[rock music playing]
[Gorilla] Baltimore, Maryland was the site,
the 1994 King of the Ring was the event.
Earlier in the day, before things took off,
our coliseum video cameras were tuning up when some unexpected guests arrived.
Sound check, yeah.
Get out. Hey, hey, just get right out of the way.
Double J is looking at the King of the Ring 1994.
You're talking about a sound check.
I'm getting a little check on who's gonna win these matches.
-1-2-3 Kid, I'm gonna take him out. -Hey, wait a minute here, Double J.
You are a pretty good wrestler here,
but I think you're just a little bit mistaken.
You can worry about that, but the bottom line is right over here.
-Hey, hey. No, no, no, no, not here. -Don't put it there.
Hey, wait a minute here, Bam Bam.
I don't wanna take any offense to you, but I am number one.
Obviously, obviously, you gentlemen aren't aware.
But I'm gonna beat Mabel, then I'm gonna beat Razor.
And then I'm going into the finals to get my hands on the…
Hey, what are you doing, man? My name is also up in the front.
Double J, [inaudible].
Please don't do it, baby. He's taking it out.
[theme music playing]
[Todd] Welcome to the 1994 WWE King of the Ring spectacular,
featuring an eight-man single elimination tournament.
Eight WWE superstars
will be vying for the very coveted title of King of the Ring.
The very first WWE superstar to qualify, the "tax-man", IRS.
He will meet the huge half of Men on a Mission, Mabel.
Will the "tax-man" have the right form to win,
or will the huge Mabel wrap him up?
Then, you will see "The bad guy" Razor Ramon
taking on Bam Bam Bigelow,
who made it all the way to the finals last year.
Razor Ramon and Bam Bam Bigelow lock up in first round action.
Then it's on to music city, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett
will be taking on the unpredictable highflying 1-2-3 Kid.
It's a match where anything can happen and probably will.
And in the final matchup, you will see "The Rocket" Owen Hart
taking on the Native American superstar, Tatanka.
Can The Rocket follow in his brother's footsteps
and become King of the Ring?
Not if Tatanka has anything to say about it.
One of these eight superstars will become King of the Ring,
but that's not all.
Tonight, you will see champion versus champion.
Seven-foot tall Diesel,
the current Intercontinental Champion with the Jackknife in his arsenal,
and Shawn Michaels in his corner will take on "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
The fighting is WWE Champion of all time.
Can The Hitman get Big Daddy Cool in the sharpshooter?
And just who will be in Bret Hart's corner?
Remember, only his title is on the line as champion and champion lock up.
Then the mouth roars.
Let me just tell you a little bit about Rowdy Roddy Piper.
He is a husband.
I don't retreat, and I don't surrender.
[Todd] The unrelenting Rowdy Roddy Piper steps into the ring just one more time
to take on the cunning king Jerry Lawler.
Tag title also on the line tonight
as the devastating team of Yokozuna and Crush
bring their gird to the squared circle
to battle the WWE Champions the Headshrinkers
as the action explodes in your living room.
Tag title on the line tonight,
the Headshrinkers taking on Yokozuna and Crush on this,
the most regal of nights in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
-[upbeat music playing] -[audience cheering]
[Bill] Ladies and gentleman,
please rise for a very special rendition
of our national anthem by Rickey Medlocke,
lead guitarist, lead singer of Blackfoot!
[audience cheering]
♪ Oh, say! can you see ♪
♪ By the dawn's early light ♪
♪ What so proudly we hailed ♪
♪ At the twilight's last gleaming ♪
♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪
♪ Through the perilous fight ♪
♪ O'er the ramparts we watched ♪
♪ Were so gallantly streaming? ♪
♪ And The Rockets' red glare ♪
♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪
♪ Gave proof through the night ♪
♪ That our flag was still there ♪
♪ Oh, say! does that star-spangled ♪
♪ Banner yet wave ♪
♪ O'er the land of the free ♪
♪ And the home ♪
♪ Of the brave ♪
[fireworks blasting]
Let's get it on!
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Thank you very much, Ricky Medlocke,
and Happy Father's Day, everyone!
[audience cheering]
Welcome to the Baltimore Arena.
Welcome to the 1994 WWE King of the Ring.
Hello, everyone, and welcome.
I'm Gorilla Monsoon along with "The Macho Man" Randy Savage
and Baltimore's own football legend NFL Hall of Famer Art Donovan
and Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
Art, let me ask you, Art.
Art Donovan, what a superstar you are here in the Baltimore area.
We're gonna have a new king crowned here tonight, Art.
Who do you think that's gonna be?
-Razor Ramon. -Razor Ramon?
"Macho Man" Randy Savage, two-time former WWE Champion,
does The Hitman have enough to stave off the big seven-foot Diesel?
[Randy] From coast to coast and planet to planet,
everybody backs The Hitman.
Everybody agrees he's one of the greatest of all time.
However, I think that there's a new man in town
and his name is Diesel, "Big Daddy Cool."
I predict that tonight he takes the WWE title from The Hitman.
Holy mackerel, Macho Man claiming Diesel will be the next reigning WWE Champion.
Tournament is about to get underway. Here we go!
Gorilla, Randy, I gotta [inaudible] all of my hair.
[Bill] This contest is scheduled for one fall
is a first round King of the Ring tournament match.
Accompanied down the aisle
by his main squeeze Luna Vachon
from Asbury Park, New Jersey,
weighing 360 pounds,
"The Beast from the East",
Bam Bam Bigelow!
[audience cheering]
["Bam Bam" playing]
[Gorilla] Baltimore Arena in awe of "The Beast from the East"
Bam Bam Bigelow.
What a matchup this is gonna be,
Bam Bam taking on former Intercontinental Champion Razor Ramon.
[Randy] You know something, Gorilla, if Bam Bam gets past Razor Ramon,
he could be theKing of the Ring, bottom line.
[Gorilla] If everyone, Art,
do you remember last year at the King of the Ring,
it was Bam Bam Bigelow who went all the way to the finals,
only to be defeated by "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
[Bill] And his opponent from Miami, Florida…
[Randy] Here we go. Here comes the "bad guy."
[Bill] Weighing 289 pounds, Razor Ramon!
[Gorilla] Tremendous ovation from the Macho Man for Razor Ramon.
It is always a tremendous ovation for you, Macho Man.
[Randy] I'm glad you pointed that out,
but let me tell you something about Razor Ramon.
I was talking to him in the back.
Ever since he lost his Intercontinental title to Diesel,
he's been goal-orientated,
and he was thinking that the King of the Ring
might sooth that ego just a touch.
[Gorilla] King of the Ring, what a prestigious event this is.
The qualifying matchups for this were just unbelievable.
Razor had to get by the very dangerous Kwang
in order to make it here to the King of the Ring.
And, of course, Bam Bam got a very impressive win
over "Sparky" Thurman Plugg, that's what got him here as well.
[Randy] Razor versus Kwang was a very physical battle.
And I believe this is gonna be the same kind of physicalness, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Oh, yeah. It'll be.
Both of these guys want nothing more than to become 1994King of the Ring.
What a prestigious crown that is.
[Randy] Remember, we got a 15-minute time limit,
so they need to start quickly in this first round.
[Gorilla] All the first round matches will indeed be a 15-minute time limit.
Then in the semifinals, it goes to one fall 30,
and of course the final one that decides
who will be the 1994 King of the Ring will be a one hour time limit.
[Randy] I'd like to point out that Bam Bam never goes anywhere in the WWE
without his main squeeze Luna Vachon. She's looking to be the queen of the ring.
[Gorilla] Oh, boy, is that obvious?
And in order to continue on in this prestigious tournament,
you must win.
[Randy] Did you check that out there?
Razor Ramon hit Luna Vachon with his toothpick.
[Gorilla] That opened the door up immediately for Bam Bam.
So important to get the upper hand early on in these matches.
Shoulder block sends Razor down to the canvas.
Razor, does he not want to match power with "The Beast from the East"?
[Randy] It was a cool thing that Razor did, but he's paying for it now.
[Gorilla] Wow, once again shoulder block by Bam Bam,
and Razor checking it out.
He might have to check with his orthodontist.
[Randy] Bam Bam knows what the King of the Ring tournament is all about.
So he's got the experience.
Razor Ramon, he's got the hunger because he's from the streets of Miami.
[Gorilla] Throw down with a slam and then plants that headbutt
right in the sternum area.
Oh, leg drop and if you…
They can't do that in the NFL, can they, Art?
[Art] I can't even stand to watch it.
[Randy] That's okay. Just hold my hand. I'll get you through it.
[Art] All right. [chuckles]
[Gorilla] Bam Bam going to the outside, high-risk territory for him.
All the way up to the top turnbuckle. That's 400 pounds plus birched up there.
Oh, boy.
[Randy] I'm glad for Razor Ramon there,
because the King of the Ring tournament is important to him,
and he almost didn't get involved.
[Gorilla] The pool was empty when he finally came down
and now a couple of big right-hands by Razor.
And just like that, the momentum has swung in this one.
Nice reversal there by Bam Bam, followed him right in.
And once again, another Irish whip, but this time Razor's reversal.
[Randy] Great move by Razor.
-Check it out! -[audience cheering]
-[Gorilla] Oh, boy. -[Randy] Make a wish.
[Gorilla] Now that hurts. That hurts.
Bam Bam will be singing a lot higher in the shower tomorrow.
[Randy] I think we need to give him a 15-yard penalty.
-What do you think, Art Donovan? -[Art] Yeah, hit from behind.
[Randy] Kind of like clipping, but not really.
[Art] I'll tell you, I'll tell you, Randy that would hurt you.
[Gorilla] Razor with a nice leap from the second turnbuckle,
got the leg hook, but no, couldn't get the three count.
[Randy] I wonder if Luna's gonna like Bam Bam the same.
-[Art] You mean if he loses? -[Randy] Uh…
[Art] If he doesn't become King of the Ring?
[Randy] That's okay. It's too tough to explain it to you right now.
Check me out later.
Razor keeping it on Bam Bam.
[Gorilla] I understand you were invited to the wedding, Randy.
[Randy] Yeah, but I don't do weddings.
-[Art laughs] -[Gorilla] Take a look at that kisser.
[Art] What is the girl over there screaming at?
[Gorilla] Art, she wants her man Bam Bam Bigelow to be victorious here,
and move on to the semifinals.
[Art] Oh, I see. Okay. Now I get it.
Uh-oh… Oh…
[Randy] Ooh, a swing and a miss. I feel like I'm calling a ball game.
[Gorilla] Nice move by Bam Bam, but nobody there.
And once again,
Razor trying to match power upper body strength with Bam Bam.
I'm not sure that's gonna work.
[Randy] I don't know if Luna's a little fickle if Razor can beat Bam Bam.
[Gorilla] Nice leverage move by "The Beast from the East"
as Razor just might have torn something there
as he went over that top rope and came down hard on the concrete.
[Randy] That would be unlucky timing as everything in life,
but Razor Ramon doesn't look like he's right on time now.
[Art] It looked like he tore off the top rope.
-[Randy] Check out Luna. -[Art] Here we go again.
[Gorilla] Take a look, ref. Turn around, check out Luna, she's up there.
She's on that ring apron.
Boy, what kind of stamina does it take, "Macho Man", to win this kind of event?
You not only have to win the opening round.
You've got to win two more times if you want to become king.
[Randy] No doubt about it. You got to be an iron man
just like Cal Ripken Jr. tried to do with the Orioles.
Break the longtime Lou Gehrig record.
[Gorilla] Razor caught that one right in the kisser.
[Randy] Look at Bam Bam trying to get the momentum.
He'd love to win it this year after losing last year's final.
[Gorilla] Well, he showed a lot of stamina
and a lot of guts in making it all the way to the finals last year.
You know what happens to the winner Bret The Hitman Hart,
what it did for his career.
[Randy] He eventually became the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
and that's why I think that the King of the Ring
-is ten times more important this year. -[Gorilla] Oh.
-Beautiful high kick. -[Art] Can you hit him?
[Randy] Let me tell you about Bam Bam, Art Donovan,
he's amazingly agile for a man his size and weight.
I think you can identify with that.
[Art] He is a really some athlete, really.
[Gorilla] Got a lot of quickness, a lot of agility for a 400-pounder,
moves the weight around extremely well as the "Macho Man" pointed out.
[Art] Oh, whoa.
[Gorilla] Now going to work on the lower back area.
Wow.
[Randy] The pace, can they keep it up? Will somebody falter?
[Art] Randy, I felt that down here.
[Gorilla] From the backside reverse chinlock now,
and now another headbutt.
Bam Bam pulling out all the stops here, you might as well,
if you don't get by this first round, forget about it.
[Randy] Remember about the 15-minute time limit.
Both guys are coming out really physical.
-I predicted that early on. -[Gorilla] Well, backbreaker.
He's got him up here. This could be all zero.
[Randy] That's not a small guy he's lifting on his shoulders either.
Razor Ramon is a big dude.
[Gorilla] Submission hold here by "The Beast from the East" Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Art] What is he gonna do, throw him out of the ring?
[Gorilla] Looking to make him submit here, Art, with this backbreaker,
but I don't think that word is in the vocabulary of Razor Ramon.
[Randy] Bam Bam wants to be King of the Ring any way,
by hook or by crook.
[Art] This is the guy that I pick to win, Razor.
-[Gorilla] Not looking too well right now. -[Art] No. He's not looking well at all.
-[Randy] Hope you didn't bet money on him. -[Art] I don't have…
[Gorilla] Awesome power and strength it takes to hold somebody up there.
The weight of Razor Ramon for this length of time.
-[Randy] Razor's in trouble, Gorilla. -[inaudible].
[Gorilla] Wait a minute, that arm didn't drop. That arm is still up there.
[Randy] You got to do it right now, Razor. Let's go, brother.
[Gorilla] That adrenaline flowing through that tremendous body
of Razor Ramon and look at…
look at how Bam Bam is being sacked as well by this hold.
[Randy] Give Bam Bam credit for holding him up that long.
-[Art] Gorilla, is he dead? -[Gorilla] Oh, definitely not.
The way he performed, Razor Ramon still in this one.
[Randy] Got to conserve the energy for later matches if you got any,
but it's no good to conserve it if you can't get pass that first round,
so it's kind of like a catch-22.
[Gorilla] I think, Randy, you got to pull out all the stops
in the opening rounds if you want to be successful
because there is no tomorrow.
[Randy] I got to agree with you a million percent on that one, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Finally, turned him. [inaudible] suplex by the Razor Man.
[Randy] Where did Razor Ramon get the energy for that one?
[Gorilla] An instinctive move, I'm sure.
[Art] Here I thought the poor guy was dead.
Now, they're both are. What happens now?
[Gorilla] Referee will count both men until one man reaches his knees,
then he will stop the count and start it once again on the other man.
[Randy] Let me remind you, you got to win to advance or be count both guys out,
both guys are eliminated.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Concerned look on the kisser of Luna, a block with the right-hand,
there goes another block.
And Razor with another big round house right, and another one.
[Randy] Razor Ramon pouring it on.
[Gorilla] Razor pulling out all the stops here.
Irish whip, but no, reversal by Bam Bam, hard into the corner, but Razor long gone.
Oh, look at this power move.
[Randy] Give Razor Ramon credit, he's a strong guy.
-[Gorilla] He is fired up. -[audience cheering]
[Randy] The crowd is going nuts.
[Art] It looked like he was gonna go right through the ring.
[Randy] Oh-oh, he went for the Razor's Edge.
And if he would've done it to Bam Bam Bigelow and executed it out,
I would have given him the trophy of life.
[Gorilla] What an elbow shot by Bam Bam
as he was being perched up there on the turnbuckle.
And just like that tables have turned once again in this one.
[audience booing]
[Randy] Bam Bam better get it done quickly because Razor Ramon…
looks like he's getting up right now. Bam Bam doesn't see him.
[Gorilla] Oh, he went for a moonsault! He didn't get it!
-[Randy] It's over! -[Art] Oh, God!
-[audience cheering] -[Randy] He got him!
Give credit to where credit is due, Gorilla.
[Bill] Here is your winner…
[Gorilla] Tremendous ovation, Razor Ramon advances
in the King of the Ring tournament.
He is now into the semifinals,
and "The Beast from the East" has been eliminated.
[Randy] Bam Bam. Sorry, brother, but Razor beat you.
[Gorilla] Right now we're gonna go to Todd Pettengill
who's standing by in the locker room area with Mabel and Irwin R. Schyster.
Guys, thank you very much.
You can see the core of the King of the Ring board.
Razor Ramon advances.
He will meet the winner of this matchup, IRS--
I'm not even worried about you, Mabel, because I'm gonna take you out.
Then I'm gonna get Razor Ramon.
And I hope Tatanka makes it to the finals,
because this is the last time he'll have to face IRS.
I'm taking him out too. I'll see you in the ring.
IRS obviously making his way to the ring. Mabel, how do you react?
You better not be worried about Razor Ramon,
you better be worried about M to the A to the B-E-L,
because you'll never pin my shoulders to the mat, IRS, never.
Let's talk about Razor Ramon for just a second. Will you look ahead?
Is there a chance that you guys can get Razor Ramon, and then move on?
This is for the King of the Ring. This is for all the Mabel's.
First, we're gonna take that tax plumped out, and then, Razor,
I like you, but it's business, B, it ain't personal.
One man at a time, that's all. We're not worried about it.
I got a personal grudge against IRS, and then, Razor,
if you step in the ring with me, you're going down.
I'm the real bad guy.
WWE superstars all have their own strategy.
You heard IRS say he was gonna look by Mabel.
Obviously, Mabel didn't like that.
He says he's not looking by anybody, gonna take care of IRS.
Let's see what's happening. Let's go back to Gorilla and the "Macho Man".
-You're a tag team… -[bell ringing]
-[Randy] A lot of trash talking going on. -[Gorilla] What's he saying, Randy?
-[Randy] They were wide-eyed. -Social Security Number, kid…
-[Gorilla] Looking to swap… -It's time for Mabel to pay IRS.
You get out of my face or I ran it down to your throat.
[Randy] This is getting heated up already.
[Gorilla] Boy, is it ever? We are hot here in the Baltimore Arena.
-We are live. -[IRS] Isn't this nice?
Look at all these tax evaders.
[Art] Randy, is this one of the wrestlers?
[Randy] He's one of the best.
-[Art] He looks like… -Bring that down, Mabel.
Let's see what you got, because you're gonna pay IRS.
[Art] He looks like a businessman.
