[eerie music playing]
[narrator] Every dream you follow,
every road you take
has put you to this moment,
Judgment Day.
[dramatic music playing]
Are you ready to accept your fate?
[Jim] Undertaker's being manhandled!
[narrator] Can you live with the consequences of your actions?
Are you proud of the legacy you've built?
[Kurt] I became an Olympic gold medalist, I became a six-time World Champion.
[narrator] Or do you relish your path of destruction?
[Jim] Oh, my God. 400-pound splash!
Mark Henry on top of the world.
[narrator] Did you fulfill your promises?
[Jerry] It'll be one hell of a matchup. Lashley's rolling to Judgment Day.
[narrator] Or did you fall short of your goals?
[Booker] Bow down to your next king!
[narrator] Can you take pride in living an honorable life?
[Rey] I've realized that being World Champion is a gift
and I'm loving every minute of it!
[narrator] Or did you use cruelty and malice for your own amusement?
[JBL] Hey, amigo, Judgment Day is coming.
[announcer] Tonight, the answers begin. The moment of truth is now.
The time is here for all to face…
[upbeat music playing]
[narrator] And now, SmackDown presents
WWE Judgment Day.
["This Fire Burns" playing]
♪ Even through the darkest days ♪
♪ This fire burns ♪
♪ Always ♪
♪ This fire burns always ♪
[Michael] You're looking live at the sold-out U.S. Airways Center
at Phoenix, Arizona.
We welcome you to Judgment Day. Michael Cole and Tazz at ringside.
And tonight, the question is will JBL and Rey Mysterio's dream?
Three titles in the King of the Ring on the line tonight.
Must be Judgment Day, must be red hot! We're in the desert.
Phoenix, baby, this place is rocking. I can't wait.
And who else is here, our Spanish broadcast colleagues,
Hugo Savinovich, Carlos Cabrera.
[Carlos speaking Spanish]
[Hugo speaking Spanish]
-[Carlos speaking Spanish]. -Wow.
-[Carlos speaking Spanish]. -[Hugo speaking Spanish].
["Paparazzi" playing]
[audience booing]
[Tazz] It's the paparazzi. You know what time it is.
[Michael] It is a big night for the Tag Team Champions.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it's for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Making their way to the ring from Los Angeles, California,
at a combined weight of 440 pounds,
they are the Tag Team Champions,
Mercury, Nitro and Melina, MNM!
[Michael] This is indeed a watercress moment for MNM tonight.
The three-time Tag Team Champions mired in a tremendous slump.
They haven't beaten their opponents in five times.
[Tazz] Let me interrupt you already, because you know what time it is,
it's about to witness the greatest entrance in the history of the business.
Check this out.
[Michael] Here we go, here we go. Oh, there you go.
-[Tazz] There's one leg? -[Michael] You know what's next, right?
-The second one. -[Tazz] Good.
[Michael] Oh, look at that.
-[Tazz] You say something about a slump? -[Michael] Yeah. MNM has lost
five straight times to Paul London and Brian Kendrick.
A slump which began April 7th, six weeks ago,
that night losing a non-title matchup and counting that loss,
have lost five in a row,
including a mix Tag matchup just two nights ago on SmackDown.
[Tazz] Everything you just said is definitely a fact,
but this is a fact, too,
Melina, along with Mercury, Nitro look extremely confident tonight
because the gold is on the line, the Tag Team titles on the line. Yes.
Yes, the challengers have gotten it done, but never under a pressure moment.
And that's where the titles were on the line.
[Michael] MNM, they're cocky confident selves here
this evening, defending their Tag Team titles.
[Tazz] If you're hanging around with Hollywood types, you'd be cocky, too.
["The Hooligans" playing]
[audience cheering]
[Tony] And the challengers at a combined weight of 369 pounds,
Paul London and Brian Kendrick!
[Michael] Well, this is the night
that these two men have been waiting their whole careers for,
an opportunity to have the WWE Tag Team titles,
and London and Kendrick, strange birds, to say the least,
but they get the job done.
[Tazz] Oh, these strange birds, they have a personality.
They love to exemplify their personality and that's what SmackDown is about anyway.
That's what WWE's about, you go in there, you show who you are,
and London and Kendrick, they don't hide it, they're little wacky.
[Michael] Referee, Jimmy Korderas, showing us what it's all about,
the WWE Tag Team titles.
Paul London and Brian Kendrick the challengers, the champions, MNM.
[Tazz] Tell you what, what a way to kick off Judgment Day
with the Tag Team Titles on the line,
Kendrick and London challenging, of course, it's MNM.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] So, who'll start things off for the challengers?
It is indeed going to be Paul London…
and Nitro and Mercury discussing who'll start the match for them.
[Tazz] They look really calm and cool. MNM does not look frazzled at all.
As you pointed out several losses under their belt from the challengers.
But they're confident.
[Michael] So Paul London locks up center of the ring with Nitro.
And we're underway at Judgment Day. Over 15,000 people in attendance here.
Our fans showing great support for Judgment Day in Phoenix
and Nitro punches Paul London.
They'll think it'll take any of that here tonight.
[Tazz] A slap by London, he's telling, you know,
"Nitro, you won't set the tone by poking me out."
[Michael] And Nitro from behind, side headlock on Paul London.
Arn Anderson, a former Tag Team great, Tazz, telling WWE.com
that this week that it's easier to win the Tag Team titles than to keep them.
So MNM, the top challenger, tonight, against a very hungry Tag Team.
-Get out of the way. -Look at this.
[Tazz] It's a cocky, slow up to your point.
It's easier to get to the top, but it's hard for you to stay there.
It's very difficult to get to the top of the mountain,
but staying there with these lions coming at you, it's hard to stay on top.
[Michael] Nitro screaming at London saying,
"You've got nothing, you're not taking our titles."
Side headlock again for Nitro.
[Tazz] He's trying to get some control, that's what Nitro's doing here.
[Michael] Paul London and Kendrick may have the upper hand in this matchup,
considering they have nothing to loose here.
[Tazz] Not a chance. No, not a shot, I don't think so at all.
[Michael] Oh, look at that. Nitro lands on his nose.
And Paul London with that deep arm-drag into the arm bar,
and that's what Paul London and Brian Kendrick are all about.
[Tazz] It was a quick arm drag, for sure.
You don't usually see the sure foot-- Oh, sure-footed-- Nitro gets tripped off.
[Michael] Melina not liking what she sees. Kendrick makes another tag to Paul London.
Nitro in trouble and London and Kendrick certainly knocked the shoulder of Nitro.
[Tazz] The challengers are showing the champions
right outta the box frequent tags, and here's another one.
That's a great game plan if that's what you'll do.
[Michael] Let's read out at MNM's book.
And a double team by London and Kendrick.
Kendrick, watch out for this, first cover of the matchup,
and a near fall as Nitro kicks out at two.
Back to work on the left arm of Nitro.
[Tazz] After a while, you gotta watch [inaudible]. Maybe he's hanking some hair…
but Nitro just controlling Kendrick by the jaw.
[Michael] Tag made to Joey Mercury
and Mercury comes in with a right hand of his own.
MNM have to make sure that London and Kendrick are not in their head.
MNM playing not to lose here tonight.
[Tazz] MNM have been-- we've been calling a Tag Team specialists
and they are a Tag Team specialists. Right.
The challengers, Brian Kendrick and London-- Oh.
[Michael] They're showing the Tag Team specialists what it's about.
Cover again, with the Tag Team titles on the line. A kick out at two by Mercury.
[Tazz] And MNM been throwing off their game in the early going here
against the challengers.
[Michael] Oh, nice deep arm drag.
[Tazz] But they've had the champions on the ropes since the series started.
[Michael] That's for sure.
Five straight victories going for six in a row tonight.
But tonight, the most important matchup of them all for London and Kendrick.
London in off the tag yet again. Here's the double team, Mercury.
[Tazz] Oh, you got five seconds to get out.
[Michael] Look at this.
It has been a clinic thus far for the challengers
and Mercury taking advantage to catch his breath
as London and Kendrick went toward Nitro.
[Tazz] Now, watch out, look at this.
Kendrick launched over the top rope taking both Nitro and Mercury out!
[Tazz] Suicide maneuver there, in the form of a [inaudible]
and I'll tell you what, it got it done. [laughs]
Get him, buddy.
[Michael] Mercury sent back into the ring, Paul London the legal man.
London's on the top rope, Mercury has no clue he's there.
Here's Paul London went for the crossbody,
Mercury rolled out of the way, perhaps on instinct alone,
but it buys MNM some time.
Here, Mercury grabbing the leg of London, isolating now London in the corner,
and here is where MNM is so dangerous, the Tag Team specialist.
[Tazz] That was good right there. Now, but check this out, look at this.
[audience cheering]
-[Michael] Wow. And now Paul London… -[Tazz] Watch out, watch out, watch out.
[Michael] The crossbody, nobody home,
and that has allowed MNM to take control of the matchup.
And this is where the Tag Team champs are so dangerous,
isolating their man, frequent tags in and out, double teaming.
[Tazz] Absolutely, the challengers tried that early,
Kendrick and London, but MNM shut them down.
You gotta be careful-- Look!
[Michael] There's the double team, double knee to the gut, what a gut-buster.
[Tazz] Exactly a double-- Uh-oh,
a little Sunday night primal scream there,
I think, yeah, I love it.
-[Micheal] Yeah. [chuckles] -[audience booing]
[Tazz] I know you hate the primal scream, but it's sexy as.
[Michael] Right. Phenomenal. You gotta love that. Good stuff.
[Tazz] Whoa! Look at this, look at Melina!
[Michael] Melina getting involved again, those headscissors on Paul London,
-referee never saw it. -[Tazz] Yeah.
That'd stink to be in a headscissors by Melina.
-[Michael] Well… -[Tazz] Okay. Look at this.
[Michael] Paul London cover, kick out at two.
I don't think it would be that tough to be in that headscissors by Melina.
[Tazz] Well, anyway. Okay. We're back.
[laughs] Now, Mercury in control here of Paul London with that rear chinlock.
[Michael] Really working on London here, the Tag Team Champions are in control.
[Tazz] They're trying to settle things down, that's smart.
London and Kendrick
quiet over this ring, very unique style, what a catcher.
[Michael] London elbows and rights and lefts to the gut,
Mercury went for a right of his own, side headlock,
-both men knocked down center of the ring. -[Tazz] Both their heads collided.
[Michael] This could be a turning point in this matchup
with the Tag Team titles on the line.
-Come on, this way. Come on. -Two.
[Michael] Nitro screaming for Mercury to make a tag and he does.
Here comes Nitro and here comes Brian Kendrick, two fresh men,
missile dropkick off the top rope, tremendous balance by Kendrick.
Kendrick is hopping and flying all over the ring.
[Tazz] There are flyer forms, a clothesline, look at Kendrick so quick,
watch out, man. [chuckles]
[Michael] Brian Kendrick looking for his first title ever in WWE.
Kendrick flying across and then knocking Mercury down
and he is all fired up, but Nitro from behind!
[Tazz] A shot across the throat of that top rope, that was beautiful.
Oh, this is it. Snapshot!
[Michael] Oh, my, connecting! The snapshot connecting.
Here's the cover, hook to the leg by-- MNM will retain the Tag Team--
No!
-London saving the matchup for his team. -[Tazz] Where the hell did he come from?
[Michael] And Mercury sending London flying outta the ring.
MNM so close to a three count. Again, Nitro going for the cover.
Here's the hook of both legs, there's two, and a kick out!
[Tazz] Oh, no, he kicked out. It was smart by Nitro
trying to pick up the scraps after that snapshot
when he knew Kendrick was outta the ring-- I'm sorry, London was outta the ring.
[Michael] He is now. And Kendrick's outta the ring now.
This is how London got outta the ring moments ago, watch this.
[Tazz] Driven right in the back, lower back, Kendrick is in trouble.
Check it out.
[Michael] Bounce, jaw first off the apron,
and suddenly the Tag Team Champions are picking apart the challengers.
[Tazz] And the referee was-- The referee was busy with a--
trying to control Mercury down when the apron-- and--
-[Michael] You see here… -Shove the head, look.
Hook of the leg and a kick out at two by Kendrick!
Kendrick desperately trying to reach to his partner,
but he's in no man's land near MNM's corner.
[Tazz] Told you, the champions would pick their game up
when the titles were on the line, now was I right or was I wrong?
[Michael] You're right. MNM looks better now than they have in six weeks.
[Tazz] I suppose Melina, right there, that lovely young lady,
sure she whipped these boys into shape, got their heads right.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Our SmackDown fans here at Judgment Day
trying to will the challengers, London and Kendrick, on.
15,421 fill the U.S. Airways Center.
Kendrick with an elbow, knocks Mercury off the apron.
-[Tazz] Nitro kick to the mid section. -[Michael] Look, check it out.
Kendrick rolls it through, he's got him here,
-but the referee's back in there. -[Tazz] Look at this!
And a kick out. Oh, Kendrick has Nitro. And for at least three,
they should have won the Tag Team titles there.
[Tazz] Should have, would've, could've
but then you're right, though. Kendrick did have the win.
-Come on. -[Michael] Tag made to Mercury.
Here's the double-team by the Tag Team Champions.
[Tazz] What'll hurt more, one to the neck or one to the lower abdomen,
if you will.
Enough!
[Michael] And Brian Kendrick needs to make a tag.
He has absorbed a tremendous amount of punishment.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. Look at this delayed vertical suplex by Mercury.
The blood-- The blood was rushing to Kendrick's head.
[Michael] Mercury off the suplex.
[Tazz] Mercury might've hurt his own shoulder.
[Michael] It looks that way, here's the cover.
Again, Kendrick gets the shoulder up.
Here's the cover again and a kick out at two.
A third cover, a third kick out by Kendrick.
How much heart does this kid, Brian Kendrick, have?
[Tazz] Both London and Kendrick, that's for sure.
-They got a load of… -[Michael] Oh, no.
Not where you wanna be if you're Brian Kendrick.
[Tazz] And Melina with that boot right to the gut, give me a break!
Referee, turn around!
[Michael] Referee's trying to get London outta the ring, but…
Melina is a snake.
[Tazz] Oh, a sexy snake if you don't mind me adding that.
[Michael] Mercury continues to pressure on Kendrick.
You see Kendrick continuing and trying to reach out towards his partner, but…
[Tazz] Oh, he's trying, Kendrick's trying to his credit,
-there's no doubt about it. -[applause]
But I'll tell you, MNM is just keeping Kendrick in that corner.
[Michael] Oh, that's a low elbow to the kidney.
[Tazz] And the knee placed right back in that kidney region.
Don't look good for the challengers right now! Oh!
[Michael] Tag made to Nitro, this capacity crowd in Phoenix,
our great fans would love to see the challengers win.
Look at the nonchalant cover, kick out at two,
Nitro didn't like the fact Kendrick kicked out.
[Tazz] Tell you what, Kendrick's been paying for it now.
[Michael] MNM cocky, hook of the leg, this time a kick out at two again.
-[Tazz] Confident, I won't say cocky. -[Michael] They're cocky.
[Tazz] Confident. They believe in them. Might be a little cocky, but confident.
[Michael] Those nonchalant covers, you approve of that?
[Tazz] Yes-- No, I don't, but there's a fine line
-between cockiness and confidence. -[Michael] Kendrick bounced off the boot.
[Tazz] Tease there with a screaming. Or is that…
-Two! -[Michael] Yes. It's like a half a scream.
Like, with a little one like that.
[Michael] Double team by MNM on Brian Kendrick.
[Tazz] Now, the champions are beginning to dissect the challenger.
Right here, come on. Right now, come on!
[Michael] Kendrick needs to get outta the ring,
needs to make a tag to his partner, Paul London.
-Yeah. -[audience cheering].
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Kendrick back to his feet, vertical base, elbow to the gut.
[audience cheering]
-[Michael] Knee to the gut again. -[Tazz] Oh, watch this again.
Wait a minute, reversal, Mercury off the boot of his own partner!
[Tazz] Nitro doesn't look and he didn't see what happened. [laughs]
[Michael] Kendrick fighting off, both men knocked down.
Kendrick makes the tag, here comes London.
[Tazz] What a forearm. Oh, man.
[Michael] Paul London finally in the match.
Paul London with the right hands taking it to the champions.
[Tazz] Paul London like a house of fire.
[Michael] With the flying back elbow, London's all pumped up.
-Melina doesn't like what she sees. -[Tazz] These kids are human dynamos.
I'm telling you, these challengers are set to see-- Oh, beautiful.
[Michael] And Mercury with the boot to Paul London,
and that may have ended the momentum right there for the challengers.
[Tazz] It was a nice attempt, but watch this.
See, Nitro wasn't looking,
he didn't know that his own partner got to his boot.
[Michael] MNM double team on London and has both champions down!
[Tazz] That should level the playing field a bit. Oh, look at that. Oh, no.
[Michael] Shoulders down, legs hooked, there's two, he may have it,
kick out at two and a half! So close to winning the Tag Team titles.
[Tazz] God, that was a half an inch, maybe a quarter inch away.
[Michael] London sent through the ropes, but he hung on.
Right hand, London through the ropes, Nitro, look at this.
[Tazz] Right in front of the referee!
Oh, right on top, he's on top, here's the hook to the leg.
He may have it! And Melina, what the hell is she doing?
[Michael] What was that? Oh, she screamed in the ref's face.
[Tazz] She just jumped to the ring and screamed.
[Michael] But watch the athleticism.
[Tazz] Look at this amazing-- a dropsault, right into a cover.
Amazing, it's beautiful the way London did that.
-[Michael] Look at… -[Tazz] Look at Nitro pulled away.
Nitro pulled away and London will steal one and a kick out at two!
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] What are they gonna do? -[Michael] Mercury cannot believe it.
He had the help of Nitro, and still couldn't pin London.
[Tazz] And now what?
[Michael] The ref's gotta get control is what he's got to do?
Here's Brian Kendrick back into the ring. Here goes Nitro.
All four men into the ring. He put Nitro in the center.
-Look at Brian Kendrick! -[audience cheering]
Melina pushing Nitro out of the way.
The two legal men are Mercury and London. Boot to the face.
Nitro, London went for the-- Oh, no.
-[Tazz] He's done, London's done. -[Michael] Oh, my. Here comes Mercury.
-London's going at… -Oh, my God!
[Tazz] Mercury knocked himself into Melina, wait a minute,
[Michael] Paul London, shoulders down, he got it. He got it!
-[bell ringing] -We got new champions!
We've got new Tag Team Champions!
[Tony] Here are your winners
and the new Tag Team Champions,
Paul London and Brian Kendrick!
