-[indistinct chattering] -[suspenseful music playing]
[Franklin Roosevelt] The attack was deliberately planned.
[Triple H] I crippled The Rattlesnake.
[Franklin Roosevelt] The attack has caused severe damage.
[Triple H] Steve Austin will never be the same again.
[Franklin Roosevelt] Hostilities exist.
[narrator] Unspeakable atrocities fuel the champion.
[Franklin Roosevelt] The attack…
[narrator] His terror wreaking havoc on the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Franklin Roosevelt] The attack…
[narrator] Exhibiting no pity, no compassion, no benevolence.
[Franklin Roosevelt] The facts speak for themselves.
[booming explosions]
[narrator] His objective is clear.
[commentator] The Rattlesnake promised revenge.
[narrator] Whatever the cost and agony may be.
[commentator] Stone Cold is on fire.
[narrator] Stone Cold will wage a war until the battle is won.
[Franklin Roosevelt] This form of treachery
shall never again endanger us.
[narrator] WWE No Mercy, live on pay-per-view.
[crowd cheering]
[fireworks popping]
[exciting music playing]
[Ross] The beautiful Gund Arena in downtown Cleveland, Ohio
is sold out as we prepare for No Mercy,
the World Wrestling Entertainment on pay-per-view.
Hello again, everybody, I'm Jim Ross here at ringside,
alongside "The King", Jerry Lawler.
And King, tonight, the WWE title will be decided
no holds barred, no disqualifications, no count-outs
when The Rattlesnake returns to the ring after three months
to challenge Triple H for the gold.
[Jerry] I'm gonna tell you one thing, J.R.
-I don't think-- Uh-oh. -["The Ho Train" playing]
[Jerry] It's The Godfather and the hos. Look at the hos.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Here comes The Godfather. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Ross] But where are the hos?
[Jerry] I don't know. [chuckles]
[Jerry] There they are, J.R.!
[Ross] Oh, ladies and gentlemen, if you missed the--
The Godfather was seen coming out of Mr. McMahon's office
here in the Gund Arena, King.
And apparently, a deal went down
where Godfather has been added to No Mercy here tonight
with some revenge on his mind
after what happened this past Thursday night on SmackDown
involving Mideon and Viscera.
[Jerry] Well, that's a tense situation, all right,
but I have no problem at all
with adding The Godfather to any event as long as we got the hos.
-[bell ringing] -[announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from The Red Light District,
weighing 340 pounds, The Godfather.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Ross] A fun-loving Godfather certainly--
I don't think in a extremely jovial mood after what happened to him
on Thursday night on SmackDown, King.
-King, are you with me? -Well, yeah, excuse me.
Uh, what were-- what'd you say?
I said The Godfather may not be in his usual jovial mood
after what happened last Thursday night.
Let me just show you what happened on Thursday night on SmackDown.
It was The Godfather and Mideon, one-on-one.
The Godfather gets the victory, and then look at what happened.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah, he was-- he was double-teamed, Viscera, Mideon,
-both in there-- Oh, my gosh… -[Ross] Oh, man.
[Jerry] …on The Godfather.
[Ross] Well, The Godfather, lucky he was able to…
-[Godfather] It's time… -[Ross] Uh-oh, here we go.
…once again for everybody to come aboard the…
[crowd] Ho Train!
-[Jerry chuckles] -Hey, I know that I ain't the only one.
-Is there any pimps up in this house? -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, man, look at them all. [laughs]
[Ross] It's a pimps convention.
You all already know that The Godfather be smokin' worldwide.
Man, I want you to roll a fatty for this pimp daddy,
light that blunt up and say, "Pimping ain't easy"!
[crowd] Pimping ain't easy!
[Jerry] You got a fatty there, J.R.?
[Ross] I beg your pardon?
["Follower (The Ministry of Darkness)" playing]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Lot of folks--
[announcer] And his opponent to be accompanied to the ring by Viscera,
weighing 304 pounds, Mideon.
[Ross] Mideon and Viscera making their way to the ring
and certainly it's gonna be Mideon one-on-one with The Godfather here, King.
[Jerry] Yeah, well, you can say one-on-one,
but look at Viscera by his side.
Look at how wide Viscera is.
[Ross] Viscera, between 450 and 500 pounds,
Mideon weighing in at 304,
a battle of two super heavyweights here with The Godfather and Mideon.
[Jerry] Viscera needs to be wearing a license plate.
That is a wide load. Uh-oh.
Remember when The Godfather offered the hos to Mideon
and said he preferred farm animals?
-[Ross] I heard that. -[Jerry chuckling] Oh, man.
[Ross] Guess anything to get attention.
-[music stops] -[crowd chattering]
I will get down here so make sure you understand me.
[Ross chuckles]
Now, since it seems like I ain't got no farm animals…
[Jerry chuckling] Oh, see there.
…you don't want no hos,
so I'm just gonna kick your ass.
[Jerry] Here we go.
[Ross] No more dealing here.
Godfather knows what he come for and that is to-- well, you heard it,
to take care of Mideon here.
[Jerry] And remember when Mideon talked about those farm animals,
he did say he preferred them dead. Ugh.
[Ross] That's a morbid connotation.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Yeah, I guess he didn't wanna seem like he's a pervert.
-[Ross] I guess not. -[Jerry laughs]
[bell ringing]
[Ross] Lord knows that wouldn't be a good thing.
-[Jerry] No. Not for Mideon. -[Ross] So Godfather and Mideon here,
one-on-one here at No Mercy.
And folks, if you just joined us and having to miss Sunday Night Heat,
Vince McMahon made this WWE title showdown
between Stone Cold and Triple H tonight
a no-holds-barred matchup, no disqualification, no count-out
and looking into that story a little bit later
as we go through here on No Mercy, as this match is underway.
[Jerry] Well, all the story you need to know about that
is that Triple H is fuming over that.
[Ross] Well, I don't blame him for that quite frankly
-because no holds-- look out here. -[Jerry] Oh, my God. Whoa!
[Ross] Quick time powerslam by The Godfather.
This no-holds-barred matchup, King, I don't know if you'd agree or not,
-is right down Austin's alley. -[Jerry] Well, of course it is.
[Ross] Shot to the ribs by The Godfather.
This match will be a physical matchup between two huge men.
[Jerry] I'm gonna tell you one thing, we might as well face it
right here in Cleveland, Ohio-- Wow, right in the chops--
Cleveland, Ohio, Austin's gonna have no mercy.
We're gonna have a new WWE champion here tonight.
[Ross] That's what a lot folks around the world are hoping, I'm sure.
[Jerry] Obviously, Vince McMahon's hoping that too.
[Ross] Well, I'm not gonna speak for Mr. McMahon,
but certainly the rules would seem to lean to indicate
that they would favor Austin but that remains to be seen.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, wait a minute.
[Ross] Let's not discount Triple H.
[Jerry] Let's get aboard.
The Ho Train. [imitates train chugging] No, wait a minute.
-It's getting derailed here. -[Ross] Wait a minute, what's--
Mideon's doing something, or Viscera rather, on the outside.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Viscera getting awfully close
to The Godfather's good natured hos out there
and then Mideon took advantage of that.
[Jerry] I told you this one ain't gonna be one-on-one.
[referee] Get inside the ring, man. Get inside.
[Ross] This has all the properties of a Handicap match.
With that big old-- oh, man-- that near 500-pound Viscera
on the outside.
-Look out here. -[Jerry] Watch out that--
-Hey, ref, how about turning around? -[Ross] Oh, man.
Godfather's back just exploded into the ring apron, his lower back there,
from the power of that-- of that huge man, Viscera.
Godfather may be derailed, that Ho Train may be off the tracks.
[Jerry] Yup. Ow.
[Ross] A little jawbreaker there by Mideon,
trying to hammer and keep The Godfather down,
easier said than done as we can see.
[Ross] Ooh.
[Jerry] I can't believe that the hos are standing so close
-to Viscera over there. -[Ross] Do they have any choice or no?
-[Jerry] Yeah, I don't-- -[Ross] There's the cover and--
[Jerry] They may not be able to escape his gravitational pull.
[chuckles] The guy's huge.
[Ross] The hos trying to keep a safe distance from Viscera on the outside.
Again, Mideon has The Godfather grounded here,
-at least momentarily… -[Mideon] What are you talking about, hos?
…here on our opening contest,
-here at No Mercy. -[Mideon] You shut up!
[Ross] There will be no mercy shown whatsoever
in the WWE title matchup tonight.
[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Stone Cold has not been in the ring in an official match
since SummerSlam.
First match back, title on the line, no holds barred tonight.
A sunset flip by The Godfather, and The Godfather got the pin right there,
but-- one, two, still may get it! No, he doesn't.
-[Jerry] Oh, my goodness! -[Ross] Viscera had the referee
distracted there momentarily long enough
for Mideon to clear his head and get the kick out.
[Jerry] Look at the smile on the face of Viscera.
How can he not keep looking over there at the hos.
How can he concentrate on this match standing next to them?
Oh.
[Ross] Irish whip far side, Godfather in a lot of trouble here
from the combination of Mideon's in-ring activity
and the distractions of the monstrous Viscera on the outside.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at that! -[Ross] Hook on a right hand.
See, referee Tim White probably unaware of that cheap shot
by Viscera from the outside.
-Godfather in a real disadvantage here. -One, two, three…
[Ross] As if Mideon wasn't tough enough, and he is,
he got that big monster on the outside as well.
[Jerry] I think Godfather's gonna have to start bringing some tougher hos.
[crowd cheering, chanting]
[Ross] Ow.
Godfather trying to fight back out of that corner.
[Jerry] Here we go.
[Ross] Hard Irish whip.
-Going right to left. -[Jerry] Oh, now, we go.
Here's a little-- Oh, no.
[Ross] Viscera had that one well scouted
and then the knockdown from the clothesline, right side,
lateral press and-- Oh, he got a long two count there.
Referee Tim White right there in good position
to see those shoulders, King.
That's amazing.
-Break it up! -I'll break it off.
One, two, three, four…
[Ross] Blatant choke by Mideon.
Referee used his count there.
If he got to five, it would have been a disqualification.
-[referee] Get off! One, two… -[Ross] Nothing fancier or scientific
about this offensive approach by Mideon here.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Certainly not a technical wrestler and he's got--
[Ross] And now look here.
Viscera right in front of us blocking out the sun literally.
-For more cheap shots on The Godfather. -[crowd jeering]
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Godfather falls in a heap here on the outside.
[Jerry] Oh, hos, I think he needs maybe a massage or something.
[Ross] Or at least some verbal motivation.
[Jerry] Encouragement. Few words of encouragement would be nice.
[referee] Let him in.
[Ross] Pimp daddy is in trouble.
And Mideon may be about to put the finishing touches now
-on the Godfather. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-[crowd jeering] -You shut it!
[Ross] Quite the game plan by Mideon and Viscera,
it's almost like a Handicap Match here.
[Jerry] Here we go. Oh, he missed him.
[Ross] Maybe Mideon took a little too much time.
We'll see.
The Godfather back up, those thunderous right hands.
[Jerry] Oh, look out, Mr. Mideon.
Oh! Big clothesline from The Godfather.
J.R., we may be fixing to see the old Ho Train in action here
in just a second.
It's starting to crank up there.
[Ross] Oh, what a leg drop there by The Godfather.
-There's the cover! -[referee] One, two…
[Ross] You saw how close that one was.
[Jerry] Starting to see some smiles on the faces of the hos over there.
[Ross] Godfather-- if anybody can bring a smile to their face,
-it'll be The Godfather, I would think. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Scoop slam by The Godfather, the 304-pound Mideon.
You can't waste a lot of time up there.
[Jerry] Oh, my-- Oh, man.
[Ross] And Mideon got the knees up.
[Jerry] Right into the ribs of The Godfather.
[Ross] Remember these two men met this past Thursday on SmackDown,
that's the reason for this match.
That's the reason that The Godfather went to Vince McMahon
earlier tonight on Heat.
-[Jerry] He may be having second thoughts. -[Ross] Oh. Look out here.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Godfather moved out of the way
and Viscera almost-- he almost moved the ring or did he?
[Jerry] He did move the ring. That was like a train hitting the ring.
[Ross] Viscera's down.
And Godfather sending Mideon
-for the ride. -[Jerry] Oh, here we go. Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry imitating train chugging] -[Ross] Here comes the Ho Train.
-Get onboard or be left behind! -[Jerry] Woo-hoo! Oh!
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] There's the cradle, one, two--
-[Jerry] He got him! -[Ross] He got him.
-[bell ring] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Ho Train into the cradle and a big right hand on Viscera.
[announcer] Here is your winner, The Godfather.
-["The Ho Train" playing] -[Jerry] Godfather got him some, J.R.
[Ross] The Godfather came and got him some.
[Jerry] I think he's gonna get himself a little bit later on too. Whoo!
[Ross] Godfather and the hos now can celebrate.
Now, there's reason to celebrate as far as The Godfather is concerned.
[Jerry] Why don't-- J.R., why don't you get in there
and celebrate a little bit?
[Ross] Oh, way out of my league.
Ladies and gentlemen, this past Thursday night on SmackDown…
[Jerry] Look at the ref! What's he doing?
[Ross] …we saw Triple H seriously injured at the hands of The Rattlesnake,
the real Rattlesnake.
And then Triple H confronted "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And here's what happened Thursday night.
[crowd cheering]
[Chyna] All right. Hey, it's Austin.
Look what you did to me. Take a good look.
This is you did to me. All right?
This belt, it doesn't mean my life.
It's not worth my life to me.
Obviously, it does to you. You can have it if you want it.
I don't want it this way.
You're gonna get it this way.
Here's your championship, take it.
Hope that makes you happy, Steve.
-[Triple H grunts] -[Michael] Oh, my God, Triple H!
[Jerry] What is this?
[Michael] He's attacked Austin!
Wait, wait, what's he doing? What's he doing to Stone's face?
Oh, my God!
[grunting]
You stupid son of a… [spits]
This title means more to me than it ever, ever will to you.
[echoes] …ever will to you.
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, earlier tonight,
we had the opportunity to catch up with Triple H
and get his reaction on what he did to Austin
on Thursday Night SmackDown.
I'm on top of the world.
Did you see what happen Thursday night?
Did you-- did you, honest to God, see what happened Thursday night?
Come on, that was an Oscar-winning performance.
You got to admit it, right? I made you a believer, right?
Women were crying in the front row.
Women actually believed the snake bit my face right here
and ended my career.
You know what happened to that snake?
It tried to bite me,
just like rattlesnakes do, they try to bite you.
What I did is I ripped its head off and threw it in the trash
just like I'm gonna tonight.
The fact of the matter is I pulled the wool over everybody's eyes,
including Vince McMahon.
Vince McMahon, the man with the balls the size of grapefruits,
stood in the ring before me and said, "I'm so sorry, Triple H."
"I'm sorry. I didn't know."
What a maroon. He's the biggest idiot.
He's not the biggest idiot. You know who the biggest idiot is?
Austin, because I walked into that dressing room,
I stood face-to-face with Austin and I saw the sorrow in his eyes.
He looked at my eyes and he felt bad for me,
right up until the point I busted him over with the belt
and put the boots to him.
He's the biggest idiot walking.
Well, Triple H, with that said, you angered a lot of people on SmackDown
including The Texas Rattlesnake.
Yeah, I angered a lot of people.
You don't even get it, do you?
You don't have a clue. I can see it right now looking at you.
You don't have a clue as to what I'm doing.
Think about this.
I have made Austin the most pissed off he has ever been in his life.
I humiliated him in front of the world.
I put him beneath me in front of the world.
This is the maddest he has ever been in his life.
And sure, he's gonna come out there all full of himself
and he might get a few shots in on me, you know?
He might give me a little rough time,
but the reality of it is, when it's said and done,
I'm gonna walk out the WWE championship, with it around my waist.
[exciting music playing]
[Ross] I tell you one thing, King. Triple H is very confident there,
but Vince McMahon had a way of changing Triple H's mood.
We'll hear that a little bit later here tonight on No Mercy.
[Jerry] Yeah, you're right.
He talked about Austin being P'd up.
Well, now, Triple H is PO'd.
[Ross] Well, Michael Cole is standing by, we understand,
with the WWE women's champion, Ivory.
Ivory, when you started your career,
did you ever think you'd be defending the women's championship
against WWE hall of famer, The Fabulous Moolah?
I don't care about Moolah's history.
I mean, Lord knows there's enough of it to fill an encyclopedia.
Listen, those two old ladies, Moolah and Mae Young,
obviously have trouble remembering things
because they haven't been able to find their way back to the home.
Well, I am here tonight to deliver a message
that they will not be able to forget.
I am the real, the one and only women's WWE champion.
They're never gonna be able to forget it when I'm done with them.
["Ooh Baby" playing]
[Ross] Here we go, ladies and gentlemen,
this is will be one, King, for the ages to say the least.
[Jerry] Yeah, ages 70 to 80. [laughs]
[Ross] The Fabulous Moolah, you got to give her credit, King.
She's over 70 years of age, a Hall of Famer,
followed there by Mae Young who's a little bit older than Moolah,
all due respect.
-[Jerry] Yeah, I'll give her credit. -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] I'll give them credit for making it to the ring
without a walker. [laughs]
[announcer] For the World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger, accompanied by Mae Young,
from Columbia, South Carolina,
The Fabulous Moolah!
[Jerry] Oh, look at those mugs, J.R.
You know, Halloween's coming up,
Mae and Moolah go trick or treating as is. [laughs]
-[Ross] Oh, you quit that. -[Jerry] Oh, my God. Look at that.
[Ross] I just hope when I'm 72-- I hope live to be 72--
number one, I can get around like these women.
[Jerry] What are you talking about? You don't look as good as they do now.
-["Precious" playing] -[Ross] You got a point there but…
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Here we go.
[announcer] Her opponent,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion, Ivory!
[Jerry] Ivory told Moolah to wrestle women her own age
but there aren't any.
-[laughs] Look at Moolah! -[Ross] Oh, come on.
Ivory is a spitfire, to say the least here,
the WWE Women's Champion.
This is for Ivory's championship belt here tonight, King.
Title on the line. Who would have ever thunk it.
That the 70 plus-year-old Fabulous Moolah?
[Jerry] Oh, look at that perm.
Could you imagine losing your belt to a senior citizen like that,
an octogenarian?
[Ross] And Ivory's got a fans here. There's one of them out there.
[Jerry] I don't think worse than that would be losing your virginity to one.
Oh, look at-- oh, my goodness.
Do you know how bad she'd feel if wrinkles hurt?
-[Ross] You may cut Moolah little slack. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] You have to respect all of her accomplishments, King.
[Jerry] Oh, look out. Oh, my.
[Ross] There's a brogue kick by Ivory from behind on Moolah
not wasting any time and Moolah kicked out.
Ivory would like to end this thing and not leave anything to chance here.
[Jerry] Oh!
-[Ross] Leg drop on The Fabulous Moolah. -[Jerry] Get her quick.
[Ross] There's a cover, Moolah kicks out at one, King.
[Jerry] Have you ever heard a phrase midriff balls? [laughs]
[Ross] I think I've got midriff balls.
There's a-- there's a cover and a near-fall.
And Moolah works her way back up with those--
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Watch the hair pulling.
[Ross] Open hand shot by Moolah and snapmare by the hair.
Vintage Fabulous Moolah.
There's a lateral press
with the WWE women's title on the line here.
The Fabulous Moolah challenging Ivory.
[Jerry] You got to give Ivory credit
for being able to push that kind of weight off her shoulders.
Look at this. Oh.
[Ross] Reversal and Moolah goes to the corner.