[Randy] He's a business man and a TCB's, takes care of business in the ring,
but he better not think about Razor Ramon. He better think about Mabel.
[Gorilla] Razor Ramon just waiting now for the semifinal round
as he will meet the winner of this match between Irwin R. Schyster and Mabel.
[Randy] This place is going to be rapping and rocking right now.
Get ready, let's have some fun.
-[Gorilla] Here comes Mabel, here we go. -Five hundred pounds of pure power.
Ready, all right.
♪ Come on, come on, come on ♪
♪ Throw your hands in the air ♪
[inaudible].
♪ Say, oh, yeah ♪
[Gorilla] They are up and rocking here in the Baltimore Arena.
[Randy] This place is coming down.
-Getting down. -[audience cheering]
♪ King of the, King of the King of the Ring ♪
-[Randy] IRS doesn't like this, Gorilla. -[Gorilla] Oh, you can bet on that.
He doesn't get gone out of shape very easily, but this could in fact do it.
[Randy] Check out the atmosphere here.
You're talking about the whole crowds are behind Mabel against IRS.
[inaudible].
[Art] Is this the way he's gonna wrestle, with his clothes on?
-[Gorilla] No, he takes all of that off. -[Art] Oh, I see. Okay.
♪ Here we go Then get ready ♪
[Art] Look at the size of that robe, what's his name?
♪ Everybody in the house ♪
♪ Mabel is ready taking you out King of the Ring can't get busy ♪
♪ IRS there trying to get busy, so… ♪
All right.
[Gorilla] 500 pounds worth of Mabel of man on a mission
getting ready to do battle in the 1994 King of the Ring tournament.
[Randy] You know what's funny? We've been jamming
with Blackfoot Southern rock style and now we got Oscar and Mabel.
And watch out…
they're ready and able Mabel.
[Gorilla] Mabel is indeed ready as he is ramming Irwin's head
into that top turnbuckle.
Irwin at the moment out of it right now,
beautiful clothesline by Mabel, and he is doing his thing.
No easy road for Mabel getting here to the King of the Ring.
He got a very impressive win over Quebecer Pierre. Oh, Randy?
[Randy] Yeah, you're right about that, but let me tell you something.
IRS better not think about Razor Ramon. He better think of this guy,
Mabel slightly under the weight of a thousand pounds, I might add.
-[Art] Oh, how much does that guy weigh? -[Gorilla] 500 pounds plus, Art.
[Art] That's not fair, the other fellow only weighs half the amount.
-[Randy] Life's like that, Art Donovan. -[Gorilla] Beautiful standing suplex.
[Art] I think I'm gonna get out of here, this is dangerous.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Look at this.
[Gorilla] Whoops, there it is indeed.
And Irwin R. Schyster, of course, making his way to the King of the Ring
by a very impressive victory over Scott Steiner.
-[Art] Oh, look at that. -[Gorilla] Oh, beautiful slam.
[inaudible] over with it, taking the wind right out of the sail of Irwin.
[Randy] It's dangerous.
Mabel's been reading the book The Science of wrestling.
[Art] Gorilla, who's the guy in the white suit?
-[Gorilla] Guy in the white suit? -[Randy] That'd be Oscar.
[Gorilla] That's Oscar, the manager of Men on a Mission, Art.
[Art] Oh, I thought maybe he was the guy coming to take him to the hospital.
-[Gorilla] Wow, just… -[Art] Wow!
[Gorilla] Things get turned around in a hurry.
[Randy] I believe that hospital is gonna be full
after all these guys get done wrestling.
[Gorilla] This will buy Irwin a little time he desperately needs,
because he got hammered early on in this one.
[Art] Did you two guys enjoy doing this?
-[Gorilla] Oh, absolutely. -[Art] I can't imagine that.
This is far worse than playing football. At least we had pads on.
[Gorilla] Irwin R. going to work maybe thinking the breadbasket is the weak spot.
Finds the Mark, and Mabel went down like a ton of bricks.
[Randy] Give IRS credit.
That's about the best executed clothesline that ever was
in the World Wrestling Entertainment to take Mabel down.
Give him credit.
[Gorilla] Mabel flat on his back like a beached whale
right in the middle of the ring.
Irwin now finally going for the cover, and, no, couldn't get.
[Randy] Almost to three count!
[Gorilla] Close, but no cigar.
[Randy] Exactly. You got to close the deal.
I've seen it before,
you got to hit that pater, right, Art Donovan?
[Art] Yeah. Well, it looks like he's bleeding a little bit.
There's some red stuff on his pants.
-[Randy] Going for a… -[Gorilla] Oh, look at that.
A small package by Mabel, and no, he couldn't hold him down.
[Randy] That's as close as you can get without a three count right there, IRS.
He's surprised to still be in the bout.
[Gorilla] Just about, smoking about on that move,
and now Irwin looking to buy a little time with this reverse chinlock.
-[audience cheering] -[Art] He's got a lot… Hey, Randy.
He's got a lot of gold in his mouth though, huh?
-He must be a very wealthy fellow. -[Randy] Uh-huh.
Just been involved in some matches in the past.
[Art] Oh, all right.
[Gorilla] He'll be a lot wealthier, Art, if he could go on
and become the 1994 King of the Ring.
[Randy] King of the Ring very prestigious,
especially after Bret The Hitman Hart won it last year,
and went on and become the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
at WrestleMania X.
Don't you think that everybody knows that now?
[Art] Oh, absolutely.
I can't believe a guy can be that big and jump around like he does.
He's quite an athlete.
[Gorilla] Oh, Irwin R. Schyster, former holder of the WWE tag team belts
along with "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.
He would like nothing better than to become
the 1994 WWE King of the Ring, what a feather in his cap that would be.
Of course, you've got so many feathers in your cap, Randy.
-I don't think there's room for anymore. -[Randy] No, I don't have.
[audience cheering]
[Art] One thing, Randy is got a lot more hair than you and I put together.
-[Randy] And I'm hurting. -[Art laughs]
Oh!
[Randy] Tell you what, I don't think IRS can take many more of those haymakers.
[Gorilla] Wow, Irwin getting beat to the punch there, look up.
Oh, look at the elevation on that backdrop!
[Randy] Mabel's kicking it in.
[Gorilla] The door is open here for Mabel.
If he wants to put Irwin away, now is the time to do it.
Clothesline ran right over him like a freight train.
[Randy] That's not a normal man hitting you with a clothesline,
that's Mabel.
[Art] Normal man? He can [inaudible] with a switch, that guy.
[Gorilla] Oh, forget it. The longer this one goes,
the more it will go in the favor of Irwin R. Schyster.
I don't know what kind of conditioning, how long big Mabel can go, Randy.
[Randy] Except for the fact that IRS
is taking a lot of heavy blows to the chin.
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at that. -[Randy] That maybe it.
Big upset right here.
[Gorilla] Two and half count
as the left shoulder came flying out of there.
I don't know how, but it did.
[Art] Gorilla and I gonna go right through the ring one of these times.
[Gorilla] It wouldn't surprise me if the whole thing collapse.
[Randy] IRS is taking a lot of punishment.
Look at Mabel, he's not jiving now. He's getting serious.
-You better do it. -[Gorilla] Mabel thinking about going up.
[Randy] Better not think about it, you better do it.
[Gorilla] Mabel pushed on the second turnbuckle on the inside.
[Art] There goes the ropes.
[Gorilla] Bombs away. Irwin got up there, look at him shaking that second rope.
I believe he might have knocked the wind out of himself.
-Oh, no! -[bell ringing]
[Randy] Talk about taking advantage of an opportunity.
-[Bill] Here's your winner… -[Randy] IRS just gave Mabel an audit.
…Irwin R. Schyster!
[Randy] And he advances to the second round
to go against Razor Ramon just like he predicted.
[Art] Look, it's second game, believe it.
[Gorilla] What a matchup that's gonna be in the semifinal round,
the "tax-man" will have to face…
[Art] Razor Ramon.
[Todd] Earlier on our coliseum cameras had the privilege
of sitting in on Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette
as they prepare their team for the upcoming matchup.
[indistinct chatter]
Come on in here. What's the matter with you? How many…
Get in here.
You guys never on time in your life, let me explain something to you.
Out of the goodness of our hearts,
we're giving coliseum home video a rare opportunity, a chance of a lifetime
to see the next WWE Tag Team Champions preparing for their big match tonight
and you almost spoil it by not getting here on time.
Mr. Fuji's got them all prepared,
he's been leading the training and he's trained champions,
and he's made legends for a long time.
Tonight will be no different,
when we beat those Headshrinkers for the belts, right, Mr. Fuji?
Very true, Mr. Cornette.
Yokozuna, Crush, tonight is the Headshrinkers,
the Headshrinkers.
I want the World Wrestling Entertainment tag team belt
among both for you, you hear me?
Tonight, we will be the new champion.
Oh, yeah. We're gonna have the gold, that's right.
Now get out of here because we got some different strategies to prepare,
and we don't feel like having you involved in it.
Get out of here!
-Well, you heard him, right? -Get out of here!
Get out of here! Get out of here!
[bell ringing]
-["The War Dance" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Bill] This [inaudible] contest is scheduled for one fall.
From Pembroke, North Carolina,
weighing 250 pounds, the Native American,
-Tatanka! -[audience cheering]
[Randy] Congratulations to the native Tatanka.
Native American Tatanka,
he got past Crush to get into the King of the Ring tournament.
And Lex Luger back, you know, possibly to go all the way, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] I've to have that match twice, the second time was a Lumberjack
and without the assistance of Lex,
I'm not sure whether Tatanka would have got leg pressure or not.
[Randy] You're right, but persistence got currently involved here.
I'm enjoying the light show.
Look at the tomahawk flying all around this arena.
This place is electrified.
[Gorilla] What a night it is here in Baltimore.
And here comes "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
[Bill] …Alberta, Canada…
[Art] How much does he weigh? How much does he weigh?
[Bill] …"The Rocket" Owen Hart!
[Gorilla] "The Rocket" Owen Hart,
of course, wanting nothing more than to become 1994 King of the Ring
after last year his brother Bret did it, and looked what it did for Bret.
[Randy] I'm telling you, I've told everybody a thousand times
that if Owen Hart, "The Rocket", doesn't get to be King of the Ring,
I hope there's a psychiatrist in the house
because he wants to do what his brother did last year.
[Gorilla] It wasn't easy for "The Rocket."
-Oh, we're not… -[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] We're not waiting for any bells, Native American attacking immediately.
[Randy] Give Tatanka credit, a great move on his part.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at the elevation on that back drop.
[Randy] The Rocket would have done it to Tatanka. Tatanka knows that.
[Gorilla] Hooks the leg, a little premature and he couldn't get it.
What a great effort by Native American Tatanka.
Suplex well executed, hooks the leg once again, but no.
[Randy] I'll tell you, that shows me that Tatanka may have what it takes
to go all the way and win it.
[Art] How much does he weigh, Tatanka?
[Randy] I'll tell you, if I had to guess, Art Donovan,
I would say somewhere between 260 to 280 pounds.
-[Art] Really? -[Randy] But I'll tell you what?
It's the intestinal fortitude that means more than anything these days.
[Gorilla] Road to the King of the Ring wasn't all that easy
for "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
He had to get by the [inaudible] in order to get here.
That was no easy task.
Side headlock now, but Tatanka wants out of that in a hurry.
Oh, nice move by "Rocket."
Look at the quickness, the agility the leapfrog, and the beauty.
caught him with a beautiful deep arm drag,
hook the hiplock over, sends him in for the ride once again.
-And, oh, what a beautiful move. -[Randy] What an arm drag by Tatanka.
Different variation, I'm sure, but let me tell you something,
Owen Hart pulled the upset of the year
when he beat his brother "The Hitman" Bret Hart at WrestleMania X
right before The Hitman went in there against Yokozuna and took the title.
So maybe he can do it again tonight.
[Art] I think these two guys will make some great linebackers.
What do you think?
[Randy] You might be right, in the 5-4 defense,
put them on the outside, you think they can play inside.
[Art] You put some pads on them
and that scared the hell out of the other game.
[Gorilla] Both men fighting for position here,
looking to gain control of this one early, that's the key to success.
[Randy] Key to success is survival.
[Art chuckles]
[Art] Even the officials have to survive now.
[Gorilla] Shoulder block by Tatanka.
Over the top, quickly off the ropes, look out.
Oh, nice leverage move by "The Rocket!"
-Oh, Tatanka came right down on his feet! -[audience cheering]
[Randy] Look at them!
[audience cheering]
This is amazing.
[Gorilla] [inaudible] the blow here in the Baltimore Arena
as this one has become wild and woolly.
[Randy] This is one match where I'm not gonna predict the winner.
I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy it,
because these guys got the attitude to go all the way.
[Gorilla] Oh! Oh, forget it.
Both of these guys are counted out, that means neither one would advance.
You have to win in order to go on to the next bracket.
[Randy] And both these guys know, there's only a 15-minute time limit,
so they got to get it done and get it done quick.
[Art] He hit the ring post.
[Randy] Yes, he did and he hit it full blast right there.
[Art] He knocked the hell out of the ring post.
[Randy] I don't know what it is,
but the wrestlers are getting quicker and faster every year.
[Gorilla] Wait. They're telling me there's something going on.
Problem in the locker room area!
Yes, it's Razor, and Irwin R. Schyster! Holy mackerel, what's going on back there?
[Randy] I'll tell what's going on.
It's about the King of the Ring tournament.
And it's about being on pay-per-view all over the world,
nobody wants to look bad.
Nobody wants to be embarrassed,
everybody wants the prestige and the money that goes along with it.
[Art] Oh, I'll tell you what, boy. They're fighting all over this place.
[Gorilla] It looked like the semifinal participants
don't wanna wait for the rest of the events to happen,
-they want to get it on right now. -[audience cheering]
[Randy] That was a little prelude backstage for the semifinals.
IRS versus Razor Ramon is gonna add some extra sugar and spice
when they get in there.
[Art] These guys need a helmet with a face mask.
[Randy] Yeah, but they don't have any equipment to back them up there,
Art Donovan, good point.
[Gorilla] "The Rocket" Owen Hart in control right now
as he's going to work methodically on the Native American Tatanka.
And he knows exactly how to do that,
he learned the tough way in the dungeon out there in Cambria, Alberta, Canada
along with his brother Bret "The Hitman."
[Randy] Great suplex by "The Rocket", going to the top.
[Gorilla] Oh, into the outside all the way up to the top turnbuckle.
[Randy] Tatanka is pretty far away.
[Gorilla] It's a long way. Oh, beautiful dropkick.
[Randy] That's a bullseye right there!
-"The Rocket" is right on target. -[Gorilla] This could be it, two and no.
[Randy] I can't believe it!
[Gorilla] Holy mackerel, was that close.
[Randy] I think the only person more shocked tonight
and it's "The Rocket."
[Art] I can't believe the whole thing! They're killing each other!
[Gorilla] Reverse chinlock now by "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
[woman] Come on, Owen!
[Gorilla] This brings double advantage for him.
He's getting a chance to suck in some oxygen, at the same time,
making the Native American Tatanka carry all his bodyweight.
This is a sack in a hurry right here.
[Art] Gorilla, is Tatanka getting any air at all?
[Gorilla] I didn't hear you. I'm sorry?
[Randy] That's okay. Tatanka's looking good right now.
[Gorilla] Duck underneath that shot. Oh, and right back into the sleeper.
[Randy] I think he had a chinlock gotten before,
but I think this might be a variation of the sleeper.
[Gorilla] It certainly is, and it's right in the center of the ring,
putting pressure on that carotid artery stopping the flow of blood to the brain.
It doesn't take long for the light to go out.
[Randy] You know, later on, Bret "The Hitman" Hart
is gonna defend his WWE title.
I'm just wondering if he feels sitting back
and checking out his brother in this match,
I have no idea if he is or not.
Well, he's got a lot on his mind with Diesel though.
[Art] And then no wonder they got three doctors around here,
they need more than three doctors, they need a regimen.
[Randy] Owen Hart "The Rocket" making look Tatanka
look like he may not have much left.
[audience cheering]
Showing a little life now.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] We are live here in the Baltimore Arena
for this classic 1994 WWE King of the Ring.
Native American got it going.
[Randy] Got a last-ditch effort by Tatanka.
Rocket knows it, put the hold just in time,
give "The Rocket" credit.
[Art] Whoa!
-[Randy] Hey, hey! -[Art] Oh, he's mad now.
Whoa! Whoa!
[Randy] Lex Luger might have known what he was talking about
when he backed up Tatanka saying that he could win it all.
[Gorilla] Oh, there goes that war dance.
And reverse knife edge finds the mark and Tatanka now unloading on "The Rocket."
-[audience cheering] -[Randy] Here we go.
[Gorilla] They're going crazy here in Baltimore.
[Art] He looks like he means business now, huh?
[Gorilla] Oh, it was that close.
[Randy] If that would've been a three count,
I say that would have been a big upset.
Now Tatanka might say that it wouldn't have been,
but I say it would have been.
[Gorilla] Nice reversal by Owen, but oh!
Tatanka rising to the occasion, catches him on the way in.
[Randy] Don't ask about it, just do it.
-[Gorilla] DDT in a beauty! -[Art] Oh, he's gone.
-[Randy] He's absolutely out. -[Gorilla] Might be out loud, no.
-[Art] I can't believe it! -[Gorilla] [inaudible], no.
He didn't get him.
[Randy] Owen wants it bad, no doubt about it.
We already knew that before the match, but he's proving it again to us.
Tatanka going to the top rope.
-What do you think, Gorilla? -[Gorilla] Tatanka all the way up.
High punch…
-[Randy] Oh. What a match. -[Gorilla] [inaudible]. It's over.
-Oh, no! -[Randy] Incredible!
[Art] How can a man take that type of beating?
[Randy] We're in the new generation
and they're proving it right now, all in one match.
[Art] I don't know about the new generation.
-[Gorilla] …come out of that one. -[audience cheering]
-[Randy] A counter to the counter! -[Gorilla] He got caught in midair!
-Powerslam coming up! -[Randy] Hook the leg!
-[Gorilla] He got it, no! -[Randy] No! Let me tell you something,
Native American Tatanka did everything right,
but he couldn't get the three count.
It's not your fault, Tatanka. Stay out of "The Rocket."
-[Gorilla] Pay attention. Don't… -[Randy] I'm warning you.
-[Gorilla] Turned around just in time. -[Randy] Yes, he did, give him credit.
[Gorilla] And now a nice reversal by "The Rocket."
Sunsetflip attempt, no. Hooks the leg!