[Tazz] A well-deserved standing ovation for the new Tag Team Champions,
London and Kendrick. I can't believe it.
[Michael] Neither can Mercury, Mercury in disbelief.
And look at the celebration of two men
who have worked their entire lives to get to this moment.
[Tazz] Well, Melina thought she saved the boys again.
Uh-oh.
And she did, but she didn't watch what happens.
London has the wherewithal to get out of the way,
big time backfire by the double chance.
[Michael] And watch London.
Great bridge cover. and look at it, off the jackknife cover,
London and Kendrick win the WWE Tag Team titles.
[Tazz] Congratulations to the new champs. Oh, my God.
The challengers look miserable-- The former champs look miserable.
I don't blame them.
[Michael] It's a look of disbelief is what it is.
I don't believe MNM ever thought they'd come to Phoenix tonight
and actually lose the Tag Team gold.
[Tazz] But the bottom line is London and Kendrick,
have MNM's number, period, done.
And that was the big dance when the titles were on the line.
Look who's leaving Phoenix with the gold.
[Michael] Six straight victories
for London and Kendrick over the team of MNM. Six in a row.
[audience booing]
-[Michael] I'm enjoying this. -[Tazz] Why would you? That's not right.
Couldn't happen to a nicer group of people.
[Micheal] Oh, wait.
Why? Why? You know what happened?
[audience chanting]
[audience chatter]
[audience cheering]
[audience chatter]
-[Michael] Oh! -[Tazz] Oh, God!
[Michael] I guess, Melina's blaming Mercury
-for losing the matchup. -[Tazz] As well, he did.
-At least she's right. She's right. Uh-oh. -[Michael] Oh, my!
And look at Nitro, Nitro knocking Mercury down!
-[Tazz] Wait a minute, what…? -Taking exception
at the way he treated Melina.
And look at this, this former Tag Team Champions imploding.
[Tazz] What the hell's going on here?
[Michael] Oh, Melina with the kick to the head of Mercury.
[Tazz] What's going on? Look at this!
Melina and Nitro! Melina is a wild cat!
[Tazz] I don't believe, that was just a few minutes ago.
-Oh! -[Michael] Oh, my God!
[Tazz] Oh, what the hell is going on?
Wow!
I'm speechless.
[audience booing]
[Michael] I never thought we'd be seeing this here tonight.
MNM is in-- Whoa!
Oh, no, there's Mercury with the right hands attacking Nitro!
[Tazz] This is just a straight up fight now! Look at this.
[Michael] We gotta get some control here. And, look, officials here, look at this.
Awesome. That was a long night for a pandemonium.
Yeah. The general manager, Theodore Long, has even come out here.
Trying to separate MNM.
The Tag Team Champions are imploding before our very eyes.
Oh, no, whoa, whoa!
-You guys stop that. You guys stop that! -I'm breaking it up!
[Michael] No. The general manager right in the middle of the fray.
[Tazz] The general manager went down, I'll tell you that is…
-[Michael] I can't believe this. -[Tazz] I mean, MNM,
one of the most successful Tag Teams since w--
[Michael] The most successful Tag Team in the history of SmackDown
and this tonight.
Screw you, Mercury!
[Tazz] I never would have believed this would have went…
-I dunno what to say. Shocking. -Why are we doing this?
[Michael] If this is the way that Judgment Day is starting,
what'll happen throughout the rest of the night,
because we still have to crown a new king,
a new King of the Ring will be Lashley or Booker T.
[Tazz] I dunno. I've been picking Booker the whole while, but I don't know.
I saw Bobby Lashley earlier today. He looks pretty ready, folks.
This will be something, I'm telling you.
[Michael] This prestigious tournament has catapulted
a select few WWE superstars to the elite level.
[tense music playing]
[Gorilla] All eyes directed on the squared circle.
One of these two men will be the first ever King of the Ring.
What a grueling, grueling tournament this has been,
especially for Bret "Hitman" Hart.
[Bobby] I've never seen a fight like this in my life.
[Gorilla] The Hitman up on Bigelow's shoulders.
He got in victory, though. He's got the clean hook.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] And Bret Hart is the King of the Ring!
This is Bret Hart's moment.
Bret "The Hitman" Hart, the King of the Ring.
[Michael] And there are the spoils which go to the Victor tonight.
The items which will be bestowed
on the winner of the King of the Ring tournament,
the crown, the scepter, and, of course, the robe
and the King of the Ring will eventually sit on the throne.
[Tazz] The whole throne out, who'll it be?
That's the question,
but we got something nice coming up right now, baby. Oh, yeah.
[Michael] R-E-S-P-E-C-T, that is what this man is all about.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing in at 234 pounds,
"The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit!
[Tazz] Oh, talk about your standing ovations, huh? Wow.
[Michael] He's a former United States Champion
and a former World Heavyweight Champion.
This match is gonna be brutal.
[Finlay] My name is Finlay and I love to fight.
[Tazz] You're damn right, he does.
[Tony] And from Belfast, Ireland, weighing in at 233 pounds,
Finlay!
[Michael] We were just talking about the tournament.
This man, Finlay, caused Chris Benoit an opportunity to advance
in the King of the Ring tournament.
Finlay and Benoit, no strangers to one another.
Benoit has a score to settle.
Opening round King of the Ring tournament, Benoit versus Finlay
and Benoit was in complete control three weeks ago.
[Tazz] Absolutely, but Finlay, the little shenanigans on his part,
a little tomfoolery going for the shillelagh, that weapon,
but then, you know, Chris Benoit knew it was gonna happen,
back up enough, but that wasn't the end. Just watch what happens.
We thought the shillelagh would be brought to play, but it wasn't.
[Michael] The referee took the shillelagh out of the way,
but Finlay would grab the steel chair to the side of the head
and Finlay would advance to the King of the Ring tournament.
[Tazz] You'd have had to look at him, you know, if this went down like this,
as Chris Benoit possibly being a favorite to be the King of the Ring.
But that's a moot point now, moot point now.
[Michael] Chris Benoit was watching that footage on the trans here
at the U.S. Airways Center.
[Tazz] A little reminder for him as if Benoit needs more motivation
to try and beat the hell outta that tough Irish bastard.
[Michael] This match here was made at the press conference
this past Monday in Phoenix
as we see Finlay putting the shillelagh in the corner.
[audience] Benoit, Benoit, Benoit, Benoit, Benoit!
[Tazz] Gigantic Benoit chant.
[Michael] Benoit said there will be pain in this matchup.
[Tazz] Hey, you don't think you could hear many Finlay chants, right?
-Not at all. -[Micheal] I don't think so.
Collar and elbow tie, strategy for this matchup.
-Let's start with the Irishman, Finlay. -Back it up.
[Tazz] I'll cut you off right there because strategies are similar,
but both of these athletes are similar in style and experience.
I mean, they both have a mat-based style,
their smash-mouth style and they're fighters.
This won't be a pretty thing.
They won't do beautiful high flying moves.
They're ground-and-pound-type guys.
[Michael] Finlay backed into the corner.
Both men feeling each other out, early going part of the matchup.
Chris Benoit has had tremendous success, Tazz,
at Judgment Day in years past,
won the Intercontinental Championship here one year in a submission matchup.
Also had one of the greatest Judgment Day matches
of all time versus Kurt Angle,
a best three out of falls match, a normal match,
a submission match and a ladder match all on the same night.
[Tazz] That's impressive. This is Finlay's first Judgment Day.
[Michael] Yes, it is. As both men down and outside the ring
-and the collar and elbow tie up still. -Right now.
[Tazz] They're locked up like two rams,
like two pit bulls locked jaws on each other,
you know what I mean, like, you can't get them apart.
[Michael] Benoit backed into the barricade.
[Tazz] Something's gotta break it, huh?
[Michael] Now, Finlay and Benoit, both back into the ring,
stare off by both men who know each other so well.
[Tazz] Both these men will be one step ahead of each other
which makes for a such a great matchup.
It's a pick up, you know what I mean, it really is.
-[Michael] Uh-oh, nose to nose. -[Tazz] Hey. That's telling the guy,
"Hey, I don't respect you. I don't fear you. I don't sweat you."
-They're playing a little mind games here. -[Michael] What quickness, the double leg.
Going for the sharpshooter,
early cover of the matchup, trying to catch Finlay perhaps off guard,
Finlay trying to battle and stand his back.
[Tazz] Got caught quick with-- It might be out.
[Michael] Nice. It was very nice.
Finlay well-versed as Benoit realizes he's in trouble.
[Tazz] That side trip take down there was very impressive
the way Finlay did that, now locking up those legs.
[groaning]
[Michael] Chris Benoit counters.
[Tazz] The thing I like about Finlay, he'll talk,
he'll put the bad mouth on you, he will just rip you up verbally,
and then back it off physically. I like that.
[Michael] And Chris Benoit does very little talking in the ring,
but he lets his actions do his work for him.
-Very little talking outside the ring too. -[Tazz] Yeah.
He doesn't talk to you, but then again, no one does.
[Michael] He talks to me every once in a while. Look.
[Tazz] A headlock take down, in control as Benoit,
but you gotta watch now, as Finlay knows how to work off his back.
He can catch with a submission from his back
and that's what makes Finlay dangerous.
[Michael] 15,000 strong watching the Benoit-Finlay matchup.
And look at Finlay using the trunks.
Shoulders down, kick out at one by Benoit, continues control.
[Tazz] The referee was trying to check the shoulders,
so he could see the trunks grabbed by Finlay.
[Michael] Again, goes through, hooks the leg and a two,
Benoit kicks out this time.
[Tazz] I'm loving this already. I'm telling you that already.
I'm loving this already.
[Michael] So are our fans in 30 countries all over the world
watching us live at Judgment Day,
including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia.
[Tazz] Finlay playing mind games, psychological warfare.
He backs away, says he got something in his eyes, he's playing games here.
[Michael] You don't think Chris Benoit will buy this, do you?
[Tazz] No, I don't, I just think that Finlay is slowing things down.
Look over there. Look at his face, saying he got something in his eye.
[Michael] There's an eyeball in there.
Oh, Finlay, he used the referee as a shield.
[Tazz] See? That's what I'm talking about.
[Michael] Very unorthodox style, but very effective.
[Tazz] Very old school, that's what that is, old school.
[Michael] Finlay uppercut walked into a chop by Benoit.
[Tazz] Hey, many time-- Wow, listen. Look at that drop toehold now.
Let me tell you something, many times, old school is the best school.
[Michael] Finlay is proving that here and each in Friday night on SmackDown.
-Finlay really tweaking the neck. -[Tazz] Oh, my.
You got to look at Finlay's body. His rear end is off the mat.
See that, all his weight is on that Benoit's surgery repaired neck.
[Michael] Look at that face, only a mother could love him.
[Tazz] Look at both faces.
[Michael] Or a bartender in a pub in Ireland would love it as well.
Finlay continues the pressure on Chris Benoit.
You notice the two most vicious guys,
the most violent men in the SmackDown locker room
right here in the ring right now, Finlay and Benoit, they're both missing teeth.
[Tazz] Yeah. As it's not ballroom dancing, that's why.
[Michael] Oh, did you hear that? It knocked the wind out of Benoit.
[Tazz] Yeah, you could hear it.
[Michael] Here's the cover on the snapmare and a kick out at two.
Again, a cover by Finlay. Again, a kick out by Benoit,
-but that's strategy, right, Tazz? -[Tazz] That's strategy, but…
[Michael] Finlay knocks him and then tries to go for the quick cover,
-so Benoit expends energy. -[Tazz] Exactly. Oh, my God.
-Oh, my God! -[Michael] Wow. Did you see that?
[laughs]
[Tazz] A knee right to the shoulder.
[Michael] Finlay was backing off, Benoit delivering the knees,
Finlay wants nothing to do with the Wolverine right now.
[Tazz] Why did Finlay ignite the Wolverine?
-[Michael] I have no idea. -[Tazz] Because of the punk out slaps.
[Michael] Benoit knees, look at the knees, the viciousness of the Wolverine.
There's the chop.
[Tazz] Come on, ref, do your job and get Finlay outta the corner.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, it is so physical out here,
you can hear each and every punch and blow, knee to the back,
cover, shoulders down, kick out at two.
[Tazz] This is-- check out these slaps. Watch. Look at Finlay.
Watch what he does. Pokes him out a little bit.
Oh, my God.
I'm sorry that's just-- that's straight up nasty. [laughs]
Wow. Now, ride him. Now, Benoit's riding Finlay…
trying to get control of that upper body.
[Michael] He's doing a good job of it. Finlay turning to beet red,
there's the missing teeth, the cauliflower ear.
[Tazz] His teeth's just separated. I don't think it's missing.
I think he's got like a huge gap there or something.
[Michael] Probably opened up an obvious--
Teeth were probably separated in a ballroom brawl, I'm sure.
He's undefeated, Finlay, in all the ballroom brawls. Worldwide.
-[Tazz] You know that? -[Michael] I didn't know that.
That's saying something in Ireland, you know?
[Michael] Of course. Benoit would be a great ballroom brawler as well.
[Tazz] Yeah, but it looks like
he's trying to get the beginning of the cross face in there.
-See, he's trying to get to hook that arm. -[Michael] And Finlay was doing all he can
to try to get out of this predicament.
[Tazz] Oh, look at this!
He's got the shoulders down, Finlay has got his feet on the ropes.
[Michael] I dunno if that was on purpose or it just fell in the ropes.
[Tazz] No, it was formed. That was clever by Benoit
and by Finlay to have the mat presence to get to those ropes.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Sometimes it's better not to kick out,
just use the rope as your ally could break--
[Michael] And there's Finlay with a thumb to the eye with a--
Oh, with a clothesline!
[Tazz] Finlay, oh, man. Look at this.
[Michael] Covering knees right in the face and a kick out at two.
[Tazz] Finlay just thinks of more, more ways to just counter like
dissect his opponent's facial area.
I mean, he's just a monster. Let's face it.
He puts his knee in your cheekbone, your forearm.
[Michael] There's the knee again, another cover,
Benoit rolls the shoulder out.
[Tazz] It's like bone manipulation if there is such a thing.
He kicks like his elbow and drives it in your face.
Look, he's got his foot in the top of Benoit's skull,
-the head, he's not supposed to do that. -[audience chatter]
[Tazz] Bending his head upwardly to the sole of his foot.
-Come on. -Tell me if you wanna quit.
-[Tazz] What is he thinking? -[Michael] No idea.
And you said old school before.
With Charles Robinson asking Benoit, "Tell me if you wanna quit."
Benoit is not a quitter.
It'd take a lot more than this to have Benoit submit.
[Tazz] That Finlay is a bastard, I'll tell you-- telling you.
-[Michael] A tough one at that. -[audience cheering]
[Michael] 15,421 SmackDown fans here for Judgment Day in Phoenix.
[Tazz] Well, this father enjoying the hell out of this and so am I,
-what's not to enjoy? -[Michael] Uh-oh.
You got new Tag Team Champions moments ago,
Paul London and Brian Kendrick.
Two other titles are on the line tonight including the World Championship.
-[Michael] Finlay continuing. -[Tazz] This is a crisscross choke.
This is something out of Benoit's playbook right here.
-[Michael] This is legal. -[Tazz] Yes.
It's a completely legal move and they could choke you out with this.
You use your opponents own arms, wrist more, to choke him out.
[audience chanting]
[Michael] Benoit chants begin again.
[audience chanting]
[Michael] This is outta Benoit's playbook.
I've been on the other end of this by Benoit, and that's how I know that.
[Tazz] Benoit back to a vertical base. That's where he needs to be.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Look at the strength of Benoit, just trying to turn those wrists over.
[Tazz] He'll also turn and face Finlay if he can-- Oh, or do that.
That was nice.
[Michael] Finlay moved out of the way as Benoit went to deliver the elbow.
Here's the cover, again shoulders down, kick out at two.
[Tazz] I love this, it's the kinda stuff, this is how I came in for this business.
This style, I love this, man. It's like a throwback deal for me.
[Michael] Straight forward in your mouth, smash mouth style.
Oh, wait for the game.
[Tazz] Heads up. German suplex!
Beautiful pop of the head by Benoit. Another one.
[Michael] Benoit with the arms wrapped, the hands clasped.
[Tazz] Finlay's trying to gouge an eye out.
Can he do it?
[Michael] That third German suplex release contains the complexion of this matchup.
[Tazz] Oh, that will slow Finlay down… for sure.
[Michael] Chris Benoit to the apron, Chris Benoit is gonna climb
to the top rope, Finlay halfway across the ring.
[Michael] If he hits him, it's over. Nobody home!
[Tazz] Nobody home for the headbutt.
[Tazz] Oh, Chris and burning ahead, my God.
[Michael] Both Finlay and Benoit are down.
This could be the turning point of the matchup.
First man to his feet could gain incredible momentum
as we take another look.
[Tazz] Look at the height. Look at the height of the Wolverine,
last second, last second literally, Finlay got out the way.
-[Michael] Benoit to his feet. Finlay. Oh. -[Tazz] Nice drag,
-his two legs right there. -[Michael] Uh-oh, uh-oh.
[Tazz] Both legs. He wants to get the sharpshooter like he did earlier.
[Michael] And Finlay realizing it,
desperately squirmed his way out of the situation,
but he's feeling the effects of that legdrop.
Finlay with a steel chair in hand.
-[Tazz] Yeah, but the ref's looking? -I dunno.
[Michael] Oh, my God, Benoit with a baseball slide
right into the steel chair. The ribs and wrist of Finlay.
-[Tazz] Finlay might have broke his wrist. -[Michael] Finlay back into the ring.
-[Tazz] Benoit could smell it now. -[Michael] Benoit over the top rope.
He's going again. Here we go. Connecting!
[Tazz] Contact big time.
[Michael] I told you, here's the cover, hook to the leg,
there's two, he got it-- No, a kick out at two.
[Tazz] Oh, how the hell does Finlay kick out of that? Look at that.
Yeah. Right in the face and wrist got bent badly.
What a match, huh? Oh, man.
[Michael] Finlay trying to shake cobwebs out of his head,
trying to get feeling back in his wrist.
[Tazz] I'm telling you, wrist might be broken,
I think got bent up, I think.
[Michael] Benoit with the right hand and this is the way Benoit likes it
nice and physical.
[Tazz] Well, Finlay does too, but Irish whip into the corner.
Right from behind to the surgically repaired neck.
[Tazz] He got it from the front side and the back side.
-Do you hear-- did you see the ring move? -[Michael] Shaking. Look at that.
[Tazz] It's a quarter, now it's a-- Benoit's going for a half Nelson.