And the Fabulous Moolah-- oh, Moolah going upstairs here,
for Mae, first floor's high enough.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Ross] Nobody there.
And look at Mae Young. Mae young up on the apron.
[Jerry] Let me ask you this.
Is this Mae-- or am I watching this in slow motion?
What is Mae Young doing?
-[Ross] And Moolah-- wait a minute. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Ivory tried to-- I think a shortcut there
and used the rope for leverage.
Oh, man. There's some-- good Lord, what a right hand and down went Mae.
-[Jerry laughing] -[Ross] She may be hurt. That's not funny.
Moolah thrown outside here too.
-Ivory-- -[Jerry] Look at that.
[Ross] Now Ivory with a dropkick. And there goes Mae Young again.
[Jerry] This is the greatest thing in the world
only in the World Wrestling Entertainment would you see that.
[Ross] Uh-oh, with a suicide dive right on Moolah
right out here in front of us.
[Jerry] Boy, I'm telling you only in the WWE
-where you've ever seen-- oh, look out. -[Ross] Oh, look at-- don't do that.
-[Jerry] Oh, help her up. -[Ross] Put them in the ring.
-for goodness sake. -[Jerry] Give her mouth--
give her mouth to mouth, J.R.
She needs your help.
Uh-oh.
Oh, look out.
[Ross] Oh, look out, Moolah grabbed a handful of Ivory's hair
and tossed the women's champion over.
Look at this, King.
[Jerry] Boy, I'm telling you, what a shot.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] And there Mae Young's--
[Jerry] This is wonderful, J.R. Look at-- oh.
I think you just love watching old women get beat up.
[referee] Get back to the ring, ladies.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, wait, look at Mae Young.
Oh, another shot.
[Ross] Well, Ivory, young enough to be the granddaughter
of either of these ladies.
[Jerry] What's the senior citizen discount here tonight?
Oh.
[Ross] I tell you what, I give Moolah and Mae Young credit,
all the credit in the world…
-[Jerry] Hit them. -[Ross] …for just being out here
-and trying to compete. -[Jerry] Look at Ivory.
She's-- look-- uh-oh. She's got that title belt.
[Ross] Ivory with that--
[Jerry] Look at Mae Young. What is Mae Young doing?
[Ross] Well, Mae got-- she's involved in this thing.
Mae and Moolah are-- oh, Mae got-- and here's-- oh, good Lord.
And down goes Mae again. Good God for the third time.
[Jerry] That had to break her hip. Uh-oh.
[Ross] Moolah with the roll up.
[Jerry] One-- no. No!
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Did she get her?
Moolah-- wait a minute. Hold it. Moolah looks at Ivory.
[Jerry] What the hell is the-- wait a minute.
["Ooh Baby" playing]
[announcer] Here is your winner, The Fabulous Moolah.
[Jerry] Impossible-- wait a minute.
[Ross] Anything can happen in the WWE
and you've just seen a great example of that.
[Jerry] You mean-- no way. This is gonna be a joke.
[Ross] The 70 plus-year-old Fabulous Moolah
is the WWE Women's Champion
-and Ivory can't believe it. -[Jerry] And I can't believe it either.
I've got to be dreaming and then this is a nightmare.
Look at Mae Young.
I think she wet her Depends.
[singer] ♪ Whoa, baby ♪
[Ross] Moolah checking with Mae.
Mae Young very instrumental in this matchup quite frankly
but Moolah-- the Fabulous Moolah,
the hall of famer, is the WWE Women's Champion.
[Jerry chuckles]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, the new women's champion,
The Fabulous Moolah.
[singer] ♪ Oh, baby ♪
[Jerry] You've come a long way, baby.
But I think you just ran out of gas. Look at that shape.
[Ross] Well, folks, earlier, we heard from Triple H
when he arrived on Heat
and when he laid out his strategy,
we talked about it even last Thursday night on SmackDown.
Well, Vince McMahon had to reply to that interview.
And here's what Vince had to say.
I think your strategy is gonna work.
Hold on.
-No. -Oh, well, that's your opinion.
The reason for that is that,
you see, it'll work under normal circumstances,
putting a no holds barred match which the way it's gonna be tonight,
it ain't going to work.
No disqualification, no count out, best to look to you out there.
-Give him hell, man. Give him hell. -What hell are you talking about?
-Give him hell out there. -What are you talking about?
That's not what I signed up for.
That's exactly what it's gonna be tonight.
That's not what I--
[Ross] Well, let me tell you one thing. Helmsley had great strategy
as long as it was in a no disqualification match because I don't know
that The Rattlesnake could have maintained his composure
-tonight here, King. -[Jerry] Yeah. But you heard what he said.
That's not what he signed up for. It's not fair.
[Ross] Well, that's the way it's gonna be.
And that match is also especially no holds barred tonight.
-["Oh You Didn't Know" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Road Dogg] Oh, you didn't know?
Your ass better call somebody.
[Ross] Perhaps the greatest tag team in the history of WWE,
the New Age Outlaws.
-The incomparable Road Dogg. -Clevelander,
you're damn right.
[Ross] And "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn.
You see it's me, it's me.
Is it D-O, double G?
And once again with that B-A, double D.
[Jerry] Well, I wanna tell you something, J.R.
Can you feel the excitement in here?
Can you feel the electricity?
These people in Cleveland, you know, they have in Atlanta cheer
about with the Indians and the Browns lately
but they're going down tonight.
[Ross] They love the New Age Outlaws, and why not?
The most charismatic, the most athletic, the most successful tag team
to ever compete in the WWE.
[Jerry] Look, The Dogg Pound.
Cut the music.
[Jerry] It really is the home of The Dogg Pound.
[crowd cheering]
Welcome to the Dogg House.
[Jerry] Yeah, for real.
[crowd cheering]
Where you know the New Age Outlaws
always like to kick that shiznit doggy style.
[crowd cheering]
Now then just for fun,
let's see if we can make a little noise up in the gun.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages,
D-Generation X proudly brings to you
its former WWE tag team champions of the world,
the "Road Dogg" Jesse James, the "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn,
the New Age Outlaws.
-[Jerry] J.R., I got one question for you. -[Ross] What's that?
[Jerry] What is a shiznit?
[Ross] I don't really know.
I'll look it up tomorrow.
And of course, if you're not done with that
we got two words for you.
[crowd] Suck it!
[Ross] Well, talking about the Thursday night on SmackDown.
And certainly it was a very competitive matchup
to say the very least.
But King, I think you got to admit.
If the Hollys had not interjected,
it looked as if the Outlaws would have successfully retained
the tag team titles.
[Jerry] Yeah, but instead,
The Hollys came out, a little miscue there from Crash.
[Ross] Yeah. Well, that's hardcore right in your screen there
come in with the tag title belt.
And now "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn right between the eyes.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] And then the unthinkable happen.
We thought it was gonna be the last time
we'd have to see The Rock 'N' Sock Connection
but instead Rock 'N' Sock became the tag team champions.
[Ross] And much to disagreeing of The Rock.
The Rock 'N' Sock Connection lives on now as tag team champions.
But there is a personal score to settle
between the Outlaws and the Holly Cousins.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah. Here they come.
[announcer] Their opponents at a combined weight
of 447 pounds Hardcore and Crash,
the Hollys.
[Jerry] I'm gonna tell you something. I like Mr. Ass.
Well, tonight's gotta be-- they're gonna have to put
an anchor to Mr. Ass's ass to make them weigh enough
to fit into that super heavyweight category.
[Ross] Well, this match is not for the WWE tag titles.
-It is first of all-- -[Jerry] Oh, look at this. You're right.
[Ross] And here we go.
The Road Dogg pairing up with Crash Holly,
Mr. Ass and Hardcore Holly.
These four men a lot--
so much animosity directed toward the Hollys and the Outlaws.
The Outlaws were in a sterling mood here today
all because of what happened last Thursday night on SmackDown.
[Jerry] I think this is what they talk about
when they say kicking the shiznit doggy style?
[Ross] Road Dogg and Crash Holly in there
and Hardcore Holly went for a rough ride leaving him a tougher landing there.
Thanks to the power of "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Very emotional pent-up state.
A lot of rage here and the--
for the Outlaws after the way they lost the tag tittles.
They're not crying about losing just the way they lost.
And it was all thanks to the Hollys.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I think they are crying about losing.
[Ross] I don't think so.
Scoop Slam, look at the power of "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn,
6-5, about 270.
Magnificent athlete and there is a cover and that could-- no.
It's gonna be a near-fall here.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Tag made to the charismatic Road Dogg.
Road Dogg in
and bury that boot right into the ribs of Crash Holly.
-Look at this teamwork. -[Jerry] Okay. Okay.
That's enough about the charismatic Road Dogg.
Let's talk about the Hollys.
And now we got-- one thing I wanna clear up.
That idiot, Howard Finkel, the worst-- the worst ring announcer in the world,
I heard him about an incorrect weight announcement about the Hollys.
What did you say they weigh 400?
I know for a fact that the Hollys weigh nearly 800 pounds.
[Ross] Well, that's what they claim.
[Jerry] Well, you think they lied?
[Ross] Well, there-- they may exaggerate a little bit.
With those right hands-- the left hand I should say,
but you better watch the right.
There you see it.
And with little right hand this time by Badd Ass on Hardcore Holly.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Referee Mike Chioda trying to maintain a little order here.
And that Road Dogg Shake, Rattle, and Knee Drop
that found his mark on Crash Holly.
There's the cover and-- oh, another-- there's a near-fall.
[Jerry] You know what, I just figured out,
I realized why Howard Finkel is making mistakes now
-in this ring announcing than I do. -[Ross] Why's that?
[Jerry] Well, you know, he's just recently become the property…
-[Ross] Oh, look at-- -[Jerry] …the personal property
of Curtis Hughes.
[Ross] Well, that wouldn't make a guy change his attitude.
Or commits-- or commits suicide or one of the two.
[Jerry] Hughes had a big smile on his face earlier today.
[Ross] Not as big as a Fabulous Moolah
-must have been smiling right now. -[Jerry] Look out. Oh.
[Ross] Oh, the Road Dogg took a bad ride there.
And look at Hardcore Holly on the outside.
Referee Mike Chioda on the other side of the ring
didn't-- hasn't much seen this action.
And Hardcore Holly now may have done enough damage
to allow his cousin Crash to put the Road Dogg away.
You know there's gonna be a tag and here comes Hardcore.
[Jerry] J.R., tell me I was dreaming while ago.
Fabulous Moolah is not really the new WWE Women's Champion, is she?
-[Ross] She certainly is. -[Jerry] Oh.
Oh, boy.
[Ross] Hardcore Holly found his mark that time
and Road Dogg finds himself in a degree of trouble here.
Thanks to the tactics, if you will,
legal or not on the hard-- on the Holly Cousins.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] I tell you what, these Hollys, if they keep on fighting each other,
they are pretty darn impressive tag team in my book.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
I know that this match is not about a title
but we've already seen one title changed hands tonight
and now thanks to Vince McMahon for that new rule, J.R.
We'll probably see another one in Austin's match with Triple H.
[Ross] Look at the power of Hardcore Holly
and the blood rushing to the head of the Road Dogg here.
I don't think I've ever seen anybody being held up that long before
-and there's a vertical suplex. -[Jerry] I told you.
That's because Holly is a 400-pounder, he hold anybody up there.
[Ross] And a cover, that's gonna be oh-- no. Road Dogg kicked out.
That Road Dogg is a fighter.
He will not stay down
and Hardcore Holly with that beautiful vertical suplex.
[Jerry] Stay down, you hound.
I'll let the dog-- Road Dogg.
-Get him. -[Ross] Holly sensing up now.
Holly tremendous upper body strength as you can tell by looking.
And the Road Dogg is grounded at least for the time being
by Hardcore Holly.
It may not be for long as the Road Dogg fights his way back up.
-And the Road Dogg had some momentum. -[Jerry] Oh, no. [laughs]
[Ross] At least he's trying to build some momentum,
got pulled down by his hair
and exchange now with Hardcore and his Cousin Crash.
[Jerry] He got-- he got pulled down by his extensions.
You got to be impressed with the Hollys.
-They are really hardcore. Oh, yeah. -[Ross] I am impressed with them.
They're very tough and-- oh, there's the cover.
One, two…
-[Jerry] Man. -[Ross] Another near-fall.
Boy, that Road Dogg is-- finds himself in a bad way,
and the Hollys-- look at Crash [indistinct]
Crash keeps his body
between the Road Dogg and his partner Mr. Ass.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Ross] Pretty good tag team strategy there.
The Hollys have always had great potential
but they could never get along for a whole match
without fighting each other.
[Jerry] Well, you know, they're cousins and they know how each other think.
Look at this.
[Ross] Crash Holly with the unfair advantage here
using those ropes
as you can see him checking from the additional leverage
or for the additional leverage I should say.
And now the Hollys make another tag, very timing tag.
[Jerry] See, Hardcore and Crash are so competitive.
They both-- they just have that family fighting spirit.
Neither one of them wanna get the best to other one.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Oh, man.
[Jerry] If the competition is not there, they'll fight each other.
[Ross] Well, the Road Dogg getting a lock choke out in him there.
[crowd chattering]
I just want you to see that either, idiot.
[Mike] I'm telling you this is not a good idea.
-[Ross] Road Dogg has-- -[Jerry] Who's he calling an idiot? You?
[Ross] Scoop Slam by Hardcore Holly.
Road Dogg needs to make a tag in a worse way here.
"Badd Ass" Billy Gunn has popped there already,
but the Hollys are saying something about that.
[Jerry] The Hollys has done a great job of segregating this tag team.
-Look out! -[Ross] And Road Dogg got the boot up.
Well, that could be the break that they're waiting for right there.
[Jerry] The break of some of Hardcore's teeth.
[Ross] Road Dogg had the wherewithal to get that boot up
and stick it right in Hardcore Holly's face.
And the Road Dogg now trying to shake the cobwebs.
He's trying to get to that corner and tag his partner Mr. Ass.
Because it looks like Hardcore-- yes, he does.
-[Jerry] Oh, here we go, here we go. -[Ross] He tags in Crash.
[Jerry] He tagged Crash.
[Ross] And Crash makes sure that Mr. Ass doesn't make the tag.
[Jerry] Looks like Mr. Ass got crashed into the wall there.
And look at Crash. He moves so fast for a super heavyweight.
Oh, yeah.
[Ross] Crash had dropkicked right in the back of the head
of the Road Dogg.
[Jerry] Have you ever seen a 400-pounder move that fast?
[Ross] No, I really haven't.
-[Jerry] Watch the speed agility. -[Ross] Another tag.
Several tags, great continuity body,
the Holly Cousins thus far in this matchup.
Again it was scheduled to be for the tag team titles.
[Jerry] Oh. Oh.
Oh, man.
[Ross] Well, Holly, that was a thunderous clothesline.
That may be enough right there.
And at wrong two-count.
And look at the Road Dogg fight back out.
[Jerry] You know, you said that this match was supposed to be
for the WWE tag team titles.
But that stupid Rock 'N' Sock reunion had to take place.
Now we got The Rock 'N' Sock Connection champions.
And you know-- you know Rock got to be hating that.
[Ross] Well, I think that he and his brothers had
rather not be in tag team matches
but that's just my opinion. I don't know.
[Jerry] No, rather not be on tag team matches
with that idiot Mankind.
Uh-oh. Look out, here we go.
[Ross] Road Dogg building some momentum and what a dropkick by Holly.
[Jerry] Yes, that was beautiful.
[Ross] Holly did stuck both feet around the face of the Road Dogg.
[Jerry] Come on, J.R., comprehend. Give him his props.
[Ross] Tremendous dropkick by Hardcore Holly.
-And Holly uppercutting-- -[Jerry] Watch you back!
[Ross] Oh, there's-- Mr. Ass made sure that the three-count didn't go down.
[Jerry] What a bleeding cheeks.
[Ross] And there was no tag made.
[Jerry] I heard a tag.
[Ross] Oh, I didn't notice. No tag made.
Let me take my word on.
[Jerry] J.R.
Oh.
[Ross] Crash Holly with another knockdown, the Road Dogg.
Road Dogg finds himself in a bad way. The Road Dogg's been isolated.
Several tags by the Hollys.
All the while keeping the Road Dogg isolated.
-[Jerry] Now you saw that tag. -[Ross] I certainly did.
[Jerry] You just-- and you heard it too.
You just don't really know the fact that Fabulous Moolah is the new champion.
She'll probably ask you out to dinner tonight
to celebrate or something.
[Ross] Well, I am a little bit amazed quite frankly.
Road Dogg reaching for that tag instinctively,
reaching for the tag.
And again Hardcore Holly--
we know that "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn has got a short fuse
and he looks to be about ready to erupt here.
[Jerry] Hey, don't get personal talking about the short fuse.
[Ross] Excuse me?
He has a temper. That's what I'm referring to.
-[Jerry] Oh, okay. -[Ross] Where is your head?
-[Jerry] Watch this. -[Ross] Hardcore Holly going up. Look out!
The Road Dogg--
but that's a great vector move there
-by the Road Dogg shaking the ropes. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
-[Ross] And Holly land rather gingerly. -[Jerry] Get in there, ref.
[Ross] And the Road Dogg all the way up to the top.
-[Jerry] Don't let him do that. -[Ross] Good grief.
-Now Hardcore Holly-- -[Jerry] Don't be impressed-- oh.
[Ross] Oh, my God, what a superplex.
What a move by the Road Dogg.
[Jerry] That's it.
That may have taken too much on the Road Dogg
for the Road Dogg to make a cover, or make the tag.
[Jerry] Yeah. But Hardcore is just completely out of it.
[Ross] You're talking about a fearless offensive move.
You just got that one from the Road Dogg.
What a move there.
That superplex all the way off the top rope.
That punished both these competitors.
[Jerry] Come on, Hardcore, get up.
[Ross] This crowd-- there's some barking trying to get--
[Jerry] Barking?
[Ross] They're getting that Road Dogg back in the game
and they'll never give up on him.
And the Road Dogg makes the tag.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, my goodness.
[Ross] Mr. Ass on fire here.
Crash Holly-- oh, knocked down, hard knockdown.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Look at the strength, the power of Mr. Ass.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] And another gorilla slam by Mr. Ass.
[Jerry] How strong is Mr. Ass to lift these 400 pounders like that.
Oh!
[Ross] Well, the Hollys in big trouble here.
Here comes the Road Dogg back in.
Dunk him!
That should be all right there.
One, two, three.
[Jerry] Look at that idiot Road Dogg
getting the referee's attention over there.
[Ross] Oh, right. Well, Hardcore Holly grabbing a steel chair here,
shoving into his cousin.
-The Famouser. -[Jerry] Oh, the chair.
[Ross] Right on the chair, face first.
[bell ringing]
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] What's happened here?
[announcer] The winners of this bout as a result of a disqualification…
[Jerry] Oh, look. The referee saw the chair.
[announcer] …the Hollys.
The referee saw the Famouser on the chair.
[Ross] What happened there?
[Jerry] You can't do a Famouser on a steel chair,
without being disqualified.
[Ross] The Outlaws didn't bring the chair in the ring.
Hardcore Hollys grabbed the chair in the ring.
[Jerry] Yeah. But the Outlaws used it.
You know what they did, J.R.
Badd Ass may have utilized that chair
that was just lying on the-- on the canvas there.
[Jerry] Oh-oh.
-[Ross] Oh! -[bell ringing]
-[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute. -[Ross] And now-- oh.
Now Hardcore Holly just tasting the steel.
Thanks to the Road Dogg.
[Jerry] Doggy style too.
[Ross] Oh, I'll tell you what, that's a controversial decision
by the official here.
