[woman 1] As I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my soul is mine to keep.
And never step outside this bed
into all the evil.
[woman 2] Every dream you follow,
every deed you've done,
has brought you to this moment…
face-to-face with destiny.
[Triple H] I am gonna chew you up and spit you out.
[Nash] Triple H, you're a dead man.
[Jim] These men are beating the hell out of each other.
They will destroy each other.
[Michael] The champion Brock Lesnar versus The Big Show in a stretcher match.
[woman 3] The stretcher match is the most barbaric,
brutal match that there is in this business.
I am not Hulk Hogan.
[Vincent]What you gonna do when Vincent Kennedy McMahon
rips the red, white, blue off of you and destroys you?
What you gonna do? What you gonna do?
[woman 2] Have you had a good life?
Are you proud of who you are?
[evil laughs]
Were you crippled by fear?
Are you ready to accept your fate?
Judgment Day is upon us.
God have mercy on their souls.
[narrator] And now RAW, SmackDown present…
WWE Judgment Day.
-[audience cheering] -[fireworks blasting]
[upbeat music playing]
-[fireworks blasting] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] With four championships at stake, representing both RAW and SmackDown,
we welcome you live to Charlotte, North Carolina
and we welcome you to Judgment Day.
Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler representing RAW.
And King, what a ruckus atmosphere tonight in Charlotte.
Oh, these fans are pumped, JR, and they have good reason to be.
Judgment Day, it don't get any bigger than this.
It's gonna be unbelievable.
A joint production of RAW and SmackDown
as we take you now to ringside to Michael Cole and Tazz.
Thanks, JR and King. We are so excited to be here,
you're with your people here tonight in Charlotte.
Some great matches including the stretcher match, Brock Lesnar,
Big Show for the WWE title.
It's gonna be a rocking, bust a stretcher match,
WWE Championship on the line. It's gonna be barbaric.
And we're joined by our Spanish colleagues as well,
Hugo Savinovich and Carlos Cabrera.
[speaking in Spanish]
-["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] And here he comes, ladies and gentlemen.
The Co-General Manager of RAW
and without a doubt America's favorite beer drinker,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin headed to the ring.
This is Austin's first pay-per-view as Co-General Manager of RAW.
And King, I just got a feeling
that before this night is over we're gonna be saying, "Oh, hell yeah."
[Jerry laughs]
[Jerry] These fans already saying, "Oh, hell yeah."
[Jim] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
being the Co-General Manager of RAW three weeks ago by Linda McMahon.
[Jerry] I realized that and I know these fans are all…
They're loving to see the rattlesnake, but I got a question for you, JR.
Do you have any idea why he's out here right now to start the Judgment Day?
[Jim] I got no idea. There's no telling why Stone Cold is out here,
but knowing Stone Cold, he's not just passing through town.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Jim] Got something he wants to say…
here at Judgment Day.
[Jerry] Oh, Stone Cold is here
where's the Co-General Manager Eric Bischoff?
[Jim] Oh, you had to ruin it, didn't you?
-Trying to bring him up. -[Jerry] I'm just wondering.
[Jim] What an ovation for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin here in Charlotte.
It's good to be here in Charlotte.
[audience cheering]
Looks like a good time. I see a lot of loud, loud,
hell-raising rednecks.
-[audience cheering] -[Jerry laughs] Yeah
Believe it or not, I didn't come out here to cut a real long-winded promo
that said about Stone Cold Steve Austin.
I'm gonna make… Believe it or not, I'm gonna make it real short and sweet.
-[audience cheering] -I'm not gonna run my mouth,
sit here in the middle of ring, take a bunch of time
because there's a lot of badass matches tonight.
[audience cheering]
So as a Co-General Manager of RAW,
I'd like to welcome everybody here to Judgment Day.
I'm going watch this show just like you. I'm gonna watch your show.
I'm gonna sit down.
But I'm not just gonna sit down in the back, in a locker,
in a chair, in the bathroom, out in the closet.
I'm gonna bring my ass right up there in redneck heaven.
I'm gonna sit up there.
[Jim] What?
I'm gonna sit out here with you guys
in my own personal little sky box and I'm gonna drink beer.
-I'm gonna raise hell. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
I'm gonna watch every single match and have a damn good time in the process.
[audience cheering]
How you doing, Tazz? Hey, throw me a damn beer. I'm thirsty already.
-[Jerry Oh, no. -Let the beer drinking begin.
[Jim] Yeah, the rattlesnake is sitting up in the cheap sits.
How you doing, Tazz?
[Jim] There ain't no blue laws in Charlotte, I guess.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
-You want to drink a beer with Stone Cold? -[Jerry] Look at this.
Drink beer on the job and nobody can fire you.
-Here's to you, Tazz. -Yeah, baby.
[Jerry] Look at Tazz's in a suit.
[Jim] Stone Cold going right through the crowd here it looks like.
[Jerry] What the heck?
[Jim] Going up to redneck heaven as he calls it.
[Jerry] Yeah. Rednecks don't usually get to sit in skyboxes.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[Jerry] Don't spill his beer.
[Jim] Stone Cold going right up the steps in this massive crowd here.
He's trying not to spill any of that cold beer.
[Jerry] Right!
[Jim] America's favorite beer drinker don't wanna spill any cold beer.
[Jerry] That's why Austin never drinks and drive.
He might hit a bump and spill some. Look out. Watch it.
Look how happy he is.
["Basic Thuganomics" playing]
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is a six-man Tag Team match
scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring from West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing in at 248 pounds, John Cena.
[Michael] By the way, I cannot believe that you wasted a good beer.
-[Tazz] Drank the thing. -Yo, yo, yo, yo. Chill. Chill.
This is Thuganomics, but tonight I'm baptized.
Now I got family ties with the FBIs.
Tonight, we handing out a special two for one black eyes.
It's like a mafia movie I have you cheering the bad guys.
[audience cheering]
'Cause we're really good fellas, making you offers you can't refuse.
Have you jumping off the pier in some concrete shoes.
Will beat you down so bad you can't identify the body.
You get baked like manicotti with the new John Gotti.
So don't mess with Nunzio, Palumbo, or Stamboli.
You'll be sleeping with the fishes getting stuffed like Ravioli.
I changed my name to Corleone like The Godfather flick.
Your girl likes Italian sausage, 'cause she swallowed my…
-[audience cheering] -[Tazz laughs]
[Tazz] Oh, man, I'll tell you,
Judgment Day is starting off with a bang, Cole.
We got to get Stone Cold [inaudible] up.
[Tony] And his partner being accompanied to the ring by Nunzio,
at a combined weight of 530 pounds,
Chuck Palumbo, Johnny Stamboli, full blooded Italians, FBI.
[Michael] All I could say is the FBI has been extremely impressive in recent weeks,
now hooking up with John Cena tonight
after all hell broke loose this past Thursday on SmackDown.
It was Chris Benoit versus John Cena but the FBI would get involved.
FBI inserting themselves in this match-up
right as Chris Benoit got John Cena in that cross face, but boom, The Bull,
Johnny The Bull coming out.
But it would be Rhyno and then Spanky buddies of Chris Benoit
coming to the aid of The Rabid Wolverine.
But you see, Nunzio taking out that injured knee of Rhyno
before the appearance of Spanky.
[Tazz] And then Spanky coming out.
Look at this, it's kind of a unique trio or quadruple.
What've we got? Cena, FBI, it's kind of three,
Four guys, right? Quadruplexo.
[Tony] Making his way to the ring from Detroit, Michigan,
weighing in at 275 pounds, Rhyno.
[Michael] So Rhyno set for action in this six-man Tag Team match-up.
[Tazz] I can't get my words. I'm a little drunk.
-[Michael] You had one sip of beer. -[Tazz] That's all it takes.
[Tony] From Olympia, Washington, weighing in at 181 pounds, Spanky.
[Michael] Spanky, and Rhyno, and this man, The Rabid Wolverine.
[Tony] And from Edmonton, Alberta, weighing in at 229 pounds,
Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] The ever stoic Chris Benoit.
All three men on a hop, they're in the ring.
[Michael] And the FBI and John Cena heading to higher ground
as we get set to kick off Judgment Day with some SmackDown action.
-Oh, look out! -[Tazz] Watch out, there's a banzai!
[Michael] Incoming over the top rope taking out Cena, Stamboli, and Palumbo.
And here we go.
-What action right out of the box. -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] That's Spanky, man, he'll take a risk. He's a daredevil.
[audience chattering]
[Michael] Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Spanky going to work here in this match-up.
Scores to settle in this match-up and here's one right in the ring.
John Cena and Spanky, a few weeks ago John Cena got all upset
because in my estimation Spanky out-rapped John Cena.
And then it was Spanky who cost Cena a match-up against Chris Benoit
just a couple of weeks ago.
[Tazz] Your estimation doesn't mean squat, Cole.
He did not, Spanky did not out-rap John Cena.
Don't lie to the people.
[Michael] I'm a shoelace and I know all about rapping.
And Spanky out-rapped John Cena.
[Michael] Oh, wow, what an enzuigiri to the back of the head of John Cena.
[Michael] Palumbo into the ring with a [inaudible] blow.
And here, the FBI now, Tazz, strength in numbers.
[Tazz] Woah, shoelace, you should be called whitey tighty,
[inaudible] shoelace?
[Michael] And Palumbo and Stamboli, The Bull do number on Spanky.
I'll tell you, the FBI with an impressive hit list over the past few weeks.
[Tazz] No doubt, Cole. You got to wonder who's next to join the FBI hit list.
These guys, The Full Blooded Italians, they don't sweat nobody. I like that.
[Michael] They've already taken out Rikishi, Nathan Jones,
The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, Chris Benoit has been on the hit list for a while.
[Tazz] Impressive, very impressive list, ain't no doubt about it.
[Michael] It is Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli who now tags in Palumbo.
Palumbo six-foot six, 280 pounds.
[Tazz] Packs a hell of a punch this Palumbo.
Right, there it is, that's what I'm saying.
Palumbo can kill you with a punch.
[Michael] Even Mr. McMahon seemed very impressed with Nunzio
and the rest of the FBI last week with this Mr. America situation.
[Tazz] Believe me, it's tough to impress Mr. McMahon.
I've been trying for years and I still haven't got it down, Cole.
-[Michael] He don't even know your name. -[Tazz] That bastard.
[Michael] Palumbo with the shots to Spanky.
And the FBI, The Full Blooded Italians,
in control in the early part of this match-up.
[Tazz] Look at that bear hug, the power of Chuck Palumbo.
[Michael] I still can't get over the fact
that Austin gives you a beer, you spill half of it on the table,
here's the cover by Palumbo and a kick-out.
You took a sip of it and you're out here half drunk.
[Tazz] Well, why didn't he give you a beer, Cole?
You're too young for God's sakes.
[scream]
[Michael] Back to the bear hug.
This crowd in Charlotte really behind Spanky.
And Spanky needs to make a tag. Palumbo keeping up the pressure.
[Tazz] Oh, man, Palumbo has got it.
Tons of size difference right here between these two athletes
and Palumbo squeezing Kendrick. Kendrick fighting back.
[Michael] Right hands.
-And look at Palumbo. -[Tazz] And the ankle…
[Michael] Isolates Spanky from his corner.
[Tazz] Isolate? He tried to decapitate the man's neck from his head.
[Michael] The FBI batting up with Palumbo The Bull, and Nunzio.
And when you add John Cena to the mix for this match-up, a pretty formative team.
Look at, did you see that? The leg scissors.
-And here's the… Benoit. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[Michael] And Chris Benoit who's been on the FBI hit list for some time now,
goes to work with a great suplex.
[Tazz] There goes The Bull right on front of us.
Rhyno clotheslines the mouth.
Watch out for the German. Wow!
[Michael] John Cena landing high and tight.
-And Benoit… -[Tazz] Here's another one!
…to Palumbo as well.
Well, a release German that time and Chris Benoit is rolling.
[Tazz] Oh, man, here we go. No warming up in The Bullpen.
Wolverine is gonna fly, Cole, Wolverine's got wings.
[Michael] Chris Benoit flies off the top rope.
-And Nunzio not even in this match. -[Tazz grunts]
[Michael] [inaudible] by Rhyno! [Tazz] Nunzio got burned like baked on CD.
[Michael] And The Bull…
[Tazz] And The Bull getting all happy, but Benoit nailed him from behind.
-[Tazz] Here goes Cena. Oh, tag. -[Michael] Spanky made a tag.
-Cena doesn't realize it. -[Tazz] Watch Spanky!
[Michael] Front kick from behind to the back of the head.
[Tazz] Thuganomics in the house. Come on, Cena!
[Michael] What a wild way to kick off Judgment Day.
[Tazz] SmackDown style, baby, there's sliced bread #2.
[Michael] And Spanky was going for sliced bread #2, Nunzio…
-[Tazz] Palumbo got him. -[Michael] Look, a backbreaker.
[Tazz] Look at The Bull in the top rope.
[Michael] The kiss of death from the FBI, the hook to the leg.
-Two, three. -[Michael] It's over!
-Nunzio provided the distraction. -[Tazz] Strength in numbers again.
[Tony] Here are you winners, John Cena and the FBI!
[Michael] Tell you, the FBI is so dangerous in those three on one.
And tonight, four on one situation.
[Tazz] Oh, The FBI, Full Blooded Italians,
Nunzio has got these men trained on how to use, play the numbers game.
And when you got John Cena up on your team,
that's a good way to go about things.
Kendrick got caught. Look at that eye. Wow. A hell of a shiner.
Blood in there possibly, I think.
[Michael] Spanky went for sliced bread #2, Nunzio interfered.
Spanky, Benoit, and Rhyno defeated tonight by the FBI and John Cena.
["The Full Blooded Italians" playing]
-Would you like a hot dog? -Yes, I do. I would.
-Ketchup? -Yeah. Put ketchup on it.
-You got any mustard? -We have mustard.
You want some mustard?
No, I like it. That's fine. That's fine. You got plenty of beer, right?
You got anything else? Got hamburgers?
-There's some hamburgers. -That's amazing.
-[audience cheering] -[audience booing]
Excuse me but exactly what the hell is going on here?
What do you mean? What are you doing here? This is my suite.
-Co-GM of… What are you doing here? -My suite?
You said it, Co-General Manager, that means 50/50, you know what I mean?
-Yeah. But I didn't invite you here. -Everything that we see here is 50/50.
So it's half yours. I see where you're going.
So, now you're gonna say that half this beer is yours.
As a matter of fact half the beer and half the food.
Well, then, can I make myself a wonderful host
and offer you this hotdog?
-Hotdog? -Here you go.
-Have at it, kid. Just made it myself. -Hotdog?
Yeah. I just made it myself. Go ahead and eat up.
Yeah, you know what, I don't think so.
No, no, no. You're saying that you don't appreciate my generosity?
That was a gesture of good faith. Now I'm happy.
You want a Martini or something to wash it now?
Martini, scotch and water maybe.
This beer thing just isn't working for me.
It's gonna have to work because we ain't got no scotch.
-What do you mean we ain't got no scotch? -We got beer. Do you want a beer?
-I'm offering you a beer. -Beer?
I'm offering you a beer. Say yes or no. It's a real easy question.
-All right, I'll have a beer. -Amanda, can you bring Eric a beer?
Yeah. Yeah. Come on down.
-So we're gonna have this beer together. -Yeah. Look.
Do you know how to open the top?
-Would you mind opening it for me? -Let me open the damn thing for you.
Jesus, there you go.
Uh, you drink it out of a can if you like.
I prefer mine in a glass, thank you very much.
-What are you, some kind of sissy? -No, I'm not a sissy.
Just would rather not get [inaudible] poisoning drinking out of a can.
-You think there's germs on the can? -Yeah. There's germs on it.
You don't ever know who touched that can. Thank you.
-All right, cheers. -Cheers
[audience cheering]
-Go to hell. -[Stone Cold] Drink up, kid.
[Jim] It's gonna be an interesting night in the Co-General Manager skybox.
And we are live here in Charlotte, North Carolina
again welcoming you and our worldwide audience
to Judgment Day and one of the match-ups on, from RAW…
We have a tag team match-up coming up momentarily,
but I can tell you, King,
there's several members of the Carolina Panthers
of The National Football League here at ringside tonight.
[Jerry] Check it out, guys. Yeah. Have a good time.
Just stay in your seats though. Look at those guys.
[Jim] Tag team match-up coming up momentarily,
a team that Stacy Keibler has assembled, Test, her boyfriend and Scott Steiner
against La Resistance, making their pay-per-view debut,
the French team here tonight.
Let's introduce ourselves [speaking in French] Rene Dupree.
[speaking in French] Sylvain Grenier.
And together, we are La Resistance.
We heard what you said, Scott Steiner.
All those Hollywood numbnuts that don't support our troops
can go straight to hell, or France, same difference.
[Jim] The French team, the La Resistance, had an issue with Scott Steiner.
They said they wanted to settle it in a peaceful way,
but that was not the French team's intention, King.
[Jerry] No, without a doubt,
these two guys have been all over Scott Steiner
and, oh, look at that.
They did some damage.
I never thought I'd see Scott Steiner get manhandled like that.
[bell ringing]
[Jim] And then a couple of weeks ago, another altercation.
Scott Steiner wading right into Grenier and Dupree
and then here would come Test in this tag team match-up.
And Test and Steiner seem to be, at least for the most part,
on the same page during that tag team encounter.
[Jerry] Yeah. And I think that's what Stacy Keibler sees something special
in the duo of Steiner and Test.
[Jim] Well she must have a great vision, 'cause I don't see what she sees in Test.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest is a Tag Team match
scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Paris, France,
at a combined weight of 507 pounds, La Resistance.
[Jim] King, I think you should consider getting yourself a beret.
You might look dashing in a beret.
-[Jerry] Well, no, look at you. -[Jerry] Am I hip?
[Jerry] These guys do look pretty dashing in a beret.
[Jim] Oh, stop.
[Jerry] You might want to replace that big 20 gallon head of yours.
[Jim] I don't, they don't allow berets in Oklahoma, I could tell you.
It's state law.
[speaking in French]
[Jerry] JR, do you like French wine?
[Jim] Well, no comment.
[Jerry] You probably think Dom Perignon is a mafia leader or something, don't you?
Why you Americans hate us?
[audience booing]
Is it just because we're French?
-[audience booing] -[Jerry laughs]
Isn't America called the great melting pot?
-[horn blows] -[audience chatter]
It seems the American government encourages its nation to hate the French.
[audience cheering]
Why?
It's obvious that your government promotes hatred.
[Jim] Wait a minute now.
It's a fact that all you Americans are nothing but barbarians.
[audience booing]
Sit back…
and marvel how we're gonna take care of those bullies.
-[Jim] Marvel? -[horn blaring]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-["Holla If Ya Hear Me" playing] -[audience cheering]
♪ Holla If Ya Hear Me ♪
["This Is A Test" playing]
[Jerry] There's something to marvel at.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Hey, wait a minute.
