[melancholy music playing]
[narrator] How will we be judged when it's over?
On the way we lived our lives? With passion? With malice?
Did we protect the innocent or exploit the vulnerable?
Will the next world reflect our behavior here?
Rewarding the moral and condemning the wicked.
Is there actually life after death?
Or are the memories we create here the only true afterlife?
Surrendering our fate to those we leave behind
and if there is a place we go after this, who will be waiting on the other side?
A callous judge? A ruthless jury? A merciless executioner?
How will we justify our conduct, defend our actions,
pay for our misdeeds?
Or will we be welcomed unconditionally
for the hell we've already endured?
The questions are endless and nothing is certain
but for now, there is one guarantee,
Judgment Day…
is upon us.
[narrator] And now SmackDown presents WWE Judgment Day.
[upbeat music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Michael] For a number of SmackDown Superstars, it is indeed Judgment Day.
SmackDown goes Hollywood.
You are looking live at a sold out Staples Center
in the heart of Los Angeles.
18,722 standing-room-only jam-packed and raring to go.
[Tazz] Oh, these bad boys packed in the rafters, baby,
Tinseltown's ready for Judgment Day.
[audience cheering]
["Booyaka 619" playing]
[Michael] Whoa.
What a way to kick off Judgment Day with a high flier,
the firecracker, Rey Mysterio.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following Tag Team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from San Diego, California,
weighing in at 175 pounds, Rey Mysterio.
[Tazz] Literally in Rey Mysterio's backyard here tonight for Judgment Day.
[Michael] Yeah. Right down the pike where he's close to home.
[Tazz] This place is jam-packed, baby, look at this.
[Michael] Yeah. They were bragging last night about the LA Lakers
-and now they sold this place out. -[Tazz] Yeah.
[Michael] They didn't have 18,722 here for a Lakers game.
This is SmackDown, baby, Judgment Day.
[Tazz] No doubt, no doubt they didn't have Judgment Day either.
And this will be off the chart.
But right now Mysterio and Van Dam tagging off against the Dudleys.
Are you excited?
[Michael] I'm. Does it sound it? Yeah, I'm excited.
["One of a Kind" playing]
[Tony] And his partner from Battle Creek, Michigan,
weighing in at 230 pounds,
Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] It's Sunday night, not Thursday night
and that's Mr. Thursday night, but it's Sunday night, it's all good.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for bringing us into your home
on this Sunday evening for SmackDown presents, Judgment Day.
Hello, again everybody. I'm Michael Cole alongside, Tazz in ring side.
We cannot wait.
It is gonna be off the chart here tonight for Judgment Day.
And also excited, how about our Spanish colleagues,
Hugo Savinovich, Carlos Cabrera
-standing by ring side. -What's up?
[speaking Spanish]
-[Tazz] What they said? -[Michael] Exactly.
["We're Coming Down" playing]
[Tony] Making their way to the ring from New York City,
weighing in at a combined weight of 543 pounds,
Bubba Ray and D-Von, The Dudley Boyz.
[Michael] They are the most prolific Tag Team
in the history of Sports Entertainment.
Seventeen times they've held Tag Team gold
and the only team in history, Tazz, to hold ECW, the WCW
and the WWE Tag Team title.
[Tazz] Believe me I've been in Tag Team battles
against the Dudley Boyz many, many times.
You don't have to tell me how good the Dudleys are, and Van Dam and Mysterio.
Come on now, they got their hands full here tonight.
You got to give the odds to the Duds.
[Michael] At least, it's an even matchup here tonight, Thursday night on SmackDown.
We used to be friends. I don't like you anymore.
-I don't like you either. -[Michael] You're not alone, Bubba.
Not many people like Tazz
but nonetheless, it's Mysterio and RVD taking on the Dudley Boyz.
The point I was making is over the past couple of weeks.
Bubba Ray and D-Von have made a habit out of two-on-one assault
and attacks on Rob Van Dam.
-At least tonight, the sides are even. -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] Oh, absolutely. And Van Dam wanted to start this thing off.
[Michael] This crowd is absolutely electric here tonight in Los Angeles.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Bubba Ray Dudley, Rob Van Dam starting things off.
Contrasting styles to say the least.
And if you're Bubba Ray Dudley,
how do you combat that unorthodox offense of Rob Van Dam?
[Tazz] You try, you try, you should stay away, you try to stay away
from the feet of Van Dam.
I mean, this is dangerous, the flexibility and the power in his ways.
[Michael] And look at this D-Von Dudley from behind.
Referee with his back turned, drawn to the corner
while Bubba Ray and D-Von actually starts the matchup.
[Tazz] That was out of the way to Rob have your opponent nailing from behind.
[Michael] The Dudleys started the matchup.
We've seen Bubba and D-Von do that over the past few weeks
and I'll tell you, it has been an absolute about-face,
a change in attitude
ever since the Dudley Boyz have hooked up with Paul Heyman.
[Tazz] Absolutely, the Dudleys are motivated again.
They're fired up. They got that vicious streak in them.
I personally like it.
Bubba said he doesn't like me anymore, that's fine.
[Michael] The RVD chants start.
Off the boot of Bubba Ray Dudley goes Rob Van Dam and there's the tag.
And you will see the Dudley Boyz throughout this matchup
make frequent tags to try to isolate either Van Dam
or Mysterio from the corner.
[Tazz] You take one of the opponents, right now, it's Van Dam,
you pick him out as the sacrificial man
and you do those frequent tags to keep you and your partner fresh.
That's an unbelievable choke using the second rope.
[Michael] Remember this all started when Paul Heyman gave Rob Van Dam
the opportunity to change his way, so to speak
and drink some more of that Paul Heyman Kool-Aid.
The Dudley Boyz did Rob Van Dam didn't
and now he's feeling the wrath of the Dudleys.
Oh, what a kick by Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] That's impressive. Jump and spin and dropkick before.
I've never seen Van Dam do that one but again, a straight kick, look at this.
Whoa, whoa. And watch this monkey flip from the corner.
[Michael] Nice.
And now D-Von. Big back body drop.
Bubba Ray Dudley doesn't know where he's at
and that was a stiff shot to the chin.
[Tazz] Bubba's gonna be knocked out. What a shot! There goes D-Von.
[Michael] And Rob Van Dam clearing the ring of the Dudleys.
Here is, we kick off Judgment Day.
[Tazz] Well, Van Dam with those feet just so quick.
Uh-oh, where's Van Dam going?
[Michael] RVD up over the top taking out Bubba Ray.
[Tazz] A jump and flying heel all over the top rope and look at Mysterio.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Crossbody, D-Von knocked down.
Mysterio and Van Dam are rolling.
[Tazz] Very impressive here by Van Dam
and Mysterio to get in the ring and break the count
to avoid the count out.
[Michael] Well, Rey Mysterio has so many outfits, doesn't he?
-[Tazz] Yeah. He does. -[Michael] So many masks.
[Tazz] I'm watching a wrestle match. I don't wanna discuss his clothes.
He's got a lot of moves too. He's got a lot of moves to match the moves.
[Michael] A former Cruiserweight champion.
You got to wonder if Mysterio's a 100 percent here tonight
after that beating however,
he took at the hands of Bradshaw just three days ago.
[Tazz] That's a good point.
He looked pretty good doing that dive of the top rope out on to the Dudleys.
I'd like to point out Mysterio was not legal,
so I don't think that was quotient.
[Michael] Talked about 18,722 here at Staples Center.
Millions watching at home and…
[Tazz] This is where the Dudley's are smart.
They just got to take it to him, so they settle the match down.
D-Von didn't rush into, you saw what Bubba did to Van Dam
and then settle the match down.
[Michael] And we are live Judgment Day in the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, Bermuda, Bahamas
over 30 countries Judgment Day live here tonight.
[Tazz and Micheal] And Brooklyn.
And Brooklyn, that's a country.
[Michael] Look at Bubba, a clubbing blow from behind, grabs Van Dam by the hair.
[Tazz] I think that was a full Nelson and what is going on?
[Michael] And D-Von, Rob ducks out of the way.
Bubba Ray knocked off the apron, he deserved it.
Van Dam kicked to the jaw.
[Tazz] Right to the face.
[Michael] And now Van Dam with the right hands to D-Von Dudley.
Could it let D-Von across the ring? No, there's the reversal.
Van Dam bumper over the top
and Bubba Ray Dudley pulling down the top rope
Van Dam bouncing off the announce table.
Well, that's where the Dudley's are so good.
[Tazz] All phenomenal, like a well-oiled machine. Bubba and D-Von awe.
And now Van Dam's in trouble out here
bouncing off the announcer's table, head first.
And did you see
the better instinct to Bubba Ray Dudley there, Tazz?
[Michael] He made the referee Nick Patrick go to an approaching Rey Mysterio
allowing Bubba Ray to continue the attack on Van Dam.
[Tazz] Why do you think these guys were like 55,000-time Tag Team champions?
[Michael] Seventeen times.
[Tazz] I was close. I'm good at numbers.
[audience cheering]
Well, it's Los Angeles crowd behind Van Dam's strong.
[Michael] But D-Von in control after the assault by Bubba Ray
at ringside moments ago.
And D-Von continues the attack on Rob Van Dam,
here comes Bubba Ray Dudley.
-A tenacious, untamed Dudley Boyz. -[Tazz] Yeah.
-But Van Dam has no quitting of… -[Michael] Oh, what a shot.
[Tazz] You might wanna contemplate quitting after that.
That was pretty low though.
It's… Bubba said it was in the gut, though.
[Michael] It didn't look like the gut to me perhaps it was legal
and the referee Nick Patrick was right there.
And Bubba Ray Dudley with Van Dam and throw off the top turnbuckle goes RVD.
[Tazz] Van Dam not looking too good.
[Michael] Think about it, Mysterio is yet to enter this matchup.
[Tazz] Oh, that's true.
[Michael] With the exemption of that crossbody off the top rope,
Mysterio's had no offense in this match yet.
[Tazz] And that's by design you see Bubba was beating up on Van Dam,
Bubba Ray and D-Von cover the ring in half, isolating Rob Van Dam,
keeping him, keeping him in the ring, forcing him to fight back.
[Michael] And Van Dam with a kick to the side of the head
trying to shake the cobwebs here.
Misses with the spin kick, now he takes Bubba Ray out.
-Nice legs sweep. -[Tazz] Yep.
That was scissors. Action and taking him out.
-[Michael] Here comes Mysterio. -[Tazz] There we go.
-[Michael] Mysterio top rope. -[Tazz] Springboard.
[Michael] Proceeded same time, takes Bubba Ray out and a shot to D-Von Dudley.
Rey Mysterio putting on the work on the legs now of Bubba Ray Dudley.
Rey Mysterio whipped off the rope, ducks into the clothesline.
-What a crossbody. -[Tazz] He got him. He got him.
[Michael] There's two and Bubba Ray kicks out.
[Tazz] How quick is Rey Mysterio, man? Ultra-quick.
[Michael] But Bubba Ray with a strength and size advantage.
[Tazz] Not pretty about a straight punch to the face and it's effective.
[Michael] Bubba and D-Von in their bumblebee-like tights.
[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, tilt-a-whirl.
[Michael] As Rey Mysterio, tilt-a-whirl into that headscissor there.
[Tazz] Continues to dropkick now to the back of… Bubba Ray Dudley dialing up.
[Michael] Uh-oh, this is 213 area code but it's a 61… oh.
[Tazz] And D-Von Dudley cut Mysterio off at the pass.
D-Von bounces off the barricade.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio off the apron Bubba could be in trouble here.
-[Tazz] Heads up, Bubba, heads up. -[Michael] He's caught him mid air.
[Tazz] That caught, Rey is in trouble now.
[Michael] Look at this Rey Mysterio hung up on a top rope.
[Tazz] It's a hot shot and ultra-hot shot.
Bubba just springing Rey,
had to be close to eight, nine feet in the air right on his throat,
his esophagus on that top rope.
[Michael] That will knock the wind out of you,
make it hard to catch your breath.
[Tazz] Swelling up your throat.
-Your throat gets all swelt. -[Michael] All swelt?
[Tazz] Yeah, it gets big and puffy.
-[Michael] How do you spell swelt? -[Tazz] I don't know.
I didn't know how to spell bodyslam, because that wasn't…
[Michael] D-Von Dudley with a leg drop across the throat of Mysterio.
Here's the cover. Hook to the leg.
How D-Von dropped the leg on the throat, the throat, that was injured on hotshot.
[Tazz] And then with his head and neck choke right around that throat.
The Dudley Boyz singling out
the throat, the neck of Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] Did you see that bandage on the forehead of D-Von Dudley
and also at Bubba Ray Dudley
that was the damage done by an irate Eddie Guerrero just 10 days ago.
[Michael] Oh, irate wasn't the-- what was an understatement.
Guerrero, who was going nuts with that chair,
but right now Mysterio in trouble here in the clasp grip of D-Von Dudley.
[Michael] D-Von trying to wear down the former Cruiserweight champion.
Mysterio, with a shot to the midsection.
Now a right hand by Mysterio bounces off the rope up over the top of D-Von Dudley.
-[Michael] There's a flying elbow. -[Tazz] And D-Von in control.
[Michael] Hooks the outside leg, shoulder's down.
Mysterio kicked out.
[Tazz] D-Von with that flying number. He got all of that bad boy.
Got to give man prompts to Rey Mysterio to kick out of that.
That was a nice shot by D-Von.
[Michael] Earlier in the matchup the Dudleys isolated Van Dam,
this part of the match up they isolate Rey Mysterio.
[Tazz] Bubba talking smack, talking trash in that mouthy mouth.
[Michael] Bubba humiliating Mysterio with a slaps.
[Tazz] It's what happens in a fight, Cole, you know, you get in the brain
of your opponent, you psych 'em out and try to beat 'em down, man.
Like it or not, it's effective.
[Michael] Fans at the Staples Center don't like it.
Bringing down in boos here on Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Tazz] Now a shot to the ribs, Bubba Ray, vertical suplex connecting.
[Tazz] Bubba leaving his feet on that big vertical, oh.
I'm gonna make you pay.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, Bubba is really trying to just humiliate,
not just beat out Rey but humiliate him.
[Michael] Yeah. In front of this bunch of Rey Mysterio's family here tonight
which is down the road of San Diego.
[Tazz] I think Bubba is doing a smart thing.
He's enticing Van Dam to come in. And there's no tag right there.
That's smart Tag Team
by frustrating Mysterio by D-Von coming in illegally.
[Michael] And then that thrust to the throat
and now again the pressure on the throat that we've seen earlier.
[Tazz] Again illegal, using the ropes to choke a man, you got a five-count.
Referee, Nick Patrick has his hands full in this match.
[Michael] When you suffered an injury to the throat
it makes it hard to catch your breath
especially the pace this matchup's been going.
[Tazz] You can't breathe, you can't breathe
that's what, your breathing is gone, your nose and your throat and your mouth.
-[Michael] Thank you, Dr. Tazz. -[Tazz] You're welcome.
[Michael] And D-Von and Rey Mysterio look at that blow
and every time Rey tries to get back in the matchup,
the Dudley Boyz are relentless.
[Tazz] They're overpowering,
I mean, D-Von and Bubba
just got that big size and power over Rey Mysterio.
[Tazz] You can't blame them for that. Come on.
[Michael] I'm not blaming them, Mysterio, oh, watch this.
Oh, oh, caught in the mid-air.
[Tazz] Mysterio countering. What a beautiful bulldog.
A phenomenal counter by Mysterio.
[Michael] Now Mysterio needs to make a tag.
He's got to get Rob into this match up.
[Tazz] Absolutely, turning point in the match
for Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam.
[Michael] D-Von needs to make it to his corner as well.
Bubba Ray Dudley's hand at the tag rope.
[Tazz] D-Von Dudley crawling and there's Mysterio.
-Mysterio crawling for the corner. -[Tazz] He's far though.
He's far, Mysterio is far from Van Dam.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio desperately trying to get to his partner.
Mysterio literally crawling, pulling himself across the ring.
-[Michael] Tag made. -[Tazz] Here comes the tag.
-Oh, referee never saw the tag. -[Michael] No.
Bubba Ray and D-Von again, a brilliant job drawing the referee
and now the two-on-one assault by the Dudley Boyz.
[Tazz] And Van Dam can't blame him. Just draw Jack
with the ref trying to tell him, we tagged.
Those guys didn't and they both beating him up illegally.
[Michael] You may not like Dudleys' actions,
you may not like the way they do things
but that was brilliant strategy by Bubba Ray and D-Von.
[Tazz] Again, not to beat a dead horse,
that's why the Dudleys are so successful in this Tag Team match.
[Michael] And Bubba is just beating the tar out of Ray Mysterio,
shots to the rib, shots to the thighs.
[Tazz] Oh, that's what he does best.
He's not, you know, he's not in there reading story books to the guy.
-Look at that. -[Michael] Wow.
Beats you up, man.
[Michael] What a spinebuster.
Here's the cover. Hook to the leg, shoulders down.
Van Dam in to break up the three count.
[Tazz] That was good because, I'll tell you what, Mysterio was about to be done
from that beautiful spinning spinebuster there.
[Michael] Van Dam had the wherewithal to break up the three count.
Rey Mysterio bounced into the turnbuckle.
Now set up on the top rope and what's Bubba gonna do here?
[Tazz] I don't know, this is nothing pretty, I can tell you that.
Now what?
[Michael] Oh, Bubba Ray Dudley just manhandling Mysterio.
[Tazz] Mysterio's in what they call a tree of woe.
[Michael] Oh, God.
He is in a world of woe.
[Tazz] And the problem with that
is there's no way to go when the man chops you like that.
-He's a piñata. -[Tazz] He'll do it again.
I'm telling you.
[Michael] And Bubba…
Rey Mysterio trying to count after Bubba Ray Dudley
just called Mysterio piñata while he [inaudible].
And Bubba Ray Dudley suffering the wrath there of Rey Mysterio.
[Tazz] How the hell did he do that? How innovative was that!
How did you do that, Mysterio?
[Michael] Mysterio's in a world of trouble here.
Referee, Nick Patrick trying to get Mysterio out of the corner
but he's really hung up there as we take another look here.
[Tazz] Yeah. Let see Bubba was still busy talking trash
instead of hitting the move and then check this out.
Modified neckbreaker.
[Michael] Tremendous ab strength there for Mysterio to pull it off.
[Tazz] Look at Rey here, Cole.
[Michael] Mysterio moves off top rope, Bubba's down.
-He could have him. -[Tazz] One, two.
[Michael] Bubba Ray just swung his shoulder up the last minute.
I thought Mysterio was gonna send this home crowd home happy.
[Tazz] The home crowd is in San Diego.
[Michael] Just down the road, he's a Southern California boy.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] And it's getting behind them now.