But it will go down the book as a disqualification victory
for the Holly Cousins over the New Age Outlaws.
[Jerry] Wow.
[rock music playing]
[Ross] Well, last Thursday night on SmackDown,
the Hollys caused them to lose the titles,
and I'll tell you what, folks, we got the Good Housekeeping first ever.
WWE Good Housekeeping matchup coming up momentarily.
[Jerry] I can't wait.
[Ross] For the intercontinental title, King.
And this is the most unique match perhaps you've ever--
we've ever brought to.
And here's what happened
that brought Jeff Jarrett and Chyna together.
[Ross] Jarrett can't beat Chyna one-on-one,
so he's gonna use the guitar to put Chyna down.
[Jerry] Look at this. There's Moolah. What are they guys doing?
[Ross] It's Moolah and Mae Young.
Oh, come on, damn him.
Oh, man, that's pathetic.
That's not funny.
Here comes Debra. The referee is down.
Chyna is down. Moolah is down.
Uh-oh.
[Jerry] She hit-- she shouted, but can he?
Look at this.
[Ross] Oh, hello.
Debra just knocked out the intercontinental champion
with his guitar.
[Jerry] Jarrett's gonna lose his belt.
No.
Yes, indeed.
Jarrett has lost the belt.
[Ross] Chyna has done it. Chyna has made history.
Wait a minute.
Tom Prichard is the head scab referee, King, as we mentioned.
Tom Prichard is reversing the decision.
[Jerry] This is gonna cost her big, he's the head scab!
[Ross] Hell hath no fury like a woman scorn, King.
But she's not leaving with the intercontinental belt.
[Jarrett] Let's go, Chyna, run and hide like every other woman,
would and should do.
[Ross] Jarrett has issued a challenge
for Tom Prichard and Jarrett to meet Chyna and Debra.
Well, can you believe that?
[Chyna] If I pin you in this ring tonight, Jeff,
I get my rematch at No Mercy for the intercontinental title,
or maybe you don't have the balls?
[Jarrett] There ain't a chance in hell you're gonna beat me.
[Ross] Yes, Chyna beats Jeff Jarrett.
[Jerry] I can't believe it.
[Ross] Chyna has earned the right to meet Jarrett at No Mercy
for the intercontinental title.
[Jarrett] Chyna, you're gonna get your rematch, all right.
But it's gonna be the Good Housekeeping way.
You will understand the role of a woman
because I'm gonna beat you
with every household appliance known to woman.
If there's any woman out here tonight
that wants to get their carpet cleaned, well, come on up and--
[Jerry] Jeff is sending a message to Chyna right now with this match.
[Ross] Here it is just off the page here tonight.
[Jerry] What the hell has gotten into Jeff Jarrett?
A Figure Four…
[Jarrett] I'll put you all back in your place.
[Ross] No doubt Jarrett is sending a message loud and clear to Chyna.
Jarrett will show no mercy on his challenger
for the intercontinental title.
[Jarrett] Women are weak, and men are the dominant species.
[Ross] Jarrett just hit Chyna with a coffee urn
and Chyna maybe knocked unconscious here, King.
Jeff Jarrett, is that a-- that was a toaster, King.
Chyna is getting hearse.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Ross] Oh, my.
Into the ironing board.
Clothesline. Chyna…
[suspenseful music playing]
[Chyna] I'm not intimated or afraid of anybody.
[Jerry] Jarrett is gonna get-- he's here.
Chyna-- oh, man.
-[Ross] Chyna just dropped Jarrett. -[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute.
[Ross] Hey, Jeff Jarrett is furious.
He's getting some of his own here.
He's been embarrassed, humiliated.
It's about time it happened to Jarrett.
Chyna and that's-- that was a frying pan to the back of Jeff Jarrett's head.
Wait a minute.
What she's done? Chyna just took Jarrett's pants off.
[commentator] No, she didn't.
[Ross] Jarrett knocked out Chyna with the toaster,
and then he shoved her on that laundry bin.
Chyna is in that laundry bin.
-[Jerry] Wait, Miss Kitty is yelling no. -[commentator] No, no!
[Jarrett] Chyna, it is become, oh, so painfully obvious
that you still haven't learned what the role of a woman should be.
[Ross] Oh.
[rock music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, baby.
The first ever Good Housekeeping matchup, King.
[Jerry] Did you see that? Look, look, look, he's got it.
He's got the kitchen sink. [laughs]
[Ross] Everything including the kitchen sink
will be legal to use in this Intercontinental title matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, look who's with him, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty.
[Ross] Jeff Jarrett is the Intercontinental Champion.
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
is the Good Housekeeping match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship.
Introducing first, accompanied by Miss Kitty…
-[Jerry] Oh, Miss Kitty. -[announcer] …from Nashville, Tennessee,
-weighing 230 pounds… -[Jerry] What the…
[announcer] …the Intercontinental Champion,
Jeff Jarrett.
[Jerry] Yeah, yeah, Jeff, yeah, Miss Kitty.
[Ross] Intercontinental title will be at stake here
in this intergender matchup.
And so Chyna has an opportunity
to make even more history than she's already made…
-[Jerry] Oh, look at that mop. -[Ross] …here in the WWE.
[Jerry] Boy, that's in Bobby Riggs
-and Billie Jean King… -[Ross] Billie Jean--
[Jerry] …that's sure it was.
[Ross] We're dating ourselves, that's dangerous.
[Jerry] I didn't remember.
[woman] ♪ Oh ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Ross] The Ninth Wonder of the World who is an extraordinary,
extraordinary human being,
an amazing athlete with your locker room you don't--
[announcer] His opponent and challenger
"The Ninth Wonder of the World" Chyna.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, Chyna,
don't act like you know how to clean the house.
She once told me she wonders
how summer states have keep their residues on cleaning.
[Ross] Chyna has one thing on her mind,
revenge for herself
and to walk out of here as the first woman
in WWE history to be the Intercontinental Champion.
That is Chyna's goal.
[Jerry] Look at Jeff.
He's got the kitchen sink threatening to use it.
I can see Chyna has no kitchen skills whatsoever.
Somebody told me she used a can opener to open an egg.
Look at Jeff.
[Ross] Jeff Jarrett seemingly trying to keep Chyna out of the ring here,
-and this match is on the way. -[Jerry] Oh, look out.
-It's starting. -[Ross] Here we go.
Chyna those forearms on Jeff Jarrett,
the Intercontinental title on the line
in the first ever Good Housekeeping matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
All of these kitchen utensils and household appliances
are legal to use in this match.
-[Ross] Chyna, the first-- -[Jeff] Dining board.
[Ross] First woman to enter the Royal Rumble.
The first woman who qualify in the King of the Ring Tournament,
but will she be the first woman who wear Intercontinental gold?
We're gonna find out right here, right now tonight.
Oh, knock down by Chyna.
[Jerry] Come on. We've had one big shot with Moolah,
but I can assure you Jeff Jarrett is gonna put this woman in her place.
Look out, Jeff.
Oh, she's not there.
[Ross] Chyna is an amazing athlete
and so-- and so is Jarrett for that matter.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Jarrett the Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] No way.
[Ross] And-- oh, Chyna with the standing suplex.
-[Jerry] I can't believe it. -[Ross] Very impressive move by Chyna.
[Jerry] Okay. I'll give you that. She's strong, no doubt.
Hey, wait a minute, not the garbage can, oh.
[Ross] Oh, man.
Chyna with the garbage can.
[Jerry] She don't know how to take out the trash.
[Ross] Right on the cranium of Jeff Jarrett.
[Jerry] Look at Miss Kitty, she can't believe it.
Oh, get out of the way, Miss Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty.
[Ross] Oh, I don't know if these weapons are gonna--
they're gonna-- they're gonna backfire
-on somebody, you know-- -[Jerry] Hey, these are not weapons.
They're just household utensils. What is that?
[Ross] Look like--
[Jerry] A stick of salami.
[Ross] Yeah, something a sausage, or salami, or something.
[Jerry] I think Mae Young must have left something out here from before.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I didn't know Mae liked salami.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, what she got now?
Oh, a frying pan.
[Ross] A frying pan into-- to the fire.
[Jerry] Oh, my goodness.
Come on, Jeff.
[Ross] Chyna using all of these household--
[Jerry] Oh, no. Not that.
Oh, he's been crowned…
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] …with the seat from the throne.
[Ross] Not exactly your kind of crown, King.
[Jerry] Better learn to put the seat up, Jeff. Oh.
[Ross] Chyna using all those objects and it's hard to--
Jarrett is having a hard time getting out of the blocks here.
[Jerry] You know, women like it when you learn to put the seat up.
What's this now?
Banana.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] What the…
[Ross] Well, it's got a lot of potassium in it.
[Jerry] Oh, what is this?
Whip cream.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Come on, Jeff.
Oh.
[Ross] Well, it's time to break up--
to make an omelet you got to break a few eggs.
And Chyna now--
[Jerry] I think she's trying to make a banana split.
Look out, oh!
[Ross] Good Lord, what a shot.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Ross] What a shot right on the head.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] I think-- I think maybe Chyna is pretty good around the house.
She knows how to use the broom and--
what she's doing now.
Uh-oh.
[Ross] And here comes Jarrett now.
[Jerry] Watch it.
[Ross] Intercontinental Champion trying to take back over here.
And Chyna the gut-shot.
I can tell you my experience I don't feel good.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Things don't look good either. What's happening here?
Not the pot.
[Ross] Pot calling the kettle black as they say.
[Jerry] What she gonna do?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Wait a minute, Chyna, that's-- it's all part of the-- oh, no.
[Ross] Jarrett smartly moved out of the way
and Chyna--
-[Jerry] He knocked the salami out of her. -[Ross] Could be over right there.
One, two-- and Chyna got a shoulder up.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Jarrett quickly capitalized after that--
he was able to move out of the way there.
[Jerry] Let me see that again, J.R. [laughs]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] It's another look at Chyna taking a chance.
-[Jerry] Oh, wait, well-- -[Ross] But didn't pay off.
[Jerry] What is Jeff going to do now?
Trashcan.
-Wow. -[Ross] What a shot.
Man, Jarrett laid it out there.
We're talking about laying and end with that-- with that trashcan.
[Jerry] You're right. He's not holding anything,
but he's got a big-- what is that?
-Is that a-- -[Ross] Look like a piece of fish.
[Jerry] Ugh, he's a hurting sole, oh, my goodness.
[Ross] I think it's some flounder or something.
[Jerry] She's flat as a flounder. [laughs]
Chyna is floundering right now in this match.
[Ross] Jarrett now tossing Chyna back in the ring.
Intercontinental Champion's back in control here.
[Jerry] I smell fish, J.R.,
something is fishy.
[Ross] Well, there's some flounder right in front of us.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Chyna's head right into that ironing board.
She may not have been maybe familiar with an ironing board before the night,
-but that's another story. -[Jerry] You're right, that the first.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What now?
-Yeah. Oh. -[Ross] Oh, man.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Ross] The velocity, Irish whip of Chyna,
all the way over the top rope to the floor.
Certainly the Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett back in full control here.
[Jerry] Oh, they're gonna make an omelet.
[Ross] Oh, they always say you got to break a few eggs
-to make an omelet. -[Jerry] I think Miss Kitty
is gonna make a cake here.
She's got the flour going and everything.
Uh-oh, watch your yourself, Chyna.
-[Ross] Oh! -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] And Chyna…
[Jerry] Right into the face of Jeff.
Ms. kitty--
[Ross] And may have got in the eyes of Jarrett.
[Jerry] Not Miss Kitty too.
[Ross] And now Chyna found Miss Kitty in the ring.
[Jerry] Now, wait a minute, Chyna.
[Ross] Boy, you're talking about a mismatch here.
[Jerry] Chyna. Chyna, no wait.
-Help Miss Kitty. -[Ross] Ms. kitty is begging for her life.
[Jerry] Get out of there, Miss Kitty.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, there is Jarrett.
Jarrett went downstairs on the knee.
Now Jarrett, looking for the Figure Four.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Ross] It's gonna be over right here.
Jarrett looking for the Figure Four.
-[Jerry] He's got here, that's it. -[Ross] And he's got--
Jarrett with the Figure Four on Chyna.
[Jerry] He's got it since then,
I guarantee you a Good Housekeeping
is going to brought back Chyna subscription right now.
She's done, J.R.
Figure Four in her, she's done. [laughs]
[Ross] Chyna-- Jarrett will snap that leg with the Figure Four,
-that's what he will do. -[Jerry] Yeah, do. He'll break it.
Well, that's broken leg or limb. [laughs]
[Ross] Chyna desperately reaching for the ropes here.
[Jerry] Her goose is cooked.
[Ross] She can't last much longer.
[Jerry] It's over.
-[Ross] And finally Chyna got the ropes. -[Jerry] What? What?
[Ross] She barely got the ropes, and Jarrett is gonna break the hold.
[Jerry] Look at Miss Kitty. Not the tongs.
Oh, what is he gonna do with the tongs, J.R.?
[Ross] Jarrett's got some tongs, all right.
He's up on the second rope.
[Jerry] Oh, this is gonna be good.
[Ross] Chyna may have a hard time standing after the Figure Four.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] Oh, not with a low blow.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Chyna met Jarrett with a blow there.
-[Jerry] She's got the tong, no. -[Ross] And she's got the tong.
Chyna's got the tongs. Oh, my.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
That ain't nice, J.R.
[Ross] And Chyna with those tongs very strategically placed.
-[Jerry] Look out-- oh. -[Ross] And a shot with that trashcan
and another one in the back.
[Jerry] Oh, watch the big pot.
You better get out of the way, Ms. kitty.
She'll make pot roast out of you.
What's this? Pies?
Oh. Time for dessert.
Oh!
J.R.!
[Ross] I've never seen anything like this in my life.
I'll never forget this night and it is waste of two good pies.
[Jerry] She's hitting with everything but the-- oh, no.
-[Ross] The kitchen sink. -[Jerry] She's got the kitchen sink.
-Oh. -[Ross] It's the kitchen sink.
Chyna hit Jarrett with the kitchen sink.
[all] One, two--
[Ross] And Jarrett kicked out.
-[Jerry] Oh, thank goodness. -[Ross] It got the head of Jarrett.
He took a hell of a shot right to the head
with the kitchen sink
but then the shoulder up.
[Jerry] Chyna's handed everything-- oh, Miss Kitty, are you all right?
Come over here.
What's this now?
-[Ross] Chyna got a-- -[Jerry] It is a cake.
[Ross] Chyna got a cake.
[Jerry] Oh, this takes the cake, J.R.
[Ross] That takes the cake, all right.
Pedigree.
[Jerry] No, wait-- oh.
[Ross] And Jarrett countered from the pedigree.
Oh, and Chyna right into Teddy Long, the referee.
[Jerry] But Chyna's cakes went right into the cake and it-- uh-oh.
[Ross] Jarrett talking to Kitty, he wants something.
[Jerry] He wants the-- he wants the belt.
She's giving him the championship belt.
[Ross] Jarrett got the-- that Intercontinental belt.
[Jerry] She wants to taste that. Oh.
[Ross] And just nailed Chyna with it.
-Jarrett with the Intercontinental belt. -[Jerry] Hit it, Teddy Long.
-One, two, three. -[Ross] And there's the three-count.
-[announcer] The winner of this match… -[Jerry] I knew it.
[announcer] …and still the Intercontinental Champion,
-Jeff Jarrett. -[Jerry] Look at Miss Kitty,
she is really celebrating.
Yahoo.
[Ross] Jarrett retains the Intercontinental title…
[Jerry] What a match.
[Ross] …after nailing Chyna with the Intercontinental belt.
Hey.
[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute.
Hey, wait a minute.
You can't take the Intercontinental Championship
and win the match, because that's not a household item.
[overlapping chatter]
[Jerry] What's he saying?
Well, he said-- he said that championship belt
-is not a household item. -[Ross] Well, he's--
does that mean the referee's gonna restart this match or what?
-[Jerry] Wait. Wait. What? -He can't do that, Jeff.
He cannot do that.
What is he doing?
[Jerry] I-- he just said that--
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please.
The referee has informed me
that Jeff Jarrett cannot use the Intercontinental Championship
to win the match, it is not a household item.
Therefore, this match must continue.
[Jerry] It's an item around Jeff Jarrett's household.
-[Ross] Well, the ruling is it's not… -[Jerry] He wears it to sleep.
[Ross] …it's not a household item. It's what the ruling was--
[Jerry] I've seen it in his house.
You get in here right now.
[Jerry] Oh, look at Teddy Long.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] And Jarrett-- well, Jarrett may put the Figure Four
-on Teddy Long. -[Jerry] I don't blame him.
-[Ross] But wait. Chyna's got the guitar. -[Jerry] Look out, Jeff.
[Ross] Oh, man. Chyna with the guitar.
[Jerry] That's not a household item, is it?
[Ross] It certainly is. I don't-- yes, it is-- I don't know.
-[all] One, two, three! -[Ross] Referee does the count.
-[Jerry] No! -[bell ringing]
-[Ross] And Chyna-- -[announcer] The winner of this contest
and the new World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Chyna.
[Ross] Chyna has made history.
Chyna, the first woman to become the Intercontinental Champion
in the World Wrestling Entertainment history.
[Jerry] I knew it all along, J.R. I told you. Mark my words.
Chyna would be the new Intercontinental Champion.
I felt it in my bones.
I knew it.
[Ross] Boy, I'll tell you what.
You change horses in the midstream, won't you?
[Jerry] I just knew it was gonna happen. I could feel it, J.R.
[Ross] Well, that was a one of a hell match as I've ever seen.
First ever Good Housekeeping match.
[Jerry] Well, here's what happened.
Jeff used the Intercontinental title belt
to nail and get the victory over Chyna, but then it was reversed.
The match was restarted, and then look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Jeff Jarrett got knocked out with a guitar,
I guess, it's that considered a household appliance or an item,
I guess it is.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
Miss Kitty is leaving with Chyna.
[Ross] What's going on there?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, momentarily,
it's gonna be The Rock and The British Bulldog.
No doubt this is gonna be a war for title implications.
The Rock and The Bulldog.
Here's how they got together tonight.
[upbeat music playing]
All I care about is one thing
and that is the WWE title.
[commentator 1] Brahma Bull Rope Match.
The Bulldog, the special referee for this matchup.
-[commentator 2] Triple-- oh, my. -[commentator 1] What? What?
[commentator 2] Bulldog, what the hell was that?
[commentator 1] What happened?
Oh, man.
The Rock doesn't know what hit him.
[Jerry] Oh. And-- oh, God.
The Bulldog with a chair shot on The Rock.
[commentator 1] The Bulldog realizes he must go through the people's champ
to get a shot at the WWE championship.
[commentator 2] The Rock could have him won right here.
[Jerry] Count, you idiot.
[Ross] The Rock has got the title won.
One more count.
[commentator 1] Oh!
[commentator 2] That's The Bulldog.
The British Bulldog has caused The Rock the title again.
The British Bulldog, The Rock says,
who is The British Bulldog to The Rock?
A nothing. A nobody.
A blemish on The Rock's buttocks.
[commentator 1] And look at The Rock.
The people's champ hammering away the special guest referee
taking it out on the challenger.
[commentator 2] The people's referee.
One, two…
[Ross] There's two now.
It doesn't matter if The Rock counts to three.
[Ross] He's doing things his way.
-[Jerry] No, the People's Elbow. -[Ross] Oh!
An exclamation point.
And listen to the crowd.
[crowd cheering]
In the next pay-per-view No Mercy,
I am going to step in the ring with The Rock.
And I am gonna give The Rock
no mercy.