And turn him. It's a submission, what a pin.
[Michael] Shoulders are down, and Benoit grabbed the rope.
[Tazz] A submission with a pin, a quarter Nelson.
You count faster.
[Tazz] Watch this aggression, this physicality.
-[audience cheering]. -Damn!
-Right there. -[Micheal] I gotta ask,
when is the last time you saw a referee doing a count outside the ring?
[Tazz] I don't remember the last time. It's a good point.
-[Michael] Uh-oh. Now what? -Keep the man inside the ring. Move it.
[Michael] Oh, and again well dunking and if Finlay knows Benoit well,
that surgically repaired neck has become a target.
A drive in the elbow right into the throat!
[Tazz] What a tough bastard,
that is Finlay whether you like him or not. I like it personally.
[Michael] He will do anything to win, will Finlay?
You saw that in the King of the Ring tournament.
[Tazz] And I bet you, that's what a guy like Benoit respects about,
you know? Because Benoit is not different.
I mean, he'll do anything to win, but by any means necessary,
that's how Benoit is too.
That's what makes these guys in this match so good, man, so cool, so intriguing.
[Michael] Benoit is a competitor. He doesn't have to take shortcuts.
[Tazz] No, I agree.
[Michael] Ex-World Heavyweight Champion, former United States Champion.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh. -[Michael] Finlay right into the gut.
Here's the cover, shoulders down, Benoit at two.
[Tazz] It might've been a little low in the gut, but, you know.
[Michael] Finlay cannot believe it, thought he had Benoit put away there.
[Tazz] Both these men are just--
look at the point of the elbow right across the jaw line.
Look, watch this, watch, watch. Look at that, look at that.
-[Michael] Oh, flat out impact. -[Tazz] I'm telling you.
[audience chanting]
-[Michael] Not enough to describe it. -[Tazz] No.
Nothing that we could say, but it's how you expect the other one.
[Michael] Benoit's desperately trying to get back in the match,
our fans trying to will him into it.
-Yeah. -Go, Benoit.
Yeah, baby!
[Michael] Fans are jacked up here tonight.
-[Tazz] Benoit is in trouble here. -[Michael] All kinds of trouble.
Look at this now. He'll hammerlock on him and trying to get the other wing too.
Finlay has just been dissecting every part of Benoit's body.
[Tazz] Of course, I'd expected a dragon sleeper with the hammerlock.
-[Michael] A submission maneuver. -[Tazz] All the way.
If you can knock your opponent out.
[Tazz] Or you could choke him out in the process.
Look at Benoit's left shoulder.
You gotta be a rocket scientist or a physical therapist
to figure out that shoulder isn't meant to bend that way, look at that.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] And Finlay can't get the choke after this, right on the throat,
but he's got complete control and just straight up submission.
[groaning]
-[Michael] Can you hear that, right? -[Tazz] Benoit on the brink of-- Oh.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Right to the back that shot. Oh, and again.
[Tazz] Submission has been a seesaw match back and forth,
but it's been mostly Finlay.
[Michael] Benoit might have a busted lip going on there maybe.
[Tazz] This match has slowed down considerably
because of the punishment both of these men have been taking.
And that was Finlay inflicting the punishment.
That could cause a concussion.
Come on, Benoit.
[Tazz] Look, don't be smacked, that's what I said, right? Don't smack.
[Michael] Picture Finlay in a bar, beats the guy up, throws him out,
-and moves out. -[Tazz] What's wrong with that?
Yeah, he goes out in the street and beats the hell out of him.
-[Michael] Rubs his face in it. -[Tazz] Yes, smashes his face into a tree.
Benoit is coming back.
[Michael] Back on his feet, Benoit with a right hand,
that's what Chris Benoit is all about and that's resilience.
Finlay driving the elbow into the shoulder.
[Tazz] Again, the same shoulder he hammerlocked,
screw up that rotator cuff.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Driving a knee right to the bridge of the nose.
[Tazz] I don't know why Finlay bothers wearing those damn knee pads.
He don't put them on his knees.
He uses his knees as weapons and his elbows.
He uses his joints as weapons.
The hardest part of your limb is the joints. It's so smart of him.
[Michael] Finlay uses every part of his body as a weapon,
including the shillelagh, that little weapon he brings to the ring.
-[Tazz] That's not part of his body. -[Micheal] It might as well be.
-He might as well have it attached to it. -[Tazz] That'd be weird.
[Micheal] Benoit pounced off the top turnbuckle.
[Tazz] [inaudible].
[audience] Finlay sucks. Finlay sucks. Finlay sucks.
[Michael] And Finlay driving that shoulder into the gut.
Now "Finlay sucks" chant filling the U.S. Airways Center.
[audience booing]
[Tazz] He doesn't suck tonight. Say it all you want, he's not sucking.
[Michael] Not at all. It's Finley stalking Benoit.
-We were talking about the shillelagh. -Come, get up.
[Michael] Can you imagine if Kane is carrying a shillelagh at See No Evil?
I'll show you.
[Michael] Forget about all the other stuff they used in the movie.
-You hear Finlay say? -[Tazz] He says, "Come on, Benoit,
-show me how tough you are." -[Michael] Benoit is tough, we know that.
That's the second short clothesline.
-[Tazz] Look at that. -[Michael] We got a winner, two kick out.
[Tazz] That's the second short clothesline in the match that Finlay--
Now, let's take a look on that second one in the match, watch, listen.
[Michael] Oh, yeah.
[Tazz] Off with the spin this Sunday night, you know?
[Michael] Finlay is targeting the back of that neck of Chris Benoit.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Wearing Benoit down. The nerve hold working on the traps.
[Tazz] Trapezius muscle of Chris Benoit which keep your neck afloat,
keeping the strength of the neck. Great, very smart by Finlay.
-Benoit is in trouble, I'm telling you. -[Michael] Back to his feet.
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Tazz] Finlay, just hear the impact.
-Oh, man. Oh, man. German suplex. -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Are you sure Chris Benoit hit this earlier?
[Michael] What a switch by Benoit into the German suplexes,
there's two, going for a third.
Finlay pummeling out with the right hands, headbutt.
-[Tazz] Oh, oh! -[Michael] Straight out headbutts.
-Finlay got a little dizzy. -[Tazz] Oh, with a enziguri.
Finlay got dizzy after the headbutts, he caught that enziguri.
-[Michael] Driving Finlay out of the ring. -[Tazz] And look, Benoit--
-[Michael] Look! -The shillelagh.
Finlay with that shillelagh. What the hell? Oh, my God!
German suplex on the floor, right out in front of us,
the shillelagh went flying.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Check this out, a German-- Look at this.
[audience cheering]
Let me tell you something now, ladies and gentlemen,
that bit of mat that you see right there that these guys are laying on isn't thick,
I've landed on it.
[Michael] But a German, are you kidding me?
[Tazz] We'll be watching a count-out here.
Referee Charles Robinson at four, both men are down outside the ring,
could be a double count-out.
Benoit steering, Finlay trying to steer, as well, delivering back into the ring.
[Tazz] I remember the last-- I've never seen in a way
-a German on the outside of the ring. -[Michael] I haven't.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] They're beating the hell outta each other tonight at Judgment Day.
Chris Benoit knees to the mid-section.
There's the suplex bringing Finlay in, turning Finlay over!
Here comes Chris Benoit! Shades of the great Eddie Guerrero!
-[Tazz] The amigos. -[Micheal] The three amigos.
Respect to Eddie.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] There's hope for Benoit yet.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] He kind of respected him, the late and very great Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] Chris Benoit… Out to the rope and Finlay now,
-Benoit at the end and… -[Tazz] Do you see his head?
[Michael] Yeah, his head snapped against that barricade.
[Tazz] Benoit's head hit that-- Oh, man, that was nasty.
Hit that arm first that bit of a concrete
sticking out on the face of that containing wall or what.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Let's take a look at his head if we can see it. His neck ripped there.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Come on, Benoit, Benoit.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Driving Benoit kidney first into the barricade.
[audience chatter]
[Tazz] I'll tell you, we knew this was really physical.
We talked about it earlier during the day here
and I didn't think it is physical, you know? I really didn't.
[Michael] And how tough is Finlay.
[Tazz] I didn't think it was possible for two guys to get this physical.
I'm telling you, is there another word besides physical or what does that mean?
-[Michael] Violent? -Yeah. Oh!
-[Tazz] That's just rude, that's rude. -[Michael] Shoulder into the steel post.
These men are using everything and anything as weapons in this matchup.
[Tazz] But there is a game plan by Finlay,
that's why he's going after that left shoulder.
Again, earlier with the hammerlock on that shoulder, the steel post now.
-Uh-oh. Oh, my God. Oh, no! -[Michael] Went for the Crossface.
[Tazz] Finlay down to his knees.
[Michael] He got the armlock closer on, but…
[Tazz] Finlay got caught. Benoit is trying to lock in the Crossface.
[Michael] He got to hook that head, Chris has gotta try and hook that head.
[Tazz] He's getting it. He hooked Finlay's jaw.
-[Michael] But Finlay taps out! -Oh, my God!
[Michael] Finlay taps out! Benoit caught Finlay and he tapped out.
[Tony] Here is your winner,
"The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit!
[Tazz] Over 15,000 WWE fans on their feet showing respect
to "The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit.
[Michael] What a matchup, what a physical matchup.
And Chris Benoit caught Finlay in the Crossface to pick up the victory.
Hey, quite frankly, Chris Benoit, he may have won,
but you can bet your bottom dough that Benoit respects Finlay after that.
[Tazz] How sore, how beat up are these two men gonna be
when they wake up tomorrow morning?
[Michael] I'll just say they won't feel it until tomorrow morning
and this should be hurt-- that much I could promise.
What a matchup. Good God, that was off the charts.
I mean, that was off the charts.
[Tazz] Chris Benoit gaining revenge here tonight
after Finlay cost him a chance to advance in the King of the Ring tournament
just a couple of weeks ago.
Look at the look… on the face of Finlay and on the face of Benoit.
[Michael] They look like they want more of each other's face.
And ready to go again, these guys, unbelievable.
[audience cheering]
["Whatever" music playing]
[Michael] And we're getting set for Jillian Hall and Melina up next.
And there is the lovely Jillian Hall preparing for action.
She goes one on one with Melina, the personal animosity
starting out of all places, the makeup table.
I am so sorry. I can't believe you got fired last week.
How embarrassing!
You know what, as a friend, I'm gonna give you a job,
you could help me put on my makeup.
-[yelps] -Oh, it looks good on you.
Yeah. And that looks good on you. All right.
Oh, how pretty!
[audience cheering]
[Michael] And things just broke down from that point.
-[Tazz] Look at that. This just got nasty. -[Michael] Of course…
It is kinda cool compared to the makeup, it turns to a nasty fight here.
And they continue to separate these two wildcats.
-[Michael] Look at this. -No, no, get off of me.
["Top Spin" music playing]
[audience cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following divas match is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring, Jillian Hall.
[Michael] Jillian, the former image consultant for JBL
makes her way to the ring.
[Tazz] Oh, wait, look who's here, "Superstar" Billy Graham.
[laughing] The man of the hour, the man with the power,
too sweet to be sour. Oh, my man.
[Michael] It's stunning to look at him.
He's a superstar so he's got a little tomato.
[Tazz] Tomato, huh?
[Michael] Former WWE Champion, "Superstar" Billy Graham.
[Tazz] Oh, I love Billy Graham, no doubt.
["Paparazzi" music playing]
[Tony] And making her way to the ring, Melina!
[Michael] Melina not in the mood here tonight.
Earlier on, we saw the implosion of MNM after losing the Tag Team title.
[Tazz] Whoa, whoa. Where's the paparazzi? What's going on here?
[Michael] Melina's not in the mood as she lost the Tag Team Championship.
[Tazz] This match shouldn't even be happening. This is BS.
-Shouldn't happen. -[Michael] Why?
[Tazz] Because MNM lost the Tag Team title, and they exploded.
[Michael] They beat up Mercury.
[Tazz] Yeah, but why should Melina be subjected,
-have to go in now? -[Michael] Because it's a scheduled match.
-[Tazz] So what? -[Michael] Oh, come on now.
-[Tazz] Please hold it or something. -[Michael] Melina is not a nice person.
Melina is not a nice person in public. She's not a nice person privately.
Her evil is out of control. Nitro dealing with the referee.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] What is going on here? Oh, there goes--
[Michael] Nitro's getting what he deserves.
He has no reason to be out here, he's getting kicked out by the referee.
[bell ringing]
And Jillian wasted little time.
Here we go. Bad blood between these two individuals.
You saw how it started.
Jillian taking Melina down, right hands by Jillian on Melina.
Just two nights ago on Friday Night SmackDown,
Jillian and Melina got into it in that six-person Tag Team matchup.
[Tazz] Oh, look at this. Oh, my God, to the head.
[audience chatter]
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Michael] I guess, Jillian is…
-That's really… -[Tazz] Oh, wow. Head snap.
Didn't get up for nothing. Jillian used to work for him, right?
Used to work for MNM.
Yeah, Jillian used to work for MNM as their image consultant.
Come on.
[Michael] Melina wanting nothing to do with Jillian tonight.
Jillian actually pulled Melina's skirt off a couple of weeks ago.
-She de-pants her… -Melina didn't like that.
-Actually de-skirt her. -And look at Jillian.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Bouncing Melina off the barricade.
You like that? Come on.
[Michael] Right-- Into the steel steps. Melina battling back.
[Tazz] That was not-- It was ugly.
[Michael] Melina's not in the mood tonight as we've been talking about.
[Tazz] She's not in the mindset after what happened,
due to the team MNM losing the Tag Team titles
and Melina has got to-- That'll take her anger out. Oh, no, no.
[Michael] Melina took her anger out on Mercury earlier tonight,
beaten the hell outta him along with Nitro.
Now, Melina's beating up Jillian.
[Tazz] Like you said, a match with Jillian and, indeed, she's trying to beat her up.
[Michael] What do you expect her to do?
[Tazz] That girl certainly got a cheap shot on Jillian with that.
[Michael] Melina deserved it. Like I said, she's not a very nice person.
[Tazz] She wasn't a cheap shot as the bell didn't ring,
but I guess you weren't watching.
[Michael] You're the one who called it a cheap shot. Not me.
[Tazz] She's not cheap. She's a competitor.
She's fired up because she lost the Tag Team title and I don't believe it.
[Michael] Bring her a damn Kleenex then.
Enough already. They lost the championship.
[Tazz] I'll dry her eyes. I have no problem with that.
She got the legs in there now with a little choke.
You got very strong legs, Melina. Well, I know that.
-[Michael] How do you know that? -Because of the entrance,
she does the split, she does-- she's very flexible.
[Michael] I saw you practising that entrance a little bit earlier tonight.
[Tazz] No, it's funny. Can you hear this?
Jillian looking to try and grab that hair on Melina.
[Michael] Look at that body scissors on Melina.
[Tazz] She likes using her legs in a scissor-type motion.
[Michael] She's got strong legs.
[Tazz] Look at that face of Melina. Look at that.
She's a fighter. Look at that. Now Jillian--
-Jillian is a fighter too. -[Michael] I know.
-Hooks to the leg, she got a cover. -And a kick out.
She might have pinned Melina there.
-Oh. -[Tazz] Oh.
That was a nice blow to the ribs, another one.
[Michael] Melina. Face first goes Jillian.
[Tazz] These girls can go, man.
[Michael] Here's the cover, hook of the leg,
but Jillian kicks out at two. Oh, enough with the screaming.
-[Tazz] Oh, man, that is so hot. -[Michael] Oh, hot?
[Tazz] Yeah. If she can-- Oh.
I'm talking about Melina, she can melt butter.
-That's what I'm talking about. -[Michael] She could break glass.
A kick right to the ribs.
If you know one thing, I wouldn't want Melina to be mad at me.
-[Tazz] You're right. You know one thing. -[Michael] Melina driving up the knee.
Four.
[Tazz] I believe that Melina is a hell cat, I'm telling you.
[Michael] Look at this, check it out. Look at that.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, I love a chick who can fight, I like that.
Look at this. Oh, check that out.
-[Michael] My Lord. -[Tazz] Oh, yeah.
-[audience chatter] -Yeah, look at that.
-There's too much of this. -[Michael] She's got some flexibility.
-Who? -Melina, yeah.
[Tazz] Melina, yeah, I know.
[audience chatter]
-Oh, watch this. -[Tazz] Watch out.
[Michael] Oh, and Jillian knees up to the gut.
[Tazz] She's not gonna get a little elbow over zealous to Melina.
Again, let's watch. Watch these knees to the chest. Wow.
Just get outta it.
[Michael] Jillian with the forearms, trying to get back in this matchup.
[audience chatter]
-[Michael] Jillian talked trash. -[Tazz] Oh.
-Come on, get up, get up. -Not on the head, Jillian, come on.
[Michael] Oh, my, did you-- a handful of hair.
Corner, just in and out of the corner now.
[Michael] Look as she hit it.
[Tazz] There's a ton of dislike here, these young ladies…
[Michael] Watch out.
-Look at this! -[Tazz] She'll get her!
[Michael] Here's the cover, Jillian had got her.
-She got her! -[Tazz] Oh, wait a minute, Jillian.
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, Melina's hand was on the rope.
[Tony] Here's your winner, Jillian Hall!
[Michael] I don't think her hand was on the rope.
[Tazz] Are you nuts? Are you blind?
[Michael] I was watching the cover and Jillian picked up the victory.
[Tazz] Idiot. Her hands were on the rope.
All of a sudden, you got this selective vision.
[Michael] I, honestly, did not see it.
[Tazz] Let's look at it again.
[Michael] You'll tell me about selective vision.
[Tazz] Yeah. We'll show your hands.
Watch. Watch it happen, look, look, look.
-See that? -[Michael] You're right.
The referee didn't see it. I didn't.
You can't blame the referee. The referee called what he saw.
[Tazz] Now, what's he's gonna do? Let's see.
Melina, screaming at the ref justifiably.
[Michael] How the night continues to get worse and--
-[Tazz] On Melina. -[Michael] Come on, Melina.
She's just hollering at referee, Chris Kay.
[Tazz] Oh, referee turns and that's it. Yeah. Get in the ring and talk to her.
-Chris, that's his name? -[Michael] Yeah.
Chris Kay. I don't know.
-[Tazz] Get in the ring. -[Michael] Jillian picking up the victory
-over Melina. -[Tazz] I don't blame her.
I wouldn't get in the ring with you. Melina's livid.
[Michael] I don't know what to say.
I mean, she just had a-- Oh, oh, look, look, it's Kristal.