[Howard] Accompanied by Stacy Keibler,
at a combined weight of 554 pounds,
Big Poppa Pump, Scott Steiner, and Test.
[Jim] Well, King, I got to tell you, the look on Test's face
when his music was not played…
[Jerry] JR, did you see that?
That is a nice skirt she's almost wearing. Wow!
[Jim] Forty-one and a half inches long I heard.
-[Jerry] What's that? The skirt? Oh. -[Jim] The legs.
-[Jerry] She's got kind legs. -[Jim] What kind?
[Jerry] The kind I'd like to have wrapped around me.
-[Jim] All right, there you go. -[Jerry] Yes.
[Jim] Scott Steiner, a former University of Michigan wrestling all-American.
I was gonna say that it didn't look like Test is very happy
that it was Steiner's music being played instead of his.
And if I didn't know better, and I might be wrong on this,
-I think Test has got an ego problem. -[Jerry] You think?
[Jim] He should be the happiest man in the world.
He's got Stacy as his girlfriend.
He's a great athlete in the WWE competing on RAW.
[Jerry] He always seems to be in a sour mood, doesn't he?
[Jim] It seems that way. It is René Dupree
and Test starting it out in this tag team matchup.
-[Jerry] A slap to the face. -[Jim] I don't know how…
[Jerry] Look at that. Oh! Man!
[Jim] That's one of those barbarians the La Resistance are talking about,
not a barbaric American because Test is from Toronto.
There goes Grenier.
Sylvain Grenier and René Dupree comprise the team of La Resistance.
This is their first pay-per-view match and here comes Freakzilla.
[Jerry] Freakzilla.
Whoa. That's what he thinks of France, I believe.
[Jim] Scott Steiner might not do well in the United Nations.
And then again, he may do a hell of a job, who knows.
Steiner clubbing away at René Dupree.
Both Dupree and Grenier in their very early 20s.
And Grenier getting knocked down again.
This match is not going the way that La Resistance would have imagined.
[Jerry] No. What did La Resistance say, "Sit back and marvel?"
[Jim] Marvel.
[Jerry] Right now, they're probably marveling at the strength
in those big huge biceps of Scott Steiner.
[Jerry] Look at those, look at that.
[Jim] Good Lord, peaks and freaks are here.
And Scott Steiner drops the elbow and then drops 10.
[Jerry] No time to pin anybody. He's got push-ups to be done.
[Jim] It's got to be a little intimidating for your adversaries.
You knock them down, you could've covered,
but you're still catatonic in that situation with those push-ups.
And Grenier, that's three for three for Grenier.
-[Jerry] Look out here. -[Jim] And Steiner reversed
and hung up over that top rope.
And now Scott Steiner dumped to the outside.
Grenier on the outside, if he takes advantage,
he will, he should, and he is.
-[audience] USA! USA! -[Jerry] He should?
[Jim] If you got a game, you got to take the advantage when you get it.
And there's a cover. That's not going to get it done. I don't think. No.
Steiner's so strong here in the early going and…
[Jerry] JR, you don't speak French,
but I saw you trying to have a conversation with these two guys.
Do they really believe that our government promotes the citizens here
-to despise French people? -[Jim] A suplex and a cover!
[Jim] They believe that our government is influenced by our citizens.
They believe it's the people of America that have the huge problem,
and our government's not smart enough to do anything about it.
-[Jim] Look at Stacy Keibler. -[Jerry] I love that skirt.
I'm unsure if she's inside trying to get out or outside trying to get in.
That is so tight.
[Jim] She's young enough to be your daughter, you know.
[Jerry] What does that have to do with it at all?
[Jim] Nothing as far as you are concerned, but I just thought I'd bring it up.
Steiner back up that vertical base, going downstairs.
Yeah.
Grenier got the foot up
and Steiner made a charge like a big old Hertford Bull.
This French team certainly are together,
that's the thing that we're concerned about with Steiner and Test,
is really how much are they together?
There's a clothesline,
hook on the far leg and Grenier got a nearfall
on the powerful Scott Steiner.
[Jerry] I understand why Test has been a little upset lately.
It seems like every time he turns around, uh-oh, look at this.
Steiner could be in a lot of trouble here.
-Oh, she's on the other side. -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Steiner blocked the move by Dupree
coming off the top rope and then dumped Dupree right over the top.
[Jerry] But you got to admit that lovely young lady, Stacy Keibler,
has been found or seen in the arms of Freakzilla
-one too many times. -[Jim] And a tag.
[Jerry] Lately as far as Test is concerned.
[Jim] But not in a romantic way.
I mean, Steiner saved Stacy on a couple of occasions.
[Jim] Nice sidewalk slam by a man
that was a former Intercontinental Champion, Test,
who will be in the Intercontinental Title Battle Royal tonight.
Grenier tried to get a foot up, but Test ran right through it.
And now it looks like a pumphandle slam coming up.
-[Jerry] No, it's not. -[audience chatter]
[Jerry] No. You're right about Test. This guy has unlimited potential.
-[Jerry] He's a great athlete. -[Jim] Full Nelson slam,
and the hook on the leg. Dupree interrupted the count.
[Jerry] La Resistance no slouches themselves.
[Jim] Well, they're not, uh, very outstanding young team.
Steiner sent to the security wall.
-[Jerry] Oh, boy. -[Jim] And Test…
-Test [inaudible] -[grunt]
[Jim] Knocked down. There goes…
[Jerry] Is Test trying to show these guys exactly what he thinks of France?
Hey, that's a feet on the ropes!
-[Jim] Wait a minute. -Two.
[Jim] Well, these French men may talk about having honor and integrity,
but they certainly weren't displaying any on that exchange.
[Jerry] No, not above breaking rules too.
-[thud] -[grunt]
[Jim] Now, hard right-hand, Test down to his knees, Steiner back in.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[grunt]
[Jim] And Steiner took a Greco-Roman throw there.
-You throw and you release. -[indistinct chatter]
Referee is having a difficult time maintaining any semblance of order here.
These two teams are just slamming…
[Jerry] That should do it right there, come on, ref.
[Jim] Referee detained with Scott Steiner.
[Jerry] Look at Stacy Keibler!
[Jim] And Stacy trying to remind the referee…
-[Jerry] Listen to her, ref. -[Jim] …there's a match going on.
[Jim] And now Test is having words with referee Nick Patrick.
[Jerry] He had the guy pinned for like a ten count.
[chattering]
[Jerry] Oh, watch the dropkick, look out. Hey
[Jim] Stacy knocked off the apron right in the arms of Scott Steiner.
[Jerry] Steiner saved her again.
[Jim] And there's a roll up, the roll up, wait a minute.
Did he get three? No, a two count.
-[thud] -[Jim] Yeah, he got a two count.
Think he might have had [inaudible]. and there's René Dupree coming in.
Steiner, did Steiner make the tag?
I think Steiner made a blind tag, Steiner in.
[Jerry] That should do it right there. Did you see that?
[Jim] Yeah. That is nasty.
That is a wicked maneuver by Scott Steiner, modified DDT maneuver.
-[Jim] Steiner under hooking both arms. -[Jerry] Who's the legal man on here?
[Jim] And Test aiming for Grenier.
-[Jerry] I don't think it matters now. -[Jim] Almost beheaded Scott Steiner.
[Jerry] I think the referee may be as confused as we are right now
as to who, what men are legal.
[Jim] I think Steiner is the legal man,
I'm not sure who's legal from La Resistance,
but Steiner's lights have been down by that errant kick of Test,
and a flapjack, the double-team maneuver, the flapjack.
-[Jim] Grenier's got the cover. -[bell ringing]
[Jim] And Grenier and La Resistance pinning Scott Steiner…
[Howard] Here are your winners, La Resistance.
[Jerry] Now look at Stacy Keibler, she's all over Steiner.
He's all right, I think.
[Jim] She's just concerned, King. She's doing her job.
She put this team together, this young marketing guru.
And just checking on her, on one half of her team.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Jim] Boy, that's unprofessional to me.
-[Jim] That's… -[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute.
[Jim] She's showing that she's got a mind of her own.
[Jerry] Stacy Keibler, she just bowed up and is she making a choice here?
[Jim] What the hell does Test think he's doing?
Ordering her out the ring? What do you want her do next?
Make biscuits?
-[Jim] Look at this. -[Jerry] Check this out. Oh!
[Jim] Flapjack was what put down Scott Steiner, the double-team move.
But earlier in the match,
this is the downfall of Scott Steiner right here.
[Jerry] Well, this big dropkick put
Stacy Keibler right into the arms, the waiting arms of Scott Steiner.
[Jim] And I guess we're not gonna see that big shot right to the face.
Well, that was what put Steiner down.
[Jerry] Let me leave you with two precious words, Stacy Keibler.
-Hi, Mr. America, how are you doing? -Good to see you.
[chattering]
Mr. America.
-Who are you? -Gregory Helms.
Ace reporter for The Daily Globe.
Now, my sources tell me
that you're not who you claim to be, that underneath that star-spangled mask,
you're secretly Hulk Hogan. What's up with that?
Well, my sources tell me underneath this Armani-clad suit,
there lies a body of a superhero, a dude called The Hurricane.
What's up with that, dude?
Well, my sources are clearly idiots,
so good luck tonight in your match with Roddy Pipper, Mr. America.
Well, my sources are clearly idiots too. Good luck with your reporting, brother.
Eddie, according to Team Angle,
you have two options in regards to tonight's ladder match.
-Uh-huh. -You can either A,
take on team Angle in a handicap match or B, forfeit the match altogether.
Yeah, yeah, you know, I was hearing of those options, you see.
And it's very considerate of Team Angle to offer to that to me, Holmes.
But you know what, ese?
They forgot about option number three, ese.
And that's my right to go and find a tag team partner, ese.
Now let me tell you something, Josh,
it was very hard to find a partner to take Chavito's place.
You know, first because Chavito is familia.
But see, I needed to find somebody that was crazy
[speaking in Spanish]
Yet to not be totally right up here, if you know what I mean, ese.
But you know what, Holmes? Guess what? I've found one here, ese.
[speaking in Spanish].
[laughs]
Tajiri-San. Oh, here.
Let me crown you, ese. [speaking in Spanish]
Yeah, ese, you feel like familia now.
Hey, tell him what I'm teaching you already, ese.
The family tradition of Los Guerreros.
We lie, we cheat, we steal, ese
[speaking in Spanish]
Chavito, this one's for you, Holmes.
-["Medal" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Well, it's the champs, Cole.
["Medal" playing]
[audience] You suck! You suck!
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is a ladder match
and it is for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 489 pounds,
they are the Tag Team Champions,
Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas Team Angle.
[Michael] Last week on SmackDown,
Team Angle Shelton Benjamin stole one from Eddie Guerrero,
but Eddie Guerrero would get the last laugh.
[Tazz] Check this out.
Whoa, Eddie Guerrero ticking on his feet like a true veteran
and right here you'll see in a moment,
Captain Kurt Shelton Benjamin with a crispy hello.
[Michael] Will Eddie Guerrero get the last laugh tonight
with his new partner, Tajiri, in this ladder match?
[Tazz] Talk about unique. Tajiri and Eddie Guerrero?
["Viva La Razza" playing]
[Tony] And the challengers
at a combined weight of 434 pounds,
Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero's normal partner, his nephew, Chavo Guerrero
suffered a torn biceps during the SmackDown tour
in the United Kingdom.
Chavo had surgery last Thursday with the renowned Dr. Andrews.
We wish Chavo well, but tonight, it's Eddie and Tajiri
going the Tag Team Titles.
[Tazz] Yeah. Big up to Chavo sitting at home, get back soon, bro, man.
-Good luck. -[Michael] And here we go.
And this is the time as this match-up gets underway.
Again, it's a ladder match for the Tag Team Titles.
The rules are simple.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] There are no pinfalls.
-[Michael] There are no submissions. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
There are no count-outs. You can use those ladders as a weapon.
As you just saw, the championship belts are suspended high above the ring.
You use the ladders to climb up.
When you pull the Tag Team Titles down, you will win the Tag Team Gold.
[Tazz] Let's face it, Cole. It's an uphill battle for Tajiri and Eddie Guerrero.
These men have never even tagged before
and that they've never even wrestled each other before.
[Michael] What's going through the mind of the Tag Team Champions, Team Angle?
They thought they were heading into this match-up tonight
either a two-on-one affair against Eddie or a forfeit.
Now, they're taking out an opponent.
Well, they don't know too much about him, Tajiri.
[Tazz] Well, Team Angle eliminated one Guerrero
and now, can possibly eliminate the Eddie Guerrero
into that ladder smash earlier. I don't know where the hell Eddie's at.
[Michael] This is the last Team Angle here to double-team Tajiri
as Eddie Guerrero was taken out early on in the match-up.
Again, no pinfalls, no submissions,
so you wouldn't think a match like this would favor the mat-based style…
[Tazz] Well, here comes Eddie Guerrero.
He's up on his feet but, yeah, you might want to use some suplexes
or submissions to wear down your opponent, get the ladder in there
and try and climb to the top and grab those titles and to retain or win.
[Michael] Again, no tags will be made in this match-up.
First team to be able to climb the ladder
and pull the titles down will win the Tag Team Gold.
-[Michael] Tajiri's been taken out. -[Tazz] Oh, look at this.
[Michael] And now Team Angle begins the double team on Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] A knee driven into the ribs.
[Tazz] Beautiful gut buster by Team Angle. That's the teamwork.
And now, Team Angle contemplating on getting that ladder,
getting in there and climbing up to the top,
and getting their championships.
These guys don't even know where the hell the ladders are.
[Michael] Again, it's their inexperience.
Team Angle has never been in a ladder match [inaudible].
[Tazz] Cole, they are wrestlers, I mean…
What about, what about Guerrero and… Oh, they've got the ladder now.
Guerrero and Tajiri, these two men, like we said,
never even wrestled as partners before.
-[Tazz] Look at this. Tajiri! -[Michael] Oh, look at this!
[Michael] Oh, wow.
[Tazz] Don't think Tajiri got all of that. Again, that's the inexperience
as far as the team goes of Guerrero and Tajiri,
but Guerrero got that plunge. Well, missed it actually.
[Michael] We saw Shelton Benjamin side-step Eddie Guerrero.
And again the Tag Team champions, Team Angle,
are in control of this match-up.
Eddie Guerrero, the only individual of the four men in this match-up
who's ever been involved in a ladder match
and it was a great one last year against RAW's Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] Here we go. This could be the end of the match already, Cole.
Team Angle get up there and grab those championships,
those title belts.
[Michael] All Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin have to do
is climb the ladder, yank their Tag Team Titles down,
and they will retain the Tag Team Gold here in Judgment Day.
[Tazz] Here's Tajiri, but the ladder, I don't think the ladder was lined-up.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] The handspring, oh, back elbows.
[Michael] Tajiri saving the match-up for his team for the time being.
[Tazz] Very innovative right there,
very innovative by Tajiri with that handspring
and those double elbows into the ladder.
[Michael] The Japanese Buzzsaw, Tajiri,
and his partner Eddie Guerrero now stalking.
Wow, look at that ladder,
just glancing off the side of the head of Shelton Benjamin.
[Tazz] That was pretty good teamwork there.
[Michael] We see Eddie Guerrero "Latino Heat"
is trying to teach the Latino Heat to Tajiri
and Tajiri took a page book out of the Guerreros.
[Tazz] Look at this.
Bingo, knocking both Team Angle members right off the ladder.
[Michael] Uh-oh.
-Charlie Haas is in all kinds of trouble. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
-The ladder and… -[all grunt]
[Michael] Eddie and Tajiri split the difference.
-Oh, my God. -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Team Angle will be talking in a high pitch voice forever [inaudible]
[Michael] And that is completely legal in this match-up,
no disqualifications, no pinfalls, no submissions.
[Tazz] Oh, my God, poor guy, jeez.
[Michael] On the other side of the ring,
Eddie Guerrero with Tajiri bringing yet another ladder into the ring.
The ladder is not only used to tear down the tag team titles,
but can also be used as you just saw
-[Tazz] A weapon. -…as weapon.
[Tazz] And that's the key. You need to use those ladders as weapon,
as a weapon as Eddie Guerrero was well aware
of that's why him and Tajiri just did that.
[Michael] What do you think's going through the mind of Eddie Guerrero?
He has to be torn in this match-up, chance to win the tag team titles,
-but his nephew, Chavo is not here. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] But look out. Oh, my.
[Tazz] Oh, it's a red, white, and blue sandwich, Cole.
[Michael] Charlie Haas is in trouble.
Charlie Haas is in big trouble. Might be a big hilo.
Eddie Guerrero driving that steel ladder into the sternum,
the gut area of Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] But Guerrero felt it on his back and kidney area, sacrificing his own body.
Eddie Guerrero, and sometimes you need to do that
to wear down your opponent.
[Michael] You see Tajiri telling Eddie Guerrero,
now we have to seize the opportunity, set the ladder up,
take the tag team tittles down. Tajiri has that opportunity right here.
[Tazz] Tajiri get up there with that great leg stunts
maybe kick the title off there and catch it.
[Tazz] That would be good.
[Michael] Tajiri trying to climb the ladder.
There the Tag Team Gold, high above the ring.
Shelton Benjamin counters
and I think Tajiri's jaw just bounced off a rung of that ladder.
[Tazz] Is that a rung or ring?
-[Tazz] It's a rung? -[Michael] It's a rung.
[Michael] You're drinking too much beer. What about Tajiri?
From what I understand 24 hours ago,
he didn't have any idea he was even in this match-up,
-and look at Shelton Benjamin. -[Tazz] Oh, no!
[Michael] What a dropkick by Eddie plunging Shelton off the ladder.
[Tazz] Eddie recovered from that big Hilo with his own body on that ladder,
but Charlie Haas was still down from that sandwich laddered Hilo
I guess you call it.
[Michael] High drama, high danger in this ladder match
with the tag team titles on the line.
[Tazz] Latino Heat now.
Cooking up that temptest probably shifted into gear, Cole.
[Michael] What do you think the captain of Team Angle,
Kurt Angle, is thinking about?
[Tazz] Well, Kurt's at home in Pittsburgh recovering from that neck.
Oh, my God!
[Michael] Shelton Benjamin driving Eddie kidney first into the ladder.
[Tazz] I'm pretty sure it looked like a power slam driving Eddie Guerrero.
Shelton Benjamin did, into the steel ladder.
[Michael] Team Angle not doing too badly for themselves.
-[Tazz] Oh, what. Oh. -[Michael] And Tajiri…
[Tazz] Let's take another look at this, Cole. Let's see here.
Reversal duck on the, bam, right there, just driving Guerrero into the ladder.
Nice by Shelton Benjamin.
[Michael] The Tag Team Champions are in control of this match-up
as they look to retain the Tag Team Gold here tonight.
Shelton Benjamin set the ladder up
and here comes the double team perhaps on Tajiri.
[Tazz] But Haas is still hurt from that sandwiched Hilo.