[Ross] And went to The Bulldog.
The Bulldog trying to assault The Rock here.
You can feel the animosity.
You can feel the tension between these two guys.
[Rock] British Bulldog you run your mouth
about how you are a big dog, about how you got a big bark.
Well, The Rock says your bark quite frankly, sounds like this…
[imitates small dog yapping]
[Jerry] What is this, J.R.?
[Ross] It's a whole pen full of bulldogs.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. Those dogs have been pretty busy.
[Ross] Tag team matchup here.
Mankind and The Rock against Val Venis and The Bulldog.
They have dog food down there.
[Jerry] That is-- oh, man.
Good grief.
[Ross] The people's champ now, one-on-one with The Bulldog.
Oh, no. No, what's he doing?
Oh, tell me he's not gonna do this.
[commentator 2] What's he gonna do now?
Oh, no, Rock Bottom, Rock--
[commentator 1] No, not in-- not in the dog poop.
Rock bottom into the dog--
into the dog poop--
the dog poop--
the dog poop.
Oh, Rock Bottom into-- into the dog poop.
[Rock] The Rock says this, no mercy.
The Rock, British Bulldog, is going to whoop your candy ass.
And there were two things you could do about it,
nothing and like it.
[dogs barking]
[rock music playing]
[Ross] And here we go, ladies and gentlemen,
The British Bulldog making his way to the rings.
This should be quite the matchup here at No Mercy.
[Jerry] Wow.
Look at The Bulldog in the shape of his life.
He's ready for The Rock.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Manchester, England,
weighing 250 pounds, The British Bulldog!
[Ross] Well, The Bulldog obsessed about becoming the WWE champion.
Certainly on October 2nd in Birmingham, England at Rebellion,
The Bulldog, in many people's views cost The Rock the WWE title.
[Jerry] Well, that's a-- that's a matter of opinion.
He got booed in his own country.
-["Know Your Role" playing] -♪ If you smell ♪
♪ What The Rock is cooking ♪
[announcer] His opponent from Miami, Florida,
weighing 275 pounds, The Rock.
[Ross] Will you listen to this ovation,
here in the so loud Gund Arena at No Mercy?
What an experience to see The Rock raise that eyebrow
and that raises the fans right on their seats.
This match has WWE title implications in my view.
That's the ultimate goal certainly,
straightaway for both The Bulldog and that man, The Rock.
[Jerry] See that sign?
It said, "Cleveland is now the home of The Rock hall of fame."
Not rock and roll, it's The Rock hall of fame.
You still got to worry what kind of human being The Bulldog is
after hurting Stephanie McMahon with that heavy trash container in the UK
on October the 2nd.
No apology,
seemingly no remorse, whatsoever, King.
[Jerry] And let me just say something that I've noticed here, J.R.
And I wanna see how perceptive you are.
I wanna see if you picked up on this.
Look at that picture.
What's wrong with that picture of The Rock when you look at him?
Anything?
-[Ross] I can't see. -[Jerry] You can't, huh?
[Ross] Yeah, I don't. What?
[Jerry] You don't see anything missing?
Look at him right there, right now. What's missing?
[Ross] I don't know.
How about the WWE Tag Team title belt?
Rock just come out here without it.
That could be a bad omen.
That could be unlucky.
[Ross] It's a single competition though, King.
-Why would he-- -[Jerry] Yeah, but still--
I mean, you know, if you're--
if you're one half of the WWE Tag Team champions,
you wanna carry that belt around everywhere.
[Ross] Well, The Rock can suck and that's not a Tag Team champion.
This is not a Tag Team matchup.
This is The British Bulldog challenging The Rock here.
And this one starts out very aggressively,
one-on-one, The Rock and The Bulldog.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. -[Ross] The Rock in multiple time
have the WWE champion
and that's the only title
that The Bulldog hasn't won
here in the World Wrestling Entertainment during his illustrious career.
[Jerry] Well, you got to be careful out there, Rock and Bulldog.
It might be slippery after that Good Housekeeping match.
Rock seemed to have the dog right in hand
-clipped right now. -[Ross] Oh, look out here.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
-[Ross] Hey, we got-- -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And The Rock just had countered by The Bulldog.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] And The Bulldog with a steel chair, right on The Rock's head.
Come on.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Ross] And The Rock just tasting some more steel.
This Bulldog is one of the pound-per-pound strongest men
in the history of this organization.
[Jerry] I'm telling you he is upset.
Watch it. Oh, man.
[Ross] And The Bulldog just got reversed right into the ring steps.
[grunting]
[Jerry] And The Rock laying to SmackDown on The Bulldog.
Cover, J.R.
I think we better head for the heels-- oh, my.
Oh, look out.
[Ross] The Rock just face first on the announce table.
[Jerry] You're hanging tough there tonight, J.R.
-I'm heading for the hills. -[Ross] I couldn't get my feet to move.
Good Lord, what else is gonna happen here tonight?
We've had enough shocks here tonight
and now The Bulldog snapmare take over…
in that huge arm. I'll tell you what.
When The Bulldog fixed those arms around in that reverse chin lock,
it's a different world for the-- for the opponent.
And The Rock fighting right back up.
[Jerry] And I'm gonna tell you this could come as a big shock to The Bulldog
if The Rock derails his title aspirations here tonight.
We've already seen-- we've already seen
the Fabulous Moolah become the women's champion.
We've seen-- we've seen Chyna become the Intercontinental Champion.
-Unbelievable. -[Ross] Step forearm shots by The Bulldog,
countered by The Rock's right hands.
Eighteen thousand, seven hundred fifty-two has sold out
-the Gund Arena tonight for No Mercy. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] My God. Look at the velocity of The Rock.
-[Jerry] Don't worry about it, though. -[Ross] The Bulldog upside down
from the power of The Rock.
[Jerry] I know-- I know it looks bad for The Bulldog,
but I just got a feeling, J.R.,
that nothing and I mean nothing-- not even The Rock,
is gonna be able to stop The Bulldog in his quest for the WWE title.
Bulldog is obsessed. He's determined.
[Ross] Bulldog wrecking the face turning to get the eyes there.
And The Rock counters, however.
-[Jerry] Oh, my! -[Ross] Quick time swinging neck breaker.
The Rock snapped it off and got a near fall.
Well, this has been a fast pace hell bent of a matchup here
for both these tremendous athletes in great shape.
Bulldog going downstairs.
[Jerry] He's fixed to prove he's not only The Bulldog.
He's the tough dog right here.
Look at this.
[Ross] Oh, this is some vintage Bulldog here.
The Bulldog standing vertical suplex, could that be enough?
The Bulldog's on the shoulders and The Rock kicked out.
[Jerry] You run too high there, Bulldog.
[Ross] And again The Bulldog going right back
to what brought him to the dance.
That's his power.
He's trying to keep The Rock grounded.
Huge arm of The Bulldog squeezing The Rock.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] And the crowd here getting behind the people's champion.
Come on.
[Ross] Bulldog squeezing and wrenching,
it's almost has the same effect of a sleeper hold
when you could crip that neck.
You strip the flow of blood to the brain
and that's what The Bulldog is doing here on The Rock
and referee Earl Hebner checking The Rock's arm.
If it drops three times, this one is over.
[Jerry] I'll tell you what, I believe
-I know what The Bulldog's gonna do. -[Ross] Almost over here.
[Jerry] He's gonna get-- he's gonna get even with The Rock
for dropping him into that dog poo.
[Ross] Oh, The Rock holding on.
[Jerry] Bulldog's got to keep squeezing here.
He's gonna squeeze and squeeze, though.
He squeezes some of that Rock and Bull-- poo-- right on The Rock.
[Ross] Rock fighting back up with the right-hands.
-[Jerry] Stop him. -[Ross] And The Bulldog again
wrecking the face, got the eyes.
-Reversal by The Rock now. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And both men down. The Bulldog in a back body drop.
Rock crawls over, hooks the leg, and got another near fall.
[Jerry] Oh, that was close.
[Ross] Bulldog landed on the back of his head there.
The Rock got to capitalize while he can.
The Bulldog…
set in that corner now, getting back up on the knee
and what was that?
[Jerry] Well, he had-- I thought that The Rock was gonna lay the SmackDown
on the referee, threatened him.
-[Ross] He certainly did. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Oh, now The Rock-- I guarantee one thing.
Earl Hebner not gonna take any intimidation from The Rock
-or anybody else. -[Jerry] Well, Rock's in a bad way here.
Oh, no!
And The Bulldog looking to gain the advantage.
The Rock freed himself from the ropes, and The Bulldog got hang up there.
[Jerry] Oh, I'm telling you, Bulldog thought he had Rock
right where he wanted him.
Uh-oh.
[Ross] Bulldog barely able to stand.
-There's the DDT. -[crowd cheering]
Rock, this could be all right here-- yes, no.
A long, long, two count created by The Rock on The British Bulldog
and he got to hand it to The Bulldog.
[Jerry] I tell you what, J.R.
I'm gonna still stick with my prognostication.
I'm picking The Bulldog over Rock and The Bulldog to go…
-[Ross] Oh, here we go. -[Jerry] …become the WWE champion.
-I told you. Here it is. -[Ross] There he is.
-[Jerry] He got him. -[Ross] The powerslam by The Bulldog.
-[Jerry] I told you, J.R. I told you. -[Ross] It's gonna be end right there.
And The Rock got a foot on the rope
or it will have been over.
You got to believe if that move had been in the center of the ring,
that The Bulldog would have his hand raised at this point.
[Jerry] Well, the ref got to count it anyway.
What's the matter with you, ref?
[Ross] Rock was on the ropes.
Referee had to stop his count.
Hard quit, far side.
Now, Bulldog looking for that power move again.
[Jerry] This is it now. You got him, baby.
-Bulldog-- -[Ross] Here we go
-in the middle of the ring. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] The Rock stood up behind.
Look out!
-[Jerry] Rock Bottom. -[Ross] Rock Bottom, Rock Bottom.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Ross] The Rock countered into the Rock Bottom.
[Jerry] I knew The Rock could do it.
-[Ross] And you know what's coming next? -[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
The most electrifying move
in sports entertainment today, People's Elbow.
[Ross] The People's Elbow to the heart of The Bulldog.
The Rock with a leg hook.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] A victory.
-The Rock beats The Bulldog. -[announcer] Here is your winner…
The Rock.
[rock music playing]
[Ross] The Rock had to recover from the powerslam with The Bulldog.
[Jerry] I told you, J.R. When do you got to listen to me?
[Ross] I thought you are hanging your crown
-on the-- on The Bulldog here tonight. -[Jerry] Are you crazy?
[Ross] You're just kidding with me, aren't you?
-[Jerry] You must have misunderstood me. -[Ross] Yes, I think, I know it.
[Jerry] You're still in shock over Moolah.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you one thing.
The Rock is alive.
The Rock is surviving in the tag title hunt.
So, let me get this straight.
To win the Terri Runnels Invitation you have to climb this ladder.
There will be a hundred thousand dollars hanging there.
-They get that and you. -And me?
Oh, wow, this is gonna be great.
Now, how are they gonna climb the ladder?
Can you show me how high the money is gonna be?
Well, it's gonna be way up here, King. I mean, like really, really high up here.
They're gonna climb the ladder to sex-- I mean success.
-Yeah. -Show me how high.
You know, King, they're gonna have to go all the way.
All the way, yeah.
Yeah, they're gonna have to go like way up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Can you see it? Can you visualize it, King?
-I can see it. -You can see it?
Believe me I can see it.
-Hey, King. -Yeah.
I promise you, you ain't seen nothing yet.
[woman] You think you know me…
[Ross] I tell you what.
That have done a lot with the grin on of your face.
[Jerry] She said-- she said, we ain't seen nothing yet.
[Ross] I thought you probably seen everything by now.
[Jerry] It was a beautiful sight, J.R.
[Ross] Especially you, Jerry never gave eye contact.
That's such a-- it's one of a piece of business there, King.
[Jerry] I was actually looking up at the ceiling, J.R., into the rafters.
[woman] You are lost. And scared.
[Ross] We are waiting of the arrival of Edge and Christian.
Uh-oh.
Eighteen thousand, seven hundred fifty-two fans
have jammed the Gund Arena here in Cleveland.
This magnificent facility has been rocking all night long
and this is the fifth and deciding match,
the best of five series for The Brood,
Matt and Jeff Hardy against Edge and Christian.
This will be a Ladder Match.
A hundred thousand dollars is hanging high above the ring.
And the winner of this matchup will get the 100 grand,
-[Ross] the Terri-- Terri's money. -[Jerry] And Terri.
[announcer] The following contest is the fifth and deciding match
of the Terri Invitational Tournament.
This is a Ladder Match.
Entering at a combined weight of 462 pounds,
Christian and Edge.
[Ross] This is the first Tag Team Ladder Match in WWE history.
[Jerry] But, J.R., you can't say much for the Cleveland's Ball Teams,
Indians or the Browns.
But tonight they got the World Wrestling Entertainment, baby.
It don't get no better than this.
[rock music playing]
[announcer] Their opponents to be accompanied to the ring by Gangrel,
at a combined weight of 431 pounds,
Matt and Jeff, The Brood.
[Jerry] Oh, it's getting hot in here, J.R.
[Ross] Remember everyone, hanging above the ring is the prize,
symbolic of the $100,000 offered by Terri.
The winning team will get the 100 grand
and they will also get Terri's managerial skills.
Services if you will.
[rock music playing]
[Ross] Certainly an investment in Terri's future that one would think.
That's a lot of money she's willing to risk here
to gain the services of one of these two outstanding young tag teams,
currently competing here in the WWE.
[Jerry] You know what I just realized?
This is the Terri Invitational Tournament.
-[Ross] Yup. -[Jerry] T.I.T.
[Ross] Oh, yeah. I just got that. I moved slow.
Looks like Gangrel who accompanied Matt and Jeff,
The Brood out here.
Looking up in the cash.
How high up is that-- is that money?
Oh, here we go.
Again the first ever Tag Team Ladder Match in WWE history.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah, you're right. Here we go.
[Ross] Remember, the first team to climb the ladders
and get the bag hanging from the top
is the winner of the $100,000 and Terri's managerial contract.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
They get a contract with her?
[Ross] I would assume so.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, going for the ladders, right away.
Matt and Jeff Hardy, Edge and Christian,
two sets of brothers here.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] This is a-- one of those air traffic control type matchups',
where you know these four are gonna take a lot of chances,
you'll see a lot of high-risk offense.
[Jerry] We got two sets of brothers,
but Gangrel is not related to anybody, is he?
[Ross] Not that I'm aware of.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Nobody I know.
[Jerry] Vlad the Impaler maybe or somebody like that.
[Ross] Edge and Christian right now,
pretty much taking care of business here on Matt and Jeff,
-but here comes… -[Jerry] Oh, look out from behind.
[Ross] …Matt Hardy from behind.
As Edge and Christian were going toward those dueling ladders there,
setting in the entrance way.
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you.
We've seen our first ever Good Housekeeping Match tonight, J.R.
And now, I guess this is the first ever Terri Invitational Tournament,
two ladders in the-- one match.
[Ross] First ever Tag Team Ladder Match double team by Matt and--
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Look at the tandem offense by Matt and Jeff.
The Brood now asserting themselves on Edge
and now turning their attention somewhat to Christian.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at-- Gangrel is…
[Ross] Hardy boys at one time, managed by the former free bird,
Michael Hayes, and what is Gangrel doing here?
[Jerry] What's the ref doing with Gangrel? Oh, wait a minute.
-[Ross] I don't think… -[Jerry] He's being ejected.
[Ross] I think you're right.
-It's like-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] It's like Cleveland and his manager Marc Gargaro get out of town.
[Jerry] I can't believe this.
-Oh. -[Ross] Dropkick and down that ladder.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] And on this black ladder,
fell right on the face of Jeff Hardy.
[Jerry] It's really starting to get interesting now, J.R.
[Ross] Well, when these ladders get in the ring or brought into play--
oh, with the clothesline from the apron.
A lot of impact and a lot of risks.
And you'll see that extensively in both these young teams.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Look out here.
-Christian with some hang time. -[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
[Ross] And landed on his feet.
Well, that's some athleticism there.
[Jerry] I still say the $100,000 is less important to these guys
than Terri Runnels.
Well, if you've just seen what I saw…
-[Ross] This match is about over. -[Jerry] …up in the rafters--
[Ross] Christina going up to get that money,
and jerked off the apron there by Jeff Hardy.
-[Jerry] Jerked off the ladder. -[Ross] Jeff climbing for the top.
Wow.
[Jerry] And down, two to go.
[Ross] Now Edge is gonna try to climb the ladder.
-And-- oh, look out. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Ow! And a turn over by Matt Hardy.
Down goes Edge.
The ladder on top of him…
Thudding-- Thud of a shot in the back there, King.
[Jerry] Oh, ooh.
[Ross] And the ladder can be used as a weapon.
There's no disqualifications here.
No pinfalls.
Match only ends when…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, man.
[Jerry] He's jammed right in there. What's he gonna do now?
[Ross] What are they doing here?
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, a double dropkick
and nowhere for Jeff Hardy to go.
The ladder was holding Jeff Hardy up.
[Jerry] I got a feeling we're gonna see it all in this match, J.R.
These guys are gonna do everything in their power
to get that money and Terri.
Ooh.
[Ross] We've seen a lot of great Ladder Matches in the--
[Jerry] Oh, no, wait, you can't do this, but-- oh.
-[Ross] Man, I tell you what. -[Jerry] You shouldn't have done that.
[Ross] No, sir. Absolutely not as Edge lift his feet--
boot to the air and got nothing but ladder for his trouble.
[Jerry] Anybody that cares about their body
shouldn't do any of the things these guys are gonna do tonight.
Uh-oh, wait a minute. We…
[Ross] Jeff Hardy setting the ladder up. Remember--
[Jerry] We're gonna have a quick winner here-- no, oh-oh.
[Ross] And now, Edge, Edge going up on the--
or that's Christian rather-- excuse me,
-going up the ladder and… -[Jerry] Oh. Oh, man.
[Ross] The reverse DDT from the ladder.
-What a thunderous move… -[Jerry] That did it.
[Ross] …by Christian on Jeff Hardy.
We've seen a lot of great Ladder Matches as I was about to say,
but none ever in a-- in a tag team environment.
This is the first. You're seeing it here tonight.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] At No Mercy.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Ross] And a suplex off the ladder.
Absolutely amazing. Take a look at this.
Edge on the corner, lift his feet and boom.
[Jerry] And take a look at this, J.R.
Look at the height of-- almost the top of that ladder.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, look. Here we go.
Matt Hardy trying to climb up-- uh-oh.
Oh, no.
Not the powerbomb from the ladder.
Edge got Matt Hardy up
in a powerbomb position right off the ladder.
[Jerry] I'm telling you what I'm thinking. I'm--
[Ross] And now Edge is gonna get to the top.
Edge has a chance, but wait a minute.
Look at the left part of your screen.
My God, Jeff Hardy dropkick, a missile dropkick off the top
that took Edge off the ladder.
[Jerry] Oh, as much as I'd like to have been involved in this tournament,
as much as I love to have the services of Terri,
I don't think I'd like to be in this Ladder Match.
[Ross] You're referring to the managerial services, of course.
[Jerry] Of course.
And now the-- J.R., if you could only see.
[Ross] Look at this powerbomb.
Did you hear the impact?
[Jerry] Look at-- what? Where…
Where in the world was that shot from?
-[screams] -[Ross] Look out.
Senton bomb with Edge on the ladder,
hurting Jeff Hardy and Hardy hurt the back of his head there.
[Jerry] Did you see that shot from the camera in the roof?
