[melancholic music playing]
[young Stephanie] Daddy.
[Vince] I remember when I held you as an infant.
-[young Stephanie] How was work, Daddy? -[Vince] I remember you growing up.
I remember you-- your first bicycle ride.
I remember your-- all your little dance recitals
and your graduations, and now you're throwing it all away.
That's what you're gonna do.
-[Stephanie] I will not quit. -[young Stephanie] Daddy, where are you?
[Stephanie] Not now. Not ever.
[Vince shouting] Why would you do this to me?
Do you have any idea how this is going to affect me?
[Stephanie] We don't have to have this match.
[young Stephanie] Daddy, come back.
[Vince] Oh, yes we do.
You know why we do?
Because you've become a disrespectful little bitch.
[young Stephanie] Daddy, you're silly. [giggles]
[Stephanie sobbing] I never thought that my father
would ever put his hands on me.
[Vince] I will strike down the face of defiance.
[Stephanie] I know that I can't back down.
[Vince] You want me to take Daddy's little girl
and crush her in my hand and throw it on the mat
and leave it a bloody pulp?
[young Stephanie] I love you, Daddy.
[music ends]
[Brock] I am the new WWE Champion.
[Undertaker] You need to take that belt and enjoy it
because your first title defense is against me.
[Jerry] The Undertaker has exploded.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar is a reigning lunatic. He's a maniac.
[Undertaker] I don't forget.
[commentator] Brock Lesnar respects no one.
[Undertaker] And I don't forgive.
[Heyman] Unstoppable!
[Undertaker] You got a date with the Deadman.
[commentator] Brock Lesnar is a violent,
-vicious animal. -[Undertaker] Let's get it… on.
[narrator] And now SmackDown presents No Mercy.
["Today Is the Day" playing]
♪ I want to be free of everything ♪
[explosions]
♪ I've had more than I can take ♪
♪ I want to be freer than free ♪
-[crowd cheering] -♪ I've had it, today is the day ♪
[Michael] It is indeed a night where no mercy will be shown.
You are looking live at the 1st Mariner Arena
in Baltimore, Maryland.
Thanks for joining us live on pay-per-view
in Sky Sports 1 in the United Kingdom.
Hello everybody and welcome to the SmackDown exclusive.
I'm Michael Cole. He's Tazz and all your peeps are here.
All my peeps are in the house in Crab Country Baltimore, baby,
fired-up for No Mercy.
-Do you know who else is here as well? -Who else? Who else?
Spanish announce team, Hugo and Carlos, hanging out with us as well.
-[speaking Spanish] -[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
-[speaking Spanish] -[laughs]
["Green Mist" playing]
[bell ringing]
[announce] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Making his way to the ring, from Japan,
weighing in at 206 pounds,
the Cruiserweight Champion, Tajiri.
[Michael] The Cruiserweight Champion has really changed and not for the better.
Last week, I called them the Cruiserweight kiss-ass.
On orders of Mr. McMahon, Tajiri went after Jamie Noble
and Noble's girlfriend, Nidia,
-spewing that black mist into her eyes. -[screeching]
-[Tazz] That black spew… -[screams, sobs]
…had an effect of black venom.
Nidia, right in the eyes. Who the hell knows
what was in that black junk in Tajiri's mouth?
[Michael] And we can tell you this.
Nidia has been suffering from impaired vision.
Unfortunately we are being told that that impaired vision
-may be permanent. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Jamie Noble with Nidia as we speak
and our wishes go out to Nidia resting comfortably here tonight.
-[Tazz] Absolutely. -["619" playing]
[Michael] Oh!
[announcer] And the challenger, from San Diego, California,
weighing in at 175 pounds,
Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] Here is a man who knows all about the mist.
Tajiri used a red mist to defeat Rey Mysterio
for the Cruiserweight Championship a few weeks ago.
Mysterio wants that gold back here tonight.
And don't think that Jamie Noble may have given his buddy, Rey Mysterio,
a little phone call and said,
"Rey, take care of some business for me here tonight."
[Tazz] On any given night in the WWE, especially here in SmackDown,
Rey Mysterio can gain a championship.
I don't care if it's the Cruiserweight Champion,
which is tonight against Tajiri.
Rey Mysterio can beat any champion at any time.
This gifted enigma-- Mysterio's my man.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, 5'6,
175 pounds of explosive power and speed.
Mysterio, Tajiri, kicking us off here tonight at No Mercy.
And let's talk strategy as this matchup gets underway.
If you're the challenger, Rey Mysterio, what do you need to do against Tajiri?
Of course, that Cruiserweight title means everything to Tajiri.
But if you're Rey Mysterio, what do you need to do
in this matchup here tonight to combat the international superstar, Tajiri?
[Tazz] If I'm Rey Mysterio, I would go after the legs, if possible,
of Tajiri to combat those vicious kicks Tajiri has on.
You see Brian Hebner telling Tajiri,
"You better not be messing around with that mist."
And that's a good job by referee Brian Hebner.
[Michael] We saw what Tajiri could do with that mist in recent weeks.
[Tazz] Oh, okay.
[Michael] We mentioned the red mist that caused Mysterio
the Cruiserweight title and that black mist
-spewed into the eyes of Nidia last week… -[bell ringing]
-…totally uncalled for. -[Tazz] Yeah.
[Michael] We've never seen that black mist.
You've seen Tajiri and wrestled him over the years, Tazz.
You've never seen that black mist before.
[Tazz] I've been hit with the green mist by Tajiri and that burns like hell.
Who knows what was in that black stuff?
Well, like I said, I think Tajiri should watch himself
when Mysterio goes after his legs.
But also Mysterio could go after the jaw of Tajiri.
Try and-- try and pop his teeth, pop his jaw,
so he maybe can't spew that mist if the referee don't see it
or something like that.
[Michael] You're talking about Mysterio taking out the legs of Tajiri
in this matchup, what does Tajiri need to do
to try to ground Mysterio?
I would go after-- I would go after Mysterio's lower back
to prevent him from doing any of those dives.
Because if your back is hurting, you can't be jumping around the ring
and using that Lucha style that Mysterio has mastered.
[Michael] And you know Tazz, you're talking about styles
in this matchup and a lot of people,
they look at a Cruiserweight match
and all they think are high flying moves, people flying off the top ropes,
in and out of the ring, like you saw there.
But this matchup here, contrasting styles.
Mysterio is a high flyer.
However, Tajiri, more of a ground based wrestler.
[Tazz] Yeah. Tajiri is more of a striker.
He's got that-- ooh. There you go, a strike.
[Michael] And Mysterio, a kick of his own.
We saw Mysterio react to that kick.
And Tajiri-- and Tajiri a bit frustrated by that.
[Tazz] Oh. I dig what Mysterio did, but you got to be careful.
You don't wanna trade striking moves with a guy like Tajiri.
You know, but, you know, Mysterio, he's got his act together.
Right now, again, another collar-and-elbow tie up.
Both men jockeying for position, trying to gain control,
-feel each other out a little bit. -One, two, three.
[Michael] And Tajiri with a cheap shot.
That forearm to the side of the head of Mysterio.
We mentioned Tajiri and-- oh, what an arm drag by Rey Mysterio.
Tajiri, an international superstar, a three-time Cruiserweight Champion.
Mysterio, really going to work as you mentioned on the legs of Tajiri.
-[Tazz] That's what you need to do. -That's enough.
I mean, that was a nice single leg-- single leg takedown by Mysterio
to that spinning leg lock he's got on here,
that submission Mysterio's got on Tajiri.
Tajiri's smart, turns to his stomach to alleviate the pain in the knee.
This could be as-- this could be the beginning of a-- of a STF.
A stepover face-lock here.
Oh, not…
[Michael] And the champion-- great counter by Tajiri into the armbar.
Mysterio's shoulders down.
-[shouts indistinctly] -[grunts in pain]
[Michael] Tajiri, he countered that right into the armbar,
and the champion in control again.
[Tazz] Well, it looks like Tajiri's first pick up.
He can get near and trade holds with you.
-[crowd cheering] -I mean, this man's from Japan.
He's trained in dojos throughout the country of Japan
and then no doubt the biggest dojos which are gyms in Japan, wrestling there.
[Michael] And Tajiri-- Tajiri learned kickboxing in high school.
Hence the reason he loves to use those feet.
[Tazz] I played football in high school.
[Michael] And now you're commentator for the WWE.
And look at Tajiri with a shot to the back of the shoulder of Rey Mysterio.
And look at Mysterio. Ooh, and a shot to the midsection.
-It looked like Mysterio… -[crowd groaning]
…couldn't get his way out of that one. And Tajiri once again in control.
-[crowd groaning] -[Tazz] Well, it looks like the--
it looks like Tajiri, a moment ago,
going for the arm there, as you pointed out, of Tajiri.
The point of his elbow, and that's just his elbow.
Again, the point of the elbow through the back of the head
which is the sign of a vicious man.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio underneath-- oh, Tajiri walked away into that one though.
[Tazz] Watch the German here.