-Oh, he got it! -[bell ringing]
[Randy] I'll tell you, the Owen Rocket, Owen Hart "The Rocket",
just proved he's a seasoned veteran right there.
-He got past Tatanka, what a move. -[Art] I can't believe this.
[Randy] That's what it takes to win the King of the Ring tournament.
[Gorilla] Unbelievable, "The Rocket" Owen Hart
advancing to the semifinal round.
-[Randy] What an effort by "The Rocket." -[inaudible].
[Gorilla] Let's go back and take a look at the tournament and how it's coming…
Oh, wait a minute.
One more time as we see Tatanka attempting the sunset,
but "The Rocket" pulling this one out with a tremendous move,
got the leverage, hook the legs.
Well, let's see where we're standing right now
as we take a look at the graphic for the tournament.
It is Irwin R. Schyster who will have to face Razor Ramon
and "The Rocket" Owen Hart advanced to the semifinals
to meet the winner of the Double J and the 1-2-3 Kid.
[Randy] Still give credit to Tatanka.
He gave a great effort against "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
[Art] And then there're just gonna be a lot of American Indians mad.
[Gorilla] All right. Now we've got the Toddster standing by
with the big seven-foot Diesel and Shawn Michaels.
Take it, Todd.
That right, Gorilla. The WWE Championship on the line tonight.
Guys, before we start, I just wanna let both of you know
we talked with "The Hitman" Bret Hart
earlier on in the live edition of All American.
Maybe we could take a look, take it back a couple of weeks ago
and take a look at the Jackknife on The King's Court,
this was "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel and there you see it, folks.
Unbelievable, The Hitman goes up and then crashing down.
An awesome move, and we talked to The Hitman,
and he said it was one of the most painful experiences of his entire career.
And I have to tell you, Todd, since that time, I haven't got any sleep,
knowing that I might have, sorry, that I might have caused The Hitman
and some pain really is upsetting me as of late.
I can tell you, it really is.
Neither one of us have slept.
You know, I got two words to say to you, Bret Hart.
Tonight, Jackknife! It happened once, it will happen again.
You're coming right in my way, Bret Hart.
And I tell you what,
this shoulder, when the night is over, I'll have the other belt at it.
Are you guys concerned who the family member will be in his court
and we don't know who it'll be, are you guys concerned?
Well, I think it's safe to assume it is not "The Rocket."
And I got news for you,
nobody in that family likes, you know, each other.
They're all sibling rivalry. I don't think he's bringing anybody,
Hitman, you're gonna have to face Big Daddy Cool
and when you do, you're going up and down once again.
Ladies and gentlemen,
your new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Big Daddy Cool.
Oh, yeah, and me too.
Let's go back to ringside.
-[Gorilla] Obviously, lacking no… -[Bill] This final first round match
is scheduled for one fall…
[Randy] The whole world's gonna be watching that match…
-[Bill] …from Music City, USA… -[Randy] …a little later on.
[Bill] …weighing 231 pounds,
"Double J" Jeff Jarrett!
[Randy] In all its glory, Double J.
[Gorilla] Well, Double J, a very, very lucky to be part
of this very prestigious King of the Ring title match.
["Double J" playing]
[Randy] Lady luck was definitely with him.
[Gorilla] Yeah, so was Crush.
[Randy] No doubt about it. Underlying current.
I think that's as close as Double J's gonna get
to the bright lights of Music City though.
…Jeff Jarrett, the King of the Ring.
[Art] Double J is going after what? 1-2-3…
[Gorilla] 1-2-3 Kid, yes.
[Randy] He'll be wrestling the 1-2-3 Kid and check this kid out, man…
[Art] I'll tell you, they're not as big as some of these other fellows, are they?
[Randy] Oh, you're right, he's not, but his heart's bigger than he is.
It's gonna be a good one, I'll guarantee you, Art.
[Gorilla] It should be a great matchup,
Double J although containing that this is a pushover,
as far as he's concerned.
He's already into the semifinals, just ask him and he'll tell you.
[Randy] That's exactly right.
And he's enjoying this light show because he knows he's a big part of it,
but this might be his last 15 seconds in the spotlight
because he's gotta go get the 1-2-3 Kid.
[Art] I'm telling you, he's got a nice tan.
He must have been down in the island somewhere, huh?
[Gorilla] You know, Randy, he has predicted victory here.
How stupid is that?
-Anything can happen here. -[audience chanting] 1-2-3!
[Randy] It's all right if he can back it up.
[Bill] And his opponent…
[Gorilla] Oh, here he comes, Mr. Electricity himself.
[Bill] …weighing 212 pounds,
-The 1-2-3 Kid! -[Gorilla] The very exciting 1-2-3 Kid,
what a tremendous ovation here in Baltimore for The Kid!
-[Randy] And he deserves it. -[audience cheering]
Talk about a kid that makes things happen.
To me, he's a man in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Art] Post this now and…
[Gorilla] Well, I'll tell you what, Macho Man,
should he win this King of the Ring tournament,
they'll call him "The Upset Kid."
[Randy] Basically, he's an underdog, Art Donovan.
And I'll tell you, the fans love him like you can tell right now.
-[Art] Who are we talking about? 1-2-3? -[Randy] 1-2-3.
-[audience cheering] -[Art] He looks like a boxer.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Some tremendous upsets
here in the World Wrestling Entertainment by the 1-2-3 Kid.
-Got a very impressive win over… -[bell ringing]
…well, one of the toughest competitors I know, "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase,
also 1-2-3 Kid with a victory over the Razor Man.
[Randy] Let's talk about the people that he hasn't beaten.
That list has grown and grown and grown as far as who he has beaten.
Look at him come after Double J.
We haven't seen a style like that in Nashville or any place close to that.
[Art] Double J, sir, I think he's mad at me.
He looked at me, "Come on up in the ring." I said, "Are you nuts?"
[Gorilla] From the outside, Double J taking control immediately,
stopping the 1-2-3 Kid dead on his tracks.
[Randy] I look for a fast pace match right here.
[Gorilla] Irish whip, oh, hard into that turnbuckle.
Holy mackerel, did he go flying in there?
[Randy] The Kid could have got hurt on that turnbuckle.
[audience cheering]
That post has been there a long time. The Kid just got there.
[Gorilla] Recently at the very prestigious WWE Hall of Fame awards center,
WWE Champion Bret "The Hitman" Hart proclaimed the 1-2-3 Kid
the most stunning figure in the new generation here in the WWE.
And said, "Nothing is impossible for this youngster."
Whoa, that was close!
[Randy] It was a tremendous opportunity here in the tournament,
you know, a lot of people consider him a dark horse and an underdog.
I can sense that an underdog tries a bit harder
than most people and you watch The Kid, he's ready.
[Gorilla] Randy and Art, to gain entry here in this tournament,
he had to put away out of them all and he did.
[Randy] Exactly. If he wouldn't have gotten in the King of the Ring tournament,
I'll guarantee you, he would've bought ticket
and he'd be at ringside now…
[Art] I'll tell you, I saw more great clotheslines here
than I saw in 13 years in the NFL.
-[Randy] I appreciate that, Art Donovan. -[Gorilla] Oh, common here.
-That's right. -[Art] These guys are too much.
They're gonna kill each other.
[Gorilla] Once again, Double J wasting a lot of valuable time here
as he does in all his matches
by having brutal confrontations with the ringsiders.
Oh, dropkick and the 1-2-3 Kid held on the top rope
and Double J ended up with nothing but air.
And look at this maneuver!
Oh, he almost got him.
[Randy] That's an almost and we know almost aren't good enough,
but that's still was an almost.
[audience cheering]
It's hard not to get excited about 1-2-3 Kid.
[Gorilla] Boy, what a matchup that would be if the 1-2-3 Kid
could advance to the semifinals and face "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
[Art] I think… I don't think that poor guy can win, that 1-2-3.
He's gonna get… He's gonna get murdered.
[Randy] You're probably right, Art Donovan,
but I'm just saying if
and possibly if you just could do it anyway making it happen,
I'm gonna stay in Baltimore an extra two and half months and party.
[Art] Oh, you can come to my house.
[Gorilla] Double J got all kinds of big roundhouse,
and a roundhouse thrust kick by the Kid.
Hooks the leg, but can't hold down the big powerhouse upper body of Double J.
[Randy] I can't believe what I'm seeing.
Look at The Kid get into the excitement right now.
[Gorilla] Kid now going to the outside, all the way up to the top,
Double J lying down like a dead man.
Oh!
Boy, that takes the stunts out of you in a hurry.
[Randy] High-risk maneuvers, what else is this kid gonna threw at Double J?
[Art] It could take a lot of other things out of you too.
-Not only the spots. [chuckles] -Look at him, Macho Man. He ain't nothing!
[Randy] I think he's a cat with nine lives.
He's got about six gone, you know, three more left.
[Art] He's in the ninth inning.
[Gorilla] Oh, nice move out of there by The Kid.
And Double J's in trouble now.
[Randy] I think Double J is doing the two-step.
[Art] Yeah. [chuckles] He's got two all right.
[Gorilla] And the Kid going to the top once again.
Oh, in that part once again. Holy mackerel.
[Randy] That's gonna slow this match down.
[audience cheering]
Uh-oh.
-Oh, no. -[Gorilla] Superplex coming up there.
[Randy] I don't even wanna watch this.
[Gorilla] Nice counter move by the Kid. Double J went flying.
[Randy] That was a forearm blast, Art Donovan, football style.
[Gorilla] [inaudible].
[Randy] Crossbody block.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] The adrenaline flowing out through that body of the 1-2-3 Kid,
he's everywhere.
-[Randy] And he's connecting. -[Art] He gotta watch it though.
-Oh, whoa! -[Gorilla] He didn't connect that time.
[Randy] Hey, listen, when you take a chance,
sometimes you're on the losing end, but it's better to try than not try.
[Art] This guy Double J is a cutie.
[Gorilla] Well, Randy, it looks like the 1-2-3 Kid
may just have blown his knee out here.
[audience cheering]
[Art] If he lives here…
Ow!
[Gorilla] Boy, you don't wanna show this guy a weak spot.
He is relentless, if he thinks you're hurt,
if he thinks your hurt some part of your anatomy,
he will go to work on it and, oh, look at that,
-[inaudible] small package! -[Art] No!
-[Randy] Out of nowhere! -[Gorilla] Holy mackerel!
[Randy] Outstanding, I'm gonna get this kid a hug!
[Bill] …1-2-3 Kid!
-["1-2-3" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Randy] Uh-oh!
Oh, man!
[Gorilla] Art, remember this move by the 1-2-3 Kid
and Double J now making him pay and pay dearly.
-[Randy] This is not good. -[Gorilla] This match is over.
[Randy] 1-2-3 Kid is advancing into the… Oh, man.
[Gorilla] But so maybe the career of the 1-2-3 Kid…
[Art] They're gonna call out the marines.
Double J is beside himself!
[Randy] Hey, listen, you got beat, leave the ring!
[Art] What's wrong with the official? Why don't they stop him?
It looks like he's afraid.
-Oh, here they come. Here they come. -[Gorilla] Professional help out here.
[Randy] This is breaking my heart right here.
[Gorilla] Double J pulling out all the stops here.
Trying to perhaps made the 1-2-3 Kid.
[Randy] The bad attitude of war goes to Double J.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Obviously he is humiliated. Well, he humiliated himself, Randy,
by guaranteeing the victory that he didn't get.
That's right. He didn't get it.
[Randy] 1-2-3 Kid beat Double J, but look at what's happening here,
this is ruining the prestige of the King of the Ring tournament
because I don't know, I don't just see,
I don't see how 1-2-3 Kid could continue even though he advanced.
[Art] How can this poor guy wrestle anymore?
-[Randy] That's what I'm saying. -[Art] After taking a beating like that?
[Gorilla] Come on. Let's get some more WWE officials out there
and put a stop to that.
[Art] Go up and get it, Randy!
[Randy] Rocket's thinking he'll get a bye now.
Double J, brother, you're infamous.
And that doesn't mean famous. That means infamous.
[Gorilla] Well, Double J on his way out,
but it might just be too late for the 1-2-3 Kid,
What a beating he took after the match was over,
as well as some of the hard shots, he turned the match…
[Randy] I'll tell you what, remind Double J
and remind all these people the 1-2-3 Kid won.
He's beat Double J right in the middle of the ring.
[Art] Randy, even if we count to a thousand, he's not gonna get up.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Well, will the 1-2-3 Kid be able to continue on
here in the WWE King of the Ring tournament?
He doesn't look good right now, Randy.
I don't see how he can, because he already took a big beating
before he pulled it out at the end, I mean…
Well, 1-2-3 Kid right now being physically helped out of the ring,
not being able to be mobile under his own power,
what does that tell you?
Is he gonna be able to get it on later on in the semifinals
as he's gonna have to face "The Rocket" Owen Hart if he can and…
Gorilla, he's in the final four,
let's take a look at the final four right now.
-[Art] He maybe in the final phase. -[Gorilla] There it is.
[Randy] These are the guys that survived, Gorilla, IRS versus Razor Ramon
and now we got a situation where the 1-2-3 Kid
may not be able face Owen Hart.
[Gorilla] Well, it remains to be seen whether 1-2-3 Kid
will, in fact, be able to go.
The new generation is alive and well here in the WWE.
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[Todd] Tap into the future, experience the new WWE generation.
Folks, speaking of the new generation,
I'm standing with the WWE Champion, Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
Bret, earlier on, we talked to "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel
and Shawn Michaels, we talked about the unbelievable Jackknife.
I know this is painful.
I wanna ask you to look at this just one more time
and tell us what was going through your mind,
if we could show that to The Hitman just one more time,
an absolutely awesome, awesome maneuver.
You can see a couple of weeks ago on The King's Court.
I guess we're not gonna see it here,
but obviously you told me earlier on that it was an unbelievably painful move.
There you can see it now coming in slow motion.
[Bret] So this is a long, long drop.
Now this is one of the most painful things I have ever had done to me.
But let me say one thing…
Diesel is a long way from doing that to me again.
That's the big thing, can he do it to me again?
I don't know whether I can kick out, you know, I don't know.
I don't know a lot of things, but I do know one thing,
he's a long way from putting that move on me.
We talked to him and he said,
"He's gonna walk out here tonight with both belts on his shoulders."
He's got his Intercontinental belt on one shoulder
and he says he'll have your belt on his other shoulder.
That's his first mistake, to overestimate and underestimate me
and overestimate himself, that's his first mistake.
Diesel, he's a big guy, you know, he's so impressive to look at,
but he better take a good look, a good long look at my record.
I am the excellence of execution.
I've faced every single wrestler in the World Wrestling Entertainment
that I've stepped in the ring with has found out the hard way
that I am the excellence of execution because I don't duck anybody,
and I got a move for just about anybody, no matter what his size is.
And Diesel maybe seven-feet-tall, but I've said it before,
once I get him in the ring, I will bring him down to my size.
Bret, can you tell us who that family member is gonna be?
I know… Shawn Michaels will be with Diesel, who's it gonna be?
-You really wanna know, don't you? -Yeah. Who is it? You're gonna… Come on.
-Let… Who's it gonna be? -Want an initial?
No, why tease you?
I'm gonna bring him out in a minute, but like I said before,
I got a back-up plan for Shawn Michaels.
I know Shawn Michaels is looking to involve himself somewhere in here.
But I've been the victim of injustice once before
and I'm not gonna allow it to happen.
-"The Hitman" Bret Hart, good luck. -All right.
Let's go to our ring announcer, Bill Dunn.
[bell rings]
[Bill] This contest is scheduled for one fall,
and for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
-["Diesel Blues" playing] -[audience booing]
Accompanied by Shawn Michaels,
weighing 317 pounds,
World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Diesel!
[audience booing]
[Gorilla] Well, the time for the speculations are over
because in any moment, we will know what family member
will be in the corner of Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
[Randy] Who do you think it is, Gorilla Monsoon?
[Gorilla] It's gotta be one of the brothers,
maybe King, maybe Bruce, maybe Papa Stu.
-[Randy] Yeah, I don't know, but… -[Gorilla] Hey, it's Father's Day.
-[Randy] Yup. -[Art] Gorilla, who's the guy leading?
-What's that, a second? -[Gorilla] That's Shawn Michaels.
[Art] Is he another wrestler?
[Gorilla] Former Intercontinental Champion.
[Randy] He's one of the great ones, Art Donovan, believe me.
I'll tell you why,
that's why whoever the family member is that Bret "The Hitman" Hart
has on the outside,
he better be a good one because Shawn Michaels is.
And look at this place.
It's electric, the new generation of the world wresting entertainment.
[Art] And you like to face him on the line?
[Randy] Nobody does it better than the WWE
and for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship belt
and let me tell you something, that means everything.
Check it out.
[Gorilla] This is the new WWE generation and here is its champion.
[Bill] And his opponent from Calgary,
-Alberta, Canada. -[Gorilla] Wait a minute, who is that?
-[Bill] …weighing 231 pounds… -[Gorilla] It's "The Anvil" Neidhart.
[Randy] "The Anvil" Jim Neidhart,
the brother-in-law of "The Hitman" Bret Hart
and former tag team partner champion when Hitman held the tag team belt.
He can hold off Shawn Michaels. I love it.
[Gorilla] He can hold off anybody.
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart.
["Heart Attack" playing]
Former half of the original Hart Foundation,
two-time holders of the WWE Tag Team Championship.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, we got an old soap opera going here
because Jim is married to the sister of Bret and Owen, man.
[Gorilla] Why do we ever?
[Art] I think the two seconds are gonna get added.
Look at that.
[Gorilla] And there he is, the excellence of execution.
The reigning WWE Champion, Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
[Randy] What a surprise,
everybody get down and those that can get any better than this,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship belt up for grab.
[Gorilla] A standing ovation here in Baltimore for Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
[Randy] I wonder what Diesel and Shawn Michaels are thinking right now.
[Gorilla] "Maybe I've bitten off more than I can chew."
[audience cheering]
It's pandemonium here in the Baltimore Arena.
[Randy] The Pink and Black Attack is back in pack.
[Gorilla] Boy, is it ever?
You can tell that The Anvil will be keeping one sharp eye
on Shawn Michaels.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, I'm starting to second-guess myself,
I predicted that Diesel was gonna take the WWE title
when I was thinking Shawn Michaels on the outside,
you know, I'll tell you what, Gorilla,
The Anvil on the outside in the corner of The Hitman?
[Gorilla] You're changing your prediction now, Randy?