[Ross] That was amazing.
[Jerry] Still not as good as the shot I had earlier.
[Ross] I don't think-- nobody has a better shot of that
-than you did. -[Jerry] That was very amazing.
-I cannot describe it to you. -[Ross] Maybe later.
[Jerry] Okay.
-[Ross] Oh, right on the ladder and… -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] The leg to the face by Jeff Hardy.
-The Hardy's are really clogging here. -[Jerry] Watch the ladder coming down.
[Ross] The Hardy's using that ladder as a weapon and that's legal
in this very unique environment in this Ladder Match.
Oh, Matt and Jeff with a ladder.
[Jerry] Look out. Oh, man.
[Ross] It's almost using the ladder like in the clothesline
-and right in-- right in Christian's face. -[Jerry] Like a decapitating.
Watch this senton bomb, J.R.
-Oh, man. -[Ross] That's amazing.
Absolutely amazing.
And watch this impact.
You can hear it, you can see it, and I'm sure you can feel it.
No, thanks.
Now-- what's going on here now?
Christian hopeless in the middle of the ring.
-Jeff Hardy-- -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Leap frogged the ladder for God sakes and dropped the leg.
A huge leg drop over the top-- over the ladder.
-[crowd chattering] -[Jerry] Have you ever--
[Ross] I have never, absolutely not I have never seen any offense like that.
[Jerry] That's it.
Put the ladder over him, climb it, get the cash and Terri.
[Ross] Edge has been knocked outside the ring.
No help for his brother Christian now.
Look at this.
-That's amazing. -[Jerry] Owie.
-Let's see it one more time. -[Ross] Amazing hang time.
[Jerry] It's so nice, we got to see it twice.
Look at this.
[Ross] Moonsault and both men--
I don't know how smart that was.
-It hurt Christian. -[Jerry] Yeah, I don't either.
Not too smart at all.
[Ross] And-- oh, there's Edge.
-[Jerry] Another ladder. -[Ross] Edge has got another ladder.
Edge has another ladder here.
And now using that ladder with the gut shot on Matt Hardy.
-And Jeff… -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] …got knocked off at the top of the ladder.
Two ladders. It's doubly dangerous here.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, right on the face.
[Jerry] Edge is just-- Edge just throwing those ladders around
like, well, like ladders.
Oh.
Hey, look, J.R. Here's that weird angle again.
[Ross] Man, all I know is that Jeff Hardy fell a long, long way
to the unforgiving canvas.
And now Edge has got the ladder directly under that symbolic bag of money,
the $100,000.
[Jerry] I think this match has already set to record for double features.
-Look out. -[Ross] Oh, look.
Gosh, Matt Hardy threw the ladder and hit Edge right in the kidneys
and knocked Edge off the top of the ladder.
Boy, these four men may never ever be the same
after this matchup here tonight.
[Jerry] And I guarantee you, whoever wins Terri,
will never ever be the same after what I saw.
Uh-oh. What happened?
-Look at this. -[Ross] Cross body.
Christian off-- with a cross body off the top.
Christian sacrificed his own self to put the Hardys down.
[Jerry] Once again, not a real smart move but I think it got the job done.
[Ross] Matt and Jeff, The Brood now down.
-Oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I think that was pretty self-explanatory.
-[Jerry] I think so-- watch this. -[Ross] Oh, my gosh.
That's the exclamation point to the first shot.
[Jerry] Well, I think one of the Hardy boys is eliminated.
Oh, no. Wait a minute.
That's Jeff Hardy being sandwiched in that ladder.
Christian using the ladder now, Edge--
[crowd] …eight, nine ten.
[Ross] Right in the heart, right in the chest
and solar plexus with the ladder.
This is absolutely amazing. This is no joke.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And again, Christian throwing caution into the wind.
[Jerry] And I think that hurt Christian more than Jeff Hardy.
[Ross] You might be right.
All four of these young men have got to be hurting
but the stakes are high here.
[Jerry] You're not kidding.
When she was high up on that ladder, I looked up.
Oh, the stakes are high, J.R.
[Ross] Jeff Hardy is hurting for certain here.
-And… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Almost a flapjack, a vertical flapjack,
and face first into the-- into the ladder.
And Jeff Hardy is having trouble even getting to his feet
but who can blame him?
[Jerry] Think about the prize.
Think about what's at stake.
$100,000, yeah, that's nice.
[Ross] That's a lot of money.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] What a neckbreaker by Jeff Hardy, down goes Christian.
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. We're gonna-- -[Ross] And now, we got dueling ladders
-here in the middle of the ring. -[Jerry] Yeah, yeah.
[Ross] Edge trying to get to the top and grab that sack
that will signify the winner.
Edge and Jeff Hardy now about halfway--
-oh, my God. [crowd cheering]
[Ross] Downward spiral from the ladder.
How in God's name can a human being even move after that?
[Jerry] Oh, no. It's unbelievable.
They're all down. All four of them.
Carnage everywhere.
I love it.
[Ross] Four bodies got to be ravaged with pain.
-Look at this. -[Jerry] One more time.
[Ross] Downward spiral, absolutely stimulating.
[Jerry] Another view of that.
Wait a minute. We're about to have a winner here.
[Ross] Now, here's Edge--
boy, he's gotten a little slower by the-- by the moment here
because of the nature of this matchup.
[Jerry] They've all absorbed so much punishment, J.R. I'm amazed.
-Oh, no. -[Ross] Oh, look out, look out.
-[Jerry] No way. -[Ross] From the ladder.
Oh, God. A neckbreaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Unbelievable neckbreaker.
There's no amount of money in the world worth putting your bodies through this.
[Jerry] I know, J.R, but it's more than money.
Take another look at it.
-This is-- -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] It's about so much more than money.
[Ross] It's always about money.
-[Jerry] No, no, no. No. -[Ross] And I guarantee you they're pros.
-[Jerry] It's about Terri. -[Ross] Well…
[Jerry] That's how good her services are, J.R.
When I-- when she was at the top of that ladder
-and I looked up there… -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] …I thought-- -[Ross] Jeff Hardy--
[Jerry] I think those services were actually winking at me.
[Ross] Jeff Hardy holding his gut trying to get to the top of the ladder.
Christian with the same idea.
Their bodies are-- they're got to be-- there's primitive of pain and what--
my God, can you imagine what else could happen here tonight?
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Ross] Oh, good Lord.
A hip lock from the top of the ladder down to the canvas.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Look at Edge's legs, barely able to get his legs on the ring.
Christian is down.
Oh, the ladder right in the face of Matt Hardy.
[Jerry] He's right out here in front of us, J.R. I think he's through.
He maybe through for the night.
[Ross] Take a look at this.
[Jerry] That angle again. Look at this.
[Ross] Can you-- that's how it feels
to be on top of that ladder and then go down.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I don't know how these four young men's bodies are even--
are withstanding this.
How they're even able to stand.
[Jerry] I don't know how they're still together.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] There should be body parts laying everywhere, J.R.
[Ross] And there maybe before this over.
[Ross] Let's hope not.
-What's this now? -[Jerry] What is this gonna be now?
[Ross] I have no-- what-- what are they gonna do here?
I thought I've seen it all but I don't think so.
Now, wait a minute.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Edge trying to get underneath Christian there.
Woo. I don't know what the--
I don't know, but I don't think I even wanted to see that.
-Where-- look out. -[Jerry] Look at this.
-[Ross] Oh. -[Jerry] What the heck?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] My God, he used the ladder like a catapult.
[crowd cheering]
Jeff Hardy used his posterior for the impetus.
[Jerry] He's hurt, and hurting bad.
[Ross] Neither Christian and Jeff Hardy went down from that.
[Jerry] It knocked that two guys in one-- oh.
[Ross] The ladders is like a-- right up the face.
[Jerry] Watch the faces of these two guys.
Man.
[Ross] That is unreal.
Unbelievable.
[Jerry] Well, they are out.
[Ross] These four young men looked like they've been ejected
from a-- from a car crash here.
The ladder catapulting right in the face of Matt Hardy and Christian.
[Jerry] I'll tell you what, I'm sore from watching this, J.R.,
and I've been thinking, I know Terri's services are good, but--
and I don't know if they're this good.
[Ross] I don't know how anything could be that good…
including the $100,000.
[Jerry] I know one thing.
I don't think they're gonna be able to capitalize on her services tonight.
Maybe not for a week or two.
[Ross] Ladders being set back up now.
Edge trying to-- he's slow but surely trying to climb to the top.
-And the Hardy's-- -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
Everybody's going up.
[Ross] All four men now are climbing.
[Jerry] This is just the way it should be, J.R.
[Ross] They're climbing for the top.
They're climbing for the money.
[Jerry] It's the ladder to success.
[Ross] Folks, we have seen it all here tonight
in this Tag Team Ladder Match.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] This does not-- look out, lookout.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Edge-- all four men are back down.
Hung up on the ropes, crashed into the canvas.
[Jerry] I don't think any of them are gonna be getting up either, J.R.
[Ross] Ladders piling on top of them.
[Jerry] That set a new record. We got to see that again.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Unbelievable.
This is amazing.
An amazing performance here.
-Oh, my God. Look. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Here comes the other side.
[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] Oh, no. And that crazy view.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh.
Oh.
[Ross] Man, these four are paying the ultimate prize,
the supreme prize here.
They're trying to win this matchup.
[Jerry] They're still setting those ladders up again.
[Ross] These four young men giving us all they have here
with the stakes high.
They've never been higher for these two men--
these two teams, I should say.
[Jerry] Come on. It's only a 100 grand, guys.
-That-- -[Ross] Why do you…
[Jerry] Well, I mean, come on, J.R.
[Ross] Not only-- uh-oh. Watch yourself. The both--
-[crowd chattering] -[screaming]
[Ross] Matt Hardy-- look at edge has got-- he's close to the money.
He's almost with an arm's reach for the money here.
[Jerry] I've never seen anything like this in my life, J.R.
Extraordinary competitors.
These guys are giving their all.
[Ross] They're giving it to the fans.
They're giving it for the fans of the WWE here.
[Jerry] And for Terri. Don't forget Terri.
[Ross] Uh-oh. Edge. Hold up. Matt fell into the ladder.
Jeff Hardy-- the ladder tethering.
Edge went down. Christian went down.
-Matt Hardy's got the money. -[Jerry] Wait.
[Ross] Show me the money, Matt Hardy.
[Jerry] He can't get-- he got it.
-[Ross] Oh, God almighty. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] The Hardys have-- they've won the match.
-[announcer] Here are your winners… -[Ross] The Brood.
[announcer] …The Brood.
-[Jerry] I can't believe it. -[Ross] Talk about amazing displays
I have ever seen in my life.
[Jerry] T.I.T, the Terri Invitational Tournament
is won by The Brood.
[Ross] The Brood have won the 100 grand.
The Brood now will have the managerial services of Terri.
[rock music playing]
[Jerry] It won't do him any good tonight, J.R.
These guys are in for nothing but a…
[Ross] I'm not so sure The Brood, or Edge and Christian for that matter,
will ever be the same.
What an amazing display.
Amazing effort.
[Jerry] I was gonna say these guys are in for a hot bath,
but I'm thinking more like maybe an emergency room.
Definitely a hard time.
[rock music playing]
[Ross] It was an absolutely beyond verbal description here.
[Jerry] It was down to two ladders.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Jeff Hardy stayed in the ladder.
Jeff Hardy knocked Edge off the ladder and his balance tipping off there.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] He took down the money.
-This is amazing, King. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
How scary is this? Oh, my God.
[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[Ross] Christian and Edge have nothing to be ashamed of.
What a magnificent effort by those two.
[Jerry] Nothing to be ashamed of, J.R.,
but what must it feel like to these two guys
who were literally putting your body on the line,
put it through every pain and agony, and go through fighting your heart out,
and this-- I'm not sure.
Oh, look at this.
-[Ross] Here's the celebration. -[Jerry] Yoohoo.
I'm so proud you get $100,000.
-I like you, Terri. -I love you guys.
It's all about us. Now, how about you now?
Look at this. When it all comes down to, huh?
-Bring it on, baby. -[Ross] Well, folks just take it
earlier tonight on Heat.
Then we saw this and--
-[Mankind] Rocky! -[Ross] Mankind looking for The Rock.
-[Mankind] Rock? Rock is here. Where? -[crowd cheering]
Rocky.
Is The Rock-- Rock, you in there?
It would seem Rock-- Rocky,
Holly's-- hardcore and crash.
Holly-- hey, hey, have you seen The Rock?
Rock, you know, we could play with my pal.
-Yeah. Yeah. -Yeah.
-He's on the men's room. -Oh, the men's room?
Yeah.
Hey, have a nice day, Bob.
It happens to be the title of my new autobiography.
You're in there you old cranky curmudgeonly
non-carnival riding son of a gun.
Sorry, kid, you didn't make the cut.
Hey, Rock. [laughs]
There you are, champ.
Oh, I smell what you're cooking.
Listen, I got a couple of things I wanna go over before the match.
First off, good luck.
Second, I'm just thinking-- I think it's important
that you wear your tag belt in there because I know I'm gonna wear mine.
It's important to show a little team unity.
Also, you need some tips-- you need some tips with the Bulldog,
ask me because, you know, I know him pretty well.
But other than that, listen, I think you're gonna be in there a while.
Why don't you read this, it's my autobiography.
Come on, take it.
That's out on Thursday but you got a copy today.
You're in there, Rock, don't worry.
Don't kid yourself. You play a big part of my life.
Bigger than you know.
Yeah. So anyway, The Rock was just saying-- sure.
Rock, Rock, have you cooked a-- where's the--
Hold one second. Don't you see The Rock is on the phone?
-You're done already? -Done with what?
My book? Do you have my book?
Well, The Rock doesn't your book.
Where's my book?
The Rock has no clue where your book is.
But let The Rock tell you this.
When you do get a book, go ahead, get The Rock an advance copy…
-Okay. -…open it up on the first page,
-take a black magic-- -I'm gonna sign it for you?
Sign it the great one-- to the great one
and, you know, and then sign everything else.
-Right. -Right.
And then take it, close it, wrap it up in some nice Christmas packaging paper…
-I can do that. -…shine it up real nice and turn that--
No, hey, wait, wait, Rock, this is my life story.
It's my life story. It's important.
I'm gonna get you that copy tomorrow though.
Maybe later.
There you are you little rascal.
[grunting]
[coughs]
Thanks for the book, Mick.
[coughing]
[rock music playing]
[Ross] Well, certainly, King. That was a--
could be a very deciding factor in this matchup coming up.
Who knows Val Venis could challenge Mankind
who got the early advantage on Heat, to say the least.
[Jerry] Yeah, to say the least is right.
Mankind. His new book's out Thursday.
[singer] ♪ If you smell… ♪
[Jerry] Wait.
-[singer] ♪ …what The Rock is cooking ♪ -[Jerry] What the-- what's this?
[Ross] Obviously, we know it's The Rock.
[Jerry] Don't tell me-- no, wait a minute.
Don't tell me Mankind's coming up on the way.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] I thought Mankind
was gonna come out to The Rock's music.
The ultimate gimmick infringement, but it's The Rock.
[Ross] The Rock, earlier tonight, in a very hard-fought matchup.
He defeated the British Bulldog.
[Jerry] Why is he back out here?
[Ross] I have no idea.
The people's champion on his way to the ring.
["Electrifying" playing]
[Ross] Certainly, maybe he's coming out here to be in Mankind's corner
for this one-on-one matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, come on. I don't know what…
[Ross] Then why is he here?
[Jerry] I don't know, but I can assure you,
it's not-- hey, look at that.
[Ross] We didn't expect The Rock to come back out here.
Certainly, this is very unexpected.
He's already competed here tonight.
[Jerry] Listen to this crowd, J.R. They've already seen him once.
Still, listen to this reaction.
["Electrifying" playing]
[Ross] And the great one stepping into the squared circle here.
[Jerry] Had that big victory earlier over the British Bulldog,
I knew he was gonna do it. I told you all along.
[Ross] Yeah, you sure did.
You also told me that Cleveland was gonna be in the world series.
[Jerry] They are. They'll be watching it.
Sandy Alomar was supposed to be here tonight, somewhere.
And that could be Howard Finkel in there.
-[singer] ♪ The Rock says, The Rock ♪ -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, The Rock apparently has, obviously, something to say.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The crowd on their feet.
[Jerry] Nice shirt there, Rock.
[Ross] Eighteen thousand seven fifty-two.
Many of other-- many of them chanting, The Rock.
Finally, The Rock has come back to Cleveland.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] How about The Rock, Hall of Fame.
There it is.
Now, The Rock says this.
He's got a little challenge in mind and that challenge goes to the winner
of tonight's main event.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Now, I get it. I've smelt what you're cooking, Rock.
The Great One does not care if it's Triple H.
The Great One does not care if it is "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Whoa, did you hear that, J.R.?
[Ross] I sure did.
It never surprised me.
And when the match is made, the match is done,
and The Rock stands dead smack in the middle of the People's Ring,
the WWE Champion, then all The Rock's fans--
-the millions… -[crowd cheering]
…of The Rock's fans, let the People's Champ know
all by chanting at one time The Rock's name.
[Jerry] Here we go.
[crowd chanting] Rocky. Rocky. Rocky.
Rocky. Rocky. Rocky…
[Ross] I've never seen anything like this in over 20 years in this business.
[crowd chanting]
[Jerry] I can't believe he's challenging the winner.
And when it's all said and done, all the smoke is cleared,
all the dust had settled, The Rock's fans in one loud voice
say, "Rock, you are the People's Champ, the People's Choice,
and the WWE Champion."
-If you smell… -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, that's a big one.
-…what The Rock… -[crowd] Is cooking.
[Ross] It's all about the title.
[Jerry] He don't like saying it along with The Rock.
[Ross] It's all about the WWE title.
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] I cannot believe this, J.R. Oh, look at this.
-See that eyebrow? -[Ross] The Rock is captivating.
[crowd cheering] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Jerry] Maybe he's not finished cooking yet.
He always get folks in the palm of his hands.
Here it goes.
…is cooking.
["Electrifying" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] So, The Rock comes out and lays down the challenge,
and make the winner of the No Holds Barred Matchup
between Triple H, the champion,
and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin right here tonight.
[Jerry] The Rock said he's gonna lay them smack down, whoever.
I mean, whoever the champion is.
Doesn't care, it doesn't matter who the champion is for The Rock.
-And look at this. -[Ross] Wait a minute.
There's Triple H.
My God, Triple H with a sledgehammer.
Triple H has a sledgehammer.
The WWE champion assaulting The Rock with that sledgehammer,
for God sakes, oh, my God.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Triple H… -[Jerry] Four or five shots
with that sledgehammer right in the back, and into the kidneys of The Rock.
[Ross] The kidneys, the abdomen, my God almighty.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Triple H assaulting The Rock.
-[Jerry] Let them-- -[Ross] Stop that.
[Jerry] It didn't take Triple H long to answer that challenge.
[Ross] Oh, The Rock is hurt, this is-- this is hideous.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] This is not competition,
this has not got anything to do with rules or nothing in the ring,
and not-- I cannot believe the vile nature of Triple H,
I guess we should believe it, but…
[Jerry] Well, you as well as anybody, J.R., would know that Triple H
will absolutely stoop to anything to prove that he is the game.
He thinks he's the game.
[Ross] We're gonna look at it again, that shocked us all right there,
the shock right into the gut, and then right in the kidneys,
you saw that one folks, but that wasn't enough.
-[Jerry] Three. -[Ross] No, another one in the abdomen.
Can you just imagine the damage that a sledgehammer can do internally?
