted out and will even the score here at one a piece.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] But Triple H now coming around,
that's gonna break the count which may have been a little slow.
I think that this is an opportunity for a ring advantage.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Jim] The knees of Triple H right into the steel steps.
Both knees of Triple H right into the steel steps
and that left knee of Triple H just got turned inside out.
[Jerry] Oh, that could be real bad.
That would be another patient for Dr. Jim Andrews…
the pain orthopedic surgeon in Birmingham, Alabama.
And that left knee of Triple H took a pounding.
-And, oh, what a shot by The Rock. -[Jerry] Wow.
Rock will be well-certain to go right back to those knees.
And Triple H trying to… He's using the ropes to keep himself upright.
And the Rock now, he's got that. Look at this.
[audience cheering]
That would have break the leg, that could have broke, broke the leg.
Watch this shot, watch this. Triple H's left knee here.
Oh, my God.
[Jim] Right down town. And The Rock ripping at that knee
and driving the elbow again right into the knee of Triple H.
[grunts]
[Jim] You can't win if your legs are gone.
And it looks like Triple H's legs are almost gone.
Rock with the leg grapevine.
He's trying to put the pressure on the knee, the left knee of The Game
and Shawn Michaels… The Rock's head exposed.
Triple H would go for that you gotta believe.
[Jerry] Well, I'm gonna tell you, you know, this is what I said earlier,
as this match was getting underway,
I gotta hand it to The Rock because he's using the right strategy.
I was thinking that The Rock would go out there, fist in fire
and then expend all of his energy but he hasn't done that.
He's paced himself.
[Jim] We thought, at least I thought going into this matchup
it'd be the very cerebral
Triple H dictating the pace over the very emotional Rock.
-[Jerry] It's been the other way around. -[Jim] Certainly has.
[Jerry] Rock's got the advantage, he's up one.
-[Jim] Triple H raking the eyes. -[Jerry] Watch.
[Jim] I don't care how strong you are, those eyes are so sensitive
and Triple H has got, he wrecked The Rock right in the face, right through the eyes.
Again the game bought himself a bit of time
but I don't know if there's enough time, 35 minutes left.
If he can get back in this ballgame and though he's only down one to nothing.
[Jerry] Only one to nothing, oh, that's huge in a match like this, JR.
More right hands by Triple H and The Rock, right back on the knee.
[Jim] Right back on the knee as The Rock, will he go for the Figure Four again?
[Jerry] This could stay at one to nothing. There might not be anymore falls.
And The Rock looking for the Figure Four. And Triple H countered.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, The Rock, look out. Triple H going for the pedigree.
[Jim] He countered the Figure Four, there's a pedigree, this could be it.
-And we are tied. -[machine beep]
[Jim] At 34 minutes and 30 seconds. -[announcer] The winner of the bout,
Triple H.
[Jim] We're tied.
[Jerry] Roll back on him, you can get another quick fall.
[audience cheering]
-[Jim] We are tied at one. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
Triple H, he's making a huge mistake here.
He's working with his elbow pads, he should be back on top of The Rock.
There's no rest period, you said it, JR.
[Jim] And The Game now, that's a blatant choke.
Well, Shawn Michaels isn't gonna let this go.
He physically pulled Triple H off of the chokehold.
[Jerry] But there was no disqualification.
No, there isn't.
[Jim] If you get disqualified, it counts the same as a pinfall,
or a submission, or a countout.
[Jerry] I know that, I'm just testing you. You're on top of things, good job.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Great right hands by The Game after delivering an awesome pedigree,
The Rock's brain still gotta be rattled.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] There's a counter.
[Jerry] Oh, look out. There's an inside cradle! Inside cradle!
-And Triple H, the Rock just… -[machine beep]
[Jim] The Rock now goes down two to one.
[announcer] The winner for one fall, Triple H.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] I don't know if The Rock has recovered from the pedigree.
[Jerry] This is big, this is huge.
[Jim] The Rock's head driven to the canvas by the pedigree of Triple H.
[Jerry] You're right, Rock has… He's in La La Land, look at his eyes, JR,
his head's full of cobwebs.
[Jim] And Triple H got to be valedictorian of wrestling school
to go right back on the Rock.
-[Jerry] Look at Rock, he's outta it. -[Jim] The Rock's eyes are glazed over.
[Jerry] Get another one quick here.
[Jim] If this was boxing, the referee must stop.
And The Rock instinctively fighting back with the right hand,
but his leaving his left hand down to the side.
This is nothing but guts and instinct by the WWE Champion
who may now realize that he's down two to one.
[Jerry] Let him stay out there and go for a countout here Triple H.
You got a free one here.