[Randy] I'm not. I'll tell you what. Let's watch it happen right now.
[Gorilla] Sit back, relax, and enjoy this one.
It's going to be a pleasure.
[Randy] What do you think the people are for?
Look at the people get around The Hitman.
[Art] [inaudible], look at the size of that guy.
[Randy] Well, The Anvil used to play for the LA Raiders, Oakland Raiders.
-[Art] Oh, really? -[Randy] Yes, he did.
Also had the world record for throwing the anvil,
that's why we call him Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart.
[Art] How about the big guy here, Diesel?
[Gorilla] Diesel, the reigning Intercontinental Champion, seven-footer.
And what a handful he is.
And if he slams that Jackknife on you, as we saw on The King's court,
I don't know whether The Hitman can survive that or not.
[Art] Did he play football also or--
[Randy] I think Diesel can do anything he wants.
He's Big Daddy Cool and ever since he got into the WWE,
I'll tell you what, he's focused.
Everybody knows that he wants to go all the way to the top of the mountain
and this is what it's all about. This is his opportunity.
Shawn Michaels just said a couple of words over to us, Gorilla Monsoon--
[Gorilla] A very derogatory remarks about you, Randy.
[Randy] That's okay. He's got to worry about The Hitman right now.
[Art] If he comes after you, I'm likely to get undressed to go out with you.
-[Randy] I appreciate that. -[Art] I'll pay you a second. [laughs]
-[Randy] You're right. [Gorilla] Talking about Hitman
claiming earlier on in this one that it takes big Diesel
down to the canvas and makes him his own size.
It won't be any problem at all.
But you don't want to trade right-hands with Diesel.
[Randy] Look at The Hitman fight though!
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] That's a no win situation, Randy.
[Randy] I tell you one thing now,
if Diesel does take the WWE title, it's not gonna be without a fight.
[Gorilla] He will get all the fight he wants
out of Bret "The Hitman" Hart, no question about that.
[Randy] Talk about the big foot.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Well, The Hitman making a mistake early on in this one
-by trying the neck… -[Randy] Whoa!
[Gorilla] That's what he's gonna rely on.
That speed, that agility, that cunningness.
[Randy] Bret's gonna need some things that happen to help him out here because…
-Ooh! -[Art] Oh!
[Gorilla] Some of that happening right now.
[Randy] We got the Calgary Stampede early this year?
[Gorilla] Now he's got him down on the canvas.
And The Hitman will methodically begin the golden one.
[indistinct chatter]
Nice reversal here by Diesel.
And look at The Hitman,
right around the backside and rolls him up with a nice leverage move, but…
[Randy] That was the first counter. That was the first counter of the match.
[Gorilla] Those big legs just too powerful. [inaudible].
[Art] This is like David and Goliath!
[Gorilla] Well, David and Goliath indeed. We know what happened in that story.
[Art] Well, he hit him with a rock.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Referee will have his hand full before this one is over, I guarantee you.
[audience cheering]
Of course, Diesel with everything to gain and nothing to lose.
Intercontinental belt not on the line. Only the WWE belt is up for grabs.
[Art] Can you do that?
That's like sticking your fingers in the face, man.
Can you stick your fingers in a guy's eye? That's, like, bullshit.
[Randy] I am not sure that actually happened, Art Donovan.
But we're just gonna have to wait and see
because possessing is 100% of the law here.
Whosever got the belt has got the belt, the way I look at it.
[Gorilla] Anvil stalking on the outside, keeping an eye on everything.
And nobody knows The Hitman any better than The Anvil.
[Randy] Well, welcome back, Jim Neidhart. That's it, brother, you look great.
[Gorilla] Oh, Hitman hard into the corner,
but out of there in a hurry as Diesel was following him right in.
[audience cheering]
Hitman needs to go to work on those legs and he's doing just that.
[Randy] Let me tell you one thing Hitman's doing right now.
He knows that Diesel's seven-foot whatever tall,
he's gonna try to work on that leg and get him down the size.
-Look, he took him down right there. -[Art] He's doing a hell of a job now.
[Randy] He's doing one heck of a job, you're right.
[Gorilla] If you're nine-feet tall, it doesn't make any difference.
You're going on the canvas.
[Randy] See how tall he is as well.
[Gorilla] And Bret methodically going to work.
[Randy] Are you thinking what I'm thinking right now, Gorilla? Sharpshooter?
[Gorilla] Sharping those legs up to attempt a maneuver of the sharpshooter.
[Randy] Is it too early or should we go for it?
[Gorilla] I think it's totally premature right at this particular point in time.
[groans]
But let me tell you, if the opportunity presents itself, do it.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, nice leverage move there by The Hitman.
[Randy] Hitman's cutting Diesel down the size, no doubt about that.
[Art] Right now Diesel looks like a shrug.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Look at him! He's going for it right now!
Put it on him!
I don't care if I'm wrong or not, keep the tunnel, here we go!
-That's a figure-four. -[Gorilla] Figure-four leglock!
It's not the sharpshooter, but--
[Randy] Look at Shawn Michaels going nuts!
[Gorilla] Shawn Michael is going bananas on the outside!
-[Randy] This might be it. -[Gorilla] And The Anvil watching him.
The referee right in the face.
It's not a pinning combination. It's a submission hold, ref.
[Randy] Diesel caught the rope, but I think Diesel will get the rope
-anywhere he's laying down. He's so calm. -[Gorilla] That's about anywhere.
He stretches out. He'll be able to reach the ropes.
Referee applies to break this one.
[Randy] But I believe The Hitman got some damage done on that.
-[Gorilla] Boy, did he ever? -[Randy] Stay on the leg, Hitman.
[Art] He almost [inaudible] hit the table here.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Diesel not looking so impressive right now
as The Hitman has cut him down to size.
[Randy] Big Daddy, oh, the legs look like the legs of a spider right now.
Down on the ground.
[Gorilla] Hitman gonna soften it up some more.
Using the ring ropes to his advantage.
[Randy] Gorilla, so far Shawn Michaels does not have an effect on this match.
[Gorilla] Absolutely…
[Randy] I think that could be blamed on The Anvil tonight [inaudible].
[Gorilla] Obviously Shawn a little paranoid
about The Anvil being out there.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, you can still fight fire with fire
even though it's the new generation, yeah, dig it, yeah.
[Gorilla] And now, it's a spinning leglock by the champ
as he is going to work for all he's worth on that left leg.
Oh, nice move there.
Power shot with a right leg
sent The Hitman sprawling out to the concrete.
And there is Shawn, but there is also The Anvil just…
[Randy] Shawn Michaels strutting on the outside of the ring
and The Anvil presence is keeping him away from The Hitman.
-[Gorilla] Diesel limping badly. -[audience cheering]
[Randy] Oh-oh!
[Randy] Go ahead and do it. I won't look.
[Gorilla] Oh, rams it into the steel post!
[audience cheering]
Talk about tearing up those lateral collateral ligaments,
that will do it.
Oh, and again!
[Randy] For all the marvels… Oh!
-[Gorilla] Holy… -[Randy] Oh, a clothesline in the outside!
Anvil going after Shawn Michaels now!
[Gorilla] Oh, don't worry, Shawn Michaels, stay on The Hitman
and now it's a foot race.
[Randy] That's what [inaudible] there for. Look at him go, he looks in great shape.
He's gonna get him!
[Gorilla] The Anvil hard-pressed to catch the very quick Shawn Michaels.
And now he's in the ring waiting.
[Randy] Bret Hart gave it a 10,000% on that one,
[inaudible] Hitman.
[Gorilla] Just not quick enough to catch up to Shawn.
[Art] I think that guy is crazy.
-[Randy] I'll tell you what… -[Art] Absolutely that man is crazy.
Both guys just broke the 100-yard dash record.
[Gorilla] Boy, did you see the look on the [inaudible] of The Anvil?
You know, Randy, in the past I've always said,
Anvil doesn't have those arms in a roller all the time.
[Randy] No. You're right about that, but that's what makes him dangerous,
I like that style. I am terrified with it.
[Gorilla] Look at this, Hitman perched all the way on top turnbuckle.
-[Randy] Oh. -[Gorilla] Oh.
Diesel caught him in midair.
[Randy] What power.
-Look at that. -[Art] Whoa!
[Randy] He just set the world daddy off the record.
You know what? Before that happened I was thinking that Hitman
was wearing Diesel down, but where did Diesel get that energy?
[Gorilla] And awesome power display by the big seven-foot Diesel
as just like that.
The pendulum has swung in this one
in favor of the Intercontinental Champion Diesel.
[Randy] No doubt about it. Both these guys are showing me
that they deserve the WWE Championship belt.
-Only one man can. -[Art] He's fighting him.
-[Gorilla] Get out anyway you can. -[Art] That's right.
-Look, oh! -[audience cheering]
[Randy] Not enough to get Diesel over the top rope, but that's…
-[Gorilla] Oh, that will do it. -[audience cheering]
[Randy] Sometimes you just got to give it a little extra pause to get on the tape.
Hitman looks pretty good for the beating he's taken.
I'd give Anvil credit
for being on the outside of the ring coming to his…
[Gorilla] Oh, wow, what a leverage move that was.
[Randy] That's gonna cost him. That wasn't Shawn Michaels fault.
That was Diesel moving out of the way.
[Gorilla] He just completely cleared that little pumping area
and landed right on that hard concrete.
[Randy] I'll tell you, if it was just Hitman versus Diesel,
without Shawn Michaels and Anvil getting involved, I'll take that.
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at this. -[Art] There he goes to the ring post.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] What a shot that was by Diesel into the steel ring post,
and the anvil is bent out of shape.
[Randy] Well, that's too bad because I'll tell you what right now,
that might be what did it to The Hitman
because he hit his small looking back against the post
and that doesn't feel good very deep.
[Gorilla] And it will feel even worse if you put a Jackknife on top of it.
[Randy] Exactly, he's set for it.
[Art] How do these guys get out of bed in the morning?
[Randy] They're rolling out of bed.
And if it takes a couple of extra days, that's what you do.
[Art] He's going right back at it, huh?
[Gorilla] The referee [inaudible] if he wants to continue.
-[Art] Oh, fire in the hole! -[Gorilla] To the turnbuckle.
-[Randy] That's not gonna happen. -[Gorilla] What a shot!
[audience cheering]
Wait a minute. What's going on here?
[Randy] Big conference going on, that's what you'd call a huddle
in the World Wrestling Entertainment right there, Art Donovan.
-[Art] Yes, sir. -[Randy] Not 11 guys, but two.
-[Art] Here we go. -[Gorilla] A little advice--
[Randy] He might be going for the Jackknife, no.
[Gorilla] No, backbreaker coming up, do a little bit more damage,
side suplex, it was a side suplex.
We could be all over here!
-Oh! -[audience cheering]
We almost had a new champion.
[Randy] Hitman's got the championship guts ticked in right there.
[Gorilla] As we look over the shoulder, The Anvil just moments ago…
watching his brother-in-law take a tremendous beating here,
right now at the hands of Diesel.
[Randy] Yeah. [inaudible] tremendous
because what a beating The Hitman has taken,
look at him right now.
That's not like laying down on the couch watching television.
[Art] He's gonna break his back.
[Randy] Look at the pressure being put on the chin and the knees too.
[Gorilla] Oh, what a tremendous assessment here to the power,
the strength and conditioning of WWE Champion Bret "The Hitman" Hart
to endure this kind of punishment.
[Randy] Exactly, I can't see it better myself, Gorilla.
I'll tell you what, I tipped my hand to The Hitman where he moves.
-He's been a great champion. -[Gorilla] Over for the cover, two,
-and no. -[Randy] And he's not out of it yet.
I'd seen him in this situation before,
remember the finals of the King of the Ring last year?
Against Bam Bam Bigelow, did he fight or what?
[Gorilla] Oh, did he ever?
[Art] There's no way he can win this match now,
the way that guy is beating him up.
[Gorilla] Going off to his guts.
[Art] Watch out.
[Gorilla] Anvil maneuvering himself around to get a better look.
To make sure that Shawn doesn't once again do a sucker job on The Hitman.
[Randy] I'm comparing the punishment that The Hitman is taking from Diesel
to what the 1-2-3 Kid had against the Double J in the last match.
This is too much.
-[Gorilla] Verbal insults. -[Randy] Shawn Michaels.
[Gorilla] Just a question of time till it gets physical.
[Randy] I'm gonna tell you something.
Look at that, slap to the face, that's…
Oh, man.
[Gorilla] Just a little intimidation, a little insult.
[Randy] Shawn Michaels, he's a real class act, Gorilla.
Look at this, [inaudible].
[Gorilla] Hitman was firing back, but…
Oh, wow.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, he hit his chest on that one,
but I bet that pain went right through to his back.
[Gorilla] Absolutely.
[Randy] Going for the cover, hooking the leg!
-Didn't get him. -[Gorilla] Only a two count, once again.
Where on earth is The Hitman pulling this from?
[Randy] Hitman's got a lot of heart and I don't mean just Bret Hart.
Look at this! He's got him!
[Gorilla] Oh, he's taking him from the backside
with a nice roller, but no way.
[Randy] If he would've got him right there,
I would have jumped and hit my head on the top of the Baltimore Arena.
[Gorilla] Beautiful clothesline by Diesel
who at this point in time has his match right in control.
[Art] Hitman's got… He's fighting two guys instead of one.
[Gorilla] The Hitman just snuck out the back door on that one.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, Diesel is two guys.
If you're talking about Shawn Michaels, that's three.
[Art] [inaudible] guy is…
-Well… -[Randy] I know what you're talking about.
[Gorilla] Chinlock buying some time here for Diesel.
[Randy] Shawn Michaels looks like he was [inaudible] his own right now.
He's worried. He thought that Diesel might get him before this.
[Gorilla] Perfect setup there for the Jackknife and he didn't go for it.
[Randy] He didn't go for it. He's got a respect for The Hitman,
he knows he's not ready.
[Gorilla] But he unloaded with that big right-hand.
[Randy] Oh-oh. Where are we going from here, Gorilla?
[Gorilla] Scooping him up there, perhaps another backbreaker,
a powerslam back right in the knee.
[Randy] Diesel looks like he's worn down a bit just beating down The Hitman.
[Gorilla] Boy, is he ever.
[Randy] "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel versus the Bret "The Hitman" Hart
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship, Art Donovan,
it doesn't get any better than this.
[Art] I guarantee it, I never seen anything like… Look at this guy.
[Gorilla] Shawn Michael is in the corner…
loosening up that top turnbuckle,
that's how he won originally the Intercontinental title.
[Randy] Shawn Michaels is working on that turnbuckle, no doubt about it.
He's trying to strip that padding
and trying to expose that steel turnbuckle.
[Randy] Says a lot for the The Hitman that they got to go to that.
[Gorilla] In the meantime,
Hitman up in this backbreaker, he won't submit.
-That's not-- -[Art] Okay, his second season.
[Randy] Look at The Anvil looking at Shawn Michaels right now.
You don't think he's got him in his danger zone?
[Gorilla] Boy, does he ever got him in his sides,
but I think Shawn Michaels--
[Randy] Look at that, Hitman's turning on Diesel.
[Gorilla] He's trying.
Trying to slide down the back…
-[Randy] He's got the sleeper on him! -[audience cheering]
This place is going electric!
[Gorilla] It is [inaudible] here in the Baltimore Arena.
[Randy] Diesel with a sense of knowing where he is,
went backwards into the turnbuckle and he got on of it,
but not without feeling the aftereffects
of the sleeper being on him for just a little bit.
[Gorilla] How much punishment has the back of the hip
and then look at that shot as The Hitman with perfect timing fails
and then once again climbs high up on the back of Diesel, put a sleeper,
but can't hold onto him.
[Randy] Diesel is showing a little bit of wear and tear right there.
[Gorilla] Boy, is he ever, but so as The Hitman.
[Art] So as The Hitman.
[Gorilla] Both of these guys have taken tremendous…
Oh, referee goes right down.
[Randy] Now that's an unfortunate thing that just happened right there.
The referee, and I'm not gonna say he was out of position.
It was just one of those things that just happened.
[Gorilla] He didn't have any idea which way anyone was going.
-[Randy] No. -[Gorilla] Wait a minute.
[Randy] Uh-oh. [inaudible].
-[Gorilla] What devious individual he is. -[Randy] I'm at the edge of my seat--
[Gorilla] He's distracting the referee,
at the same time Diesel has exposed the steel turnbuckle.
[Randy] That's what it is. The turnbuckle is exposed right now.
[Gorilla] And The Hitman is about to get leveled with it. No [inaudible].
-[Randy] That didn't work. -[Gorilla] Boy, did that backfire.
[Randy] Look at Shawn Michaels. He's in a state of shock.
Come on, Hitman, take advantage of the opportunity, please.
[Gorilla] Look at this, Diesel is wide open.
He's just about out on his feet.
[Randy] I feel like I'm in the 15th round of a championship boxing match right here.
[Gorilla] It's The Hitman unloading on the seven-foot Diesel
who is literally being held up right now by the ring ropes.
[Randy] I think you're right, Gorilla, I think the ropes are holding Diesel up.
[Gorilla] Diesel is out on his feet, semi-conscious,
and The Hitman unloading with all he's got.
[Randy] What a [inaudible] conditioning The Hitman has, just to be able to punch.
[Art] But Diesel is not through yet. You got to watch him.
[Randy] No. You're right about that.
-[Gorilla] Diesel, for all intension… -[Randy] Look at that.
[Gorilla] He's out of this one! As he goes down!
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Hitman is trying to prove he is the best there is,
the best in the world, and the best that ever will be.
Take a moment, Hitman.
[Gorilla] Clothesline with a beauty, but the big guy doesn't go down.
[Randy] Staggered him.
-And out. -[Art] Oh! That's it.
[Gorilla] [inaudible].
[Randy] It doesn't get any closer than that.
Two close for competence, Shawn Michaels, he's pulling his hair out.
[Gorilla] And The Hitman relentless style. Smelling victory.
Going downstairs in the breadbasket.
Neckbreaker coming up with beauty.
[Randy] Hey, he got Diesel flustered when his head hit the back of the mat.
He might have knocked him out.
[Gorilla] Hitman second turnbuckle on the inside,
perhaps going to the top, no.
-Elbow finds them all. -[Randy] This might be it.
[Gorilla] This one is over. Oh, no.
[inaudible] shoulder off the mat?
[Art] [inaudible] take so much punishment.
[Randy] What title match we're watching.
[Gorilla] A classic confrontation here by the champ.
-Bulldog! -[Randy] Bulldog from the top rope!