[audience chatter]
Melina, I have to ask you a question.
[audience chatter]
You know, it's one that has been on each and everyone's mind here.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] What is it? What is it?
[audience chatter]
Well, Melina, I know that tonight--
Well, it really hasn't been a good night for you, has it?
[man] Kick her ass, kick her ass!
[audience chatter]
-You bitch! -[yelps]
-[Michael] Oh, my! -[Tazz] Oh, man!
She was just asking a question, poor Kristal,
and Melina trying to beat her.
[Tazz] Wait. A kick to the mid section.
[Michael] What the hell? There's our colleague!
-What the-- Go get her, Kristal! -[Tazz] I should work with her.
-[Michael] She's tough. -[Tazz] Oh, wait a minute.
Look at this strip. Melina has this horrible night.
She goes with an interview.
She gets punked out by the interviewer and then gets beat up by her.
She didn't really get punked out,
Kristal asked the question we were all wondering.
It looked like she got punked out to me, but I…
she did get punked out in the end when Kristal kicked her.
-Why don't you go interview her? -No. I won't do that,
but it hasn't been a good night for Melina.
Loosing the Tag Team Championship, the implosion of MNM,
and then, of course, loosing this matchup.
Ladies and gentlemen, standing by, the United States Champion
and the number one contender for the World Heavyweight title,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
-[audience booing] -[laughs]
Como esta, Phoenix? What's up, my homies?
Judgment Day for Rey Mysterio.
Tonight, the feel-good story of 2006
comes to a finish.
Rey said he would take on all comers and he did.
Mark Henry, The Great Khali, Kane.
But now, tonight, he faces a different level,
this is JBL's world, this is JBL's time,
JBL will last in front of 15,000 people!
This is where I thrive with the lights are all bright!
[audience booing]
Today, you will see
the true American hero,
the United States Champion.
What the hell are you doing here? What the hell are you doing here?
-Who, me? -[audience cheering]
I'm here to support my friend, Rey Mysterio.
-No! -I'm not?
-No. -What do you mean?
You want in English? Let's try this.
You are here to watch Rey Mysterio
get his ass kicked
for the World Heavyweight Championship
just like you watch your uncle,
Eddie Guerrero,
get beaten by me for the WWE Championship.
That's what you're here for.
No offense, JBL, but you need to stop living in the past.
You need to live for today, actually you need to live for tonight.
And tonight, you will not leave here with the World Championship.
Oh, and one more thing, you've probably heard this before,
but for old time's sake, viva la raza!
[audience cheering]
[rock music playing]
[Jim] This is the final, ladies and gentlemen,
the winner of this matchup will be the 1996 King of the Ring.
Austin fighting with 16 stitches in his mouth.
Jake "The Snake" got a half busted or broken ribs.
Austin with a vile mainstream.
-Oh, there it is. -[Owen] That'll be it, it's over.
[Stone Cold] That proves, son, without a shadow of a doubt,
you ain't got what it takes anymore.
You sit there and you thumb your Bible, talk about your Psalms,
talk about John 3:16.
Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass.
[Michael] The legend of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
was born that night ten years ago
changing the face of sports entertainment forever.
Who will be crowned King of the Ring tonight?
Who will take the next step to the elite spot of superstardom
in the WWE, Lashley or Booker T?
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, a big thank you to Killswitch Engage
for This Fire Burns,
the official Judgment Day theme song off of Wreckless Intent.
♪ This fire burns always ♪
[Michael] Awesome tunes on that CD.
["Fire Storm A" playing]
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship of the World.
Making his way to the ring from Raleigh, North Carolina,
weighing in at 215 pounds,
is the Cruiserweight Champion of the World, Gregory Helms!
[Michael] The second of three championships
on the line at Judgment Day and here's a man, Tazz,
who claims that he's brought prestige back to the cruiserweight division.
Hey, you don't have to be a high flyer to be the Cruiserweight Champion.
[Tazz] No, you're right, but he has. He's a high flyer.
[Michael] More ground-based, talking to Gregory Helms,
he likes to try to word it that way,
than his opponent, Super Crazy, does here tonight.
[Tazz] He flies around the ring. I'm not gonna sit here and let you say that.
[Michael] He did when he was The Hurricane.
[Tazz] He still does. Yeah, my man.
[Tony] And then the challenger, he's from Hidalgo, Mexico,
weighing in at 212 pounds, Super Crazy!
[Michael] We've seen one title change here tonight,
the Tag Team titles, we may see another.
[Tazz] That man, Gregory Helms,
might lose the Cruiserweight title to Super Crazy!
[Michael] Super Crazy won a number one contenders
Triple Threat match against Nunzio and Kid Kash a couple of weeks ago.
[Tazz] But listen, by the way, this guy is freaking nuts,
that's why they call him Super Crazy.
And, of course, a guy like Super Crazy is freaking us,
but this is what I'm talking about. I mean, Gregory Helms is as nuts.
Come on, we want some normal around here.
[Michael] And, look, I know that Super Crazy will win the title.
[Tazz] Wait, look who's here.
[Michael] Hey, Luis Gonzalez from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
[Tazz] Oh, man, look. And they lost today, two and one,
but you know what? We're gonna have a good time here tonight.
Good luck next time.
[Michael] Yeah, but they did take two or three for the Braves, though.
so any time The Braves will lose, I'm happy.
[Tazz] But anyway, that's what it's all about. Cruiserweight Championship.
[Michael] Super Crazy, the number one contender.
Gregory Helms is the champion, Helms returning just a couple of weeks ago
after breaking his nose in Brisbane, Australia,
in a six-man matchup overseas.
[Tazz] He broke his-- look at the hair. Where's Helms? Look at it.
Let's see the hair on Helms.
[Michael] Helms, what are you talking about?
-The hair on Helms? -[Tazz] Yeah, he's-- No, I mean, Crazy.
[Michael] You mean Super Crazy? That's Super Crazy.
[Tazz] Super Crazy's hair is like a perm,
-he's like Smokey Robinson, he should be. -[Michael] Smokey Robinson?
-[Tazz] Yeah. It slipped back. -[Michael] 1977 wants their singer back.
[Tazz] It's Smokey, remember that commercial?
[Michael] Gregory Helms, the Cruiserweight Champion,
Crazy going for the quick pin fall here
and a kick out at one by the champion, Helms.
[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[Michael] Super Crazy, nice cover, shoulders down, kick out again
by the champion, getting caught by Super Crazy in the early going.
[Tazz] Don't think cruiser--
[Michael] Uh-oh, wait a minute.
-[Tazz] Wow. What the hell was that? -[Michael] Helms thought
he bought himself some time. Here's the drop toehold.
-[Tazz] He stuck his tongue out. -Wow.
He's a bandito, he's got him, kick out at two.
[Tazz] Who's bandito?
[Michael] Gregory Helms trying to catch his breath
since the get go of the matchup.
Again, thought he bought himself some time and he didn't.
[Tazz] I got an idea, Helms don't turn your back on him.
That's a good idea.
[Michael] Super Crazy knocking Helms over the top rope.
Cruiserweight division exclusive to Friday Night SmackDown.
[Tazz] Watch Super Crazy, here we go.
Oh, come on.
[Michael] Air traffic control, Nick Patrick says not tonight.
[Tazz] Since when is he an air traffic controller?
[audience chatter]
You see Crazy?
-Watch out! -[Michael] There he is,
right over the top taken out the champion!
Super Crazy has the fans on their feet in Phoenix.
[Tazz] Well, you can't go through them, go over them.
That works.
[Michael] I don't think Gregory Helms was expecting this type of offense.
Here's the cover, hook to the leg, kick out at two.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] That's the ECW chant, Super Crazy had sunk his teeth in ECW.
Watch this, watch this. Wow.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Super Crazy has been all over Gregory Helms.
[audience chanting]
[Tazz] Well--whoa.
[Michael] Super Crazy hung up on the top rope by the champion.
[Tazz] Oh, man, that was nasty. Right across the mid section.
[Michael] More importantly, look at that,
-bought himself some time. -[Tazz] He didn't take him,
he went in for that swinging neckbreak.
[Michael] Shoulders down, kick out at two.
[Tazz] Oh, you get mad, calm down.
-I saw you make a face at me. -[Michael] I didn't.
[Tazz] Yes, you did.
[Michael] Gregory Helms gets Crazy back to his feet.
Hey, hey, watch that hair. Watch that--
-[Michael] And a neckbreaker. -[Tazz] A different type of neckbreaker.
[Michael] Cover, forearm in the face, kick out at two by Crazy.
[Tazz] Driving that forearm in the face.
Now, Super Crazy is caught right now with head and arm trapped.
A nice choke by Helms, got all his weight.
Helms trying to slow this thing down, that's what you got to do,
keep Super Crazy on the mat, ground him.
[Michael] So, you're agreeing with what I said before the match started
that Helms wants to be a different type of Cruiserweight?
[Tazz] "You agree when I said it earlier?" No, I'm not saying that.
I'm saying he doesn't wanna trade the high flying maneuvers
with a guy like Super Crazy.
You made that idiotic statement?
[Michael] Idiotic statement? You disagreed with me
-because you called me an idiot too. -[Tazz] Watch out.
[Michael] An elbow to the face by Gregory Helms, the champion.
Gregory Helms pulling the challenger toward the apron. Look at this.
Get over this. Get it over this.
[Tazz] Lights, robbing the daylights out of Super Crazy.
-[audience chatter] -Two…
[Michael] Shoving Crazy back to the ring as the champion,
Gregory Helms follows it up with a cover here,
shoulders down, another near fall for the champ.
[Tazz] I'm about to get a bit frustrated right about now.
[Michael] Gregory Helms telling me
that he's so glad he's not The Hurricane anymore.
-[Tazz] Really? -[Michael] He did.
He said he was sick of the little kids looking up to him.
[Tazz] He didn't say that.
[Michael] He also told us on commentary last week.
[Tazz] I know he said them, but he didn't say that.
[Michael] He hated the green hair.
[Tazz] You didn't mean it. Don't lie.
-[Michael] Hated the green hair… -[Tazz] He said he hated you.
-[Michael] He didn't say that. -[Tazz] He did.
[Michael] How do you know? You weren't even part of the conversation.
-[Tazz] Oh, that's sounds good. -[audience cheering]
[Michael] The Super Crazy chants,
Crazy locked in the suplex and one of his own.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] The Cruiserweight champ is not expecting this type of offense.
[Tazz] I think you're wrong. How's that?
I think that he knew what Super Crazy brought.
Super Crazy won a Triple Threat to get into this thing anyway,
he didn't win the No.1 contender's Triple Threat,
that right there tells you the guy is the real deal.
Look at that knee right there, he's got his arms, that cross armbar.
[Michael] Well, it's a barbwire as they-- Look at that.
[Tazz] When did you saw something like that, knees to the face?
[Michael] Cover, kick out at two.
[Tazz] The arms are barbed, barbwire submission.
That's what that's called. Do your homework, son.
[Michael] You get me aggravated now.
[Tazz] Calm down and be nice to me.
[Michael] I'm happy you agreed with something I said.
[Tazz] I didn't. I know what you're talking about.
You said the guy isn't a high flyer and he's a high flyer.
He's just not the high flyer that Super Crazy is.
You dunno what you're talking about.
Just because when he was The Hurricane, he was a high flyer.
He's just named Gregory Helms, keep laughing, but I'm right,
you're wrong, now he's not a high flyer anymore.
[Michael] I'm telling you what he told me when we spoke.
[Tazz] I don't care what he said to you if a guy does high-flying maneuvers…
-[Michael] Who's he? -[Tazz] He is Helms.
[Michael] Okay.
And Gregory Helms with a side headlock on Super Crazy.
Cruiserweight Championship on the line at Judgment Day.
Already tonight, the Tag Team titles have changed names.
[Tazz] Helms is still slowing down the pace of this match.
Very smart to ground Super Crazy.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Super Crazy winning that Triple Threat
to get here tonight at Judgment Day.
[Tazz] Crazy looks like he's outta it. It looks like a choke almost.
[Michael] Actually it is.
[Tazz] That's why it looks like it.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Look at Super Crazy trying to get back to a vertical pace.
You saw it, the referee have seen obviously.
[Tazz] Crazy trying to get some guts in here and wake up here.
Get out of this thing. Oh, here we go.
[Michael] Here's Crazy off the ropes. Helms caught him on his feet,
but wait a second!
The Cruiserweight Champion, but a kick out at two.
[Tazz] How did Crazy wiggle outta that?
[audience chatter]
[Michael] That was it. Knee right to the temple.
Here we go!
[Michael] And Gregory Helms to the second rope.
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] Check it out. -[Michael] Oh, not caught.
-He didn't get caught. -[Tazz] Almost got caught.
Now he got caught as Crazy rolled outta the way.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Helms and Crazy, Cruiserweight Championship on the line.
Super Crazy trying to find an opening in this matchup.
What's your prediction, Tazz, of this juncture?
[Tazz] I dunno. That's a tough one. I'm liking Gregory Helms, the champion,
because he was slowing down Crazy,
but I think I spoke too soon because now here comes Crazy.
[Michael] Into the corner, Super Crazy follows up right into an elbow.
-[Michael] Did you hear that? -[Tazz] Oh, yeah. Look at that.
[Michael] Oh, and a spinning backbreaker, tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, clothesline.
[Tazz] Yep. Bam!
[Michael] And a back elbow catches Helms. There's a dropkick.
Standing moonsault, into the cover, they have-- and a kick out at two.
[Tazz] Crazy does that standing moonsault better than anybody.
I'm telling you, he's been doing that for years.
[Michael] Helms to the corner, Super Crazy ran on the apron.
That's a big right hand.
[Tazz] It sure was. Crazy now going to the top. Look at Helms.
[Michael] Oh, missile dropkick from the top rope.
[Tazz] Cruiserweight title is in trouble!
[Michael] Crazy crawls to the cover, tries to hook the leg.
At two and a half, Helms kicks out.
[Tazz] Super Crazy as nuts as he is
realizes that championship opportunities are few and far between,
you got to go for the gusto while you can.
[Michael] Super Crazy second rope, Helms, the champ, in trouble,
-Crazy to the top rope. -[Tazz] Oh, man, no man's land. Oh.
[Michael] Moonsault, off the moonsault, nobody home. Helms says that's it.
-[Tazz] He might be right. -Went for the shining wizard.
Went for it, misses.
Crazy caught him with a heel kick, here's the cover,
shoulders down, hook to the leg, he's got it, kick out at two again.
[audience chatter]
-Wow. -[Tazz] What a match, man.
A lotta near falls, what a night. God, what a night it's been.
[Michael] And you can only see the Cruiserweights on SmackDown.
Gregory Helms neckbreaker.
A number of neck breakers,
all different from the champion against Super Crazy.
[Tazz] That's right. Good point.
From all different Angles with those neck breakers
-affects the whole neck region. -[audience chatter]
Watch the hair, Helms, watch the hair.
[Michael] The champion gets the challenger back to his feet.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Helms, nobody home. Super Crazy.
[Tazz] Oh, look, watch out, roll up, shoulders down.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. No! -[Michael] He got him, he got him. No!
Did he get him? A kick out at two. I thought it was a three count.
-[Tazz] Surely get him. -[Michael] It was two.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] And I dunno how to count that, ref.
-Here we go. He's trying to… -[Tazz] Turned it around, look at Crazy.
[Michael] Back with Helms into the corner.
-[Tazz] That little hesitation by Helms. -[Michael] I don't know.
Both of these men look like they're spent! Watch out!
[Michael] Another neckbreaker, another angle, here's the cover,
hook to the leg, there's one, two, Super Crazy just getting the shoulder up.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Super Crazy, what do you gotta do to put this guy down?
[audience chatter]
[Tazz] That's I believe, he felt right there.
[Michael] Helms figuring he's gotta pull out all the stops.
-Can't put Crazy away. -[Tazz] Frustrating,
when you hit all your stuff on him and he's still kicking out. What's left?
[Michael] Helms has held the Cruiserweight Championship
since January of this year.
He came over from RAW and won the cruiserweight invitational
at the Royal Rumble.
[Tazz] Oh, bounces off the top turnbuckle, remember the broken nose.
[Michael] Super Crazy, Helms countered, shoulders down,
Helms is using the ropes,
Helms uses the ropes for leverage to steal a victory.
[Tony] Here is your winner and still Cruiserweight Champion of the World,
Gregory Helms!
[Michael] It's a damn shame, Tazz, after a great match like that,
Helms had to use the ropes to cheat his way to victory.
[Tazz] It's amazing, he even grabbed the ropes earlier,
he jumped all over him, but anyway, that's an upstart, but you're right.
It was a hell of a match.
It's a shame it had to end that way, but it was a great outing by Super Crazy.
Gregory Helms leaves Phoenix with his Cruiserweight Championship.
[Michael] Gregory Helms victorious here at Judgment Day.
[Tazz] You gotta give it up for Super Crazy,
you gotta give it up for Super.
-[Melina] Teddy, Teddy! -Open up!
-Teddy. -What?
-You know what… -What can I do for you, what do you want?
-Did you see what happened out there? -What? What are you talking about?
-MNM got screwed out of their titles. -Our championship belts.
And me. I had my hand on the ropes and then they had to…
Everyone saw it out there and no one did anything.
-I didn't loose. -Come on.
-Will you do something? -First of all,
-let me tell both of you something. -Come on.
Don't come in here telling me what to do.
Now, I'm not gonna do anything about it, nothing.
-What? -Oh.
[audience cheering]
Melina, I needed that.
Now, I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do about it.
You're fired!
What? You can't fire her! Do you know who she is?
Do you know who we are? We're the Tag champs.
-Oh, you don't like it? -I don't like it.
-You got a problem? -I do
-and you gotta do something. -You know what?
-Know what? -You're fired!
-What? -Now excuse me.
-You cannot do that! No! -No, you cannot do this!
-[Tazz] What the-- What is this? -We're MNM!
[Tazz] What is it? Melina was fired and Nitro was fired.
It couldn't have--
Teddy Long can't fire them, she's the biggest star in SmackDown!
Teddy can do whatever he wants and good riddance.
-Couldn't happen to nicer people. -She smacked him.
-I can't believe-- Done, done. -She did.
Nonetheless, ladies and gentlemen, in one night,
MNM went from being Tag Team Champions to dissolving
right before our very eyes and, well, now getting fired.
-I mean, one night can change your career. -It's a crazy night.
It's what the King of the Ring tournament is all about.
In one night, your career can change forever.
[dramatic music playing]
This is King of the Ring.