[Jim] All the Rock has gotta do is tie it up and then hold out…
because a tie score advantage WWE Champion.
[Jerry] Yeah, but right now it's advantaged The Game.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] The Rock just, he just hasn't looked the same or he acted the same
or has been the same since that pedigree.
Yeah, but remember when Rock had given the Figure Four,
who would've thought that Triple H would've survived that
and actually be up one now.
Triple H looking noticeably, while Rock is, he don't know where he is,
and that'll not help much, a shot behind the head by The Game.
[Jerry] Why is he trying to leave?
[Jim] I don't think The Rock knows where he is. This will tell him.
And The Rock, he countered The Game, oh, my God!
Well, that was a shot.
The impact to that could be… It could be felt right through your television set.
[Jerry] Come on, Shawn, get them back in the ring.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Shawn Michaels is not, he'll not count this men out apparently.
[Jerry] I'm glad I like that.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And The Rock, what's he gonna do here?
[Jerry] And even if Shawn did counted out that…
[Jim] Rock's counters, right on that carpet.
And that's just covering the concrete floor, there's no padding.
[Jerry] As I was saying even if Shawn counted both that,
it wouldn't effect the score. It'd be a fall for each of them.
-[Jim] And Triple H will still be up one. -[Jerry] Right.
[Jim] Whereas that carpet is there for aesthetic purposes,
not for protection I can assure you.
[audience chanting]
[Jim] And that is concrete those two gladiators are lying on.
And we are almost halfway through this tremendous matchup.
[Jerry] Yes.
[Jim] The Rock up two to one,
we're just over 30 minutes to go in this WWE Iron Man Match
for the WWE Championship.
[Jerry] JR, you said the Rock's up two to one, Triple H's up two to one.
-[Jim] That's what I misquote. -[Jerry] Right.
[audience cheering]
That's it, you know what, you're speaking what you wish.
[Jim] You wish the Rock was up two to one.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Watch your back, Rock, watch your back.
[Jim] The champion and the challenger coming back our way.
-And oh, my. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Jim] The Rock, his heart was in the suplex, his body wasn't.
The fatigue's got to be setting in on both these men
as Triple H's head just bounced off the concrete.
[Jerry] In seven seconds, the Rock will equal the longest match
he's ever had in his career. Two, one.
[Jim] As well Triple H, King.
[Jerry] Now this is officially the longest match the Rock has ever been in.
[Jim] And Triple H, just tell them like it is.
[Jerry] Yeah, but The Rock looks more a bit tired.
Let's see how he hit his head here. Watch it.
-Oh, yes, it bounced. -[Jim] It bounced.
Triple H's head bouncing off that concrete,
scrambling his brains
and The Rock now may have shaken the cowboy [inaudible] of that pedigree
that he sustained earlier.
It's the Rock down two to one.
[audience cheering]
And these two men just beating the hell out of each other on the outside.
And Shawn Michaels is…
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels is the only one back in the ring.
He's begging these guys to get in the ring. Oh.
Look out, no.
[Jim] Triple H backdropped on the concrete.
[crow cheering]
[Jim] That's three high impact moves by Triple H on the concrete.
How much more can his chiseled anatomy take?
[Inaudible]
[Jerry] Did you hear that?
[Jim] Shawn Michaels said we're not gonna have any BS count-out.
[Jerry] That's not what he said.
They'll fight until they get back in the ring. I agree that's…
I gotta admire Shawn Michaels, he's calling down the middle.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Over half an hour Shawn Michaels has officiated a hell of a match.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] A double count-out wouldn't affect the score anyway,
that's why Shawn said we'll not have one of those.
[Jim] And The Rock.
[Jerry] I know that, like I said I gotta admire The Rock's strategy here.
He keeps going back to Triple H's leg
because he knows that's Triple H's weak point at this time
but you know The Rock would love to just start landing some smack down on him.
[Jim] And that might happen.
The Rock is maybe looking for another Rock Bottom.
-[grunts] -[Jim] Oh, and a hard right hand.
[Jerry] Some smack, but look at that, JR,
you could tell that the fatigue factor is really setting in now.
[Jim] On both guys, on both these athletes.
[Jerry] Who do you think is the most tired?
[Jim] That's hard to say.
And… Oh, face buster. Nice move there, that could do it there.
And Triple H going for it… No, not the pedigree.
-[Jerry] Piledriver, piledriver. -[Jim] Oh, the piledriver.
[Jerry] He's doing it all.
[Jim] Triple H went from the pedigree position to the piledriver.
[Jerry] Piledriver always works.
I know it.