[audience cheering]
-What are you gonna do now? -[Gorilla] Sharpshooter time.
-[Randy] Are we talking sharpshooter? -[Gorilla] We are indeed.
-[audience cheering] -Is that what we're talking?
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] This arena has gone crazy. Wait a minute.
[Randy] Shawn Michaels is up outside the ring and The Anvil.
Anvil, go over there!
[audience cheering]
Let me tell you, Bret just wasted that valuable time.
He had the sharpshooter ready to apply.
Big clothesline!
[Gorilla] Hitman should have known The Anvil would have been there.
No, he didn't get it.
[Randy] Anvil would have gone over there and he got a late start
but he'd have went over there and got him.
[Gorilla] Left shoulder just coming out of there in the last split second.
[Randy] Worry about Diesel, Hitman.
[Gorilla] Now, a reversal. Oh, a backdrop coming up.
[Randy] He didn't get him.
-Can he get this kind of leverage? -[Randy] I'll tell you what,
he needs a leverage and he needs some strength.
[Gorilla] Beautiful kick off the ropes, small package, one, two, no.
[Randy] Oh, man.
[Gorilla] Beautiful move by the champ.
[Art] The referee can't move. He got hit.
[Gorilla] Hitman now pulling out all the stops…
sensing, smelling and feeling victory.
The big guy Diesel, for all intents and purposes, out on his feet.
[Randy] This is the biggest test of The Hitman,
he's a two-time WWE Champion,
but it's never gonna get any tougher than this.
Diesel is a tough challenger.
[Gorilla] Nice reversal, but look at this counter right there, caught him midair.
[Randy] Caught him!
-This… -[Art] I can't believe this.
[Randy] I can't. I don't even wanna look at this.
[Gorilla] Oh, he was gonna ram him right into the turnbuckle.
[Randy] That would have been it for The Hitman, that would have been it.
-Oh! -[Gorilla] Look at that!
[Randy] What was that, a size 44 in his face?
[Gorilla] Right in the kisser.
[Randy] That might be it.
[Gorilla] If he was ever gonna use the Jackknife, Randy,
now would be time to do it.
[audience booing]
-[Randy] I can't believe it. -WWE title within the grasp
right now of Diesel.
[Randy] Look at that!
The Hitman going for the Boston crab, what a…
[Gorilla] Oh, no, he's turned it over into the sharpshooter!
[Randy] I think The Hitman just played his last card.
[Gorilla] But Diesel, as big as he is, able to reach the ropes easily.
-Holy mackerel. -[Randy] Can you believe
what we're watching here?
[Gorilla] What a tremendous matchup.
One of the greatest title defenses I've ever seen.
[Randy] Shawn Michaels looks like he's been in the toughest match of his life.
[Gorilla] Whoa!
[Randy] Dropkick, Diesel goes over the top rope.
[Gorilla] But he came right down on his feet.
-[Randy] Check out The Anvil right now. -[Gorilla] The Anvil checking him out.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, if there was ever time for a cheap shot, this is it.
Boy, I would do it.
[Gorilla] Oh, Anvil turned his back and paid for it.
What a mistake that was.
[Randy] I hate to… Wait, look at Shawn Michaels on the outside.
[Gorilla] Oh, and Shawn Michaels with the championship belt
nailing The Hitman from behind.
-[Art] Terrible. -[Randy] I got to pinch myself,
I don't know the last two things that happened,
what the heck just happened?
-[Gorilla] Referee never saw that move. -[Randy] Why did Anvil turn his back?
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] All Diesel's got to do is make the cover here and it's over.
[Randy] He doesn't even have to drop that elbow.
[Crowd chanting] One, two…
-[Gorilla] Oh, no! -[Randy] He still kicked out!
-[Randy] Unbelievable! -[Gorilla] It's unbelievable!
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Bret "The Hitman" Hart, his heart is bigger than this whole arena.
[Gorilla] Shawn Michaels going crazy on the outside,
can't believe The Hitman kicked out of that one.
Holy mackerel, what a match.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, Diesel, if you beat The Hitman,
[inaudible] by this match for what's going on,
but I'll tell you what, you beat the greatest
World Wrestling Entertainment Champion of all time.
I've seen Bret Hart in other matches, this guy fights and he doesn't quit.
[Gorilla] Well, Shawn has just told Diesel to put on the jackknife
and here comes The Anvil.
Clothesline by The Anvil!
[bell ringing]
[Randy] I'll tell you what, for whatever reason,
Anvil turned his back in the outside, he just got out of it.
[Art] It's a draw!
Well, if they're all in the ring now, it's a draw.
[Randy] They just rang the bell and the match is over.
I'll tell you what, Diesel put the Jackknife on The Hitman,
and I'm not certain that that would have been it, but it could have been.
[Gorilla] The Anvil might just have saved the WWE title.
-Wait a minute. -[Randy] I think you're right.
But I don't know if Hitman would've kicked out or not,
we'll never know.
[Gorilla] Look at this, The Hitman is out of it here
and he's getting pummeled now by Shawn Michaels and Diesel!
-[Randy] I got a question. -[bell ringing]
Anvil just left the ring area.
[Gorilla] I told you, he's not all there, Randy.
[Randy] I know it, but we got a problem in the ring right now.
[bell ringing]
-[Art] Oh, The Hitman's got a problem. -[Gorilla] Obviously, realizing…
[Randy] You're right. The Hitman's got a problem.
[Gorilla] …[inaudible] a lot of attention here.
However, he saved the title for The Hitman.
[Randy] Hey, I'm confused.
[Gorilla] But Shawn Michaels and Diesel continue their onslaught here.
[Randy] Bottom line, the bell rung.
What happened?
-[Gorilla] Disqualification. -Disqualification.
[Randy] Hitman keeps the title. All right.
Look at this. This is too much for The Hitman right here.
[Gorilla] Boy, did he get hammered here and hammered badly.
[Art] [inaudible] back.
-[Randy] Let's get the decision. -[Gorilla] Let's get the official word.
[Randy] Let's hear it for…
[Art] Who's the other guy out in the ring?
[Bill] The winner as the result of a disqualification…
Diesel!
[Randy] By disqualification, but he doesn't get the title.
That's what Diesel and Shawn Michaels are mad about.
[Gorilla] The title can only change hands out of pinfall or submission.
So for all intents and purposes, The Anvil has saved Bret "The Hitman" Hart
from losing the WWE title.
[Randy] But Diesel and Shawn Michaels are hot, no doubt about it,
and that's why they're staying on The Hitman,
but why is The Anvil gone?
[Art] The referee is stealing the belt!
Where's the referee going with the belt?
[Randy] That's okay. He's just taking it out to The Hitman.
Don't worry about that.
I'm worried about the health of "The Hitman" Bret Hart
and I'm wondering why…
Jim "Anvil" Hart, Neidhart, didn't stick around to help his brother-in-law.
He was causing the problem in the middle of the ring.
[Art] Well, that guy's a cocky guy, huh?
[Gorilla] There's no way to figure out the ethics or what The Anvil will do
at any given point in time.
He figured he got the job done. He did what he was supposed to do,
saved the title for the Hitman and he vanished.
[Randy] Exactly. And let's all give credit where credit is due.
The Anvil, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart made the save
and the title is still around the waist of Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
[Gorilla] Let's face it, if The Anvil had not been here,
right now the WWE champion could easily have been Diesel.
[Randy] That's exactly right, but I don't believe that
because Bret "The Hitman" Hart showed me
that he could might have possibly kicked out of the Jackknife,
but we'll never know.
[Gorilla] We will never know, but Diesel never actually covered The Hitman
after delivering the Jackknife, so it's all academic on our part, folks.
[Art] Isn't anybody gonna help The Hitman out?
[Gorilla] The Hitman now getting it back together here a little bit…
[Bill] Ladies and gentlemen, as you know…
[Randy] He's still the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
-listen to the ring announcer. -[Bill] …the only way to win…
[crowd cheering]
…a World Wrestling Entertainment Championship
is by pinfall or submission.
Still our World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
Bret "Hitman" Hart!
[Gorilla] We've just witnessed
one of the most tremendous title defenses ever
here in the history of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
And still reigning WWE Champion, the incomparable Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
[Art] You think he'll sleep good tonight?
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The fightingest champion ever in the history
of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Randy] Let me tell you something right now. I've seen him come and go.
I say "The Hitman" Bret Hart is the greatest of all time.
The Pink and Black Attack, part of the new generation,
I'll tell you what, he has just proved that over and over again.
[Gorilla] Coming from the Macho Man, that means a lot right now.
Let's go to the Toddster with Jerry Lawler.
Thanks, guys. What an unbelievable night
of WWE action that's happening in the ring.
It's happening outside of the ring,
as always does with the WWE pay-per-view event.
I'm standing with "The King" Jerry Lawler
who will meet "Rowdy" Roddy Piper tonight.
His much heralded return to the ring and is it possible, King,
I say this with pseudo respect,
that you finally met someone with a bigger mouth than you?
Oh, I'm gonna let you slide with that, Todd Pettengill.
Speaking of mouth, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper,
the last time I saw a mouth like his, it had a fish hook in it,
if you know what I mean. You know, this is a historic event.
-King of the Ring named after me. -It was.
Jerry "The King" Lawler, yes, it was now.
And at this historic event, here you are, standing,
looking like a Sears men shop model and old Art Donovan out there, mumble,
you know, he is living proof that wisdom does not come with age.
-What's he mumbling out there at ringside? -He's not mumbling.
You know what, his first job was parking covered wagons,
but as for "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, let me tell you something,
you retired once, you faded into obscurity
and now he's risen from obscurity,
but tonight, I'm gonna knock you into oblivion.
Everybody knows that Piper is the pits and that The King,
the undisputed king of the World Wrestling Entertainment is me
and that is the bottom line. [laughs]
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper returning to the ring,
he says he's gonna donate a portion of his earnings to the hospital
for sick children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
All of those little sick kids up there, they're crying right now.
They're waiting with their hands out, begging,
pleading for "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to win this match tonight.
Well, let me tell you something, all of this Baltimorons
are gonna be cheering for you, Piper, and all of those little kids
are gonna be dependent on you, but the problem is,
I'm the one that's gonna be in the ring against you
and I'm the one that makes sure
that nothing is gonna go to those brats in Canada.
You can guarantee that. [laughs]
A marquee matchup tonight,
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper taking on "The King" Jerry Lawler.
Let's go back to ringside, Gorilla and the Macho Man.
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] What a disgusting individual.
[Bill] Ladies and gentleman, the following contest
scheduled for one fall…
[Gorilla] Well, we are back into the semifinal matchup here.
[Bill] …in the King of the Ring tournament.
[Gorilla] One of these gentlemen will be vying… Oh, wait a minute.
[Bill] …weighing 289 pounds,
Razor Ramon!
[Gorilla] Randy Savage, one of these two men later on this evening
will be vying for the very coveted price of 1994 WWE King of the Ring.
[Randy] And you're right about that, Gorilla Monsoon.
We're down to the final four, if you will.
[Art] Wait, this is my man Razor, right?
[Gorilla] This is the guy, Art, that you predicted.
-[Art] Oh. -[Randy] He may make you rich, Art.
[Art] Well, look at him.
[Randy] Tell you what, you got to remember now,
the semifinal round has a 30-minute time limit…
and that just gives everybody just a little bit more time
to be a little bit more tricky.
I'll tell you what, I'm still exhausted
from that World Wrestling Entertainment Championship match.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Now, Razor looks ready.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, Gorilla, looking ahead
at the other two that are gonna be in the semifinal round,
it's the 1-2-3 Kid versus "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
Have you got any word about it?
[Gorilla] I haven't heard anything on it.
Haven't heard anything from the locker room area
about the condition of the 1-2-3 Kid
who really did a terrible beating earlier on…
…you get to see the backstabbing tax cheat that you really are backstage
when you just tried to jump me to win the King of the Ring.
But right now, Razor Ramon,
I'm gonna show them all just what you're made of
because you're nothing but a fool's gold wearing, tax fool,
tax cheat idiot.
[Randy] We got some bad history here.
Razor Ramon met IRS at the Royal Rumble this past January
and then the Intercontinental World Championship
successfully defended his title then,
so you know these guys are gonna be up and running.
[Gorilla] We're not waiting for any kind of bell here,
this looks underway.
[Randy] Razor Ramon doesn't need anymore than a little bit of a warning.
He's coming after him.
[Gorilla] He wants the guy who originally stole his gold…
and he wants to advance to the final round of the King of the Ring.
[Randy] We might be watching the winner of the King of the Ring tournament here,
Razor Ramon versus IRS.
[Gorilla] A nice knee right into the abdomen of Razor,
slows him down a little bit.
Wrestling experience edge here obviously, Macho Man, has to go to Irwin.
[Randy] Yeah, you're right, but I'll tell you what.
Experience really doesn't matter right now
because you're talking about the King of the Ring tournament.
Everybody remembers last year, The Hitman took it
and now he's the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
I think that everybody's just gonna let their hair down and go head to head.
[Gorilla] If you're gonna let it all hang out, now is the time to do it.
There is no tomorrow.
Neckbreaker, not, oh, that well executed by Irwin,
as you can see because the Razor Man is getting up immediately.
Oh, nice move there! He's sucking him into that one!
[Randy] You called it, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Flying right out over the top ropes goes Irwin.
[Art] That's like listening to trap block.
[Gorilla] Well, you certainly know about that, Art.
[Art laughs]
[Randy] Exactly like it, except completely different.
[Art] Whoa. Whoa.
[Gorilla] It is a pier-six brawl here on the outside.
-[Randy] Right in… -[Art] Oh, my God!
[Gorilla] Razor just rammed Irwin's face right into the steel steps.
[Randy] I think he's trying to negotiate with Irwin.
He's trying to let him know that, "Hey, listen,
I'm gonna take the tournament and you're not."
[Gorilla] You're saying he's trying to get his attention?
-[Randy] Yup. -[Gorilla] I think he's got it.
-[Randy] He's the bad guy. -[Gorilla] He certainly is.
[Gorilla] Nice block of that roundhouse right,
but Irwin is quick, sneaky quick.
Now going to work on the right leg of Razor Ramon…
and now he just gave that up and went back upstairs,
I don't understand that.
Elbow finds the mark as Razor goes down heavy.
[Art] That was a block. That was a good block.
[Gorilla] Reverse chinlock here by Irwin
and a little bit of extra leverage off that bottom rope.
Come on, ref. Take a look.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, the winner of this match
could possibly face "The Rocket" Owen Hart if he can survive,
if the 1-2-3 Kid can make it.
This could be one of the guys who goes against "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
[Art] What does that give him when he has his two feet on the ropes?
[Randy] That's called leverage, that's called leverage.
-It's also called cheating. -[Art] All right.
[crowd yelling]
[Gorilla] It'll be interesting to see if, in fact, the 1-2-3 Kid
can make another appearance out here after the trouble that he took.
[Art] He'll never show up. Gorilla, he will never show up.
[Gorilla] Well, I thought I've been saying that the 1-2-3 Kid
will not show up for his semifinal match.
-[Art] Who will it be? -[Gorilla] We'll have to wait and see.
[Randy] Well, usually, I would say never say never or die
but I'll tell you what, the 1-2-3 Kid has done the impossible before.
If he does show up, this place will come unglued,
-I'll guarantee you that. -[audience cheering]
-And I'm already unglued. -[Gorilla] I know you are.
Well, what a tremendous title defense we just witnessed
of Bret "The Hitman" Hart
and a valiant effort on the part of Diesel,
victorious in the match,
but not walking out of here with what he wanted, the WWE title.
[Randy] I'll tell you, if Diesel calls himself the uncrowned champion,
he's got a lot of nerve to [inaudible],
but we'll never know if he would've beaten him on that Jackknife.
[Gorilla] Wow, what a right-hand by Razor and another one.
Irwin stunned here, look out,
elbow right into the sternum, finds the mark.
[Art] Hey, I may have the winner.
-I may have picked the winner. -[Randy] You may have.
[Art] Oh.
[Randy] I'm not gonna call it beginner's luck if you win there, Art.
-[Art laughs] -[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Razor is doing a tremendous job here,
that's it, go ahead, get the tie.
[Randy] This is the famous tie hold, Art Donovan.
[Gorilla] A beating by the tie, I love it.
I can't believe that someone hasn't done that earlier to this man.
Nice reversal there.
[thuds]
[Art] That was a heck of a forearm.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gorilla] Nice clothesline by the "tax-man"
as he took time out to adjust his tie, Randy.
[Randy] Well, I always thought that he had a clip-on tie,
but now we know that's not true.
Listen to these people yelling Irwin
and we know that Irwin has got rabbit ears.
[Gorilla] This capacity crowd here in the Baltimore Arena
getting on against Irwin and so is Razor.
Oh, we're gonna see Razor's Edge.
Maybe a little bit premature, but no.
-[Randy] He got him up! -[Gorilla] He's got him up there.
Can he hold him up there?
He's got a big step and he delivered it!
[audience cheering]
-It's over! -[bell ringing]
[Randy] Art Donovan, you may have a winner, Razor Ramon…
[Gorilla] Razor Ramon advances into the final round of King of the Ring!
[Bill] …Ramon!
[Randy] Now, it's all about the 1-2-3 Kid, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Well, it's all speculation right now.
Will "The Rocket" Owen Hart draw by or will the 1-2-3 Kid show up
for his semifinal match?
Let's go back now and take one more look at that tremendous Razor's Edge.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, I wasn't ready for this.
IRS is a strong competitor and he's one of the great ones
in the new generation in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Gorilla] I understand our cameras have picked up Bret "The Hitman" Hart
somewhere back in the locker room area searching for Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart.
Neidhart!
Jim!
Where is he?
Neidhart?
Where is he?
All right, guys. I was just putting Razor Ramon up.
What a match that was. You can see he advanced.
I thought I would have the 1-2-3 Kid. It's kind of embarrassing.
Nobody has heard from the 1-2-3 Kid.
I truthfully don't know what the situation is.
I don't know if he will appear to take on "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
I have absolutely no idea.
You can see that's the match that's set, but again,
no one has heard from the 1-2-3 Kid. Will he be able to continue here tonight?
I still haven't heard, guys.
As soon as I do, I'll get word to you, but I'm sorry,
I taught I'd have him here and I don't. Let's go back to you, guys.
[Gorilla] Well, not hard to understand, Todd, why you don't have him there.
The kid obviously trying to use every bit,
every moment of valuable time to pull himself together
for this semifinal matchup.