The Southern California crowd, as you call them.
[Michael] And look at this, Rey Mysterio,
Bubba Ray Dudley turning point of the matchup.
Rey needs to make a tag of Rob Van Dam.
Bubba Ray trying to make it to D-Von.
Can Mysterio get there?
He did once before [inaudible].
[Tazz] There it is.
[Michael] D-Von's legal, but so is Van Dam.
[Tazz] And Van Dam, getting all fired up, spin kick to the chin.
Here's Van Dam off the rope
and now a spin kick right to the jaw of D-Von.
-[Tazz] Come on, cover. -[Michael] Hooks of the leg.
There's two, may have him, no. D-Von kicks out.
[Tazz] And Van Dam with no, no messing around with the ref
right back on the attack of D-Von. Very smart by Rob.
[Michael] Van Dam whipped into the corner.
Here comes D-Von. Elbow to the side of the face.
[Tazz] Rob Van Dam on the second rope thrust kick to the chin.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, Van Dam, that flexibility, man, unparalleled.
[Michael] Hey, look at that kick. Took Bubba's head off.
[Michael] What a shot.
[Tazz] Rob Van Dam clothesline.
RVD fired up here tonight in LA.
[Tazz] Like a house of fire, Rob Van Dam, here he comes with a rolling thunder.
[Tazz] It's The Thursday Night on a Sunday night looking good.
[Michael] Hook up. I thought he was gonna hook right the foot.
[Tazz] Look at that, lateral press,
Bubba Ray Dudley broke up with three count.
[Tazz] Again, the phenomenal Tag Team.
Oh, look at this.
Rey Mysterio now, getting all over Bubba.
[Michael] Taking in to Bubba Ray Dudley.
Rey Mysterio over the top rope.
Mysterio, wow, crashed and burned at the hands of Bubba Ray Dudley.
Rob Van Dam's in trouble.
The Dudley Boyz are setting RVD up here.
[Tazz] You gotta watch out because you know what's up. This one's up.
[Michael] D-Von Dudley to the top rope.
Can they do it? Can they… no.
[Michael] And Rey Mysterio from behind pulled D-Von down.
[Tazz] I didn't even seen him there.
[Michael] And Rob Van Dam kicked in the face.
[Tazz] Now, the Dudley's, the tides have turned in their trouble.
[Michael] Mysterio, riding high.
Oh, look at Bubba.
[Michael] And RVD all over D-Von Dudley as well.
[Tazz] D-Von straddled at the top turnbuckle there.
[Michael] What's this? What are they gonna do now?
[Tazz] Rey Mysterio launched, whoa.
[Michael] What a leg scissors.
-[Tazz] Cover. -[Michael] Hooks to the leg.
[Tazz] Bubba Ray just saved the matchup.
Did you believe the catapult into the leg scissors?
What team work for RVD and Mysterio!
[Tazz] What amazing athletic ability by Mysterio there.
[Michael] And now the Dudley Boyz again on the attack.
This has been a very pretty but also a physical matchup.
[Tazz] That right there, that's smack to the stomach, to your point, physical.
[Michael] And Rey Mysterio, D-Von sending the last right.
And RVD enziguiri from behind.
[Tazz] Can't keep 3D when you're by yourself, D-Von.
[Michael] Uh-oh, look at this.
-Look at… -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Wait a minute.
No.
-[Michael] Could it be… -[Tazz] That's what… 619 double. Whoa.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam top rope.
Here's RVD.
[Tazz] And he's flying.
[Michael] The five-star frog splash connects.
[Tazz] But can Van Dam cover.
-And he cover. -[Michael] Hook for the leg.
[Tazz] Got him.
-[Michael] Van Dam and Mysterio win. -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] What a match.
[Tony] Here are your winners,
Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, Cole, I didn't think that Van Dam and Mysterio
could defeat the well-decorated Dudley Boyz at Tag Team match
well, by hook or crook, they did it, very impressive.
[Michael] RVD and Mysterio started building momentum,
that 619 and Mysterio's started it off followed by the five-star frog splash.
[Carlos] But check this out.
This is the catapult into the leg scissors. Watch this.
This is absolutely unbelievable.
[Tazz] Yeah, just check out Rey here.
[Michael] Look at that, that flexibility.
Ladies and gentlemen, I can't explain to you how difficult it is
to do something like that.
[Michael] And now Mysterio, the 619, followed by the five-star frog splash.
[Tazz] Oh, wait for that 619, nearly didn't nail but nailed it.
And talking about nailing it, the five-star frog splash nailed
by Van Dam and he got the victory.
[Michael] 18,000 strong on their feet at the Staples Center.
Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, picked-up the win over the Dudley Boyz.
[Tazz] Great match up.
[Michael] Earlier tonight at Sunday Night Heat.
Josh Matthews is hanging out at Booker T's locker room.
Some strange noises coming from behind the door.
Let's check in with Josh, right now.
We have been waiting to talk to Booker T all night long.
The strange noises and sounds that you heard earlier have abated
and I'm gonna attempt to interview Booker T, right now.
What's your deal, man?
All night long, I am making all this racket
while I go through my pre-match ritual,
getting ready for the biggest match in my wrestling career
against The Undertaker.
You wanna be a reporter?
You wanna ask your just stupid little questions?
Well, go ahead ask your questions.
I'll tell you what you wanna know, man.
You wanna know why Booker T,
the biggest star on SmackDown is here tonight?
I said it once and I'll say it a thousand times, man.
I'm bigger than the RVD.
I'm bigger than Rey Mysterio.
And I'm bigger than The Undertaker.
Yeah, and I'm bigger than all this power, man,
because tonight, I got my own power right here.
See this little pouch right here? It holds the power.
And after tonight, after I beat The Undertaker,
you and everybody out there is gonna know
that Booker T is the one true star of SmackDown.
[audience cheering]
Now get your ass out of here, man.
[Tazz] Like him or not, Booker's focused and you'd better be for the dead man.
[Michael] It is a beautiful afternoon.
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, we are live and inside, we're sold out.
18,722 people for Judgment Day.
What a way we kick things off Mysterio and Rob Van Dam with a huge victory.
[Tazz] It was a phenomenal Tag Team encounter.
No doubt about it.
Mysterio and Van Dam, successful.
["The Medal" playing]
[Tazz] Mr. Angle. What is this?
[Michael] And what is this?
[Tazz] I said that.
[Michael] That's the music of our general manager, Kurt Angle.
What is this? What is it?
[Tazz] That looks like that Luther dude.
And Luther Reigns is pushing…
[Michael] Whoever it's, what's he pushing?
[Tazz] I don't know.
[Michael] Pretty big.
[Tony] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome the general manager of SmackDown, Mr. Angle.
[Tazz] Where is he?
[Michael] I don't know where he is and… wait a minute.
[Tazz laughs] Oh, wow.
Well, that's unique. What the hell is this?
[Michael] Well, he's the general manager
but Kurt Angle in a red, white, and blue wheel chair.
[Tazz] But did you see the way he popped up?
That was pretty cool.
[Michael] I guess if you're the GM, you can do what you want, right?
[Tazz] Yeah, sure. We're hooked up.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] That is some vehicle red, white, and blue wheelchair.
And whatever the contraption is that shot him into the air like that.
[Tazz] The American Hero for God's sake.
[Tazz] No respect for our general manager here.
Well, well, well… Los Angeles…
[audience cheering]
…the city of angels.
[audience cheering]
I don't know about you, Luther,
but when I come here I don't see any angels.
[audience cheering]
What I do see, are self-important phonies on their cell phones.
[audience booing]
I see a bunch of lazy, incompetent dreamers
just looking for their big break that will never come.
[audience booing]
I see an overrated basketball team…
[audience booing]
…whose star player won't be in the Olympics this summer
because he'll be on trial.
[Michael] That's true.
And worst of all, and worst of all, you idiots,
I see fans and supporters of Eddie Guerrero.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Standing up. Standing ovation.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] He had a chance for the WWE Champion.
[audience] Eddie! Eddie!
You know it's funny…
because if Eddie Guerrero didn't cheat to beat me at WrestleMania,
I would be defending the WWE title
instead of sitting in this damn wheel chair
never able to wrestle again.
So I'll say this,
when John Bradshaw Layfield beats Eddie Guerrero for the WWE title…
I expect you fans, you people here in LA to do what you do best, riot.
[Michael] Did he just say riot?
Which is why when this show's over, I'm getting the heck out of this town
because when I'm gone,
I hope you people get the biggest earthquake in history.
[audience booing]
[Michael] Totally uncalled for it.
Kurt Angle is a bitter, bitter man.
[Tazz] Wouldn't you be, Cole? Come on.
Now, I'm not out here to talk about Eddie Guerrero.
I'm out here to address the person that is fully responsible
for me being in this wheelchair…
Torrie Wilson.
[Tazz] Torrie?
Torrie, as general manager,
I'm ordering you to come out here right now.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Well, Torrie Wilson is set for a matchup here tonight,
with Kurt Angle demanding that Torrie Wilson come out to the ring
and Kurt still blaming Torrie for his injuries,
suffered at the hands of the Big Show.
[Tazz] He should blame the Big Show. The Big Show's the one who…
[Michael] Of course, he should.
[Tazz] But here comes Torrie.
[Michael] Well, remember what happened, Torrie Wilson was having a joke
in the back after Big Show won the match and had to quit the WWE.
Problem was Torrie wasn't laughing at the Big Show, Big Show thought she was
that led to a chain of events that allowed Big Show to toss Kurt Angle,
25 feet from a ledge to the concrete floor below
breaking Angle's… Kurt Angle's leg and ending Kurt Angle's career.
[Tazz] The man will never wrestle again, Cole.
That's horrific for an athlete like Kurt Angle.
He's Olympic gold medalist, come on, and he's never gonna compete again.
It's horrible.
[Michael] You can't blame him for being bitter.
[Tazz] But how can he blame Torrie Wilson for what happened to him?
It was an out of control Big Show.
Cut the music.
Torrie, I tried to clean up your mess
and I ended up paying the price.
So, since you're responsible for the end of my career…
I think it's only right for you to be responsible
for the end of your own career.
[audience booing]
So here is how it's gonna work.
If you lose in your match tonight
against Dawn Marie…
you will be fired.
-[Michael] What? -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] How is that fair?
[upbeat music playing]
[Tazz] Oh, he's the boss, Cole.
I mean, Mr. Angle is the GM, the general manager, but that's a little…
[Michael] I think Kurt Angle's taking this thing a little too far.
He's obviously a very bitter man, not only bitter at Torrie Wilson,
well, you saw the disrespect that Angle, Mr. Angle
showed to these great SmackDown fans here tonight in Los Angeles.
[Tazz] Well, look at Dawn Marie, good golly Miss Molly.
[Michael] Well, the real story here, Tazz, is this.
Torrie Wilson has to win this matchup.
If Torrie Wilson loses to Dawn Marie,
then Torrie Wilson will no longer be
on SmackDown or in the WWE for that matter.
[Tazz] Well, absolutely. All of a sudden, it's just that quick.
This match became Torrie Wilson's most important of her career.
[Michael] Oh, of course, and we all know how Dawn Marie feels about Torrie Wilson.
All those rumors and speculation in the locker room
that Dawn Marie is jealous of all of Torrie's fame,
you know, Divas, the Diva magazine cover,
the Playboy centerfold shoot with Sable, all that stuff.
[Tazz] Torrie does get all that stuff, I mean, Dawn's got a point.
[Michael] Here's a lock up, center of the ring.
Dawn Marie and Torrie Wilson.
Torrie must win if she loses, she is fired by orders of Mr. Angle.
[Tazz] It's turning up here already.
[Michael] And Dawn Marie realizes what's at stake
she's toying with Torrie Wilson here.
Who gets the edge in this matchup?
[Tazz] I gotta go with Dawn Marie. Right now, Dawn Marie,
there's really not a lot of pressure on Dawn Marie,
all the pressure is on Torrie Wilson.
[Michael] It's one thing to prepare for a match
and then to get that bombshell dropped on before the match starts?
Oh, and Torrie Wilson needs to fight for her career here.
That is what this is about.
[Tazz] She looks very serious.
Torrie did a moment ago but so does Dawn.
[Michael] Torrie better be serious or she's gonna be fired.
Dawn ducks under the clothesline, kick to the midsection,
there's a snap there, take down by Torrie.
Torrie is getting extremely serious here.
Dawn Marie's in trouble.
And Torrie's stalking Dawn Marie.
Oh, what a dropkick!
Here's the cover, hook to the leg, shoulders down, kick out.
[Tazz] You know, Cole, I mean, think about it, Kurt Angle,
I think he was pretty understanding.
I mean, he's letting Torrey Wilson try and get a chance to keep a job.
He could have just come out here and fired her.
[Michael] Oh, will you stop?
[Tazz] He could have, Cole…
[Michael] Torrie's career shouldn't even be on the line here.
Oh, look at this, Dawn Marie, shoulders down
and Torrie almost had her and Dawn just kicked out.
[Tazz] Well, Dawn had that one shoulder up in the air
and a good call by referee, Charles Robinson there.
[Michael] Torrie, there's the clothesline but Torrie better not be hesitant.
-[Tazz] She's not. She nailed it. -[Michael] It's about her career here.
Here's another clothesline by Torrie, taking it to Dawn Marie.
[Tazz] Yeah, I think Dawn Marie's hurting here right now.
You think Kurt Angle's hoping that Torrie loses?
[Michael] I'm sure he is.
Oh, look at this.
[Tazz] By the head here well, nice counter by Dawn Marie.
[Michael] Torrie Wilson to the apron shoulder to the midsection of Dawn Marie.
Dawn Marie's head bounced off the turn buckle.
Torrie Wilson, where is she going?
[Tazz] It looks like she's climbing, she's going.
Torrie, over the top rope, impressive, will this can be the…
[Michael] Torrie top rope, going for the crossbody,
Dawn Marie rolled out of the way and this could be it for Torrie Wilson.
If Dawn Marie can capitalize here, Torrie Wilson's out of work.
[Tazz] But can Dawn Marie capitalize? But Torrie crashed and burned hard.
[Michael] Looked like Torrie hit her jaw perhaps on the mat.
And Dawn Marie with a shot to the kidney,
shaking out the cobwebs
and now, Dawn Marie doing Kurt Angle's bidding here tonight,
trying to defeat Torrie Wilson.
[Tazz] I think Dawn Marie now, easy pickings for her.
Complete control over Torrie Wilson, uh-oh.
[Tazz] You got to feel sorry for Torrie,
she's in this predicament shouldn't even be in it.
She had nothing to do with Kurt Angle's injuries.
[Tazz] I understand that but this is illegal,
he gotta be careful or Dawn will get disqualified.
Choking over the rope there.
[Michael] I hear this crowd chanting for Torrie,
don't wanna see her leave SmackDown, these great fans.
[Tazz] Oh, I don't wanna see her leave, Cole, come to think of it,
I'd like Torrie to stick around.
[Michael] Of course, I would love it
and look at Dawn Marie, relentless in her attack here.
[Tazz] I can't believe… can't blame Dawn Marie here.
She's gonna try and get to win here at Judgment Day
and then impress Kurt Angle.
[Michael] I was gonna say, can you imagine,
oh, look a drop in the knee, the big forearm.
Can you imagine if Dawn Marie wins here,
what that will do for her standing in the general manager's office?
[Tazz] Well, Mr. Angle will be extremely impressed
and Dawn Marie is complete control of Torrie Wilson right now.
[Michael] Torrie is in trouble, she is in a lot of trouble.
[Tazz] Better watch out, you'll get counted out here, Dawn.
[referee] Get in the ring now.
[Michael] If Torrie's counted out, she's gonna be fired
because she'd lose the match, right?
[Tazz] Well, that's true. That's true.
But Dawn Marie, getting in the ring, breaking the count
and now the count begins on Torrie Wilson.
[Michael] Torrie's in a world of trouble,
I don't think she's gonna be able to get up here.
[Michael] I really think she might have really hurt that jaw
-when she missed that crossbody. -[Tazz] I know.
I think you're right. She could have knocked the wind out of herself too.
[Michael] And Torrie in at the count of six, Dawn Marie knocked her out again.
And how much more of this abuse
is Torrie Wilson gonna be able to stand here.
[Tazz] I don't know but Torrie, as you point out,
she keeps grabbing on that jaw.
A fractured jaw or something.
[Michael] Dawn Marie has kicked her in the face, dropping a leg on her.
[Tazz] Better watch out, you'd be counted out, Dawn.
I'm telling you.
[Michael] What does a double count out do then?
[Tazz] It's a good question. I'm not sure.
[Michael] And tossed back to the ring is Torrie Wilson,
Dawn Marie back in and continues this attack.
Here's the cover… Torrie's career… Torrie realized
and that kicked out perhaps on instinct, hook of the leg again and again
just on instinct, straight instinct, Torrie Wilson kicks out.
[Tazz] Torrie's hurt, Cole.
And it's taking a lot out of Torrie, out of her body to kick out
and that elbow driven in into that kind of like a sleeper
applied across the throat and jaw by Dawn Marie on Torrie Wilson.
[Michael] But Dawn, really, really keeping up the pressure.
Torrie, trying to make it back to her feet and she does.
This Staples Center crowd
behind Torrie Wilson, great clothesline by Torrie.
Torrie's starting to build momentum.
And she shifts in the midsection…
[Tazz] Trying to shift into another gear. Nice.
Neckbreaker by Torrie, goes into the cover hook on the leg,
shoulders down, Dawn Marie rolls the shoulder out.
Torrie Wilson thought she had Dawn there
and I want to know how much Torrie's got left in the tank.
[Tazz] Yeah, but to her credit Torrie Wilson,
if that high impact neckbreaker went for a cover, that was smart by her.
[Michael] Kicked to the midsection by Torrie, Dawn Marie, in trouble perhaps.
Torrie Wilson, taking some time, again, a kick to Dawn Marie.
[Tazz] Dawn Marie, trying to get something to get some hold, but she can't.
[Tazz] Torrie up over the top, sunset flip, shoulders down and she…
Dawn Marie kicked out.
And Torrie is putting it all on the line in this match.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah, she's got it again test of fortitude
and now this school girl has it.
Big roll up, hook of the leg… oh, did she get it?
[Tazz] Oh, she got it. Look at her.
[Michael] Well, she got it all right.
Full moon, oh, my God.
-[Michael] A full moon over her… -[Tazz] A wardrobe malfunction.
Let's get a replay please, pronto.
[Michael] Oh, Dawn Marie is not happy as she continues this assault
on Torrie Wilson her Bridges are hanging.
-Well, why don't you go help her? -[Tazz] I'd love to.
-Look at this. Uh-oh. -[Michael] This could be it…
And Torrie's career on the line and Torrie kicked out.
Wow.