-[audience cheering] -[machine beep]
-[Jim] The Game's now up three to one. -[announcer] The winner of the fall,
-Triple H. -[Jerry] Well…
[Jerry] Triple H, Count him again, this is no rest.
He still got him covered, Shawn.
[Jim] Triple H, I thought he may have gotten another cover right there, but…
-[Jerry] How much time has left? -[Jim] 27 minutes.
[Jerry] At this point, if were Triple H, you know what I'd do?
-[Jim] Put him in deepfreeze. -[Jerry] Right.
-I mean, you know, you just… -[Jim] Play defense.
-[Jerry] Yeah, you stay back. -[Jim] Take no chances.
[Jerry] Now you're talking. Are you sure you never wrestled before, JR?
[audience chanting]
[Jim] Just me and the English language a few times.
Right now, The Rock has to get back in this thing quickly.
[Jerry] He got a huge disadvantage.
[Jim] The clock now is a huge enemy to the WWE Champion.
And both of these men somehow are back up.
The Rock feeling the right hand by The Game.
The Game, you gotta believe he'll take no high risk
the next 26 minutes in chain.
[Jerry] I tell you one high risk The Game took.
He told us at the beginning of this match he'll do it on his own.
He sent Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and his wife, Stephanie to the back.
That was risky right there.
[Jim] And it was certainly… Again, if it was sincere,
it was a hell of a maneuver by The Game quite frankly.
-And… -[Jerry] Oh, The Rock exploded.
-He exploded, The Rock out of the corner. -[Jim] Where did that come from?
-[Jerry] Exactly right. Look at this. -[Jim] That caught Triple H unaware.
Triple H, however, reverses and catches The Rock. The pace has quickened here.
Here we go. There's a cover. There's a cover and a near fall.
[Jerry] Oh, I'm telling you, The Rock cannot…
He can definitely not afford to get down anymore to the Triple H.
[Jim] And these guys with 26 minute left, reached down and came up
with a hellacious offensive flurry that took it to another gear.
My question is, where are they getting it? Where is it coming from?
[Jerry] I don't know but I think Triple H has thought something more devastating.
-Why is The Game, JR? -[Jim] The Game now up on top.
-And I don't know, look out. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this. Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] The Game got arm dragged right off the top rope.
And now both these men are down.
[Jerry] Triple H, that's not being defensive.
What are you doing now?
[Jim] They're in the ring.
-Shawn Michaels could count them both out. -[Jerry] That won't do any good.
[Jim] But it'll keep up the odds, the advantage still two for Triple H.
He's ahead three to one. Shawn Michaels is doing his job.
And quite frankly, he's doing a hell of a good job.
[Jerry] Yeah, but I'm telling you, he's gotta keep counting here,
but if somebody's pops up…
Looks like The Rock is about to get to his feet and other one doesn't.
Rock's almost up, is he at nine?
-[Jim] He's at eight, and The Rock… -[Jerry] Rock is up.
-[Jim] Almost up. -[Jerry] Oh, Rock is up.
[Jim] Triple H is stirring. The count stops at nine.
-And The Rock [inaudible] The Rock. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Jim] The Rock's best offense tonight has been those right hands.
Sends one Rock Bottom.
[Jerry] Those gone all throughout Freedom Hall here.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And The Rock letting freedom ring with those big time right hands.
[Jerry] I'd think this would be a good time to get outta there, Hunter.
Take a powder.
[Jim] If Triple H got counted out, it would still be up one.
[Jerry] I don't mean get out there and get counted out,
I mean, just take nine count or something.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Rock not too late for the reverse elbow
knocking down the game.
You know, The Rock-- Pin delivered here. There's a pin, one, two.
And that was close.
And The Rock now, quickening the pace.
And a high knee by The Game caught The Rock to the face [inaudible]
How close was that?
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Four to one would've been impossible to come back.
[Jim] You're right. That might've been insurmountable for The Rock.
I don't think the Rock can afford with twenty-three and a half minutes left
to lose another decision.
[Jerry] Rock's cut, he's bleeding.
[audience chattering]
These guys are just…
I bet he's asking Shawn how much time is left.
Rock, I can tell you…
-[Jim] Maybe not enough. -[Jerry] Almost 24 minutes left to go.
Rock took a shot above his right eye. That won't stop him.
We've seen Triple H bust The Rock over before.
[Jerry] Look, Triple H sees that blood and he's going for it like a shark.
[Jim] After their bodies have ravaged in concrete.
After they've done everything to each other.
I don't know how these two studs are standing.
And maybe I just answered my own question.
[Jerry] I think Triple H is about not be standing.
-[Jim] Triple H reverses the Rock. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Jim] And caught him a sleep, oh, what a smart move. The sleeper hold.