Ooh, wow!
[Tazz] Tajiri chest first into that steel ladder.
Uh-oh. We've, I think I know what Shelton,
I mean, Shelton looked like he was going for that, well, maybe not.
[Michael] Those blows to the back of Tajiri from Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] Oh, no. Oh, Cole. We've seen Team Angle do this in the ring.
-[Michael] But not at this height. -[Tazz] But not on the ladder.
-[Michael] Never from this height. -[Tazz] Oh, my gosh.
[Tazz] Driving Tajiri into that steel ladder.
Did you see Tajiri's neck and his head snap
as Shelton Benjamin landed in the small of the back. Oh…
[Michael] I think Shelton hurt himself as well.
[Tazz] He might have hurt his crotch region,
but Tajiri, God, the pain shooting through that athlete's body.
Let's see that again.
[Michael] Take one more look as Charlie Haas sets up the ladder.
[Tazz] There's no reason for words here. Look at that.
-Oh, man. -[Michael] Tajiri's body
folding like an accordion as Charlie Haas climbs the ladder,
-trying to make it to the Tag Team Gold. -[Tazz] Oh, yeah, he's going up.
Charlie's going up, Cole. He's getting, he's gonna…
Eddie Guerrero's in the ring.
[Michael] Charlie Haas [indistinct] tipped away.
[Michael] And Eddie Guerrero sends Haas off the top of the ladder
-over the top rope to the ground below. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Tazz] Carnage everywhere.
That shows how important those Tag Team Championships are.
Team Angle wants to retain, and Tajiri, along with Eddie Guerrero,
wanna snatch and become the new champs.
[Michael] Take another look.
Look at the height Charlie Haas was up there.
[Tazz] See how Charlie lands here, Sprung off that top rope,
can't quite see where he landed. He landed on his head, on his bean.
[Michael] Can Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri capitalize?
Charlie Haas has been knocked out of this match-up
for all intents and purposes.
[Tazz] This is smart by Eddie Guerrero, the veteran.
He's been in this ladder match before.
He's taking his time setting the ladder up.
He knows that Team Angle are down and hurt.
So, you set up your offense.
And now, looks like Shelton Benjamin is gonna be in some trouble here, reverse.
[Michael] And Guerrero looped in into the ladder.
[Tazz] Like I said, looks like Eddie Guerrero
is gonna be in some trouble here. Wow.
Shelton Benjamin big time velocity into that ladder.
[Michael] It was a desperate time for Team Angle.
Charlie Haas had been taken out.
Shelton Benjamin was close to being taken out.
-[Tazz] Oh, man. -[audience chatter]
[Tazz] And that's those educated feet of Tajiri, and using the ladder as well.
[Michael] When you get to this point of the match-up
with both teams absorbing a tremendous amount of punishment,
what can the strategy be?
[Tazz] Well, you try and survive, Cole.
You just try to survive and get your second wind.
Duck, watch out. Oh, my God.
[Michael] That quick feet of the Japanese Buzzsaw
off the temple of Shelton Benjamin.
[Tazz] I've been nailed with those kicks. It ain't fun, man. Trust me.
[Michael] And Tajiri. Uh-oh.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh. -[Michael] Ladder at hand.
[Michael] Rib first… Rib first of Benjamin.
[Tazz] Shelton Benjamin caught in the ribs.
He's got to be feeling his lower extremities
-from that dive of the ladder on Tajiri -[Michael] Oh, wow!
[Michael] Fans here in Charlotte enjoying this ladder match,
enjoying Judgment Day all over the world,
United Kingdom, Bermuda, Bahrain, Malaysia,
along the 50 other countries here tonight as well
as Tajiri takes control of Team Angle.
But there's Charlie Haas from behind, there is the danger of the ladder match.
You don't have to make tags.
Sometimes, you get into this two-on-one situation.
[Tazz] Got to watch your back. Oh, man, Tarantula Attack, Cole.
[Michael] Tajiri locks in The Tarantula to Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] How long? I mean, maybe Tajiri can keep this all the way to the five-count.
[Michael] Look at Shelton Benjamin, the ladder on the skull of Tajiri.
[Tazz] Did you hear that?
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Wow. That ladder blast echoing through the Charlotte Coliseum.
[Tazz] How do you think Tajiri feels? He caught it.
[Michael] But can Team Angle take advantage?
They've got to climb the ladder to get to the Tag Team Title.
[Tazz] Look at this. Tajiri's head. Oh, man!
[Michael] Team Angle has taken out Tajiri.
Team Angle's goal, to take out Eddie Guerrero then they have,
well, an unimpeded path to climb the ladders to the Tag Team Gold.
[Tazz] Unimpeded?
[Michael] Means there's nobody in there way, no obstacles.
[Tazz] I know what it means, Cole. Let's just call a match.
Team Angle all over Eddie Guerrero. Team Angle now gonna climb.
-You saw ladder get up to the top. -[Michael] Right. And Charlotte…
[Tazz] Get behind, Eddie, get behind Guerrero.
[Michael] Behind Eddie Guerrero.
Shelton Benjamin in control of Eddie Guerrero
and a blow to the back by the Tag Team Champions.
[Tazz] I'm sorry. My opinion just that ladder doesn't look like
it belongs in Charlie's hand. He's a pure wrestle wrestler, you know.
[Michael] They're mat-based wrestlers. You make a great point there.
Sometimes, it looks like Team Angle maybe confused
what to do with the ladders in the ring.
You can't fault them for that. They're The Tag Team Champions
based on what they've done on the mat, not how they climb ladders.
[Tazz] Shelton's directed traffic for Charlie with that ladder.
[Michael] Look at Eddie, monkey flip, monkey flip,
Shelton Benjamin ran into the ladder.
[Tazz] Great counter right there,
Eddie Guerrero probably seen Charlie Haas going to get that ladder.
Big time counter there by Latino Heat.
[Michael] And Tajiri has been knocked out,
thrown right on the floor outside the ring out there
where Shelton was just tossed out. Now, it's back to Eddie and Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] Tajiri is down.
He's out, and that ladder caught him in the back of the head.
What's Eddie Guerrero got in mind here?
[Michael] Haas sent out of the ring as well.
[Tazz] Here we go. Here we go.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero can set up the ladder.
He can climb the ladder and win the Tag Team titles right here.
[Tazz] Yeah, but Eddie Guerrero's been through one hell of a battle, Cole.
One hell of a battle. Come on, Latino Heat!
I'm sure Chavo's at home rooting on Uncle Eddie right now, man.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero climbing the ladder.
Charlie Haas back in the ring,
forces Eddie to come down with the right hand to Charlie Haas
then Shelton Benjamin.
Again Latino Heat quickly trying to climb the ladder,
quickly trying to get to the Tag Team Gold, but Team Angle,
the two-on-one maybe too much, but Eddie continues to fight out.
[Tazz] Eddie ain't quitting. Eddie ain't quitting.
Now Charlie's climbing the other end of the ladder.
[Michael] Charlie Haas's head bouncing off the top of that steel ladder.
Shelton Benjamin trying to yank Eddie Guerrero down.
[Tazz] Ain't no secret, Eddie Guerrero ain't playing fair.
He don't care. He just wants to win the championships.
[Michael] The fiery [indistinct] of Latino Heat.
-Eddie is at the top of the ladder. -[Tazz] He will do it, Cole
-[Michael] No, What the hell is he doing? -[Tazz] He will do it. Frog splash!
[Tazz] Frog splash from the top of the ladder. Oh, my God!
I thought that Eddie was going to try and grab that Tag Team Title.
-Instead, frog splashing Shelton Benjamin. -[Michael] Wow!
Eddie Guerrero has been knocked down, Shelton Benjamin's out.
And look at how close Eddie was for the title
when he opted for the Frog Splash.
[Tazz] I'm sure Eddie had a reason for doing what he's doing
and he probably felt Shelton was too fresh,
had to wear down Shelton,
but how much did it take out of Eddie as Charlie begins that climb?
[Michael] Can Charley Haas make it to the top of the ladder?
Haas is struggling.
He's absorbed a tremendous amount of punishment.
Eddie Guerrero with the fans in Charlotte behind him,
trying to climb the other side of the ladder.
[Tazz] It's close, Cole.
This might be a photo finish here. Eddie is trying to catch up to Charlie.
[Michael] Charlie Haas within a finger tip of the Tag Team Gold,
but a right hand from Eddie Guerrero.
Charlie Haas again reaches,
and again a right hand from Eddie Guerrero,
but Charlie Haas ripped down the Tag Team Title.
[Tazz] I hope that ladder holds both men's weight.
[Michael] Another right hand, Eddie Guerrero is gonna go flying
off the top of that ladder.
[Tazz] Charlie Haas in trouble. What the hell, what has he done?
-[Michael] Oh, my God! -[Tazz] Oh, man!
[Michael] A sunset powerbomb by Eddie Guerrero to Charlie Haas
from the top of that ladder.
[Tazz] Now is the time for Eddie Guerrero, Cole.
Shelton Benjamin receiving that frog splash. Check this out.
[Michael] This is the shot from the top of the ladder.
Sunset flip into a powerbomb.
-[Michael] Can you imagine that impact? -[Tazz] No way, man.
I've never been in a ladder match and I ain't signing up for one.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero struggling desperately to set the ladder in position.
[Tazz] I don't think Eddie realizes Shelton just crawled in the ring.
[Michael] Shelton Benjamin into the ring.
-[Michael] Charlie Haas is out. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Shelton Benjamin hoping to cut Eddie Guerrero at the pass.
[Tazz] And he's at that midpoint.
Shelton doing the right thing, trying to grab the legs.
[Michael] And now the tights of Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] Tajiri is back in the ring, Cole.
Shelton Benjamin trying to prevent Eddie Guerrero
from reaching for the Tag Team Gold.
[Tazz] Tajiri. Shelton doesn't see Tajiri.
-[Tazz] Shelton, oh, man, The Mist. -[Michael] The Mist.
[Tazz] The Green Mist to Shelton Benjamin completely legal in the match-up.
Eddie is on the top of the ladder.
Eddie's helping Tajiri up there, both men, both athletes.
Oh, my God, Cole. We're gonna have a new champs, new champs.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero has got the titles.
Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri have done the improbable
-as they win the Tag Team championship. -[Tazz] What an upset.
["Viva La Razza" playing]
[Tony] Here are you winners, and the new WWE Tag Team Champions,
Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri.
[Michael] Look at the elation and the joy in the faces of Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri.
This team thrown together at the last minute,
but they ended Tag Team Title reign of Team Angle.
[Tazz] What an upset.
Great victory for Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri, our new Tag Team Champions.
And I'm sure Chavo's at home,
smiling and happy for Uncle Eddie and Tajiri.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri
have climbed the ladder tonight in Charlotte.
[Tazz] What a ladder match, what a match. Can't take nothing off Team Angle.
I'm sure Kurt Angle ain't too happy at home in Pittsburgh.
[Michael] We have to take another look at the closing moments of this match-up.
First, Eddie Guerrero with the sunset powerbomb
driving Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] Hard to get up from that, man. Charlie couldn't.
And then right here,
the Green Mist from Tajiri in Shelton Benjamin's face
It's all over but [indistinct] new Tag Team Champions.
[Michael] And then the elation from Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri,
Latino Heat and the Japanese Buzzsaw are on the top of the Tag Team world
in the WWE on SmackDown.
I agree with you. I think we should have these guys.
I believe Eddie Guerrero is one of the greatest talents
on the face of the Earth.
And if you're gonna be the 50/50 Co-GM, why don't you give him a call?
-He won't return mine. -I'll give him a damn call.
You should be doing your end. It's 50/50, right?
-I'm trying. That was amazing. -It was a badass match.
-Give him the hamburger.
-He needs some of that. -Hamburger?
-Do you know what they put in that? -Eat the hamburger.
God, my God. How much more do I have to eat?
How come you don't have a beer
-Another beer? -Yeah, another beer.
Damn.
You know the side effects to some of this beer is?
If you drink enough of them, things start to feel a little funny.
-You're gonna do it. -Oh, yeah. I'm getting there.
You feel that? Well, go ahead and drink the beer.
You get the hamburger and drink the beer.
-It's not bad. -What was that?
-I'm drinking a beer. -No, that, do it one more time.
[audience chatter]
Hold on.
[audience cheering]
Excuse me for just a second. I'd like to make an announcement.
First of all, I'd like to take my hat off to one hell of a match.
That was badass.
[audience cheering]
Second of all, if I may direct my attention to one…
No, no, no. Erick Bischoff,
he seems to be having a problem here.
Would you please drink the beer? So, just watch this, just watch.
Drink the beer.
Oh, did you see that?
[audience chatter]
Drink the beer one more time. Let me give you one more chance.
I'm trying very hard to maintain my composure.
I'm gonna show you how to drink a damn beer.
It goes like this.
[audience cheering]
If you think Erick Bischoff drinks beer like a sissy,
give me a "Hell yeah."
[audience] Hell yeah!
I will say this, if you don't start drinking,
I will launch your sorry ass right out this skybox.
[audience cheering]
Chris Jericho, you are in a pool of very talented wrestlers tonight.
What do you think your chances of walking away
the Intercontinental Champion are?
What are my chances?
Sissy, I am the highlight of the night.
My chances are excellent
that I'm gonna walk out of the Battle Royal
as once again the new Intercontinental Champion.
Really?
Really.
Excuse me, sir. Excuse me, please. Hit the brakes.
[stuttering]
Excuse me, sir. I think you took a wrong turn.
The senior citizen's home is down the street, grandpa.
-[audience cheering] -Thank you.
I'm old, I'm not deaf. Listen, to have a highlight reel,
don't you have to do something, huh, something big?
But I got to admit to you, you know, you've done a great job,
ą great job of taking the best show in wrestling history, Piper's Pit
and ripping it off and driving that right into the ground.
-You deserve a pat for that. -Yeah, yeah. Don't touch me.
Want to talk about ripping off?
How about the leg that you ripped off that kid
last week on SmackDown? Oh, that was tough.
If you want, there's some leopards and a few midgets in the back,
if you wanna take them on, Mr. Tough Guy,
what did you do with that kid's leg anyway?
It's a real leg.
-The leg was… -Did you eat it, huh, Roddy?
Now, you're touching.
-The leg was an accident, okay? -Oh, really?
Yes, kind of like when Mr. Jericho
talked to Mrs. Jericho about the night before when they did not wear the condom,
one wanted a boy, one wanted a girl and they got you, so special.
-You wanna know what's special? -Yeah.
It's gonna be special tonight when I take eight other ass clowns
and throw them over the top rope
and once again become the Intercontinental Champion.
I'm gonna be smiling from ear to ear. It's gonna be so special, Roddy.
Now, you're talking.
You see, because I'm gonna go to Mr. America,
rip his face off and show them Hulk Hogan and all his baldness.
We have something in…
No, we don't.
[Jim] Ladies and gentlemen, in 1979,
at the time WWE inaugurated The Intercontinental Championship,
Pat Patterson was the first champion, King,
and that title has been dormant here on RAW since October of last year,
but not any longer.
Not any longer is right
because thanks to our illustrious beer drinking Co-General Manager,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, tonight, we are gonna have, once again,
an Intercontinental Champion here in the WWE.
Fifty one wrestlers have held the championships since 1979.
Let's go back and take a look
at the incredible history of the Intercontinental Championship.
[dramatic music playing]
[announcer] The winner, and new Intercontinental Champion…
[Michael] We've got a new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jim] Everyone going crazy here. They love it!
I can't believe it.
One of the greatest wrestling matches of all time has just taken place.
[Tazz] Oh, what an effort!
[Howard] The winner of this contest,
and new Intercontinental Champion…
[dramatic music playing]
[Jim] Turn around, razor, the 1-2-3 kid, oh.
[Jerry] Oh, took his head off.
Now, Goldust has all the gold. Tombstone Piledriver.
[Jim] I'm afraid Austin is hurt and hurt badly.
Because I've been done being the Intercontinental Champion,
I'm gonna forfeit the damn title to you tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, the new Intercontinental Champion…
Oh, Austin "Stone Cold" stunner.
Well, I'll see you a little bit later.
-[Jim] Oh, my… -[Jerry ] No.
There goes the belt!
[Jim] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is driving his pickup truck
right at the ringside.
And the Stone Cold stunner on the top of the truck.
-[Jim] Chyna's got the guitar. -[Jerry] Look out, Jeff.
[Jim] Oh, man. Chyna has made history,
the first woman to become Intercontinental Champion.
-[Jim] Suplex on that steel chair-- -[Jerry] Oh, on the chair, both of them.
Who's the Intercontinental Champion?
[Jim] Oh, Angle got the belt out.
[Jim] Kurt Angle has just become the Intercontinental Champion,
but not without controversy.
[triumphant music playing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
it is now time for the over the top rope Battle Royal
for the Intercontinental Championship.
Here are the rules.
When the match begins, elimination occurs,
when a superstar is thrown over the top rope
and both feet must touch the floor.
This process continues until there is one man left in this ring
and he will become the new Intercontinental Champion.
And now, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to introduce to you
the man who will present the Intercontinental Championship belt
to the winner of tonight's Battle Royal
and he is the very first Intercontinental Champion,
ladies and gentlemen, Pat Patterson.
-[upbeat music playing] -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Jim] WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson won the Intercontinental Championship
in a tournament in 1979 in Rio de Janeiro.
King, as I've mentioned, 51 wrestlers have held
the Intercontinental Title since 1979,
the greatest being, at least in my view, The Honky Tonk Man.
Fourteen months, twenty seven days, he held the Intercontinental Title.
[Jerry] You've been hanging out with Steve Austin, you must be drunk.
He's the greatest in your view?
[Jim] Jeff Jarrett was the only six-time champion.
[Jerry] Yeah. That means had to lose it six times.
[Jim] RAW, the Intercontinental title belt became an exclusive RAW
in August of last year.
-["Hello Ladies" playing] -[Jim] It was last, wait a minute.
[Jerry] Hello, ladies? What?
Wait a minute!
[bell ringing]
[Howard] Introducing the participant, first, from Las Vegas, Nevada
weighing 242 pounds, Val Venis.
-[Jim] Well, he was… -[Jerry] Val Venis?
What a, that was Chief Morley.
[Jim] He was born Chief Morley, and Sean Morley now.
He got fired. Morley got fired I guess. Has Austin reinstated Val Venis,
a former two-time Intercontinental Champion?
[Jerry] Well, it certainly looks like it. Oh, my God!
Look at the girls in the crowd, JR.
-[Jim] I'm at a loss here. I mean… -[Jerry] Oh, look at her.
[Jim] Val has defeated men like Ken Shamrock and Rikishi
to become a two-time Intercontinental Champion…
[Jerry] Hey, not too many pictures.
[audience cheering]
Hello, ladies.
-[audience cheering] -[Jerry] It is Val Venis. He's back.
Ladies, tonight is the return of one of the greatest titles of all time,
the Intercontinental Title.