[Tazz] I think Torrie Wilson
got a handful of that dental floss back there
and I think that was great by Torrie.
[Michael] Well, I love tan thongs.
[Tazzl] And I love leopard skin spandex.
Look at this. Just say no to [inaudible]--
[Tazz] Oh, look at this, shoulders down, Torrie got it.
Torrie Wilson got Dawn Marie.
-Torrie Wilson keeps her job. -[Michael] How did she…
[announcer] Here's your winner, Torrie Wilson.
[Michael] Indeed to come up with a line like that.
[Tazz] Torrie Wilson, well, she just…
Dawn Marie lost a pants and lost the match.
Can you believe it?
If Torrie Wilson had lost, she'd be fired by Mr. Angle
but Torrie Wilson picked up the victory.
Torrie Wilson will continue to grace SmackDown.
-[Michael] Thank goodness. -[Tazz] Yeah.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] We are live at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
18,722, where SmackDown presents Judgment Day.
[bell rings]
[Tony] The following contest scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from Westbrook, Maine,
weighing in at 217 pounds, Scotty 2 Hotty.
[Michael] This crowd's been been great in LA tonight
but can you imagine how pumped up this place is going to be next year
when the Staples Center hosts WrestleMania 21?
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Big, big, big, I tell you.
Tinseltown, Hollywood, Los Angeles will be going nuts for WrestleMania, baby.
[Michael] Scotty 2 Hotty set for action here at Judgment Day.
And I'll tell you, I've been waiting for this matchup for a while now.
Very interested in seeing Scotty's opponent.
[Tazz] Hang on.
["Pale Rider" playing]
[Tony] And weighing in at 270 pounds, Mordecai.
[Michael] You know, normally we come out here to do our job as announcers
and we seem to know everything about these superstars.
[Tazz] Yeah, and this guy.
-[Michael] Wow. -[Tazz] Whoa.
[Michael] We know very little, if anything at all about Mordecai.
[Tazz] I don't know if I want to know more about Mordecai, weird.
[Michael] Just keep remembering, most promotions that we're playing on
SmackDown, the day of the reckoning is upon us.
[Tazz] From which we've just seen it now.
Scotty, we know nothing about him, Scotty knows something about him, Mordecai.
Yeah, I tell you something deviant, vicious looking guy, man.
What the…
[Michael] Almost… is it Mordecai is addressing this audience
in some sort of weird way.
[Tazz] I don't quite know what it is but that symbol with that logo
and that symbol is… that thing there…
…this guy's out there.
[Michael] He is out there.
He keeps talking about the sinners and sin and…
[Tazz] What do you mean by "Hear me, fear me"?
He said, "Hear me, fear me", look at this.
Okay. I don't… well, I don't…
[Michael] Kneeling half through some sort of weird prayer.
[Tazz] You ever looked at the eyes of this guy, Cole?
Look at that… because his eyes are a little bit there…
-[Michael] Well, he's very strange. -[Tazz] Look at those eyes.
[Michael] Very weird, this Mordecai.
If you're Scotty 2 Hotty, what is going through your mind?
[Tazz] I wanna sign off for this thing and, you know,
Scotty's concerned
and that Mordecai boy, he's got that steel cold blue eyes.
Insanity, man.
[Michael] Mordecai just staring at Scotty 2 Hotty.
-[Tazz] He's a big boy. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] If you take a look at him, he's got to be a 6'4",
what do you think, he goes about 270, 280?
[Tazz] He's definitely about, I think I just said 270, Cole, didn't I?
What are you? Just listen.
[Michael] And look at Scotty 2 Hotty right to the attack
and Mordecai with the power early on Scotty
across the ring into the steel post.
[Tazz] You hear that primal scream that yell at Mordecai just let out.
-Scotty shoulder first Mordecai… -[Michael] Look at this.
[grunting]
[Tazz] Oh, my God, Scotty don't have, does not have an intensity problem.
That's for sure, maybe he does have intensity problem.
[Michael] Vicious.
[Tazz] Wow, that's innovative, that's different
and did you just see the change in the eyes,
the change in the face and demeanor of Mordecai
when the bell rang for this matchup,
a sinister sneer with those high knees to that skull of Scotty 2 Hotty.
[Tazz] I'll tell you already this Mordecai is doing some stuff
I've never seen anybody do before.
[Michael] Who is methodical, he's slow, the slow pace as he assaults Scotty.
And then he do the shoulder again.
[Tazz] I don't call that slow, Cole.
[Michael] Look at that steel post.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, it's like he's thinking
before everything he does and that's dangerous.
When you got size, power, intensity
and you think before you act, that's dangerous.
[Tazz] Look at this.
[Michael] Now, the assault continuing on Scotty 2 Hotty,
it's illegal, referee Jimmy Korderas with the count.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, Cole, he's making Scotty pay for his sins
in case you haven't figured that out, my friend.
[Michael] When Mordecai came out here tonight…
-[Tazz] Well, his paying big time. -[Michael] Big time.
Look at the pressure on Scotty.
Remember Scotty's broken neck.
[Tazz] I'm just gonna say that, that's true.
[Michael] When Mordecai came out here tonight,
it was almost like he was… he was blessing this audience
in some weird sort of way.
[Tazz] He's not blessing Scotty, that's for sure.
[Michael] Mordecai with a straight knee right to the skull.
[Tazz] A straight boot right to the head and the skull, you're right.
Look at Mordecai just stalking his brain.
[Michael] When was the last time you've seen Scotty 2 Hotty manhandled
in this sort of way in a matchup?
It's Scotty with that tremendous power, trying to battle back.
[Tazz] Well, I think you mean dominated, Cole,
but now you're right, Scotty trying pull back here.
[Michael] Scotty, a former Tag Team Champion taking it to Mordecai.
[Tazz] You're right, he's too strong, too intense.
This guy has got it all here.
[Michael] Scotty ripped off the rope, ducks underneath the clothesline.
Scotty with a kick.
[Tazz] Oh, man, what a shock.
Can Scotty do it here?
Oh, bulldog.
This could be… is Scotty's gonna go for this one?
Look at that, how quick, how smart by Mordecai.
[Michael] And now the relentless attack by this Mordecai.
[Tazz] Now what?
[Michael] Oh, clothesline to Scotty 2 Hotty.
[Tazz] That short clothesline again pinpointing that neck.
surgically repaired neck of Scotty 2 Hotty.
-[Michael] You're impressed with this guy? -[Tazz] I'm very impressed by him.
-Now what? -[Michael] What is this?
[Tazz] What's he looking up?
-[Michael] For divine reverence perhaps. -[Tazz] It's a-- watch up.
[Michael] Scotty up on the shoulders of Mordecai.
[Tazz] What the… he's got him up.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] No.
[Tazz] No, looked like sort of a crucifix.
[Michael] Perhaps like a razor's edge for the cover.
It is over.
[Tazz] Mordecai, impressive.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Mordecai.
[Tazz] That's a hell of an impressive debut if you asked me, Cole.
And again, looking up with those eyes.
-[Michael] What does he keep looking at? -[Tazz] I don't know.
This dude is calculatingly cold and weird.
Wow.
Take heed, SmackDown locker room, Mordecai's here, baby.
[Michael] I guarantee you the superstars glued to the TV in the locker room area,
wondering who is gonna be next,
who's gonna be waiting in the path of Mordecai on SmackDown.
[Tazz] Very, very impressive, very unique style.
It's a different type of offense, strange.
[Michael] I'll tell you, Scotty 2 Hotty showed a flurry in this matchup.
[Tazz] No, knock out Scotty in there against someone that…
we know nothing about him, this guy, Mordecai just impressive.
[Michael] Scotty went for the bulldog
but it looked like he was gonna set Mordecai up for the roll
but check out the power.
[Tazz] Yeah, and just out of nowhere just hooking the tights
and right across the throat by Mordecai, smart.
Look at that. Look at this. Look at this.
Spine first on the mat [inaudible],
[Michael] The power of Mordecai in impressive debut.
-This guy is freaky. -[Tazz] No doubt.
That's my Cruiserweight title.
-This is your night. -I'm taking it back tonight.
-This is a Guerrero night. -This your night.
-Oh, Chavo. -Hey, hey, what the hell this means?
-What's wrong with you? -Oh, I've seen it before.
What are you doing in my locker room?
I have a little present for you.
Oh, this is for me?
I know you might be a little nervous about losing to a girl again.
Oh, you think so?
So I get you something special to wear to the ring tonight.
It might make you feel comfortable.
Make me feel comfortable?
You know, I'm a Guerrero, right?
I feel comfortable anywhere in that ring
and I don't need gift from you to make me feel that way,
in fact I'm gonna go out of my way to make you feel very uncomfortable.
Gift you got me here.
What?
Since you gonna lose to a girl, you should dress like a girl.
Do you think this is a joke? Huh?
This is not funny. This is not playtime.
This is not ha-ha.
There's gonna be nothing funny about what I do to you tonight.
I'm gonna make you hurt.
I'm gonna make you hurt so bad like you've never hurt before.
And then, I'm gonna take back that Cruiserweight Title.
Oh, just make it hurt so good.
Oh, yeah. I'm gonna make her hurt good.
I'm gonna hurt real good.
Hey, get your mind in the game.
[Michael laughing]
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] Well, here's someone who probably would like the lingerie.
-[Tazz] Oh, it's a natural segue. -[Michael and Tazz laugh]
[Michael] The Tag Team Champion.
[Tazz] There he is and they are, I should say.
-Rico, Charlie and look at Jackie. -[Michael] Oh, God!
[Tazz] Well, look at that skin. I love looking at Jackie.
[Michael] You should wrestle them pink tights.
[Tazz] Yeah, right.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Making their way to the ring being accompanied by Ms. Jackie
at a combined weight of 469 pounds,
they are the Tag Team Champions Rico and Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] Is Charlie upset because he's not allowed on the runway?
What's the story with the runway and Charlie Haas?
[Michael] Well, Charlie Haas wakes up every morning
because wondering if it's a bad dream.
[Tazz] Well, yeah… here he is… he's good enough.
-Go ahead, Charlie. -[Michael] Come on, Charlie.
[both] Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.
[laughs]
-He's almost. -[Tazz] Oh.
[Michael] Come on, Charlie, let's go.
-Come on. -[Tazz] He's not gonna…
[Michael] Darn it.
[Tazz] Well, Charlie he has won half the Tag Team champions.
[Michael] Or maybe one day,
hey, you know what, we're gonna be this week for SmackDown.
[Tazz] I do, but I'll let you say.
[Michael] Rico's hometown on Las Vegas, Nevada.
-[Tazz] Will Jackie be there? -[Michael] Yes, she will be there.
[Tazz] Then I'll be there.
[Michael] Can you imagine Rico, Charlie and Jackie
running around Vegas this week?
[Tazz chuckles]
[Tazz] Yeah, but then the question is, will Haas and Rico be Tag Team Champions
from Las Vegas this week?
[Michael] And what about the strange interview,
Rico and Charlie did on Sunday night earlier tonight.
-Yeah, I don't… -[Tazz] Rico is weird.
I'm too busy watching Jackie. Hold your horse there.
Hold your horses like I say…
Somebody had a sign there that said, "Kiss me, Rico."
[Michael] Okay then. It's LA.
[upbeat music playing]
[audience cheering]
[announcer] Weighing in at a combine weight,
a 503 pounds, Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn.
[Tazz] Well, you know, Holly has got no problem going up the ramp.
I didn't know that about him.
[Michael] Well, Hardcore Holly, Billy got chance
to win the Tag Team title here tonight.
It's fast day tonight on SmackDown.
Hardcore Holly didn't wanna have anything to do with Rico's antics
in their one-on-one matchup.
[Tazz] Hardcore Holly, don't know if he's homophobic or what the deal's
but he don't play that game.
He knew that Rico was trying to get his head.
I'll tell you what, Billy Gunn and Hardcore Holly,
both former Tag Team champions at their own.
[Michael] They are a threat big time.
[Tazz] Well, you know, it isn't often and you go into a matchup, in my opinion,
where the champions are actually the underdogs
and I believe that maybe the case in this match.
[Michael] You got a great point.
I mean, it is no secret and well-documented
that Billy Gunn is a Tag Team specialist.
[Michael] Ten-time WWE Tag Team Champion.
[Tazz] That's right. That's right. Who's gonna stop that, oh.
[Michael] But Billy Gunn said he doesn't wanna start.
Hardcore wouldn't wanna start with Rico either…
[Tazz] But Rico start with them.
[Michael] The unique offense of Rico where everyday is a gala.
-[Tazz] A what? -[Michael] A party.
[Tazz] Okay. I didn't know that that meant party.
Billy Gunn is wiping his buttocks here on the, you know.
[Michael] Now, Billy Gunn and Hardcore Holly
set to take on Rico and Charlie Haas.
If Hardcore and Billy can figure out, who's gonna start the match.
[Tazz] Hardcore is telling Billy to start.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Now Haas looks like he's gonna start for the champion side
and now they both wanna go.
[Michael] Now Billy and Hardcore both wanna start against Charlie.
[Tazz chuckles] I tell you, it's funny, it's all that stuff
but Rico, I'm telling you, he's smart, man.
He gets in people's brain. He's very smart.
[Michael] And when he wants to go, he can go.
[Tazz] No doubt about it.
[Michael] And Charlie Haas, we know…
[Tazz] Oh, how do you mean that anyways?
How do you know if Rico wants to go, he can go?
What do you mean by that?
[Michael] I'm talking about wrestling, Tazz.
Wrestling greatly hit [inaudible].
[Michael] Charlie Haas and Hardcore Holly lock up center of the ring.
We all know about Charlie Haas's credentials.
All-American Seton Hall University a number of time Tag Team Champion.
Hardcore Holly is also won the Tag Team title
in two separate occasions.
[Tazz] Yes, he has. And now Haas looks a little upset.
[Michael] Haas'll take a little cheap shot there while in the corner.
[Tazz] And, you know, it's hard to prepare for Charlie Haas and Rico,
two distinct styles on the same team.
-[inaudible]. -[Tazz] Beautiful.
[Michael] Going to take him quickly into cover and a kick out.
[Tazz] Hardcore's in there now with a consummate mat technician
in Charlie Haas.
You gotta keep the game straight if you're Hardcore.
You gotta watch Haas, he'll get his pin on you real quick.
-[Michael] What exactly is Jackie's role? -[Tazz] I don't know. I don't care.
She's just seconding Rico and she looks phenomenal doing it.
I'm trying. Look at that. [inaudible].
[Michael] Charlie Haas. Look at that shoulders are down with a kick out.
[Tazz] Hooking that head into that pin cover.
[Michael] Hardcore beginning to get frustrated
with the mat-based technician.
[Tazz] Look at Rico. Rico's happy.
And now Jackie's happy. Therefore, I'm happy.
But Holly's not happy.
[Michael] Well, Hardcore Holly trying to figure Charlie Haas out here.
[Tazz] Remember, Charlie Haas and Rico won the Tag Team titles
the first time they ever teamed together.
[Michael] That alone, that's a big time impressive sight right there.
Now side headlock applied by Hardcore Holly on Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] Hardcore has gotta get off the mat, turn this into a power game.
Look it's Charlie Haas and there's the shoulder lock there.
[Michael] Well, that looks like what a… what Haas look,
Hardcore's in the middle of doing it.
[Tazz] Nice deep arm trick by Haas. Yeah.
[Michael] Charlie Haas now goes to work on an elbow of Hardcore Holly.
[Tazz] Look at that keylock, modified keylock by Charlie Haas
on the arm, left arm of Hardcore Holly.
[Michael] And then Charlie Haas into the corner.
Now, he's calling for the tag.
[Tazz] Well, Rico's happy.
He just tagged the pecks of his partner.
[Michael] An unusual tag by the unusual Rico.
-Very effective though. -[Tazz] They're like pat-a-cake, right?
Well, pat-a-cake, what is wrong with you?
Now look… what the hell?
What's wrong with me? What's wrong with them?
[Michael] Hardcore Holly a bit upset.
And now he tags in Billy Gunn and said I've had enough for this.
Billy doesn't wanna do anything with this.
[Tazz] Rico, he's going like… well, like he's from Las Vegas,
-like a… what do you call it? Cancan. -[Michael] Yeah.
[Tazz] Cancan, you know, Cancan.
[Michael] You know, Rico's a wrestler. Rico's even a cheerleader for his team.
[Tazz] He's pretty in pink, by God. I'll tell you that.
[Michael] Billy Gunn trying to figure out what to do with Rico here,
backing Rico up into the corner.
The 269-pound Billy Gunn as we mentioned,
10-time WWE Champion.
-[Tazz] Did I just see him… -[Michael] Yes.
I don't… I don't… I cannot do commentary on it. It was just pretty weird.
[audience cheering]
-[Michael] It's entertaining. -[Tazz] Yeah. Yeah.
Definitely.
It's effective though, very effective.
[Michael] Side headlock by Billy Gunn.
I wonder if watching this matchup has provoked Chavo Classic.
-[Tazz] Oh, look at that. -[Michael] Look at that.
[Tazz] A handful of cheek.
[Michael] Billy Gunn went to tag Hardcore.
-Hardcore said uh-huh. -[Tazz laughs]
[Michael] I gotta take a breather here.
[Tazz] I've been in a lot of headlocks in my day.
I never had someone pull my butt.
That was a buttlock.
[Michael] And here you go. Got sure hold by Rico.
[Tazz] Oh, ride it, cowboy. What the…
[Michael] I thought Billy Gunn was the rodeo cowboy.
Missed with the clothesline.
Rico with the kicks, the martial arts expert.
-Look at this. -[Tazz] Watch this.
[Michael] Kick to the back of the head.
And you talk about Rico takes you out of the game.
He's got Billy and Hardcore completely entertained.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. Absolute nuts.
[Michael] And Billy says, "I don't play that game."
[Tazz] No fun. [laughs]
Well, what can Rico… I'm sorry.
What can Hardcore Holly and…
-[Michael] Billy Gunn? -[Tazz] Billy Gunn…
…that was just perplexed do to try and get on top here?
Rico's fully off, you know.
[Michael] You know, Rico'd love to be on top as Billy goes back
into the ring and there's a kick at the head.
[Tazz] Oh, headlock into the bottom too, Cole.
[Michael] To the side of the head of Charlie Haas, Billy Gunn…
-what the, oh, no. -[Tazz] Nice.
[Michael] Billy had no problem sneaking up on Rico.
[Tazz] It's always over a girl.
[Michael] And now Hardcore from behind, clubbing blow knocks Charlie Haas down
and there are the veterans going to work.
[Tazz] Well, smart… he got a cover now. Check it out.
[Michael] Hook to the inside leg, Charlie rolls the shoulder out.
Tag team titles on the line, ladies and gentlemen.