[Michael] And the elbows from Mysterio to the side of the head of Tajiri.
Oh. And you talked about Tajiri being a vicious man.
Some change in attitude that Tajiri's gone through
over the past few weeks.
[Tazz] Well, no doubt.
I think it's a good move though on Tajiri's part.
-Look at this. -[Michael] Oh, wow.
-An arm drag by Mysterio. -[crowd cheering]
And Rey Mysterio, the number one contender,
trying to build momentum and again takes Tajiri out at the knee.
[Tazz] That low dropkick by Mysterio to Tajiri,
the front of the kneecap, the patella, you know, part-- portion of the knee.
And that'll buckle you right up and push you right on the mat.
-[Michael] Handspring-- -[Tazz] Going for the handspring-- oh!
[Michael] Mysterio had Tajiri countered.
A dropkick to the small of the back.
And right now the champion's reeling.
And Mysterio, up over the top out in front of us.
And Rey Mysterio, starting to build some momentum
-in this crucial part of the matchup. -[referee] Two!
[Tazz] That plancha right over the top rope by Rey Mysterio…
-[referee] Three! -…all the height in the world.
[referee] Four.
[Tazz] Suicide move right there
-by Rey Mysterio. -[referee] Five!
[Michael] The Cruiserweight Championship is on the line
-[referee] Six! -…as we kick-off No Mercy
from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore here tonight.
Thank you for joining us, ladies and gentlemen,
not only in the United States, but all over the world.
We're live in the United Kingdom tonight as well for No Mercy.
And look at Rey Mysterio going to the top rope.
-[Tazz] Got the head. -[Michael] Tajiri-- oh!
And he caught-- he hung Mysterio up on the top rope.
[Tazz] Right back to that arm too.
Rey Mysterio's armpit right across that very tight top rope.
Hammerlock right now on the outside of the ring by Tajiri.
[Michael] And a-- shoulder first into that steel post.
[Tazz] Check this out.
Mysterio going for something,
-but Tajiri outstanding counter. -[crowd groaning]
[Michael] In the ring, cover, shoulders down.
There's a two-count and Mysterio just got the shoulder out.
But this is where the Japanese Buzzsaw is so dangerous,
realizes the weakness developing in that left arm
and left shoulder of Mysterio.
And Tajiri continues to go to work on it.
[Tazz] Got that arm wringer now into those clubbing blows on the arm.
And Mysterio just trying to create separation from his body
from his opponent.
You don't wanna give him that limb at all.
-[referee] Come on. -Watch the crowd here.
Trying to get behind Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio-- ooh! What a kick.
[Tazz] Damn.
[Michael] And that's what they talked about.
Tajiri with a vicious shot with that boot.
[Tazz] That'll numb you right up, man.
Again, back for the arm wringer
for that version of a Fujiwara armbar right there.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] And Tajiri, the Japanese Buzzsaw continues the pressure.
You can almost feel the pain that Mysterio is going through right now.
[Tazz] The intensity in Tajiri's face.
Tajiri, not only controlling the arm, but controlling the hand.
[Michael] Well, you know what, one thing that this does do,
if you take that left arm out of play, it doesn't allow Rey Mysterio
to deliver that potent 619.
Mysterio's got to grab both ropes with both hands.
[Tazz] That's a great point. Look at that.
[Michael] Look at this. A great arm drag by Mysterio, but he hurt himself there.
[Tazz] A springboard from the second rope into the arm drag.
Maybe a powerbomb. No. Counter.
[Michael] Oh, and what a kick to the kidney area.
-Actually that's the bad arm again. -[crowd groaning]
[Tazz] And then that crescent kick straight to the jaw of Mysterio.
This might be the end of Mysterio, Cole.
[Michael] Cover again.
And Mysterio just gets the shoulder up.
You saw Tajiri had his knee buried into the side of the head of--
[Tazz] That's smart. You control your opponent's head.
You control his shoulder area which controls him staying on the mat.
It must've took a lot of energy for Mysterio to kick out of that.
Again back to this reverse armbar here by Tajiri.
This crowd in Baltimore really trying to will Mysterio
back into this matchup.
But at some point you got to begin questioning how much damage
has been done to that left shoulder of Mysterio.
[Tazz] There's no quit in Rey Mysterio, Cole.
-[Michael] No. None at all. -[Tazz] This dude's a world class athlete.
[Michael] Cover, hook of the leg again, and a kick out.
Remember, when Rey Mysterio first won that Cruiserweight Championship
back at his-- near his hometown of San Diego back in Anaheim back in June.
Remember, Mysterio did it almost on one leg.
[Tazz] That's right.
[Michael] He'd a pulled groin muscle at the time.
-[crowd chatter] -[Tazz] This hammerlock.
And then Tajiri just chucking Mysterio right into that turn buckle.
[Michael] An elbow to the chin as Mysterio, the challenger,
the number one contender tries to battle back,
going back to work on that left knee of Tajiri.
[Tazz] Well, Tajiri-- I'm sorry.
Mysterio has to use his legs because he's only got one arm right now.
So that's smart by Mysterio to use his legs in this matchup here.
[Michael] And Rey Mysterio who loves to fly walked right into that kick
by the Japanese Buzzsaw
who's trying to get feeling back into that left leg.
[Tazz] I don't know if Mysterio walked into it, Cole.
Mysterio never seen the kick because Mysterio was concentrating
on climbing the ropes. But look at this, this armbar,
reverse armbar by Tajiri.
And then both athletes are on the second turnbuckle.
[Michael] Headbutt.
Tajiri knocked off the top rope.
This could be the opening for Rey Mysterio.
The Cruiserweight title's on the line.
[Tazz] Mysterio, the challenger-- oh, wow!
Man, what a tornado DDT, baby.
[Michael] Planting Tajiri. Can Mysterio capitalize?
The Cruiserweight title's up for grabs. Here's the cover.
-[Tazz] He got him. -[Michael] Shoulders down.
There's two and Tajiri just kicked-out.
[Tazz] Textbook tornado DDT from the top rope and Tajiri kicks out?
[Michael] This is the third matchup in these series of rivalries
between Mysterio and Tajiri.
-[referee counting] -Each man owns a victory over each other.
This could be Rey Mysterio's opening
as he hopes to win the title here tonight.
[crowd chanting] 619! 619!
[Tazz] Both athletes are down. The crowd here chanting for a 619.
They want Mysterio to get some offense in here.
[Michael] Reversal. Mysterio…
-[Tazz] Springboard. -…off the second rope.
Crossbody, lateral press, shoulders down.
kick out, Tajiri.
Went for the clothesline.
[Tazz] Going for a crucifix now, Cole. No. Sunset flip.
[Michael] Oh. And Tajiri, Tajiri countered.
-[Tazz] He's got him. -[Michael] Shoulder's down again.
And Mysterio reverses it.
Shoulders down this time, and Tajiri rolls out of it.
Wow. What action to kick us off at No Mercy here tonight.
[Tazz] Might be a Boston crab by Tajiri or a Tokyo crab.
No. [laughs]
[Michael] No. He launched Mysterio over the top rope.
But Rey Mysterio landing on the apron.
-Look at this. -[Tazz] He got caught.
Wow! That was innovative.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] There's only one Rey Mysterio.
Even with one arm, this athlete,
Mysterio using his legs to just get rid of Tajiri.
-Look at this. -[Michael] Look at this. Oh, wow.
Hurricanrana as he came off the apron.
[Tazz] From the apron, he hit that 'rana. That was impressive.
[Michael] And both men are down outside the ring.
You can't win that title outside the ring and you can't win it on a count-out.
So Mysterio needs to get the champion back into the ring here, Tazz.
[Tazz] Check out this Hurricanrana right here from the apron on the outside.
The Cruiserweight champ, Tajiri, landing hard.
[Michael] And Tajiri, the champion, is in all kinds of trouble.
Rey Mysterio beginning to feel it here.
-Mysterio measuring Tajiri. -[Tazz] Springboard.
[Michael] Up over the top. Tajiri, ducking out of the way.
-[Tazz] He went for that Senton, Cole. -[Michael] Whoa! Shot to the ribs.
-Mysterio-- look at this. -[Tazz] 619 to the gut.
[Michael] To the midsection.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Tajiri, the champion,
in all kinds of trouble.
Mysterio could be moments away from regaining the Cruiserweight crown.
[Tazz] Might be the West Coast Pop, baby.
Oh. What a powerbomb.
[Michael] A counter, and Mysterio just kicked-out.
-[Tazz] Wow! How the hell? -[crowd cheering]
Mysterio just kicked-out of that powerbomb.
What a counter on that West Coast pop by Tajiri.
[Michael] Yeah, but how bad does Mysterio wanna win the title?
And how bad does Tajiri wanna hold onto it?
[Tazz] Tajiri got-- Tajiri-- Mysterio up here.
[Michael] Tajiri knocked into the corner.
Here comes Mysterio.
[Tazz] Oh, my God!
[Michael] Tajiri, knocked down by Mysterio. Cover, title on the line.