Tonight is also the return of simply put the greatest
XXX superstud ever, me, The Big Valbowski.
[Jerry laughs]
The only difference between the IC title…
-What is this? -He got hired.
…Big Valbowski is that while the IC title
will satisfy the fantasy of just one man tonight…
The Big Valbowski
will be satisfying all the fantasies of all the women
-in Charlotte, North Carolina. -[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] You can see Bischoff wasn't too happy about it obviously.
The Rattlesnake has rehired Val Venis.
["Break The Walls Down" playing]
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Hold on to your head, JR.
Yeah!
♪ Yeah Break the walls down ♪
[Howard] From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, weighing 227 pounds,
Chris Jericho.
[Jim] Well, Chris Jericho is a former five-time Intercontinental Champion,
the man that brings us the highlight reel every week on RAW.
[Jerry] He is the human highlight, JR.
[Jim] And you look at the people that Jericho has defeated
to become Intercontinental Champion, King,
along the way great athletes like the awesome Chris Benoit.
[Jerry] Yeah.
-[Jim] RVD. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
["Gold-Lust" playing]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[audience cheering]
[Howard] From Hollywood, California, weighing 260 pounds, Goldust.
[Jim] A former three-time Intercontinental Champion.
with victories over Razor Ramon, Savio Vega,
and the "Road Dogg" Jesse James to become Intercontinental Champion
on Goldust's resume.
["We Salute" playing]
[Howard] From Calgary, Alberta, Canada, weighing 230 pounds,
Lance Storm.
[Jim] The great wrestling city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
home of the legendary Hart family.
It was A-Train that Lance Storm defeated to become Intercontinental Champ.
-["One of a Kind" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Howard] From Battle Creek, Michigan, weighing 235 pounds…
Rob Van Dam.
[Jim] Van Dam getting a tremendous ovation here in Charlotte.
Van Dam, a three-time Intercontinental Champion
having defeated William Regal, Eddie Guerrero, and Chris Benoit,
not a bad trio to have on your resume, King.
[Jerry] You got that right.
-["At Last" playing] -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Speaking of resume, this guy is the most impressive.
[Howard] From Toronto, Ontario, Canada
weighing 225 pounds, Christian.
[Jim] Well, Christian has one Intercontinental Title to his credit.
He defeated his brother Edge.
And as a matter of fact,
Christian made his in-ring debut with this company at Judgment Day in 1998.
-This could be an omen for him. -["This Is A Test" playing]
[Jerry] Very well could be.
Hey.
[Howard] Weighing 282 pounds, Test!
[Jim] Well, Test who we saw earlier in Tag Team match and…
[Jerry] Yeah, double duty for Test tonight.
Where's Stacy Keibler?
That could be a big good luck charm, you know.
[Jim] He probably sent her home to make some cupcakes.
[Jerry] Whoa.
-["Slow Chemical" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Howard] Weighing 320 pounds, Kane.
[Jim] A two-time champion, Kane,
had beaten Chris Jericho and Triple H to win the Intercontinental Title.
As a matter of fact at Judgment Day 2001,
it was Kane who defeated the Game in Sacramento
-to become the Intercontinental Champion. -["Can You Dig It Sucka" playing]
-[Jim] Can you dig that, King? -[Jerry] Yeah, I dig it.
["Can You Dig It Sucka" playing]
♪ Can you dig it sucka? ♪
[firework blasting]
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Howard] From Houston, Texas,
weighing 256 pounds, Booker T.
[Jim] Booker T from Houston, Texas
has never been an Intercontinental Champion,
but he was entered in this Battle Royal last week on RAW
by Co-General Manager "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
that's why Booker T is in it
and the only man never to be an Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Yeah, if you ask me, Booker T, doesn't deserve
-to be in this Battle Royal. -[Bell ringing]
That's the first bad decision I think that Stone Cold has made.
-[Jerry] Has this thing started already? -[Jim] The match has started.
-Tag team… -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jim] Tag Team Champions, Kane and RVD. It's every man for himself.
And look at this, Kane being the focal point, the biggest,
strongest, perhaps, baddest animal in this Battle Royal,
being multiple teamed by…
[Jerry] Everybody, everybody.
[Jim] Seven or eight guys, it looks like.
It's over the top rope,
both feet got to touch the floor to be eliminated
in this over the top rope Battle Royal.
[Jerry] It looks like everybody is on the same page.
They wanna get rid of Kane. Oh, my gosh, look at the strength of Kane.
[Jim] The Big Red Machine imposing his physical will here.
[Jerry] Oh, look out! There goes Lance Storm already!
[Jim] Kane eliminated Lance Storm, and downstairs by Rob Van Dam.
-Van Dam, oh, man. What a shot that was. -[screams]
[Jim] Van Dam taking Kane down
with that dropkick right to the patella of that knee.
[Jerry] Rob Van Dam, Kane's own partner.
[Jim] Every man for himself, and now Kane…
[Jerry] They're gonna try it again.
[Jim] The seven footer, 300 pounder.
-[Jim] Look at it… -[Jerry] Oh, they did it!
[Jim] And Kane is eliminated by at least six, maybe seven guys.
[Jerry] Seven footer eliminated by seven individuals, look at this now!
Kane, is he eliminated or is he back in this thing?
-[Jim] Kane is eliminated. -[Jerry] But why is he still in there?
-[Jim] Well, go ask him. -[Jerry] Uh, no.
[Jim] I'm sure he'll give you a short, terse answer.
[Jerry] Yeah, and where's the referee? Who's in charge here?
[Jim] Referee is on the outside the ring and what are you gonna…
Uh-oh, Kane hooking up Test.
-[Jerry] I don't understand this. -[Jim] The chokeslam.
[Jerry] Why is Kane being allowed to still compete?
[Jim] I don't think he's being allowed.
I don't think there's anything anybody can do about it.
[Jerry] Referee.
-[Jim] State Police? -[Jerry] What is…
What is Kane gonna do, chokeslam everybody in this thing?
[Jim] Chokeslammed his own tag team partner, Rob Van Dam and…
-[Jerry] Look out, there goes Test. -[Jim] Booker T just eliminated Test.
Test can hit the showers and Val Venis eliminated by Goldust.
[Jerry] Well, you know, Test is eliminated and you can't blame that on Steiner,
Rob Van Dam's eliminated. No, he's not, he hung on.
-[Jim] Van Dam hung on. -[Jerry] No, he didn't.
[Jim] And now Van Gam going out by Chris Jericho.
I think that'll count as an elimination.
We're down to four men now. Goldust, Jericho, Booker T, and Christian.
[Jerry] We're down to final four already?
[Jim] One of these four men will become the Intercontinental Champion
here tonight.
[Jerry] These guys came out here meaning business.
These guys wanna be the next or the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jim] Well, the Intercontinental Title became an exclusive on RAW
on August 25th of last year.
As we said in October of last year, Kane was the Intercontinental Champion,
he had a match to combine the Intercontinental Title
and The World's Title with Triple H,
that was in October of last year in Little Rock, Arkansas,
a match Triple H won.
[Jerry] Oh, watch it.
[Jim] Nice back suplex by Jericho taking down Goldust.
I'm the King of the world!
[Jim] So it's Jericho, Christian, Goldust, and Booker T.
[Jerry] Looks like Christian and Jericho are gonna be on the same page here.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] The two young Canadian athletes, they are trying to eliminate Goldust.
[Jerry] Here comes Booker. You think he'll try to save his former partner?
I think he may have tried, but he didn't get it done.
[Jim] He got knocked down, Booker T has got a big heart.
And again, the only man never to be Intercontinental Champion is Booker T.
And wouldn't it be something that if Booker T could win it tonight,
Another knock down by Jericho.
[Jerry] Yeah, it'd be a miscarriage of justice is what it'd be.
[Jim] I think that's something you should take up with Austin
at another time.
[Jerry] Not right now, he's drinking too much.
[Jim] You can have that meeting offline as they say in the corporate world.
[Jerry] Yeah, keep me in the loop on that one.
[Jim] Yeah, [indistinct] that radar stream.
[Jerry] Oh, look out here.
[Jim] Well, Jericho and Christian settled a little early,
a little presumptuous on their part,
and Goldust with a double bulldog taking down both Jericho and Christian.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Lot of Intercontinental Titles, [indistinct] out on these [indistinct]--
[Jerry] Oh, no, Christian.
This is about to become Judgment Day for Christian for sure.
Now, what is Booker T doing?
[Jim] Remember that, no disqualification,
the match can only end when there's one man remaining,
[Jerry] I thought, hey, JR, look at this.
I thought it was gonna be every man for himself?
[Jim] Well, it is.
[Jerry] Well, what are Goldust and Booker T doing here?
-[Jim] They seem to be cooperating. -[Jerry] They sure do.
Oh, no! Not Christian too, oh.
[Jim] That will change your social plans for several days
unless they're wearing cups.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Jim] Well, I don't think they're wearing cups…
[Jerry] Oh, no, wait a minute, look at this.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Yeah, every man for himself,
we're about to see an Intercontinental size
Spin-a-Roonie, I'm afraid. Yeah, look at this!
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Booker T with a…
Maybe has been, wait a minute, Goldust.
-[Jerry] Wait, Goldust was… -[Jim] Booker T reverses Goldust,
Goldust eliminated by his friend Booker T.
[audience chatter]
[Jerry] Can you dig that, Goldust?
[Jim] And Booker T now left alone with Jericho and Christian.
[Jerry] Yeah, now's when you wouldn't wanna be Booker T.
[Jim] Remember, Jericho has been Intercontinental Champion
on five occasions…
only surpassed by one man,
and Booker T now, the front face-lock, Jericho blocking it.
Here comes Christian from behind nailing Booker T.
And now we'll see if Jericho and Christian get back on the same page
in their hopes of eliminating Booker T
and then it will come down to the two young Canadian athletes.
[Jerry] Well, I think this will answer your question right here.
You know what, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
So, Booker T, can you dig that, sucker? Or sucka. Whatever.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] I think Jericho, Christian, can they really trust each other?
[audience chatter]
[Jerry] Who cares? The business at hand is to get rid of Booker T.
[audience chatter]
[Jerry] All you want to be in this thing is down to the final two,
forget the final three.
Look at the, he is the human highlight reel.
Oh, nice job.
[Jim] Jericho, very talented, very tough, and very arrogant.
And now Jericho and Christian
talking over their strategy. It should be fairly simple.
Booker T's got to be thrown off the top rope top to the floor
and Booker T will be eliminated,
and his dream of becoming Intercontinental Champion
for the first time will end.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] I'm glad to see this championship returning to RAW in the WWE,
it was always so prestigious and look at this double team effort here.
[Jerry] You know, the great thing about the WWE, usually the right prevails.
And it's only right that Booker T
not even ever been an Intercontinental Champion.
[Jim] Booker T holding on with everything he's got.
I know that's your opinion, I don't quite agree with it quite frankly.
[Jerry] Well, why not? That's what this thing was all about,
this whole Battle Royal is all about former Intercontinental Champions
competing to see who would be the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jim] Now, Booker T has been screwed so many times
out of championships and the World Title.
-[Jerry] Come on, give me a break. -[Jim] I'm trying to.
[Jerry] Why you're such a big Booker T fan anyway?
[Jim] He's a nice guy.
[Jerry] Look at that hair, I can't tell if it's his hair or if it's a porcupine
that climbed up on top his head and died.
[Jim] Hard knockback chop by Jericho and one followed by Christian.
And Booker T now being double teamed by Christian and Jericho here.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Booker T, you got to wonder if he's 100%,
he was in hospital last week with pneumonia…
[Jerry] Oh, look out, he missed. Oh, no!
[Jim] just got out on Tuesday and now…
-[Jerry] He's got out of jail on Tuesday? -[Jim] The hospital.
-[Jerry] Oh, hospital. -[Jim] He had pneumonia.
[Jerry] Oh, when Booker T gets out he usually… Look out, watch it, watch it.
-[Jim] Jericho holding on. -[Jerry] Look at the strength of Jericho.
[Jim] Jericho's feet didn't touch obviously, the referee is…
[Jerry] Look at the athleticism of Jericho.
[Jim] He's an amazing athlete, there's no doubt about it.
The first undisputed champion is Chris Jericho.
And now, Jericho is bleeding.
[Jerry] Thanks to Booker T.
[Jim] He caught him in the face, it looks like.
I can't see where Jericho's bleeding from
but I think right above his nose, it looks like.
Come on.
[Jerry] Come on, get up, get up, Booker T, take your medicine like a man.
-Here it comes. -[Jim] Booker T knocked down again
and now it looks like Jericho and Christian
are just taking their time and having some fun with Booker T.
[audience booing]
[Jerry] I don't think Jericho is having any fun,
when you look down and see your own blood,
when you're out there competing and see your own blood, it's no fun.
[Jim] Look at this move by Christian.
Booker T trying to block him but he couldn't.
[audience chatter]
Booker T tried to block him but he couldn't.
[all shout]
-[Jim] Jericho! -[Jerry] Oh, my gosh!
[Jerry laughs]
[Jerry] What a shock.
[Jim] Christian just outsmarted Jericho while Jericho was going…
Jericho was going for the Lionsault.
[Jerry] That's a highlight of the night, can you believe that?
[Jim] I don't know if that will make Jericho's highlight reel or not
but it will certainly will make Christian's.
[Jerry] Jericho cannot believe that he's beside himself.
Oh, look at Jericho. Wait a minute, he may tear this building down.
[Jim] And the issue here is that it's down now to two men,
Christian or Booker T…
one or the other will become the Intercontinental Champion here tonight.
[Jerry] Boy, you got to, you got to give Christian his props.
Oh, you gotta respect this guy, that was a brilliant move.
[Jim] A very strategic maneuver by Christian
as Jericho was going to utilize the Lionsault…
[Jerry] Look at this, you know Christian is The Rock's favorite WWE superstar.
[Jim] Oh, gosh, I didn't know that King, The Rock? Wow!
[Jerry] What is that?
-Do I detect sarcasm in your voice? -[Jim] Exactly.
[Jim] Booker T coming back now.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Booker T, off with his feet and scores that forearm
and again another knockdown on Christian.
It's down to two men to determine the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] No!
[Jim] And a spinning heel kick by Booker T,
again taking down, and a one hand flapjack.
And now, Booker T…
[Jerry] Oh, yeah. Now, Booker T,
you're so excited now that Booker T's got the upper hand, right, JR?
[Jim] I like Booker T.
[Jerry] There you go, you like that?
[Jim] I didn't like that hair takedown but it was effective.
[audience chatter]
[Jerry] When Booker T started moving, you started talking so fast,
you can do play by play for pingpong matches.
Come on Christian, The Rock is watching.
[Jerry] What do you think, The Rock is watching this?
[Jim] Absolutely, I'm sure he is.
And God's sake, let's make sure we shout out to him.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out! -[Jim] Oh, look out!
-[Jim] Oh, a dropkick. -[Jerry] Man!
[Jim] Booker T avoided that dropkick but Referee Chad Patton did not.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Referee is down.
And what a shot that was.
Downstairs goes Booker T.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. Hey, beautiful. -[Jim] Looking for the scissors kick.
-[Jim] And oh, oh. -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Is Christian out?
[inaudible] I don't know if, Christian all the way, the one leg.
[Jerry] Yeah, just one leg, one leg.
[Jim] Referee is not there to tell us, I think it was only one leg and…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Jim] And that's it, that's it,
[Jim] Booker T, Booker T has become the Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] That's it? That's truly a miscarriage of justice.
[Jim] There'll be partying in Houston, Texas tonight.
[Jerry] Even Pat Patterson hates to hand the belt to Booker T.
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Jim] What the hell is Christian doing?
He got to be fair and square.
[Jerry] Oh! Look at this.
[Jim] Oh, God, what a cheap, heinous shot that was,
what a sore loser, what a sore loser.
And now…
[Jerry] Oh, gosh!
[Jim] Right between the eyes,
Booker T knocked down with that new Intercontinental Title Belt
by the man Booker T eliminated to win the championship.
[audience booing]
[Jim] And now, what the hell is Christian doing?
[Jerry] Well, the referee is collecting his thoughts over there and…
[Jim] referee is just now getting back up but Booker T is almost out on his feet.
[Jerry] Almost? He's knocked goofy
from that shot with that Intercontinental Championship Belt.
[Jim] What the hell is the meaning of this?
Christian has been eliminated. Booker T is the new champion.
[audience chatter]
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Wait a minute, the referee is calling for the bell?
-[Jim] Wait a minute. -["At Last" playing]
[Jim] Are you telling me the referee didn't see?
[Howard] The winner of this bout
and new Intercontinental Champion, Christian.
-[Jerry] What? -[Jim] How in the hell can that be?
[Jim] How in the hell can that be?
Are you saying the referee didn't see Christian get eliminated?
[Jerry] Well, obviously the referee didn't see Christian get eliminated,
I don't know, my thought, for sure.
["At Last" playing]
[Jerry] I think maybe only one foot hit.
[Jim] Oh, he got knocked on his ass on the outside.
[Jim] Oh, come on.
[Jim] Both cheeks, both feet, his backside, the whole damn thing.
["At Last" playing]
[Jerry] Well, let's go back and see, I know one thing,
I know Christian had the upper hand throughout the entire match
and when he and Jericho [inaudible].
Double teamed Booker T, Christian pulled the move of the night.
I am not real for sure!
And then look at this, Christian shining once again.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Now, watch this. He's clearly eliminated,
clearly eliminated but the referee, you saw the referee laying down,
the referee got knocked down, got dropkicked in the face.
-[Jerry] Oh, what a shot there. -[Jim] That put anybody's life out.
[Jerry] The referee is the official in this match.
He just, I guess he obviously didn't see when Christian…
And the referee's decision to, you know, JR, it's final.
[Jim] I'll tell you what, Booker T's string of bad luck
does continues here and the guy doesn't deserve it,
he doesn't deserve it
and Christian doesn't deserve to be the Intercontinental Champion
the way he won this match.
[Jerry] And he truly is not only the Intercontinental Champion,
he's like the new people's champion, unbelievable.
[Jim] Well, at least in his view that he is,
what a, that is a horrible bad break for Booker T…
[Jerry] Calm down JR, calm down.
[audience cheering]
You know, Torrie, you really shouldn't be nervous.
Oh, well, thanks, Sable, but I'm actually not nervous.
Well, don't you think you should be a little nervous?
I mean, I've never lost a bikini contest
and you were the only loser at the Sable Invitational.
Well, you know what,
tonight, the fans are gonna decided who the winner is, not Sable.
Fair enough.
Um, do you mind if I use your oil?
-Ooh, that feels so good. -Is it?
Maybe you should try some…
you're gonna need all the help you can get.
We'll see about that.
[Tazz] Well, Cole, you know the expression slippery when wet?
I understand that the King has offered you a crown
full of money to host this bikini challenge
that, well, you're supposed to be doing.
Well, King, did make me a heavy duty offer but I'm gonna have to pass, King.