[Tazz] And Jackie checking on Rico there but now Charlie Haas is in trouble.
[Michael] It's the three titles on the line,
it might, of course, the Cruiserweight title
and the WWE Championship as well plus a rare appearance
by The Undertaker.
Feel the…
Actually, I forgot the United States Championship [inaudible] as well.
And look at the jabs by Hardcore Holly draws the back of the head
and now they're playing Hardcore's game.
Come on, Charlie.
[Tazz] Standing suplex by Holly.
[Michael] Here's the cover, hook to the leg,
Tag title is on the line. Kick out.
[Tazz] Well, if we talk about rare appearances by The Undertaker,
we just don't know what a phenomenon, what an enigma The Undertaker has been.
I can't wait for the Dead Man to come out here tonight against Booker T.
[Michael] You're not gonna be able to hear yourself.
The Undertaker comes out at Staples Center.
And what a right-hand by Billy to Charlie.
[Tazz] I might not be able to hear myself.
Haas might not be talking to nobody.
But he's got his [inaudible].
Feel like right, but I don't.
Jackie's happy again. Happy Jackie.
[Michael] And trying to will Charlie back into this matchup.
[Tazz] Now controlling Charlie Haas.
[Michael] Hardcore and Billy isolating
Charlie Haas and his partner Rico.
You see Charlie leaning back trying to get to the corner
and again Hardcore Holly continues his assault.
[Tazz] And I tell you, Billy Gunn and Hardcore Holly
both in tremendous condition.
They'll go all night long here and they'll just
walk all over Charlie Haas and wear that man down.
And [inaudible] wasn't applying here on five-five,
five-four on the neck of Haas.
[Michael] I love watching Jackie when she gets the crowd all riled up.
[Tazz] Yep. Yep.
[Michael] Look at that.
[Tazz] I love it. I like it when Jackie gets all riled up.
[Michael] And Rico's riled up as well.
Charlie Haas trying to get back to a vertical base.
And he goes elbows to the ribs.
-Here's Charlie Haas. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Dropkick by Hardcore Holly perhaps the best in the business.
Picture perfect dropkick.
[Tazz] The fans there for a moment respect in Hardcore's ability there
but Hardcore not impressed with the people.
[Michael] So, here's the cover hook to the leg, shoulders down,
kick out by Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] But again, we are in LA, you know, and hear a little…
[Michael] What does that have to do with anybody?
[Tazz] They're a little weird.
[Michael] SmackDown fans are great wherever we go.
And Billy going into the ring.
[Tazz] I'll buy that. I'll buy that.
[Michael] Off the tag in a shot to Charlie Haas.
And a kick through the midsection.
Charlie trying to battle out of the corner.
The left and right hands to Billy.
[Tazz] How does Haas have anything left in his tank here?
I'm impressed with that alone.
[Michael] A blow to the face, that should be it.
[Tazz] His tank might be running on empty now.
[Michael] But Billy Gunn take advantage.
Kicks to the abdomen.
Billy Gunn all fired up.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, Rico knows that his partner's in trouble.
And this championship's in trouble.
[Michael] Rico just told Billy Gunn, "Don't you hurt my Charlie."
[Tazz] Oh, well.
[Michael] Tag made…
Hardcore Holly and Hardcore in off the tag
and now, like a kick again to the ribs
but Billy and Hardcore really doing a number
of the midsection of Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] Billy Gunn and Hardcore Holly extremely impressive here
and now, we've seen Holly do this before, uh-oh
[Michael] That is legal, that is a shot to the abdomen.
[Tazz] Well, that's not a good way to spend the Sunday night for sure.
[Michael] Hardcore dragging Charlie, here we go, hook for the leg…
Shoulders down kick out.
With their Tag Team go down the line.
[Tazz] And Haas, you could see the pain,
the pain in Haas' face, in his eyes.
He's in trouble, Cole.
[Michael] Well, the way this is going, it's gonna be a short-lived title reign
for Charlie Haas and Rico.
[Tazz] They're fighting though, he's still fighting Haas'.
[Michael] Good shot, the Hardcore Holly and Charlie Haas,
looked like he was starting to pull out of it a bit
and Hardcore Holly coming off again.
And now, a slam, center of the ring, and where is Hardcore Holly going?
[Tazz] He's going probably to the rope with something, he's gonna do something.
He got something in mind, Holly goes.
[Michael] Hardcore climbing the top rope. Hardcore Holly going high.
Charlie Haas is in trouble.
If Hardcore hits this it's over.
And look at Charlie Haas with a counter.
[Tazz] I would mind, it took a second too long there.
Charlie Haas had the wherewithal to pick his foot up
and get that boot in the face of Holly.
[Michael] But does Charlie Haas have the wherewithal here
to make a tag as we take another look at the counter.
[Tazz] Check out the impact.
[Michael] Oh, man! Oh, my God, well, that was worst than I thought it was.
-[Michael] Holly's head snapped back. -[Tazz] Wait, Holly.
-Come on, Charlie. -[Tazz] He might be out cold.
[Michael] Well, referee Brian Hebner already had a count of five.
Both men are down, center of the ring.
This is the turning point of this match.
[Tazz] Well, Haas is so far away from Rico.
Can he get to Rico?
[Michael] Brian Hebner at eight now, the referee.
Now at nine and a tag's made to Billy Gunn.
Counters off. Billy Gunn isolating Charlie Haas again.
-[Tazz] And he tried to… -[Michael] And the tag was made.
Charlie Haas pulling him into the corner, makes the tag to Rico
and here goes Rico exploding on Billy Gunn.
[Tazz] Back in his clothesline. Look at this.
-Oh, my God! -[Michael] Atomic drop.
And a clothesline with the Tag Team titles on the line.
[Tazz] Does Rico turned up the furnace, man?
[Michael] Rico will have the Tag Team champions
taking in the challenger, Billy Gunn.
Quick across the ring goes Rico.
Shot to the midsection. Billy Gunn, famouser.
-Famouser connects. -[Tazz] Yeah.
There might have been a blind tag, I don't know, it might have been there.
I think a tag was made to Charlie Haas.
-[Tazz] I heard it. -[Michael] Billy Gunn didn't realize it.
And Charlie Haas I think is the legal man.
[Tazz] Yeah. Nice German suplex by Haas on Gunn.
Now, Holly legal, going in there right now.
[Michael] But what a great move by Charlie Haas to make the tag there.
-[Tazz] Smart. -[Michael] Look at this.
Coming into the Alabama slam.
-[Tazz] Watch out… oh. -[Michael] Rico, shoulders down.
-[Tazz] Haas has got it. -One, two, three.
[Michael] Rico and Charlie retain the gold.
[upbeat music playing]
[Tony] Here are your winners
and still Tag Team Champions, Charlie Haas and Rico.
[Michael] I'll tell you, they are very impressive as a Tag Team,
Charlie and Rico.
[Tazz] Two men that have nothing in common, Rico and Haas
but yet they have one thing in common, I stand corrected, Tag Team gold.
They are the WWE Tag Team champions.
[Michael] But give it up for Charlie Haas,
he had the wherewithal to make that blind tag
and then Rico had the wherewithal
to deliver that kick to the face of Billy Gunn.
[Tazz] I'd give it up to Rico, too.
Well, right, give it up to Jackie.
[Michael] Tag Team Champions keep the gold at Judgment Day.
[audience cheering]
Booker T, you think you're the biggest star
in this SmackDown galaxy,
you actually believe that you have some extra spiritual powers.
Well, your time maybe running out.
This is your judgment day, Booker T.
[audience cheering]
Rest… in… peace.
[audience cheering]
Wow. I'll tell you, I'll tell you one thing.
Booker T better bring the voodoo.
He better bring all the black magic he can muster
because it is an appearance by the Phenom tonight.
Booker T in my opinion's gonna need a small army real quick.
I hate when Taker goes rest in peace.
You think?
Nonetheless, coming up next, ladies and gentlemen,
the Cruiserweight Championship down the line.
It is the unlikely champion, Jacqueline versus Chavo Guerrero.
[Tazz] And remember Chavo Guerrero is gonna have an old tie behind his back
and, yes, it's gonna be something to see.
[Michael] Well, remember what happened a couple of weeks ago on SmackDown.
Chavo had challenged anyone in the world to battle in for the Cruiserweight title.
Chavo was in control of Jacqueline
who was the unlikely candidate to take the matchup.
[Tazz] Chavo had this match in the bag but then check out that low blow
with the referee's back turned, you know, with Chavo Classic
and the small package
and then your new Cruiserweight Champion, amazing.
[Michael] Jacqueline shocking the world.
And then last week, Chavo Classic
who is embarrassed and humiliated
after what happened to his son two weeks ago,
Chavo Classic would actually challenge Jacqueline three days ago
to a match on SmackDown.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah, absolutely.
I mean, a grown man, getting that little girl
even though that little girl is a Cruiserweight champion and Chavo Classic
impressive in his victory
but what happened afterwards wasn't impressive.
[Michael] Yeah. What happened afterwards was the absolute humiliation
of Chavo Classic.
As Chavo and Chavo Sr. were celebrating, Jacqueline would get the last laugh.
[Tazz] Yeah. Right. Oh, look at this.
[Tazz] Well, that's not the way you wanna spend a Thursday night on SmackDown
with your pants getting yanked up.
[Michael] After seeing that underwear,
maybe he should wear that lingerie Jackie gave him earlier.
[Tazz] You're a weirdo.
[woman] Oh, Chavo!
-[Michael] I'm a weirdo? -[Tazz] You're a weirdo.
[Michael] Chavo was the one.
Chavo Classic that is, was the one having fun with the lingerie.
[Tazz] Weirdo a little bit. That's right.
[upbeat music playing]
And they don't look happy.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger being accompanied
by Chavo Classic, from El Paso, Texas,
weighing in at 213 pounds, Chavo Guerrero.
[Michael] And remember, the challenger, Chavo Guerrero
must wrestle his match with one arm tied behind his back.
Chavo wanted it that way.
[Tazz] Like I said last week on SmackDown, like I said early on Sunday Night Heat,
I'll tell you, I don't know if that is too smart
by Chavo to play down those rules,
that he'll have his arm tied behind his back, against Jackie.
Jackie's a tough, tough woman.
[Michael] Well, Jacqueline already beat Chavo
when he had both arms free.
[Tazz] Look at Jacqueline… comes.
["Pretty Mean Sister" playing]
[Tazz] There goes the arm.
[Michael] Referee Charles Robinson tying one arm behind Chavo's back.
[announcer] And making her way to the ring,
she is the WWE Cruiserweight Champion,
Jacqueline.
[Michael] I tell you, I love doing that interview with Jacqueline last week
in the ring on SmackDown.
She is so excited, so pumped up and so proud to be Cruiserweight Champion.
[Tazz] The first time, the first-ever woman,
a woman to pull a Cruiserweight gold.
Not alone, that's a great milestone for her career, absolutely.
-[Michael] And look… -[Tazz] Well, Chavo, I'm telling you,
it's gonna be a… for Chavo, to wrestle this match his arm tied behind his back.
[Michael] And remember what Jacqueline said on Thursday too,
reminding Chavo, "And, hey, Chavo, you lost to a girl."
[Tazz] I heard it. I heard it. Yes.
You know, it's one thing to be a sore loser, but a sore winner?
[Michael] Right. Cruiserweight title is what it's all about.
-Let me ask you a question strategically. -[Tazz] Yes.
[Michael] How do you wrestle a match with one arm tied behind your back?
[Tazz] I've never done it, I don't know.
You gonna try and dominate with your feet or maybe your head.
[Michael] It's dangerous too, I'd imagine.
[Tazz] Yes, it is. But Chavo is so confident.
Let's see if he can do here with that one arm behind his back.
[Michael] He used the boot.
[Michael] Chavo boots in the midsection and now using the right arm.
You see how he have had his left arm tied behind his back.
And Chavo with the knees to the midsection.
[Tazz] Well, now it looks like that all being tied behind Chavo's back
is not a problem for Chavo at all.
Jacqueline is in trouble. And this is an opportunity.
[Michael] Our Cruiserweight Champion Jacqueline, she's a woman
but she knows what she's doing in there, Tazz.
-[Tazz] I know that. -[Michael] She's an accomplished wrestler.
She took the challenge from Chavo two weeks ago.
And that was a backbreaker
as Chavo with one arm behind his back continues the pressure attack.
[Tazz] Why don't you tell anybody what a show of strength by Chavo!
That was very impressive.
[Michael] It was really impressive, I'll give you that.
Hey, Chavo Guerrero
was one of the greatest Cruiserweight Champions we've ever had.
I'll put him… you know, I agree with you there.
And look at Chavo continuing this relentless assault.
[Tazz] I tell you what, Chavo keeps up his beat-down
on the current Cruiserweight Champion.
And then Jackie, you know, I'm still talking.
He's going to be the champion again.
-[Michael] Chavo's a proud Guerrero. -[Tazz] Yes, yes.
[Michael] Proud wrestling heritage
and losing to Jacqueline was perhaps the low point in his career.
-[Tazz] That's a good point. -[Michael] …to the right forearm and…
A shot now on the back of Jacqueline.
[Tazz] And now, you could just see Chavo just controlling her with one arm
-and Jacqueline up and over there… -[Michael] Oh, look at this.
[Tazz] Now caught around the head, now what?
[Michael] Leg scissors.
Chavo right into that steel post, with the good arm.
Good arm.
That'll numb that arm, now what do you do?
[Tazz] Oh, let's see Chavo hit that shoulder pretty hard.
[Michael] He's got one arm tied behind his back
and now he's trying to shake the blood flowing back into the good arm he's got.
[Tazz] Oh, he'll be okay. He'll be okay.
[Michael] I think Jacqueline realizes now.
[Tazz] I think Jacqueline, Jacqueline…
Wait, give him a chance to regroup, Jacqueline.
[Michael] Well, Jackie go and try to go get him.
This is about the championship.
[Tazz] I know but the guy has got one arm tied behind his back.
-[Michael] You never let anybody regroup. -[Tazz] But still.
[Michael] Chavo missed right hand, Jacqueline out.
On the back of Chavo Guerrero.
Jacqueline may do this again here.
[Tazz] She's trying to choke him out.
She's hanging on like a… like a lady bug on a leaf or something.
I don't know.
[Michael] And look at that Chavo just back
and Jacqueline went in for a top turnbuckle.
And now a kick to the midsection by Jacqueline
who's really taking it to Chavo, knocking Chavo down.
Chavo's off his feet.
-Jacqueline… -[Tazz] Oh, cover the legs.
[Michael] Hook to the leg. Shoulders down and a kick-out by Chavo.
[Tazz] And I'm telling you, I knew this wasn't a good idea for Chavo
to have his arm tied behind his back.
[Michael] It'll be tough to kick out with one arm.
[Tazz] Yeah, you think? No kidding there, Einstein.
I know that.
[Michael] And Chavo Classic up on the apron and look at Chavo Classic.
[Tazz] What's he doing up there?
[Michael] Maybe what's he doing down there was Jacqueline took Chavo Classic out.
And now Chavo, stalking Jacqueline from behind.
Turn around, Jacqueline.
[Tazz] Jacqueline is in trouble.
[Michael] And a clothesline by Chavo.
[Tazz] Oh, man, what a shot.
Unloading that clothesline, Chavo Guerrero.
[Michael] What a shot.
Chavo Classic gets involved
and helps his son retain order in the match.
[Tazz] Well, I mean, Jacqueline just knocked down his father.
Somebody hits your father… Oh, a low blow.
[Michael] Referee was with Chavo Classic.
[Tazz] That was efficient.
That could retain the title like this, Jacqueline's gonna beat Chavo here.
[Michael] And Chavo just kicked out.
Almost a carbon copy of what happened two weeks ago.
[Tazz] Yeah, deja vu all over again, almost.
-[Michael] And now Chavo… -Get her back.
-[Tazz] And Chavo Classic…
Tell the referee too get Jacqueline back.
-[Michael] What the hell is he doing? -[Tazz] He's just checking his arm.
[Michael] Wait a minute. Chavo Classic just untied Chavo.
[Tazz] I think his arm slipped up, Cole.
[Michael] His arm didn't slip out, he's holding the damn rope.
-This isn't right. -[Tazz] Well, watch down right.
Chavo still trying to keep his arm behind his back.
That's really like his arm came out.
[Michael] And Jacqueline doesn't realize the arm's been untied.
Look at Chavo.
And now Chavo Classic and look at this.
[Tazz] He blocked it and hooked the arm of [inaudible]
[Michael] A clothesline.
-Now you see the arm behind the back now. -[Tazz] Yes, it is.
[Michael] A Chavo Classic provided interference.
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] This is a crime.
[Tazz] No, that's called experience by Classic right there.
[Michael] Yeah. You're happy with yourself, aren't you, sir?
[Tazz] Hey, you don't disrespect the man. Come on, you called him sir.
[Michael] Well, look at Chavo.
Really taking to Jacqueline again.
Chavo has his back as he hangs Jacqueline up.
[Tazz] And the referee's busy dealing with Chavo Classic.
[Michael] Chavo Classic providing the interference
allowing Chavo to use both arms in this matchup
and gain the upper… now he's got a chair, Chavo Classic.
-[Tazz] Who's got a chair, who? -[Michael] Chavo Classic.
Wait, put the damn chair down.
[Michael] Well now, Chavo with both arms, Jacqueline's in trouble.
[Tazz] Jacqueline's in big trouble.
Wow, face-first gory bomb.
Wow. And the arm goes right behind the back, wow.
[Michael] Referee Charles Robinson had no clue.
[Tazz] Look at this. Look at this.
[Michael] Hook of the leg. Chavo steals the Cruiserweight title.
[Tazz] Wow.
Highway robbery.
That's right.
[Tony] The new WWE Cruiserweight Champion,
Chavo Guerrero.
-[Michael] Okay. Let me get this straight. -[Tazz] Yes.
[Michael] And now look at this.
Now he pretended… he pretended to untie Chavo's arm.
Chavo's the new Cruiserweight Champion, but let me get this straight.
-[Tazz] What? -[Michael] Chavo had to beat Jacqueline
with both arms and the help of his dad.
[Tazz] Doesn't matter. Chavo's the new Cruiserweight Champion.
His father is so proud.
I mean, Jacqueline, pulled off a hell of a fight.
But you know what, it wasn't her night.
Who's smart?
[Michael] And now Chavo wants praise heaped on him from this crowd.
I don't think he's gonna get it.
[Tazz] His champion, he should be heard.
The new champion, proud champion.
You made me do this, Jacqueline.
And so did every single one of you who laughed at me.
[audience booing]
Well, Jacqueline, you're not laughing anymore, are you?
And now none of you can ever laugh
at Chavo Guerrero again.
[Tazz] He's right.