[audience cheering]
The Rock, as is Triple H's very fatigue.
And Triple H coming up a full blood to the brain.
The Rock has gotta counter somehow.
[Jerry] Yeah. But Triple H hasn't got around good.
He's gotta get around behind The Rock.
Get around, make your way behind The Rock where you get that pressure fully on him.
[Jim] But you've got a factor in it.
[Jerry] He's on it, but he's on the side, it wouldn't work.
[Jim] 'Cause he got a factor in there, fatigue.
[Jerry] Oh, he's got him now. He's behind The Rock.
[Jim] Triple H has got that Figure Four locked in.
-[Jerry] Figure Four? -[Jim] Or the sleeper.
I'm thinking Figure Four of The Rock, I'm sorry.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Come on. I think he's out.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Referee's gotta check the Rock's arms.
And the Rock is fading. And fading fast and so may be the WWE title.
[Jerry] If he keeps that sensed up, do you realize that…
I mean, If the Rock goes out here, Triple H couldn't…
I mean, he could more than one fall. He could get two, maybe three.
[Jerry] Oh, my…
[Jim] Now, The Rock holding on somehow, some way.
And now, Triple H gaining unfair advantage.
[Jerry] He's getting that extra leverage.
[Jim] Shawn Michaels down, and checking on The Rock, didn't see the feet.
[Jerry] Maybe he did.
[Jim] And of course, The Game denied that he was using the ropes
for additional leverage.
That can't be surprising.
[Jerry] I'm getting a bad feeling about Shawn Michaels,
he's always been controversial.
I got a feeling something's gonna happen here with Shawn Michaels.
[Jim] Shawn Michaels have been marred a controversy on this company for 12 years
since the first day he came here with Marty Jannetty.
[Jerry] Look at this. Rock's going down.
[audience cheering]
-[Jerry] I think he's going out. -[Jim] The Rock holding on.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] And again, The Game,
and this time The Game got caught.
-Shawn Michaels did some officiating here. -[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look at this.
-I told you, JR. -[Jim] Almost 40 minutes have gone by.
Triple H up three to one.
[Jerry] See, as soon as I said it, here it goes.
[Jim] The Rock taking Triple H with the three, four right hand.
Again, Triple H counters,
he reverses the whip and goes right back with a sleeper.
And The Rock countered with a belly-to-belly.
And both men are down. Both men are down.
[Jerry] Rock needed to capitalize on it, but I don't think he can.
He's got 20 minutes to get two falls.
[audience chattering]
Oh, he's trying to pull himself over.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Boy, this… The hour, the intimidating hour.
-We've gone 40 minutes. -[Jerry] Oh, here it is.
There's a cover. One, two, three, no. Not three. It was close.
I mean, a long, long two.
[Jerry] That not only takes it physically outta the Rock,
it takes it out of him emotionally.
He knows he needs it, he came back close to getting it
and then it was snatched away from him.
[Jim] Both men back up somehow.
And The Rock goes back to that big time right hand of his.
He's dancing with what brung him, the right hand.
[Jerry] Oh.
-[Jim] The Rock, outta nowhere, had a DDT. -[Jerry] That did it.
-[audience cheering] -[Jim] And the Rock pulls within one.
[announcer] The winner of the fall, The Rock.
[Jim] At 19:20 left. The Rock pulls within one.
[Jerry] Triple H is still at it. He's still up in this.
But if The Rock covers him again, he could get another quick fall, Rock.
[Jim] Easy to say, King.
You've been in there for an hour, you know how it is.
Your body, your mind starts playing tricks on you.
[Jerry] It's miserable. I'll guarantee you, it's miserable.
But you gotta keep your senses, you gotta think or you won't win.
[Jim] And now, for some reason, The Rock with Triple H by the hair,
is bringing the challenger on the outside.
[Jerry] So, you're just… The problem is, when you're this tired, JR,
you're not thinking straight
and when you get your head bounced off the steel steps,
you're not thinking at all.
[Jim] The Rock somehow, someway, overcame the sleeper.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Uh-oh. Hey, oh, hey. I don't… I don't like this.
Get him in the ring. Shawn, you gotta get…
I don't know what The Rock… Look out.
[Jim] Oh, Triple H's head bounced off this wooden table.
He's… It's a wonder, he didn't get busted open there
from that shot, face first on the ring table,
the timekeeper's table.
[audience screaming]
-[Jerry] Oh, The Rock got it. -[audience chattering]
[Jim] Good God almighty.
[Jerry] They're dangerously close, I don't like this.
[Jim] They're in a desperate state to say the least.
[Jerry] Shawn, could you please get them back in the ring?