I'm sorry, man,
I owe you one but Tazz is gonna handle this bikini challenge.
I'm sure you'll do a great job because…
-They're gonna pay me for it too. -You get paid?
Check out the tale of the tape, ladies and gentlemen
for the Sable-Torrie bikini challenge.
[Tazz] That's it on SmackDown this past Thursday.
I would have loved to be the tape measure to wrap myself around this deal here.
And look at this, look at the measurements here, 36, 36, 25, 24.
[Michael] Well, pretty even.
Anyways, it's been a bizarre relationship between Sable and Torrie
ever since Sable's return to the WWE.
[Sable] There are a lot of people
that don't feel there is enough room room in SmackDown
for two divas such as our ourselves,
but I personally just wanted to let you know
that I think we're going to be the best of friends.
[sensual music playing]
[Michael] What is going on with Sable?
[sensual music playing]
Was it something that I said?
-[sensual music playing] -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] I guess we're getting set for the female body challenge,
the Sable Invitational.
[Sable] Everyone but Torrie accepted my challenge.
It seems Torrie is feeling a little fat.
-[Michael] Oh. -[Tazz] Oh, what's up with this?
[Michael] Torrie is here, she accepted the invitation, I guess.
You can't have a bikini challenge without this Playboy cover girl.
[Tazz]Oh, man, red sequins bikini.
[Michael] I love lollipops.
[Tazz] There's nothing to even say right now.
[Michael] Oh, man!
[Tazz] Dawn Marie out of nowhere. [Michael] What the hell is this all about?
[Tazz] Just blasted Torrie Wilson from behind.
It looks like the only real loser tonight is you.
[Sable] Now, I know the fans think you should've won…
and I am a fair woman,
so, why don't you see how you matchup against me,
Sable versus Torrie in a bikini contest?
The Playboy centerfold against a Playboy centerfold.
[Tazz] Sable and Torrie in a bikini contest? I can't wait.
[audience chatter]
[Tazz] Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is the part of the show
that everybody's been waiting for.
I know you can't, you've been damn waiting all day.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is the bikini challenge.
[audience cheering]
So, let's rock and roll, let's get this party kicking
with our first competitor.
["Need a Little Time" playing]
♪ I just need a little space To call my own ♪
♪ Just a corner of the world Where I can be alone with you ♪
♪ What do you do When everybody wants you ♪
♪ How do you breathe When they take you in? ♪
♪ Who do you turn to When you need to get away? ♪
♪ I know only your love Can get me there ♪
♪ What do you do When everybody wants you? ♪
♪ How do you breathe When they take you in? ♪
♪ Who do you turn to When you need to get away? ♪
♪ I know only your love can get me there ♪
♪ I just need some satisfaction ♪
♪ Some private interaction ♪
♪ Some animal attraction with you ♪
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Judgment day, a joint production of RAW and SmackDown.
RAW's Lilian Gracia singing Torrie Wilson into the ring for the bikini challenge.
♪ Just a corner of the world Where I can be alone with you ♪
♪ What do you do When everybody wants you? ♪
♪ How do you breathe When they take you in? ♪
♪ Who do you turn to When you need to get away? ♪
♪ I know only your love can get me there What do you do when everybody wants you? ♪
♪ How do you breathe When they take you in? ♪
♪ Who do you turn to When you need to get away? ♪
♪ I know only your love can get me there ♪
♪ How do you breathe When they take you in? ♪
♪ Who do you turn to When you need to get away? ♪
♪ I know only your live can get me there ♪
♪ I just need some satisfaction Some private interaction ♪
♪ Some animal attraction ♪
♪ With you ♪
["Wildcat" playing]
[Tazz] And here's Torrie's competition in the bikini challenge, Sable.
[Michael] Well, Sable's returned to the WWE
has been oh, so hot,
in this bikini challenge, a matchup
of two Playboy cover girls.
["Wildcat" playing]
It has been a bizarre relationship so to speak between Sable and Torrie,
many people believe that perhaps Sable is a bit jealous of Torrie Wilson,
hence this game of one-upmanship
that Sable has been playing over the past few weeks
with Torrie Wilson.
[Michael] Sable is a Vixen, she is ever so Sablelicious.
[audience chatter]
All right.
Think it's safe to say I'm the luckiest man
in North Carolina right now.
-[Michael] Yep. -[audience cheering]
Okay. Ladies, let me explain the rules to you guys, okay?
[Tazz] You got to get a little closer, you're too far away.
-There's this distance thing going on. -[Michael laughs]
All right. The rules are kind of simple,
both of you ladies will get 15 seconds to disrobe,
show North Carolina your bikinis, your booty, you whole shake and bake deal.
[audience cheering]
And the live audience right here
at Charlotte, North Cackalacky picks the winner.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] So, being that…
I kind of favor black. Sable, you go first.
[audience chatter]
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] Well, Sable's starting things off out of the shoot.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] I can't wait for this. Oh, my.
[audience cheering]
Wow!
Sablelicious.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] Well, not much to say.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] Oh, my.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael laughs]
Having fun, King?
[audience chatter]
Um…
Okay. Uh…
[Tazz] Oh, my hands in my pocket, sorry.
-[Tazz chuckles] -[audience chatter]
Anyway, Torrie, you're up next, go for it.
[audience cheering]
[sensual music playing]
[Michael] Here we go, Playboy cover girl Torrie Wilson.
[sensual music playing]
[Michael] And speaking of Playboy bodies.
[sensual music playing]
[Michael] Sable does not seem too impressed…
everyone else does though.
[sensual music playing]
[Michael] Yeah, she's very agile…
that's for sure.
Torrie loves the, love the way she moves.
[sensual music playing]
[Michael] And Sable again does not seem too impressed with Torrie Wilson.
[sensual music playing]
Ooh, it's been 15 seconds already?
[Michael] Tough pick here.
If someone can find Jerry Lawler's eyeballs,
I think they fell out under the table there.
-You're all right, King, you'll survive. -[Michael laughs]
All right. Well, so what do you think?
We're gonna try and find out who the winner is here.
Charlotte, what do you think of Sable?
[audience cheering]
All right. All right.
Okay, Charlotte, hold up, hold up.
Torrie Wilson?
[audience cheering]
Well, I think that might be a little bit of a tie like a dead heat.
[Michael] Yeah, it was close.
Let's try this one more time.
Sable!
[audience cheering]
Woah, woah, woah, woah, wait a minute, Tazz.
I wasn't quite finished yet.
[Michael] What?
Oh, that's fine, knock yourself out.
-[Michael] Not quite finished yet? -[sensual music playing]
-[audience cheering] -[Michael] Oh, my.
[Michael] There's more, Torrie has, has just upped the bar,
I should say, there's less, way less.
I guess, King, you're giving it a thumbs up.
[Michael laughs]
Oh, my.
[sensual music playing]
[Michael] Somebody better get the oxygen out for the King.
Well, I think it's unanimous, your winner, Torrie Wilson.
-[Michael] Yes. -[audience cheering]
A little something extra for the Playboy cover girl, Torrie Wilson.
Wait, Tazz. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, one more thing.
I just wanna make sure that there's no hard feelings with Sable.
[audience chatter]
-[Tazz] That was stiff. -[Michael] What does that mean?
No hard feelings.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Well, Tazz just lost his feet, I think I did too.
A bit of tit for tat. For Sable and Torrie.
What was that all about?
["Need a Little Time" playing]
[Michael] King, are you alive up there?
["Need a Little Time" playing]
[Michael laughing]
Oh, my.
[Michael] Sablelicious and now Torrie Wilson
going the extra mile here tonight in the bikini challenge.
Oh, my.
Oh, you doing all right?
All right? You know what?
No, no, no, no, no, before you start, I don't smoke
but right now, I can probably use a cigarette.
I don't have a cigarette but I got a condom in my wallet.
Oh.
-You all right? You feeling okay? -I'm…
-You getting enough food? -Oh.
Here, you can get some pizza.
How do you feel? Are you dizzy?
I got something for you, drink that.
See the pizza and the hamburger, and the hotdogs, all that stuff?
I'm not feeling so good, man.
That's what I'm trying to tell you, if you eat more food,
-it'll help you absorb the alcohol. -I can't eat any more food.
-Then drink more. -I can't drink any more.
Then eat more.
[laughing]
Okay. Okay. Okay. I got a solution.
You want something to absorb the alcohol to make you feel better, right?
Yeah, I'm sick to my stomach, And I'm just not feeling good.
-Just try a couple of these guys. -Pickles? I love pickles.
Eat pickles, here's some more.
[audience chatter]
[gasps]
They're good, ain't they?
Ah! Give me something to drink.
-What's wrong? -All my mouth is burning up.
-Then drink this. -Oh.
[audience cheering]
-What's wrong? -Oh, my…
[Bischoff coughing]
Drink this.
-Oh, you're killing me. -Here, let me help you.
[audience laughing]
-Feel better? -Oh.
Oh!
Okay. Looking out for you, buddy, just looking out for you, 50-50.
Don't give a doggone what Jericho says, he's got a frozen brain from Winnipeg.
-And I don't… -Roddy.
-What? -Don't worry about Jericho,
he didn't win the Battle Royal tonight, he's not the Intercontinental Champion,
not a champion like you,
and you have more to concentrate on tonight.
-Yeah. -[Vince] Gentlemen, Hot Rod…
pleasure to see you, big man.
-All right. -You ready?
Do you know what this means?
Do you have any idea what does tonight mean to me?
Do you have any idea how proud I am to have chosen you…
because you truly have been the chosen one, Hot Rod,
for many, many years.
You see, it's Hogan who took credit for putting the WWE on the map
but without Rowdy Roddy Piper,
there never would've never been a Hulk Hogan.
You wanna talk ruthless aggression…
you're the epitome of ruthless aggression, Hot Rod,
you invented ruthless aggression.
So, tonight…
you're gonna do it for me, what I know you can,
you're gonna set Hogan up, you're gonna beat Hogan down,
and then Mr. McMahon is gonna come in
and then reveal that this Mr. USA, this Mr. America
is really Hulk Hogan before the whole world.
And I'm counting on you, Hot Rod.
I know you can do this…
because it takes a black hearted…
cold…
calculating bastard…
to do this for me and I'm thanking you in advance.
Well, Mr. McMahon very confident with Roddy Piper,
more of that in a moment, but I got to say I am so glad
that we have General Manager Stephanie McMahon on SmackDown.
You got this dueling general managers, Stone Cold and Eric Bischoff forRAW.
What do you think Stone Cold just gave Bischoff?
I don't know, maybe like jalapeño juice or something.
I don't know what was hotter, that stuff that Bischoff drink
or the bikini challenge, woah.
Well, nonetheless, back to business.
Let's take you back to some disturbing footage
from this past Thursday night on SmackDown.
Mr. McMahon and Piper's Pit would hand this young an American flag.
This fan was so excited but Roddy Piper got pretty upset
that the fan wouldn't stop waving the flag.
[Tazz] Well, the kid was proud and happy that his hero,
Mr. America handed him that American flag
and then Piper from behind attacked Mr. America.
Mr. America had none of that.
For a moment here, you are gonna see a disturbing thing
when a fan jumps the rail which you should never ever do.
[Michael] Nonetheless, Mr. America was in control of Roddy Piper.
-[Tazz] Right. -[Michael] But then Roddy Piper
protégé Sean O'Haire with a chair attacked
to Mr. America, when the following happened.
In Roddy Piper's defense, no one knew that this fan was handicapped.
[Tazz] No doubt about it.
I mean, and right now, man. That's the reason we've fan gate,
when you jump that guardrail. But, then when we found out this here,
we've seen that this young man was handicapped,
I mean, for nothing in my opinion,
kid's got some guts even, I mean, getting in the ring, he's handicapped.
[Michael] Well, ironically because of what Piper did to that young fan,
he's been tagged by Mr. McMahon
to try to take out Mr. America here tonight.
[Tazz] Handpicked by the boss.
-[audience cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring being accompanied by Sean O'Haire,
from Glasgow, Scotland, weighing in a 227 pounds,
Rowdy "Roddy " Piper.
[Michael] Well, Piper's marching orders are clear for Mr. McMahon.
Mr. McMahon said on SmackDown,
that Piper needs to castrate Mr. America,
so Mr. McMahon can march out here,
unmask Mr. America and prove once and for all
that Mr. America and Hulk Hogan are one and the same.
[Tazz] Yeah, Mr. McMahon seems obsessed with this.
Finding out if Mr. America is Hulk Hogan and right now,
"Hot Rod" the legendary Roddy Piper is the chosen one by Mr. McMahon.
-["Real American" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Tony] And from our nation's capital, Washington, D.C.,
weighing in at 275 pounds,
Mr. America!
[Tazz] Well, Cole, enough is enough,
he's got a pretty good chance for a guy from Washington, D.C.
[Michael] [inaudible] enough that he's got that steel chair,
perhaps it's the equalizer.
Piper's got his protégé out here, Sean O'Haire tonight.
Mr. America making sure he's got some back up.
[Tazz] Well, but we've seen these past days on SmackDown,
O'Haire's attacking this man with a steel chair, so.
You know, I'll tell you what, don't blame Mr. America
today coming out here with that steel chair.
Big talent, Mr. America. He's got to be about six-six, six-seven, Cole.
[Michael] As you mentioned earlier, this is the first meeting ever
between Mr. America and Rowdy "Roddy" Piper.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah. Of course, of course. Right.
No, no, this is, I mean, you know,
Mr. America's pay-per-view debut here in the WWE.
Oh, Charlotte, North Carolina, they're into Mr. America,
it's part of America, Cole, you know.
[Michael] Ha ha, coincidence.
Mr. America just tossed in his shirt at Rowdy Roddy
and Sean O'Haire.
[Tazz] Mr. America controlling that ring right now.
You have these people here solidly behind, all the American maniacs, Cole.
And it sounds like something else, right? Well, sort of.
-[Michael] Like a tazzmaniac? -[Tazz] No, no, no. Something else.
[Michael] So again, Roddy Piper tonight
and perhaps with the help of Sean O'Haire, need to beat Mr. McMahon,
Mr. America out so Mr. McMahon can come out here
and unmask Mr. America.
[Tazz] Hold on, Mr. America's got the say here. Let's see.
[audience cheering]
You know something, Piper?
This chair is for a very good friend of mine.
I want all the maniacs out there to welcome a real American
and his name is Zach Gowen. Brother, come on out.
-["Real American" playing] -[Tazz] Gowen? Who the hell is Zach Gowen?
[Michael] Oh, wait a minute.
It's that kid, that young fan from last week, isn't it, Tazz?
[Tazz] So, this is what Mr. America was talking about earlier.
[Michael] Yeah, Mr. America said earlier on in the back
this afternoon that he was gonna ask General Manager Stephanie McMahon
from SmackDown a favor.
I guess the favor was to bring Zach Gowen here tonight.
[Tazz] I guess, Mr. America's favor came through from Stephanie McMahon.
[Michael] I mean, I can't forget, well, our jaws dropping open
on SmackDown this past Thursday when this fan,
this handicapped young man came in to the ring to help Mr. America out.
[Tazz] Obviously Mr. America is probably telling Zach
can sit there and watch the match.
Mr. America befriending Zach, Gowen, is it the exact, Zach Gowen?
-[Tazz] Gowen. -[Michael] Gowen.
[Michael] Look, Mr. America obviously has tremendous amount of respect
for this young kid and think about this fan,
last week he's presented that flag from Mr. America,
this week, he's literally got a front row seat
to see his, well, I guess his hero in action.
Here's the double team to start things off and this is what I was afraid of.
Piper and O'Haire double teaming Mr. America.
[Tazz] Referee Korderas getting Sean O'Haire out of the ring.
Piper just putting the boots to Mr. America.
[Michael] Well, Mr. America with a better tan
than Roddy Piper for sure.
[Tazz] Piper looks good, Cole, come on.
[Michael] And look at O'Haire with the cheap shots as Piper,
the ruthless Roddy Piper, the master manipulator
-pulling the referee from… -[Tazz] Oh, yeah.
…Mr. America so Sean O'Haire can get involved.
[Tazz] Sean O'Haire will utilize, sorry, Roddy Piper will utilize,
Sean O'Hare the proper way.
And Mr. America is probably aware of that
blocking the power right here of Mr. America.
Whoa! Face first to the ''Hot Rod."
[Michael] Twenty four rich patriots of Mr. America.
And Roddy Piper in all kinds of trouble.
I mean you made a great point earlier on saying that Mr. America is a…
I should say Mr. McMahon, so many misters out here.
[Tazz] Just call me Mr. Tazz by the way.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon is obsessed with this Mr. America
hoping that he is indeed Hulk Hogan in Mr. McMahon's mind.
-[Michael] What is going on? -[Tazz] I have no idea.
[Michael] What, oh, he just lifted his mask to bite Piper.
-[Tazz] Mr. America. -[Michael] Did you get a close look?
[Tazz] Yeah, he kind of, Mr. America kind of looked like, uh
[Michael] Oh, what a right hand by Mr. America to Roddy Piper.
[Tazz] Well, I think the, Mr. McMahon seen that.
Oh, look at Sean O'Haire.
[Michael] Again, Piper draws the referee and Sean O'Haire ready for a right hand.
And Mr. McMahon with Mr. America with a right of his own.
And Sean O'Haire bouncing off the Spanish announce table.
Mr. America, and Piper from behind.
[Tazz] Choking with that weightlifting belt.
Whoa, what the hell, he's got a two-two.
[Michael] You know, this situation between Mr. America
and Mr. McMahon is, oh, look at Roddy Piper.
[Tazz] Oh, man. This ain't good.
[Michael] ''Hot Rod'' with a belt in the hand
across the back of Mr. America. And again, Mr. McMahon's gotta be smiling.
He wants Mr. America down and out
so he can walk down here and take off the mask.
-[Michael] Wait a minute. -[Tazz] Mr. America is up, Cole.
Here goes that Lever weightlifting belt.
[Michael] And Piper… Another shot for good measure.
[Tazz] Oh, that one got Piper.
[Michael] Well, Mr. America is gonna darken that skin one way or another.
[Tazz laughs]
[Michael] And look at Roddy Piper.
-[Tazz] He's got a redneck… -[Michael] Sleeper hold.
[Tazz] …Sleeper hold applied by the ''Hot Rod''.
[Michael] Oh, can you get a grip with a sleeper hold with that mask?
[Tazz] Yeah, I think you can if, I mean, Piper's wrestled for about,
you know, so many millions, you know, long years, you know what I mean?
-[Michael] Yeah. -[Tazz] He knows how to apply a sleeper
with or without a mask or a beard or goatee.
[Michael] But listen, if this sleeper takes affect
and Mr. America is knocked out here, Mr. McMahon can just waltz out here,
he'll have no problem taking the mask off.
And if Mr. McMahon proves that Mr. America is Hulk Hogan?
-[Tazz] That's it. -[Michael] Contracts null and void,
both Hogan and Mr. America are out of the WWE.