[Tazz] Did you see that?
Mysterio flung up to the top rope, nailed that moonsault from the top.
Oh, my God.
[Michael] With the champion just kicking-out before the count of three.
But perhaps-- I was gonna say you could feel the momentum shifting here.
But again, the champion's in control.
[Tazz] Mysterio, the balance, the athleticism.
But-- uh-oh.
All of that's great but he's caught in the tarantula, Cole.
[Michael] This is not a legal maneuver.
But the damage could be done as Tajiri locked in the tarantula.
[Tazz] Tajiri was favoring that left knee.
You see Tajiri holding that knee, but watch your Rey Mysterio.
Watch out! Oh!
[Michael] That would've put Mysterio away.
-But Tajiri count. -[Tazz] Sunset flip.
-[Michael] Shoulders down. -[Tazz] Roll through.
[Michael] Mysterio rolled through. Dropkick to the face.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] This match can go either way.
[Michael] This is what SmackDown's all about.
-[Tazz] What a match. -[Michael] Cruiserweight title
on the line.
[Tazz] Maybe a Boston crab? Nope. Rope-- oh!
[Michael] Tajiri-- Tajiri locked into the second rope.
Can Mysterio capitalize here?
[Tazz] Someone's on a hop for a 619, 619!
[Michael] Connect!
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Place just went nuts.
Mysterio gave every bit on that 619, Cole.
[Michael] These fans in Baltimore sense it.
They sense Mysterio moments away from regaining the gold.
-Tajiri to his feet. -[Tazz] Tajiri is in trouble.
[Michael] Mysterio, top rope.
Senton. West coast pop.
[Tazz] What the hell?
-[referee] Get out of here. -[Michael] There's some fan that moved--
[Tazz] Oh. And Tajiri--
-Mysterio walked into that kick… -[crowd counting]
-…shoulders down, and this one's over. -[bell rings]
[crowd chatter]
["Green Mist" playing]
[announcer] Here is your winner and still Cruiserweight Champion, Tajiri.
[Michael] Well, in Mysterio's defense, he was distracted by what a--
what appeared to be some overzealous fan.
[Tazz] You don't jump over the guardrail.
Once you do that, you're fair game.
And security taking him out, but let's not mistake
that this was an outstanding contest right here.
[Michael] Well, let's take another look at what happened here.
Security should-- look at this.
-[Tazz] Going for the West Coast Pop. -[Michael] The West Coast Pop connected.
-And then-- -[Tazz] The missile pop.
-Security-- -[Michael] I think there were two of them.
[Tazz] There's two of them.
[Michael] There were two fans that ran in there.
Security should take these guys out of the ring, Tazz.
Mysterio just blatantly walked right into the-- right into the kick.
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] Well, Mysterio did not come out
of Baltimore with Cruiserweight gold.
Tajiri retained.
But Mysterio has nothing to be ashamed of.
A great contest, a great matchup to kick-off No Mercy.
[Michael] Well, the bottom line is those fans
have been escorted from the arena
and they're gonna be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
I'll tell you that.
It cost Mysterio the title.
Excuse me, Mr. McMahon.
I'm sorry to interrupt, but how are you feeling
heading into your match your match tonight
against your very own daughter, Stephanie McMahon?
[crowd mildly cheering]
Well, obviously I'm not quite as nervous as you are holding that microphone.
How am I feeling?
What a stupid question to ask me.
Don't you realize how deeply this hurts me to have to do this tonight?
Don't you realize that?
Don't you realize how personal this is?
-This is personal. -[crowd cheering]
Yet at the same time, somehow it's business.
You may say it's personal business.
And I also realize that there are a number of individuals
rooting against me tonight.
I'm accustomed to that.
Among them, superstars on our very own roster.
So let me just state if anyone from our roster,
anyone remotely related with our business in any way
interferes in my match tonight, they will not be employed.
Not just here,
but ever again, for anybody.
I'll see to it.
So then you wanna say what to me now?
You wanna say, "Thank you very much." [shouts] Say it!
Thank you-- thank you very much, Mr. McMahon.
[crowd chatter]
I'll tell you what.
I mean, Mr. McMahon not only goes into this match against his daughter
but now he's ensuring that nobody can help Stephanie.
And you-- if you try and help Stephanie no matter who it is back there,
including you and I, done,
-thanks for coming. Unbelievable.
Mr. McMahon and his own daughter in a matchup here tonight at No Mercy.
Also tonight at No Mercy, the WWE title's on the line.
Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker in a Biker Chain Match.
[Tazz] And you see right here the size. Is that a huge difference in size?
But I-- in my opinion, the speed,
the quickness has got to go to Brock Lesnar, the champion,
the challenger with the big match experience.
This one is gonna be a rocket buster and could stand to be brutal, brutality,
whichever ever one of these athletes gets control over that biker chain
which will be hanging in the bowels of this ring.
[bell ringing]
["Derailer" playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring from Boston Mass.,
weighing in at 350 pounds, A-Train.
[Michael] Well, No Mercy coming to you from Baltimore here tonight, Tazz.
[Tazz] Yes. And here is the humongous, hairy A-Train.
He's a big dude. Boy, I'm telling you. Look at him.
[Michael] And No Mercy coming to you all over the world.
We're live tonight at the United Kingdom as well.
No Mercy also in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, how about Canada,
Australia, the Virgin Islands, your favorite place.
[Tazz] Also Denmark. I mean, A-Train's got pierced nipples.
They love pierced nipples in Denmark.
-[Michael] How do you know? -[Tazz] Well, I've been there.
[announcer] And from Edmonton, Alberta, weighing in at 229 pounds, Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] I also do my homework on piercings, by the way.
[Michael] Well, nonetheless, Chris Benoit and the A-Train
set to go one-on-one in this matchup.
And for the A-Train, this is a very important match.
This A-Train is extremely delusional, Tazz.
He's running around telling everybody that Chris Benoit can't beat him.
The last I looked, Benoit actually owns a victory over A-Train.
A-Train needs to get the job done here tonight.
I'll tell you that.
-[Tazz] I'll tell- I'll tell you what… -[bell rings]
[Tazz] …Chris Benoit could beat anybody in the world on any given night.
And the A-Train, well, he's probably a little off track.
-Get it? Off track? -[Michael] You think?
-[Tazz] Choo-choo. [chuckles] -[crowd chatter]
[Michael] A-Train towering over Chris Benoit.
But don't let the size differential fool you.
Benoit could take it to the best the world has to offer.
[Tazz] There's no doubt about it.
You ain't nothing. You ain't nothing.
[Michael] And Benoit with a right hand.
A-Train, doing a little trash talking early
and Chris Benoit's gonna make him pay for it.
[Tazz] If you think you're gonna come in here and just talk trash to Benoit
and that's gonna get you to win the match,
that ain't gonna work A-Train. A-Train knows better than that.
I think A-Train's just trying to get in the head, the brain of Benoit.
That shoulder block was very effective
-by the 350 pounder. -Get your ass here.
[Michael] And there's the veteran, Chris Benoit,
rolling out to regain his composure
after he was hurt there a bit by the A-Train.
[Tazz] And Cole, Benoit's gonna wrestle the pace of this match at his pace.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] And look at this.
Chris Benoit-- and that's the strength of the 350 pound A-Train.
[Tazz] And that's the reason why Chris Benoit
needs to get the A-Train down.
[crowd chanting] Shave your back. Shave your back.
[Michael] The "shave your back" chants.
[Tazz] Well, you know, I did. I shaved earlier.
[Michael] I think they're taking about A-Train.
[Tazz] Oh, all right.
Benoit-- I mean, Benoit needs to ground A-Train.
[Michael] A-Train. Yeah, Benoit needs to ground A-Train.
And A-Train needs a hedge clipper.
[Tazz] Okay, then, thank you, Norman Brown.
-Look at that-- -[Michael] Shot to the midsection.
And here, A-Train continues to go to work on Chris Benoit,
targeting that surgically repaired neck
-early of Ben-- oh. -[A-Train groaning]
-[crowd gasping] -And there's a shot by Benoit.
And A-Train, wow, missed with the clothesline.
[Tazz] Going for a German suplex on the big man.
Watch that armbar into the Crossface.
-Wow. -[Michael] Well, one thing A-Train
showed us in recent weeks, he can counter the German suplex
and he can counter Benoit's Crossface
-and apply the Crossface himself. -[Tazz] Apply the Crossface.
That's right and that's dangerous.
A 350 pound giant like the A-Train applying that Crossface,
but Benoit, ever the fighter, ever the battle is going out of him.
Whoa.
[Michael] And what a power knockdown by the A-Train.
-[crowd chatter] -[Tazz] I'll tell you what--
[Michael] Missed with the elbow. Chris Benoit rolling out of the way.
Benoit looks to take advantage of this window of opportunity here.
[Tazz] Yeah. The A-Train trying to dominate Benoit
just like he dominated as an offensive lineman.
In that pit at the university of Pittsburgh, you know.
But that's what that match looks right now.