[Kurt] I'm gonna win this tournament. No, I have to win this tournament.
[Jim] Angle's advancing to the finals of the King of the Ring tournament.
It will be King Kurt or King Rikishi. Angle is one victory away.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Jim] Oh, Angle with the Olympic slam.
-Will that be-- No. Rikishi kicked out! -[Jerry] What?
[Jim] Rikishi into the high risk, he's 400 pounds.
-Whoa. -[Jerry] My God.
-What's Angle think he'll do here? -[Jim] Oh, my God.
-Angle with the belly-to-belly suplex -[Jerry] He got him.
[Jim] on the 400-pound man. Angle's got the leg hooked.
-[Jerry] He got him! Oh, my gosh! -[Jim] Kurt Angle did it!
This is the greatest day of his life.
[Jerry] Kurt Angle has become the 2000 King of the Ring.
[Michael] And Kurt Angle is the idol of that man.
An extraordinary human being, his name is Anthony Robles.
He was born with one leg.
He is a high school amateur wrestler in Arizona.
Tazz, in Mesa High School, he has gone 95-0 over the past two years
winning the National High School Association's
National Championship at 112 pounds.
[Tazz] It's an amazing story,
he's an amazing young man and a great athlete.
Tell you what, two Arizona State titles, 95-0, are you kidding me or what?
["Some Bodies Gonna Get It" playing]
♪ Yes sir! ♪
♪ Somebody gon' get they ass kicked ♪
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, from Silsbee, Texas,
weighing in at 400 pounds,
"The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry!
[Michael] The World's Strongest Man blames Kurt Angle
for twice costing him the World Championship.
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Michael] He has made Kurt Angle pay.
First, a couple of months ago, the 400-pound impact.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. And I feel like that was-- and watch this, look at that.
Look at the force and the speed, watch this.
Oh, my Lord God.
[Michael] And that impact cracked the ribs of Kurt Angle.
Kurt Angle had his ribs cracked by Mark Henry…
as part of that vicious, vicious assault.
Here's the--
-Oh, my-- -[Michael] Whoa, what the hell's he doing?
-What are you doing? -Wait-- what--
[rock music playing]
[audience cheering]
Mark, what the-- what are you doing?
What are you doing, Mark?
-I have no idea. -Give me the microphone.
[audience cheering]
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Mark Henry just destroyed the whole damn place.
Kurt Angle, when are you gonna realize?
I hurt people.
[audience cheering]
Batista got hurt.
[audience cheering]
And where is he?
[audience cheering]
Gone!
[audience cheering]
Now, Kurt, I know you're not 100%.
[audience cheering]
-So tonight is over, Kurt. -[audience cheering]
You come out here
in front of all of these… people.
[audience booing]
[audience chanting]
-["Medal" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Tony] And weighing in at 237 pounds,
Kurt Angle!
[Michael] Now Kurt Angle hell-bent on revenge here tonight.
The Olympic gold medalist, Mark Henry, cost Kurt Angle
the World Championship a couple of weeks ago.
-And look at the intensity of the-- -[Tazz] Oh, whoa, whoa, wait a minute!
[Michael] From behind, Kurt Angle attacking Mark Henry and here we go!
You can just feel the intensity here
and Kurt Angle is trying to get a hit on Mark Henry's heel, it looks like.
[Tazz] It looks like Kurt Angle's got some ribs all wrapped up there.
[Michael] Yeah, he had those cracked ribs in the hands of Mark Henry
and it leads to the question, Tazz,
do you believe that Kurt Angle shouldn't come back to this time?
[Tazz] I dunno. I dunno. I don't think it is--
[Michael] And Kurt Angle had some of the ribs to beat.
Yeah, those ribs hit the turnbuckles.
[Tazz] You gotta question his condition here. Watch out. Watch out.
-Look at that! -[Michael] Oh, my!
-Kurt Angle doing all he can. -[Tazz] Here we go, here we go.
[Michael] Into the cover on the big man,
and a kick-out at two by the 400-pound Mark Henry.
[Tazz] Now Kurt going to what he does best,
and that's wrestle.
The wrestling machine
with the 400-pound front facelock on Mark Henry.
[Michael] Both these men, Henry and Angle, were in the Olympics together.
Kurt Angle with one gold, Mark Henry did not medal.
-Kurt let Mark Henry know about that. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
-Look at Kurt Angle. -[Michael] What a counter.
Henry was going for a backdrop. Watch out, Kurt.
Four hundred pounds would have flattened Angle like a bun,
-but Angle rolled out of the way! -[Tazz] Look at this, look at this, oh!
[Michael] Kick right to the jaw!
A kick right to the jaw by a very vicious Angle.
[Tazz] Yeah, you don't see Kurt use his feet much like that.
But when he does, pretty effective.
[Michael] Kurt Angle driving Mark Henry out of the ring.
And Mark Henry as we take another look.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] You can see right here, you can see--
[Michael] Bam. That power round kick to the face.
And let's go back here, right in front of us--
[Michael] Mark Henry bounced off the announce table.
-Oh, my. -[Tazz] Get on the ring. Tell him that.
-[Michael] Look at this, look at this! -[Tazz] What the hell?
-[Michael] Look at this! -[Tazz] Kurt will suplex him!
[Michael] He's going for the German suplex and Mark Henry…
with an elbow and Angle sent back into the ring.
[Tazz] Mark's just too damn powerful, 400-pound World's Strongest Man.
[Michael] He was the largest weightlifter in the history of the Olympic Games.
[Tazz] Look at that single leg, that trip, nice trip.
[Michael] Took the big sequoia down, chopping him off at the trunk.
[Tazz] That's what Kurt's gotta do, wrestle.
Wrestle, work on a body part,
and he worked on that knee earlier, Kurt did.
-[screams] -Oh, man, that's nasty.
[Michael] Tazz, we've talked about it before.
Kurt Angle has made a living
outta battling bigger men in this business.
I mean, he won an NCAA title battling men nearly 100 pounds more than him.
[Michael] Shoulders down and a kick-out at two.
[Tazz] You're right. Let me tell you something
because the bottom line is when you're on the mat,
everyone's in the same size.
No matter how big you are, tall, heavy, don't matter.
Right now, Mark is the same size as Kurt, he's on his back.
[Michael] Kurt went for the ankle lock, Mark powered out.
[Tazz] The war zone, right?
[Michael] Oh, that is like running into a brick wall.
[Tazz] Oh, that's what I'm talking about, man. [chuckles]
[Michael] Wanna know what that feels like? Go in your backyard,
run full speed into a wall.
-And look at Mark Henry-- -[Tazz] Look at that, bam.
God Almighty. Straight up nasty.
[Michael] Mark Henry, big head-butt, driving Kurt Angle to the mat.
Tazz] Kurt now is in trouble. This way you gotta wonder
if he is a 100% on that, I mean, he-- Uh-oh. Oh.
[Michael] Kurt is the best pure wrestler in the history of the WWE,
but Mark Henry is The World's Strongest Man.
[Tazz] There's no denying that power and strength and girth
and thickness of Mark Henry.
[Michael] But Kurt--oh.
[Tazz] The ribs were destroyed here and that midsection.
-[groaning]. -[Tazz] Oh, boy.
[Michael] Straight kick right into the taped ribs.
The cracked ribs of Kurt Angle. Oh, my, 400 pounds!
Four hundred pounds of pressure!
-[Tazz] Oh, my, get him off of him. -Move, stay off the rope, man.
[Michael] The point you made earlier,
you can see that ace bandage under the tights.
[Tazz] Oh, it's not just an ace bandage, taped.
You got that-- It's all taped up around the ribs and stuff like that.
-[groaning] -[Michael] Again a kick--
[Tazz] It's not much you can do, though,
when your ribs are screwed up and cracked and whatnot.
It affects your breathing, it affects the way you move your body,
it affects the suplex and the suplexing ability.
And the suplex was all done from the midsection.
Below or back to the waist. That's why Kurt [inaudible].
[Michael] And you see Kurt Angle's new mouthpiece says "Revenge,"
what he's hoping to get tonight on Mark Henry.
But it hasn't gone according to plan thus far.
Mark Henry basically putting 400 pounds into the lower back
and then just torquing the neck of Kurt Angle.
-[Tazz] The lower back-- -[Michael] Oh, my God.
-See Angle-- -[Tazz] It's not just a lower back pain.
It's the ribs, it's that whole middle girth of your body.
That's what Mark Henry's hitting on right now.
[Tazz] Four hundred pounds sitting on his back.
[Michael] Mark Henry has slowed down the pace of the matchup.
Look at almost a grin on the face of Mark Henry,
realizing he's in total control--
[Tazz] Oh, exactly. Control is the word.
You know, like Mark Henry or not, and most don't like him,
but it's a very good game plan by Mark Henry.
[Michael] Kurt Angle to one knee, trying to get back to a vertical base.
And he does.
Kurt Angle, elbows to the midsection. Right hand to Mark Henry.
Kurt Angle hammers away, bounces off the rope.
Henry telegraphed it.
-Oh, and caught in midair is Angle. -[Tazz] That's it. He's done, Kurt's done.
[Michael] No, he's not. What a counter! DDT counter for Kurt Angle!
Henry was setting him up for the world's strongest slam.
[Tazz] Only a gold medalist. Watch this!
[Michael] Into the cover. He got it-- No, kick-out at two.
[Tazz] Only a gold medalist can come up with a counter like that,
that DDT off that powerslam, or attempt of a powerslam.
-Two. -[audience cheering].
[Michael] Unbelievable athleticism on the part of Kurt Angle.
The Olympic gold medalist, the six-time champion.
-A King of the Ring winner. -[Tazz] Watch this now.
Check it out. Watch Kurt's face.
Oh. He sure knock it, Kurt's surely knock him and he got it.
[Michael] Another head-butt by Mark Henry.
[Tazz] Look at that sharp forearm shiver.
Another one-- Oh, ducked it. German--
[Michael] Can you believe it? A German suplex by Angle to Mark Henry.
[Tazz] Yeah, that'll really affect your ribcage,
but Kurt looks like he's--
-Here we go. -[Michael] Here we go!
Angle slam! Angle slam, this could be it!
-Hook to the leg. He's got him, no! -Two!
[Michael] And a kick-out at two by Henry.
[Tazz] The World's Strongest Man
kicking out of a very impressive arsenal by Angle.
-[Michael] Watch out, watch out, Henry! -[Tazz] Oh!
Did you see the way that Mark Henry exploded with that clothesline?
[Michael] It looked like he was shot out of a cannon!
[Tazz] He came out-- But see that bruise on those ribs, see that?
Of course, it flattened his rib area there.
[Michael] It's bad enough, he's got cracked ribs, now he's got--
-[Tazz] Let's see that again. -[Michael] That abrasion.
[Tazz] I'm telling you, I think Kurt, from what I'm hearing, Kurt Angle--
-Kurt came back too quickly. -[Michael] Oh.
Slamming Kurt's ribs into the mat--
-[Tazz] Look at that. Oh, my God. -[Michael] Here's the cover, there's two.
He got-- Angle kicked out.
[Tazz] I'm telling you, I'm hearing, Kurt came back too quickly.
[Michael] I mean, it was only last month he had his ribs cracked.
He demanded the matchup from the general manager.
Theodore Long didn't really wanna give it to Kurt Angle,
but when he got cleared medically,
and from what I understand, he just got cleared to be here tonight.
[Tazz] Let's get this straight. He intimidated the general manager
-to give it to him. -[Michael] Exactly.
-Oh, man, that big right hand. -[Tazz] Oh, no. Oh, no.
[Michael] Angle tryna wiggle free, he does.
-[Tazz] He did. -[Micheal] Grips the leg,
-and he's got the Ankle lock! -[Tazz] Oh, yeah!
[Michael] Will the big man tap out? Kurt Angle is cranking it up.
[Tazz] He's got him!
-[Michael] But Mark Henry-- -[Tazz] Oh, my God. Whoa.
[Michael] The leg strength of Mark Henry.
Those 36-inch thighs paying dividends
as he just sent Angle outside the ring.
And Kurt Angle bounced off the apron.
-[Tazz] Kurt, it's all-- -[Michael] Oh, my.
-[Tazz] Wait. -[Michael] The hell is he doing?
Mark Henry cleaned off the announce table earlier on tonight.
-[Tazz] What the hell is he doing? -[Michael] No, Mark, what are you doing?
-[Tazz] No… -[Michael] Oh, not this.
-Oh, no. Get down from there. -[Tazz] We've seen this.
-We've seen it. -[Michael] Get down.
[Tazz] No, no, no. Just stay steady.
-Get down, Henry, get down! -[Michael] Don't do this, Mark, not here!
-Move, Kurt-- -[Tazz] Oh, Kurt rolling outta the way.
-Oh, my God. -[Michael] Kurt outta instinct, perhaps.
Rolled outta the way, and a clubbing blow to the back.
[Tazz] My Lord. That was close.
[Michael] With those cracked ribs, if Mark had delivered on that splash,
-who the hell knows what would-- -[Tazz] Oh, watch out, look at that, no.
[Michael] Into the steel post-- ribs into the steel.
[Tazz] That's what initially put down Kurt weeks back, Mark Henry did that.
Count of eight now, the referee.
Oh, my, Kurt won't make it, I'm telling you.
-Ten. -[Tazz] Ten, he's out.
[Michael] And here we go. Kurt Angle has been counted out.
[Tony] The winner of this match, as a result of a count-out,
"The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry.
-[Michael] I'm telling you, Tazz… -[Tazz] God.
[Michael] …you were right,
-Kurt Angle may have come back too soon. -[Tazz] I told you.
You just can't come back like that against the 400-pound man,
"The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. I mean, Kurt gave it all he had.
[Tazz] That's the word I've gotten and I heard, and it looked like Kurt--
-Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. -[Michael] Oh, come on, now.
You won the match already via count-out, Mark. Leave him alone!
[Tazz] Enough, Mark.
[Michael] Wanting to inflict more punishment is Mark Henry.
-[Tazz] Oh, no, no, no. -[Michael] Come on, Mark! Enough already!
[Tazz] And he's put him on the table again. Watch out.
-No. -[Michael] Oh, my God.
-[Tazz] Don't do that. -[Michael] Oh, and another one.
And rake to the eyes by Angle. Kurt Angle…
-[Tazz] Oh, my God! -[Michael] …with a low blow.
Kurt Angle with an uppercut! Here comes Kurt Angle!
Oh, my God. Kurt is livid, he's hot!
-He'll snap his legs with that! -[Tazz] Watch this!
-[Michael] Hell-bent on revenge tonight! -[Tazz] Oh, there you go!
Oh!
[Michael] That steel chair is bended in half!
[Tazz] Oh, my Lord, that was-- What? Here we go.
[Michael] Ankle lock! Ankle lock locked in!
[Tazz] He snapped and he got the legs in, ankle's locked, bottom.
-Oh, my God he's gonna-- -[Tazz] Henry's tapping.
Referee Charles Robinson calling for help.
Here-- More referees and agents on the scene!
[Tazz] Trying to get control, Angle will snap that ankle--
Angle's going postal.
[Michael] They're trying to pry Kurt Angle off the ankle of Mark Henry.
Kurt Angle has absolutely snapped, ladies and gentlemen.
[Tazz] You are not kidding, he snapped. Oh, my God.
[Tazz] Kurt's-- Look at this, he's still going.
-[Michael] Kurt Angle wants Mark Henry. -[Tazz] Now he's gotta get him outta here.
I hate to say it, but Kurt Angle needs to be restrained, I'm telling you.
Look out! Look out! No, oh, my God, oh, my God!
-Holy-- -[Michael] Oh, my. An Olympic slam!
An Angle slam, bouncing Mark off the announce table.
[audience cheering]
Yeah! Yeah!
[audience cheering]
["Medal" playing]
[Michael] I cannot believe what I just witnessed.
Kurt Angle, with an Angle slam, bouncing Mark off the announce table,
-and a vicious steel chair to the skull… -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] …driving Henry right through the table.
Let's watch this, just listen. Listen.
[Tazz] This was earlier. Angle wearing out the body.
But watch this Angle slam.
Where the hell did Angle get the power to do this? Spin him off of this.
-I can't believe this. -[Michael] Listen to this. Oh, my God.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God! -Yeah!
-[Michael] Kurt Angle, he just snapped. -[Tazz] I hope he got his revenge.
Is there anybody more intense?
The World's Strongest Man is laying out here.
Nobody can stop Kurt Angle. Yeah!
[Michael] Angle's just--
[Tazz] I can't believe how explosive was he.
[Michael] And there's what is left of The World's Strongest Man.
-Hmm, hmm, hmm. There he is. -What you talking about?
-My man. -Yeah.
-Ooh, baby. Tonight is your night. -Yeah, it is.
I mean, tonight, you show the whole world who you are.
-Yeah. -The five-time WCW Champion.
-That's what I'm talking about. -But you know what else, baby?
-What's that? -Tonight, you become royalty.
Oh, yeah. Tonight, you become king.
And better than any other king, baby. I mean, better than King Arthur…
-Yeah. -…of the Round Table.
-That's what I'm talking about. -Better that King Tut.
-Oh, yeah. -Better than King James.
-Yeah. -Better than Don King.
-And you know that. -Better than Martin Luther King.
-What? -Baby, King Kong ain't got nothing on you.
-Oh. -Because you know what, baby?
-What's that? -You're the greatest king of all.
-Yeah. -King Booker.
That's what I'm talking about, baby.
King Booker.
-King Booker. -Yeah, baby. Yeah.
King Booker!
[laughing]
Ooh. Give me some, baby.
King Booker!
[laughing]
[Michael] And here is the role for tonight's Judgment Day
King of the Ring tournament finals.
Booker T, a much easier road than Lashley.
[Tazz] What do you mean easier road? Maybe a little bit. I don't know.
-[Michael] Come on, he got-- -[Tazz] Did he really have an easy road?
[Michael] Yeah, he advanced because Kurt Angle had to forfeit.
[Tazz] All right, so the forfeit helped. All right.
[Michael] And nonetheless, thanks to general manager, Theodore Long,
the King of the Ring tournament is back and better than ever.
I'm going to bring back a WWE tradition,
the King of the Ring tournament.
[Jim] The tournament where legends are born and stars are made.
[Owen] Bret Hart is the King of the Ring.
[Bret] It cements you and your legacy.
Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass.
[Jim] If you're crowned King of the Ring, you can write your ticket to the top,
Hunter Hearst Helmsley, victorious.
-[Jerry] He got him. Oh, my gosh. -[Jim] Kurt Angle did it.
[Jim] Edge is the King of the Ring.
[Michael] Superstardom awaits one man.