[Tazz] Well, that sleeper hold from Piper wearing down the bigger Mr. America.
[Michael] Mr. America is in a world of trouble here.
[Tazz] Might be getting choked out here.
Piper, man, wrestling for years, knows how to apply that sleeper hold,
got that baby in tight.
[Michael] Of course he does, he's ruthless.
[Tazz] He's got that left arm right under the throat of Mr. America.
He's going for two here.
[Michael] Arms gone down a second time, if it hits the mat the third time,
this matchup is over, but more importantly, Mr. America is out.
-[Tazz] Whoa! -[audience cheering]
[Michael] Mr. America beginning to feed off this crowd.
[Tazz] That looks familiar, Cole.
[Michael] The elbow to the gut of Roddy Piper and a clubbing blow
to the back of the head again, and Piper is in control.
[Tazz] I want to say Piper's first barbecue,
well, maybe barbecue is a bad word. It's not a bad first picnic.
[Michael] Those right hands having little effect.
-[Tazz] Mr. America American enough, Cole. -[Michael] American enough?
[Tazz] Yeah, like, you know, it kind of sounds like Hulk in him.
[Michael] And Mr. America on his feet.
The crowd firmly behind Mr. America.
The right hand to Piper, and another right hand.
And O'Haire gets a right hand, knocked off the apron.
[Tazz] There goes Mr. America, he's cooking on all cylinders.
Boom, boot to the face!
[Michael] Well, this was Hogan, the end would be close to near
but I don't know what Mr. America has got.
[Tazz] Oh, wait a minute, Cole. -[Michael] Man. Here comes Mr. McMahon.
[Michael] The obsessed Mr. McMahon.
This situation with Mr. America has, and look at Roddy Piper
with a blatant low blow as Mr. McMahon had the referee distracted.
[Tazz] Right in the star-spangled banner right there,
-what a shot by Piper. -[audience booing]
[Michael] Man, look at the, Mr. McMahon, he just handed Sean O'Haire…
-[Tazz] A pipe. -[Michael] …looked like a pipe.
[Tazz] Yeah, I seen it.
Going for full nelson, Piper is, Roddy trying to strap up Mr. America
[Michael] O'Hara with that steel pipe.
-But he clocks Piper instead. -[Tazz] It backfired.
[Michael] And Mr. America with the right hand of his own.
-[Tazz] Now what? Now what? Leg drop! -[Michael] Leg drop connects.
[Tazz] Mr. America… [Michael] America is gonna do it.
Look at, look at the kid. Look at Zach Gowen.
-Zach Gowen preventing Mr. McMahon. -[Tony] Here is your winner, Mr. America.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
I don't believe that kid just did that. Look at Mr. McMahon's face.
[Michael] Zach Gowen, the fan, grabbed Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] And prevented Mr. McMahon
from stopping the three-count on Roddy Piper.
[Tazz] Kid, you better get back to your bicycle route real quick.
You don't want to get your ass kicked by a billionaire.
[Michael] Mr. America and his friend, Zach Gowen
had embarrassed Mr. McMahon again.
[Tazz] Zach Gowen doing the smart thing, hiding behind Mr. America
but Mr. McMahon, he's hot.
He's mad, oh boy, one time's enough. He's playing, he's cool now.
You never know what Mr. McMahon's thinking.
[Michael] I like this kid Zach Gowen.
He got some guts attacking Mr. McMahon like that.
[Tazz] Kid might not have much brains, Cole, but you're right,
young Zach Gowen's got guts.
Put your hands on Mr. McMahon
and get into Mr. McMahon's business is a little insane,
but look at the cockiness of Mr. McMahon.
-[Michael] Don't let that facade fool you. -[Tazz] What facade?
[Michael] Mr. McMahon's boiling side.
If I'm Zach McGowan or Zach Gowen,
I'm getting on the Amtrak and head me straight out of Dodge.
[Tazz] You ain't lying. Mr. America said, oh.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] The goal was to unmask Mr. America here tonight for Mr. McMahon.
It didn't happen and give the assist to that young man, Zach Gowen.
[Tazz] Well, I don't know if Mr. McMahon has his way one day
or who knows what's gonna happen.
I'm just shocked that this kid put his hands
and prevented Mr. McMahon from getting in that ring. Nuts.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] Mr. America is successful over Roddy Piper
here tonight at Judgment Day.
["Real American" playing]
[audience cheering]
Hey, Hunter.
Just be careful, okay?
[sniffs]
Well, King, the former Mrs. Triple H giving her ex-husband
some good advice, "Be careful."
-You think she really mean it? -Well, I would think that she does.
And I think it's a very good advice
because Triple H knows full well what awaits him.
[Jim] His former best friend, a seven foot, 300-pound man
coming for Triple H's professional soul at Judgment Day.
[Jerry] Matches don't get any bigger than this.
And Triple H, his opponent doesn't get any bigger
than the sever foot tall Kevin Nash.
[Jim] Let's take a look at this extremely personal war
that will be waged tonight
for the Heavyweight Championship of the world.
[Nash] God, I'm glad to be back
and at the same time, I'm not so glad to be back.
I bust my ass, so I can come back here
and be with my buddies, so what happens?
[Nash] I come back, Shawn's in the corner handcuffed,
Hunter's got a sledgehammer
and I'm right the hell in the middle of it.
[Michael] Kevin Nash saving Shawn Michaels from yet another beating.
[Nash] I mean, we're best friends.
[Triple H] I gotta tell you, damn, it's good to see you back, man.
But you got to know something, man.
It ain't never gonna be over between me and Shawn Michaels.
I would just as soon slap Shawn in the face as shake his hand.
So now, you've got to make a choice, it's either him or me?
[Michael] The World Heavyweight Title is on the line, The Game,
and Booker T and Shawn Michaels is the guest referee.
Oh, what are you, Chin music. Oh, my God!
Here it is, one, two, oh, with Chris Jericho.
[Tazz] And Ric Flair attacking Shawn Michaels from behind.
[Michael] Oh, my Gosh. Look at this.
[Tazz] Here comes Kevin Nash. Kevin Nash is still in the middle.
Still in the middle. They all three were best of friends.
[Michael] Oh, no. Oh, my God!
Triple H just nailed Kevin Nash from behind.
[Tazz] Oh, my gosh!
I think Triple H just made a decision for Kevin Nash.
[Triple H] Kevin, I told you.
You don't wanna be against me.
Well, tonight, you find out what it means to be against The Game.
[Michael] Oh, Triple H has got the sledgehammer.
Triple H just nailed his former best friend Kevin Nash.
-[Tazz] That's it, he got him. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Oh, my goodness, what a battle by these six men.
[Tazz] At Judgment Day, it's going to be Triple H
defending the World Title against Kevin Nash.
[Nash] What Triple H did to me, he tried to end my career.
I'm still standing. Triple H, you're a dead man.
It's funny that you say that, Big Kev.
because you're not my only guess on the show tonight.
Ladies and gentleman, to the highlight reel, Triple H.
-[Jim] You've gotta be kidding. -[Jerry] No way.
[Jim] Nash wants a, he wants a game in the ring. Oh, my, he's gone.
-[Jim] These men were one time… -[Jerry] I can't believe. Look out.
…just like brothers, and Jericho, put a cheap shot, a low blow.
[Jerry] Look out, no.
[Jim] No, no, no. What a vile chair shot.
-[Jerry] Not a Pedigree. -[Jim] Not a Pedigree around that chair.
-[Jim] Oh, no. Nash [inaudible] somehow. -[Jerry] Oh, no, no.
[Jim] These men are beginning to just beat the holy hell out of each other.
[Jim] They're shortening their lives and their careers here.
King, they're fighting out near the street. They are outside.
[Jerry] They cannot get… Look out, look out, look out.
[Jim] The driver of that truck just got thrown to the concrete
and look at the World's Champion, getting the hell out of here.
[Jim] Is there anything The Game can do
to turn back the challenge of the seven foot, 300-pounder?
[Jerry] See, that's, Kevin Nash just beat Jericho and Triple H one after the other.
[Jim] Is this the sign of things to come, King?
What will Triple H have to do
to retain The World Heavyweight Title at Judgment Day?
[audience cheering]
♪ I think I'm cute ♪
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I got the looks That drives the girls wild ♪
♪ I got the moves That really move them ♪
♪ I send chills Up and down their spine ♪
♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪
[fireworks exploding]
[Howard] Introducing the individual who will be at the corner
of the challenger, "HBK" Shawn Michaels.
[Jerry] Well, if you ask me, JR, this is the wildcard in this entire equation.
Shawn Michaels in the corner of Kevin Nash.
[Jim] Shawn Michaels has always been a difference maker.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Jim] Controversy has followed him
for the, the large part of his life and his career.
Shawn Michaels is here to support his friend Kevin Nash,
and to keep an eye on Ric Flair.
-["Jackknife" playing] -[audience cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest scheduled for one fall,
it's for The World Heavyweight Championship.
Introducing the challenger from Detroit, Michigan,
weighing 305 pounds, Kevin Nash!
[Jim] Seven feet, 305. Kevin Nash,
a former WWE Champion, former Intercontinental Champion,
four time WCW Champion, King.
But I got to believe that this is about…
-[fireworks blasting] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] …as much about personal,
and old friendships as it is to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
[Jerry] Oh, you got that right.
Yeah, Kevin Nash, he's former every kind of champion you can think of.
But don't forget, Triple H is the current World Heavyweight Champion,
that's what this is all about.
But as you said, so much more than that,
it's so much more personal than just championships.
[Jim] Kevin Nash when provoked, I think he'd rather fight a man
than make love to a woman and he is here tonight ready to fight.
And yes, we are deep in the heart of Ric Flair country.
This is Flair's hometown here in Charlotte, North Carolina.
[audience cheering]
[Howard] Introducing the individual who will be in the corner
of the champion "Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
[Jim] Sixteen time former World's Heavyweight Champion
in his hometown.
He loves that reputation. well earned, I might add.
Of being "The dirtiest player in the game".
And we are getting some very combustible elements
here at the, here at the ring here at Judgment Day.
[Jerry] Oh, welcome home, Naitch. Oh, they love him here at Charlotte.
Jet flying, limousine riding, styling and profiling. Oh-oh.
-["The Game" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Howard] From Greenwich, Connecticut weighing 272 pounds,
the World Heavyweight Champion,
it's Triple H.
[Jim] The 6'4", 260. "The Cerebral Assassin".
[Jerry] And, hey, look at this!
[Jim] Kevin Nash coming right out to meet The Game.
Nash and The Game and this is gonna be an ugly,
physically intense slobberknocker.
[Jerry] Look at Nash, look at Nash.
[Jim] And Flair trying to restrain Nash, and Shawn Michaels now
knocking down Ric Flair.
Senior referee Earl Hebner has got a hell of a challenge
on his hands here.
[Jerry] You're right, JR. it didn't take long for this thing
to get ugly, did it?
Look at this. Here comes some help.
[Jim] Earl Hebner calling for the more referees and more,
or officials out here.
And I think Earl, I think Earl Hebner is…
Shawn Michaels [inaudible]. -[Jerry] What's happening here?
Shawn Michaels and Flair have, Hebner has sent them on their way.
And I think that's the only call quite…
[Jerry] Wait a minute. What are you talking about?
[Jim] frankly that Flair, that the referee could make.
[Jerry] Naitch? The bell hadn't even rung, how can that happen, JR? Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] Well, The Heavyweight Championship of the World is why.
That's what it's all about.
The richest prize in this business, in my view,
is the Heavyweight Championship of the world
and this match is not, I repeat, is not officially underway.
[Referee] Come on, Nash.
[Jerry] I mean, good grief.
Who knows what Nash is gonna do to Triple H here tonight.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] The ref has gotta get these two men in the ring
and get this match officially started.
The Heavyweight Championship of the world is on the line.
[Jerry] And Nash needs to realize
that Triple H is the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
And treat this man with some respect. Look at Triple H now.
[Jim] The bell has sounded.
And Triple H trying to crawl out of the ring.
And the bell sounds and here we go,
officially here we go with Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels
already both being banished to the locker room area.
[Jerry] That's a bad omen for Triple H if you ask me.
[Jim] It's a one-on-one match.
May the best man win this wrestling match or will it be a wrestling match,
or will it be a knock-down-drag-out fist fight
as they say back in Oklahoma.
[Jerry] You know, JR, as personal as this thing has gotten, oh, look out.
[Jim] High back body drop from the seven footer.
[Jerry] You're not gonna see any headlocks or arm drags. This is gonna be a war.
This is gonna be more than a fight.
[Jim] That wasn't no normal backdrop, let me tell you,
when you're getting backdropped from a seven footer,
This will not be a catch-as-catch-can classic.
[Jerry] Where is Triple H going? Is he trying to leave?
[audience chatter]
[Jim] He's trying to put some distance between himself
and the number one contender.
A man that one time Triple H considered his best friend, like a brother.
[Jerry] You said this was not a normal, front of the belt backdrop,
you got that right.
-[Jim] I tell you what that… -[Jerry] Fall from that height. Man.
[Jim] Falling out a second story of an apartment building
and Nash forcing The Game over the, in back into the ring.
[Jerry] Look at the height of Kevin Nash just stepping over the rope, oh.
[Jim] What a knockdown and that maybe it right there.
Nash just dimming the lights of The Cerebral Assassin.
[Jerry] Well, you're right. That could've maybe been it.
Had Nash wanted to cover Triple H but this is, like I said,
this is more about, more than about the World Heavyweight Championship.
These men are intent on destroying each other.
[Jim] Yeah. But, King, you know as well as I do,
the way you hurt Triple H the most
is to become the World's Heavyweight Champion
to take that world title away from him.
Oh! High elbow drop.
[Jerry] You know that, I know that but does Kevin Nash know that?
I think Kevin Nash just wants to beat Triple H up physically
and show Triple H that Kevin Nash is the superior athlete.
[Jim] I think Nash has two things on his mind here tonight.
The first is to whip Triple H's ass, and…
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Jim] …and mark him for life.
And the second thing is to take away the World's Heavyweight Title from him
right here in Charlotte tonight at Judgment Day.
The Game has never been able to get out of the blocks,
thanks to Nash and Triple H out of desperation
-[Jim] raking the eyes of his adversary. -[Jerry] And look at the referee, oh.
[Jerry] Well, that's what the referee deserves for, well, for ordering,
-[Jerry] ordering the… -[Jim] Oh, come on, King.
[Jerry] Well, it's for ordering Naitch back to the dressing room.
Naitch needs to be out here.
He's an integral part of The Game's game plan.
[Jim] I'm gonna give Earl Hebner credit for not disqualifying
the world's champion, The Game right there.
And let this match continue as it should.
[Jerry] What do you mean disqualifying anybody?
The referee knows this thing is gonna be a knock-down-drag-out affair.
[Jim] Nice swinging neckbreaker by The Game.
At least he bought himself some time and The Game trying to recover,
trying to suck that oxygen into his body
with everything he's got here, both men are down
and Senior Referee Earl Hebner will have a ten-count to utilize
and you think that The Game wouldn't love a count-out here about now?
[Jerry] He doesn't wanna get a count out. He doesn't want to get disqualified.
Do you not think The Game wants to beat Kevin Nash
just as bad as Kevin Nash wants to beat Triple H?
[Jim] Sure he does. As long as he is man enough.
And right now he's showing that he's perhaps man enough.
[Jerry] He's the World Heavyweight Champion.
[Jim] Nash reverse and then followed him right-hand and maybe not.
Maybe this is not, maybe this is not Triple H's night.
Maybe this is not his favorite pay-per-view.
[Jerry] You like that, wouldn't you?
[Jim] I'm gonna try to be neutral here.
-[Jerry] Oh, no! Hey, come on, ref. -[Jim] Well, right-hand.
[Jerry] Just right in the face of Triple H.
[Jim] Nash in that mount position right in the face of The Game.
-[Jerry] Now, look at this. -[Jim] Now Nash shoving the referee down.
-[Jerry] Disqualifying. -Knock it off, Nash.
[Jerry] That should be a disqualification. Kevin Nash deserves to be disqualified,
manhandling, assaulting a referee, the official. Look at this now.
[Jim] Referee Earl Hebner.
Hey, was that disqualify Nash and, oh, man.
Earl Hebner being intimidated by the number one contender
for the World Title.
[Jerry] Don't be intimidated, Earl Hebner. Do your job, disqualify now.
[Jim] Triple H just gotten the hell out of the ring
and again trying to distance himself
from the number one contender from the man who,
that knows Triple H perhaps as well as Triple H knows himself.
Two men that both have come back from serious injury.
-[Jerry] Oh, what the hell. -[Jim] Oh, man. My God.
[Jim] That had, I've got, I want to believe in the worst way
-that was inadvertent. -[Jerry] Sure, it was inadvertent.
[Jim] But it may not have been, King. It might not have been.
-[Jim] Low blow. -[Jerry] That wasn't inadvertent.
[Jim] No, it was not. That was a, that was a bullseye.
[Jerry] We told you it's gonna be a knockdown, drag-out affair.
-A little bit of Deja vu there. -[Jim] Referee knocked down.
And referee Earl Hebner is trying to re-navigate here.
But Nash has been taken down with that low blow.
We've seen Triple H use that same maneuver on Nash before.
Not to mention hitting Nash in the head with a sledgehammer.
[Jerry] I realize that.
This is all about the World Heavyweight Championship and more.
This is about two men that literally despised each other,
they will do anything to each other.
Now what? Look at this.
[Jim] Triple H removing that top turnbuckle,
and look at what he's exposing. Look what it exposes.
-[Jim] That steel, that bolt. -[Jerry] Wow.
[Jim] That steel ring there that holds the top rope to the ring post.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. Hit your head into this. -[Jim] Nash blocks it.
Comes back with a right-hand and he's a natural southpaw.
-Nash again with another right-hand. -[Jerry] Oh!
-[Jim] Irish whip to the padded side. Sidelock slam.
A sidelock slam by Kevin Nash again taking down The Game
with nothing but straightaway power.
[Jerry] Earl Hebner's in la-la land. He don't know where he's at.
[Jim] Hebner trying to get back up and do his job.
He has a thankless job in a battle between two men
that will just as soon end their, each others career tonight.
And another shot to the face, King.
[Jerry] Oh, this Kevin Nash, he is evil? Oh, yeah.
[Jim] Nash can be evil, there's no doubt about that.
He ain't here to make friends.
He had a friend he thought in Triple H. He stabbed him in the heart.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. You're trying to say that Triple H…
-[Jim] Oh, look out here. -[Jerry] Look at this now.
-Wait a minute. How many times? Oh! Oh! -[Jim] Oh, Nash.
Nash just hit that exposed turnbuckle.
Nash was looking to deliver the snake eyes on Triple H.
[Jerry] How does Nash get up from that? Oh, he won't get up from this.
[Jim] Oh, look out here.
[Jerry] Head onto the steel turnbuckle. Pedigree.
[Jim] Triple H delivered a Pedigree on Kevin Nash.