-[Jerry] Oh, my, wait, JR, a chair. -[Jim] Triple H has got a chair.
Shawn Michaels disarmed Triple H.
[Jim] Right hand by The Rock. Another right hand.
[Jerry] You know what, Shawn may have saved Triple H from a disqualification.
-[Jim] Oh, man. -[Jerry] Oh, my God!
[Jim] That impact was sickening.
That sounded like a car crash. And looked like one too.
Triple H's anatomy, his shoulder into those steel steps was ugly.
And The Game now trying to create some distance
between himself and the WWE Champion.
-Listen to this impact. -[Jerry] And feel it.
[Jim] God, man.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, he's safe for the moment. 17 minutes left.
The Rock down one.
[audience screaming]
[grunts]
[Jim] Neck breaker on the outside by The Rock.
[audience screaming]
[Jim] And again, Shawn Michaels on the outside
with Triple H up one, three to two.
-A double countout wouldn't change the… -[Jerry] Means nothing. Means nothing.
Rock, you need to get back in the ring, you're down. I've gotta do it in the ring.
[Jim] I think he knows and feels that, he senses that, does the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] He needs to hit about four or five people's elbow right in a row.
[audience cheering]
-[Jim] The Rock… -[Jerry] And I think Triple H just…
He's finally figured out what we said. Trying to avoid… Uh-oh.
-[Jerry] Here comes the chair again. -[Jim] He's got the chair on The Rock.
-[Jerry] What are you doing? -[Jim] He's calling for the bell.
-[machine beeps] -[Jerry] Triple H, what are you doing?
[Jim] That's a disqualification.
[announcer] The winner of the fall as a result of a disqualification, The Rock!
-[Jerry] What the… -[Jim] So, we're tied.
[Jim] That was half-dirty call by Triple H's friend, Shawn Michaels.
[Jerry] That was a stupid, I think Triple H didn't think
that Shawn would call that because they're friends.
[Jim] The Game has got…
-[audience cheering] -[machine beeps]
[Jim] The Game just pinned The Rock. Goes back up one.
[announcer] The winner of the fall, Triple H.
[Jerry] Boy, how smart is The Game, did you see that?
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look, the Rock is busted.
[Jim] That's why Triple H used the chair on The Rock.
And The Rock has been busted open by that steel chair shot to his head.
-[Jerry] You're right. -[Jim] Triple H just… He just…
[Jerry] The Rock is asking Shawn, how bad am I?
He's asking Shawn Michaels, how bad am I busted?
[Jim] The other issue is, The Rock is down one
with just over 15 minutes to go in this WWE Iron Man Matchup.
The Rock has been busted open.
[Jerry] I gotta say that was probably one of the most brilliant thing
I've ever seen done in this business.
You gotta hand it to The Game, he laid The Rock's head wide open.
He knew that toll that was going to take.
And then, he snuck right in and got the advantage again.
[Jim] Fifteen minutes left. Three quarters of the way home
-in this matchup. -[Jerry] Shawn…
[Jim] And Triple H sacrificed a disqualification to inflict the damage
and the pain on The Rock with that chair shot to The Rock's skull.
[Jerry] Now, let me ask you this, JR, what would happen if…
If that blood, you can see how it's flowing outta the Rock's head.
Can Shawn Michaels stop this? What if he stops it?
[Jim] I've no idea if that's good factor into rules, King, to be honest with you.
Sleeper hold now, applied by The Game.
[Jerry] We can only say and think how proud Stephanie must be of her man
watching back there from her suite.
[Jim] The Rock got hammered with a steel chair.
He's gotta be literally out on his feet.
And The Game going back with that sleeper hold
to restrict the flow of blood to the brain
on the man that's already half knocked out.
I don't know if that's a good idea.
I'd try to let as much blood flow as possible.
Let the blood get in The Rock's eyes. Let him taste his own blood.
[Jim] That's what he's doing, King. He's squeezing his head.
For God's sake, man.
[Jerry] Yeah. But he's cutting the blood off to his head.
[Jim] Are you nuts?
The Rock is barely moving.
[Jerry] Are you questioning Triple H's strategy
-after bringing the chair… -[Jim] No. I'm questioning your logic.
Shawn Michaels checking the hand. The chair shot and this sleeper hold
-and this is a good… -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Jim] Rock trying to hold on. Rock trying to grab hair, anything he can.
That's gotta be nothing but adrenaline getting the WWE Champion back into it.
Guts, adrenaline.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Those right hands, not as objective as they once were.
-[Jerry] Sleeper again. -[Jim] The Game right back to the sleeper.
[Jerry] I mean, if The Game could actually get piggy back.