But look-- A-Train looks to go with these haymakers
all over Benoit in the corner.
[Michael] And then the knee to the midsection by the A-Train
taking it to Benoit.
But there is the quickness of The Rabid Wolverine.
And now Benoit going to work to the midsection of the A-Train,
trying to chop the A-Train down to size.
[Tazz] This match has just been back and forth.
I thought Benoit would just, you know, just resort to mat work, mat wrestling.
But Benoit, trading blows, holding his own
against the much larger athlete, the A-Train.
[Michael] And look at Benoit.
Benoit is a machine, very little wasted motion.
You knock him down. He's back on his feet and on the attack.
[Tazz] Cole, I've wrestled Benoit.
You can't explain the relentless attack Benoit puts on you.
You just-- you can't get away from him.
Every time you think you're gonna get a breather, the SOB is all over your body,
I'm telling you, he doesn't give you a break to breathe.
[Michael] Of course, Chris Benoit trained in the legendary Hart Dungeon
run, of course, by the legendary Stu Hart who-- look out.
Here we go. A-Train off the splash.
Cover, Chris Benoit rolls the shoulder out.
Of course our thoughts and prayers go out to the Hart family,
-Stu Hart passing away this past Thursday. -[Tazz] Yes. Absolutely.
Our heart and prayers go out to the Harts.
[Michael] But what a great trainer.
What a great evaluator of talents Stu Hart was.
Among his many pupils, the man in the ring there, Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah. The Hart family-- the Hart--
the Hart Dungeon, Stu Hart trained so many legends.
And Benoit's one of them. And here we go.
[Michael] A drop toehold into that second turnbuckle.
And look at that, walked right in to that big kick by the A-Train.
[Tazz] That bicycle kick connecting.
[Michael] Here's the cover, shoulders down.
-[crowd] Two! -Again, Benoit gets the shoulder up.
And look at A-Train just rubbing that big old forearm
into the face of Benoit.
I'll tell you, A-Train looks like
he's gonna back up those words tonight, doesn't he?
[Tazz] I'm telling you, A-Train looks focused.
He looks ready for this, this match with Benoit, this battle.
A-Train looking good Cole. You're, right.
[Michael] I can honestly say I don't believe I've ever seen A-Train
as focused as he has been in the early part of this matchup.
[Tazz] Especially that last part where A-Train
was stepping on Benoit's face.
That sucks on a Sunday night.
[Michael] Benoit, chops delivered to the A-Train.
The ever resilient Chris Benoit backed into the corner again.
And now A-Train with a clubbing blow…
-[Tazz] Right to the neck. -[Michael] …back of the neck.
[Tazz] Back of the neck where the surgery was.
That surgically repaired neck, has five, six, seven, eight,
you know, clothesline, clubbing blows by that big monster.
[Michael] And again, Tazz, you had a neck injury…
-[Tazz] Yes. -[Michael] …in your wrestling days
and nobody can describe how those clubbing blows feel
when it's delivered to a-- to an injured neck.
[Tazz] Well, you just hope that your legs don't go numb or an arm doesn't go numb.
-[Michael] Wow. -[Tazz] And who knows what's going on,
you know, internally on Benoit's body right now.
And A-Train is just physically overpowering
-Chris Benoit in this matchup. -[crowd booing]
[Tazz] There's a mistake in my opinion.
Do not waste time when you got Benoit down and out.
Hey, stop, hey, I said no. Come on.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] Check this out.
[Michael] Chris Benoit hung up the second rope.
That rope right into the Adam's apple of Benoit.
[Tazz] Like a decapitator.
[Michael] Snapping that neck back yet again.
[Tazz] Talk about pinpointing an injury.
[Michael] But Benoit, who's ever like a pit bull
trying to battle back, but A-Train again on the assault.
[Tazz] Impressive by Benoit to fight back from his back.
Fight while you're on your back.
Those are just street fight instincts right there.
That's good stuff.
[Michael] And A-Train, six foot eight,
350 pounds, an imposing physical specimen.
[Tazz] Yeah. He's large.
[Michael] And now just out showing Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] Well, he's telling Benoit, "Fight back."
Don't entice "The Wolverine". I'm telling you, Train, stay on him.
[Michael] Benoit's nose has been cut open and A-Train continues to show Benoit
absolutely no respect in this matchup.
[Tazz] What about his learned-- earned respect?
It's Benoit-- there's a butterfly right here.
Maybe a suplex?
[Michael] Look at the strength.
[Tazz] He's delaying. Oh, my God.
[Michael] Skull off knee.
-[Tazz] The butterfly grip. -[Michael] The cover, shoulders down,
and Benoit had the wherewithal to get his leg on the bottom rope.
And you see now, Benoit bleeding from the mouth.
[Tazz] I guess probably internal bleeding right there by Chris Benoit.
[Michael] I think Benoit is lucky
that he was close enough to the rope at that time
because I don't think he had enough
-to kick that 350 pound body off him. -[Tazz] Oh, yeah.
And that's the veteran instincts of Chris Benoit.
Always know where you are. Have that mat sense.
Always know where you are.
Why exert the energy to kick out when you could use that bottom rope
as your best friend at that moment.
[crowd chatter]
-[Michael] The A-Train, headbutt… -[Tazz] That's a lot of angst.
[Michael] …bringing Benoit to his knees.
[Tazz] That's a lot of head to butt too. [chuckles]
[Michael] What can Chris Benoit do here, Tazz, at this point in time
to somehow try to muster some sort of offense?
[Tazz] Well, you got to hope, if you're Benoit,
that A-Train makes a mistake, gets a little overzealous at one point,
and you could catch-- this is a mistake.
Arguing with the referee. Don't get busy.
Don't give Benoit a chance to breathe.
[Michael] And they're the mistakes you were talking about.
And now the blows to the kidney.
And now to the midsection of A-Train.
Chris Benoit, "The Rabid Wolverine", battling back here.
[Tazz] Well, A-Train to his credit, I believe he was just-- ooh.
-[crowd gasping] -Nice hammer right there.
Page of Ivan Putski, the old school Polish Hammer.
-[Michael] Ivan Putski. -[Tazz] Remember him?
-[Michael] Oh, yeah. -[Tazz] Polish Hammer.
[Michael] And A-Train driving that knee…
-[screams] -…into the spine of Benoit.
[Tazz] Look, right there.
Like we've pointed out, internal bleeding's going on.
[crowd cheering]
Benoit, missing a tooth, spitting up blood,
he just looks so rugged and smash mouth.
Blue collar, you got to dig Benoit.
And A-Train just loving to hurt Benoit.
[Michael] And remember this isn't heavyweight boxing.
We're not gonna stop this match on account of blood, I'll tell you that.
[Tazz] No. That ain't gonna happen in these parts.
That's for damn sure.
-[Michael] And Chris Benoit… -[yells]
…somehow trying to get out of this--
[Tazz] Getting back real quick to A-Train arguing with the referee
and then Benoit capitalize on it.
To A-Train's credit, I believe that A-Train
so passionately wants to beat Benoit,
he just got pissed at the referee and that's all that was
-and he just caught him. -[grunts]
[Michael] And again, that clubbing blow to the back of the neck of Benoit.
Whipped across the ring.
-Slid underneath A-Train. -[Tazz] Nice, nice.
[Michael] Kick to the midsection. Look out.
-And Benoit plants A-Train. -[Tazz groaning]
[Michael] And Benoit can buy himself some valuable time here
to try to regain his composure, try to regroup and go on the attack.
[Tazz] A well placed DDT by Benoit on train.
[crowd counting]
[Michael] But how much does Benoit have left?
He has been the victim of minutes upon minutes
of a full out frontal assault by the A-Train.
[Tazz] Benoit is in great condition.
I-- I'm pretty sure Benoit could come out of this right here.
[Michael] Well, this is the point of the matchup to make a great point
for conditioning to come into play.
[Tazz] Absolutely. Nice standing switch.
[Michael] Oh, my God. A suplex of his own by the A-Train.
-[Tazz] Yeah. But that-- -[Michael] A-Train twice showing tonight
he could counter the German.
[Tazz] That was a German suplex by a six foot eight man.
And that means if you're Benoit, you-- I don't know, you're probably about what,
seven-two-- seven-two inches in the air with a seven foot-two inches…
-[Michael] What are you talking about? -[Tazz] I'm begging you to tap in
-and help me… -[Michael] Look out.
Benoit shoved through the second rope landing with massive impact.
[Tazz] My point was he's higher up because A-Train is taller.
-[Michael] I get it. -[Tazz] That's my point. I firmly made it.
[Michael] And now A-Train gonna go on the attack outside the ring.
A-Train wanting to punish Benoit here tonight.
Driving Chris Benoit kidney first into the barricade.
[Tazz] Big time power right there by the A-Train.
Benoit getting tore up right here.
That internal bleeding-- A-Train right now--
[Michael] Now what?
[Tazz] Well, get out of the way Cole. He might hurt you.
[Michael] A-Train with a steel chair in hand.