[Jerry] And you're the one that said
if Triple H is man enough to win this thing.
[All] One, two, three.
-[Jim] Oh, it's not three. -[Jerry] What?
[Jim] It's not three.
It's a long time two count but it's not three
and this match is gonna continue here.
[Jerry] I think if Hebner had his wits about him.
Kevin Nash knocked Hebner's lights out.
-[Jim] The first… -[Jerry] Hebner is counting so slow.
[Jim] The first big offensive move by Triple H was the Pedigree.
And even the Pedigree couldn't keep Kevin Nash down
in this World Championship match.
[Jerry] Here's another one. This will do it. Nobody gets up from two Pedigrees.
Oh, whoa.
[Jim] Nash elevated The Game, the World Champion
from that Pedigree position over the top rope all the way to the floor.
-[referee] Two! -[audience chatter]
[Jim] Oh-oh, at least the referee is backed up
[Jerry] And there's some water under, get some water.
-[Jim] Wait a minute. -[Jerry] Oh, that ain't water.
[Jim] Triple H has that damn sledgehammer.
Triple H has got the sledgehammer in his hand.
[Jerry] What is the sledgehammer doing under the ring?
[Jim] Triple H is bringing that Sledgehammer.
Now this is, this is not a no-disqualification match.
[Jerry] This might be over sooner than you think, JR.
[Jim] This is not no holds barred.
-And he's got… -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Jim] Referee Earl Hebner trying to unarm The Game.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Jim] Oh, come on. That's got to be a disqualification.
-That's it! -[bell ringing]
[Jim] That's a disqualification If I've ever seen one.
Triple H got his ass disqualified, another disqualification.
Triple H saves his ass maybe he saves his title for sure.
[Jim] Oh, look out here.
[Jerry] Let it go. The match is over.
[Jim] Snake eyes, face first into that exposed turnbuckle.
The bell had sounded, the match has ended from the disqualification.
[Jerry] Oh, it's not ended, JR.
[Jim] Mad Nash doesn't give a damn, King.
[Jerry] I think it's still going, oh, my God!
[Jim] Oh, a Jackknife Powerbomb from the seven foot, 300 pounder.
Nash is like a wounded animal.
[Jerry] Look at Nash, I don't even know if he realizes.
I'm sure he heard the bell. Oh-oh.
[Jim] Oh, wait a minute. Nash has got that nasty mean streak.
[Jerry] I told you he was evil?
[Jim] He has seen Triple H's sledgehammer. He's gonna get some revenge.
And who in the hell could blame Nash
from making Triple H eat that sledgehammer?
[Jerry] Yeah. Get him out of there.
[Jim] Nash came to win the title
and this match has ended by disqualification.
Triple H, Triple H saved his ass with that disqualification.
-[Jerry] Did he retain the championship? -[Jim] Of course, he does.
[Jerry] All right. That's all that matter.
Look out now Kevin Nash. Look at the sore loser.
Look at the sore loser, JR.
[Jim] Nash is hitting anything that moves here.
-[Jerry] Oh, watch him, watch him. -[Jim] Look out. Get out of here.
Nash on the world's champion on our announce area.
-[Jim] There's Flair back. -[Jerry] Flair is back. It's Naitch.
[Jerry] Naitch…
[Jim] Flair's back on right-hand and down goes Flair.
[Jerry] Look out, look out. Get out of the way.
[Jim] King, get out of here. Get out of here.
Nowhere to go.
[Jerry] Get some help over here. Get this thing stopped, oh.
-[Jim] There's Shawn Michaels… -[Jerry] Look out!
[Jim] Hey, come on! Nash is, Nash in a rage just…
-[Jerry] You all right, Shawn? -[Jim] …knocked down this.
[Jim] Now, whoa, whoa. Look at this!
Come on, Kev, you're gonna break his back.
-[Jim] You'll break his back! -[Jerry] No, no.
No. My gosh. Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] What in the name of heaven. What impact.
For the love of God,
the World's Champion has been destroyed by Kevin Nash.
Good God Almighty.
[audience cheering]
["Jackknife" playing]
[Jerry] I can't believe this.
["Jackknife" playing]
[Jerry] My God I…
[Jerry] We need some help, we need some help out here.
[Jim] We need, we need medical people out here. We need them bad.
Triple H, the dirty bastard, may have deserved it,
but he is, this is a night the World's Champion will never forget.
He just got his ass handed to him by a seven foot,
300 pounder, and Nash ain't happy.
[Jerry] What do you mean got his ass handed?
Triple H is, we need the medics, paramedics.
[Jim] King, Nash came here to win the world title.
And Triple H got what he deserved. He's…
[Jerry] Nobody deserves this. Look at this, JR. Nobody deserves that!
That can not only end your career, that could end your life.
And Kevin Nash doesn't seem to care, JR. Look at this.
No one deserves that.
[Jim] He needs some help. Oh, Nash had two goals at Judgment Day.
To whip his former best friend's ass, he did that.
[Jerry] See if he's even breathing.
[Jim] Triple H is breathing but…
Our trainer Chris Brandon is here and other officials
and I, you hate to see any athlete,
I don't care what, how much Triple H maybe hated,
you hate to see anybody get injured and he has been destroyed
as the World's Heavyweight Champion.
[audience chatter]
[Jerry] You need more than a trainer. You need an ambulance out here.
Look out.
[Jim] I mean, Nash sick and twisted…
and had every reason to be that way.
[Jerry] Is he all right?
[Jim] Trying to get Triple H down.
He has been busted up.
[audience chatter]
[Jim] Oh, my gosh. There's another look.
And listen to the impact here, folks.
Just listen to this.
[thuds]
-[Jim] Oh, God. -[Jerry] This is awful.
Exactly what I've been talking about.
Finally, you see Kevin Nash go out there and he says, "Well, I'm here."
He's noticed. He's somebody. He's ready. Do you get that?
Somebody's taking initiative here. Come on over here, honey.
-Wings, anyone? -Yeah, get over here.
-Oh, my gosh. -What's wrong with you?
I just, I think I've had too much to eat.
Too much to eat? What do you mean?
I think I've had too much to eat. Damn! Hotdog, pizza, pepper.
What the hell?
You ain't got jalapenos where you're from?
No.
What are you talking about? You ain't got jalapenos where you're from?
No, there's no jalapeno peppers in Minnesota.
We're all Swedish. They don't eat that stuff.
-That's where you're from, Minnesota? -Yeah.
You're pretty good, old fella, ain't you? You know what? Let me tell you something.
-You ever been to Minnesota? -No.
-You never been there? -No.
Well, maybe we'll go some time.
There's a lot of good things come out of Minnesota.
They got good hunting,
they got good fishing, they got a bunch of lakes,
and a lot of good things coming out of Minnesota, but I'll tell you something.
You're damn sure ain't one of them
And as a matter of fact, I think you're one sorry soory,
son of a bitch. Why do you got to say about that?
-[Jerry] Oh, oh, no! -[Jim] Oh, God.
[Jerry] He hurled. Bischoff puked.
-What are you doing? -[Jerry] Oh, my God!
You okay? I am concerned about you.
[Jerry] He puked on the fans.
You got a bunch of [inaudible] Let me clean you up a little bit.
[Jerry] Oh!
-[Stone Cold] There you go. -[audience cheering]
That's what you do. Take it away. You got to have some more beer with us.
[Jim] Oh, King.
[Jerry] Do we have to see this? Are they gonna show us this again?
-[Jim] Take it again. Take it. -[Jerry] Look at this poor, JR.
He's had jalapeno peppers Hamburgers, hot dogs.
And there it all is again.
-[Jim] Oh, my God. -[Jerry] Oh, my Gosh.
-[Jim] Oh, King. -[Jerry] I wanna see this one more time.
-[Jim] Oh, sure you do. -[Jerry] I can't believe my eyes.
[Jerry] Ugh, ugh! Spew the chunks.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Jim] Oh, no, a hurl. That's a hurl.
[Jim] That's a major league hurl right there.
Bischoff can puke with the best of them.
[evil laughter]
Oh.
["Time To Rock & Roll" playing]
[Jerry] Oh-oh, speaking of the best of them, JR.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest is the fatal 4-way match
for the Women's Championship.
Introducing first, from Toronto, Canada, Trish Stratus.
[Jim] Trish Stratus, a former Women's Champion,
about to compete in this fatal 4-way for the winner of the fall
or the person who earn a submission wins the match like sudden death.
You win the match, you win the title.
["Pretty Mean Sister" playing]
[Howard] From Dallas, Texas, Jacqueline.
["Pretty Mean Sister" playing]
[Jerry] Oh-oh.
[Jim] Boy, here comes, Dandy.
[Howard] Accompanied by Steven Richards, Victoria.
[Jerry] I've seen gargoyles with nicer faces.
She is, I think she is something else.
[Jim] I don't think she's unattractive.
[Jerry] You know, oh, here, take these glasses.
[upbeat music playing]
["Smooth" playing]
[Howard] Accompanied by Theodore Long, the Women's Champion, Jazz!
[Jerry] And Jazz, she looks great in the moonlight
and even better in total darkness.
[Jim] Well, her manager Theodore Long said on heat
that this 4-way matchup was a conspiracy by the man
to take the women's title off of Jazz and [inaudible].
[Jerry] What's with Steven Richards already.
[Jim] What he's referring to is that Jazz, who is the champion,
doesn't have to be involved in the decision to lose her title.
[Jerry] That's right.
For instance, if Victoria were to pin Trish, Jazz loses.
[Jim] Exactly. Victoria is a champion.
It's a one fall sudden death, pinfall or submission,
first person to earn a fall wins the match and becomes the Women's Champion.
[Jerry] So, really, it is every woman for herself in this match.
[Jerry] Can't afford to have friends here.
[Jim] A fatal 4-way here at Judgment Day
and I'm, man, that Kevin Nash. God Almighty.
[Jerry] Will you be checking to see if Triple H is okay?
[Jerry] Why are you worried about Kevin Nash?
[Jim] Oh, no. I'm not worried about him. I've never seen that much intensity.
Oh, nice kick up by Trish Stratus. Tell you what, don't discount Jackie here.
Jackie is Texas tough. I'll tell you.
[Jerry] There's Victoria from the outside.
[Jim] Victoria dragging Trish from the outside.
Every woman in this match has been a, women's champion.
And a hard shot by Jackie rocking Jazz.
And Trish being waylaid on the outside.
[Jerry] I think Trish hit her head on that ring post.
[Jim] What a nice snap headlock there by Jackie
and Jackie got a near fall before Victoria broke it up.
Victoria not wanting to save Jazz as much as to keep this match going,
to continue this match where she can get a pinfall in her view.
-[grunts] -Oh, man.
One, two.
[Jim] There's the cover and Jazz with that double sledge to the spine,
peeling Victoria off and there's a double…
[Jerry] Look at the strength of Jazz here, oh, wow.
[Jim] Double chicken wing.
And Jazz is, oh, look at this.
Jazz with that great strength again, punishing Jackie.
Jazz the reigning Women's Champion, managed by, you heard it,
Theodore Long, [inaudible].
[Jerry] She said the bitch is back, but… Yeah, bitch.
[Jim] And Trish Stratus back in there.
Trish Stratus is a, she can be a fireball, boy, I'll tell you that.
A spitfire and knocking down the champion, go for the cover,
hook in the leg and got a near fall. Trish is a…
[Jerry] Invite that little fireball over to my apartment for some carpet burn.
-Oh, look out! -[Jim] Oh, look out here.
-And Jazz setting in the STF. -[Jerry] Oh, poor Trish.
This could do it right here.
[Jim] A painful submission move, the cross-temple [inaudible].
[Jerry] Theodore Long on the outside, he got a big smile on his face
because he said this would only be appropriate
for Jazz to win this thing herself.
Victoria, Jackie, Victoria looking for the enzuigiri
and Jackie with a half crab.
-[Jim] Victoria, who's gonna tap out here? -[Jerry] There's another submission hold.
[Jim] We got a, this is, [inaudible] taps out.
[Jerry] Oh, look. Jazz is now realizing, what situation this is?
[Jim] Whoever taps out loses and the aggressor wins the match.
Trish is trying to survive.
Trish is in the ropes. Let's not forget about Victoria and Jackie…
[Jerry] Yeah, Jackie's in the catbird seat right now.
-Whoa, she was? -[Jim] Oh, yeah.
[Jim] She just got knocked out of the catbird seat right out of the nest.
And now the damage done by Jackie. Jazz is gonna take over in the STF.
-[Long] Don't give up! -No!
[Jim] What an advantage. Here comes Trish.
And Trish with a drop kick, right to the temple of Jazz.
Low and hard came Trish with a drop kick.
Trish is now isolated.
-There's only Trish and Jazz… -[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Jim] Yeah, that's a jaw breaker. A jawjacker, if you will.
[audience chatter]
[Jerry] Man.
[Jim] Oh, face chop, and Trish firing right back.
Jazz can be intimidating, but she's not gonna intimidate Trish here.
-And Trish taking everything that, oh! -[Jerry] Oh, marvelous.
-[Jim] Oh, matrixed her. -[Jerry] Trish just got reloaded.
[Jim] Look at this. A [inaudible] kick. She's got it.
-[Jim] Oh, my goodness, how close! -[Jerry] Oh, that would have been great.
-[Jim] Man, that's close. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
-[Jerry] What happened to… -[Jim] Jackie throwing Victoria back in.
[Jim] Now, Jackie pins Victoria before Trish and Jazz have a decision,
Jackie is the new champion.
[Jerry] That could very well happen. Like you said, don't count out Jackie.
She is tough.
[Jim] Theodore Long will have a lot to talk about “The man.”
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this! -[thuds]
[Jim] The leg stretch back twist.
Jackie knocked down on the other side by Victoria.
And Trish gonna kick off Victoria, it looks like.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Jim] Oh, man.
[Jim] Hard shot. Victoria bouncing right on her kidneys in that…
[Jerry] How about a little Stratusfaction?
-[Jerry] Oh, no! Oh, my gosh. -[Jim] Victoria elevated Trish.
-Oh, my God. -[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] Trish looking for the top rope, didn't find it, went over the top of it.
[Jerry] Is she all right?
[Jim] Victoria's got Jackie in that backbreaker.
-[Jim] Jackie kicked her way free. -[Jerry] Look at this!
-[Jim] Nice suplex there. -[Jerry] That's it, oh!
[Jim] Oh, Jazz.
Nice, what a nice suplex by Jackie. Oh, that's a hard…
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Jim] …hard DDT, a hard DDT.
-[Jim] And it's over. -[bell ringing]
["Smooth" playing]
[Jerry] Wow.
[Howard] The winner of this bout and still women's champion, Jazz.
[Jim] In all due respect, the bitch is back
and she's still the Women's Champion.
[Jerry] Wow.
[Jim] And I thought Trish had this thing going her way.
[Jerry] What an unbelievable sequence of events.
[Jerry] First, Trish, you're right.
She had it going, going for the Stratusfaction
and then, oh, my God. Was that her tooth?
She got knocked out, face first all the way from over the top rope,
and then this huge splash.
[Jim] Jackie had the match, Jackie had the match won it looked like
and Jazz interrupted. Oh, man, that's a sickening DDT.
-Jackie's neck got compressed on that one. -[Jerry] The puppies were planted.
[Jim] Wow, big time.
[Jerry] Oh, Trish, I think she got her, it might have been a tooth.
[Jim] Bottom line, Jazz is still the champion.
-[Jerry] What a match. -[Jim] Yeah.
Oh, I agree with a match. King, you're right. What a match that was.
Surprised, Trish is not getting picked up with a spatula around here.
What a match, we got coming up next. The WWE title is on the line.
Brock Lesnar defending against the Big Show in a stretcher match.
[Tazz] This match is straight up barbaric. This is a vicious, violent match.
It's a career jarring match and it's for the WWE Championship.
[Michael] The stretcher match idea
all came about with what happened a month ago at Backlash.
The heinous actions of the Big Show toward Rey Mysterio.
[Tazz] Mysterio is going for The West Coast Pop.
-[Michael] He is caught in mid-air. -[Tazz] Oh, no. Oh, no.
-[Michael] Big Show. -[Tazz] Oh, no. He's done. No.
Big Show may have broken Mysterio in half. It's over.
[Michael] And here comes the EMTs.
[Tazz] Rey Mysterio landed really hard for about maybe 10 feet in the air.
[Michael] The EMTS are taking no chances here. Oh, my God, Big Show is back.
What the hell is he doing back here?
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] And what is Big Show doing?
-[Tazz] No. No, no stop. -[Michael] Stop this.
[Tazz] Oh, my God!
[suspenseful music playing]
[gloomy music playing]
[Michael] The returning Rey Mysterio. Rey, it is great to have you back.
When can we expect to see you in the ring?
[Mysterio] The doctor say I should be cleared to wrestle in a couple of weeks.
I never thought I would be able to wrestle again
when the Big Show put me on that stretcher.
You know what went through my mind?
My family.
For the first time in my life…
I felt scared.
Would you ever consider getting back into the ring with the Big Show?
I don't, I don't think I can answer that right now.
[Michael] Big Show has Rey Mysterio hostage.
[Tazz] Wait a minute. Here comes, Lesnar. Brock Lesnar taking down the Big Show.
[Lesnar] Big Show, you can run all over the back,
you can run all over the locker room,
you can come in this ring and bully anybody you want,
but I ain't standing for it.
You wanna bully somebody, Big Show, try to bully Brock Lesnar.
You're calling me out for a fight?
I'm not stepping in that ring
until you put that WWE Championship on the line.
You want this title? Come and get it.
[Lesnar] Since the Big Show likes stretcher so much,
why don't we make our title match a stretcher match?
[Michael] The WWE title is on the line in a stretcher match,
Big Show and Brock Lesnar.
It has been 17 years
since there's been a stretcher match in the WWE.
[Tazz] It takes years of your career in one night.
[upbeat music playing]
[Tazz] The object is to beat your opponent senseless
and then wheel them out of the arena.
How the hell is Lesnar gonna get Big Show on a stretcher?
[Michael] Are we looking into the eyes of the next WWE Champion?
[screaming]
[Tony] Ladies and gentlemen, in the following stretcher match,
the rules are there are no count outs, no disqualifications.
The only way to win is to place your opponent on the stretcher
and wheel him past the yellow line.
[audience chatter]
["Crank it Up" playing]
[Tazz] Here we go!
[firework blasting]
[Michael] For the first time in 17 years,
the WWE has sanctioned a stretcher match.
["Crank it Up" playing]
[Tazz] This man, the Big Show, Cole, has been on a tear.
He's been kicking ass, and taking names that take no prisoner attitude.
[Tony] The following stretcher match is for the WWE Championship.
In the ring, the challenger, weighing in at 500 pounds,
The Big Show.
[Michael] How can the Big Show lose this match?
[Tazz] I don't know. I've been thinking that whole week, Cole.
I don't know.
I don't know how the Big Show can lose this match.
[Michael] Look at the Big Show.