If he could put all his weight on The Rock plus cutting of the blood supply
and the oxygen supply to The Rock's head, it'd be over.
[Jim] Thirteen minutes left in this matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
[Jim] Rock's eyes almost rolling back in his head.
[Jerry] I think I heard Shawn Michaels say this is it. And I agree.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Rock, his arms are not moving. His hands are not moving.
The Rock with that far, far away look in his eye.
[Jerry] You got that right.
[Jim] Now his eyes… He doesn't know where he is.
Look at that picture, JR, I hope you're taking notes.
-Who's The Game? -[Jim] Rock frothing at the mouth.
[Jerry] Rock's the great one…
-[Jim] One more drop. -[Jerry] …but Triple H's The Game.
-[Jim] And that's it. -[machine beep]
[Jim] And Triple H goes up two at 12:30.
[announcer] The winner of the fall, Triple H.
[Jerry] Now, hold on. Get another one.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And Shawn Michaels warning Triple H to break the hold.
[Jerry] Hey, look at this, wait a minute now.
[Jim] And Michaels is breaking the hold all right.
You've gotta break the hold after the decision is rendered.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Jim] You can go back to it.
-Uh-oh. Look out here. -[Jerry] Look out is right.
[Jim] HBK and the Triple H having more than words.
-[Jerry] Triple H, keep your cool. -[Jim] The clock at 12 minutes remaining.
-[Jerry] Think. You gotta think now. -[Jim] With the Rock down two falls.
[Jerry] Defense. Be defensive. Don't alienate the referee.
-[Jim] Don't get disqualified. -[audience screaming]
-[Jim] You'll lose a fall there. -[Jerry] Triple H has got too much pride.
[Jim] You gotta use some logic. You can't be emotional in this,
-in a very emotional situation. -[Jerry] Pride come before a fall.
-Be careful. -[Jim] Rock, look at The Rock.
Rock don't have clue where he is. He can barely stand.
He got hit in the head with a chair. His head's been busted open.
But he comes back with a right. Triple H walked into a right hand.
Another right hand. The Rock in a desperation move here.
[Jerry] You got that right.
I don't know where he gets it but he's getting it.
-Oh, my God! -[Jim] Oh, my God!
[Jim] And the cameraman is down. Triple H is down.
[Jerry] That cameraman may be knocked out.
[Jim ] And The Rock is down two falls
with eleven minutes to go in this WWE Iron Man Matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] My God, what a match this has been.
-[Jim] Here comes The Rock. -[Jerry] This has been awesome.
[audience chanting]
[Jerry] And it's far from over.
[Jim] They've hammered each other, near 50 minutes.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Back into the ring.
[Jim] The Rock knows he can't win it on the outside.
He's gotta get The Game back in the ring.
The Rock has gotta get a fall and he's gonna get it quick.
[Jerry] He's got 10 minutes. Look at this, watch this, JR.
[Jim] This is some impact.
[Jerry] Triple H over the ropes right into our cameraman.
[Jim] Cameraman will get some hazard pay for this one.
[Jerry] One more shot at this.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Triple H just nailed the Rock, and there could be another cover,
this will put the nail in the coffin, this would put it outta reach,
and The Rock got his shoulder up.
[Jim] Somehow, someway,
the WWE Champion got his left shoulder off the canvas at the 10-minute mark.
[Jerry] You're right, that would've definitely, as you said,
put it outta reach. I'm afraid it's outta reach already.
Look at that, five to three with 9:57 to go.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Over 50 minutes has elapsed.
[Jerry] Every precious second that ticks off that clock goes against The Rock.
And again, The Game going up top, may not be the most entertaining move…
[audience cheering]
-[Jim] …but he wanted to… -[Jerry] Be defensive.
The Game is… Was that ego? Was he just idle?
-Why would he take a high-risk move? -[Jerry] His ego is huge.
And The Rock using Triple H's head like a punching bag.
[Jim] Uh-oh.
[audience cheering]
-[Jerry] Hang on, Triple H. -[Jim] The Rock pugnacious and a headbutt.
Well, that's a…
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Triple H has rarely used that maneuver,
that one's gotta be out of desperation.
[Jerry] Right, 'cause that's gotta hurt Triple H as much as it does The Rock.
[Jim] The Game trying to navigate on that second turnbuckle.
The Rock returns with a right hand.
[Jerry] I don't think The Rock got enough power left to do this.
-[Jim] Oh, this is gonna take the toll. -[Jerry] Oh, my God!
[Jim] A superplex off the top. A superplex off the top.
-It's knockout time at 8:45. -[Jerry] What kinda time? Come on, Rock.