[audience booing]
Because I am once again
the WWE Cruiserweight Champion.
-[Michael] Yes, with the help of your dad. -[Tazz] It doesn't matter.
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good situation and story.
Back right there, ladies and gentlemen, is our new Cruiserweight Champion.
[Michael] Chavo Guerrero retains the Cruiserweight Gold.
Chavo Classic extremely proud of his son.
[Tazz] Well, he didn't retain any.
He won it back, he's a two-time champion.
-[Michael] Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. -[Tazz] what, what, what?
-[Michael] Oh, man. -[Tazz] Come on now.
[Michael] And you saw Chavo Classic telling his son
that was for Jackie pulling down my pants last week.
[Tazz] And that was a little too far, you know,
when you embarrass someone and then you humiliate them.
Chavo Classic is a respected veteran.
Old man.
[Michael] Him and his son have no class, period.
-[Tazz] That's your opinion, Cole. -[Michael] Remember, Chavo
was supposed to have one arm tied behind his back.
Well, of course, Chavo Sr. had untied that arm
and Chavo took advantage behind the ref's back.
[Tazz] Well, that's the perfect time to do it. Not for nothing. Look at that.
We're gonna do something. That's not cool.
You see the hand go right behind the back?
That's smart. That's intelligence right there.
And that's the new Cruiserweight Champion.
[Michael] Where I come from it's actually called cheating.
[Tazz] Oh, well, where you come from is not important.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] We just saw a new Cruiserweight Champion crowned.
Crowned, I should say.
Do you think coming up next, we'll see a new United States champion crowned?
I'll tell you, Rene Dupree is successful in this matchup
and becomes the new United States Champion.
Who knows what he'll do with that title
when he brings it back to France if he defeats Cena.
[Michael] John Cena taking exception to the Frenchman Dupree's comments lately
about the USA.
[upbeat music playing]
[Rene] You people are so unrefined.
That's why I bring SmackDown Cafe de René
to bring back some class and style to you people
like, fine wine and beautiful women.
Torrie Wilson, you make me sick to my stomach.
This is… this is the only bitch in this ring.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] Oh, good for Torrie.
[Tazz] Oh, he kind of deserved that.
[Michael] Wait a minute.
[Tazz] Oh, easy now.
[Michael] And the wine went right in Torrie's eyes.
And now, what the hell is he doing?
-[Tazz] What's he doing? -[Michael] Wait a minute.
-It's John Cena. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] John Cena is in the house.
John Cena has busted up Cafe de René.
[Rene] John Cena ruined everything.
This is not right. And things must change around here.
[Kurt] In Judgment Day, you will face John Cena, the US title.
I never thought I'd say this
and I'm gonna be proud to have a Frenchman be a US champion.
[Michael] John Cena has been a one-man welcoming committee
since Rene Dupree came to SmackDown from RAW.
[Rene] It seems that you and the rest of these American rejects
has a mistaken perception that the French are nothing but cowards and sissies.
Does everybody know that the French are not only better lovers…
we are better fighters as well.
[Michael] John Cena doing the right thing
and Rene Dupree kicking the hell out of John Cena.
The self-professed French Phenom has absolutely lost it.
Oh, my God, [inaudible] John Cena.
John Cena powerbomb through the announce table.
Rene Dupree has lost it.
What's the matter, was I too violent?
You think I mistreated poor, little, John Cena?
[upbeat music playing]
[Rene] I, Rene Dupree will become the first Frenchman ever
to become the United States Champion.
[Cena] Rene, wearing these colors is more important than it seems to be.
You'll never understand what this title means to me.
I'm still standing plus I'm ready for more.
And at Judgment Day, well, John Cena's ready for war.
[music fades off]
[audience cheering]
["The Time Is Now" playing]
[bell ringing]
[Tony] This contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE United States Championship.
Making his way to that ring, from West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing in at 248 pounds,
is the United States Champion, John Cena.
[Michael] That's two months ago at Wrestlemania,
John Cena won his first title in the WWE.
And, boy, has he been a fighting and a proud United States Champion.
And remember, John Cena defeated the Big Show during that title.
[Tazz] That alone is a humongous defeat.
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
[audience cheering]
Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, this is LA, baby.
[audience cheering]
I wanna hear you all make some noise up in here, yeah.
[audience cheering]
[audience] Cena! Cena! Cena!
Rene Dupree beating me…
[audience laugh]
…is just no chance.
I'm gonna take that bitch and beat his ass all the way back to France.
-[audience cheering] -[Michael] 18,722 in support of Cena.
He hates the USA.
He should hate himself instead.
Looks like Fifi took a Pee-Pee on the top of his head.
[audience cheering]
I'm gonna beat him so bad his whole life is a blur.
Leave him walking with his head down like the San Antonio Spurs.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] For the Lakers beat last night.
[audience cheering]
He ain't touching me in LA, dude, he's just not worthy.
I'm the type of cat to go in the crowd to give away my jersey.
-[Tazz] Well, let's do that. -[upbeat music playing]
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Oh.
[Michael] I think John Cena was interrupted
by the self-professed French Phenom.
[Tony] And the challenger from Paris, France,
weighing in at 263 pounds,
Rene Dupree.
[Michael] I've said it before and I'm gonna say it again.
This guy, Rene Dupree has absolutely no class.
He runs around drinking expensive wine, his Cafe de Rene, stuff that he preaches,
but he has no class.
[Tazz] Well, he's proud of his country.
I mean, he's proud of his country and that's fine. It's not wrong.
Yeah. But what about the…
[Michael] You should be proud of yours.
-[Tazz] I'm proud of my country. -[Tazz] Okay.
[Michael] What about the disgusting comments
that Rene Dupree said about my country
at Cafe de Rene, Thursday night on SmackDown?
Saying he was going to beat John Cena
like those Iraqi prisoners were by the American soldiers.
That's ridiculous.
[Tazz] Those comments were disgusting comments,
were disgusting every bit of it and I do agree with you.
But, the fact of the matter, let me interrupt you,
the fact of the matter is, Cole, Rene Dupree, the French Phenom
can get it done between the ropes, I'm telling you.
[Michael] Well, he's 20 years old
and Rene Dupree could become the youngest United States Champion
with a victory here tonight over John Cena.
[Tazz] I still can't get out of my head a couple of weeks back on SmackDown,
that attack, that blatant attack by Dupree on Cena
-all over this announce table… -[Michael] It exploded the announce table.
[Tazz] And I'm telling you, I cannot get that out of my mind
and I'm sure Cena hasn't forgotten about it.
[Michael] Look at the look on his face. You know, Cena hasn't forgotten about it.
So, if Rene Dupree wins tonight, he will be a Frenchman
holding the United States Championship.
There's something wrong with that picture.
[Tazz] Well, that'll be a first. So here we go.
[Michael] John Cena, Rene Dupree lockup center of the ring.
But I'll tell you, Rene Dupree, you mentioned before, can get it done.
At 20 years old, he is an absolutely tremendous athlete.
He is a tremendous physical specimen. And John Cena with the right hands.
Rene Dupree running for higher ground.
[Tazz] Why do you call it running? I call it smart.
I think that's smart of Dupree.
He knows that right now, Cena's the hometown boy here
and he's just going to wrestle his pace.
[Michael] Oh, John Cena, the big right hands to Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] Cena was just trying to…
I'm sorry, Rene was just trying to get a breath.
[Michael] Dupree whipped across the ring into the corner.
John Cena. Oh, Cena, doing a little too much talking and walked into a boot.
And now, Rene Dupree, turning the tables. And a right hand now for Rene Dupree.
And we saw a mean streak out of Dupree a couple of weeks ago.
[Tazz] Yeah. That's what I'm saying, man.
But right now, John Cena turning the tables
with those well-placed knees to the gut.
[Michael] Now look at this. Big back body drop.
[Tazz] Dupree went high there. Here comes Cena…
[Michael] Big clothesline, and Dupree, thought he was going over the top rope,
got hung up and he may be worse for where that he didn't go over the top.
[Tazz] I think Dupree maybe trying to put the brakes on a little bit there.
You don't want to go over there.
[Michael] I'll tell you one thing, I'm getting the hell out of the way
because at ringside, John Cena may try to repeat
what Dupree did to him a couple of weeks ago.
-[Tazz] Oh, nice… -[Michael] That was a straight headbutt.
[Tazz] Yeah, that's street style right there, baby.
When you headbutt someone, look at that, pulling his head across that…
-[Michael] Rake of the eyes. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Skull first into the steel post.
[Tazz] That was smart.
Pulling the man across into the post.
[Michael] Well, that's that mean streak I was talking about, that Dupree displays.
[Tazz] And now, see, this is where Dupree's dangerous, Cole.
He has his opponent hurting him down, he knows when to regroup
and he's a thinking man's wrestler. That's what this guy is.
[Michael] Rene Dupree measuring Cena, dropping that elbow across the skull.
[Tazz] Well, the point of the elbow. Not just the elbow.
I mean, right across the face and head.
[Michael] I'll tell you, Rene Dupree,
ever since he's come to SmackDown from RAW on the draft lottery,
he's been making a serious name for himself.
[Tazz] Well, SmackDown will do that to you, baby.
You pick it up when you get here.
-[Michael] John Cena… -[Tazz] Hey, break the hold. Let him go!
[Michael] Look at this here. That's illegal. Screaming in pain.
[Tazz] You could hear Cena screaming in pain
and you could hear Dupree screaming as he locks it in.
[Michael] Well, this is for the United States Championship here.
Can John Cena successfully defend here?
[Tazz] Cena's in trouble against Dupree, right now.
[Michael] Well, Rene Dupree went to general manager, Kurt Angle.
And Kurt Angle made this matchup for the United States title.
[Tazz] Got some sting on those jabs, Cole.
[grunts]
[Michael] And now, John Cena a forearm to Rene Dupree.
And John Cena with his pound and ground attack,
trying to get back in this matchup but Dupree stops Cena again.
[Tazz] Yeah. Right in his tracks, Dupree shut him down, look at this.
[Michael] Rene Dupree hit that turnbuckle pretty hard bounced off onto the apron
-and I think Dupree is playing possum. -[Tazz] Oh, my God!
Did you hear that thump?
Someone better check on Cena. He's got to be hurt.
[Michael] And for Rene Dupree, it allows him to catch his breath here,
plot his next move as we take another look.
-I think Dupree was playing possum. -[Tazz] Yeah. I think you're right.
John Cena, look at this. Oh, man, that's an ugly landing.
Cena, with a very high-risk maneuver,
laying it all on the table to defend his gold.
Cena's… He's finally moving.
[Michael] But remember, Dupree cannot win the title on a count-out.
Only by pinfall or submission.
And wisely, Dupree realizing that,
outside the ring to get Cena back into the ring.
[Tazz] Well, Dupree could win if he pulls Cena back in the ring
-and get to cover him, right? -[Michael] Of course.
[Tazz] Okay. Great. I'm just telling you. Commenting on your comment.
[Michael] Well, you're the best color guy in the business.
[Tazz] All right. But right now…
-[Michael] Rene Dupree… -[Tazz] Yeah. John Cena is in trouble,
Dupree's all over him.
[Michael] John Cena, tossed back into the ring.
Rene Dupree beginning to feel it.
You see the French Phenom stripped it across the shorts of Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] Well, I'm kind of looking at his tenacity in there, not that.
But anyway, look at this, a couple of straight punches to the back of the head.
Again, that viciousness of Dupree.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] This the crowd beginning the Cena chants,
18,722 sold out Staples Center.
-[Tazz] Look. What a backbreaker there. -[Michael] A backbreaker to Cena.
Here's the cover, United States title on the line.
Cena realizing it, kicks out.
[Tazz] Got to give the man credit.
Rene Dupree working on the spine and the back muscles,
the back of Cena after that.
Ultimately landing over the top rope. Look at this, old school right here.
Straight up bearhug here. Really put some pain into your back.
[Michael] Pain in the back, sucking the breath out of your lungs.
[Tazz] See this. Dupree, this kid put together, man.
These are two young lions, Cole, just locking up and going at it
right here on Judgment Day.
[Michael] Thank you for joining us, ladies and gentlemen,
in the United States and across the world, we are live tonight in the United Kingdom,
Canada, Australia, Bermuda, Saudi Arabia, among others,
as John Cena looks to defend the United States Championship
against the very game, Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] Rene Dupree looks hell-bent on leaving Los Angeles, California
with the United States Championship in his possession.
[Michael] I think Dupree-- can't live with the guy
if he wins the United States Championship.
That's all we're gonna hear about for weeks.
-[Tazz] What a clobbering blow and-- -[Michael] And a headbutt.
-[Tazz] Another headbutt, yeah. -[Michael] To the temple.
[Tazz] Cena's like clobbering the face. Nice.
[Michael] But every time Cena tries to muster some offense,
Dupree tucks him down again.
[Tazz] Yeah. This Dupree's real good at shifting gears during a match.
Very good at that-- smart, see that?
Going right back to the effective hold
on the injured area of the back with that bearhug.
[Michael] And so now Cena, if he can get out of this,
has to expend even more energy to get out of the bearhug a second time.
[Tazz] That's why it's tough.
When the guy's got the upper hand on you, it's tough.
It's also tough when you have a championship.
Like Cena does, because everybody wants it.
Everybody wants you.
It's a struggle to get to the top of the mountain,
but it's tough to stay there.
[Michael] And the prestigious United States Championship, at that,
many greats in wrestling history have held that United States title.
John Cena, the most recent in that great line.
And Cena, with the right hands, the forearms to the head of Dupree.
[Tazz] Well, there's not a lot behind, nothing behind those blows by Cena.
Cena is just fatigued and hurt right now.
[Michael] And there's a desperate maneuver by John Cena, the jawbreaker.
And Cena could try to shift gears, could be a momentum shift here.
[Tazz] Can he though? Can he, Cole? Can Cena shift gears?
[Michael] He's starting to. Right hands to Dupree.
[Tazz] And the nice right… Missed.
[Michael] Dupree missed with the right hand again.
Missed with a left. John Cena with a right.
-[Tazz] Here comes Cena, man. -[Michael] Dupree whipped off the ropes.
Right into the clothesline. Now, the elbow.
-[Tazz] Running back elbow. -[Michael] John Cena, shoulder knockdown.
[Tazz] The flying shoulder, Cena now, picking up the pace.
[Michael] Dupree off the ropes. Look at this.
[Tazz] Yo, yo, yo.
-[Michael] Sidewalk slam. -[Tazz] What's Cena got?
-[Michael] John Cena, feeling it. -[Tazz] What's he doing now?
What's Cena going to do here?
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] See them coming. You can't see me.
[Michael] John Cena off the ropes.
[Tazz] Five-knuckle shuffle time.
[Michael] And Dupree rolled out of the way, he saw it coming.
[Tazz] The first time I've ever seen somebody moved out the way of that.
[Michael] Oh, wow. Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] We're going to have a new champion, Cole, watch this.
[Michael] United States Championship on the line.
[Tazz] This kid's going to do it.
[Michael] Rene Dupree off the spinebuster, is in control. Can Dupree do it here?
[Tazz] Cena's done. The toughness level has reached higher.
[Michael] Here's the French dance…
-[Tazz] Yeah, the French tickler. -[Michael] The shuffle, the tickler.
-[Tazz] It's fundamental, Cole. -[Michael] Oh, no.
He tried to imitate the five-knuckle shuffle
-and Cena rolled out of the way. -[Tazz] Look at this.
[Michael] John Cena, whipped into the corner.
Here comes Dupree, walks into the boot of John Cena.
The United States Championship on the line.
Kick to the mid section, DDT planted Cena. Can Dupree capitalize?
[Tazz] Cena got planted hard. Hard with that DDT by Rene Dupree.
[Michael] Now, Rene Dupree trying to catch his breath, realizes he's now in control.
[Tazz] And Dupree now, you see what that hands say, "Get up, Cena."
I tell you, I think Dupree's going to do this, Cole.
[Michael] I think so, too.
[Tazz] Cena's… He's doing everything, but the kid's in shape.
[Michael] And Dupree is stalking John Cena. Waiting for Cena to get to his feet.
Rene Dupree from behind.
-[Tazz] Look at this. -[Michael] John Cena countered.
Rene Dupree off the ropes, Cena rolled back.
[Tazz] He went for a roll up but didn't work.
Kick to the midsection, here we go, here we go.
-FU. Counter. -[Michael] Went for the FU
and a neckbreaker counter by Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] That is it. Got to be it. Got to get your cover here, Dupree.
[Michael] Rene Dupree crawling into the cover.
United States title on the line.
Are we going to crown a new champion? No.
John Cena just rolled the shoulder out.
[Tazz] Looks like Dupree's got some blood on his teeth there.
But I'll tell you, Cena, not much behind that kick-out, Cole.
[Michael] I hope it's… Look out, John Cena in trouble.
[Tazz] He went for a powerbomb to the table the last time. Look at this.
[Michael] But John Cena countered. A back body drop.
Rene Dupree hanging on, the champion, grabbed the legs,
shoulders down, it's go…
[Tazz] That might have been the last shot for Cena.
[Michael] A collective groan here with the backslide, shoulders down again.
-And again, Dupree rolls out. -[Tazz] A lot of near falls.
[Michael] And Dupree again on the offense.
[Tazz] I think Dupree's looking good.
-[Tazz] Look at this. -[Michael] I ate my words, wait a minute.
-[Tazz] John Cena. -[Michael] FU.
FU connecting. Here's the cover, hook of the leg.
-Cena got him. Cena retains the title. -[bell ringing]
[Tony] Here's your winner and still United States Champion,
John Cena.
[Michael] Tazz, Rene Dupree made one mistake
and that one mistake cost him.
[Tazz] Absolutely. Very good observation. A very, very physical battle.
-John Cena getting out of LA. -[Michael] And that's what it's all about.
-The United States Championship. -[Tazz] What a matchup though.
Like Dupree or not, he gave a hell of a fight but Cena successful.
[Michael] Rene Dupree, very impressive,
but watch the one mistake Dupree would make.
[Tazz] Yeah, right here, you see his reverse with that forearm and over
but, that hook.
John Cena very smart there. To get that finest counter he could have.
FU, and there's a piece of him.
John Cena, still United States Champion.
[Michael] A classic James Worthy Lakers Jersey,
and I think John Cena's going to send a fan home
very, very happy here tonight.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Well, he's trying to throw that Jersey out earlier, Cole,
but he got interrupted by Dupree's entrance.
Now, John Cena looking for a happy fan to get lucky.
[Michael] Happy fan? All 18,700 are happy tonight.
-It's been a hell of a show. -[Tazz] No doubt, baby, Judgment Day.
And John Cena, people are going nuts, right now.
[audience cheering]
Why not throw the jersey to me?
I was thinking about this, I could use that jersey.