And again for A-Train, this match has broken down
into the ultimate punishment of Benoit.
Oh, look out. A-Train back into the ring.
Benoit in the attack. Kicks to the midsection.
[Tazz] That steel chair is still sitting there.
[Michael] Oh, look out. Look at this.
-[Tazz] That would be a gorilla press. -[Michael] Oh, my God.
-[Tazz] Oh, look out. -[Michael] Oh, man.
A-Train.
-Look at this. -[counts]
And A-Train continues the assault.
A-Train fell back on that chair dropping Benoit head first.
[Tazz] I think that Benoit tried to counter
and slipped off the sweaty body of the A-Train.
We got to see if Benoit's okay.
He landed right on his head on that steel chair.
Let's remind you, ladies and gentlemen, Benoit has a surgically repaired neck.
But look at Benoit. He's still fighting back, Cole.
The damn guy's got an S on his chest. He's unbelievable, man.
-[Michael] Chris Benoit -[Tazz] Scoop fall.
[Michael] Takedown. He's gonna roll through.
-[Tazz] Crossface. -[Michael] The Crossface is in.
-The Crossface is in. -[Tazz] Benoit's got him.
A-Train's caught.
[Michael] The Crossface is locked in.
A-Train, looking to make it to his feet.
And what about the strength of this man, the A-Train?
-[Tazz] German suplex. -[Michael] German suplex connects.
[Tazz] How strong was A-Train to get out of that?
But how about Benoit?
Here's another German.
[Michael] How the hell is Benoit doing this
after he just fell on his head?
[Tazz] I don't know, man. I don't know.
A hat trick's coming. Here's your third one.
[Michael] The third German connects.
And now Benoit is beginning to feel it
in front of this capacity crowd in Baltimore.
[Tazz] Unbelievable for Benoit to come back.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] Goodnight Irene.
Benoit said shut the lights out.
We're going. We're leaving.
Someone's gonna fly, baby.
[Michael] Chris Benoit going to the top rope.
But A-Train, look out--
Benoit whipped off the top rope by the A-Train.
And again this monster, the A-Train, is in control.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, both these men leaving it all in the ring
where it belongs, SmackDown style.
A-Train running right into Benoit with that clothesline.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] And now A-Train mocking Benoit.
What the hell-- wait a minute.
[Tazz] This would be like a 767…
-[Michael] Wait a minute. -[Tazz] …jumbo jet with hair on it.
[Michael] A-Train is…
-[crowd chatter] -[Michael] What's going on?
[Tazz] Well, A-Train was gonna climb to the top rope, changed his mind.
[Michael] Look out. The Derailer.
-This is over. -[Tazz] It's over.
-What a matchup between-- oh. -[Michael] Benoit kicked-out again.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] How is Benoit doing this?
[Michael] And A-Train-- look out.
-Nobody home. -[Tazz] The chair.
[Michael] Just put his leg through that steel chair.
-[Tazz] He's gonna fall. -[Michael] A-Train's hung up.
[Tazz] Right there. Drag his-- leg drag by Benoit.
[Michael] And Chris Benoit. Can he get him on the belly?
[Tazz] If he could step on the Sharpshooter.
[Michael] He does.
Straight out from the Hart family Dungeon.
[Tazz] Shades of Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
-[Michael] The sharpshooter locked in. -[Tazz] Tap-- Train tapped out.
[bell ringing]
-[Michael] Chris Benoit did it. -[Tazz] Wow.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Chris Benoit.
[Michael] Can you believe it?
-Can you believe Chris Benoit? -[Tazz] How good--
How good is Benoit? Holy smokes.
Was that impressive?
He knew-- Benoit knew A-Train knew how to counter that Crossface.
Benoit said, "Uh-uh. Let's not go with the Crossface.
Let's go to the Sharpshooter."
A-Train never knew that bad boy was coming in his way.
[Michael] A physically intense matchup.
The A-Train gave Benoit all he could handle tonight.
But you hit the nail on the head, partner.
Chris Benoit knew the A-Train would counter the Crossface,
so he went for another submission maneuver.
-[Tazz] Check this out. -[Michael] All that after this happened.
Drop-- dropping Benoit, bam, right on his-- oh, my God.
And not only out his head, but on a steel chair to boot.
-Oh, my God. -[Tazz] I can't look at that. It's--
And then that man who landed on his Sharpshooter, patented,
-ending up making a 350-pound man tap out. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] And look how Benoit's facing A-Train.
-Look at it. -[Tazz] The intensity of Benoit.
What a battle.
Benoit, big ups to Chris Benoit.
Great match, by the way.
-[Michael] Wow. -Moore? Shannon Moore?
We got to roll man. Come on. It's time to go.
[grunting]
-Don't even try-- -Whoa. Whoa. Hey, man.
-What's go-- wait. Hey. -Hey.
-Don't "whoa, whoa" me. -What are you doing to him?
Hey. I talked to little John.
He told me everything.
My tape that you were supposed to give to Stephanie McMahon,
my WWE tryout tape, you threw in the trash.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Hey, you want me to forgive you? That might happen.
But Little Johnny's not gonna forgive you.
Oh. You know, Little Johnny's giving you some bad info, dude.
That tape, it was-- it was-- it was a Shannon Moore tape.
It was his tape. It was Shannon Moore's best matches.
I mean, we'd already watched it. Obviously it went long.
And that's the tape we got rid of. Not your tape, dude.
Okay. Okay. Wait up. Wait up.
-Hold up here. -Look, look, look, look, look.
I've got your tape and rest assured, you can tell Little Johnny,
your tape will go to the new GM, whoever it may be.
I've got your word?
Yeah. You've got the word of a winner.
Okay. Okay. I'm gonna talk to Little Johnny.
I'm gonna find out what's going on around here.
Maybe I was wrong, man.
I'm sorry.
-Hey, hey. I overreacted. -It's all right.
Hey, you are still number one for me and Little Johnny.
-Yeah. -We're sorry.
-I like you, too. -[man] All right.
-Adios amigo. -[man] Take care.
-What was that about? -What's with this guy?
Come on, man. We got to go.
[Tazz] Little Johnny?
[Michael] I'll tell you after the latest performance today,
-they could use our superstars. -[Tazz laughing]
[Michael] We are at Baltimore, Survivor Series in Dallas next month.
But tonight, No Mercy coming to you from Baltimore, Maryland.
And still to come, the Biker Chain Match for the WWE title,
Undertaker and Brock Lesnar.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, right now, we would like to take this time
to recognize all the brave men and women of the United States military
who are here this evening
and they are returning to the desert tomorrow
to continue the fight of operation Iraqi freedom.
We are so honored that you can be with--
-here with us here in Baltimore… -[chants] USA! USA!
for No Mercy.
And if you could please rise and accept our show of support
and best wishes.
Thank you.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Great honor that these brave men and women here tonight, man.
-I'm telling you. Great honor. -[Michael] Yeah, did you hear that?
They're going back to the desert tomorrow to fight again for this country.
They chose to spend their last night here with us at No Mercy.
[Tazz] God bless them, man. God bless them.
♪ Nobody's gonna stand in my way ♪
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from Southwest Detroit,
weighing in at 159 pounds, Zach Gowen.
[Michael] Would this courageous young man, Zach Gowen,
looking for his first big victory here in the WWE
as a contracted WWE Superstar.
Can Zach Gowen get it done tonight against the man who's been a thorn
in his side ever since before SummerSlam?
That man is Matt Hardy.
[Tazz] Zach Gowen's gonna have his hands full with the more experienced,
a very accomplished sensei of Mattitude, Matt Hardy.
But this kid, Zach Gowen, man,
rolling with a test of fortitude.
One leg the kid gets in there, and he does what he really loves to do.
No place to do it better than WWE, in SmackDown baby.
[Michael] V1!
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
["Live For The Moment" playing]
[announcer] And being accompanied to the ring by Shannon Moore,
from Cameron, North Carolina,
weighing in at 227 pounds, Matt Hardy version 1.0.
[Tazz] Well, apparently Matt Hardy has never seen you in the gym
with a tank top.
[Michael] That's nice. That's real nice.
Nonetheless, Matt Hardy and Zach Gowen.
And Matt Hardy has to be extremely careful
that he does not overlook Zach Gowen in this matchup, Tazz,
because Matt Hardy, I don't think his ego could handle the fact
that he was the first man to lose to Zach Gowen here in the WWE.
[Tazz] Matt Hardy's got an ego the size of Texas and Brooklyn
and then Baltimore.
[Michael] Well, this is a matchup that was supposed to take place in SummerSlam,
but it never happened
because Brock Lesnar broke the leg of Zach Gowen.
What did Matt Hardy do?
Remember, he walked out during SummerSlam,
-during Sunday Night Heat… -[bell ringing]
…made the referee raise his hand and declare him
-the winner over Zach Gowen. -[Tazz] So? So?
-[Michael] The kid couldn't even show up… -[Tazz] So what?
[Michael] …because he'd a broken leg.