With those shots like Helmsley was delivering.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Probably got The Rock on the-- on that stretcher like Gurney.
-Wow. -[crowd chattering]
[Ross] And those EMTs are…
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] There's a sign right now that they're here for The Rock.
Look at the pain in face, look at his eyes.
This is absolutely repulsive
on Triple H's part, King, in my view.
[Jerry] Well, I don't know how repulsive it is,
let's take a look at it.
The Rock-- you got to admit, The Rock came out here,
and laid the challenge down to not only the game,
but to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And take a look at this one, right in the kidney.
[crowd chattering]
And I tell you, J.R., The Rock,
he got his challenge answered pretty quick.
Well, Triple H certainly change his cocky attitude earlier tonight.
Now, he knows this is gonna be a No Holds Barred Matchup
with "Stone Cold" here tonight.
But Triple H has made sure that he has taken care of The Rock,
and maybe once and for all.
He's taking care of the future challenger.
Uh-oh.
["Hello Ladies" playing]
-[Ross] Well, here we go… -[bell ringing]
-[Ross] …Val Venis. -[announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Las Vegas, Nevada,
weighing 242 pounds, Val Venis.
[Ross] Val Venis carrying Mick Foley's autobiography
as we heard Mick say is on sale Thursday.
I've read seven chapters of it yesterday.
It's one of the most-- the finest reads I've ever picked up.
-[Jerry] Oh, come on. -[Ross] I'm very serious.
[Jerry] I was gonna say who wrote it for him,
but now I got to ask who read it to you?
[Ross] I read it myself, thank you, and he wrote all 610
-handwritten notes of those. -[Jerry] Isn't it-- isn't it crayon?
[Ross] No, it's uncrayoned, a great book.
I mean it, sincerely.
Val Venis got a dubious attack in the men's room, how would he--
[Jerry] Yeah, the men's room is about the only place
that book would be good for, men's room, bath room reading.
[Ross] Well, I disagree with that.
[Jerry] And then maybe if you're out of toilet paper,
you can use a couple of pages, might come in handy.
-[Ross] Okay. That's enough. -[Jerry laughs]
Yeah, it's a good find, one of those books.
-Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
["Wreck" playing]
[Ross] One half of The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.
[Jerry groans]
[Ross] I'm sure Mankind may be a little deluded.
[announcer] Weighing 287 pounds,
the co-holder of the Tag Team Championship, Mankind.
[Jerry] Bet your bottom dollar he'll have his championship belt on.
[Ross] Where is Mankind?
He may be helping-- trying to help attend The Rock.
["Wreck" playing]
[Ross] Uh-oh.
-You talk? -Get off, damn it.
-[Mankind] Can you talk, bro? -[man] We gotta take him, guys. Come on.
[Ross] There he is. He's down, he's hurt.
-Get off The Rock. -[indistinct chatter]
[Mankind] Rock, I will win this bad boy for you, okay?
I'm gonna take care of him for you.
[crowd chattering]
-[Jerry] You heard that, didn't you, J.R.? -[Ross] Yeah.
The Rock is hurt badly, thanks to Triple H and that sledgehammer.
["Wreck" playing]
[Jerry] Well, get out of here Mankind, you can't do The Rock any good.
Val Venis pacing like a caged tiger here,
awaiting the arrival of one of the premiere big money players
of the game here, Mankind in a big money environment.
Here at No Mercy, here comes Mankind.
We will keep you updated on The Rock's condition
as we receive the information, we'll come back to you.
Looked like The Rock was on his way to a hospital,
and Mankind back there holding things up-- look out.
[Ross] Yeah, you're right.
And here Mankind--
what Mankind can be as dangerous
and as physical as anybody ever in the WWE.
And Val Venis may find that out right here tonight at No Mercy.
[Jerry] Well, Mankind may find out
just how physical the Big Valbowski can be.
-[Ross] No doubt. -[Jerry] I think he's one
of the most underrated superstars here in the WWE.
[Ross] I think you're absolutely right.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] And big deal, Mankind wrote a book.
Well, what about all the movies that Val Venis has made?
[Ross] Mankind reversing-- I thought he was gonna slam Val here
on the-- out here on the floor, but that maybe too good for him
after Val's comeback here tonight and the last few weeks.
[Jerry] What do you think, more people read books or watch movies?
[Ross] I would assume they watch movies.
[Jerry] There you go.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] And the bell finally sounds, and here we go.
Match officially underway, right hand by Val Venis,
and I don't know if you can-- if Val or anybody else can--
with their fist can beat down Mankind.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Long enough for the three-count anyway.
[Jerry] Watch it, Val.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] And Mick Foley a very emotional guy,
if you read the book, you'll see that,
but after what happened to Rock here just moments ago at the hands of Triple H,
add it to what happened to Mankind himself
in the-- in the men's room at the hands of Val Venis
earlier tonight on Heat.
[Jerry] Well, you know Mankind don't care about what happens to himself,
I'm sure he cares about The Rock in his own strange, twisted, weird way.
But not that The Rock cares about Mankind mind you.
Look at this.
[Ross] Val Venis got the foot up for protection.
And a reverse elbow by Mankind.
Maybe one of the few wrestling moves he'll utilize in this matchup.
Mankind going close to 300 pounds,
got a full head of steam there right into Val's face.
[crowd chattering]
-[Ross] Val Venis… -[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute,
hey, wait the minute, you're messing with his money now? Oh.
Come on, that's the way Mick-- Val makes a living.
[Ross] I think that was above the belt.
-[Jerry] You do? -[Ross] I think so.
Oh, no, please, no, not the stupid, stinking Mr. Socko or Rock--
who's down there?
[Jerry] Socko I was-- oh, wait a minute,
-Mankind looking to get Rocko. -[Jerry] He's going for Mr. Rocko.
[Ross] Mankind looking for Rocko.
[Jerry] Or maybe he's going for just the Big Valbowski.
[Ross] I don't think so, I bet-- Mankind trying to-- his--
-[Jerry] What is that big guy? -[Ross] Mankind--
-Mankind is pulling it out. -[Jerry] What's he pulling out?
-[Ross] Mankind is pulling-- -[Jerry screams]
[Ross] And right out of Val's tights.
[Jerry] That's the Big Valbowski, it's coming out.
[Ross] Look at the size of that thing.
Rocko back in the hands of Mankind.
[Jerry] Woo, I thought that was the Big Valbowski.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] A low blow there, it looked like by--
That's not long enough to be the Big Valbowski,
and there it goes back again.
[Ross] Well, safekeeping as far as I'm concerned there.
Val Venis now stomping away at Mankind.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Val Venis almost found himself on the wrong end of that Rocko,
until he got the low blow in there, that bought Val sometime
and got Mankind on the defensive.
[Jerry] You know what Mankind wanted to do with the Rocko,
he wanted to stuff it down his own pants,
trying to enhance himself a little bit.
[Ross] Or, yeah, or stuff it down the gullet of Val Venis.
[Jerry] No, believe me,
I've heard what women say when they see Mankind naked.
[Ross] Yeah, what's that?
[Jerry] Well, one of them said, "Wow, and your feet are so big."
Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Mankind now beating Val Venis to the punch with that right hand.
[Jerry] Oh, no. Watch it.
[Ross] There's a reverse of Mankind right into security barricade
or the security wall.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] And downtown, mean right in front of us,
you can hear the impact of that.
Close enough to hear it, see it and smell it.
For the knockdown by Mankind.
[Jerry] I think that's just Mankind we're smelling.
[Ross] Mankind back in the ring, broke the count there.
What now? They're gonna be counted out here in this matchup.
[Jerry] Get out of the way, Finkel.
[Ross] Oh, look out.
[Jerry] I wish Mankind would grab Finkel by the ankles and hit somebody with him.
[crowd chattering]
-[Ross] What's Mankind-- -[Jerry] What's he gonna do?
-I don't know. -[Ross] I think he'll have a seat.
[Jerry] You read his book.
[Ross] Mankind has drove Val Venis's face into that steel chair.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Referee trying to encourage both these men especially Mankind.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] No!
Good God, Mankind just mutilated that chair with the back of his head.
Val Venis countered with a suplex, belly-to-back, and dropped Mankind
straight away on the back of his head on that steel chair.
-[Jerry] Man. -[crowd chattering]
[Ross] That's about 300 pounds of weight
focus on Mankind's head right on the chair, King.
-Take another look at this. -[Jerry] All right.
On his head, yes.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] And now, look he's up.
He's got the Mandible Claw on Val.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Mankind with the Mandible Claw, and Mankind's head now just cracked
-right off the ring post. -[Jerry] He did it again.
[Ross] What a sickening thud,
and Mankind goes back to the Mandible Claw.
[grunting]
[Jerry] Oh, again and again into that post.
[Ross] That's two times that Mankind's head
has just bounced off that ring post like a basketball.
[Jerry] Poor Val, he's got a lot of things in his mouth before,
but never anything as nasty as that Mandible Claw.
[Ross] Mankind after his head being bounced off the ring post
being forced back in the ring.
-[crowd chattering] -Get off the damn chair.
Get out of the way, Finkel, or he'll hit you one more time.
[Ross] Getting another steel chair.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Val Venis with another steel chair.
[Jerry] Wear him out with it.
-[Ross] And-- oh, referee… -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Ross] …Teddy Long intervened there.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] And Mankind got a couple of rights in.
[Jerry] I'm telling you, Teddy Long screwed up the good housekeeping match.
I hope he don't screw this one up too.
[Ross] Mankind got to be going on instinct.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] Side Russian leg sweep,
and Mankind fell backwards head first on that chair.
-[Jerry] Finish him off. -[Ross] This got--
this has got to be it, the lateral press, and--
oh, Mankind kicked out.
Mankind at the very last instant, King, kicked off before the three.
[Jerry] I see that stinking sock go hanging out.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Again, the back of the head,
the focus of Val Venis attack.
[Jerry] I think that's Socko.
[Ross] Again, the second elbow, right to the back of the head.
[Jerry] Something's hanging out of Mankind's pants.
-[Ross] Let's hope it's Socko. -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] Another elbow, that's a trifecta there.
[Jerry] I've talked to a lot of women that seen Mankind naked.
[Ross] Look at the impact to this.
Yes! Did you hear it?
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Mankind now going downstairs.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] Looking for the offense.
-[Jerry] Oh, yeah. -[Ross] Mankind looking
for the double arm DDT, and Val Venis now…
-[Jerry] [indistinct] -[Ross] …straddling Mankind,
hammering those right hands right on the face of Mankind.
And again, the back of Mankind's injured head,
the splay of the skull on the canvass here.
[Jerry] He's done, I think.
[Ross] That human anatomy, I don't care if even if your Mankind
cannot absorb much more of this,
there's a cover, this has got to be and--
no, Mankind got a shoulder up.
[Jerry] Come on Teddy Long, you idiot.
[Ross] Mankind got a shoulder up, turned on his side there,
just to make sure he didn't get the three-count.
[Jerry] You want to talk about Mankind's anatomy?
[Ross] Val, a shot to the back of the head.
The chairs, the ring post, the elbows, the forearm,
-and now the cover. -One, two…
[Jerry] That's it.
[Ross] And Man-- did he? Mankind got the right shoulder up.
[Jerry] Oh, look, missed by this much.
[Ross] I don't know how Mankind is doing this.
[Jerry] Come on, Val.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, he get it.
[Ross] You know, long term, Mankind may pay for this kind
of punishment in his lifetime.
But he's giving us all he's got-- look at this.
-[Jerry] On the neck. -[Ross] Again, on the back of the head.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Val Venis with the elbow, or the knee rather,
right on the back of Mankind's head.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Look at-- look at Mankind he's up.
[Ross] Mankind stumbled to the corner.
-[Jerry] He's holding Val by the foot. -[Ross] Val, after going for that--
with a lock up going we think for the Money Shot.
[Jerry] I think that's Val's foot.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Val Venis is fresh here.
[Jerry] Boom, yes.
[Ross] Follows Mankind in the clothesline.
-[Jerry] No, Bulldog. -[Ross] Headlock.
And Val Venis may have hurt his own elbow there,
but needless to say, Mankind put the blunt of the blow.
Look at Mankind rolled over his stomach to keep from getting pinned,
but he exposes the back of his head.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Val, the elbow, halfway across the ring,
you saw where the elbow landed,
that's how much more for-- and my goodness--
[Jerry] I don't think he can take much more,
and you know what, I'm just thinking,
he may have another career after this match
after he can't take anymore from the Big Valbowski,
he can have a career as a…
-[Ross] As a writer. -[Jerry] No, a men's room attendant.
-[laughs] -[Ross] An author.
[Jerry] We saw him in one earlier,
and this is it, the Money Shot.
-[Ross] Money Shot. -[Jerry] Oh, look out.
[Ross] Mankind rolled toward the corner to avoid the contact.
-[Jerry] Coward. -[Ross] Perhaps instinctively perhaps not.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, if he going down in this tights.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Big Valbowski did not find his mark on his Money Shot
from the top rope.
And somehow, some way, Mrs. Foley's baby boy is back up.
[Jerry] Oh no, oh, no. Double arm DDT.
[Ross] And if nothing else, well, Mick, he's rolling over, he's got the cover,
-and that's got to be-- I guess not. -[Jerry] No.
[Ross] Val Venis got his shoulder up.
Val Venis's right shoulder came off the canvass.
[Jerry] He's up and coming that Val Venis, I'm telling you.
[Ross] Both these men are down and you don't wanna end this thing
with a count-out here.
-…four… -[crowd chattering]
-[Jerry] Come on, Val get up. -…five…
[Jerry] Get up, Val, you're-- you can get up.
[Ross] Referee's at five.
[Jerry] That's your specialty, getting up? Uh-oh.
[Ross] Now six.
[crowd chattering]
-[Ross] Within the context of a ten-count… -[Jerry] Oh, no.
-[Ross] Wait 'til the count. -[Jerry] Look out. Mankind.
[Ross] This time, yes, Mr. Socko.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] But little Val-- Val has got…
[Jerry] Look at Val, he's got Mr. Rocko.
[Ross] Mankind with Socko.
[Jerry] It's Rocko and Socko, here we go.
[Ross] The Rocko and Socko, what-- a double claw.
[Jerry] There's The Rock 'n' Sock Connection for real.
[Ross] The Mandible Claw and the testicular claw.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] And Val went south with his, who's gonna win out here, J.R.?
[Ross] The north or the south?
Mankind is bating from the testicular claw,
-and Val Venis… -[bell ringing]
-[Ross] …has got the three. -[Jerry] He did?
[announcer] Here is your winner, Val Venis.
[Jerry] He did, yeah, he did.
[Ross] With the way they fell, Val fell on his stomach,
Mankind fell on his back.
[Jerry] It looked like Rocko beat Socko.
[Ross] Val Venis with a-- with Rocko and testicular claw,
after all of that punishment to Mankind's head,
it was a testicular claw that barely told the story.
[Jerry] Say that again, J.R., what kind of claw?
[Ross] I never thought I'd be saying that quite frankly.
-[Jerry] I know. -[Ross] It ain't no armdrag
or slobber knocker, it's a testicular claw.
[Jerry] I'll tell you, then again,
I've seen just about everything else I thought I've never seen.
-Val, look out. -[Ross] Mankind is back up.
Mankind back up with Socko on his right hand.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Get out of there, Val, you've won.
[Ross] Val has upset Mankind in this matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, wait the minute.
[Ross] And Mankind now, he's got-- Mankind has got Rocko.
-[Jerry] Wait the minute. -[Ross] He's got Rocko and Socko,
-and this is a connection that Val Venis… -[Jerry] Get away, get away.
[Ross] …doesn't wanna be part of.
[crowd cheering]
["Wreck" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, at least Mankind has Mr. Rocko
back in his possession, King.
He got his book back, too.
[Jerry] Yeah, but, you know, Mr. Rocko's got to be stinking right now.
I'm sure that that book reeks.
[Ross] Well, I would think either one of those socks smell too floury,
or they both have been hibernating.
Woo.
-Mankind-- -[Jerry] Don't worry, Val,
you don't need a sock in your tight.
[Ross] Mankind is still the one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions--
[Jerry] Val Venis is still the Big Valbowski.
[Ross] And one hell of a brawler.
[Jerry] Hey, look, look, look. Look at this.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] I don't know why they haven't taken Rock to the hospital,
he needs to go to the hospital.
[Jerry] Well, he probably refuses to go.
-[Ross] I don't know, I just-- -Ah, what took you so long?
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] What are they doing, stitch him up?
[Ross] I don't know.
Folks we are moments away from every man from himself,
four corner elimination matchup here at No Mercy.
And this one is certainly emotionally charged.
I'll take you back to SmackDown last Thursday night, King.
You were there, I watched it at home,
and certainly, the Acolytes in a handicap match against Kane.
It was all the Acolytes could handle to finally put Kane down.
The man just beaten the "Big Red Machine", which is a hell of a feat.
It wasn't enough for the Acolytes, look at the double pin--
the double team, but here comes X-Pac with a chair to help Kane.
[Jerry] Right, X-Pac showed up after Kane had specifically ordered X-Pac
to stay out of his business.
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[Jerry] I don't like this.
-[explosion] -[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Here comes the "Big Red Machine".
The brother of the Undertaker…
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] …Kane.
[announcer] The following contest is the four corners elimination match,
introducing first, weighing 346 pounds, Kane.
[Ross] Four men involved in this match, and there will be no partners.
It's very man for himself,
two men will start, two men will stand on the apron.
Anyone can be tagged in at any time.
When you are eliminated, you must return to your locker room.
And the big red machine would indeed walk through hell, fire, and brimstone
to get his hands on the Acolytes.
-[explosion] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, we can definitely confirm
The Rock has refused, King, to go to the hospital.
I don't-- that's not a good decision.
[Jerry] No, he needs medical attention, that's for sure.
["X-Pac" playing]
[singer] ♪ You think you can tell us what to do? ♪
[Ross] Great ovation for X-Pac.
[singer] ♪ You think you can tell us what to wear? ♪
♪ You think that you're better ♪
♪ Well you better get ready to bow to the masters ♪
[announcer] From Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing 205 pounds, X-Pac.
[Ross] Again, a simply charged emotional matchup here,
and you got to wonder what's gonna happen, King,
if and when X-Pac and Kane are in the ring together
because again, this is not a tag match.
[Jerry] Well, what about the Acolytes, J.R.?
-Don't forget the Acolytes. -[Ross] Oh, how could
-we forget those guys? -[Jerry] Right.
[Ross] They're animals.
It's gonna be interesting to see the Acolytes
one on one as well in this matchup.
[Jerry] Well, it's every man for himself, J.R.
[singer] ♪ Built to destroy you and your boys ♪
♪ Mother, mother make some noise ♪
♪ That's even if you're paranoid… ♪
[Ross] X-Pac, the gutsy X-Pac from Minneapolis, rather charged here.
It was X-Pac that made the challenge for the other three men in this match,
for this matchup here tonight at No Mercy.
[Jerry] He's X-Pac, the cardiac kid,
the guy with the big heart, enlarged heart.
That's a medical condition too.
[rock music playing]
[announcer] And weighing 275 pounds and 292 pounds respectively,
Faarooq and Bradshaw, the Acolytes.
[Ross] Well, even though it's every man for himself,
the Acolytes are coming out here together, which may or may not bode well
for X-Pac and Kane in this individual warfare.
[Jerry] I'd say it may not.
These guys are part of my friends, the asskickers of the WWE.
-They don't take any prisoners. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] And here we go, the Acolytes,
Faarooq and Kane, Bradshaw and X-Pac.
And Bradshaw elevated over the top rope.
[Jerry] And then, look out, X-Pac flew and got caught in midair.