[Michael] Which of these eight men will be crowned King of the Ring?
[Tony] The following is a King of the Ring tournament
opening round match.
[Michael] Ankle lock. He's got it. Orton, no place to go.
It's do or die. Single elimination style. If you lose, you go home.
You win, you move on.
[Jim] Oh, a low blow. Wait a minute. No--
[Michael] You gotta be kidding me. Booker T advances, thanks to Sharmell.
Who will have their name etched in history?
Mark Henry, over the top rope.
[Tazz] Right to the table here. Wait a minute.
[Michael] Referee's at the count to eight. Mark Henry's been counted out.
Lashley advances.
Both of these men realize what winning the King of the Ring
can do to your career.
[Michael] Benoit with the right hand. Shillelagh dropped in the ring.
Finlay with a chair to the throat. The referee had his back turned.
Finlay steals one.
[Booker T] It's a damn shame Kurt Angle got hurt.
-[Tazz] I don't like this. Watch out! -[Michael] Oh, my-- No. No. No. No!
[Booker T] See, the way I see it is,
I'm in the finals at the King of the Ring tournament.
There's no one in this tournament who can beat me.
All of my subjects, bow down to your next king.
[Sharmell] All hail King Booker.
["This Fire Burns" playing]
[Bobby] Oh, you got big plans of being King of the Ring.
I'll tell you something, you forgot somebody.
[Michael] This is a semi-final matchup in the King of the Ring tournament.
[announcer] The winner will face Booker T,
lot of bad blood between these two individuals.
♪ Even through… ♪
-[Tazz] Oh, my God! -[Michael] And the spear by Lashley!
Lashley picks up the win!
Lashley's going to the King of the Ring finals.
♪ Always ♪
[Michael] Booker T and now Lashley. One-on-one, baby.
King of the Ring finals. Who's it gonna be?
[Bobby] Booker T. Get out, or I'll throw you out.
[Michael] And for the first time in four years,
we will crown a King of the Ring tonight.
Those items will be bestowed on the winner,
Friday night on SmackDown
as part of the coronation of the new King of the Ring.
Who's it gonna be, partner?
[Tazz] Well, I mean, my pick has been Booker T.
That's what I've been saying. That's my opinion.
That's what I'm thinking. That's who I think is gonna win.
["Can You Dig It?" playing]
[Tazz] Could it be the Book man? Oh, checking out the throne.
[Michael] Booker T checking out the throne,
the robe, the crown, and the scepter.
Will Booker T be King Booker by the end of Judgment Day?
[Tazz] You can feel it. You can feel, this is big,
-I'm getting goosebumps. -[Michael] It's King of the Ring finals.
[Tazz] Booker looks even smooth tonight. Look at him.
-[Michael] Confident. -[Tazz] Smooth.
[audience chatter]
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following is the King of the Ring tournament
final match scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring being accompanied by Sharmell,
from Houston, Texas, weighing in at 256 pounds,
Booker T!
[Tazz] What a beautiful gown Sharmell is wearing.
Not for nothing, she looks lovely tonight, really.
[Michael] Booker advanced to the finals after Kurt Angle forfeited
because of an injury by Mark Henry.
Booker claims he'll officially change his name to King Booker
if he wins here tonight.
[Tazz] You know what, I said it on Friday night. I'll say it again.
I know Booker has been looking in for that.
And then King Booker's got a good ring to it.
But king Lashley does also. I mean, you know. I don't know.
[Michael] Sharmell, the wife of Booker T, the former Miss Black America.
[Tazz] Look at that smile. Look at that.
She got a new hairstyle too. I think her hair looks beautiful, huh?
[Michael] Maybe it's just special for the tournament.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, if Booker wins this thing tonight,
we've never heard the last of King Booker.
[Michael] You think?
[audience chatter]
["Unstoppable" playing]
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] And the young gun right here. -[Michael] Oh.
[Tony] And from Colorado Springs, Colorado,
weighing in at 273 pounds, Bobby Lashley!
[Michael] The young upstart making an enormous name for himself,
looking to be king,
and the question is, is Lashley in the head of Booker T?
We saw what happened two nights ago on SmackDown
when Lashley distracted Booker T, costing Booker a Tag Team matchup.
-Is Lashley in Booker's head? -[Tazz] I don't know. I don't know.
I had a conversation with Booker, and he was just--
you know, I was trying to pry the answer out,
but Booker was just acting, you know, having fun and he was running loose.
Lashley didn't wanna be bothered by anyone. Lashley's very focused.
This is a gigantic opportunity for this young man with this gigantic upside.
Bobby Lashley seemed real focused earlier today. I know that fact.
[Michael] But one thing Lashley has said is he's extremely upset,
that Booker basically overlooked him in this tournament.
Lashley says he's gonna make Booker pay here tonight.
[Michael] So this is it. The finals in the King of the Ring tournament.
The winner to be crowned King of the Ring. Here we go.
[Tazz] Here we go.
[Michael] Oh, and Lashley, not gonna take any of it.
And that is a way to kick off the matchup.
[Tazz] Lashley just dropped Booker T, but he's not a little man.
Referee is already trying to maintain self-control
because it's getting started.
[Michael] Booker T, one of the most decorated champions
in the history of sports entertainment, can now add King of the Ring to his list.
Lashley, the amateur star, National champion, member of the Army,
claims Booker T overlooking him, wants to make a point here tonight.
-Hey. -Let's go.
[Michael] There's the strength of Lashley.
[Tazz] Well, Lashley's made a point, no doubt about that, recently.
But he could make a gigantic point here tonight,
Lashley that is, if he gets the win.
Keep him back, ref.
-[Michael] Booker T the veteran. -[Tazz] Oh, Lashley, he looks ready to go.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Booker T and Lashley feeling each other out.
Final matchup in the King of the Ring tournament.
Collar-and-elbow tie-up.
Lashley-- Well, there's Booker backing Lashley into the corner.
Let him out now, one, two…
[Michael] You're still sticking with Booker T
as your pick to win this tournament? Lashley with the rights!
[Tazz] And, listen, there's no doubt about it that Booker--
[Michael] Oh, wow! Explosive!
[Tazz] There's no doubt about that, Booker's got the experience
on his side here, but--
[Michael] Nice suplex, quickly into the cover. Hooks the legs,
shoulders down, kick-out at two.
[Tazz] But Lashley got that youth on his side, that it--
on his side, that explosiveness on his side.
-[Michael] Oh, my God! -[Tazz] He's on fire. Lashley is on fire.
[Michael] Again, a cover, hooks the leg. Whoa, whoa. And a kick-out by Booker.
[Tazz] Lashley going for a cover is quick.
Letting Booker know, "I wanna win this thing right now,"
not wasting time.
[Michael] Lashley said it's his dream to become King of the Ring.
Torquing the arm, the shoulder, right to work on the shoulder of Booker
-as we take a look at the clothesline. -[Tazz] Watch this impact.
Oh, man, oh, man, savage. Wow.
He got that Fujiwara armbar
and Lashley does with that amateur background.
Fight now.
[Tazz] I don't wanna trade holds with Lashley if I'm Booker.
[Michael] Hey, these SmackDown superstars have to come to play at Judgment Day,
-haven't they? -[Tazz] Yeah, but not playing.
-I get your point. Not playing. -[Michael] Oh, Booker T with a chop.
-You know, it's ironic. -[Tazz] Whoa, watch, whoa.
Booker going for a suplex but Lashley trying to block.
[Tazz] We haven't seen Booker get up for standing switch.
[Michael] Oh, wow!
[Tazz] Go behind right there, that standing switch, watch out.
[Michael] Cover, hook of the leg with authority, kick-out at two.
You know what's ironic
that this tournament will end with these two in the ring.
Remember how it started and there's a thumb to the eye by Booker.
[Tazz] Veteran.
[Michael] When GM Theodore Long said there'll be a tournament,
Booker T came out to the ring.
Remember, he was just flaunting
and saying he was gonna be King of the Ring,
they were gonna have a celebration for him.
Oh, and then Lashley came from outta nowhere
and speared Booker in the middle of the ring.
This is how this tournament started and this is how it's ending.
That was then, this is now.
[Tazz] Booker T now using his veteran instincts
controlling the younger Lashley.
-[Michael] Oh. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Oh, wow.
[Tazz] Didn't even affect Lashley, exploded out of that corner.
-[Michael] Lashley's stalking his man. -[Tazz] Double-leg. Oh, man.
-What's he doing now? -[Michael] Drop him in the corner.
Let's go, come on, Lashley, get it out.
[Michael] This Lashley, he's so impressive.
-[Tazz] Watch out. -[Michael] But there's the veteran.
The veteran, Booker T, moving out of the way,
Lashley a bit overzealous, he went shoulder-first into the post.
[Tazz] I would say inexperience, but that's not the case.
I think Booker, you gotta give him credit, he got outta the way quick.
Lashley's a very fast competitor.
But Booker just outsmarted him a little. Oh!
[Michael] But this is where Booker T is so dangerous.
He now has the upper hand in the match. Booker T will pull out all the stops.
-Count him up! -Count him!
-Four-- -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa.
[Michael] Hardly seen one count-out tonight.
-Referee Chris Kay at five. -[Tazz] He's looking for a count-out here?
[Michael] He'd win the tournament.
[Tazz] I know, but what a way for him, I guess, how he used his hands.
[Michael] I don't think Booker T cares how he wins.
-Right hands, or should say right feet. -[Tazz] Yeah, sure. Hands, feet, elbows.
[Michael] Booker will use them all, hands and feet in order to pick up a win.
-Sharmell likes what she sees. -Fuck it up, let's go, fuck it up now.
[Tazz] It's her man. It's her husband. Of course, she likes what she sees.
[audience chanting]
[indistinct chatter]
[Tazz] You got five secs to break that. I mean, you know, the hold.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Lashley feeling the effects of that steel post.
[Tazz] Booker T knows he's got-- Book's methodical.
He knows he's got to win-- Oh.
[Michael] There's the great flexibility of the former five-time WCW champ.
[Tazz] Once Booker gets control, he'll keep it.
[Michael] Booker into the cover, hooks the leg, kick-out at two by Lashley.
The winner of this matchup will join a select few,
who can call themselves King of the Ring.
[Tazz] See, Booker, he's the veteran, looks the veteran,
right back to a bronze on the dash,
right back to that arm, that limb,
that's the body part he's been working on and dissected
and sticks to that game plan.
[Michael] Some of the men who've won this tournament over the years, Triple H,
Bret Hart, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Edge.
And this tournament can make-- this King of the Ring tournament
can make it. Those names are just names,
are household names in this great industry.
[Michael] Booker T continues the pressure on the left arm.
Lashley back to his feet. I guess, he could take out the arm,
he could take the dominator outta Lashley's arsenal.
[Tazz] And shoot the point, oh, right to the front.
-[Michael] Booker T, here we go! -[Tazz] Here we go!
[Michael] Oh, and Lashley exploding,
knocking Booker T through the air like a spinning top!
[Tazz] Give me a clothesline, Booker almost out of this boots!
-Baby? -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Desperation by Bobby Lashley
as referee Chris Kay begins the count at a count of five,
first man to his feet could have the upper hand.
[Tazz] Both men are out-- It's vertical base at the same time.
[Michael] Lashley with a forearm.
Booker, forearm by Lashley, he blocked Booker.
-Lashley trying to fire up. -[Tazz] Devastating blows.
[Michael] And Booker T down. Running back forearm, another one.
-That's so quick and powerful, man. -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] Inverted atomic drop, follows it up with a clothesline.
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] He's calling for the dominator. -[Michael] Look.
-Wait. -[Tazz] Sharmell on the apron.
I was wondering when this was gonna happen.
[Tazz] Referee Chris Kay trying to get at that--
[Michael] It's Booker with a kick to the jaw.
-[Tazz] And a jaw and a head there. -[Michael] Sharmell distracting the ref.
[Tazz] Booker T going for the book end.
[Michael] Oh, got caught here. What a belly-to-belly throw.
Textbook belly-to-belly suplex.
How good is Lashley and how good will he be?
[Tazz] He's setting up for a-- wait a minute.
[Michael] And Sharmell's got his leg. Come on. Get her the hell out of there.
-[Tazz] Watch out. -[Michael] Booker T capitalized.
[Tazz] That's all it took. That one second.
-Get on him, baby. Get on him. -[Michael] You got to be kidding me?
[Tazz] And find behind every-- Oh, watch out.
Book end and that's it. Booker T will be the King of the Ring.
-There's two-- -[Michael] He got him!
-[Tazz] There you go! Oh, man. -[Michael] Lashley kicked at two!
-[Michael] Booker T-- -[Tazz] Lashley wants it. He's determined.
[Michael] Booker with that chop echoing through the arena.
Into the corner up there-- Oh, Lashley caught him.
Uh-oh. Look at this.
[Michael] Running powerslam, shades of the British bulldog.
Here's the cover! Hooks the leg and a kick-out at two by Booker T.
[Tazz] Oh, another great match.
[Michael] This has been some hell of a night at Judgment Day.
[Tazz] I'm telling you--
[Michael] We still got Khali and Undertaker,
Mysterio and JBL for the world title to come.
[audience] Bobby, Bobby, Bobby.
[Tazz] And the Bobby chants.
[Michael] Booker T with a heel kick to the jaw!
The veteran Booker T taking advantage.
-[Tazz] Scissor. -[Michael] Scissor kick
to the back of the head.
[Tazz] Right at the back of the bean, he got him, this is it.
[Michael] And that's it. Booker T gonna be King of the Ring.
-[Tazz] That's it. No! God Almighty! -[Michael] No!
[Tazz] What a competitor Lashley is! He just won't stay down!
[Michael] Booker T cannot believe he hasn't been able to put Lashley away.
[Tazz] Man, I don't know how the guy's getting out of this stuff.
[Michael] No clue. Booker T misses the kick.
Bobby Lashley spear! He speared him! He speared him! Here we go!
[Tazz] Lashley's feeling it. This is it. Oh, give me a--
[Michael] Wait a minute! What hell-- it's Finlay with that shillelagh!
-[Tazz] Oh, my God! -[Michael] The shillelagh to the skull!
-You got to be kidding me! -[Tazz] Oh, come on!
[Michael] That damn Sharmell distracted the referee!
-You got to be kidding me? -[Tazz] Finlay, what the hell!
-Not this way! Not this way! -[Michael] Oh, my God!
-[Tazz] Booker T into the cover! -One!
-Two! Three! -[Michael] Wow!
-[Tazz] Damn it! -[Michael] Wow!
[Tony] Here is your winner and the King of the Ring,
Booker T!
-[Michael] This is not good. -[Tazz] King Booker--
-[Michael] We won't hear the end of this. -[Tazz] Look at this, King Booker Time,
baby, that's King Booker.
[Michael] I tell you one thing, Booker's court Jester,
Finlay came out of nowhere and caught Lashley with the damn shillelagh,
that's why Booker won the damn thing.
[Michael] You know, that wasn't right.
[Tazz] Look at the smile of King Booker, the 2006 King of the Ring!
-Oh, man, that's huge. Let's watch this. -[Michael] Watch Lashley. Watch the spear.
Oh. Lashley going for the victory here. Sharmell distracted the ref, watch Finlay.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. That shillelagh, I don't care who the hell you are.
There is no way you're waking up from the-- all hail King Booker!
[Michael] Remember it was Finlay
who lost to Lashley in the semifinals in this tournament.
And Lashley fell by that shillelagh again.
But here he is, King Booker.
King Booker.
[Tazz] All his subjects, bow down to the king.
My man, King Booker.
[Michael] This will be an absolute nightmare. This will be a nightmare.
[Tazz] I don't wanna point out that I didn't get this.
[Michael] Oh, congratulations. Why don't you join--
-[Tazz] Check this out. -[Michael] Why don't you join his court?
-Hold on, check this out. Watch, watch. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
-What a great, it's history. -[Michael] What do you mean?
[Tazz] This is history right now. You're witnessing history.
The king-- the-- uh-oh. Look at Book. Look Book, look at him.
-[Michael] He's all proud. He's all proud. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
He's the king, of course, he should be proud.
-[Michael] Yeah. He's the king. -[Tazz] He's the king!
[Michael] Put on the crown, wave to your subjects, Booker.
[Tazz] She's got the crown. Sharmell's got the crown.
Watch this, watch, king will be crowned. King's gonna be crowned.
King is gonna be crowned. There it is!
All hail King Booker. It's official, Cole.
-[Tazz] The king of the-- What the hell! -[Michael] Oh, my God!
[Michael] Lashley just speared Booker through the throne!
[Tazz] Oh, my God!
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] The king-- -[Michael] Sharmell running to the king.
-Baby? -[Tazz] He can't do that to the king!
Baby? Baby? Baby? Baby?
Oh, baby. No. Baby? Oh!
Baby. Baby. Baby. Oh, no, baby.
Come on, baby. Stay with me. Stay with me.
-Oh, God. -Come on, baby.
-Oh, this shouldn't be. -Baby.
-He cut me in. -Okay. Okay. Wait. Baby. Oh, baby.
-Go away! -Keep the crown on.
-Baby. Come on. Come on. -Get my robe.
Get my robe, baby.
My robe, baby.
[audience chanting]
[audience booing]
[Michael] Well, Booker T-- Booker T got crowned all right.
[Tazz] Well, yeah. He did.
Lashley got him leveled, the new King of the Ring, King Booker.
-Uh-oh. -[Michael] This man cannot be described,
the video has to tell the story.
The Great Khali, the man who destroyed The Undertaker with one hand.
Can he take out The Undertaker tonight?
[somber music playing]
[Jim] There is only one phenom, there is only one Undertaker.
[Jim] He is a living legend. As bad as they come.
[Jerry] A dangerous, violent, vicious force.
[The Undertaker] I have fought the best and I've beaten the best.
[Jim] The toughest, the Mysterious, the most respected athlete
in the history of the industry, The Phenom, The Undertaker!
[Jim] What the hell is this? Wait a minute.
[middle-eastern music playing]
[Jim] Undertaker's just noticed him.
Who the hell is this?
[Arabic chanting]
[Jim] Who the hell is this monster?
[Arabic chanting]
[Jim] I've never seen anybody this size my entire life.
[Jerry] What the hell is going on here?
-[Tazz] Oh, what a chop! -[Michael] Oh, my God!
[Daivari] For 16 years,
you people call The Undertaker "The Phenom".
But The Undertaker is no more.
Standing before you is the real phenomenon,
The Great Khali!
[Michael] Who the hell is gonna be able to stop this man?
[Daivari] The Great Khali is over seven feet tall!