[Tazz] So Matt Hardy won the match. He should get his damn hand raised.
That's the way it goes. You win, you get your hand raised.
[Michael] And Zach Gowen into the corner.
Matt Hardy with a couple of slaps, just embarrassing this kid.
And a slap of his own. And there's the heart of this Zach Gowen.
Gowen fighting back.
And then a shot to the chin of Matt Hardy.
Matt Hardy's reeling.
[Tazz] This kid, one leg?
Jumping spinning leg lariat right there by Zach Gowen.
How quick he gets back up to that one leg-- at that--
-[Michael] Oh. -I'm V1!
[Tazz] V1! There it is, baby.
[Michael] I'll tell you, Tazz,
the more and more I listen to this Matt Hardy,
I believe that Matt Hardy is jealous of Zach Gowen.
He's jealous of the attention that Zach Gowen gets.
He's jealous of the fact that media all over the world are falling in love
with the courage of this kid.
That makes Matt Hardy jealous. Look out. Here's the cover.
Can Zach Gowen get it here? And a kick out by Matt Hardy.
[Tazz] Zach Gowen, you know, he does get a lot of positive publicity--
-oh, my God. -[Michael] Wow.
-[crowd cheering] -Shannon Moore, that little hermaphrodite,
Mattitude follower getting involved yet again.
And how many times is this gonna have to go on?
Week after week after week.
Either Shannon Moore or Matt Hardy are screwing this kid, Zach Gowen.
They make me sick and I know they make all of our fans sick.
[Tazz] All right. All right. Cole, I'm begging you to relax.
Don't get so emotional.
Let's call the action. You know?
[Michael] We'll, you know what, let's have a fair wrestling match.
That's what I wanna see.
-One-on-one Matt Hardy and Zach Gowen. -[Tazz] Cole.
-Life ain't fair. -[referee] Come on…
-Therefore wrestling matches usually are-- -[Michael] I know life isn't fair.
They made you my partner.
And look at this. Matt Hardy with a shot to Zach Gowen.
And Matt Hardy is in control right here.
[Tazz] And you were shot to me and if you keep doing it,
I'll be in control of you.
[Michael] Oh. And watch out, Zach Gowen bounced off the top turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Snake Eyes. Snake Eyes.
[Michael] Wow… with a clothesline.
Zach Gowen, literally twirling in midair before slamming to the mat.
[Tazz] That was a pretty nice clothesline by Matt Hardy.
[Michael] Matt Hardy is trying to explain
that Zach Gowen didn't work for any of this.
That Zach Gowen shouldn't be a superstar.
[Michael] Here's the cover. kick out by Zach Gowen.
[Tazz] Well, I mean, you know Matt Hardy feeling like Zach Gowen did not-- wow--
pay his dues to be here in the WWE.
That's what Matt's feeling. What's this?
[Michael] Cover off the legdrop.
-[Tazz] That was a close cover. -…rolled his shoulder up.
Cover again. And again, Zach Gowen rolls his shoulder up
as we take another look here.
-[Tazz] That's a hard-- -[Michael] Watch that.
[Tazz] Man, when he plunked that clothesline.
Matt Hardy delivered his feat.
Vertical suplex, bam! By Matt Hardy.
Back to live action, live.
[Michael] Suplex again on Zach Gowen by Matt Hardy.
I'll tell you what.
Zach Gowen's probably ain't gonna win this matchup out here.
Matt Hardy's been manhandling him.
But I'll tell you, I'll give Zach Gowen a hell of a lot of props for his heart.
This kid continues to battle back
-week after week after week. -[Tazz] Wait a minute.
First you say you believe in Zach Gowen
and now you don't and you say he's gonna lose.
[Michael] No. Not with Shannon Moore running around outside getting involved
every 30 seconds in this matchup.
[Tazz] Oh. You'll be a hell of a coach.
"Hey, guys. We got a big game tonight, guys, but we're gonna lose."
[Michael] And what a shot. Matt Hardy shot to the midsection.
I mean, winning or losing doesn't mean I can't support the kid.
It doesn't mean I don't believe in this kid.
[Tazz] Hey. I believe in the kid. I support that kid.
And Zach Gowen, I'm telling you, he's got-- he's triple tough.
There's no bout-- doubt about it.
[Michael] This could be an opening here.
Matt Hardy seeing stars perhaps,
but Zach Gowen knocked down from behind again by Matt Hardy.
[Tazz] Going for a body slam here.
Oh. Straight slam right there by Matt Hardy.
-Saying he's gonna go up here. -[crowd booing]
[Michael] Matt Hardy just playing with Zach Gowen now
as Matt Hardy heads up to the top rope.
[Tazz] Maybe a moonsault?
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] Look at that.
[Michael] Oh. Zach Gowen rolled out of the way.
[Tazz] Matt Hardy is reeling.
Missed that moonsault.
You don't see Matt Hardy do many moonsaults.
I haven't anyway and…
[Michael] And Zach Gowen, trying to build some momentum here.
Trying to will himself back into this matchup.
[Tazz] Yup. The kid's trying to fight up. No doubt.
Matt Hardy don't look too good, shaking his head out here.
-A little glassy-eyed. Oh. -[Michael] What a shot.
Zach Gowen off the dropkick.
But does Zach Gowen have anything left
because Matt Hardy heads outside the ring to catch a breather.
Matt Hardy not looking too good here folks.
Look at this. Oh, my God.
[Michael] Going down over the top rope, Zach Gowen.
[Tazz] A heeler off the top rope.
A front flip by Zach Gowen right on Matt Hardy.
[referee] …three…
[Michael] Let's take another look. Check this out.
[Tazz] Look out the athleticism, balance on one leg, crashing on his knee.
That's what Zach Gowen does.
He utilizes his body because he has one leg.
It's amazing.
-Zach's sitting on the top rope, Cole. -[Michael] Zach Gowen, top rope.
And this amazing kid could do it here. Cover, hook of the leg.
And Matt Hardy kicks-out, but this kid is truly amazing.
I keep using that adjective.
-[Tazz] Oh, he is. Side effect. -[Michael] Side effect though…
[Tazz] Well, he was amazing, Cole. That's the end. I'm telling you.
[Michael] Zach Gowen made a mistake.
He walked into the side effect and Matt Hardy looks to counter.
[Tazz] Matt Hardy's not looking too good though, Cole.
[Michael] Here we go. Cover again, and rolling his shoulder out.
[Tazz] Since that miss on that moonsault by Matt Hardy,
Matt Hardy don't look to have his…
[Michael] He got his bell rung a little bit.
[Tazz] I think he might've got, that's the best way to put it, bell rung.
[Michael] Don't forget, when Zach Gowen came off the top rope,
his knee went right in the head of Matt Hardy.
[Tazz] That's right. Running back-- right into a back elbow.
Back to the top rope. Oh…
[Michael] Zach Gowen going for high risk offense again
and that time got caught.
And Matt Hardy, literally the right hands to the back of Zach Gowen.
Matt Hardy looking to counter here. Top rope.
Matt Hardy, trying to put this one way.
[Tazz] This is big, Cole.
This is gonna be a back suplex from the top rope.
-Zach Gowen, oh, he's fighting back. -[Michael] Wait a minute.
Matt Hardy knocked off the top rope.
[Tazz] Right on the back of that head and his back.
-[Michael] Zach Gowen. -[Tazz] Moonsault.
-[Michael] Moonsault connects. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Hook of the leg. Get him, kid. Get him!
-[crowd counting] -[bell rings]
[Michael] Zach Gowen, Zach Gowen has done it.
[announcer] Here's your winner, Zach Gowen.
[Tazz] The kid got his first major win, Cole, right here in WWE
for SmackDown right here at No Mercy.
[Michael] What an upset. Zach Gowen has upset Matt Hardy.
[Tazz] Zach Gowen constantly-- constantly overcoming adversity.
Did it again here tonight.
Check out this picture perfect moonsault.
Speaking of moonsaults, Cole,
I'm telling you, Cole, go back and watch the tape.
Look at that beautiful moonsault.
This kid's an amazing athlete.
Speaking of moonsaults, I'm telling you, Matt Hardy
missing that moonsault earlier in this match, I'm telling you,
I think he did get his bell rung.
[Michael] The 'never say die' attitude of Zach Gowen.
Zach Gowen's celebration has begun.
-The kid picked up a win. -[Tazz] Wow.
♪ Did you want to be the one Who let me fall? ♪
Huh. Well, if it isn't my charming wife Linda coming into my locker room.
Is it to see me dressed or undressed?
Vince, I'm here tonight, I'm begging you one more time,
don't go through with this tonight.
I don't know what's driving you.
I know you love Stephanie.
For the past 37 years, I've turned my head
when all of your past transgressions took place.
But tonight, you are going down a path to divide this family.
You're doing something that's-- you cannot come back from,
please, unless you change your mind and not do this match.
-You want me to reconsider? -Yes.
Well, you know, I anticipated you were gonna come in here.
I did.
And I know what you're all about.
You're all about an advantage and some sort of concession.