God almighty, X-Pac's spine just wrapped around that ring post by Bradshaw.
And Kane almost have Faarooq's head off with a clothesline.
[Jerry] Well, you're right. Every man for himself. Look at this.
[Ross] The Acolytes double teaming Kane here,
and the referee by rules to get one of the Acolytes out of the ring.
I know it's easier said than done.
The Acolytes double teaming the "Big Red Machine",
double shoulder block, and down went Kane.
[Jerry] Wow.
Referee Jim Korderas now as Faarooq on the outside
as Bradshaw and Kane one on one.
Thunderous clothesline that knocked down Bradshaw.
But Bradshaw muscling Kane back into the corner.
And there is a tag, Bradshaw tagging in Faarooq,
again, that's legal.
[Jerry] It's every man for himself.
[Ross] Bradshaw could have tag in X-Pac for that matter.
[Jerry] That would have been cool.
Uh-oh.
[Ross] Kane look at-- takes up the enzuigiri.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Ross] The head kick by Kane--
[Jerry] It turned Faarooq for a flip.
[Ross] Great agility by the 320-pounder and there's the tag.
-X-Pac made a blind tag. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And now, it's X-Pac and Kane.
[Jerry] And look at X-Pac, he's feeling froggy,
go ahead and jump there, X-Pac.
[Ross] I'm sure Kane is very reluctant, not because he's afraid obviously.
And look at X-Pac doesn't want Kane to hold back.
Let's go, me and you.
[Jerry] Yeah, X-Pac wants to prove to the world.
[Ross] X-Pac wants to prove to the world
that size is absolutely irrelevant in the squared circle.
Oh, what a shot there by X-Pac.
[Jerry] Come on, we know size does matter, ask Val Venis.
[Ross] What a knockdown by Kane down to X-Pac.
That clothesline almost beheaded X-Pac, and Kane now forcing this tag.
Oh. And from behind was Bradshaw, that's a tag.
So Bradshaw's in now with X-Pac.
[Jerry] And I don't agree with that.
I would let Bradshaw just…
[Ross] X-Pac with those spaghetti legs there.
And now, X-Pac tags in Faarooq,
-it's Faarooq and Bradshaw. -[Jerry] What? Look at these guys.
[Ross] Faarooq and Bradshaw, the Acolytes now.
This is a regular Saturday night after work for these guys.
[Jerry] It's almost like the Holly's.
[Ross] They love to fight, the Acolytes, and hurt people, and they're good at it.
[grunts]
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] Shoulder block by Faarooq
knocking down Bradshaw.
A four-corner elimination matchup.
And Faarooq, quickly tagging in X-Pac.
So it's X-Pac and Bradshaw-- what a clothesline from hell.
-[Jerry] Beautiful. -[Ross] That's gonna be over right there.
[Jerry] Hey, ref, turn around, you idiot.
[Ross] You got to think that Bradshaw with the cover.
Look at Kane now stepping over the top, and a shot right to the head of Bradshaw.
Bradshaw may have had the cover right there, King,
if the referee had been in a different position.
The Acolytes meet the exchange, leaving Kane this time with Faarooq,
stomping away, and one of the most courageous young man
you'll ever meet, X-Pac.
X-factor.
Version of it, anyway.
And face first went Faarooq, and quickly, he makes the tag.
Faarooq was in trouble and made the tag.
And Bradshaw back in.
Bradshaw almost 300 pounds,
X-Pac somewhere around the-- well, over the 200-pound mark.
[Jerry] Oh, wow. Did you hear that?
[Ross] X-Pac, oh, man, what a whip.
A torque on that whip, the whiplash on that was a--
could be overwhelming.
And look at X-Pac gritting his teeth, clenching his fist,
fighting back for all he's got.
[Jerry] His heart is growing, getting bigger, ain't it, J.R.?
Come on, pound him, until his heart shrinks down to the size of a pea.
[Ross] I love the courage of X-Pac, how can you not respect this young man?
Face first, he just went though, into the steel ring steps.
[Jerry] I respect his courage, all right.
It's the stupidity I have to laugh at.
You don't need to be hanging out in the land of the giants.
[Ross] It could be over right here.
And X-Pac kicked out. He kicked out.
[Jerry] Who's he trying to prove it to that he can hang with these guys?
-Himself? -[Ross] I think himself.
His fans know what he can do.
I think he's doing it for himself.
Well, Bradshaw, the power of Bradshaw.
And-- oh, Kane, the boot right to the face.
Kane and the boot to the face, and Bradshaw almost got pinned.
Let's see, X-Pac couldn't get the job done even with the help of Kane there.
X-Pac wasn't asking for the help of Kane, I can tell you.
[Jerry] Right. An ingrate.
[Ross] Kane saw the opportunity for a backbreaker.
A cover, did not get it.
And now, Faarooq squeezing away at the head and neck of X-Pac here.
To keep this high flyer grounded, you got a great chance against him.
X-Pac's quickness can't hurt you when he's sitting down.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] And the young man fighting back up to a vertical base,
goes downstairs with the elbow.
X-Pac's got to quicken the pace here if he can, but again, the powerslam.
That's got to be all right there, and Kane comes in,
and interrupt that pinning combination.
[Jerry] That was quick.
[Ross] Faarooq tagging in Bradshaw now.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this. How about say hello to my foot?
[Ross] Bradshaw about six feet seven
at least, somewhere around 300 pounds, over the top rope,
setting X-Pac for the ride and now clamps on the bear hug.
And Bradshaw is squeezing and squeezing,
kind of squeeze the proverbial professional life right out of X-Pac.
[Jerry] He's squeezing and squeezing, and X-Pac's heart is shrinking,
it's shrinking, it's getting smaller.
[Ross] X-Pac right there, his arms are hanging at his side now.
Referee Jim Korderas there
to see if X-Pac wants to say "I quit. I give up."
I don't think you'll hear that from X-Pac, but maybe.
He's shaking.
X-Pac trying to get a right hand in there, and Bradshaw's hands are broken.
[Ross] Broken from his grip, I should say.
And another knockdown from that big boot.
Hard elbow right to the heart, will this-- no, X-Pac kicked out.
And it makes you wonder what does it take to keep X-Pac down for the three?
This young man is barely, seemingly able to stand here,
and a hard body shot to this helpless youngster
from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
All the air has got to be rushing right out of X-Pac,
and it caught Bradshaw walking in that time
with a foot right to the face of the big Bradshaw.
And then Bradshaw caught X-Pac again.
[Jerry] There it is, J.R. That's a perfect example of it.
It's just size, it's just power.
It does nothing to do with your heart.
[Ross] Oh. X-Pac fighting for all he's got there.
His elbows and down went Bradshaw.
-X-Pac now-- -[Jerry] Come on, Bradshaw,
use your size and power.
[Ross] What's X-Pac gonna do here?
And X-Pac-- a big time tornado DDT that planted Bradshaw.
-One… -[Ross] Both men are down again…
-…two… -[Ross] …or X-Pac and Bradshaw.
If they're counted out, they've got to return to the locker room.
Kane ready to make a tag with X-Pac.
Faarooq poised to make-- to do the same with Bradshaw.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
X-Pac, the pain etched on his face.
X-Pac may be reluctantly doesn't wanna tag Kane,
and Kane tags in X-Pac whether X-Pac locked in or not.
Kane makes the tag.
The "Big Red Machine" just flew off the top.
Kane now setting Faarooq for the ride,
the big boot right to the face of Faarooq and down he went.
And the running clothesline,
Faarooq knocked over the top rope to the outside,
a big foot downstairs or upstairs went Bradshaw.
And Bradshaw got a cheap shot on X-Pac.
-Oh, look out. -[crowd cheering]
Chokeslam. Chokeslam.
Kane just drilled Bradshaw.
-A 300-pounder with a one arm Chokeslam. -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] And it's over, and X-Pac from the top rope.
X-Pac-- oh, X-Pac with a spinning heel kick from the top.
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] And Kane walked right into it.
[Jerry] Did you see that?
[Ross] My god, X-Pac had just pinned Kane.
And Kane can't believe it.
[Jerry] I thought I'd seen everything tonight.
[Ross] Kane kicked out at about three and a half or four.
But Kane along with Bradshaw are-- have both been eliminated
leaving X-Pac and Faarooq one-on-one here.
[Jerry] This is unbelievable.
-We saw Moolah… -[Ross] Come on now.
[Jerry] …become the women's champion tonight,
we saw Chyna become the Intercontinental Champion tonight.
We saw The Rock comes up the Bulldog.
We saw that unbelievable Ladder Match, huh?
-[Ross] Well, come on now. -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
-We're gonna see it all now. -[Ross] Stop doing this.
A DDT by X-Pac on the floor on Faarooq.
It looked like Faarooq was gonna plant X-Pac
right through this table.
[Jerry] We saw The Rock come out here to challenge the winner
of the title match tonight and then he got hammered.
[Ross] Yeah, by a sledgehammer by Triple H.
[Ross] I'll clarify that.
[Jerry] We've seen X-Pac eliminate Kane.
-What else? -[Ross] Faarooq now down in that corner.
X-Pac somehow, some way is standing, but Faarooq saw it coming
-and retaliated with a spinebuster slam. -[Jerry] Wow. Wow.
[Ross] A thunderous spinebuster slam
that had to take the air right out of X-Pac.
[Jerry] This is it. Oh, yeah.
[Ross] Oh, man, look at this. This is bad here.
[Jerry] Bad for X-Pac.
[Ross] Oh, no. This is not good at all.
I don't care who you are, X-Pac fought his way off the shoulders,
fell to the canvas, can X-Pac defend himself here?
-Yes. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] X-Pac made the adjustment.
That was the X-factor.
Faarooq went face first.
-He's got him. He's got him. -[Jerry] No!
-[Ross] Oh, for God's sake… -[bell ringing]
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] …X-Pac has-- X-Pac has done it.
[announcer] Here is your winner, X-Pac.
[Ross] Well, King, I guess he does as X-Pac belong in the land of the giants.
[Jerry] Well, I'm not gonna say I told you so.
I can't believe it.
[singer] ♪ I just got tired of doing what you told me to do… ♪
[Ross] Somehow, someway, X-Pac never gave up.
[Jerry] My God, we have seen everything tonight.
[Ross] X-Pac survived the four-corner elimination match.
The smallest dog in the fight.
[Jerry] Unbelievable.
[Ross] But as the old expression goes,
it's not the size of the dog in a fight, but the size of the fight in the dog,
and that young man has got a lot of fight in him.
You got to love his attitude.
[Jerry] A lot of heart.
-Huge heart. -[Ross] A lot of heart.
[singer] ♪ You and your boys ♪
♪ Mother, mother, make some noise… ♪
Get off The Rock.
-Some bitch. -[Ross] Taping up The Rock, King.
[Jerry] Why don't he just go to the hospital?
Cleveland Clinic's a good place.
[Ross] The Rock needs to go to the hospital, there's no doubt about that.
After that sledgehammer blow there by Triple H.
And speaking of Triple H, he is the WWE Champion,
but for how much longer?
-[Jerry] That's right. Will-- -[Ross] Will the title
change hands here tonight?
Now, in this no holds barred matchup.
No disqualifications, no count-outs, King.
[Jerry] Yeah, thanks to Vince McMahon.
[Ross] Well, folks, I guarantee you one thing,
this is one hellacious rivalry.
[Jerry] And this all started at SummerSlam, J.R.
[Ross] Just three months ago.
[Jerry] Helmsley got a steel chair.
Helmsley wearing Austin out in that steel chair.
Helmsley assaulting Austin with a steel chair.
[Triple H] I crippled-- I crippled The Rattlesnake.
Steve Austin will never, ever be the same again.
[Jerry] He is The Game.
You reap what you sow in this world, Triple H,
you made a lot of enemies champ in a very short time.
[Triple H] What do you think Austin thinks of me?
He thinks you're an asshole.
[Stone Cold] Hunter Hearst Helmsley has hell to pay when I get back.
[Ross] The Rattlesnake is here!
["Oh Hell Yeah" playing]
[singer] ♪ People think they know me ♪
♪ Say I'm wound a little tight ♪
♪ Tell me I go looking for trouble ♪
♪ That I'm always ready for a fight ♪
♪ It's just that ♪
♪ Oh, hell yeah ♪
♪ Sometimes I drink a little beer ♪
♪ Sometimes I make a little mess ♪
♪ Sometimes I get a little angry ♪
♪ Sometimes I kick a little ass ♪
♪ Whoa, you know ♪
♪ Sometimes I kick a lot of ass ♪
♪ Whoa, you know ♪
♪ Oh, hell yeah ♪
[Stone Cold] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin wants what's his.
[man] To meet the winner of the match at Unforgiven.
[singer] ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
[Jerry] Here we go.
WWE title will be decided right here tonight.
[Ross] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is the man in charge of this matchup.
And wait a minute, The Bulldog with a chair shot on The Rock.
And Helmsley nails the Pedigree on The Rock, and Austin,
there's nothing Austin can do but count to three.
[crowd cheering]
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] Triple H has done it, King.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that. Look at Helmsley turning on Austin--
[Ross] Big mistake, Stunner.
Big mistake, champ,
big mistake champ.
[Stone Cold] When I get your ass in this very ring at No Mercy,
that WWE title is coming back to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
You know without a shadow of a doubt at No Mercy, you cannot beat me!
[Jerry] Look at Triple H!
Austin has attacked Triple H from behind.
We got a mad house!
[Michael] For two months now,
The Rattlesnake has had his anger pent up inside of him,
wanting to get revenge, get back at Triple H.
[Jerry] These guys are fighting all through the Georgia Dome, look out!
[Michael] Austin will not stop until he has full revenge on the champion.
[Jerry] Stone Cold, he's got a friend that he wants Triple H to meet.
[Michael] And these brawls continue into the back.
[Jerry] It's a war, Michael, it's a war.
[Michael] Oh, man.
Take that, you son of a bitch.
[Jerry] A rattlesnake, a rattlesnake,
Triple H face to face with a rattlesnake.
That's a rattlesnake…
[Triple H] A rattlesnake, a five-foot long poisonous deadly snake
was brought into the building, and it bit me in the face.
When Austin gets you, I want you to look in my eyes,
look at my face, I want him to see what he's done,
and I will personally put this belt in his hand because obviously
it means more than life to Steve Austin, so he can have it.
[Michael] Triple H said he is going to quit and forfeit
the WWE Championship.
Here's your championship, take it.
I hope that makes you happy, Steve.
[Jerry] Hey.
Oh, my God, Triple H.
What is this? He's a-- he's attacked Austin.
[Triple H] Each and every one of you morons
bust that sappy tear-jerker I did out here.
You stupid son of a bitch, this title means more to me
than it ever, ever will to you.
It means more to me than it ever will to you.
You know, King, this is a-- not a technical masterpiece here.
Helmsley is a great technical wrestler but this is no holds barred,
-this is Austin's kind of match. -Right.
This is personal, who does that title,
that WWE title mean the most to?
We're gonna find out, J.R.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Here comes The Rattlesnake.
Here comes the challenger for the WWE title.
No holds barred, no disqualifications.
It's right up the alley of The Rattlesnake.
Vince McMahon has stacked the deck, if you ask me.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The rafters are rattling here in the Gund Arena.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] 18,752 fans on their feet
and showing their support for Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[Ross] I talked to Austin earlier today, King,
he's concerned about one thing, his cardiovascular conditioning.
[announcer] The following contest is a no holds barred match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
In the ring to my left, the challenger, from Victoria, Texas,
weighing 252 pounds,
-"Stone Cold" Steve Austin. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin hasn't been on a match since SummerSlam, since August.
[Jerry] But J.R., after everything we've seen tonight,
and believe me, we nearly seen it all,
the only thing would cap it off is Austin winning the title.
-Uh-oh. -[singer] One, two, is this on?
Yo, Jimmy hit me with that Triple H.
[Ross] Here comes The Game, Triple H,
a technical marvel, no doubt about it.
But this will not be a technical match.
[Jerry] I'm glad you're finally referring to him as The Game, J.R.,
because he is that.
[announcer] Weighing 255 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Triple H.
[Ross] And Triple H has got that sledgehammer with him.
Well, I'll tell you what, this will take the no holds barred
to another level if Triple H is gonna walk down here
with that sledgehammer, I'll tell you.
-[Jerry] Well, and-- and look at this. -[Ross] Wait a minute,
that's Vince McMahon.
Vince McMahon taking that sledgehammer away from Triple H.
[Jerry] Yeah, but he said anything goes, no holds barred, no disqualifications.
-[Ross] Well, that's all well and good. -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Triple H just nailed Vince McMahon,
the man taking that sledgehammer away from Triple H…
-[Jerry] Here we go! -[Ross] …and there's Stone Cold.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] The bell sounds and here we go.
Remember, you can't be disqualified.
You cannot be counted out.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin knocking down Triple H,
they're out there in that exposed hardwood floor.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Triple H and Austin, remember,
it was made earlier tonight by Vince McMahon that this would be
a no holds barred match up.
[Jerry] Get out of that electrical system over there you'll get electrocuted.
Look out, the cameras!
[Ross] Helmsley just rammed face first into that-- that camera.
[Jerry] Those things cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
[Ross] Helmsley with the right hand and the champion,
with the WWE title on the line
and The Rattlesnake exchanging right hands.
Austin getting the better of the situation
and there's a knock down by Austin on the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] With a double expletive.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Wait a minute.
[Jerry] Where's Austin taking Helmsley now?
[Jerry] Right in that trash bin, those trash cans.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Oh, he's up with the people already.
[Ross] What's Austin gonna do here?
[Jerry] We don't know, he-- oh!
[Ross] The clothesline by Austin off the railing,
it connected with Helmsley's face
and then Austin bounced off the hardwood floor.
He's been at this time competing, well, there's no padding out there,
-it's just a hardwood floor. -[Jerry] Look out.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin taking out the trash with Triple H here,
here in the early going of this WWE Championship match.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Oh, watch it. -[Jerry] Ooh, man.
[Ross] Triple H has not even made it to the ring,
thank God that Vince McMahon was here to--
to take that that sledgehammer away from Triple H.
[Jerry] Speaking of sledgehammer, look at this.
[Ross] And Austin using the steel railing to stick it right in his Helmsley's face.
[Jerry] That's more dangerous than a sledgehammer,
why did they let him get away with that?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you what, Referee Mike Chioda has got
a very unenviable job here trying to control these two.
[Ross] I've seen a cop back there, maybe they could control this.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] You know Triple H said that Austin will never be the same
after SummerSlam and, King, it looks to me like Austin
-is confused by the Rattlesnake's-- -[Jerry] Oh, no, they brought it
to the people, J.R., they've gotten out to the people.
[Ross] Austin now and Triple H,
we're talking about getting up close and personal with these WWE superstars.
[Jerry] They haven't even been closer-- you and I are closer to the ring
than these guys have gotten tonight.
[Ross] Remember, it's no hold barred,
that means, there's no disqualifications and no count outs.
[Jerry] Where are they? They are lost in the sea of people here.
Are they down on the floor?
[Ross] Somewhere-- there's Austin's head.
Helmsley must be down. No, Helmsley comes back up,
Austin's got Helmsley by the hair now.
Austin and Helmsley.
[Jerry] See, that's not fair, J.R.,
because Austin doesn't have any hair to pull or grab.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin and Helmsley out there amongst the masses, as they say.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Yeah, one of them got to ask him to leave. A crutch.
[Ross] Oh, a crutch, Austin used somebody's crutch out there
and he's using it again, and again, and again.
[Jerry] Poor tiny Tim is gonna limp home.
[Ross] This is restaurant quality ass whooping being served up
by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Jerry] Restaurant quality?