[Michael] He's huge!
[Daivari] The Great Khali is 420 pounds!
[Michael] Oh, my God. He kicked his head off.
[Daivari] The Great Khali has stared into the abyss
and the earth trembled at his gaze!
[Michael] No one has seen or heard from The Undertaker
since the vicious assault by The Great Khali.
[Theodore] Mr. Khali, you've been challenged to a match at Judgment Day.
Now, the man that has challenged you is The Undertaker.
-[screaming] -[audience cheering]
[speaking in Punjabi]
[Michael] Did The Undertaker make a mistake
challenging this man at Judgment Day?
[Daivari] Not only has The Great Khali beat down The Undertaker,
but he has broken his spirit.
[Tazz] I've never ever seen The Undertaker dominated by Khali,
dominated The Undertaker, never.
[Daivari] You'll love The Great Khali! You'll fear The Great Khali!
You will worship The Great Khali!
[Michael] Could this be the fate of The Undertaker at Judgment Day?
["Da.Ngar" playing]
[Michael] He is from the Punjab jungle in India.
Look at the-- at the size of this man.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring from India, weighing in at 420 pounds,
The Great Khali!
[Tazz] I mean, look at this guy, Cole,
the most physically intimidating human in the world.
How do you describe? He's is a freak of nature. Look at him.
I mean, look at-- that's-- look at that.
How do you talk about,
how do you deal with someone, how do you fight a guy like that?
This guy walking up through the street? Can you imagine that?
[Michael] I can imagine. I mean, he's like nothing I've ever seen before.
How do you stop him? That's the even bigger question.
[Tazz] I can't wait for this match. I'm telling you, Cole.
I can't wait to see Khali and The Deadman, who we haven't seen for weeks.
[audience chatter]
[Tazz] Khali waiting for Taker…
[audience chatter]
[Tazz] like a carnivore waiting for his prey.
[Michael] Khali said on Friday Night SmackDown,
Undertaker will rest in peace.
[audience chanting]
[Tazz] We hear The Taker chants, this is a freak, this is Khali is--
-["Rest In Peace" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Michael] Khali is not afraid.
[Michael] But maybe he should be.
[Tony] And from Death Valley,
weighing in at 305 pounds,
The Undertaker!
[Michael] The question on everyone's mind is,
"Has The Undertaker's spirit indeed been broken?
Does The Undertaker realize what awaits him here tonight?"
[Michael] I cannot describe the feeling in this crowd,
this capacity crowd of over 15,000 here tonight.
[Tazz] I've never witnessed anything like it.
Every time I see this, I'm in awe, anytime The Undertaker comes out here.
But now with Khali looking right at him,
I fear The Undertaker-- Oh.
[Michael] Khali has not moved a step.
He has not taken his eyes off The Undertaker.
[Michael] We have seen, Tazz, The Undertaker eventually rise
to every challenge ever put before him.
Will he be able to answer the challenge here again?
[Tazz] Can he? Can The Undertaker? I mean, will he be triumphant?
Can he be triumphant? We're gonna find out,
but most are intimidated by The Deadman before he even gets in the ring.
-Khali does not sweat The Undertaker. -[Michael] Doesn't seem to.
[Tazz] I'm telling you, man. I've never ever in my life
seen a physical specimen like The Great Khali. Never.
[bell tolling]
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] I dunno, man. Is that fear on Khali's face?
-I don't think so. -[Michael] I dunno to read the man.
But I can tell you this.
Very few men have ever towered over The Undertaker,
7'3", 420 pounds, The Great Khali.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Man, look at this man. I can't wait. Let's do it.
[audience chanting]
[Michael] Taker right in the face of Khali.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] Khali went for the right hand.
Undertaker ducks underneath and there are the body shots.
[Tazz] Oh, body shots. Yeah. He gotta-- Now head shots.
-He gotta be careful-- -[Michael] Oh, man!
Undertaker sent through the ropes.
[Tazz] Tell me, you tell me
the last time someone's done that to The Undertaker.
[Michael] I've never seen it. Not with one arm.
Not this early in the matchup.
[Tazz] I don't remember the last time I've ever seen that done…
-[Michael] No. -[Tazz] …to The Undertaker.
But someone just manhandle him like that.
[Michael] Khali is actually waiting for The Undertaker
to come back in the ring.
[Tazz] Look at those eyes on that Khali, man. Whoa, man.
[Michael] Undertaker with the body shots again,
kick to the midsection.
Undertaker, the best pure striker in the history of the game
with the right hands to the head of Khali.
[Tazz] Back in-- Oh, look at this. Look at this. Look at this.
[Michael] Oh, with one arm tossing The Undertaker over the top rope.
And was that a look of disbelief in the eyes of The Phenom?
[Tazz] I can't believe it. I don't believe The Undertaker can believe it.
-One-- -[Tazz] What's The Undertaker gonna do?
-What can he do here? -[Michael] I dunno.
But he's trying his old tactics of attacking head-on.
That hasn't worked. Undertaker on the apron.
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Watch out.
[Michael] Undertaker hung Khali up.
That's the veteran, that's the legend, that's The Phenom, The Undertaker.
[Tazz] It slowed Khali down if anything.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Undertaker, and quickly the two men,
ducking underneath the right hands, now teeing off on Khali.
[Tazz] With false hands, great. There's no doubt that man can do that.
[Michael] Using his rights, his lefts, his head, boots, kicks.
[groaning]
[audience cheering]
-[Michael] And pouring it on. Hey, what-- -[Tazz] Oh, no. No.
-Hey, he's not gonna-- -[Michael] Here we go.
He's gonna-- vintage Undertaker here.
[Tazz] Old school. Undertaker is going old school?
[Michael] This is something Khali will-- Oh, no.
No one has ever done that to The Undertaker from the top rope.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[grunts]
He's a freak, this Khali.
[grunts]
I'm speechless. Absolutely speechless.
Look at this, out of old school-- Oh, my God.
You're in control.
-[Tazz] Oh, God. -[Michael] The right hand
driving The Undertaker to the mat, with one right hand.
[Tazz] Crushing his face. Taker chants here in Phoenix.
[Michael] Our fans trying to will The Undertaker on.
[Tazz] Undertaker's got a look in his eye that's not good.
[Michael] I dunno if I've ever seen that look.
Undertaker with the clothesline with authority.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] And with the clothesline.
I-- this man is downright scary.
Come on.
[Michael] I think it's safe to say-- Oh, man.
-[Tazz] Oh, God. -Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Tazz] Safe to say that no one has dominated The Deadman like this.
[Michael] Oh, no. Uh-oh, Khali stepping over the top rope.
[Tazz] I'm not sure what he's thinking, if he knows where the hell he is
after that swift boot to the head and face.
[Michael] Khali is stalking The Undertaker like he's some prey in the Punjab jungle.
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Oh, my God.
[Michael] Oh, Undertaker bounced off the apron.
An elbow, Undertaker trying to get back in this matchup.
[Tazz] Yeah, but Undertaker hasn't had the opportunity
to get momentum, you know. Oof.
[Michael] There's a kick to the midsection.
Undertaker trying to build up momentum.
[Tazz] Oh, man. Knees first, those kneecaps.
[Michael] Daivari on the apron with the referee.
[Tazz] That's not the big picture. I mean, yeah, the big picture
is this big freak right there, The Great Khali.
[Michael] Oof. Might as well-- Yeah.
-[Tazz] Behind the referee's back and-- -[Michael] Watch that. Look at that.
[audience cheering]
How much force was The Undertaker driven into those steel steps by The Great Khali?
[Tazz] I mean, let's face it,
that Khali hasn't been off his feet yet this whole match.
-[Michael] No. -[Tazz] He has not been off his feet.
Look at this. With ease. With ease.
[Michael] Like he's picking up a sack of potatoes
and then slamming the 300-pound Undertaker to the mat below. Oh, no.
-[Tazz] Oh, wait, wait, wait, whoa, whoa. -[Michael] Oh, no. Oh, my.
[Tazz] He's signaling for the--
Look at the size of those big hands. Look at those hands.
[Michael] It's like the size of a frying pan.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Undertaker trying to get back to his feet and he may not want to.
-[Tazz] Watch out! Watch out! What a chop! -[Michael] Oh, my God!
-That's the chop! -[Michael] That could do it.
[Michael] That devastating chop to the skull.
-[Tazz] Deadman might be done. Oh, my God. -[Michael] Oh, my.
[Tazz] Two, three--oh.
[Michael] The Undertaker, he did. He kicked out at two and he sat up!
And he sat up! Here comes The Phenom!
[Tazz] Khali backed up a step and now he's--
[Michael] Khali with a right,
Undertaker back to his feet trying to get back to the ballgame.
There's a right by The Undertaker. A right by Khali.
[Tazz] Crushing blows. Deadman's trying to get momentum here.
[Michael] Undertaker with right hands off the skull
and there's a-- every blow by Khali.
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Michael] Headbutt by the The Undertaker.
-The big man still won't go down. -[Tazz] When was the last time
we've seen The Undertaker have to jump for a headbutt?
He jumped off the headbutt. Oh, I don't know, Taker.
He's tried this before. Be careful, Taker.
[Michael] Undertaker going for old school this time, up on the top rope.
[Tazz] Watch out.
[Michael] The Undertaker with a heavy blow!
-Khali is still on his feet. -[Tazz] He's still up.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] What does it take to take this freak down?
[Tazz] Chants, chants, right? Uh-oh.
-[Michael] Boom. -[Tazz] What a shot.
[Michael] Khali and Undertaker exchanging blows in the ring's center.
[audience] Taker, Taker, Taker!
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Michael] The Taker chants are deafening.
[audience] Taker, Taker.
[Tazz] I mean, Taker can't get this guy off of his feet.
[Michael] Not at all. It's like running into a wall, missed with the right hand.
[Tazz] Watch out. Here we go.
[Michael] Undertaker flying through the air, Khali on the--
Oh, my God! And Khali is hung up on the ropes!
This is the opening The Undertaker needed!
-[Tazz] Uh-oh! -[Michael] Khali in a world of trouble!
[Tazz chuckles] Oh, man.
Look at Khali's face. Well, he got no chance here.
-He's nervous now. -[Michael] The Phenom teeing off.
-The Undertaker with the rights! -[Tazz] You're right.
He is teeing off, Cole. Look at this.
Oh, my God. Just having his way with him.
-He-- Uh-oh. -[Michael] Now, Daivari--
[Tazz] Yeah, please get rid of this guy. Uh-oh. Oh, my God.
-Hey, look at that. -[Michael] Look at this.
-Daivari… -[Tazz] Watch out.
[Michael] …with the wherewithal to get Khali out of the ropes.
[Tazz] Wait a minute. Khali or Taker thinks-- He ducked it.
-Uh-oh. Here we go. -[Michael] There's no way.
-Can he do this? -[Tazz] He might. Can Taker get him up?
[Michael] And Khali with an elbow to the side of the head
as Undertaker went for the Chokeslam.
[Tazz] Oh, God!
[Michael] A boot thundering off the skull. Oh.
[audience chatter]
-[Michael] What? Can you hear that? -[Tazz] Undertaker sat up again.
And Khali now backing up.
[Michael] Undertaker trying to figure out where he is.
[Tazz] Watch out, heads up, Deadman, watch yourself here.
-Whoa! -[Michael] A chop to the skull!
[audience chatter]
[indistinct chatter by Khali]
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] Undertaker has been rendered--
[Tazz] I have never seen anyone dominate The Undertaker like this, never.
[audience chanting]
-[Tazz] Watch out! Oh! -[Michael] Another boot by Khali.
[man 1] Undertaker, this is yours. This is yours.
-[Michael] Undertaker is nearly helpless. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
-Two, three. -[Tazz] What the hell? Are you kidding me?
-[Michael] I can't believe this. -[Tazz] What the--
[Michael] I can't believe this.
[Tony] Here is your winner, The Great Khali.
[Michael] The Great Khali has pinned The Undertaker,
one, two, three in the middle of the ring.
[Tazz] Listen. I don't know if I believe what I've just seen, but I've got to.
["Da.Ngar" playing]
[Tazz] Over 15,000 people here in shock.
It's a hush in this arena.
-Shocking. -[Michael] I don't know what to say.
I mean, The Great Khali manhandled, The Great Khali dominated,
The Great Khali destroyed…
The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Here's the dominance we've never seen before. Check this out.
Look at this, flings him over, I mean, like a sack of potatoes.
And then went for old school, I mean, we knew that
Undertaker was behind the eight-ball in the ongoings in this match,
but I never, ever, ever, Cole, thought
that it would've ended up the way it ended up.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] I don't-- I can't believe this.
-[Tazz] And now watch the pin cover. -[Michael] I don't believe it.
-Watch your hands, this is yours. -[Tazz] One foot on the man's chest.
-This is yours. -[Tazz] Look at this.
That's insulting, completely no respect, completely intimidating and dominating.
-[Michael] Look at this monster. -[Daivari] You took out The Undertaker.
[Michael] Complete dominance. Amazing. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
it has been a great opening weekend for WWE films' first major motion picture,
See No Evil, it's open everywhere.
We did it.
♪ Even through the darkest days ♪
[Michael] We are sold out, 15,421 fans
at the U.S. Airways Center here at Phoenix for Judgment Day.
Also here tonight, Tazz, members of the Phoenix Suns.
It's a day of rest before Game 7 against the LA Clippers this week.
They're getting a blast.
[Tazz] They got the kids here and everything. This is cool.
That's what it's about, man. Grab a phone, come out
if you're a pro basketball fan, pro baseball player, anybody.
Just come check out WWE. It's all good, bro.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, up next,
the World Heavyweight Championship, Rey Mysterio versus JBL.
[Tazz] I don't know. Rey Mysterio's been living a Cinderella story more or less,
having that World Championship.
JBL is a big obstacle. Well--
[Michael] Mysterio's dream began at WrestleMania.
[Jim] This was about World Heavyweight Championship at stake.
Who's leaving Chicago champ?
Rey is in trouble. Whoa!
[Jerry] What an arm drag counter, arm drag outta the ring!
Mysterio could be moments away
to winning the World Heavyweight Championship.
And got him, and got him! All right! Mysterio wins the title!
[Tony] Here is your winner,
and the new
World Heavyweight Champion,
Rey Mysterio!
[Rey] I realized that being World Champion is a gift,
and I'm loving every minute of it!
[audience cheering]
[JBL] Congratulations, Rey!
It's not over yet, but at Judgment Day,
you have the No.1 contender,
the true American hero!
You don't deserve to carry that championship.
-You do not deserve-- -No, no, no!
I'll fight anyone at any time.
[JBL] I mean, if you're really a man of your word, Rey,
I have just the opponent for you tonight.
[Tazz] You personally set Rey Mysterio up tonight.
Rey Mysterio destroyed by The World's Strongest Man.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] Last week, Rey Mysterio kept his word, and lost.
Tonight, he has The Great Khali.
Come on, Rey. Go get him!
Where's your machismo now, huh?
-Good night, sweet prince. -[Michael] He's stunned.
[Tazz] Oh.
[laughing]
[JBL] You see, Rey.
You have that machismo,
more guts than brains.
Tonight, Rey gets to play with fire.
When you play with fire, you'll get burned.
[Michael] You'll be proud to go out there, and take a championship off a man
who is less than 100%.
[JBL] Judgment Day, tick-tock, tick-tock is coming.
[Rey] I'm living proof that dreams come true in life.
[Tazz] He is taking on all comers!
[JBL] I will be a champion's champion.
[Tazz] Can Rey Mysterio persevere?
He is a mere footnote on the Hall of Fame career of JBL.
[Rey] If this is my last night as champion…
-[JBL] Tick-tock, tick-tock. -[Rey] …it was well worth it.
[Tazz] Or will JBL and Mysterio's dream--
[Rey] Tonight, I am the underdog.
[JBL] Sunday, I take that championship off your undeserving body.
["Longhorn" playing]
[Tazz] There it is, man, the big limo.
[Michael] That made its way from New York, all the way down to Phoenix.
[Tazz] He wouldn't give me a ride either.
He never gives me rides anymore, but I tell you what,
JBL, so I'm aware but, man, he's walking around,
prancing around like he's at the top of the world.
[Michael] He's gonna be minutes away from becoming World Champion.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Introducing first the challenger from New York City,
weighing in at 297 pounds,
he's the WWE United States Champion,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield!
[Tazz] No, it's not enough for JBL as United States Champion.
He wants the World Championship to boot.
[Michael] He'd be the first person in the history of SmackDown
to hold both of those titles.
[Tazz] Anyone could do it.
Yeah, American hero or-- the great American hero as himself.
[Michael] That is Rey Mysterio's wife, Angie, and JBL is badmouthing there.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the next time the WWE on pay-per-view is actually ECW.
ECW One Night Stand, Sunday, June 11th in New York City.
[Michael] There is the United States Champion,
15,421 fans all over JBL.
And there is Angie, Rey Mysterio's wife, looking on,
as her husband prepares to defend the World Championship.
Angie looks like she has a look of concern on her face. I don't blame her.
She should have that look.
[Michael] Rey has been through hell the past three weeks.
JBL claims he'll continue it here tonight.
[Tazz] JBL is the favorite to win the title tonight.
-Come out! -[Michael] That is for certain.
Come out.
[audience chatter]
[Tazz] JBL is ready to go, man.
Quit playing mind games with me, boy. Don't you play mind games with JBL!
♪ What you gonna do When we come for you? ♪
[audience cheering]
♪ What you gonna do When we come for you? ♪
["Booyaka 619" playing]
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka 619 ♪
[Tony] And from San Diego, California,
weighing in at 170 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
Rey Mysterio!
[Michael] A thundering ovation for the World Champion.
Will Rey Mysterio's dream end here in Phoenix tonight
at the hands of JBL?
[Tazz] And Rey Mysterio says it himself, he's living his dream.
He's living a dream life.
In, you know, one day at a time, and that dream just might end tonight.
[Michael] It's perhaps the greatest Cinderella story
in WWE history.
The fact that Rey Mysterio is World Champion.
["Booyaka 619" playing]
[Michael] But don't let Rey Mysterio's looks deceive you, Tazz.
He has been a battered man over the past three weeks.
[Tazz] That's a great point, and at that man's hands,
JBL orchestrated and lined up some matches,
some brutal matches with some monstrous individuals.
[Michael] Mark Henry, The Great Khali, game this last Friday night.
And this is exactly what JBL wanted.
He wants a weakened, a vulnerable champion.
[Tazz] And Rey Mysterio has taken on all covers.
And it may cost him here tonight.
[Michael] He's a man of his word, a champion.