[Randy] We're gonna find out soon enough.
[Art] Now after this semifinals and the final, that's it, huh?
[Randy] Razor Ramon goes to the finals.
Yes, you're right, Art Donovan, he goes to the finals.
-[Art] I see. -[Bill] From Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
weighing 227 pounds,
"The Rocket" Owen Hart!
[Randy] This is the man that probably wants to be King of the Ring
worse than anybody if that's possible.
Owen "The Rocket" Hart.
[Gorilla] No question about it.
The Rocket claiming he's everything that older brother Bret is.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] All right, Gorilla, where's your money?
Is the 1-2-3 Kid gonna be here to show up against "The Rocket" Owen Hart
or is The Rocket gonna get it by and go against Razor Ramon in the finals?
[Gorilla] Randy, I haven't heard anything to the contrary.
I'm assuming that the Kid is gonna be here.
[Randy] All right. Very good.
Here we go. We're getting down to the nitty-gritty right now.
"The Rocket" Owen Hart, you know he's got the eye on The Hitman.
[Art] How much does this fellow weigh?
[Randy] 235 I think, give or take an ounce.
[Bill] And his opponent from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing 212 pounds,
the 1-2-3 Kid!
-[Randy] I'll tell you what. -[Gorilla] Well, we don't see him as yet.
[Randy] As soon as I see him, I'm standing.
[Gorilla] Hammered earlier on in this elimination tournament.
Perhaps no longer able to continue.
I don't see him, Randy.
[Randy] If you just tuned in, he beat Double J earlier in the first round.
-Well, Double J-- -[Gorilla] Oh, wait a minute!
There he is!
-[Randy] I'm standing! -[Gorilla] What a man!
[Randy] Give him credit!
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Looks a little bit odd, a little bit disoriented,
but nonetheless, making his way down to the ring to…
[Art] Oh, no!
[Randy] Where did that dropkick come from?
[bell ringing]
Oh, man.
[Gorilla] Wow, The Rocket, not taking any chances,
going to work immediately on the Kid.
-He was just like a piranha. -[Randy] I'm gonna tell you something.
That just shows me what this is all about in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Nobody is gonna give anybody an inch.
-[audience cheering] -[tapping]
[Gorilla] Holy mackerel. How on earth did he kick out of that one?
[Art] That kid is a tough guy, huh?
[Randy] If this is… if this is what the new generation is all about,
I'm glad I'm standing here broadcasting.
[Gorilla] Nice reversal by the Kid who's now attempting to go to the top.
-I don't believe it. -[Randy] If he does it.
[Gorilla] A moonsault coming up, yes!
[tapping]
-Two and no! -[Randy] Oh, man!
[Gorilla] The Rocket comes out the backdoor.
I guess he couldn't believe, Randy, that he was put in this position.
[Randy] Look at this. One, two…
[Gorilla] A beautiful, great, fine crucifix there by the Kid.
[Art] Well, that kid is some tough guy.
[Randy] I can't believe what I'm seeing. I'm pinching myself.
[Gorilla] Look at these tremendous counter moves by The Rocket.
Kip-up by the Kid!
Next snap to a stand and now turning it around.
-He's on fire! -[thuds]
[tapping]
[Randy] I'm speechless. I'm at a loss for words.
-This is incredible. -[Gorilla] It is unbelievable.
We are looking at what the new generation is all about.
Oh, look at that beautiful counter move by The Rocket.
[Randy] Give "The Rocket" Owen Hart a little bit of credit himself.
Look at him, he's hanging with him.
Not a little bit of credit, a lot of little bit of credit.
[Gorilla] The winner of this one moves onto the finals
of the 1994 King of the Ring and faces the Razor Man,
the "bad guy" Razor Ramon.
What a match that's gonna be.
-[tapping] -Nice bridge!
-[Gorilla] Oh, no. -[Randy] That's a three count!
[Gorilla] He counted three, but the foot was on the ropes.
[Randy] 1-2-3 Kid won!
-What's going on? -[Gorilla] It's not over.
[Randy] What do you mean it's not over?
-[Gorilla] Referee realizing… -[Randy] Oh, man.
[Gorilla] The moonsault from over the top!
-[audience cheering] -[panting]
Kid not taking any chances here.
[Randy] I'm officially retiring from the sport as we speak.
[Gorilla] Kid got the message in a hurry that The Rocket had his foot on the ropes.
Uh-oh, look at that.
Oh, forget about it!
[audience cheering]
Let's go back and take a look at this Double Feature here once again.
There's the move right here coming up.
[Art] How can you…
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at that. -[Art] How can you be so logical?
[Randy] All right. That's a judgment call right there.
[Gorilla] Didn't get him.
[Randy] He hooked the rope or did he not hook the rope?
[Gorilla] Did not get him on that count.
[Randy] I might have to see that a hundred more times.
[Gorilla] Oh, right down on the back of his neck,
still manages to turn and now look at that.
[Randy] A kick out!
[Gorilla] Nice reversal and the counter
and where on earth does the 1-2-3 Kid get the energy to kick out of that one?
[Randy] Not only the energy, but the scientific moves, look at this!
[Gorilla] Oh!
[Randy] But every bit as great as the 1-2-3 Kid [inaudible].
[Gorilla] Oh, we're gonna see a sharpshooter here,
a sharpshooter by The Rocket!
-[Randy] It's not over until it's over! -[Art] Oh.
[Gorilla] Nobody can just take that kind of a punishment!
[Bill] The winner of this…
-[Randy] I'm gonna tell you… -[Art] What kind of a hold was that?
[Randy] …if this is an inkling of what the new generation is all about…
we're in for the treat.
[Gorilla] The sharpshooter booms The Rocket right into the finals
-to face… -Two down, one more to go.
I will be king.
[Gorilla] The Rocket will have to face now the "bad guy" Razor Ramon.
Here it comes right here, the sharpshooter, that tactic move.
[Randy] Just a replay of the sharpshooter, Gorilla Monsoon,
but in order to see a replay,
you got to see it of every little bit of this match.
[Gorilla] Our coliseum cameras caught up with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
in the dressing room
shortly after he arrived at the arena for tonight's big matchup.
Here's what Hot Rod had to say.
[chuckles] Well, nice to see you again, coliseum video.
So I've got six kids.
First thing I take off, my pants is the first thing I take off.
Well, I'm in, where the heck am I? I'm in, um, Baltimore.
The reason I'm in Baltimore is for Jerry "The King" Lawler,
liar, lawyer.
[chuckles] I love Hershey's.
This is a sign of an athlete and I saw Jerry "The King" Lawler
and I'm gonna fight him about, oh, four hours from now…
and I've seen all the things he said…
and the one that's worst one that son of an unnamed goat
that he comes up with some kid with a…
And he's right, looked at his arms,
looking like two pieces of spaghetti with mosquito bites on it
and that kid, the worst thing though was he does a great imitation of Rowdy Piper.
Yeah, hire him, get me out of here.
And that kid, of all things he's gonna say,
and I saw Hell Comes to Frogtown, I'm making a sequel Hell Comes to Dogtown,
you couldn't have picked They Live
or No Contest or any of the other things I did.
You had to pick one of the worst pictures I've ever made that I've always denied,
it's about the last potent male in the world, which is not me.
However, I'm gonna see, thought you might sneak up on me there,
didn't you, Lawler?
I'm gonna see if I just can't find that kid
because that kid was really taken advantage of.
As far as Lawler goes, you see much of Lawler
and what you don't wanna forget is he's smart as a fox.
He's no dummy. He's been around a long time.
Now, I noticed when I came into Baltimore, there was no flies from King Totty.
[making noises]
So he's full and he's ready to go.
Kind of chunky, no neck,
you know, you never want to trust a guy with no neck
and where did it go, you know?
Hard to pin a guy with no neck and you take King Totty,
funky frog, it's true,
it's about a frog who dreamed of being a king and became one.
And he's kind of a king in his own right.
He's beaten a lot of guys and you know what,
all this talk that's gone back and forth, don't mean nothing now.
And now it's time to fight,
so you can bring some skinny little brat into the locker room.
You can bring him down and tell him what to say
and bring him in the ring and be a king.
You can pretend you're a king,
I mean, as I said, there's been plenty of kings in the worldwide.
There's Rodney King… [chuckles] …there's Don King,
there was king the dog and then there's Jerry "The King" Lawler, huh?
A proud place for kings to come from,
but at the end of the night, we're gonna find out two things.
Number one, everybody pays the Piper,
number two, there ain't no such thing as a king, bottom line.
Coliseum video, you are the only one with enough guts
to come into my locker room. Now, get the hell out!
[bell ringing]
This tag team contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team Championship.
["Sumo" playing]
Introducing first, the challenger,
accompanied by spokesperson
James E. Cornette and Mr. Fuji,
at a combined weight of 890 pounds…
Crush and Yokozuna!
[Gorilla] Whoa.
[Randy] It's like…
[Randy] I'll tell you right now, Gorilla, this is the greatest,
greatest event of wrestling I've ever been a part of.
[Gorilla] King of the Ring 1994 has been a blockbuster
and it's a long way from being over.
[Randy] You're right. There's so much more coming.
[Art] How much does this guy weigh?
-[Gorilla] Six hundred pounds there, Art. -[Art] Huh?
-[Gorilla] Six hundred pounds plus. -[Art] Oh-ho!
[Randy] A lot of the people are thinking that these guys right here,
Crush and Yokozuna, could be taking
the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championships right now.
[Gorilla] Boy, no question about it.
What an awesome combination this is, size, strength, power,
agility, cunningness, have to deal with the likes of Mr. Fuji
and that piece of work, James E. Cornette.
[Randy] It's The Rocket versus Razor Ramon in the finals
of the King of the Ring tournament.
-[Gorilla] What a matchup that's gonna be. -[Bill] Accompanied by personal adviser
Captain Lou Albano and Manager Afa,
at a combined weight of 587 pounds,
World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions
Fatu and Samu,
the Headshrinkers.
[Gorilla] Leading the way, Captain Lou along with Afa.
["Danger in the Jungle" playing]
The reigning WWE Tag Team Champions, the Headshrinkers.
We just moments ago, Randy, got our yearly supply of salt.
[Randy] That's gonna last them about two matches.
[clamoring]
[Gorilla] Afa, of course, one time, co-holder of the WWE Tag Team title
along with his partner Sika and at that time,
they were managed by Captain Lou who managed 19 other pairs
of WWE Tag Team Champions.
[Art] I can't follow. How many guys are gonna wrestle now?
-[Randy] Just two against two. -[Art] Oh, two against two.
[Randy] Headshrinkers gotta be the champions by beating the Quebecers
and then they survived them again, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Well, they certainly did.
[Randy] On the countdown to the crowning on Monday Night RAW.
[Gorilla] That match was also very rewarding for me, Randy,
because Johnny Polo had to shave his goatee all because of it.
[Randy] You're right.
Now I wish he would've left it on because now I see more of his face.
[Gorilla] He's kind of ugly, isn't he?
[Art] These guys from the Pacific Islands or what?
-[Randy] They're from American Samoa. -[Art] American Samoa.
[Gorilla] We are live here in the Baltimore Arena
as it is going down the 1994 WWE King of the Ring
and this is the tremendous title defense
-by the Headshrinkers. -[bell ringing]
And what a golden opportunity for that pair right there,
Crush and Yokozuna, to become the Tag Team Champions.
[Randy] You know what, Gorilla? I know we're all the way live right here
and I just kind of thought, where's Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, man?
He could've… He did a great thing by saving the title for The Hitman,
but he could've hung around just a little bit longer,
-and stopped that beat. -[Gorilla] Kind of bailed out in a hurry.
[Randy] Yeah, he sure did.
[Gorilla] Well, he probably had a good reason, Randy.
This match underway and in a hurry.
-[Art] Look at Yokozuna. -[Randy] What's that?
[Gorilla] Yokozuna taking control,
not in this one, but now, whoa, look at this,
Headshrinkers is showing you at times that they are impervious to pain.
Whoa, a couple of big headbutts. Everybody's got a hard head.
[Randy] You're not gonna intimidate the Headshrinkers, that's for sure.
[Art] Whoa, whoa.
[Gorilla] Look at that, 600 pounds goes outside!
[Randy] I feel like we just had an earthquake.
[Gorilla] James E. Cornette alleviated the area in a hurry.
[Randy] That's pretty, pretty amazing [inaudible] is the small guy in that team
and he's over 300 pounds.
[Gorilla] Yokozuna having trouble with his equilibrium
as he did, Randy, in Madison Square Garden in WrestleMania X.
[Art] He's got legs as big as most people's bodies.
[Gorilla] He is a handful to say the least.
[indistinct chatter]
[Randy] Hey, I've said it before,
the Headshrinkers are my new favorite tag team of all time.
I like their style.
-[Gorilla] But do you like their chances? -[Randy] You know what, I do.
Gorilla, I'm gonna tell you something because they're so crazy,
they're phenomenal
and it takes craziness to make it in the new generation.
[Gorilla] You can throw the rule book away when you're dealing with the Headshrinkers
and they are indeed part of the new generation…
but they don't want to or necessarily need to.
How will they be able to match power with Yokozuna?
[Art] Huh?
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that, an attempt at a slam
and Yoko blocked that in a hurry.
[Randy] I go back to the drawing board to talk to Captain Lou and Afa
a little bit more about slamming Yoko.
[Gorilla] Well, that obviously should never be in their game plan.
Oh, look at that move onto the corner, beautiful roundhouse kick
and a dropkick, with the big Yokozuna just staggers
and now he goes out once again.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, Gorilla, if anybody could slam Yokozuna,
the Headshrinkers could, together, of course.
[Gorilla] Wouldn't surprise me.
Words of encouragement from the outside from everybody,
Fuji, Crush, James E. Cornette.
I'll tell you what…
Yokozuna doesn't need words of encouragement. He needs help.
[Randy] I'll tell you, he's not used to walking around
without a title around his waist or over his shoulder, I mean.
Look at this, look at this. A psych out here possibly, maybe.
[Gorilla] Can't turn your back, you cannot take your eyes off your opponent.
-Nice stomp. -[tapping]
That answered my question, but once again, not doing their homework,
you're not gonna hurt the Headshrinkers by attacking their cranium.
-Piledriver! -[audience cheering]
[Randy] Uh-oh.
[Gorilla] Boy, he got the message on that one.
[audience cheering]
Afa screaming instructions in Polynesian. There is the cover, no.
[Randy] There's a thing that's sweeping the country right now,
it's called Headshrinker Mania
and the Headshrinkers are kind of getting into it.
[Gorilla] Boy, are they ever.
[Art] Oh, now, they get mad at each other now.
[Gorilla] As we are live here in the jam-packed Baltimore Arena…
Oh, look at him on the outside.
That's just the kind of outside interference
that could make the difference, Randy.
[Randy] Art Donovan, the guy in the outside of the ring
who just had an affect on the match is called Master Fuji
and I'll tell you what, that clothesline that just hit
one of the Headshrinkers right there, Fatu.
That was a devastating clothesline.
[inaudible].
[Gorilla] Could be the beginning of the end.
Piledriver, find the mark, there's the cover,
but no, didn't even get a two count, only a one.
[Art] I can't believe a man could be that big.
This guy, he'd take out the whole defensive line.
[Randy] This is the only another title that's got a chance of changing tonight.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Beautiful set… drop by Yokozuna.
[Art] Oh.
[Randy] Twenty thousand people in this building just turned their heads.
[Art] Whoa.
[Gorilla] Yokozuna with that cover
just about made the Headshrinkers disappear.
Now the tide has turned in this one and in big time,
as the Headshrinkers are in trouble,
trouble of losing those coveted WWE Tag Team belt.
[Randy] And Jim E. Cornette has been predicting victory all across the world.
We're gonna find out if Yokozuna and Crush are the tag team that can do it.
[Gorilla] Well, he and Fuji both can spend a lot of time,
a lot of effort and I might add, a lot of money
in putting this team together,
thinking that they will bring the gold to their stable
and it wouldn't surprise me if it did.
Whoa, what a power display by Crush.
I don't think he realizes, Randy, just how powerful he is.
[Randy] I'm not gonna tell him.
[Art] Look at this now.
[Gorilla] Yoko with a big roundhouse right.
Oh, got him trapped in the corner now, no place to go, not the place to be.
Irish whip hard into the other corner.
Oh, look out, the freight train is getting wound up here.
Here comes the express.
-[audience cheering] -[Art] Oh!
[Gorilla] It was the loco. It wasn't the express.
It took Yokozuna forever to get across the ring.
[tapping]
[Randy] Look at Yokozuna face down.
[audience chanting] USA! USA!
[Gorilla] Chant going of USA by this capacity crowd.
[Randy] You know, this is really a feather in the cap of the Headshrinkers
that they're yelling USA right there,
go back at the Headshrinkers, that's what they're all about right now.
[Gorilla] I'm not sure I saw the tag made there,
but Crush nevertheless is in there,
beautiful powerslam.
Look at Yoko, hanging around,
waiting for an opportunity and instead, he got double-crossed.
[Art] Oh!
[Gorilla] Who's legal in there? No, Randy, I don't know.
[Randy] It doesn't matter to the Headshrinkers.
[Gorilla] I don't think so. Referee has lost control of this one.
All four men now… in at the same time.
Oh, double reverse thrust kick
and Yoko goes flying down to the concrete once again.
[Randy] [inaudible] experience for Yokozuna.
[Art] He's gonna go right through the concrete floor.
[Gorilla] And now, thinking he's safe on the outside,
he's getting hammered some more.
I couldn't tell you off the top of my head who the legal two are in the ring.
I'm sure Referee Danny Davis doesn't know either.
[Randy] Well, the Headshrinkers… Oh, man.
We're in Baltimore and I think everybody heard that in Hong Kong.
[Art laughs]
[Gorilla] The whole ring just shifted about four feet
as Yoko was rammed into the ring post on the outside.
[Art] We got to watch he's not gonna fall into our table here.
[Gorilla] Count it on the inside.
Oh, superplex coming up by Crush!
Can he get it?
-Yes! -[Randy] Oh!
[Art] Well, there goes the ring.
[Gorilla] It might just be lights out time.
[Randy] That was a combination between a superplex and a brainbuster.
[Gorilla] Crush dropping the leg
and we can hear Afa screaming in the background,
obviously a little turned on right now.
The referee distracted again here as Yokozuna from the outside drops a leg.
-[Randy] That didn't do any good. -[Gorilla] Oh.
-Referee never saw any of that action. -[audience cheering]
-[Randy] Listen to these people. -[Gorilla] Here comes Lex Luger!