So, that's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna go through with the match. Okay?
But I'm gonna give Stephanie a concession.
I can win this match by submission only.
Stephanie, however, can win this match by submission or pinfall.
If she pins me, she can win this thing.
I mean-- I mean, come on, that's meeting you more than halfway.
But come to think of it, you know what?
I think I need a little something back now too.
And that is that-- as of right now,
since Stephanie insists on going through with this match,
this match now is No Holds Barred.
[crowd cheering]
What? Was it something I said?
-You know, not the-- the way-- -It went from bad to worse.
Has Mr. McMahon lost his mind?
No Holds Barred?
I mean, there was a little ray of hope there
-for Stephanie. -Right.
Now, Mr. McMahon doesn't have to say, "I quit."
Stephanie can actually pin her father to pick up a victory.
But No Holds Barred?
-Yeah, I mean-- -That's his daughter.
The pinfall-- the possibility of Stephanie
gaining a pinfall on her father, that's good. You're right.
A little ray of hope. But No Holds Barred now?
Nobody can interfere.
Nobody can help Stephanie out or get fired.
["Protection" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Wow.
[bell ringing]
[announce] The following Tag Team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 576 pounds,
Bradshaw and Faarooq, the APA.
[Michael] Well, the Bashams made the challenge on Sunday Night Heat,
and the APA accepted it.
Bradshaw and Faarooq to take on the Bashams here tonight.
And ladies and gentlemen, this is what happened
a couple of weeks ago
when Shaniqua stuck her nose
-where it didn't belong… -[Tazz] Yeah.
[Michael] …getting involved in the matchup.
[Tazz] And then Bradshaw stuck his arm right on the--
-right at the throat… -[bell ringing]
…and up the pectoral region of Shaniqua
with that clothesline from hell.
Shaniqua, non-stop, just kept interjecting herself in this match.
And Bradshaw, oh, boy, oh, boy, did he ever make that young lady pay.
[Michael] That's why they call it the Clothesline from Hell.
["Toe Jam" playing]
[announcer] And from Columbus, Ohio, at a combined weight of 495 pounds,
Doug and Danny, the Basham Brothers.
[Michael] I thought they actually shut Chimel's mic off.
-It was a good thing. -[Tazz laughing]
Nonetheless, folks, the Bashams got some revenge on the APA
for what they did to Shaniqua.
This was two weeks ago.
-Did you hear that? -[Tazz] I'm telling you-- yeah.
This was a very vicious and violent attack.
-Look at this. Listen. -[Michael] Wow.
[Tazz] I think we have done another look-- another shot of this.
Check this out. Watch here. Watch. Watch.
Man, that is a human skull against a steel chair.
That, my friends, will leave a huge ass mark. Wow.
[Michael] That was-- that was no glancing blow so to speak.
[Tazz] No. That definitely was not-- that was not a swatter.
That was a straight fast ball right down on the middle.
[Michael] I'll tell you one thing right now,
in this matchup, you're not gonna see any traditional wrestling holds.
-[bell ringing] -This will not be pretty.
[Tazz] Yeah. These are four rugged dudes right here.
No doubt about it.
I had the, I guess, the opportunity,
I guess I'll call it, to interview the Bashams
earlier on Sunday Night Heat.
And believe me, they are two sick cats.
[Michael] You call that an interview? They are out there.
[Tazz] And they're nutty. They're nuts.
And I'll tell you what, Bradshaw and Faarooq
will knock the sense right back into you.
-That's for sure. -[Michael] Do you think
Doug and Danny Basham were doing-- is licking their lips--
always walking around licking their lips all the time.
And look at Bradshaw delivering those big right hands
as this matchup gets underway.
Doug Basham starting things off against Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Straight punch right there for the big, rugged,
tough, Texan Bradshaw.
[Michael] Oh. And what a big shoulder knockdown.
[Tazz] Serious shoulder block right there by the former Oakland Raider.
Bradshaw he's good. He was a raider.
You can-- he looks like an Oakland Raider.
Angry, [indistinct] you know.
[Michael] Talking about football players, here comes Faarooq.
-[Tazz] Yeah. -[Michael] Legendary.
-[Tazz] No doubt. -Four.
[Tazz] Former Florida State Seminole right there
and they almost won a Heisman.
-[Michael] I'm telling you-- -[Tazz] The nose guard.
[Michael] Thing about Bradshaw and Faarooq,
you know, they wanna get out of here tonight.
They got beer to drink. This is not gonna be a long one.
They're going to go rough and tough against these Bashams
and try to win this matchup quickly just like Faarooq take the Bashams down.
-But you can't take the Bashams lightly. -[Tazz] No, you can't.
But the APA, they wanna really hurt the Bashams.
Because nobody puts something on, I mean, I ain't see nobody
put something on the APA in a long time
like the Bashams did with those steel chairs.
[Michael] Oh, wow. What a slam.
Here's Faarooq. In the ring comes Danny Basham.
Paid for it off the drop toehold, face first goes Danny Basham.
[Tazz] Well, the experience goes to Faarooq and Bradshaw on this one here.
[Michael] Well, you're talking about the hurt that the Bashams
put on Faarooq and Bradshaw, as Bradshaw comes in off the tag.
Here's the double team by the APA.
-Look at this. -[Tazz] Whoa. Whoa.
[Michael] Wow.
[Tazz] Double Spinebuster on Danny Basham by Bradshaw and Faarooq.
-Watch that huge elbow. -[Michael] Well, there was the elbow.
Shoulders down, cover, and a kick out.
And Doug Basham, he's gonna think twice about that.
[Tazz] What the hell was Doug Basham thinking?
Standing in the apron's nice and comfortable out there.
[Michael] But nonetheless, that assault by the Bashams a couple of weeks ago
to the APA, Faarooq couldn't even compete in that Tag Team matchup.
It ended up being a three on two affair.
Faarooq didn't know where he was after getting a hit in the head.
And here we go, cover now, shoulders down.
-Saving the matchup for his team is-- -[Tazz] Yeah, that was smart.
That was smart by Doug Basham right there to break up that pin cover.
You got to save your partner. You got to do that.
[Michael] APA, former WWE Tag Team champions.
Bashams, a great up and coming team here in the WWE.
And what a shot.
And here comes Doug Basham.
[Tazz] That jaw breaker with the head of Danny Basham.
The straight boot and now smart by Doug Basham,
come back in with a boot right back to the bean of Faarooq.
Bean is head. Bean is head by the way.
[Michael] We talked about the Bashams successful fetishes and everything
and how they're a little off the deep end,
but this, this is a hell of a Tag Team.
Look out. And, oh, Faarooq countered. Knees to the midsection.
[Tazz] What are you talking about their sexual fantasies for, Cole?
I don't want to hear about that.
You're a guy. I'm a guy.
There's guys in the ring. Come on.
[Michael] Oh, look at this. There were guys in the ring.
Bradshaw just took Doug Basham, bounced him off the barricade,
now, off the steel steps.
And Bradshaw is raising some hell, Texas style.
[Tazz] Doug Basham, thinking he's back in grade school here.
He probably got beat up a lot in grade school, by the way.
[Michael] How do you know that?
[Tazz] I talked to the guy. I interviewed him.
I'm a journalist, for God's sake.
-[Michael] You're a journalist? -[Tazz] Yeah. I do my homework.
Come on. You know, I'm a journalist.
-[Michael] Oh, please. -Damn it.
-[Faarooq] His ass is mine now. -[Tazz] You know.
Come on, now. Okay? I'm journalist.
But right now someone might be getting dominated.
-It looks like… -[Michael] Oh. Look out now.
Look at this. Tag was never made.
Referee Mike Sparks was going to Bradshaw.
And here's the double team by the Bashams.
[Tazz] Yeah, nice double back suplex by the Bashams.
-Here's the cover. -[Mike] Come on.
[Michael] Danny Basham hooks the leg
and Bradshaw breaks up the three count for his team, the APA.
[Tazz] Good teamwork. Good teamwork.
Referee Mike Sparks doing the right thing getting Bradshaw out.
Well, right there, Danny Basham taking advantage of the opportunity.
The referee's back turned, just stomp a mud hole in the back of the man's head.
[Michael] And this is wise by Danny Basham.
Back Faarooq up into his corner.
Isolate the man from Bradshaw and continue the assault.
Four. Out.
[Tazz] The Bashams, the thing with these guys--
-[Michael] Oh. Here comes Bradshaw. -[Tazz] Bradshaw. He's had enough.
Look at these Bashams.
They know that they like to beat the tar out of someone.
They like it in here too.
[Michael] And there's the double team again on Faarooq.
[Tazz] They're like sadomasochists.
You know what that is? That means they like pain.
[Michael] And you should know all about that. And here we go.
Hook of the leg. Cover.
-Shoulders roll out by Faarooq. -[crowd booing]
[Tazz] A lot of explaining. I know my wife--
I know my wife is watching this match going on.
So anyway…
[Michael] And Bradshaw is all-- Bradshaw is all upset.