Come on, Triple H. Well, somebody's gotta do something here.
[Jim] The supreme gut check, is how we described it earlier.
It has never been more prominent than here and now.
Five!
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] [Inaudible], JR,
but look, every time The Rock's head is down, a pool of blood.
[Jim] The Rock trying to roll over, he can get an arm, a body, something.
[Jerry] He needs it. And there's Rock with the cover.
Oh, my God, how close?
And that may have been The Rock's last chance.
-[Jerry] I think you're right. -[Jim] Triple H up five to three.
-[Jerry] I think The Rock's realizing it. -[Jim] We're eight minutes left.
[Jerry] It's slipping away and he knows it.
[Jim] Just under eight minutes to go
where Triple H with an apparent insurmountable lead here
of two falls.
[Jerry] Rock, somehow you gotta go. You've gotta reach way down in there.
[Jim] Oh, Rock catching Triple H with a hellacious elbow but…
[Jerry] Both of these guys are exhausted, they're sweating, they're bloody.
The Rock with those rights.
Now, Rock lost amount of blood here.
He's gotta be losing a lot more strength from that blood loss,
thanks to Triple H and that vile chair shot just a few minutes ago.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Jim] And The Rock, if he pulls this out, it'll be a miracle.
But if anybody he can do it, it's the People's Champion. It's The Rock.
[Jerry] He's a miracle man, all right, but, JR, I don't… With 6:57 left…
[audience cheering]
…I don't think that there are many miracles left for The Rock.
If Triple H somehow gets one more fall, it's definitely over. Uh-oh.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Oh, what's he doing here? Triple H down and The Rock…
Oh!
The Rock catapulted Triple H face-first into the ring post.
Steel meets skull at six and a half minutes left.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] The Rock's gotta get two falls.
Remember, a tie, a tie is as good as win for the champion.
[Jerry] Yeah, but it takes two to tie at this point, JR, two to tie.
[audience chattering and screaming]
-[Jim] Triple H. -[Jerry] Oh, look out.
[Jim] That was a huge move, a huge move at this point in the match
for Triple H who reversed The Rock.
[Jerry] Look at the time, Rock, you'll have to get back in the ring.
The Rock trying to get the feeling back in that right arm.
[Jim] We're under six minutes,
under six minutes with Triple H up two falls, five to three.
[Jerry] Triple H has done it.
[Jim] Triple H can shut down the offense, it would seem. Stay away.
Put this thing in a delay. Hey, wait a minute, hey. Now, I don't…
[screaming]
-[Jerry] What's he doing? -[Jim] Triple H is…
-[Jerry] He just pulled out my monitor. -[Jim] Triple H, come on.
He pulled out mine, too.
-[Jim] I don't like how this looks at all. -[Jerry] I don't either.
[Jim] I mean, it's not that we can't work without a monitor but…
[Jerry] I can't work without a monitor, I've no idea…
[Jim] Oh, look out, oh, my God! I'm leaving.
Right hand. Right hand. The Rock is in a helpless state here.
[audience screaming and cheering]
[Jim] The Rock down… The Rock down on our table.
Triple H has set the table to destroy The Rock.
-The table has been set, King. -[Jerry] What's gonna happen here?
[Jim] My God, how long this has been?
[audience cheering]
-[Jim] Less than five minutes to go. -[Jerry] This is it for The Rock.
-[Jim] Less than five minutes to go. -[Jerry] He's doing a Rock Bottom.
[Jim] It'll be all… Uh-oh, but The Rock fighting back.
Triple H was gonna use the Rock Bottom.
Wait, The Rock. Not the pedigree. Oh, my God!
[Jim] The table didn't break.
But Triple H's skull may have cracked right on the table.
[Jerry] Watch it.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] My God, that was… What a car crash.
The Game's face bouncing off the table that did not break.
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels is trying to tell him, four minutes left.
Four minutes left. Look at The Rock. And Shawn Michaels using his count,
Triple H's face has been battered into our table.
-Uh-oh. -And The Game with a bloody mask.
[audience] …six, seven…
[Jim] Triple H, you're getting counted out.
-[audience] …nine, ten! -[Jim] It's at nine, ten.
And The Rock takes the fall.
-The Rock is down one at 3:50. -[announcer] The winner of the fall
as a result of a countout, The Rock.
-[audience cheering]
[Jim] As the Rock was bleeding earlier, Triple H is bleeding profusely here.
-[Jerry] Triple H, look at the time. -[Jim] Wait a minute.
-[Jerry] Three minute, hey. -[Jim] The damn McMahons are back.
[Jerry] This should help him get through the last three and half minutes.
[Jim] Triple H said he wanted to do it alone
and maybe he did and maybe he does, but why are the McMahons back?