Boy, has he got some scores to settle in this one?
[Randy] Crush caused Lex Luger
not to be in the King of the Ring tournament if you remember.
He's made in the USA
and there was nothing keeping him from just being here
and getting eye contact with Crush. Check it out.
[Gorilla] Well, Crush's responsible for Lex
not being involved in the King of the Ring.
-Look at this roll up, almost got it! -[Randy] Almost.
[Gorilla] It was Crush's interference that caused Lex a chance
at being in the King of the Ring and Lex will never forget that.
[Art] Who's the father of the American flag?
[Gorilla] Art Donovan, that's Lex Luger.
-[Art] Oh, okay. -[tapping]
-[Gorilla] Oh, he got him! -[bell ringing]
-[Randy] Give the assist to Lex Luger. -[Bill] Here are your winners,
and still…
[Randy] I'll tell you, that's what payback's all about.
[Bill] …Tag Team Champions, the Headshrinkers!
[Gorilla] Well, the action continuing here
as Lex affording the Headshrinkers' a victory,
but now, he is getting hammered by Crush.
And this one not over by a long shot.
[Randy] Look at Lex Luger!
[Gorilla] It's a pier-six brawl right now!
[Randy] [inaudible].
[Gorilla] Only one not involved was Yokozuna.
-He didn't want any part of it. -[Randy] Red, white and blue.
[Gorilla] Well, Crush is a gutsy guy.
He goes back in there with Lex and the two Headshrinkers all by himself.
[Art] What a display of guts, huh?
[Randy] Yeah, but I'm gonna tell you something, this is only gonna spill fire
on this field. You know what Lex Luger did to Crush?
He stopped him from being the Tag Team Champions.
[Gorilla] Certainly did, a turnaround fair play.
[Randy] That's payback.
-The new generation's on fire. -[Gorilla] How sweet it is.
Successfully defending their WWE Tag Team belts the Headshrinkers
with a big assist from Lex Luger
who still has a lot of scores to be settled with the guy from Kona.
[Randy] Did Crush just think that Lex was gonna walk away
and never come back, never see him again?
[Gorilla] Uh, unlikely.
Right now, we're gonna take you back to the Toddster Todd Pettengill
who is with "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
Thank you very much, Gorilla.
Owen, as you can see in the back of me, the King of the Ring board,
you have indeed made it.
This is it, you and Razor Ramon,
you have the opportunity to do what your brother did last year.
Yeah, Bret, you won the King of the Ring last year,
but tonight, you were a loser, Bret,
and I wanna say, I am gonna win the King of the Ring
and I wanna wish you a Happy Father's Day, Dad.
"The Rocket" Owen Hart obviously ready and he takes on the "bad guy" Razor Ramon,
the finals, folks, absolutely awesome and it is coming up
here from the Baltimore Arena, let's send it back to Gorilla Monsoon,
the Macho Man, let's go back to ringside.
[Gorilla] Well, what a tremendous matchup that's gonna be,
the finals of the 1994 WWE King of the Ring.
"The Rocket" Owen Hart
looking to become what his brother did last year, Macho Man.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, there we go, "The Rocket" Owen Hart
versus Razor Ramon, Art Donovan. I got to hand it to you.
[Art] Oh, I'm right there.
[Randy] Razor's going all the way to the finals.
You might be the man to have picked…
[Art] And then he will be the king, he'll be crowned the king, right?
[Randy] But he's got to beat The Rocket. He's got to survive The Rocket.
Who's your money on, Gorilla?
[Gorilla] Well, earlier on, my prediction was Mabel.
Mabel got beat in the first round by Irwin
and then Irwin, of course, got beat by Razor Ramon,
putting Razor into the finals.
[Randy] And that's what it's all about right there,
to get the crown, to get the throne, to get the scepter.
This contest scheduled for one fall
is our final King of the Ring tournament match
and determines who will be
the 1994 King of the Ring!
[Randy] The 1994 King of the Ring. Just those words are chilling.
[Bill] Introducing first from Miami, Florida…
[Gorilla] A tremendous ovation here in the Baltimore Arena
-for the Razor, the "bad guy" Razor Ramon. [Art] These fans are going crazy.
[Gorilla] Art Donovan's choice to go on to become King of the Ring.
-You can be a [inaudible] here. -[Art] Or something like that.
Yeah, these people are going crazy, these fans.
[Randy] All over the world are going crazy, Art Donovan.
This is the World Wrestling Entertainment, the new generation.
Let me tell you something.
Whoever wins this between Razor Ramon and "The Rocket" Owen Hart,
you're gonna remember the winner, but you're not gonna remember the loser,
and that's what it's all about, winning.
[Gorilla] Fame and fortune will shine upon the winner of this match
as he will be the 1994 reigning WWE King of the Ring.
-[Art] Oh, he looks ready to go. -[Gorilla] He looks ready to go.
[Randy] You're right about that. He does look great.
[Art] Yeah.
[Gorilla] This is gonna be a knockout, drag out affair, I can't wait.
[Randy] Remember, Razor Ramon has gotten past Bam Bam Bigelow
and he's gotten past IRS.
[Art] How is he getting rid of that toothpick though?
[Randy] In just a second,
he's gonna throw it on the "The Rocket" Owen Hart's face.
Intimidation means a lot in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Bill] And his opponent from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
-weighing 247 pounds… -[Gorilla] And here comes the introduction
-of the "The Rocket" Owen Hart! -…"The Rocket" Owen Hart!
[Randy] I'll tell you what, Gorilla, get the psychiatrist ready
if he doesn't win it.
[Gorilla] Boy, oh, boy.
What a mind job this would do for "The Rocket" Owen Hart
as he's trying to do what brother Bret did last year.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] He wants to do the same as The Hitman did last year.
The Hitman ended up being the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
Now, remember that The Rocket has a win over The Hitman
in a non-title match, of course, but this could really put him up there.
What a match he had against the 1-2-3 Kid, getting past him.
[Gorilla] Well, the 1-2-3 Kid got hammered earlier on
in the evening in an elimination round.
The matchup didn't really present that much of a problem for The Rocket,
but I was surprised, Randy, able to see the 1-2-3 Kid come out.
[Randy] Exactly.
And remember that The Rocket got past the Native American Tatanka,
and that wasn't an easy match for him.
So I'm gonna tell you something right now, you got The Rocket versus Razor Ramon
and let the best man win right here.
Ooh.
[Gorilla] Razor connecting with a big roundhouse right.
And The Rocket went down and went down hard.
Razor obviously with a decided strength and leverage advantage here.
[Randy] Do you think, Gorilla, that being on Father's Day
that Owen Hart's father is proud of him?
[Gorilla] I'm sure that Stu Hart is proud of all his children, Randy.
-[Randy] Equally? -[Gorilla] Well…
I don't think anything ever comes out equally.
-[Randy] All right. I'll buy that. -[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
Right up over the top goes The Rocket.
He's got that agility and he's got to use that.
-[Randy] Did he punch him or slap him? -[Gorilla] He slapped him.
And the Razor catches him in midair, showing us that power.
And look that. Boy, did he drive him.
Oh.
The Rocket doesn't wanna fall prey to too many of those moves
or he will not be the King of the Ring.
[Art] This guy, Razor Ramon,
really outweighs him, what, by about 30 pounds?
[Gorilla] Oh, another slap in the face and one more.
-[Randy] Talk about brass. -[Gorilla] I'll tell you what,
Razor doesn't need any provocation to get mad.
He's mad all the time.
[Randy] Went for a dropkick, but Razor Ramon…
[Gorilla] Oh, slingshot coming up, beauty!
[audience cheering]
-[Randy] Here we go. -[Gorilla] From the backside.
Nice roll up, but no, couldn't get him.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, every pinfall is more important than the one before
because each one could be the last one.
[Gorilla] And imagine the amount of energy that these two men
have already expended to get to this final round.
[Art] That's what I say. This is unbelievable.
These guys are so well-trained. They can play a football game forever.
[Gorilla] Just look at this bridge here by The Rocket.
Holy mackerel.
What a tremendous testament to the power, strength, and conditioning
of these WWE superstars.
[Randy] I think The Rocket got him where he wanted to get him,
but it's power and strength, it goes to Razor Ramon.
And it didn't turn out the way he planned.
[Gorilla] Oh, backslide, but Razor not driving with those legs.
It's not hard to understand why.
Both of these men have already wrestled two grueling matches
to reach this final round. Who's got the best conditioning, Randy?
Will that be one of the big features to tell us who the winner's gonna be?
[Art] You know what I think, I think that Razor's gonna lose.
-I think-- -[Gorilla] Wait a minute, Art.
You predicted at the beginning of our program--
[Art] [inaudible] watching this show.
I think the younger fellow's got a little too much more.
[Randy] It's a man's prerogative to change his mind,
is that what you're trying to say?
-[Art] Well, that is where the-- -Look at The Rocket.
-He's incredible. -[Art] Come on, Razor.
[Gorilla] Razor just got the stuffing knocked out of him here.
Oh, we could see the sharpshooter in the making here, perhaps.
[Randy] We have a 60-minute time limit right here.
[Art] How can they go that long?
[Randy] Well, whoever can't go that long is not gonna be the King of the Ring.
[Art] He won't wear a crown.
[Gorilla] Beautiful European style uppercut and now, oh, no.
This hold's not gonna work.
Well, it might with a little extra leverage from the top rope,
but to put an abdominal stretch on Razor Ramon
by a guy the size of The Rocket, in my book, just doesn't work, Randy.
[Randy] The Rocket's pulling out all stops.
I'm gonna tell you something, but the Razor, with his attitude,
he's gonna do the same. So there's really no advantage.
[Gorilla] No turning back.
No holding back. This is where you let it all hang out.
This is what you've strived for for an entire year,
to be in this position, to be able to say, "I am the 1994 WWE King of the Ring."
[audience cheering]
The chant going on Razor by this capacity crowd.
[Randy] What matches we've seen here tonight?
[Gorilla] Oh, boy. And a beauty still to come.
Firepower being exuded here by The Rocket.
Nice block of that hiplock attempt, but, oh, another nice counter.
Oh, there's that speed and then, oh, there's that power of Razor Ramon.
[Randy] A counter to the counter to the counter. Razor Ramon on top.
[Gorilla] Oh, two and it was that close.
Referee was right there, but no three count.
Just when you think you've got Razor right where you want him, you don't.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, I'm starting to see it now.
-[Randy] King Razor Ramon. -And two once again and almost three.
[Gorilla] King Razor's got a nice ring…
[Randy] He's gonna have more gold over there. You watch.
He's already got the royal colors.
[Gorilla] A nice flip in midair by The Rocket
and a beautiful leg trip and neck snap.
He said, "That's it. I've got it. Got him right where I want him."
Well, a lot of guys thought that.
A moonsault, perhaps, coming up.
Oh, took him… took him forever to get up there.
[Randy] Uh-oh. He's all set. This is Razor's patented move.
[Gorilla] Oh, yes!
Superplex off the top by the "bad guy!"
[Randy] Now, he's setting him up for the Razor's Edge.
-[Gorilla] Now, we're gonna see it! -[Randy] King Razor Ramon!
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Look at these people. They're starting to stand.
[Art] They're going crazy.
[Gorilla] The "bad guy" is gonna do it here at the King of the Ring.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, he's earned it.
[Gorilla] Oh, no, nice counter by The Rocket.
Razor maybe just took a little bit too much time there, Randy.
[Randy] I'll tell you what, when Razor Ramon hit the mat,
look at him holding his left knee.
This could be the most critical fall he's ever…
[Gorilla] Wait a minute.
[Randy] Anvil Neidhart's coming. What is going on?
[Gorilla] Neidhart coming out to the assistance here of Razor Ramon.
Oh, no!
[Art] Hey, why are you doing that?
-[Randy] Has he lost his marbles? -[Gorilla] He is gone!
[Gorilla] Look at him!
[audience cheering]
Referee did not see any of that action on the outside.
[Randy] The ref didn't see it. I saw, but I don't understand it.
-I don't believe it! -[Gorilla] Look at this!
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
has literally given this coveted King of the Ring crown
to "The Rocket" Owen Hart.
-I don't believe it. -[Randy] Yeah, but…
-Wait… -[Art] Tell me what's going on.
[Randy] I'm trying to put it together, Art Donovan, but…
-I did it! -[Randy] It's not that…
-I hope you're watching, Dad. -[Randy] I'll tell you what.
[Randy] I'm spacing out right now.
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart was out here with Bret "The Hitman" Hart in his corner.
[Bill] The winner of this match…
[Randy] We got "Rocket" Owen Hart as King of the Ring.
[Bill] …World Wrestling Entertainment King of the Ring…
[Randy] What the hell is going on, Gorilla?
-[Gorilla] Oh, wait a minute. -[Bill] …"The Rocket" Owen Hart!
[Gorilla] The Anvil obviously came to the aid of Bret "The Hitman",
now coming to the aid of his other brother-in-law,
Owen "The Rocket".
[Randy] That was The Hart Attack right there.
[Art] I think this guy's a psychopath, Randy.
[Randy] Stop going on…
[thumping]
This is incredible.
[Gorilla] Obviously, both of these guys need metal assistance.
[Randy] I'd love to know what The Hitman's got to say about this.
This is incredible.
[Gorilla] Right now The Rocket and The Anvil going to work feverishly.
[Randy] Listen to the chant right now, Gorilla.
"We want Bret."
[Gorilla] Well, we want Bret indeed. Everybody wants Bret.
[Randy] I got to know what's going here. I don't understand it.
[Gorilla] This is a little bit, well, not a little bit.
This is a lot confusing.
[Randy] I've heard of a family affair before.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Oh, Raymond Rougeau…
obviously wants The Hitman as well. Let's go back to Ray Rougeau.
I'm not condoning the way Owen set out and accomplished his mission,
but he did what you did last year
and he is now the undisputed King of the Ring.
What are your thoughts?
I can't believe what just happened. I don't have any comment.
All right. Thank you very much.
Gentlemen, let's go back to you at ringside.
Boy, oh, boy. What a strange state of affairs, Randy Savage.
I got a theory.
Call me crazy, call me nuts,
but I'm just thinking that Neidhart was out there in Bret's corner
and possibly the only motive that he had being at Bret's corner
was to make sure that The Hitman didn't lose his title to Diesel,
but he's hoping that The Rocket will beat The Hitman.
-I don't know. -Oh, wait a minute.
-Well, I don't know. -Let me ask you a question.
Did you two guys act like that in the ring when you were wrestling?
Do you think The Anvil is that smart, Randy?
-I don't. I don't. -Yeah, but The Rocket might be.
Well, we're gonna have to sift through all of this and--
Hey. And Razor Ramon is the big loser right here
because he had the King of the Ring match locked in.
Well, we indeed have a ceremony coming up. A coronation.
A kind of sickening coronation
as we go to the Toddster on the coronation platform.
[royal music playing]
Ladies and gentlemen, whereas the 1994 World Wrestling Entertainment
King of the Ring tournament has now been concluded,
it is time for the coronation ceremony to commence.
After having successfully endured
and triumphed through three grueling tournament rounds,
may I call upon "The Rocket" Owen Hart
as we proclaim him the 1994 King of the Ring!
[audience booing]
[royal music playing]
Wait a minute here, Pettengill, I just want you to know,
and all you dumb people out there, I did what I said I would do.
I am the King of the Ring,
and I want everybody to start giving me the respect of a king!
[audience booing]
[Bill] Ladies and gentlemen,
President Jack Tunney, at this time, will do the honors
in presenting the king…
You wait a minute here, Pettengill. I don't want Jack Tunney.
I want the only person in my whole family that I can trust,
my main man, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart.
He's gonna present the king with his crown.
[audience booing]
Get down on one knee, Pettengill! Get down and salute the king!
Down on your knees! Down!
[audience booing]
[Gorilla] Well, The Rocket obviously taking over this coronation ceremony
and he's got the power of The Anvil standing right there
to allow him to do just that. He's got Todd down on one knee.
Now, the tremendous cape.
[Randy] Look at The Anvil and The Rocket together.
I mean, they're family, but we all know what's going on.
This has many dimensions.
[Gorilla] Well, let's remember, Randy Savage,
that they were a tag team combination, The New Foundation.
-We know how tight they were. -[Randy] I mean…
Look at this.
Can you believe what we're seeing at the time that we're seeing it going on
right now, all the way live right here from the Baltimore arena,
the King of the Ring 1994 is Owen Hart "The Rocket."
[Gorilla] Well, we saw a miscarriage of justice last year
when Bret the Hitman's coronation was interrupted
by the self-professed king, Jerry Lawler, and now we're seeing
-a disgusting coronation here. -[Bill] Ladies and gentlemen,
may I present
the 1994 King of the Ring!
Ladies and gentlemen, the…
Wait a minute here.
My first proclamation as king is to be from this day forward
known as the King of Harts!
The King of Harts!
And I want you people to remember it
with respect for the King of Harts.
[Randy] You don't think that he meant Bret Hart, do you?
I mean, straightforward right at him. One million percent.
The Anvil in the corner of Bret the Hitman
during the World Wrestling Entertainment championship match,
just to save the title so that Owen might get it…
-Gorilla? -[Gorilla] That's a possibility, Randy.
[Randy] It's more than a possibility.
[Gorilla] Well, still to come, that big matchup.
The Hot Rod "Rowdy" Roddy Piper taking on Jerry Lawler.
A lot of water has gone over the dam between these two guys.
Let's bring you up to date right now
in what's gone down between Lawler and Piper.
This is the king's court.
Not to be confused with that
ancient relic from Jurassic Park,
Piper's pit. Do you remember Piper's pit?
[audience cheering]
Jurassic Park was the biggest film ever. I'll take that compliment.
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, the guy with the dress.
Let me just tell you a little bit about "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
You see, when Roddy Piper was born,
his father wanted a boy and his mother wanted a girl,
and they were both satisfied, if you know what I mean. [laughs]
Everybody knows it's a kilt. It ain't no dress.
His movies are so bad
that when they play at the drive-in, people ask for their gas money back.
You call a bunch of kids in the hospital for sick children in Toronto,
you go there and you call them brats?
You're talking about those little sick children
in the hospital up in Toronto, Canada,
I'll send you up there to visit them permanently.
Do you wanna fight Roddy Piper?
Okay. Big time, you done got it.
My guests, where's the T-shirt that says Hot Rod on it?
[audience cheering]
And my guests, where's the dress?