Like a basketball player.
[Michael] Yeah. I'm sure. I'll die in front of you.
[Tazz] Easy now. Where's he going? Where's Cena going?
-[Michael] John Cena's going to the crowd. -[Tazz] What's the matter with him?
[Michael] What do you mean what's the matter with him?
He loves the SmackDown fans. Look at John Cena.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] I think he spotted someone, where did he go?
[Michael] John Cena, in the midst of these sea of people
at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
[Tazz] John Cena, you could hardly see him with people all over him.
Still got that jersey, or somebody stole that Jersey out of his hand.
-[Michael] He still got it in his hand. -[Tazz] Oh, you don't know around here.
-[Michael] What's wrong with Los Angeles? -[Tazz] You know. Please.
-[Michael] Where did he go? -[Tazz] I don't know. Where is he?
-Cena, where are you? -[Michael] There he is.
-[Tazz] Where? Oh, there he is. -[Michael] Where is he going?
-[Tazz] I tell you, he's got good eyes. -[Michael] Cena… Oh, look at that.
[Tazz] John Cena, they love him, baby. Loved in LA, loved everywhere.
[Michael] The United States Champion, John Cena,
successfully retaining the title.
[Tazz] That kid got the jersey, he's got a yellow shirt already.
What's he going to do with the yellow jersey?
[Michael] A happy fan and John Cena, an extremely proud United States Champion.
[narrator] From the Land of the Rising Sun comes a man of pride.
A warrior with honor, Kenzo Suzuki.
[speaking Japanese]
[Japanese folk music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Michael] John Cena, still revving up the crowd in Los Angeles
here at Judgment Day.
[Michael] But, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next, we have a treat for you.
It is a rare appearance by perhaps the most decorated superstar
in the history of the WWE, The Undertaker.
Oh, the Deadman is here, baby. And it is Judgment Day.
And there you see, The Undertaker
colliding and clashing with Booker T, baby.
[Michael] Well, this all started when Booker T came to SmackDown from RAW,
and proclaimed that he was the greatest superstar
in SmackDown history.
[Booker T] I just want to make something perfectly clear,
I came from being a star on RAW,
to now, being a megastar on SmackDown. I'm better than your champion.
Eddie Guerrero, consider yourself insult.
Hell, I'm better than The Undertaker.
Oh, yes, Booker T is the best thing that ever hit SmackDown.
Now, can you dig that sucker?
[bell chimes]
["Rest In Peace" playing]
[Michael] I believe Booker T
is going to be introduced to the conscience of SmackDown.
[Tazz] Oh, my God! The Deadman is here.
[Michael] Booker T's frozen in time here.
[eerie music playing]
[Booker T] I'm not afraid of The Undertaker.
I will slap the dead off The Undertaker.
[Michael] Booker T just nailed The Undertaker with that urn.
[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Wow!
Booker T better keep running and not come back.
[Mama Sangre] I see a shadow. A shadow from beyond the grave.
A shadow of a Deadman, and it's a big black shadow.
And it's reaching out for you, boy. And he's going to get you.
And he's just going to grab you and drag you down into the ground, boy.
[Booker T] Tell me what can I do about this shadow.
[Mama Sangre] You need help from the other side, boy.
Dirt from a graveyard.
The grave of the man with no name.
[Michael] Well, this is a match Booker T requested
to show he's just as good as The Undertaker.
[Booker T] To all you suckers who don't believe,
I just proved I'm just as powerful as The Undertaker.
[tense music playing]
[Michael] It's The Undertaker. Where the hell did he come from?
[audience cheering]
Booker T looking into the eyes of The Phenom.
[Tazz] Does Booker have the power?
Can he get it done against the Deadman?
At Judgment Day, the dead will indeed rise again.
[Booker T] Can you dig it, sucker?
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Earlier tonight, Booker T called this match,
the biggest of his career.
[Tazz] He's got a lot of big matches, Cole, that's saying a lot.
[Booker T] Can you dig it, sucker?
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring from Houston, Texas,
weighing in at 256 pounds, Booker T.
[Michael] That pouch that Booker T is holding
contains the ingredients of that special recipe
that Mama Sangre said would help Booker T defeat The Undertaker here tonight.
Booker T was engaged earlier on in some weird sort of ritual
to psych himself up for this match tonight.
And Booker T may need all that and more.
[Tazz] Right. Like I said last week, Cole, does Booker have the power?
Does he have the power? We're going to find out in a few seconds.
And if you [inaudible] earlier, man, he was pretty focused and intense though.
[Michael] This guy's a big time player, man. Big match experience.
And is Booker T the biggest superstar
in the history of SmackDown, as he says?
[audience cheering]
We're about to find out.
["Rest In Peace" plays]
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Tony] And being accompanied to the ring by Paul Bearer,
from Death Valley
weighing in at 305 pounds,
The Undertaker.
[Michael] This is an absolutely mind-numbing experience.
For over a decade,
The Undertaker has dominated World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Tazz] Do you feel that weird chill?
And it's strange, you know, just… I don't know how to explain it.
[Michael] It's like they just turned the air conditioners
full blast in Staples Center.
[Tazz] Wow. What a presence, man!
Look at that.
[Michael] I've got chills sitting here experiencing this.
[Tazz] I'm with you.
[Michael] Imagine what Booker T is feeling.
And Booker T better worship that bag of goodies.
[Tazz] Well, if you're Booker,
just don't let Undertaker get in your head here.
That's all you could do.
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] What the… -[Michael] It's often debated.
The question of whether or not The Undertaker is really alive or dead.
[Tazz] I think The Undertaker is very much alive
but it's a presence of mind for Undertaker.
[Michael] The Undertaker puts himself in a different world.
A different dementia so to speak.
And when he does that, he brings his opponent there with him.
Booker T trying to counter that now with this voodoo.
[Tazz] Yeah. Well, to Booker T's credit,
he doesn't look freaked out.
He looks focused here. You got to give the man his due for that.
Man, the stoic Undertaker just…
[Michael] Earlier tonight, The Undertaker had just three words.
Just three words for Booker T.
-"Rest in peace". -[Tazz] "Rest in peace". Yeah, man.
[Tazz] This is a new Booker T we've seen here, Cole, I mean, he…
-Look at that, he's got the pouch, -[Michael] Yeah.
Booker T's been a lot more aggressive as of late.
Ever since he came to SmackDown from RAW.
But remember, Booker T called himself
the greatest superstar in SmackDown history.
He called himself even greater than The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Yeah, you don't spit in the wind or you don't kick Superman's cape
and you know all those things, whatever it is
and you don't say that stuff about The Undertaker.
[Michael] Hey, not for nothing, Booker T is a five-time WCW champion.
A multiple-time Tag Team Champion.
But he is looking into eyes of perhaps, would you agree?
The most dominant athlete in sports entertainment history.
[Tazz] Yes, I do agree.
And those eyes of The Undertaker tell the story
and Booker T is trying to get going here, get in the game and stay loose.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, sit back and enjoy.
This is a rare appearance by The Undertaker.
And Undertaker, with that right hand clenched going to back Booker T
into the corner perhaps, but Booker T, well, holding his own there.
[Michael] Well, Booker T is not slouch, I mean, jeez, we know that, but…
-Booker back, a clean break there. -[Tazz] A clean break by Booker T.
[Michael] Perhaps, Booker T trying to play mind games but he…
What's he doing now? And then an attack. And there's the strength of The Phenom.
[Tazz] That's why he's called The Phenom, one of the reasons.
But now, Booker T getting out of there.
[Michael] Well, The Undertaker can do so many things well.
He can play the power game, he can throw the punches with you,
-he can work submission. -[Tazz] Very well versed with submission.
But now Booker, what's he doing with that bag?
[Michael] I think he's sprinkling something on his body or…
[Tazz] He's wiping it all over him or something like that.
-Rubbing it all over him. -[Michael] So again,
what is in that… in that bag?
We know that there's some dirt from an unknown grave…
[Tazz] I'm not Mama Sangre, I don't know.
[Michael] Well, we know there's dirt from the unnamed grave, we know that.
[Tazz] Right. And bones, I think they have the chicken bones or something.
[Michael] Yeah, something like that. Strange.
But if it works, who's going to argue?
[Tazz] That's voodoo, that black magic stuff, man, it's weird.
We know it's weird, but now, that.
With a well-placed shot to the gut.
Now, on the back of the neck and head goes Booker with the straight shots,
clobbering, popping The Undertaker,
trying to get The Undertaker off his game, right now, reversal.
Oh, boy. Oh, man.
[Michael] What a right hand by The Undertaker to Booker T.
And The Undertaker has this innate ability to block pain.
[Tazz] Yeah, but in the long run, Cole, does that cost The Undertaker?
That's the question that people have debated over time.
You know, you see him sit up and you see him not be affected, but is he affected?
-That's the question. -[Michael] He plays mind games
with his opponents.
And now, working on that left arm on Booker T is The Undertaker.
And The Undertaker, in my estimation, Tazz,
has perhaps one of the most impressive streaks in sports entertainment history.
He has never lost at Wrestlemania, the granddaddy of them all.
[Tazz] That's a big confidence booster, man.
[Michael] Nice reversal into that kick.
[Tazz] I'm telling you, The Bookman looking good here.
[Michael] Really impressive. Well, he was five-time WCW Champion,
multiple-time Tag Team Champion as we said earlier.
And look at the reversal, Booker T into the corner.
[Tazz] Oh, man, he got caught.
[Michael] Undertaker with a massive, massive sidewalk slam.
[Tazz] And look at the face on… Booker's hurting. Look at that.
-Oh, man, he's hurting. -[Michael] Undertaker off the ropes.
Look out, leg drop across the head.
Cover, should it work for The Undertaker today?
No. Booker T kicks out.
[Tazz] Damn, near seven feet in midair, a lot of height.
Air under The Undertaker with that leg drop.
Look at this, oh.
[Michael] Knocking Booker T over the top rope,
The Undertaker extremely focused on the task at hand.
[Tazz] Undertaker's also extremely explosive
and that's something that has made The Deadman
so successful over the years.
[Michael] We know, The Undertaker has always been, you know, sort of the voice
of the locker room especially here on SmackDown.
So, you know, he didn't take too kindly to the remarks Booker T made
when he came over here from RAW
when Booker T called the SmackDown the minor leagues, remember that?
[Tazz] Yeah, nobody took it kindly, Booker had no friends.
I don't even know if he still has any friends but…
[Michael] Well, Booker T is in control here though.
[Tazz] Undertaker's in trouble for sure here.
Booker's on the top, and what a kick off the top rope.
Booker T could pull a huge upset.
Hook of the leg, shoulders down,
and Undertaker barely rolled a shoulder out.
[Tazz] Well, now, what are you going to do Booker?
I mean, a beautiful missile dropkick off the top rope
and you got to take a kicking out of it.
[Michael] Yeah, but Booker has got to have confidence
because he's starting to wear the big man down.
Booker T has gained control of this match,
something that many people didn't think would happen.
[Tazz] I don't know, if I'm Booker T,
I might not want to get into throwing hands with The Undertaker,
the other one's going to shoot bombs but…
[Michael] Well, hey, if you're going to throw hands
and knock The Undertaker down his keister, why not?
[Tazz] True. We did that. Booker T did do that.
Now, could Booker T follow up, controlling The Undertaker here?
[Michael] Booker T with a right hand again. And The Undertaker…
as Booker T continues this clobbering assault here.
[Tazz] Booker T now… Where's he going? He's got… Where's he…
[Michael] Well, I guess he figured it helped him before,
-he's going to do it again. -[Tazz] Touched his chest with it.
Don't go over back [inaudible]. Leave the [inaudible] alone.
[Michael] They've been exchanging blows, you said, you didn't want this to happen,
get into a fist will cost with The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Yes, because Taker can throw hands. He's deadly with those blows.
[Michael] Yeah, Booker T can throw knees as we saw there in the mid-section.
[Tazz] And he got those kicks too, Booker. There it is. Oh, missed it.
[Michael] Missed with the big kick. Undertaker, that is vintage Deadman.
[Tazz] Humongous flying clothesline by The Undertaker.
[Michael] Undertaker on his feet, beginning to stalk Booker T.
[Tazz] Booker now getting that arm winged and…
[audience cheering]
[Michael] You hear the people. Class is in session.
[Tazz] This ain't old school, baby.
-Walking the ropes, look at that balance. -[Tazz] Nobody does that like Undertaker.
[Michael] Tremendous shot to the back.
All that weight of the Deadman coming down on Booker.
[Tazz] Booker T trying to figure out what he has to do
to get back in this matchup.
[Michael] And now look at this, we've seen to this…
Oh, man, face first. That might be it. Undertaker.
[Tazz] Well, looks like he got that head, that submission he's going for.
-[Michael] Going for the submission hold. -[Tazz] Nobody called.
He's got that half-nail, he clamped his hands.
[Michael] But Booker T wisely got his feet on the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Great ring presence by Booker T.
[Michael] Undertaker, took the count to the fullest
and you got to wonder what the damage is now to Booker T.
[Tazz] That submission hold was nasty, Cole.
Completely sending your neck the wrong way.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Undertaker's got that hand up, saying, "the end is near."
-[Michael] Kick to the midsection. -[Tazz] Is he going for a ride, Cole?
[Michael] Perhaps he's going to for the last ride here in Los Angeles.
-[Tazz] Bookers going for a ride. -[Michael] Booker T is up high.
And Booker T countered, referee knocked down and Booker T grabbing that pouch.
[Tazz] What's he got in the bag with the pouch?
[Michael] All that dirt and sand, into the eyes of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] What was that stuff?
[Michael] I don't know, but the referee didn't see it but…
[Tazz] I smell it, though.
[Michael] Man, the stuff here at the ringside, it smells disgusting…
-[Tazz] Look at this. -[Michael] It didn't affect him.
[Tazz] Now, what?
[Michael] And Booker T, said that, "Now, what?"
[Tazz] Oh, man. Undertaker is just angry now.
[Michael] Booker T whipped into the corner.
Undertaker [inaudible] knocking Booker T down.
Booker T had his opening but he didn't capitalize
-and now, The Undertaker's rolling. -[Tazz] Undertaker's in control.
Booker's in trouble here.
[Michael] Undertaker caught off top rope and this could be a turning point.
[Tazz] Good quickness by Booker T and now, right there, a shot.
Another shot to that leg.
[Michael] Booker T going to work on the knee of The Undertaker.
Continues the assault, Booker T may have found a kink in the armor.
[Tazz] Well, you take that big mountain, that redwood down of The Undertaker
by working on the leg.
And Booker saw the opening, Cole, when the Deadman was scrambling
over that top rope, and he went after that knee.
[Michael] Booker T trying to damage the ligaments
and the knee of The Undertaker,
trying to drag The Undertaker over that steel
whipping the knee around the steel post.
[Tazz] Referee's got to keep an eye on this.
We don't want you to get disqualified here, Booker.
[Michael] Booker T suddenly is in control of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Watch the count-out.
Undertaker's in trouble here on the outside on the steel steps.
-[Michael] That's dangerous. -[Tazz] Booker T rolls back into the ring.
[Michael] Now, rolls back out to continue the attack on The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Booker T trying to soften up The Undertaker.
-[Michael] Not for nothing, Tazz. -[Tazz] Yeah.
[Michael] But if Booker T can pull up a huge upset here,
he may darn right be the biggest star in the SmackDown locker room.
-Off the steel post. -[Tazz] Taker went into that knee.
[Michael] It looked like a shoulder off the post as well.
[Tazz] Yeah, but I think the knee felt it more
because Booker had been working on the knee of The Undertaker.
[Michael] Yeah, Booker T beginning to feel it here.
I have been impressed with Booker T here tonight.
[Tazz] You just don't let The Undertaker rest too much, Bookman.
[Michael] You see Paul Bearer telling Undertaker,
you got to get back in the ring here.
[Tazz] Let him get his head together out there, Booker, here we go,
you got to go out and get him.
[Michael] And Booker T off the apron, across the back of the neck
and now an elbow to the face of The Undertaker.
-Booker T. -[Tazz] Booker T's smart here.
Relentless, relentless, relentless, that's what you need to do.
He got an advantage on The Undertaker, you got to keep it
and that's what the tenacity of Booker's doing here.
[Michael] Well, that's why he's a five-time champion.
Undertaker whipped off the rope, Booker T, kick to the face.
[Tazz] You could see, right away, Undertaker got hit in the face,
but went right to that knee, could hardly run either on The Undertaker.
[Michael] Here's the cover. Hook of the leg!
Booker T almost had The Undertaker.
[Tazz] What's Booker going through his brain, has got to be,
"What am I going to do now to beat The Phenom?"
With a front, looks like almost a front headlock applied with an arm trap.
And The Undertaker hooking that leg and clasping him like a single,
in order to alleviate the pain.
[Michael] Hey, who's in control here, Booker T or The Undertaker?
[Tazz] I think Booker was but I'm going to with that headbutt.
Booker's beat him down hard on that back and back to the hole.
[Michael] Booker T, impressive here tonight.
He knows to defeat The Undertaker with…
Wow, it would be a feather in his cap.
I said before he may be
be the top star in the SmackDown locker room.
[Tazz] You hear the SmackDown fans with that Undertaker chant beginning to build.
And the Deadman's fighting back.
-[Michael] And let's go take a chance… -[Tazz] Body blows.
[Michael] As Undertaker with the shots to the midsection.
-Now, the upper cut to Booker T. -[Tazz] A shot right there.
[Michael] And Booker T, scissors kick. Will Booker T be able to do it here?
-[Tazz] Booker got all of that. -[Michael] Booker T going for the cover.
-Booker T, hook of the leg. -[Tazz] Yeah, Taker's in trouble.
-He's got him. -[Michael] And Taker just kicked out.
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] How close for Booker T!
[Michael] And he sat up, The Undertaker sat up.
[Tazz] Oh, man.
Booker, now what?
[Michael] Booker T shot to the midsection.
Off the ropes, walked into the boot of The Undertaker.
Undertaker, still feeling that knee but beginning to sense it.
[Tazz] Got to wonder how that knees of The Undertaker.
Can he lift this man up for this chokeslam?
-[Michael] Booker T, going for the ride. -[Tazz] Can he do it?
He did it. Chokeslam.
Oh, man.
Oh, my God!
[Michael] Remember the warning
of The Undertaker earlier tonight to Booker T.
-Undertaker… -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] …Tombstone. Oh, man, Booker T.
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Tazz] Rest in peace.
-[audience cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Tony] Here is your winner, The Undertaker.
[Michael] Literally on one way, The Undertaker did it.
[Tazz] Well, I'll tell you, Booker T, bringing the fight to The Undertaker,
but The Undertaker, The Phenom himself.
[Michael] And I'm telling you something though, Tazz.