He's a giant compared to the stretcher he's got in the ring.
[Tazz] Oh, no doubt about it, the biggest man in sports entertainment.
["Next Big Thing" playing]
[Michael] Well, here comes the pain!
[Tony] And from Minneapolis, Minnesota, weighing in at 295 pounds,
the WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar.
[Michael] Is the champion in over his head?
There's no stretcher big enough for Brock Lesnar to put the Big Show on.
[Tazz] Good point, Cole. Brock might have bit more than be can chew.
Brock Lesnar always focused,
always in a rage when he gets near that squared circle.
["Next Big Thing" playing]"
[Michael] That's the most great, oh!
Seventeen years ago,
Andre the Giant and Killer Khan met in a stretcher match.
[Michael] This time, the WWE title is on the line,
and Big Show using the stretcher as a weapon.
Put the champion out of the box quickly.
-[Michael] Again, No disqualifications. -[Tazz] Oh, my God, oh, my God.
[Michael] That is perfectly legal. This match will be barbaric.
It will be brutal.
[Tazz] That's that thick, heavy, fiber glass. Oh, wow.
[Michael] And Big Show has been knocked down.
[Tazz] Yeah. Brock has got some momentum, Cole.
[Michael] But again the task is for Brock Lesnar
-to knock the Big Show down. -[Tazz] Oh, my God!
[Michael] And then put the Big Show on a stretcher
and wheel to the yellow line
and over the yellow line in the entrance way.
And there's the seven footer, the 500 pounder
taking to the champion.
[Tazz] That's the size. The difference, Brock is 99.9 percent at times
bigger than all athletes he faces except the Big Show.
He's the largest man in sports entertainment history.
[Michael] Big Show has defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE Title.
Albeit, with the help of Paul Heyman, but it did happen
at Survivor Series last year.
Can Big Show get it done again here tonight?
[Tazz] Big Show looks pretty confident, Cole.
He's been this way since what he did to Rey Mysterio.
Big Show is in, he's got that gaze in his eyes,
he's focused, and he's dangerous.
[Michael] And keep in mind, look at Big Show with that 295 pounder.
Look at Big Show bounces off the stretcher then the post, head first.
You see the stretcher? Mysterio was taken out by the Big Show.
Benoit would have been a victim of that stretcher if not for Brock Lesnar.
Will Lesnar be the next victim?
[Tazz] Here's the stretcher right here. Let's see.
Let's see if, wow, man! Oh, my God!
[Michael] The teeth of the Big Show may have been driven down his throat.
[Tazz] That steel around that stretcher on those wheels.
Brock using the stretcher as a weapon, smart strategy by the champion.
[Michael] Here's some history for you.
Almost 40 years to the day, May 17th, 1963,
the WWE title was founded.
Will Brock Lesnar, the youngest champion in WWE history retain?
Oh, not if the Big Show continues assaults like that.
[Tazz] The Big Show just being, making that size of his body and his power,
the difference maker against Brock Lesnar. I mean, Brock's 300 pound athlete, Cole.
He's not exactly, you know, a cruiserweight out here.
And he looks kind of small next to the Big Show.
[Michael] Well, he's outweighed by 205 pounds.
And Big Show again with that stretcher head
-across the kidney of Brock Lesnar. -[audience chatter]
[Tazz] How ironic, Cole.
I mean, the last stretcher match 17 years ago
was Andre the Giant against Killer Khan. Andre was a giant.
And now, the Big Show, another giant in a stretcher match.
Unbelievable.
[Michael] Big Show tossed Brock Lesnar back into the ring. Listen to this.
[Tazz] Oh, my God!
[Michael] And Andre the giant won that match against Killer Khan,
let's see if this giant of this day and era can beat Brock Lesnar.
[Michael] But Brock Lesnar is a proud champion.
Brock Lesnar is a gallant champion
and Brock Lesnar trying to target the Big Show, but look at this.
-[Tazz] There it is. -[Michael] Chokeslam!
[Michael] Now, can Big Show pick up the champion,
put him on a stretcher, and wheel Lesnar over that yellow line?
[Tazz] Oh, come on, Cole. Jeez, I mean, come on, Show,
Big Show just picked up Brock with ease. With one hand and chokeslammed him,
the damn skippy.
Big Show can get Brock on that stretcher.
[Michael] The stretcher tossed back into the ring.
The Big Show could be moments away from winning the WWE title.
If we talk about the Big Show, he may not wheel Brock Lesnar out.
He may carry Lesnar out of here.
[Tazz] That's right, Cole. He wants, now, Brock is on the stretcher.
Now, Big Show's gotta get him out, out of the ring
and past that yellow line in the entrance way.
-Oh, look at this. [Michael] Oh, the big leg.
Brock Lesnar bouncing two feet in the air as that 500 pounder connected.
[Tazz] Right across the mush.
Man, that will numb your whole face, neck and head, chest area.
-[Michael] And Big Show… -[Tazz] Here we go.
[Michael] Now, dragging the champion out of the ring.
[Tazz] Oh, it's gonna be a lot tougher to lift Brock on the stretcher,
than it was for Rey Mysterio, Brock's a big stud.
-[Michael] And Big Show… -[Tazz] He'll put him…
Okay. That's it. Put him on there, and wheel him out.
[Michael] Again, you're gonna wheel your opponent past the yellow line,
which is near the entrance way.
-[Tazz] We got enough stretchers out here? -[Michael] The WWE title is on the line.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar's reign is in serious jeopardy.
[Tazz] Yes. No doubt Brock's in trouble.
[Michael] And Big Show has got Brock Lesnar positioned on the stretcher.
[Michael] All Big Show has to do is wheel the stretcher out.
[Tazz] This is it! That's it. Big Show's close to the yellow line.
Probably about 20 feet, 10 feet, whatever the hell it is.
[Michael] You see the yellow line in the back around? There it is.
Big Show, perhaps 25 feet away from becoming the champion.
And Brock Lesnar, trying to kick-out the stretcher, does, and a clothesline.
[Tazz] Oh, my God, wow!
[Michael] And Brock Lesnar crosses the yellow line, but not on a stretcher.
[Tazz] But the big picture here is the way Brock landed
after taking that clothesline right on the back of his head.
[Michael] Believe me, that's not a plush carpet out there.
[Tazz] No, it ain't. Good point. Oh, my God!
[Michael] And a stretcher across the back again of the champion, Lesnar.
And Big Show is putting on a clinic in a stretcher match here tonight.
[Tazz] We've been saying how violent it is and how barbaric this is. Look at that!
I mean, in this match, it's giving you that. The championship is on the line.
Brock wants to retain, Big Show wants to be the WWE Champion.
[Michael] Big Show has made a career out of putting people on stretchers.
Brock Lesnar trying to battle back with the rights and lefts,
but the champion has been overwhelmed by a giant here tonight.
[Tazz] The swirling power and size of Big Show.
-And Lesnar here. -[Michael] Showing some signs of life.
The champion, the champion begins to battle back.
-[Michael] Oh, what a shot! -[Tazz] Oh, here comes Lesnar, Cole.
Oh!
[Michael] Lesnar trying to tattoo the names on that stretcher
to the back of Big Show.
[Tazz] Man, Brock is bringing that stretcher.
[Michael] The Big Show is to his knees.
[Tazz] He got him down. Brock's got Big Show down.
[Michael] This is legal, no disqualifications in the matchup.
[Tazz] Cable for the lights or the camera or something.
[Michael] Lesnar using the cable as a weapon.
[Tazz] Trying to choke up the Big Show. Brock is trying to choke him out.
[Michael] And if you could choke the Big Show out,
if the Big Show passes out, Lesnar wheels him on to a stretcher…
[Tazz] But how, but how does Brock,
but how does Brock get Big Show's big, massive body on the stretcher?
[Michael] Oh, we may find out because the Big Show is fading,
the Big Show is fading.
Brock Lesnar taking the breath away from the Big Show.
And look at the intensity in the eyes of the champion.
[Tazz] Brock is giving his best effort, all the power in Brock's body,
his mind, his spirit, to choke out the Big Show
and put him on that stretcher, and wheel him out of here.
[Michael] And look at the Big Show here. Look at the Big Show.
His face is down, his mouth down. He hasn't moved yet.
-Lifeless. Big Show is lifeless. -[audience cheering]
The Big Show maybe out of it.
[Tazz] Well, the oxygen probably cut off to his brain.
-Oh, here goes Brock now. -[Michael] And Lesnar in good measure.
[Tazz] One more for the road right there. Another shot with that stretcher.
[Michael] It was one thing to choke the Big Show out.
Tough part is gonna be hauling this 500 pound carcass onto the stretcher.
[Tazz] Well, that was smart. Brock just lowered the stretcher,
so, he does not have to lift Big Show higher.
[Michael] I think that stretcher ain't big enough to push the man out.
[Tazz] Brock almost looks like putting two pounds of bologna in a one pound bag.
[Michael] Oh, Big Show is on the stretcher.
Brock Lesnar has got the Big Show on the stretcher.
-[Michael] Brock Lesnar is trying to,… -[Tazz] Here we go.
What's Brock's gonna do?
[Michael] …pull the challenger out of the arena,
but Big Show, his saving grace, maybe that camera cable.
[Tazz] That damn near hung him. Oh, my God! Jeez.
[Michael] Big Show pulled off the stretcher.
Wow!
[Tazz] You got to wonder what's left in Big Show's tank here.
[Michael] But how ironic is that.
The cable used to knock the big man down and choke him out,
may have saved the Big Show in this matchup.
[Tazz] Brock put that cable around the Big Show's throat,
in his neck so tight.
Couldn't get it off himself had to pull it off using the stretcher.
[Michael] The champion with a clubbing blow and Big Show
now with the right-hands, tries to battle back.
Brock Lesnar… He's, oh, nice!
[Tazz] Smart interference right there, using the, oh, no, no, no.
[Michael] Oh, wow, driving the shoulder into the ribs of the Big Show.
[Tazz] Great tackle right there, man. What a shot, what a hit by Brock Lesnar.
[Michael] Both men have absorbed
a tremendous amount of punishment thus far in this matchup.
[Tazz] Brock was trying to just move it down.
And now how fast is Lesnar?
[Michael] Was he being a middle line backer?
[Tazz] Maybe The Panthers could get some pointers from him.
[Michael] Oh, look at this, look at this. Powerful, 500-pounder lifted up.
[Tazz] Too big, Cole.
[Michael] Too big to land on the stretcher.
[Tazz] I mean how much did that take out of Lesnar?
Lesnar, you see, just falling to his rear end.
[Michael] It may have broke Brock Lesnar's back lifting That 500 pounder up.
-[Tazz] Oh, that could do it. -[Michael] And that's dead weight.
[Tazz] Like lifting a small foreign car off the ground, you know what I mean?
I mean Big Show is a monster.
[Michael] Again, the predicament for Lesnar
is how do you keep the big giant down long enough,
to then get him onto the stretcher,
and then wheel him out past that yellow line?
What's his strategy? What the hell would you do?
[Tazz] I don't know. I'm not in the match.
I don't know. I don't know what I would do.
[Michael] And the stretcher used as a weapon again.
[Tazz] I wouldn't mind doing that. That's smart.
[Michael] And Big Show and Brock Lesnar with a tug of war with the stretcher.
-A tug of war… -[Tazz] Tug of war, right there.
[Michael] And Lesnar, treading in the apron.
[Tazz] Overpowering, Big Show overpowering Lesnar right in the gut again.
[Michael] And again the shot to the ribs.
The stretcher, the Big Show using the stretcher as a weapon.
The challenger again has turned the tables on the champion.
[Tazz] Oh, man, oh!
Big Show's going to throw that stretcher right in Brock Lesnar's face.
[Michael] And Brock Lesnar trying to pull himself up to the apron.
Big Show positioning the stretcher now.
The Champion, Brock Lesnar, the youngest champion in WWE history
is in danger of losing to Big Show for the second time.
[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Will his, oh, and did you see Brock Lesnar's,
the back of his head bang off that steel post?
[Tazz] Oh, Big Show, he's making a living,
taking out victim's left and right using that ring post
and the stretcher. What is Big Show looking for?
[Michael] Watch the head. This is what I was talking about.
[Tazz] I couldn't see. Let's see here.
-[Michael] Look at that. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Tazz] That's a steel ring post, ladies and gentlemen, holding up a ring.
How tough is Lesnar. He's up, but, oh, no.
[Michael] If Lesnar could make it to his feet, he'd have a chance.
[Tazz] But again check this out. Check this out. Watch Lesnar's head.
-Did you hear that sickening thud? -[Michael] Might have caused a concussion.
[Tazz] That's what I was saying this kind of matchup, oh!
Just picks apart your body, which picks apart your career.
I mean, I'm telling you. This just picks an athlete apart.
[Michael] We knew this match up was gonna be brutal.
We knew it was gonna be barbaric.
Both these athletes understand the parameters
when they came into this matchup.
[Tazz] That's what Brock wanted and Big Show was down with it.
You see Brock Lesnar, oh, man!
[Michael] Oh, knocking Big Show,
no, not quite knocking the Big Show off the apron.
-And again Big Show. -[Tazz] Oh, my God!
[Michael] The stretcher bounced off to the floor below.
[Tazz] Again, Brock, a Big Show so massive,
just fell off and Brock can't believe it.
[Michael] But can Brock Lesnar take advantage?
Brock Lesnar having a tough time getting to his feet.
Perhaps that blow to his head knocked him off a little bit.
[Tazz] Oh, you think?
Hit at the back of your head and rammed into a steel post?
[Michael] Big Show may be out. Can Brock Lesnar take advantage here?
[Tazz] Well, now what? But now what, now what's Brock gonna do?
Now, he's gonna pick up this big, freaking monster. He's 500 pounds.
[Michael] Forty years ago yesterday, the first WWE Champion was crowned.
Brock Lesnar hopes to hold on to that title tonight at Judgment Day.
-[Tazz] Where is Brock going, Cole? -[Michael] I don't know.
[Tazz] Forget about the 40 years ago. Where is Brock going?
[Michael] Brock Lesnar's got to have some sort of plan,
but what it is, I have no idea. The champion is walking out of this arena.
[Tazz] This might be a mistake by Lesnar. Now, the Big Show is getting to his feet.
[Michael] I don't think Big Show has a clue where he's at.
[Tazz] I don't know what to say, where the hell is Brock?
[Michael] The champion has left the arena.
Keep in mind there are no count outs in this match.
[Tazz] You can't get counted out.
["Who's That Jumping Out The Sky" playing]
-[Michael] What the hell? -[Tazz] Wait a minute.
[audience cheering]
Could it be?
-[Tazz] Nah, what the hell is it? -[Michael] I have no clue.
[Tazz] Look at this. Mysterio's in the ring.
Rey-Rey is in the ring.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio behind the Big Show.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Big Show, Big Show on to his feet.
[Tazz] 619. Payback for Mysterio.
[Michael] [inaudible] gun. Here comes Mysterio.
[Tazz] Oh, my God, there goes Mysterio.
[Michael] No disqualifications in this matchup.
Mysterio with payback on his mind, but the Big Show just floored Mysterio
and there is the look in the eyes of the Big Show again.
Remember the last time, Mysterio, Big Show in a stretcher
were in the ring at Backlash.
[Tazz] On a pay-per-view, that's right.
-Oh, here it goes. -[Big Show screams]
That primal scream.
[Michael] Wait a minute. Brock Lesnar's got a damn forklift.
Brock's on a forklift, and he's going nuts.
[Tazz] The hell is going on?
[Michael] Lesnar has driven a forklift into this arena.
-Look at Mysterio, look at Mysterio. -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] He's on top. Mysterio's hanging on the Big Show.
Brock Lesnar's on top of the forklift. The hell is going on, Cole?
-[Michael] Mysterio's got the Big Show. -[ Tazz] Look at Lesnar.
[Michael] What the hell is Lesnar doing? [Tazz] There goes Mysterio.
[Michael] Look at, my God! And there goes Lesnar.
Lesnar with a crossbody on the top of the forklift.
[Tazz] Oh, man, here comes the pin! Here comes the pin!
[Michael] The baddest man on the planet has exploded.
[Tazz] Reverse dock. Lesnar with a shot to the gut.
-[audience cheering] -[Michael] No way, vertical suplex.
A suplex to the 500 pounder.
[Tazz] How freaking strong is Brock. Unbelievable.
-[Michael] It is unbelievable. -[Tazz] Unbelievable.
[Michael] Lesnar off the charts, stalking the Big Show.
I can't believe what has transpired here tonight.
[Tazz] You can feel the momentum shift. The pace has been picked up.
What is Brock getting on with that forklift?
[Michael] Shot to the midsection.
-[Tazz] Oh, five. Look how powerful. -[thuds]
-[Michael] And five. -[Tazz] Connects.
But how much did it take out of Lesnar, Cole?
[Michael] Lesnar can only win this match by putting Big Show on a stretcher
and getting the hell out of this arena, past that yellow line.
[Tazz] Shock, Rey Mysterio showed up here.
Brock coming battling for the arena on a forklift.
Big Show's F-5-ed.
[Michael] And Brock Lesnar, look, look, look at this.
Oh, Brock Lesnar placing that stretcher on that pallet on that forklift.
And perhaps we're beginning to see what Lesnar had in mind.
He's dragging the carcass of the Big Show toward the forklift.
[Tazz] Big Show's out, Cole. He's out. That F-5 just took out the big man.
[Michael] Perhaps there's not a stretcher in this arena
big enough to haul the Big Show out.
[Tazz] You think the forklift perhaps?
[Michael] Perhaps the forklift's big enough.
[Michael] Well, Brock figured it out. Brock figured it out, big up to Brock.
[Tazz] Big Show rolled on to this home-made stretcher so to speak.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] The stretcher with an engine. [ laughs]
[Michael] Lot of horsepower.
The Big Show is out on a stretcher on a pallet on a forklift.
[Tazz] I don't see any signs yet. And I don't, the Big Show…
[Michael] Now, Brock Lesnar's gonna back this thing up
and move the Big Show past that yellow line.
[Tazz] Referee right there being, oh, he's lifting him up higher.
-The forklift can do it! Look at this. -[Michael] Oh, my God.
This home-made stretcher. is backing up.
-[Tazz] He's going to do it, Cole. -[Michael] Brock Lesnar…
-[Tazz] He did it. -…has retained the title.
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] This is surreal.
[Tony] Here is your winner and still WWE Champion,
-Brock Lesnar. -[Tazz] Look at how high Big Show is?
Brock did it, Cole. How innovative!
[Michael] And this is how the champion did it.
Brock Lesnar pulling out all the stops using a forklift
to bum-rush the ring, using it as a homemade stretcher
and a launching pad.
For an unbelievable, crossbody to knock down the Big Show.
[Tazz] There's your champion.
I tell you what. Brock Lesnar was not only victorious,
retaining the championship, but survived the brutal battle.
[Michael] Lesnar pulled out all the stops and remains champion.
["Next Big Thing" playing]
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