[Ross] Austin ripping at the face of Helmsley,
remember it was Triple H that came within an eyelash
of ending Austin's career at SummerSlam.
[Jerry] Look at these people, they're handing him--
they're handing Austin things to use as weapons.
[Ross] Helmsley again face first in the--
that security right on the back on that hardwood floor
that the Cleveland Cavaliers play on.
[Jerry] I cannot believe it,
that crippled man actually handed Austin his crutch,
how is he gonna get home, J.R.?
[Ross] I really don't know, he's gonna have it for a souvenir,
-I'll tell you that. -[Jerry] Oh, how?
Oh. Right hand knocked down again by Stone Cold,
what's he-- what's he doing--
-[Ross] Oh, my God, no. -[Jerry] What are you doing here?
-Hit that thing. -[Jerry] No, come on. No, not-- oh, God.
Austin just rammed that boom right into Helmsley's face.
[Jerry] He lowered the boom on Helmsley.
[Ross] I think that thing hit Helmsley right between the eyes.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And I've never seen that before.
Helmsley's now fighting back.
[Jerry] I knew Austin was gonna lower the boom
but I never dream he would really lower the boom.
[Ross] Helmsley one of my-- not one of my favorite guy,
but you've got to admire his toughness.
Austin just suplexed Helmsley right in the concrete.
[Jerry] Yeah, speaking of lowering the boom watch this, J.R.
[Ross] That boom caught Triple H right in the-- right in the face,
Triple H having a hard time standing.
[Jerry] Austin always had been fond of machineries.
Oh, man.
Austin has driven Zambonis, and trucks, ambulances, and semis.
[Jerry] And 18-wheelers and the ambulances.
[Ross] Remember, there's no count out here if you're wondering.
[Jerry] Bloodmobile.
[Ross] You can't be disqualified in this match up.
[Jerry] Concrete trucks, beer trucks,
he'll do anything, he's an idiot.
[Ross] Helmsley said last Thursday on SmackDown that the WWE title
would never mean as much to Austin as it means to Triple H.
I don't know if I agree with that at all.
[Jerry] You can't argue with that, J.R.
[Ross] Oh, man, hello.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Triple H, the champion,
straddled above railing and then knocked off
by Austin's right arm.
[Jerry] There he goes again out there with the people.
[Ross] Helmsley and Austin have spent absolutely zero time fought in the ring.
[Jerry] I dare them to get in the ring.
[Ross] But remember, it does not have to be in the ring
for this match to be official.
Pinfalls count anywhere in a no hold barred matchup.
Uh-oh, Austin-- is Austin gonna look for a piledriver here, King?
That's a hardwood floor down there and Austin, backdrop.
[Jerry] He's looking for a piledriver but he found a backdrop.
[Ross] Austin backdropped right on the hard wood floor.
And Helmsley now trying to turn the table here,
and build some offensive momentum,
to build some advantage here with Triple H's WWE Championship
hanging in the balance.
[Jerry] Oh, I'll tell you, you remember what Triple H told Vince McMahon?
He said, by God, you'll never see me in a no holds barred match.
[Ross] Oh, look out, Pedigree,
but Austin countered the Pedigree.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, watch yourself, ref.
Watch yourself, you idiot.
[Ross] God Almighty, Austin catapulted Helmsley
-right into referee Mike Chioda. -[Jerry] I could see that coming.
[Ross] And both the referee and the champion went over the railing
back here on the inside.
Oh, this is not good at all, the referee is moving very little.
[Jerry] Yeah, well, let's take a look at why, J.R.
Here comes the referee right into your living room, bingo.
[Ross] Man, that-- we got-- this is bad thing right here.
And Austin face first into the table.
[Jerry] Now, I really want them in the ring.
There we go, yippee. Thank you very much.
[Ross] Triple H throwing Austin in the ring.
-[Jerry] The referee-- -[Ross] Bottom line, we got no referee.
[Jerry] We got what's left of a referee.
Triple H, the well-placed boot right on Austin's ribs.
And now look at Triple H,
stomping the air right out of The Rattlesnake,
the challenger for the WWE title, now being choked by the champion.
Well, I'm gonna tell you this, J.R.,
we need some-- we need a referee out here badly because…
[Ross] I got all the faith in Triple H.
You know, how you say you could fool all the people so--
[Jerry] Oh, look out, the Stunner, the Stunner, Austin's got it,
the Stunner, it's over, it's over.
Where's the referee?
It's over.
I told you, J.R., just like I said I got all the faith in the world
that Triple H is gonna get stunned.
[Ross] Austin hit the Stunner… I knew it was coming.
Austin had the title won right there, you got to believe it.
And now, The Rattlesnake turning at Mike Chioda.
[Jerry] Look at Mike Chioda, like slug.
Get up.
[Ross] Chioda's hurt.
The referee is hurt,
Austin trying to pull the referee in the ring,
Triple H now able to get back up.
And Austin fighting back with right hands.
[Jerry] Come on, Chioda.
[Ross] And Austin going for the Stunner again,
and Chioda knocked off the apron.
Chioda went face first into the ring.
[Jerry] Pedigree, the Pedigree.
[Ross] Triple H with the Pedigree.
[Jerry] I told you I have all the faith--
[Ross] That would be all.
Triple H has got Austin beat with the Pedigree.
-But the referee-- -[Jerry] One, two, three…
-[Ross] There's a ref. -[Jerry] …four, five, he got him.
[Ross] Oh, he got him. Austin got the shoulder up.
[Jerry] I already counted seven.
[Ross] Triple H had the match won,
Mike Chioda the referee is down,
senior the referee Earl Hebner apparently taking Chioda's place
and that ain't gonna work, Triple H.
Remember, there's no disqualifications here.
[Jerry] Boy, these refs don't take this crap anymore.
[Ross] Triple H would've loved to be disqualified here,
so he could save his title.
[Jerry] Look at this.
Austin now back up.
[Ross] Triple H preoccupied with the referee
did not capitalize on the stunner.
[Jerry] And, I know, now Triple H has alienated the referee,
he's not gonna get any good counts, he's gonna get a-- oh!
[Ross] Lou Thesz press, piston like right hands by The Rattlesnake
right in the face of the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Austin measured the elbow right in the heart, that's all,
one, two, and Helmsley kicked out.
Helmsley kicked out, the champion would not stay down.
[Jerry] I knew he would, J.R., calm down, I knew he'd kicked out.
He's The Game, Triple H wants this title more than Austin ever dreamed of.
Oh, no!
[Ross] Austin took Triple H by the hair and thrown Triple H over the top rope.
[Jerry] Look at Chioda being dragged out of here.
[Ross] Mike Chioda being taken to the back,
he'll need some medical attention.
And Helmsley face first now on those ring steps.
[Jerry] Watch yourself, oh.
What, J.R.? Now, finally I can take over,
you've lost your headset, good.
It's a real slobberknocker, folks.
He's picked the-- Austin's picked the-- stomp a mud hole in him and walking by.
Oh, and Triple H is bleeding,
he's bleeding fast.
Oh, Austin is hammering Triple H's head into our table.
Oh, right hands landed right to the mouth of Triple H.
And Triple H is bleeding.
Oh, no, J.R. He's got your headset.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] He's choking the life out Triple H.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, he's choking the title
right off of Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
But it's no holds barred.
J.R., you're out of commission, aren't you?
What about this?
They're giving J.R. another headset
but you might just see the end of this, J.R.
-Austin with the right hands… -[crowd] …four, five, six…
[Jerry] …with the title on the line here.
[crowd] …seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Ross] It maybe just a matter of time now, King, in this no holds barred match up.
[Jerry] Triple H is bleeding, J.R.
There's the count, we got a new-- no, we don't.
Austin's got a stretch up on that leg.
[Ross] Look at that blood of-- look at that blood all over you,
-in front of you. -[Jerry] Triple H-- oh, and Austin.
[Ross] Triple H has got to hold of the-- that Triple H,
the son of a gun just will not stay down, and he's taken almost
-all Austin could give him. [Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] And Austin throws Triple H, a bloody battered WWE Champion
on the outside, with the title on the line.
It's no holds barred at No Mercy.
[Jerry] Oh, look out, watch your head.
[Ross] And again Triple H met that unforgiving steel.
Well, I guarantee you one thing the title of this pay-per-view
living up to its billing, Austin showing No Mercy on Triple H.
And Triple H may have--
he could have broken his shoulder right there.
[Jerry] This is not a good feeling all night long, J.R. Oh, yeah.
-You're number one, all right. -[Ross] Triple H has--
Triple H has been busted open at the hands of The Rattlesnake.
[Jerry] Oh, they're coming back here again.
J.R., why don't you get you a cheap shot in?
-I guarantee you one thing that there-- -[Ross] We know you hate Triple H.
There was never any doubt if Austin was gonna come back
better than ever, they've been answered here tonight.
[Jerry] Get off of me.
[Ross] Triple H is-- man, he is-- he is hurt badly.
Remember, there's no disqualifications.
Oh, God, the bell, that bell went right back at Austin's head.
[Jerry] That was a pretty clever maneuver, give him credit,
-he rung Austin's bell. -[Ross] That was very resourceful
to say the least by the champion.
-A hellacious move by the champion. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Austin is on-- and Austin knocked down again.
[Jerry] Ding dong.
[Ross] Ding dong The Rattlesnake maybe dead.
[Jerry chuckles]
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Look out. What a night this has been.
[Jerry] Triple H is a bloody mess.
[Ross] We have seen it all
and this is the exclamation point on No Mercy right here.
[Jerry] Watch it over there.
And Austin just ate a bunch of that Spanish announce table.
[Ross] Oh, and another right hand by the-- by The Game.
-[Jerry] The Game-- -[Ross] Oh, no, come on, look out.
[Jerry] You got it Game, oh, here it goes.
Oh, Jesus Almighty.
[Ross] Austin's suplexed right on that-- on that Spanish announce table.
Austin maybe broken in half.
Helmsley is bleeding profusely.
Well, I hope that--
[Jerry] Helmsley's lost so much blood, he's weak, he can hardly get up.
[Ross] I don't know what Vince McMahon,
maybe he didn't know what he was doing here.
The total package here of this no holds barred match up.
-The consequences. -[Jerry] Get out of my way, oh, look out.
[Ross] Look out, look out, look out.
Another right hand by Helmsley…
[Jerry] Give me some room, J.R., you're trying to block me here.
Back to the ring, yes.
[Ross] Helmsley throwing Austin back in the ring.
The WWE title on the line,
the champion was in deep trouble, and now it looks like Triple H,
The Game has turned the corner here on The Rattlesnake.
[Jerry] And look at these guys battling,
J.R., this proves that the WWE title is the most coveted prize
in the sports entertainment world.
[Ross] There's absolutely no doubt about that, nor has there ever been
as Triple H now trying to choke "Stone Cold" Steve Austin there.
Whatever is left in the life of The Rattlesnake,
Triple H is trying to choke it out of the challenger.
[Jerry] Not much left if you ask me,
he's pounding him. Oh!
[Ross] Remember this match cannot end in disqualification,
there's no time limit, no count outs.
And look at Austin fighting back,
The Rattlesnake lashing back with those right hands.
-[Jerry] Look at this, the-- oh, yes. -[Ross] Oh, but Helmsley.
[Jerry] We saw what Triple H did to The Rock earlier.
And I think he's intent on doing the same thing to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[Ross] You could be right. -[Jerry] Missed him.
[Ross] Austin, able to avoid the contact from that knee drop.
[Jerry] Oh, man, did you hear that? At the side of the head.
[Ross] A chop block right to the injured knee,
how healthy is Austin's knee?
Maybe we're about to find out in the slobberknocker for the WWE title.
[Jerry] I already said that.
While you were off headset.
-Look, here we go. -[Ross] Oh, come on, no, don't do that.
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[Ross] Don't do that.
Oh, Austin's leg wrapped around that steel ring post.
[Jerry] Anything goes, J.R.
[Ross] I know, I know anything does go.
[Jerry] If you wanna play the game you got to play it with The Game.
[Ross] Again Austin, his leg, his knee,
thrown and wrapped around that ring post by The Game.
Triple H, the WWE Champion, this has been a war.
A war not without casualties.
[Jerry] Well, I'm telling you, Triple H has lost a lot of blood,
he's weak but he still-- he finds the courage, he finds--
-he finds the strength. -[Ross] You're right,
they both are magnificent athletes.
[Jerry] I think the title does mean more to Triple H.
[Ross] Well, it could.
You may-- you may be right, we're gonna see.
[Jerry] Think of all the obstacles Triple H overcame,
every adversity that he faced on the road of becoming the champion.
[Ross] Oh, what about Austin's adversity, King?
-What about his injuries? -[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Ross] And there may be more injuries in Austin's future
if Triple H has his way here in this no holds barred war.
[Jerry] You're not kidding.
[Ross] The stakes cannot be any higher than the WWE title.
[Jerry] I don't think the referee-- oh, my gosh.
[Ross] Austin kicked Triple H right to the corner face first.
And down goes Austin again.
[Jerry] Back to that leg, the referee had just asked Austin a moment ago
if he-- Austin wanted to give up, we may see that,
if Triple H keeps working on Austin's injured knee,
we may see Stone Cold tap out or actually give up.
Wouldn't that be something, J.R.?
We thought we've see it all tonight.
[Ross] It would-- it would be a first-- it would be a first to--
[Jerry] Look at the pain, he's in pain bad.
[Ross] Of course he's in pain.
Austin had a near career-ending knee injury back in August at SummerSlam,
thanks to Triple H, the reigning WWE Champion.
You got to hand it to both these guys.
They have not left anything in the locker room,
they've given you all they got here tonight.
[Jerry] I think Triple H is trying to slow it down a little bit here, J.R.,
because he's trying to get some of that strength back,
that strength that's been sapped out him by The Rattlesnake.
He's got the snake grounded right now.
[Ross] Each and every athlete here tonight,
man and woman have given it all--
their all here tonight at No Mercy.
We have seen great efforts.
[Jerry] Yeah, but I'm just wondering if Austin's all is gonna be enough.
Austin trying to kick his way somehow, some way with that predicament,
and Austin back on his feet,
The Rattlesnake strikes, whatever will move.
[Ross] Oh, yeah. Face buster by Triple H.
That will-- could that be all,
that could be it right there.
[Jerry] Oh, I thought The Game was over.
[Ross] Austin, he's-- wait a minute, there's a hook in the leg,
Triple H just cannot hold Austin long, King.
-[Jerry] Triple H is trying everything. -[Ross] There's two.
[Jerry] Desperation from Triple H.
[Ross] Three or four two counts in succession by Triple H.
[Jerry] Don't lose your cool, Game.
Stay cool.
[Ross] Triple H now with those right hands on The Rattlesnake,
Austin in deep, deep trouble.
[Jerry] Regroup, you're right.
-[Ross] This match taking all on both men… -[Jerry] Where are you going?
[Ross] …including the WWE Champion.
-[Jerry] What are you doing? -[Ross] You gotta keep your eye on him.
[Jerry] Oh, this is legal, this is legal.
Don't say anything, Earl Hebner.
[Ross] The steel chair is legal, yes, you're right, King.
-In this no holds barred environment. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Austin, the mule kick, got the chair out of Triple H's hands,
at least momentarily.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[Jerry] There's only one thing more dangerous than The Rattlesnake,
it's the snake with the chair in his hands.
[Ross] Austin now ready to take Helmsley head off.
Oh, but instead it was Helmsley that retaliated
with that thunderous clothesline that knocked down "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Oh, I'll tell you what, this--
we have seen so many illustrations tonight of the great effort of all these guys,
and the courage and their desire to compete,
their desire to win, but none more paramount
than we're seeing here tonight for the WWE title.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Austin measuring the rope, not the best
-chop, and another one. -[Jerry] Oh, this is bad.
[Ross] Triple H up there sitting on top or perch like a sitting duck.
[Jerry] Austin gained that momentum.
We know what Rattlesnakes do to ducks.
[Ross] A sitting champion on the top turnbuckle.
Oh, what's going here?
Suplex.
Austin got the suplex, will that be enough?
Covering, covering, it'll be over.
-Covering Game, it-- it's over. -[Jerry] Come on, Game, get up.
[Ross] It's over, King.
Three, three.
Oh. God Almighty.
-[Jerry] How does The Game do it, J.R.? -[Ross] I don't know.
Honest to God, I don't know.
-[Jerry] He truly is The Game, that's how. -[Ross] I thought Austin--
I thought Austin had the three right there,
I would've bet money on it.
[Jerry] Oh, here we go.
[Ross] Now, Austin and Helmsley fighting for that-- for the steel chair.
[Jerry] Oh, man!
That's it.
[Ross] Hello, that's gonna be all.
And Austin's gonna wear out Helmsley just like same at SummerSlam,
and Austin unloading on Helmsley.
[Jerry] What's he doing? Watch him out.
[Ross] Austin trying to take Helmsley's legs,
just like SummerSlam.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin trying to end Helmsley's career
in this no holds barred match up.
The Rattlesnake is meaner.
-[Jerry] Look at that chair. -[Ross] And a low blow.
Helmsley out of desperation
looks forward and struck Austin with the low blow,
-and wait a minute. -[Jerry] What the heck is this?
-[Ross] It's The Rock. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] The Rock bandaged up.
And The Rock carries a sledgehammer.
-[Jerry] He's got a sledgehammer. -[Ross] He's got a sledgehammer.
Rock got a sledgehammer.
Oh, rock hit Austin,
he was aiming for Helmsley.
The Rock, he's hurt and Pedigree.
Helmsley got The Rock with the Pedigree
but The Rock didn't try to get Austin, no, no, no.
-[bell ringing] -No.
[Jerry] Games set match, J.R.
[announcer] …and still World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Triple H.
[Ross] Triple H has hit "Stone Cold" Steve Austin after The Rock
who came for Helmsley.
No doubt about it.
But The Rock inadvertently hit Austin with that sledgehammer.
[Jerry] Well, that's why Triple H is The Game right there.
[Ross] My God, what a night this has been.
Helmsley can't stand.
[Jerry] Let's take one more look at this, J.R.
The Rock comes in with the sledgehammer, sweeping right in the head of Triple H,
he miraculously ducks but the hammer drives into the guts
of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Then the Pedigree for Triple H
and the cover on Austin.
[Ross] Austin barely able to stand up from that shock from that sledgehammer.
The Rock who was hurt badly
by the sledgehammer and Triple H earlier tonight,
Triple H is leaving barely able to stand out of here.
You got to admit,
you got to admit The Game took out The Rock and The Rattlesnake
in one fell swoop.
How much more can these people, these men has given you tonight,
and wait a minute,
Austin going after Helmsley.
[Jerry] How can he do this, J.R.? What's he doing?
[Ross] The Rattlesnake lashing out at Triple H.
We got to get a-- can we get a-- yes.
[Jerry] Get a camera to them, where are they?
We're back in the back.
They're they are, they are…
[Ross] There's Austin on top of Triple H,
Triple H has successfully defended the WWE title.
[Jerry] Austin cannot believe it,
he came to Cleveland with one thing in mind,
he was certain he would leave here the WWE Champion.
Now it's-- his title aspirations have been foiled,
he's going nuts.
[Ross] Austin not through with Triple H here.
Austin-- we got another camera to get a better look,
Austin got a low blow there by Helmsley.
-[Jerry] Look, Chyna. -[Ross] Look at Chyna, that was Chyna,
that was Chyna, King.
We could see from our angle, it was Chyna.
Triple H has defeated "Stone Cold" Steve Austin with that WWE title.
And The Rattlesnake is in rage at No Mercy. tin with that WWE title.