Not for nothing but Booker T was very, very impressive here tonight.
[Tazz] He was. But The Undertaker just had too much, just too much.
The chokeslam then the Tombstone and those deadly eyes of The Undertaker.
Wow. Physical matchup though.
[Michael] Very physical,
but The Undertaker picks up the victory at Judgment Day.
[Tazz] A rare and very impressive outing for The Undertaker here at Judgment Day.
[Michael] He just doesn't slow down, does he?
[Tazz] No way, baby. No way.
And look at that evil, sinister Deadman. Oh, man, he's just a wacko.
[Michael] There's always strange occurrences
when The Undertaker is around.
[Tazz] Yeah, and we're just lucky, bro,
that he's exclusive to SmackDown right here.
The Deadman getting the victory over The Bookman.
[Michael] Undertaker used the chokeslam and the Tombstone piledriver
to defeat Booker T here tonight, at Judgment Day.
[Tazz] Paul Bearer, another wacko.
[Michael] Let's take another look, Booker T,
I thought he was going win the thing.
Referee had been knocked down and that powder of some sort was thrown
into the eyes of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] The smell's horrible,
but Undertaker was able to shake it off here.
Look at that.
Much to the dismay and shock to The Bookman and then…
-[Michael] After the chokeslam… -[Tazz] RIP, baby. Look at this.
-What would Mama Sangre say? -[Michael] The tombstone piledriver.
It is vintage Undertaker here at Judgment Day.
[Tazz] Now, I know what Mama Sangre would say, she will say, rest in peace.
-[Michael] Right. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] What a display by The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Every time we see the Deadman, Cole, he's impressive. Always impressive.
Look at that. Wow.
-And Judgment Day isn't over yet. -That's true.
Because coming up next, it could be Judgment Day
for one John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
The WWE championship is on the line, Eddie Guerrero against Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Last time we saw Latino Heat, the WWE Champion,
he was getting sent to prison with the local police,
but Guerrero's here tonight, baby.
[Michael] And for Bradshaw, he has made this matchup extremely personal.
[Tony] Ladies and gentlemen, from New York City,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[JBL] What greater success stories and earned in America than me?
I've got a financial book by Shimon & Schuster out.
I've got a radio show that starts May 1st.
I have become the top financial analyst on Network TV.
I've got a portfolio that has beat the stock market
seven out of the last seven years.
I have succeeded in everything but one thing and that is wrestling
because I thought it was more important to have a good time, to drink beer,
to play cards, to visit our troops but that ain't got me Jack.
So, something's fixing to happen around here.
You're fixing to see an impact.
So get ready, business is about to pick up.
[Michael] Oh, my God!
Bradshaw, what the hell are you doing?
[JBL] What I say I do and what I do, I do very, very well.
[Tazz] Talk about impact. Wow.
[Angle] Ladies and gentlemen,
the winner of the Kurt Angle Great American Award
and thus, the No.1 Contender for the WWE title
goes to John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
-[Michael] Oh, come on. -[Tazz] Wow. He did it.
[JBL] Who better to present America than me?
[Vince] JBL, what I see is a great American sellout.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero has stolen the spotlight from JBL.
[Tazz] He's a thief.
[JBL] You are a black mark on society, Eddie Guerrero,
you are a disgrace to America.
You're going to pay for this, Eddie. You will pay.
Ladies and gentlemen, a tragic incident occurred involving the Guerrero family.
Eddie was in the ring, finished up a match,
invited his family in to celebrate and unfortunately, this tragedy followed.
[indistinct chatter]
Mrs. Guerrero, Eddie's mother suffered a heart attack.
[JBL] Eddie Guerrero put his family in harms way.
That's his business.
Eddie has to take responsibility for the circumstances
and the consequences.
[Eddie] You don't understand something, John, you traumatized my family.
You put your hands on a 76-year-old defenseless woman.
That, my friend, is a coward.
[JBL] Make no mistake. I don't give a damn about Eddie Guerrero's mother.
When she dies, she dies.
The one that everybody has to worry about especially your family, is you.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero has completely lost it.
[JBL] This isn't about Eddie's mother.
This is about my meeting with destiny.
I'm going to kick the living [bleep] out of you.
I will personally guarantee victory.
[Michael] Will this carnage be the scene at Judgment Day?
[bell ringing]
-[audience cheering] -[Tazz] Well, here we go.
["Longhorn" playing]
[Michael] I know this is your favorite part.
[Tazz] JBL, baby. Only his friends call him JBL.
[Michael] The No.1 Contender for the WWE championship.
["Longhorn" music playing]
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] That smile.
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger, from New York City,
weighing in at 297 pounds, John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Michael] You know, Bradshaw says that he's going to win the title
for John "Bradshaw" Layfield's America.
You know what, I don't want any part of Bradshaw's America.
[audience cheering]
["Latino Heat" playing]
[Tony] And making his way to the ring from El Paso, Texas,
weighing in at 228 pounds,
he is the WWE Champion, Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] A classic low rider for the WWE champion.
[audience cheering]
For the first time…
since Eddie's mother suffered a heart attack,
caused in my opinion, by John "Bradshaw" Layfield,
Eddie Guerrero gets Bradshaw in the ring.
Tonight Bradshaw must face the music, no running tonight.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero looks extremely heat up and fired up
for this matchup and so he should.
All the emotional ramifications going into this,
everything that Eddie's been put through by that man, John "Bradshaw" Layfield,
Besides the fact the championship is on the line.
[Michael] Well, you talked about emotions, Eddie Guerrero must be able
to channel those emotions tonight.
If he loses the emotional battle, he may lose the championship.
[Tazz] You're right. We discussed that earlier, Cole,
could Eddie stay focused?
-Can Eddie stay focused? -[Michael] And look at Bradshaw.
That idiot just asked Eddie Guerrero how his mother is.
[Tazz] Well, you can't blame Bradshaw for doing that.
[Michael] Well, I can tell you this, Eddie's mom, Herlinda,
is out resting comfortably in El Paso, Texas.
-[Tazz] Well, that's good. -[Michael] Eddie telling earlier today
that she's doing wonderfully
considering she did suffer that mild heart attack a couple of weeks ago.
And now, Bradshaw, trying to play the mind game,
trying to draw that Latino Heat out early and I believe Bradshaw,
well, if he can get through the early part of this matchup,
-he's got a great chance. -[Tazz] You know, it's a good point.
But I'll tell you what, Eddie, man, I know Eddie a lot of years,
I wrestled him, I tagged with him. Eddie Guerrero, he's got that Latino Heat.
Look at those eyes, my friend.
I talk about people's eyes a lot because eyes tell a story.
Eddie Guerrero's eyes, that's a dark look, man. That's a dark look.
[Michael] Bradshaw has called Eddie Guerrero a criminal.
Bradshaw says that he will win the title tonight
for John "Bradshaw" Layfield's America.
-[Tazz] Eddie is just zoomed in… -[Michael] Look at him.
[Tazz] …on Bradshaw. Yeah. And Bradshaw look at him.
I mean, Bradshaw, he's just getting fired up too.
This is a battle, man, I'm ready for this.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Over 18,000 chanting Eddie Guerrero's name.
The champion simmering inside, nearing a boiling point.
[Tazz] Let's do it, man. Let's do it. Here we go.
[Michael] And Bradshaw misses right hand, here's the champion, Eddie Guerrero.
Again, Eddie Guerrero hammering away on Bradshaw
and Bradshaw trying to get away from this relentless attack of Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] As the proverbial, you can run but you can't hide.
I tell you what, Bradshaw every punch that Eddie throws,
he's got to be thinking about his mom. Look at him.
[Michael] Again, for Bradshaw, Bradshaw must somehow
survive this initial emotional rave of Eddie Guerrero.
If Bradshaw can, he's got a shot. If he can't it's going to be over quickly.
[Tazz] True. Very true. Now, Eddie throwing Bradshaw back to the ring.
[Michael] And Bradshaw wisely getting out of the ring,
but Eddie Guerrero, relentless in his pursuit.
[Tazz] Well, right out of the box, Cole, Bradshaw's hurt here.
[Michael] And the champion bouncing Bradshaw off the steel post.
[Tazz] Now, Eddie's in control. Look at this. Oh, my God!
[Michael] And appropriately, Bradshaw bounced off the Spanish announce table.
[Tazz] Straight into the Spanish announce table. Bradshaw is down.
Eddie Guerrero no sign of any slowing down.
[Michael] Eddie back into the ring to break the count.
[Tazz] Again, we've talked about his emotions, taking over.
Eddie, still smart, got back in the ring and busted the counter.
[Michael] What do you think Eddie's mom,
the matriarch of the great Guerrero family,
what do you think she's thinking right now watching this in El Paso?
[Tazz] I'd sign her up.
She might be proud her son's choking him with that wire.
[Michael] I believe that was a camera cable
that Eddie was using to choke Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Yeah, you're right.
See this is smart, Eddie pulled Bradshaw back in the ring
because that's where you're going to win the match.
And now, Eddie just talking garbage to him.
Can't blame Eddie, can't blame him.
[Michael] A right hand by Eddie to Bradshaw.
Bradshaw has not been able to muster any offense
in the early going of this matchup.
And Bradshaw, again, out of the ring. And again, Eddie…
And referee Brian Hebner trying to do his job.
[Tazz] Well, Eddie Guerrero sitting in jail.
[Michael] Hey, where is Bradshaw going?
[Tazz] Where is he going?
[Michael] Bradshaw going to try to squirm his way out of this match.
He can't win the title by running away and Eddie is not going to let him.
[Michael] Wow. What a running forearm to the back of the head.
Bradshaw don't know where he is here.
Eddie with another straight right hand.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero, Cole, is on his game today, bud.
[Michael] I tell you, Bradshaw better invest his money,
make some money and call a plastic surgeon.
He's going to need one after this match.
[Tazz] Well, he's got the money to afford a plastic surgery, don't worry about that.
-There's plenty in New York. -[Michael] JBL tossed back in the ring.
See how quickly Eddie got back in the ring
not allowing Bradshaw one moment to breathe.
[Tazz] Oh, hence, why he's the WWE Champion, Eddie.
He's thinking man in that ring.
You're going to hurt my mamacita like that?
-I'm thinking that I'm done with it. -[Tazz] Do you hear what he's saying?
No, man. [speaking Spanish]
[Tazz] And look right now.
[Michael] Right hand by Eddie dropping Bradshaw over that right hand.
[Tazz] Again, again, stalking him, staying on him.
Eddie Guerrero, now look at this.
-[Michael] Latino heat. -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero still stepping on his face.
Come on, Ref, is that legal or what? What's the story with that?
[Michael] I don't think right now, it matters much to Eddie Guerrero
-what's illegal and what isn't. -[Tazz] You're right, you're right.
[Michael] And Bradshaw, tossed through the ropes again, Eddie on the attack.
[Tazz] I never expected this, Cole.
I never expected right out of the box, they're warming up the bullpen.
Bradshaw to be taken like this by Guerrero.
-Again, breaking this count. -[Michael] Eddie breaks the count.
You saw how fired up how Eddie was Thursday night on SmackDown
when he got arrested. I did expect this.
That could be a turning point. Bradshaw needed that.
Eddie Guerrero whipped into the steel steps
and now, Bradshaw can catch his breathe.
[Tazz] A world of impact, yeah. Holding that arm, Eddie is.
And hopefully he doesn't have any pain or numbness in that arm.
[Michael] Now, Bradshaw went in to, of course, save the count.
Bradshaw realizes he can't win the title on a count-out.
Bradshaw needs Eddie in the ring.
And now, the chops, and now the right hand.
And did you see the change in the face? The change in the look of Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Shifting gears, man. Bradshaw. No, no, no.
[Michael] Now, Eddie off the announce table,
bounces right into the lap of Hugo and Carlos.
But now, Bradshaw…
-[Tazz] Oh, man. Oh, God! Look at this. -[Michael] Bradshaw.
[Tazz] What is he going to do now? Eddie Guerrero down and out here.
[Michael] And this the opening Bradshaw needed.
A right hand to the champion.
Bradshaw wisely goes back into the ring again
to break the count and now continues the attack.
[Tazz] This is just a straight up physical battle, man.
[Michael] And Bradshaw smart, he has the champion back in the ring
to win the title and he did that.
[Tazz] Well, that's what Eddie did earlier.
Both these guys know what's at stake here.
But here comes Latino Heat.
[Michael] The right hands, Eddie Guerrero, Bradshaw.
Here's the reversal. Eddie whipped off the rope, big boot to the face.
What a shot! What a shot!
[audience booing]
[Tazz] The ever confident JBL now. Does he got it in the bag?
[Michael] Here's the cover on the champion, kick-out after two.
I'll tell you, Bradshaw's stock will go through the roof if he wins this match.
[Tazz] JBL is going to be tough to stop now.
And you're right, his stock will go up. Run up with my book.
[Michael] I'm surprised you haven't invested yet.
Bradshaw right hand to the back of the head of Eddie Guerrero,
-whipped into the corner with authority. -[Tazz] Size difference there.
Guerrero's giving up some size to Bradshaw.
Nice side headlock takedown out of nowhere. Eddie…
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero, the quickness, and as you mentioned Bradshaw, the size.
[Tazz] Yeah, but again, Bradshaw surprising everyone,
even myself and Eddie.
I'm sure with that side headlock takedown out of nowhere.
Very smart by Bradshaw.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] People here in Los Angeles getting behind Guerrero big time.
[Michael] 18,000 strong.
I don't believe there's one person in here who wants Bradshaw to win the title.
I think everyone here is an Eddie fan.
As the champion, Eddie Guerrero tries to get out of this predicament.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero is caught right now on a side headlock on the mat
by a very big and strong John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Michael] Well, Bradshaw is all about power, he's all about strength,
he's somewhat unorthodox in the ring.
[Tazz] Well, right now, got all of his weight on the neck
and head of Guerrero, Bradshaw does.
And Guerrero, you could see he's in pain here with this headlock.
[Michael] Eddie trying to grab the hair of Bradshaw,
doing anything he can to get out of this.
-The champion maybe fading a little bit. -[Tazz] He might be but…
[Michael] Right hand straight to the gut, and another one.
[Tazz] That's what separates him from the headlock, got out of it.
[Michael] What a shoulder knock down by the former football player.
[Tazz] I'm going to put the size advantage,
back to the side headlock takedown.
-[Michael] Back into the headlock. -[Tazz] Yeah, and again, see Bradshaw?
All his body weight on the neck and all that does to you
because I've been there, is it forces you, it's tough to breathe
when a guy leans on your face like that on your neck.
With all his bodyweight, it's tough to breathe when you're down on the bottom.
[Michael] And Bradshaw really torquing it here,
torquing that headlock in.
[Tazz] Putting the weight on the head and Guerrero might be faint.
[Michael] Bradshaw can win the championship
if Eddie submits or indeed passes out.
[Tazz] And smart by Bradshaw. Get on this hold, stay on this hold
and try and wear the champ down.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero won the championship
back at No Way Out in February.
Successfully defended it at Wrestlemania.
Can he hold on to the title here tonight at Judgment Day?
[Tazz] Well, Bradshaw's looking good right now.
Not letting go with this hold.
[audience chatter]
-[Michael] Listen to this crowd. -[Tazz] Really smart, though.
Not trying nothing stupid.
He's picking a spot, Cole.
[Michael] Eddie raked the eyes and now a shot to the gut again,
and again, Bradshaw knocks Eddie down up over the top of Guerrero.
Great arm drag by Eddie and another arm drag.
Bradshaw got out of the way again.
[Tazz] Very quick with those arm drags by Guerrero. Look at this.
[Michael] Eddie up over the top, crossbody caught in midair.
-[Tazz] Got caught there. Oh, my God! -[Michael] And there's a fallaway slam.
[Tazz] Wow. Right on the floor here.
[Michael] Don't let that padding fool you folks.
It's a very slim pad. That's concrete under that pad.
[Tazz] No doubt about it and the referee, Brian Hebner, is counting.
He's up to four now and both athletes are out there, champion and challenger.
[Michael] Referee Brian Hebner at a count of five.
[Tazz] Bradshaw is getting up to a vertical…
[Michael] Now, to the count of six.
But Bradshaw can't win the title on a count-out.
He needs to break the count or get the champion back in the ring
and that's what Bradshaw did.
[Tazz] He did part A by breaking that count.
Guerrero's getting to a vertical base, Kick to the belly there.
[Michael] For Eddie, this is about revenge as well as the title.
For Bradshaw, it's strictly about becoming champion.
[Tazz] Chops there.
Bam, another chop right into Bradshaw, right in front of us here.
[Michael] What a shot to the side of the head.
[Tazz] Guerrero's got some mustard behind those punches, man. What's this?
Eddie Guerrero.
Right off the top of the Spanish announce table, back first.
[Tazz] Bouncing off that thing like a basketball, Eddie did. Wow.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero off the backdrop.
[Tazz] And look at Guerrero, still got the perseverance to…
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero just got back into the ring.
[Tazz] What will it take for Eddie to get up,
because he had to break the… Wow.
Man, he landed hard on that table.
[Michael] Well, referee Brian Hebner now begins the count at the count of two.
Both men are down as we take another look at this impact.
[Tazz] Yeah, just listen to this impact here. Check it out.
Wow, man.
[Tazz] It hurts. I'm telling you, it hurts.
[Michael] Eddie, kidney first into the table.
[Tazz] Eddie's hurting, Cole.
There's no sign of Bradshaw letting up on him either, you know that.
[Michael] Here's the swinging neckbreaker by Bradshaw
and the No.1 Contender, Kurt Angle's great American…
-[Tazz] There's a cover, new champ. -[Michael] …into the cover,
-shoulders down and Eddie kicked-out. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] That's that pride and heart and guts of Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] No doubt. Eddie's loaded with that.
Loaded with pride and guts, no doubt.
Both men now, leaving it all in ring.
That's what the WWE championship's about, man.
[Michael] Bradshaw with a right hand, the champion stumbling,
but bounces off the ropes threw a right of is own.
[Tazz] Look at Eddie, huh?
[Michael] This has been a slugfest since the get-go.
[Tazz] Eddie is just… How is he doing this?
He's just coming right back from those big blows and…
[Michael] And now, a knee to the midsection.
Bradshaw, trying to turn the table, Eddie, hung up on the rope,
going up over the top and landed, I believe, on that wrist to that arm.
[Tazz] I think Eddie wanted to try and flip out of it, he shouldn't have.
-We got a cover. -[Michael] Here's the cover.
Shoulders down. Eddie Guerrero just kicked-out again.
[Tazz] Eddie was trying to flip out of that backdrop
but Bradshaw had the wherewithal to nail the move
and then smart, went for a quick cover, Bradshaw did.
[Michael] Bradshaw looking at the referee with almost the…
What do I got to do, ref, to keep this champion down?