♪ Dig the hole for the coffin ♪
♪ It's no mystery Rey That he's a dead man walkin' ♪
[Michael] JBL claims that this feel-good story
of Rey Mysterio as champion will end tonight.
♪ And that's the realist deal, homie Since Jesus' last meal ♪
[Michael] Well, this is a matchup, as Rey head down to ring side.
Good job.
[Michael] A kiss of good luck from his wife, Angie.
-Mysterio-- -[Tazz] Or was that a kiss goodbye?
[Michael] Oh, great point, a great point.
♪ What you gonna do when we come for you? Mira, mira ♪
[Michael] World Championship on the line, a matchup,
almost a class warfare, Tazz.
You got JBL, the United States Champion.
He's the rich millionaire. He loves to flaunt it.
[Tazz] You got Rey Mysterio, who is the blue-collar, the hard worker,
the man who's proud of where he came from, what he is today,
and the greatest underdog in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment.
The matchup's underway, the bell rings, and it's for the world title.
[audience chanting]
[Michael] Oh, it's JBL. And Rey is not gonna take that.
[Tazz] Rey may have to.
He's getting pie-faced, he's getting disrespected.
[Michael] Rey, a proud man, kicks to the back of the knee,
JBL pushes Rey off again.
[Tazz] JBL, what you're backing up for, JBL? Must be strategy.
[Michael] I'm sure he has strategy.
It's not because JBL wants to play by the rules suddenly.
[Tazz] No, but JBL will wrestle his pace, two completely different styles here.
[audience] 619!
We got a 619 chant.
[audience] 619, 619,
619, 619!
[Michael] Lock up, center of the ring, and here we go,
World Championship on the line. JBL using his strength and power again.
JBL needs to be wary of the quickness of Mysterio.
[Tazz] If I'm Mysterio, I'll try and get JBL in the mat.
But, oh, my God, look at this,
the huge size advantage for the challenger.
-[Michael] Putting him back up here. -One, two--
-[Tazz] Badmouth. -[Michael] Rey slapping the face of JBL!
[Tazz] After badmouth, bam, slap.
[Michael] Like I said before, Rey's a very proud man.
[audience cheering]
-[Michael] I think that woke JBL up a bit. -[Tazz] Yeah, but not enough to--
That may not be a good idea on Mysterio's part.
Slapping JBL might've angered him a bit.
[audience] Eddie, Eddie!
[Michael] And hear the Eddie chants, the respect for the late Eddie Guerrero.
And the right hand throw by JBL.
Ironically, it was at Judgment Day, two years ago in Los Angeles,
and you'll never forget it, partner,
JBL versus Eddie Guerrero, a vicious, vicious matchup.
Both men bleeding, ending in disqualification.
Yeah, the right hand, throwing them to Mysterio.
[Tazz] This was what I was afraid of, you see, the pounding, the size advantage,
all these ballroom-brawler types, this rugged JBL.
[Michael] JBL, former WWE Champion, held that title for nine months,
longest reign in a decade.
-[Tazz] Oh, man, those fingers. -[Michael] Now stomping on the fingers.
-Mysterio is in trouble. -[Tazz] Yeah, I mean, enough about it.
In my opinion, he's worn down, I don't care if he's showing it or not,
-he's worn down, it'll pass through him. -[Michael] Uh-oh, I told you.
Wait a minute, maybe I'm wrong.
-Wait a minute. -[Michael] Going for the 619,
JBL rolling outta the way, realizing what was coming.
And the United States Champion gonna regroup. And--
-[Tazz] Watch out. -[Michael] There you go.
That baseball slide to the gut, Rey the champion on the apron.
Get back to the ring now.
-[Michael] JBL to his feet-- -[Tazz] Watch out!
Seated senton, seated senton outside the ring,
and Rey Mysterio, the underdog champion taking it to JBL.
[audience chatter]
[Tazz] Mysterio's soaring through the air!
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Mysterio, feeling good. What the hell. Oh, wait a minute.
-Lateral press. One, two, oh! -[Michael] Oh, at two!
Mysterio almost baiting JBL in.
[Tazz] I have no idea how Mysterio move-- Wait, wait.
[Michael] Again, a cover, hook to the leg, and JBL kicks out at two again.
[Tazz] I thought JBL was knocked out for a moment.
[Michael] I'll tell you,
if Rey's dropping the leg at the back of the neck, Mysterio--
-[Tazz] Here we go, here we go-- -[Michael] He's got him here.
He's got him and a kick out at two.
[audience chanting]
[Tazz] Look at this drop kick, right to to the head, watch this.
-[Michael] Man, oh, my God. -[Tazz] I'll tell you--
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, if he loses the championship tonight,
it's been one hell of a ride, hasn't it, for Rey Mysterio?
[Tazz] Absolutely, I mean--
[Michael] He just stepped foot every step of the way.
[audience] Four, five, six--
[Tazz] He's enjoying it, he's ramming it, he's had fun with it,
he's talked about it, he earned it, and he's taking in all comers,
as I said earlier in this matchup. And he should be proud of that.
[Michael] I don't think JBL was expecting as much offense outta Rey in the early go.
Three.
[Michael] The champion's got the challenger in trouble.
[Tazz] The champion's not a pushover, but… watch out, watch this.
[Michael] Oh! Rey had the ref distracted
by pointing something outta the audience,
and a low blow, and I've got to say, JBL deserve that.
[Tazz] Ray's gonna have to do something like that
to hang on to the championship
[audience cheering]
[Michael] Mysterio using JBL's tactics against him here tonight.
[Tazz] That's the kinda stuff that you have to do in a--
I don't know if JBL's ever gonna stand up after that.
Oh, my God. He's in trouble with a high-pitched voice forever.
Get him, Rey!
-[Tazz] You know, smart right there. -[Michael] Front kicks through the ropes.
[Tazz] Chopping down JBL to his size keep him down, keep him on the mat.
[Michael] Now he's outta the ring, but you know what I mean, watch this. Oh.
-Oh, God! -[Tazz] Watch out!
[Michael] JBL with a boot to the face. And now Mysterio is where
he doesn't wanna be, outside the ring with JBL on the attack.
-Come on, into the ring. -[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh. Oh.
[Michael] Like a dart, head first into the steel.
[Tazz] Top of his skull right to the steel steps.
[Michael] What this does is allow him to have time to allow himself to regroup.
Come on.
[Tazz] That hurts. Head first, look at this.
-Man. -Up in that ring,
or I'm gonna crash both of you on this damn floor.
[Tazz] I think that did, you're right. That bought him some time,
cause he's still trying to shake off those two boots to his, uh, those prints.
[Michael] JBL needs to get Mysterio back to the ring.
Championship does not change hands, on a count-out.
-Three-- -[Michael] JBL.
-[Tazz] Watch this. -[Michael] Right hand to Mysterio.
[Tazz] Nothing fancy, measuring the face of the champion
What a punch right to the mug!
[Michael] Rey sent back to the ring. JBL on the attack.
[Michael] They're both back in on seven.
[audience] 619, 619, 619…
[Michael] Our fans trying to will Mysterio on.
[Tazz] They want a 619, and we almost saw one earlier,
but it didn't happen.
-This is the pace JBL wants and needs. -[Michael] Oh, and another right by JBL.
[Tazz] God, Rey can't even stay in the ring.
He got punched out of the ring, man. Forget about it.
-You get him in this ring. -[Tazz] This guy's worn down.
Rey is worn down, look, I'm telling you.
[Michael] And a flurry in the beginning of the matchup--
[Tazz] He busted a knuckle, JBL, on the face of Ray
[Michael] Oh, my God, off the steel steps again!
[Tazz] Face first there, earlier skull first.
-[Michael] This is maniac. -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, hold on.
Look, look, see what he just did? He's showing her.
-[Michael] Wow. -[Tazz] Look in Rey's wife's face,
that bloody knuckle in her husband's head--
[Michael] Mysterio into the ring.
-[Tazz] Here we go! -[Michael] Hooks the leg, shoulders down,
kick out at two with the championship on the line.
[Tazz] You know that man there,
Mysterio's loaded with intestinal fortitude.
He is super tough.
I don't know, man, I don't know if he's got enough in the tank.
-Oh. Oh. -[Michael] Oh, no.
-[Tazz] Oh, gosh, come on. -[Michael] JBL…
[Tazz] Oh.
[Michael] …disrespecting the late Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] He's mocking with the memory, the great memory of Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] The Three Amigos, Eddie Guerrero called it.
[Tazz] Look at the head, see, he's busted open.
[Michael] Rey, perhaps when he's hit, he went head first into the steel steps.
-Oh. And a hung up on the top rope. -[Tazz] A lot of blood under that-- Oh.
[Michael] Now that boot right to the wound.
Come on, there you go.
[Michael] And now again just… disrespecting the memory of Guerrero.
[audience] Boo!
[Tazz] Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero were so close through the years,
like brothers more or less.
And that's not an overstatement. It's the truth.
Oh, man. Rey-- Oh, Rey's busted open real good on that mask, man.
-[Michael] Look at the sick man! -[Tazz] In front of Rey's wife.
-[Michael] Look at that. -[Tazz] That's not cool.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Oh, whoa!
[audience chatter]
[Tazz] And a bully. What the hell is wrong with him?
-If I say so myself. What a bully! -[Michael] He's a sick animal. He's sick.
And now the forearm slam. That is wrong. What is wrong with JBL?
Leave the man's wife outta it.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] Sick grin on his face of the challenger.
[Tazz] I'm not gonna argue with you on that. You're right.
-That's not human, man. -You stay in this ring.
-[Michael] Championship on the line. -[Tazz] That's it.
[Michael] Into the cover, hook of the leg, and Mysterio-- Rey kicked out again.
-[Tazz] Rey's hanging on from a thread. -[Michael] Of the heart of this champion.
[Tazz] Rey's hanging off for dear life.
[Michael] This champion's heart has been well-documented.
The resilience of Rey Mysterio is off the chart.
[Tazz] At this point, man, we'll get to see his heart.
[Michael] Yeah. JBL might pull it outta his chest.
-[Tazz] My God. -Take it outta this corner. One.
[Michael] He's just embarrassing Rey. Humiliating him.
[Tazz] Bullying him. Talking about bullying him.
[audience chatter]
-[Tazz] Oh, man. -[Michael] Oh, God.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] That-- I don't think that's the last, there's another one,
short clotheslines and the smile on the face of JBL.
-[Tazz] And he just-- -[Michael] Yeah. He did. He did.
-Idiot. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Oh, and another clothesline.
[audience chatter]
[Michael] The champion's blood on the chest of the challenger.
[Tazz] Now the ref have to count him.
-One… -[audience booing]
[Michael] If Rey can't answer the ten-count,
-the championship would change hands. -[Tazz] Oh, my God. Look at the mask.
-[Michael] The champion, a bloody mess. -four-- Back off.
-[Michael] Rey's done. -Five, six--
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] He's trying, but the referee is up to seven.
[Michael] Rey's gotta get up before ten.
-[Tazz] The storybook story. -Come on, Rey.
[Tazz] The fact that it could be ending here.
-[Michael] Come on, Rey. -Nine.
-[Tazz] Oh, look at this. -[Michael] But barely, Rey…
-[Tazz] Is he up? -[Michael] …barely made it to his feet.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] And down again.
-[Tazz] Oh, my Lord. -[Michael] Here's the cover.
-[Tazz] Goodbye. -Hook to the leg.
-[Tazz] New champion-- Oh! -[Michael] And a kick out at two.
[Tazz] How did-- Look, JBL is shocked, I am too.
[Michael] Every time Mysterio kicks out, it just makes JBL more angered.
[Tazz] No. Listen, this isn't right. But Rey is just taking a blatant beating.
Rey's got a little fight left in him like this.
But, look, he can't even see, he's got blood in his eyes,
then he got fingers in his eyes.
[Michael] Mysterio, perhaps outta instinct, with that last…
-[Tazz] Oh, no. -[Michael] A sleeper hold.
JBL just gonna try to knock the champ out.
And look at those right hands directly into the wound, the open wound.
[Tazz] And we'll assume that the wound within that area, but--
[Michael] The blood dripping all through the mask. See?
You could see the blood dripping outta the mask.
[Tazz] Oh, he's got it down his eyes. Look at him.
Oh, oh, man, yeah, you're right.
He's choking him out so much, he's cutting the blood flow off from his brain.
[Michael] You have to imagine that, that blood is everywhere in his skull.
And it's coming outta all parts of that mask.
And Rey Mysterio, the champion, down on the mat.
Bradshaw, looking to choke him out, win the championship.
[Tazz] He's gone-- Oh, I think Rey's out already.
I think-- Look at this. He's out. Check him, ref.
Just end this thing, who cares about the title?
This is a dangerous situation here.
[audience chatter]
-[Michael] Check him! -Come on, check him.
[Michael] The arm down once, very limp, and it goes down three times, it's over.
-Mysterio a second time. -[Tazz] Choked him out.
-That's it. -[Michael] Oh, come on.
[Tazz] What a bastard, you gotta be kidding.
-[Michael] JBL toying with the man. -[Tazz] Oh, he could've had it.
-[Michael] Here's the cover. -[Tazz] He wants to pin him,
-that's what it is. -[Michael] Hooks the leg.
-[Tazz] Watch, no! -[Michael] Kick out at two and a half!
He showed a little life!
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Michael] It's straight instinct.
All instinct.
[Tazz] Unfortunately, he's prolonging the inevitable here at this--
I expected daylights the hell out of Rey.
And his desire, you know, I do, but--
[Michael] That's what being champion means to these two.
-[Tazz] I know that. I know that. -[Michael] You know what I'm saying.
[Tazz] At some point, you gotta know when to hang him off on the fold,
you know what I mean?
[Michael] JBL going to maybe a superplex, but Rey countering him.
-Going with the right hands. -[Tazz] Rey, look at Rey, come on, Rey.
-[Michael] JBL knocked off the rope. -[Tazz] Yeah. But can Rey counter?
After all, that's been done to him.
[Michael] Lost a lotta blood, doesn't know where he's at,
-Mysterio, top rope. -[Tazz] Oh, now, this a bad move.
-[Michael] Moonsault! -[Tazz] He's got him. He's got him!
[Michael] No, kick out at two by Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Whoa. Wow.
[Michael] Mysterio was able to dig down deep inside with that moonsault,
-almost steal the victory. -[Tazz] Big hopes for Rey.
He was able to pop off that Moonsault. Check this out.
Slowed down, he slowed down JBL with a little bit here with this.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] He took out at the man at the same time, but to no avail.
[Michael] Mysterio with the right hands, kicks to the back of the knee.
Here comes Mysterio, ducks underneath the right, crossbody.
-Taking out JBL. -[Tazz] Then cover him, then follow-up.
-Oh, whoa. Nice. -[Michael] What a kick.
-What a kick to the back of the head. -[Tazz] Hey, he can, here's the cover!
-There's one. There's two! -[Michael] No way.
-He's got him-- A kick out. -[Tazz] Wow.
Anxious wife.
You can see the look in her eyes, she knows it's over, right?
She wouldn't admit it, but it looks like she got that look. Oh.
-Oh, my God. -[Michael] Rey Mysterio caught by JBL.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Ooh, that was rough. That was rough.
[Michael] Just when you think Rey has a chance, JBL puts him out.
-[Tazz] Powerbomb, that's it. -[Michael] Mysterio, oh, look at that.
-He's got it! -[Tazz] Wait a minute.
-[Michael] Rey. -[Tazz] Can he get there?
-[Michael] Oh! Yes! Come on, Rey! -[Tazz] How did he do that? Top rope!
-Oh, look at that! -[Michael] Oh, and then the ref,
JBL pulled the ref in front of Mysterio.
[Tazz] Referee is down. Mysterio about to get swimming!
-[Michael] Mysterio is definitely down. -Bring me a referee!
Bring me a referee!
[Michael] JBL screaming for another referee.
[Tazz] He's calling for another ref.
[Michael] Here comes another referee as JBL hooks the leg.
-[Tazz] And count to 100. That's it. -[Michael] Into the cover. A new champion.
-No, no! -[Tazz] Oh, my God. I can't believe this!
[Michael] I cannot believe Rey Mysterio got the shoulder up, and there's--
-[Tazz] Oh, my God! -[Michael] And the referee!
[Tazz] Punch him straight up in the face.
[Michael] Referee Charles Robinson knocked out cold.
What the hell is this? Wait a minute.
Hey, hey, hey!
What the-- He's a bully. He's a damn bully.
[Tazz] Two referees down and JBL with a steel chair, that's a weapon.
-Oh, man! -[Michael] The steel chair
-off JBL's skull! -[Tazz] Watch this, watch this!
[Michael] 619, come on, Rey. Come on, Rey!
-[Tazz] Referee is up, well, almost. -[Michael] Rey to the top rope.
-[Tazz] No way. No way! -[Michael] Frog splash! Frog splash!
-He's got him! -[Tazz] No way. No way.
-[Michael] He's got him! He did it! -[Tazz] He did it!
["Booyaka 619" playing]
[Tony] Here is your winner, still World Heavyweight Champion,
Rey Mysterio!
[Michael] Oh, my God. It's Chavo Guerrero!
Eddie's nephew, Rey's friend, Chavo Guerrero,
here to support the champion!
[Tazz] Congratulations to Rey, Chavo said it earlier to JBL,
"You will not leave here with the championship." He was right.
Rey, victorious! How the hell did he do it?
[Michael] I have no idea. How did Rey Mysterio do it?
[Tazz] Somehow Rey pulled it up and did it. [laughing]
[Michael] Rey Mysterio is still World Champion.
[Tazz] Still living his dream, still!
Oh, wow, man.
-[laughing] Congrats. -[Michael] Yeah, you gotta smile about it.
[Tazz] I had him dead right.
I didn't think Rey had a shot in hell to win this thing.
[Michael] Watch this.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah, the referee was just coming up.
And then the 619, but this is what finished off JBL.
And then for Eddie Guerrero, his great friend in the great heavens,
a good-old fashioned frog stunt-- frog splash, Eddie style.
[audience cheering]
[Michael] And there is Rey's wife, Angie, applauding her husband,
the World Champion. She is relieved here tonight.
[Tazz] Wow. [laughing] The dream continues.
[Michael] He's amazing. Rey Mysterio is amazing.
[audience cheering]
[audience] Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!
[Michael] Rey Mysterio answers the bell.
Rey Mysterio beat back the challenge.
Rey Mysterio proves he should be World Champion.
Thank you for joining us at Judgment Day.
[Tazz] Goodnight everybody from Phoenix.
Subtitles: Aparna Iyer ody from Phoenix.