And I wanna bring him out here right now…
-["The Green Hills of Tyrol" playing] -"Rowdy" Roddy Piper!
[audience cheering]
I must say you have never looked better.
You are in the peak of physical condition. Look at those arms.
Your muscles look like mosquito bites on a strand of spaghetti.
Please, Jerry. I'm begging you. I'm begging you, please. [chuckles]
Don't make me bite you. Please I wanna back out right now.
He wants to back out. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper wants to back out.
Well, what's you got to do in order to back out of this match,
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is you got to get down
on your hands and knees and kiss my royal feet,
is that all right with you?
That would be fine. Anything to get out of the match, man.
Oh, yeah!
I've had it with you, Jerry Lawler.
If that's the way you wanna treat the fans,
that's the way you wanna be, that's the way I'm gonna treat you
because when Roddy Piper's good, he is doggone good.
When he's bad, he's better.
[bell ringing]
[Bill] This final contest…
[Gorilla] This is the new generation. This is what's it all about.
This is the WWE as only we can deliver it.
[Bill] Introducing first from Memphis, Tennessee,
weighing 235 pounds,
-Jerry "The King" Lawler! -["The King" playing]
[Gorilla] What a piece of work this guy is.
Lawler, using his King's Court every week on Monday Night RAW,
using that for, to try to humble and humiliate Hot Rod.
You know, I think he just woke a sleeping tiger, Randy.
[Randy] Oh, we're gonna find out because I know a lot about Piper.
And face to face, you don't say the same things to him
because when you do, that's when the trouble starts.
He gets right in your face, Piper does.
[Gorilla] I'm looking forward here for the Hot Rod
cleaning the clock of this self-professed king, Jerry Lawler.
I can't wait.
[Randy] Look at that look in Lawler's face.
He looks, he thinks he's got blue blood in his veins.
And is he vain, yes, he is. He's real vain.
[Art] I'll tell you, I can't believe this whole show
has shaped these guys and it's unbelievable.
Was he the king at one time?
Jerry Lawler or--
[Randy] He's a legend in his mind. He's been doing that in a lot of time.
Yeah, right.
[Gorilla] Thumbs down indeed for Jerry Lawler.
He is gonna literally be crowned the--
[Randy] I'm gonna tell you something.
In just a few seconds, this place is going to, well,
it's gonna be, like, an open air arena because the top's gonna come off
the Baltimore arena because Piper's gonna be walking down that aisle.
[Gorilla] What an event this has been and what a way to climax in here
for the Hot Rod "Rowdy" Roddy Piper getting some revenge
perhaps on the big mouthed King Jerry Lawler.
[Randy] Please don't come around this way.
Look at that sign for the Hot Rodd. I like it.
[Gorilla] He took one look at you, Randy, and headed in the other direction.
[Randy] He's got his hands full with the guy coming down the aisle in--
First of all, let me get one thing straight.
When the undisputed king of the World Wrestling Entertainment
walks down an aisle, you Baltimorons should get down
on your hands and knees and kiss my royal feet
like "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's gonna have to do tonight.
I wanna say hello there to governor Budweiser tonight.
I understand you're still living in the past…
but you're the Macho Man's favorite governor.
He voted for you three times.
Now, you are about to witness history in the making.
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper has ran his mouth
about how he's gonna give a percentage of his winnings
to a bunch of little sick brats up in Canada.
Well, let me get one thing straight right now.
They're gonna be left with their hands out,
tears rolling down their cheeks because they're not gonna get
one single dime from "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
And I am not gonna give not one cent of my winnings to anybody in Canada
or to any of you peons either.
-[Randy] Too much. -[Gorilla] Yeah.
[Gorilla] Why on earth would they hand him a mic?
[Art] I tell you, he should have been a preacher.
He just missed his vocation.
["The Green Hills Of Tyrol" playing]
He's not very well liked, is he?
[Randy] Maybe he owes everybody money.
Oh, [inaudible] here we go.
[Bill] From Glasgow, Scotland…
[Randy] Things are gonna get better in just, in a while.
[Bill] …weighing 229 pounds,
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper!
-[Randy] Here we go. -[Gorilla] Wait a minute.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
[Gorilla] Oh, there they are. The bagpipers leading the way out here.
["Hot Rod" playing]
It is electrifying here in the Baltimore arena.
[Randy] What a night this has been, Gorilla Monsoon.
And we're capping it off big time right here.
Nobody does pay-per-view like the World Wrestling Entertainment,
that's for sure.
["Hot Rod" playing]
[Gorilla] The new generation is alive and well here in the WWE.
And we are awaiting an eruption that, as Randy stated,
will literally tear the roof off the Baltimore arena.
["Hot Rod" playing]
I don't see Roddy.
[Randy] It's all right.
-He's just hanging back. -[Art laughs]
I've seen Piper do those before.
He's got more than one trick up his sleeve.
-["The Green Hills Of Tyrol" playing] -[audience cheering]
-[Randy] Let the building erupt. -[Gorilla] Uh-oh. Here it comes!
["Hot Rod" playing]
[Randy] That's him.
[Gorilla] It is the Hot Rod!
[Randy] Just listen.
["Hot Rod" playing]
[Gorilla] They are on their feet as one here in the Baltimore arena.
Who's he waving on here?
-Rowdy motioning towards his-- -Uh-oh.
[Randy] He's got the Kid.
[Gorilla] He's got his pal with him now.
[Randy] The kid from Monday night RAW that Jerry Lawler had to imitate him.
[Gorilla] The young boy that was humiliated by Jerry Lawler
on Monday Night RAW on The King's court.
[Randy] Piper smart enough to know that it wasn't the kid's fault,
it was Lawler talking him into it.
Look at Lawler.
[Gorilla] He's looking for some kind of a hole to crawl into.
[audience jeering]
[Gorilla] This is not gonna be a bad day for Lawler.
This is gonna be a very, very bad day.
[Art] And maybe the last day.
[Gorilla] Hot Rod making an extra cheer to Baltimore arena
as only he can do it.
[Randy] Somebody just threw a crown in the ring and then put it on the Kid.
[Gorilla] There is only one "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
Testing.
-[Gorilla] Hot Rod has something to say. -Hello.
[audience cheering]
We have come here to kick ass
and chew bubble gum.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Oh, yeah.
And we're all out of bubble gum, man.
[Randy] Hey, hey.
Jerry Lawler, if I was you, I'd just hook them along, brother.
You ugly son of an unnamed goat.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Look at Piper. He looks in unbelievably great shape.
Ripped.
[Gorilla] The gauntlet has been dropped here.
And now the bigmouth is gonna feel
-the wrath of Roddy Piper. -[bell ringing]
[audience cheering]
Boy, we're seeing vintage "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
as he is unleashed in a, with a fury of blows here.
And right hands and Lawler looking for somewhere to hide.
[Randy] Piper's better than a great shape.
-[Art] Look at him. -[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] It's payback time and revenge can be sweet.
[Randy] I would say it's too late to take it all back, Lawler.
-[Art] Oh, he's really mad, huh? -[Gorilla] It's been all Hot Rod.
Lawler begging off in the corner. Looking for a little reprieve here.
I don't believe he'll get one.
[Randy] We got payback time happening all at one time.
[Gorilla] Got a big roundhouse by Hot Rod.
[Randy] That was like the wind up and the pitch.
[Gorilla] Who's got a lot of scores to settle
for those children up there in the hospital in Toronto.
[Randy] Exactly. That's what's Piper's doing it for.
[Gorilla] Lawler looking to bail out here.
Roddy said, "No way. You're not going anywhere.
Come with me. We still have business to do."
[Randy] "It's party time and you're the fool."
[Gorilla] Well, now, it's in by the Hot Rod.
-Oh, look at this. -[Randy] Hey, hey.
Piper hasn't been in the ring for over two years
but he sure doesn't look that way.
[Gorilla] He is obviously been training…
all the time he's been on the shelf because we are seeing, no question,
-vintage "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. -[Randy] You're right about that.
Roddy's got known for his technical skills in the ring.
He's a fighter from the streets.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at these rights and lefts.
Former Intercontinental champion.
[Art] You know, I don't think Roddy Piper likes this guy.
[Randy] He's a former Golden Globe champion, too.
-[Art] Oh, really? -That uses his hands, couldn't you tell?
[Gorilla] Wants the referee to get out of the way,
stay in the corner, and leave me alone.
Let me do my thing. I've got a lot of scores to settle here.
[Randy] This is the frosting on the cake for one of the greatest match
of wrestling that I've ever seen.
Jerry Lawler, I'm gonna keep an eye out for you
because one's closing for you right now.
[Gorilla] What a way to cap off the 1994 King of the Ring.
Look at this. Roddy quick like a cat.
Hasn't lost the step.
[Randy] Lawler's disorientated.
[Gorilla] Not one bit of offense so far out of Lawler…
who's been hammered ever since the get-go.
[Art] Well, like, he hasn't thrown a punch.
[Randy] These people are glad to see Piper back in the ring and so am I.
[Gorilla] Hot Rod got rhythm in a hurry, drop down quickly,
and Lawler trying to plant a boot right in his kisser
but Hot Rod countered it immediately.
[audience booing]
[Gorilla] Oh, boy, that looked like a negative attitude.
[Randy] Those kicks are coming all the way from Portland, Oregon.
[Art] That would hurt.
[Gorilla] One more time, Hot Rod having it on his own way right now.
Atomic drop and the self-professed king goes flying out to the concrete.
[Randy] He's right here in front of us. He sure doesn't look like the king now.
Having a tough time through him, Lawler?
[Gorilla] He is getting crowned royally here by Hot Rod.
[Art] Uh-oh.
[Gorilla] Go get him Roddy. Don't let him escape.
Don't let him get his hands on that youngster.
[Randy] He'd like to, Piper got him from behind.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Rams him right into the steel barricade.
Reverse knife edge by Hot Rod.
[audience cheering]
Lawler really getting his clock cleaned here.
[audience jeering]
[Randy] Caught him in midair!
[Gorilla] Hot Rod caught that right hand in midair
and rams it right into the steel post.
What a job the Hot Rod is doing on to…
[Art] You better run.
[Randy] Nobody's ever been able to figure out the style of Hot Rod.
-Whoa. -[Art] Oh, no.
-[Randy] Look at that. -[Gorilla] Grabs the Kid by the throat.
And Lawler's got a shot into the esophagus.
-[Randy] Get out of there. -[Gorilla] Oh, come on.
[Randy] It's not because Piper's not trying to stop it.
[Gorilla] Give me a break.
[Randy] Uh-oh.
[Randy] Now you're seeing vintage Jerry Lawler right now.
Look at Piper covering him up.
He'd rather take the punishment himself than have the Kid take it.
[Gorilla] No question about that.
[Randy] Get out of there. Run.
[Gorilla] Come on, ref. Get that youngster out of the ring.
[Randy] Piper's trying to push him out himself.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Lawler showing his true colors here.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Look at Piper trying to defend him.
[Gorilla] Piper covering up the youngster who's finally pushed out of the ring
by Hot Rod, and out of harm's way.
[audience] Hot Rod, get up.
[Randy] I tell you what, give Piper another inch right here,
he's gonna get down on Lawler,
and you're not gonna see Lawler no more. You watch.
[Gorilla] What a disgusting display here by Jerry Lawler.
[Randy] Come on, Roddy.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Piper, a little bit disoriented right now,
as he's taking some good shots here by Lawler.
This is the first offense we've seen out of the self-professed king.
Hard right hand sends Hot Rod down the canvas.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] I tell you, after seeing "The Rocket" Owen Hart,
win the King of the Ring tournament, I can't stand to see Lawler beat Piper.
[Gorilla] Boy, what a miscarriage of justice that would be.
[Randy] Come on, Piper.
[Gorilla] But look at that look on the kisser of Hot Rod.
[Art] I think Piper's in trouble.
[Gorilla] We've seen that look many times before.
[Randy] You know what, Art Donovan, I think you're right.
[Gorilla] A nonchalant cover here by Lawler,
doesn't get the job done as Roddy came out the backdoor.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Right on the nose.
[Gorilla] Lawler, once he's got you in a compromised position,
he really knows how to go about methodically putting you away.
Here's the patented sleeper of his right in the center of the ring.
Could be curtains here for Hot Rod.
[audience cheering]
Hot Rod fighting it, but it is in fact right in the center of the ring.
Nowhere for Roddy to reach in. He is fading fast.
[Randy] I tell you, after two years out of the ring,
this would not be a good return. Being put out by Jerry Lawler.
Piper couldn't stand it. I know Roddy Piper.
[audience cheering]
Listen to these people. They know Roddy Piper too.
Look at the kid outside of the ring.
He loves Roddy Piper.
[Gorilla] The chant is calling on Roddy, Roddy.
[Randy] Roddy's a hero to me, and to people all over this world.
[Gorilla] Trying to get the adrenaline flowing through that body.
Give him the little edge that he needs so desperately right now
because Hot Rod's in trouble.
[Randy] Yes, he is.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] The time for the talking is over.
It's time to prove what you say, and if words can get it done,
-Lawler would have been hands down, Randy? -[Randy] Yes.
And then also what's at stake right now,
even more than Piper getting the win over Lawler
is the children's hospital in Toronto.
And you know how important that is to Roddy.
In fact, I talked to him on the phone the other day,
and that's all he was talking about.
[Gorilla] Well, Roddy has made this his mission.
[audience cheering]
And if I know the Hot Rod, he'll do whatever is necessary.
He'll fight fire with fire.
[audience cheering]
[Randy] Come one, Hot Rod.
Well, finally made it to his feet.
That will alleviate a lot of that pressure.
Get that blood flowing back into that brain of his.
-A wild right that should find the Mark. -[Randy] That's a bad sign right now.
Roddy, obviously is still a little bit disoriented here.
[Randy] Piper's half out.
[Gorilla] And Lawler just measured him now.
[Randy] Going for the piledriver. He's got the [inaudible] hooked even.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Piledriver perhaps coming up by Lawler.
Got him up.
Here we go, baby!
Thanks for coming out!
[Art] Oh, good night.
[Randy] Can you imagine if Lawler beats Piper right now?
The bragging, it's gonna be going on,
the bragging rights that he's gonna inherit.
[Gorilla] Well, look at the valuable time he's wasting here, Randy.
Obviously thinking he has it wrapped up.
A nonchalant cover, and Hot Rod comes out the backdoor!
[Randy] Piper, have you ever fought in your life?
And I know you have. I've seen your fights.
Fight tonight. Let's do it. Don't give up.
Take Lawler out. Do it for the kids in Toronto.
Come on, Roddy.
[Art] They better start playing the bagpipes.
[Gorilla] Hot Rod not a quitter by a long shot.
[audience jeering]
Some beautiful lefts there by Lawler, but Piper coming right back for more.
-[Randy] Lawler's hot-dogging. -Come on.
[Randy] Look at Piper's telling him that, "Let's see what you got."
[Gorilla] Hot Rod's saying, "Come on. Show me what you got."
-[Art] He's showing him. -Hot Rod wide open.
[Gorilla] Taking those left hooks.
And now some rights by Lawler.
And look at Roddy fighting to get back to his feet.
[Randy] Come on, Roddy!
[Gorilla] Come on.
[Randy] I tell you what, the people are behind him all the way.
He's telling him, "Let's see what you got."
[Gorilla] Another big roundhouse. He answers with a right hand.
[Randy] You don't wanna trade punches with Piper.
I've tried it, and it doesn't win.
[Gorilla] Lawler didn't expect that. Another beautiful roundhouse by Hot Rod.
[Randy] Piper has got a bigger heart than his whole body. Watch him.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] A nice block at that attempt by Lawler,
but Hot Rod with another roundhouse.
[Randy] He's got more guts than brains right now. Look at him.
[Gorilla] Oh, those cobwebs are getting cleared in a hurry.
[audience cheering]
Side headlock by Hot Rod.
Lawler won't wanna stay in this very long.
-Bulldog! -[Randy] A big bulldog!
Come on, Piper.
Put the frosting on the cake of a great evening.
[Gorilla] That might just open a door for Hot Rod. Another bulldog.
[audience cheering]
Lawler in deep trouble here as Hot Rod has got the blood flowing now.
He's got it all together.
He went for even one more bulldog has got shot right off into the referee.
[Randy] And that's the second time the referee has gone down tonight.
-[inaudible]. Look at this. -[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Lawler into his tights for some kind of a foreign object.
Nailing the Hot Rod right in the esophagus area with it.
[Randy] I tell you what, Piper cannot take much more,
and I can't stand much more of Lawler.
I almost wanna get out of my chair, and do it myself.
[Art] Go ahead.
I'll help you.
[Gorilla] A cover here by Lawler. Referee's crawling over.
One.
-[Art] I can't stand it. -Oh, wait a minute.
[Gorilla] His feet are on the ropes. Take a look ref.
[Randy] They're on the ropes.
[Gorilla] Both feet on the second rope. Take a look ref.
Oh, no.
[Gorilla] Right at the last minute, the young boy jumps up to the legs of--
[audience cheering]
Lawler is beside himself.
Roddy with a back suplex. Hooks the legs!
Referee's in two!
-Yes, he got him! -[bell ringing]
-[audience cheering] -It's all over!
[Bill] Here is your winner,
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper!
[Randy] The frosting on the cake on Father's Day, Gorilla Monsoon!
[Gorilla] Boy, oh, boy.
What a tremendous victory here by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
on this Father's Day, second annual King of the Ring.
What an event it has been
as only the World Wrestling Entertainment can deliver it.
You are looking at a real revered athlete.
["The Green Hills Of Tyrol" playing]
[Art] Check this out. Piper's got the kid on his shoulders.
[audience cheering]
[Gorilla] Tremendous standing ovation here for Hot Rod "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
Happy Father's Day, everyone!
Join us next year for another King of the Ring.
Goodbye, everybody.
Look, Big Daddy. You're still the man, right?
You went out there, and by the time this comes out of the coliseum,
you'll be the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Jimmy.
And I'm gonna be right there by your side.
I got you the WWE Intercontinental Championship belt,
and you will be World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
You did everything, but [inaudible]. You beat him within an inch of his life.
You proved tonight that you're a one-man wrecking machine.
That you are the dominant force
of the World Wrestling Entertainment along with the Heartbreak Kid.
I got news for you. There's more for you.
There's a big future for you as long as you're with the Heartbreak Kid.
And we all know that's gonna be forever, right?
-You and me all the way, all right? -Next champion.
Hey, get out of here!
You got nothing better to do? Get a life, won't you?
Subtitles: Ed Boon ter to do? Get a life, won't you?