[Tazz] Come on, Bradshaw, stay in there and fight all day, all day.
And Guerrero's tough, man, tough to beat him.
[Michael] And Bradshaw a clobbering blow to the back of the neck.
-[Tazz] What a shot! -[Michael] Bradshaw.
-[Tazz] Look at this. -[Michael] A bearhug…
[Tazz] From the side.
That just really works your ribcage big time and part of your lower back.
[Michael] So, the strategy for Bradshaw,
has been to completely wear the champion down.
[Tazz] Yeah, I think it's working, Cole.
I mean, you have the size advantage on the man, right?
You are the challenger you got nothing to lose, go in there and do that
and I'll tell you what, like the guy or not,
I think Bradshaw's doing the right thing.
[Michael] And again, the bearhug, it works the lower back,
it also causes you problems breathing, much like the headlock did earlier.
[Tazz] You know, I think Bradshaw was smart.
He knew Eddie was going to be in full of emotion,
come at him with both guns loaded, shooting like crazy
and maybe Bradshaw letting Eddie punch himself out.
[Michael] Hey, we talked about it earlier, if Bradshaw survived that initial wave,
that initial attack, he'd have a chance, and Bradshaw did that.
[Tazz] Well, let's see, it's not over yet.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] Oh, that's cheating. Hello, Ref, poking the eyes.
[Michael] Lying, cheating, stealing, Eddie gets it done.
[Tazz] Bradshaw whipped into the corner, again the other side.
Eddie Guerrero, sending Bradshaw for a ride. Right hand.
[Michael] He did that because he had momentum going, Eddie did.
-Fire them up. Here comes Latino Heat. -[Tazz] Latino heat is coming.
Bradshaw is hurting here.
[Michael] Eddie, whipped across the ring.
And a dropkick, what a counter by Eddie.
[Tazz] Great extension in the lower body by Eddie with that dropkick in mid-air.
Look at this. There's one. Could Eddie do this?
I think he's going to spin those hips like we've seen Eddie do so many times.
The three amigos, those three verticals.
[Michael] Yeah, the triple verticals, Eddie going for here.
He got one on Bradshaw, but it's hard to get this big man up three straight times.
[Tazz] That's a big dude. Oh, man.
[Michael] Another vertical suplex by Eddie Guerrero.
Can he do it in third time? Can the champion…
[Tazz] This is conditioning come to the play here.
[Michael] Put a final blow to Bradshaw here.
[Tazz] I think Guerrero might be able to nail this third one.
-[Michael] Bradshaw with a knee. -[Tazz] Spoke too soon.
[Michael] I told you, it's tough to get three on a man Bradshaw's size.
-Eddie off the top turnbuckle. -[Tazz] Oh, no! Oh, no.
[Michael] Here's comes Bradshaw. Went for the clothesline from hell and missed it.
[Tazz] That's good for Eddie. What's this now?
[Michael] Bradshaw in complete control of the champion.
-[Tazz] Fight now, Eddie, fight now. -[Michael] Eddie trying to fight now.
[Tazz] He's doing it.
[Michael] There's the right hand by Eddie.
Eddie with the right hand. Off the skull of Bradshaw.
Latino heat beginning to feel it, and referee knocked down.
The referee knocked down inadvertently by the champion.
Eddie was going for the ropes
but the referee just happened to be in the way.
[Tazz] Referee got nailed.
Eddie had a lot of speed in that short sprint. Look at this.
[Michael] And Bradshaw, up over the top and out of the ring.
-But the referee is down. -[Tazz] He's hurting, man.
But Bradshaw is down outside from that Spanish announce table.
[Michael] And look at Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Eddie's trying to wake that ref up.
Well, they might've clocked heads or something.
[Michael] Bradshaw is down and out outside of the ring.
Eddie Guerrero perplexed because the referee's been knocked down.
[Tazz] Well, Eddie did the right thing. He checked on the ref
and now, looks like Eddie's going back to his opponent.
The man that you want to take out, JBL.
-[Michael] Eddie Guerrero, the champion. -[Tazz] He just looked over here.
[Michael] What the heck he was doing though.
-[Tazz] I don't know, I… -[Michael] Look at Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Oh, my God! That's what he's doing.
[Michael] Bradshaw, bouncing off the announce table. Eddie Guerrero.
[audience chatter]
[thud]
[Michael] Oh, wait a minute.
[audience chatter]
[audience groan]
[audience cheering]
-[Michael] Okay, we're back on here. -[Tazz] Yeah, I think we're back.
-What a shot! Let's just check this out. -[Michael] Let's take another look.
Bradshaw…
-[Tazz] Listen to this, listen. Oh, God! -[Michael] …with that steel chair.
[Tazz] Careful, Cole, Bradshaw's right out there in front you.
-[Michael] I know. -[Tazz] Guerrero! My God!
-[Michael] And Eddie Guerrero, Tazz… -[Tazz] Just look at that.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero was busted open by Bradshaw and that chair.
[Tazz] Oh, my God! I hope he's all right. He is split open, extremely bad.
[Michael] And a right hand to that cut.
Eddie Guerrero is bleeding like a sieve here.
[Tazz] This is bad. Watch out, man. Oh, my God!
[Michael] The champion doesn't know where he is. The referee is down.
-Bradshaw is on the assault. -[Tazz] This is bad I'm telling you.
[Michael] And look at Bradshaw, with those right hands
right to the open wound of Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] Eddie's got to have a concussion, Cole.
It's not a loss of blood, he's got to have a concussion.
[Michael] And look at that, steel steps. No, no.
The steel steps off busted up head of the champion.
[Tazz] Oh, man, Cole. I think we're going to see a new champion here tonight.
[Michael] And I agree with you. Bradshaw. Eddie's back into the ring.
[Tazz] The referee is down, but Bradshaw has wounded the champion.
Well, he made a guarantee, JBL said it, "I would be victorious.
"I'm going to win this match" and by God, I think he's right.
Eddie Guerrero, you can barely see his face anymore.
[Michael] Man, I tell you, this is bad, he's hurt.
-Look at this. -[Tazz] Now what?
[Michael] And Bradshaw is smiling as he delivered a right hand again to that…
[Tazz] Well, he should be, Cole, he's only minutes away
from winning the WWE Championship.
And now, look. He's warming that right arm up.
[Michael] Yeah, here it comes, baby. Eddie's in trouble, man.
The ring's a mess, the champion's a mess.
Bradshaw could be seconds away from winning the WWE title.
[Tazz] Bradshaw signaling for it. He's saying it's coming.
-Look at Eddie's done. -[Michael] Look at now.
Clothesline from hell, rattling the Staples Center,
but the referee is down.
Bradshaw trying to bring referee Brian Hebner back to life here
but Brian Hebner's down.
[Tazz] We need another ref or something. People still chanting, "Eddie."
-It doesn't matter, Eddies out. -[Michael] Bradshaw's panicked here.
Bradshaw knows he has the title won, but there's no referee.
[Tazz] Title won, the pitfall's fundamental, man.
Eddie's knocked out cold.
-[Michael] So is the referee. -[Tazz] I know.
-[Michael] And Bradshaw desperately… -[Tazz] And frustrated. I don't blame him.
[Michael] Well, he is frustrated. Here's another referee.
[Tazz] Here we go.
[Michael] Here's the cover on the champion.
There's two, he's gone. Eddie kicked-out! Eddie kicked-out!
-[Tazz] How the hell did he kick-out? -[Michael] Bradshaw cannot believe it.
After a steel chair to the skull, steel steps to the skull,
a clothesline from hell, Eddie Guerrero kicked-out.
[Tazz] How much blood has the champion lost, Cole?
-My God! -[Michael] A ton of it, look at the ring.
-[Tazz] I know that but Bradshaw again. -[Michael] Not again.
[Tazz] If he hits this, that's the second clothesline from hell.
Eddie will not kick-out if he nails this, Cole.
[Michael] Eddie is covered in blood. Bradshaw, stalking the champion.
[Tazz] Goodbye, Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] Clothesline from hell and he missed
and knocked down a second referee.
[Tazz] What the…
There's bodies everywhere. Oh, my God, look at Eddie, Cole.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero crawling.
How does Eddie Guerrero even have an idea of where he is?
-That's a boot to that wounded head. -[Tazz] I don't know. I'm not so sure.
Somebody should stop this match. Look at this.
[Michael] Oh, a powerbomb. [Tazz] The other referee's up, yeah.
[Michael] The other referee's up. Here's the cover…
-[Tazz] This is a brand new champion. -[Michael] …shoulders down and Eddie…
Eddie kicked-out again. Eddie did it again.
[Tazz] How did he do it? How did he do it?
[Michael] This crowd cheering in near disbelief. Bradshaw in disbelief.
Here come the Eddie chants.
[Tazz] But can Eddie… Can he come out of this, Cole?
-The man… Here's another cover. -[Michael] Here's the cover again.
-Champion down, champion kicks-out again. -[Tazz] Oh, my God!
I can't believe this.
[Michael] Talk about the heart of a champion.
[Tazz] I think it's more than about the championship for Guerrero though.
[Michael] Eddie, off the ropes. Here's the sleeper hold.
[Tazz] He'll choke him out. He's going to choke him out.
All that blood's coming out of his head. He's going to choke him out…
[Michael] I was going to say, it probably won't take long either.
[Tazz] No, it won't, because the blood's flowing.
[Michael] The sleeper hold locked in.
Bradshaw could be moments away for forcing Eddie Guerrero
to pass out and also lose his hold on the title.
[Tazz] Cole, I'm telling you, they should stop this match.
I don't often say that at all but they should… Look at this.
[Michael] What a counter by Eddie. A counter by Eddie.
-Eddie's not going to let him stop it. -[Tazz] Oh, the blood, you saw it.
Look. Oh, my God! That's…
-[Michael] Hard to look at. -[Tazz] …very hard to look at. Oh, man.
[Michael] The champion, Eddie Guerrero crawling.
The challenger, Bradshaw…
[Tazz] Eddie doesn't want this thing to stop, Cole, I can tell you that.
He doesn't want this match to end.
[Michael] And Bradshaw making it to his feet as well.
[Tazz] This is beyond business, this is straight up personal here.
[Michael] Wow. Eddie Guerrero, look at him. The mat looks like it…
[Tazz] He's stomp-- Holy… He's stompin'…
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero, starting to feel it.
Bradshaw can't believe it.
[Tazz] What the hell is the matter with him?
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero is Latino Heat.
Here comes the champion, here comes Eddie.
[Tazz] How much adrenaline… Look at this.
[Michael] Shakin', jukin', jivin', the champion.
[Tazz] Amazing.
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] Bradshaw… -[Michael] How does he do this?
[Tazz] …whipped across the ring. Wait, here's the counter.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero, ducks underneath the clothesline.
[Tazz] Oh, man. That's it. That's it, it's over.
[Michael] Bradshaw with the champion in his arms.
[Tazz] Showing on the outside, now on the inside.
[Michael] And Eddie countered. DDT by the champion.
[Tazz] Beautiful counter. Oh, man where did he get it from?
[Michael] The champion countered. That's why he's the champ.
That's why he's defeated Lesnar, that's why he's defeated Angle,
that's why Eddie Guerrero's in control all of a sudden.
[Tazz] How much heart does this guy have?
-[Michael] Eddie Guerrero trying to… -[Tazz] Too much heart, that's how much.
-[Michael] A ton of it. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] Both men are down,
but did that DDT take everything out of Guerrero?
[Tazz] I don't know, Cole. I don't know how to manage…
-[Michael] Where the hell is Eddie going? -[Tazz] How he's getting up?
[Michael] What is he doing? Wait a minute.
[Tazz] The question is, did that take anything out of Bradshaw.
Look at Bradshaw. Look at Eddie, you're right.
[Michael] Eddie's on the apron but…
-[Tazz] No way. -[Michael] He's not going to do… No way.
-Eddie Guerrero is not going to climb… -[Tazz] No, he's not getting up there.
[Michael] Guerrero is going to climb the ropes.
[Tazz] How else is he grouping? He's got to be all screwed up.
-Now, wait. -[Michael] Guerrero's on the top rope.
-[Tazz] Frog…. No, splash. -[Michael] And nobody home.
-Bradshaw rolled out of the way. -[Tazz] That's going to be it, man.
-If Bradshaw could top him and cover him. -[Michael] Referee begins to count.
-Again, both men are down. -[Tazz] Look at the ring, Cole.
[Michael] Yeah, it looks like an art canvass
except that's not paint, that's blood.
[Tazz] Well, it's Guerrero and Bradshaw's canvas for the time being.
Referee's hurting still for getting nailed early by Guerrero inadvertently.
The other referee got dropped early, I don't know where he is.
-[Michael] JBL rolled out of the ring. -[Tazz] Where is he going now?
-[Michael] What is he going to do now? -[Tazz] Well, what he's doing is…
[Michael] Bradshaw just grabbed the championship…
Bradshaw just grabbed a steel chair.
-[Tazz] And what's Bradshaw doing here? -[Michael] Haven't you done enough damage?
[Tazz] Oh, Bradshaw. No, no, no, no, no.
[Michael] Well, Bradshaw's got the title behind his back.
He's got a chair right here.
[Tazz] Well, he can't win the title if he's disqualified though, Cole.
[Michael] Well, Bradshaw just threw a chair in the ring.
-[Tazz] Well, the referee spotted it… -[Michael] Oh, I get it, I get it.
[Tazz] Oh, I see, I see. He's setting up Eddie.
[Michael] Title… And Eddie with a low blow.
The referee didn't see it, it backfired on Bradshaw.
[Tazz] But now the ref sees this.
[Michael] And Eddie, with a title to the skull.
Eddie Guerrero has been disqualified.
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero with the title off the skull of Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Wow. I can't believe this.
-[Michael] Eddie Guerrero is not through. -[Tazz] Oh, my God! Look at this.
-[Michael] The right hands to Bradshaw. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
-[Michael] Eddie Guerrero… -[Tazz] Just a brutal…
Just forget about the ref and the title.
[Michael] Relentless right hands by Eddie.
[Tazz] Look at this--just…
[audience chatter]
[bell ringing]
[Michael] The bell still ringing.
[Tazz] You can ring that thing all night, it don't matter.
[Michael] And another referee, more referees have come in the ring
to separate Eddie Guerrero from John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Tony] The winner of this match as a result of a disqualification,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
-[Michael] But he doesn't win the title. -[Tazz] No, no, no.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero keeps the championship.
[Tazz] But he guaranteed victory, Cole.
He did that. And he won.
[Michael] And wait a minute, Eddie Guerrero, title in hand,
right off the skull of Bradshaw.
Wow.
[Tazz] Look at Eddie, my God! You could see the [inaudible].
[Michael] Eddie, covered in his own blood.
[Tazz] I've never seen anyone bleeding this amount of blood.
[Michael] And again, the title go over the skull.
[Tazz] Man, I tell you, I got a feeling Guerrero's just starting up, Cole.
-Bradshaw… -[Tazz] He don't know where he is.
[Michael] Bradshaw's been busted open as well,
with those number of shots from the title.
[Tazz] He got cracked in the head with the championship.
-[Michael] Where's Eddie going? -[Tazz] I have no idea.
[Michael] Bradshaw out of the ring.
Eddie here at ringside, Eddie's got a steel chair on hand.
[Michael] The referees are pleading with Eddie Guerrero to put the chair down.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God! -[Michael] Off the skull of Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Wow. Learn about fair play.
Oh, man what a shot.
Guerrero, can hardly go…
You see Bradshaw, now you see Guerrero still bleeding.
-It's insane, Cole. -[Michael] Eddie Guerrero busted Bradshaw
with that steel chair to the skull.
[Tazz] How much more could these guys… what more can they do to each other?
[Michael] It was Bradshaw
who put the title into the ring and tried to use it.
Eddie Guerrero ended up using it.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero. Now the referee only saw Eddie do it.
But now, Guerrero's on the hunt. Look at this, look at this.
[Michael] And Bradshaw pleading.
Bradshaw on his hands and knees begging the champion.
[Tazz] I don't think that's going to help JBL.
[Michael] Oh, my. What a shot to the skull.
[Tazz] God almighty, what a shot.
[Michael] I'll tell you, Eddie Guerrero to the apron. What a fight.
-This has been some fight. -[Tazz] A hell of a fight.
-It ain't over yet, Cole. -[Michael] Eddie Guerrero on the top rope.
It's not over. Look at this.
-[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero. -[Michael] Oh, my God!
-Where does he get the strength to do it? -[Tazz] Frog splash.
[Michael] Oh, man.
[Tazz] God, I can't believe what we've witnessed here.
[Michael] What a fight. Down out fighting, a brawl, a bloody, brutal battle,
a fight full of intensity and emotion.
[Michael] I have to admit, this is what I was worried about.
That emotional build-up that Eddie, finally exploding here tonight.
[Tazz] Well, I tell you what, Cole, we've seen a hell of a fight.
-[Michael] Bradshaw backing off. -[Tazz] Yeah. Yeah.
[Michael] Crawling away like a coward from the champion.
-[Tazz] He's lived another day, Cole. -[Michael] Man, oh, man.
[Tazz] And Eddie's not through. Eddie Guerrero…
[Tazz] What the… Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
[Michael] He's going after Bradshaw and assaulting Bradshaw.
Eddie Guerrero's pent-up emotions finally exploding tonight.
[Tazz] We got to get a little help out here. What is going on?
[Michael] The champion attacking, assaulting, Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Raw hatred, raw hatred.
Man, I need the jaws of life to pull Eddie Guerrero off of Bradshaw.
-[Michael] Half the locker room… -[Tazz] No doubt.
[Michael] …pulling the champion away, trying to calm Eddie Guerrero down
and Bradshaw crawling away.
[Tazz] Yeah, he's literally crawling back. Kind of like a roach.
Wow. Man, oh, man, this is unbelievable.
[Michael] And now the Eddie chants for the champion.
-Eddie Guerrero, a proud champion. -["Latino Heat" playing]
[Tazz] Wow. Talk about a guy with heart, man. What a fight.
[Michael] My God, what a fight we've seen tonight at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
[Tazz] Yeah, and Eddie's still the champion, Cole, but he lost.
And Bradshaw guaranteed victory. But Eddie, still the champ.
[Michael] The heart of a champion,
the emotions of Eddie Guerrero boiling over tonight.
[Tazz] It's an uphill battle for Eddie Guerrero,
but somehow, Cole, he's still the champion.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero took the fight to the challenger, Bradshaw, tonight.
Eddie Guerrero, the WWE Champion.
[Tazz] Yeah, one hell of a champion.
[Michael] Thank you for joining us at one hell of a Judgment Day.
Subtitle translation by: Aparna Iyer one hell of a Judgment Day.