[Jerry] I don't know, but Triple H is a bloody mess.
-He's in horrible shape, fellows. -[audience chanting]
[Jim] We're surrounded a pool of Triple H's blood here.
-He may be counted out again. -[Jerry] Three minutes and ten seconds.
[Jim] Triple H is in danger of being counted out again.
[Jerry] Shawn, what are you doing?
-[Jim] He's up to five. -[audience] …six, seven…
-[Jerry] He gotta get in there, somehow. -[Jim] Triple up one fall.
-[audience] …eight. -[Jim] Oh, he got in.
And The Game is back in.
Can The Game hold on for two minutes and fifty seconds?
Look at those rights by The Rock. He's going for smack down.
A rush of adrenaline.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] The 28-year old WWE Champion almost beheaded The Game.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] Look at this, they're taking it to another gear here.
With two and half minutes left, The Rock gotta get a decision.
DDT, a DDT.
-[Jerry] Look at Shane. -[Jim] And Shane McMahon.
Shane McMahon up and Vince knocked down.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Spinebuster, spinebuster.
[Jerry] Here it is down. This is what The Rock needed.
[Jim] Seventeen thousand on their feet, DX is at ringside, too.
[Jerry] It's the most electrifying move, the People's Elbow.
He hit it.
-[Jim] People's elbow. -[audience] One, two, three!
-[Jerry] It's tied up. -[Jim] It's tied up.
[announcer] The winner of the fall, The Rock.
Hey, look at this.
[Jim] Shane McMahon pulling Shawn Michaels outta the ring.
[Jerry] They're nose-to-nose, JR. What'll happen next?
[Jim] Shawn Michaels just knocked down Shane.
Shawn Michaels right hand on Vince McMahon.
[Jerry] Linda, what have you done with the McMahons? Look at this.
[Jim] We're tied with a minute thirty to go in this hellacious war.
[Jerry] Road Dogg in the ring, here comes X-Pac.
[Jim] There's no referee, oh, Shawn's back up.
Oh, Shawn, oh, God almighty. Shawn Michaels face-first…
Oh… There's the Rock Bottom.
[Jerry] What is this?
[girls] I pray my soul is mine to keep.
[Jim] The Rock is being pummeled in the ring.
[girls] And never set outside this bed.
[Jim] The Rock, it's four-on-one in the ring.
-[Jerry] But what is this music? -[Jim] Shawn Michaels has been hurt.
[girls] Now back from the dead.
[Jim] What the hell?
[tense music playing]
-[motor revving] -[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, my God!
-[Jim] It's The Undertaker. -[Jerry] What?
[audience cheering]
[Jim] It's The Undertaker.
He's coming for McMahon, you gotta believe or is he?
[Jerry] Yes?
[Jim] The Undertaker is whooping ass.
The "Phenom"… chokeslam to hell.
[Jerry] Look out, Vince, get away.
[Jim] Oh, right hand by The Undertaker, knocking McMahon out.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Oh, my God, this is carnage.
The Undertaker is destroying whoever… oh, my God!
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
And Triple H saving his wife.
[Jerry] Look at the time.
-Look at this. -[Jim] No. Look out. Don't do it.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Shawn Michaels… That was a chokeslam.
He's chokeslam, The Undertaker chokeslam The Game.
[Jerry] Tombstone, tombstone.
-It's already over. -[bell ringing]
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] What just happened?
[Jim] I think Shawn Michaels was trying to tell The Undertaker
not to chokeslam The Game,
not only did The Undertaker chokeslam The Game,
he gave him a piledriver.
[inaudible]
[Jim] What's the decision here?
[Jerry] Wait a minute, did you hear?
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, as a result of a disqualification
due to outside interference,
the winner of the fall…
[audience cheering]
[announcer] Triple H,
therefore the winner of the match
and new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Triple H.
[Jim] Oh, man, that's a heartbreaker. That's a heartbreaker.
[rock music playing]
[Jim] I mean, as Shawn Michaels trying to reason with The Undertaker.
That's what'll happen.
[Jerry] And, JR, not only that, I think the clock had expired.
I think the time had expired.
-[Jim] You might be right. -[Jerry] I gotta question this, myself.
[Jim] I thought The Undertaker got the chokeslam in during the time.
I thought that's what the disqualification was for.
[Jerry] I heard the buzzer for the… It signaled the end of the match.
[Jim] And you might be right.
[Jim] The Rock has lost the WWE title in another match
that is still with controversy.
[Jim] Triple H is the WWE Champion.
Triple H is the King of the Ring.
This is just not right.
Subtitles by: Ed Boon .