Bradshaw watching this matchup in a big way.
But every time Bradshaw jumps into the ring,
the Bashams continue to double team.
[Tazz] Bashams looking good here, Cole.
-Bashams looking good. -[Michael] Really good.
[Tazz] I'm hesitant to say, two ham and eggs out here.
This is Faarooq and Bradshaw. This is the APA.
[Michael] Yeah. Former Tag Team champions.
[Tazz] No doubt. No doubt. No doubt.
And Doug and Danny Basham,
doing a hell of a job right here right now against the APA.
[Michael] Snap here by Doug Basham.
And now the knee into the spine of Faarooq
and continuing the pressure.
[Tazz] And controlling the head and upper body of Faarooq is Doug Basham.
[crowd] APA. APA. APA.
[Michael] This crowd totally in the corner of the APA.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Bradshaw, walking around like a caged lion.
[Tazz] Let's see if Faarooq can feed off of that chant here.
Let's see. Here comes Faarooq now.
There's a back elbow. Another back elbow. Whoa.
A little pull on the hair right in front of Referee Mike Sparks.
[Michael] And the tag made again.
Danny Basham, you don't have to worry about pulling the Basham's hair.
And here's Danny. Oh, elbow delivered to the sternum.
-Here's the cover by Danny Basham. -[counts]
Faarooq just gets the shoulder up before a count to three.
[Tazz] Ever think about doing stand-up? I mean, that was so clever.
Because they're bald and you said they can't pull their hair.
[Michael] I learn from you.
And here we go as Danny Basham continues the assault on Faarooq yet again.
And Bradshaw, he can hardly stand it.
He's reaching over the top rope trying to get into this matchup,
but Faarooq can't make a tag.
[Tazz] Because Bradshaw realizes his partner Faarooq is in trouble.
Faarooq might be passing out shortly here from the pain or might've to tap out.
Bradshaw better watch himself,
keep hold of that tag rope in the turnbuckle there
or he might get, you know, disqualified.
[Michael] And look at Faarooq.
-[Tazz] Faarooq don't look too good. -[Michael] Not at all.
[Tazz] It ain't often that that dude's in pain.
[crowd] APA. APA. APA.
[Michael] Doug Basham wheeled Danny on here.
Faarooq trying to make it to his feet.
Danny Basham continues the pressure.
Almost a naked choke there by Danny Basham.
[Tazz] Yeah. That's a rear naked choke actually.
And Faarooq still fighting back.
Nice body slam. A show of power right there.
[Michael] Anytime Faarooq tries to fight back,
Danny and Doug Basham just knocks him right down again
isolating him from his partner.
[Tazz] Danny Basham just slammed Faarooq with ease,
he's a strong kid, man.
-Oh, look out. -[Michael] Whoa. Whoa.
Spinebuster. But can Faarooq make a tag?
[Tazz] That might've been the last, sort of, drop of gasoline
in the tank of Faarooq.
Can Faarooq get Bradshaw in?
Danny's trying to get Doug in. Here comes Doug Basham.
And here comes Bradshaw on a full tank of gas.
Send them down the hatches, by golly. Here comes Bradshaw.
[Michael] Doug Basham whipped off the ropes.
Elbow now to the face.
Danny Basham takes a boot for his measure.
And here is Bradshaw with a clothesline.
-[Tazz] Man. -[Michael] Did you hear that?
[Tazz] How could you not hear it? They heard that in D.C. [chuckles]
[Michael] Uh-oh. Look out.
Powerbomb, baby. Powerbomb.
-Oh, my God. -[Tazz] With authority.
[Tazz] Stick a fork in it, brother. Cover.
Two, and-- wow.
Doug Basham kicked-out.
And Danny Basham with a thumb to the eye.
[Tazz] That was clever, man.
Like him or not, clever by Danny Basham there.
[Michael] And now Danny Basham with the assault.
The double team on the way for the Bashams
but he holds-- telegraphing.
[Tazz] Yeah. They did telegraph it.
-There goes Doug. -[Michael] Doug over the top rope.
[Tazz] Danny, watch yourself, you might get caught in a trap.
A big ass trap. Clothesline from Hell. No.
[Michael] Bradshaw misses. Walks right into it, does Basham.
[Tazz] Last call, my friend.
[Michael] The last call. That fallaway slam.
The world's toughest financial analyst in the world, ladies and gentlemen,
[Tazz] Bradshaw.
[Michael] Can you imagine running into him at Wall Street?
Oh, look at this.
This is unlike Bradshaw.
Bradshaw, top rope.
[Tazz] Second rope. Last call.
[Michael] Last call from the second rope.
[Tazz] Last call for alcohol.
[Michael] I don't think Bradshaw has ever looked better.
-I'm telling you. -[Tazz] This might be it, Cole.
[Michael] Something in that-- something in that New York-- cover.
But the Bashams-- that was Danny breaking up the three count.
-Get out of here, coach. Come on. -[Tazz] Bradshaw took a hell of a shot.
[all gasping]
Faarooq inadvertently ran into Referee Mike Sparks.
And you don't want to inadvertently run into Faarooq. That's for sure.
-[Michael] No. Not at all. -[Tazz] Mike Sparks is down and out.
-[Tazz] And Danny Basham… -[Michael] Wait a minute.
-[Tazz] …putting it on-- what? -[Michael] Look at this.
[Tazz] Look at what?
[Michael] Bradshaw whipped into the corner
going for the Clothesline from Hell.
He connects. And look.
-And Shaniqua. -[Tazz] What the hell is she doing here?
[Michael] Some sort of club to the back of Bradshaw's head.
The cover, hook of the leg.
-Bradshaw is down. He's out cold, I think. -[Michael] What a shot.
-One, two, three. -[Michael] Where the hell
-did Shaniqua come from? -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] I didn't even know she was here.
[announcer] Here are your winners, Doug and Danny, the Basham brothers.
[Michael] Shaniqua returns with no mercy for Bradshaw here tonight.
[Tazz] Shaniqua with that night stick and that very loving leather singlet.
I don't know what-- like a teddy-- whatever.
But, wow. Bradshaw just ate one from Shaniqua.
[Michael] Bradshaw moments away from picking up the victory
with the Clothesline from Hell.
But what a win for the Bashams thanks to Shaniqua.
What an upset here tonight.
[Tazz] Out of nowhere, shocking the world, Shaniqua.
Well, let's check out this Clothesline from Hell,
one of the most impactful moves in our business.
-But then the surprise. -[Michael] Yeah, Shaniqua.
It looked like a night stick or something like that in her hand there.
And a blow right to the back of the neck of Bradshaw.
Get him.
[Tazz] That blow really affected him,
especially when you don't know what's coming. You know what I'm saying?
Bad enough you get hit in the back of the head.
-Get him out. -If you get hit in the back of the head,
you don't know it's coming, that really, like, sucks.
I tell you, but nonetheless,
what a huge victory tonight for the Bashams.
They have suddenly become a team to be reckoned with here.
They are serious. When you get a win at No Mercy on a pay-per-view
against a team like Faarooq and Bradshaw, the APA,
for Doug and Danny Basham and Shaniqua?
-That is humongous. -And not for nothing.
Shaniqua knocked down her ass
by that Clothesline from Hell a couple of weeks ago,
she came back here with a vengeance and took it right to Bradshaw.
-I can't believe it. -Right.
I just seen it, so I do believe it.
But I get what you're saying. I can't believe it either.
Well, nonetheless, I understand that we've caught up with Shaniqua
and the Bashams in the locker room area
as they're heading back after this huge victory.
-Yeah, baby, we did it. -It's good to have you back.
-We did it. -Yeah, yeah. We did it.
Bashams. Excuse me.
Congratulations on your victory tonight.
But, Shaniqua, I got to say, I don't think that anybody expected you
to return tonight to No Mercy especially Bradshaw--
Of course, Bradshaw didn't expect me back.
But it's gonna take more than a Clothesline from Hell
to keep Shaniqua down.
Oh, yeah.
But I will tell you what his clothesline did do.
Oh, yeah.
It did this.
Swollen.
-They're swollen. -Yeah.
I mean, look at the swelling in my chest.
Oh. They're so voluptuous to me.
This won't go down.
-Oh, yeah. -It's permanent.
-Is it permanent? -It's permanent.
-Is it permanent? -Permanent.
And the doctor said this may be permanent.
Oh, yes, oh, yeah, permanent, man.
Us-- but you boys did very well…
-and you guys deserve to be rewarded. -Oh, yeah.
Rewarded. Rewarded.
So, let's go.
Please, mistress.
-And whip it good. -Yeah.
Whip it good.
[crowd chatter]
Uh--
[crowd laughing]
What the hell is going around there?
-Swelling. Talk about swelling. -Swelling? Whip it good?
Yeah, speaking of swelling.
Yeah. This chain will cause some swelling later on for that Championship.
Yeah, Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker, WWE title in a Biker Chain Match.
And I'll tell you, there are some important keys to victory
for both of these superstars here tonight, Tazz.
Yeah, absolutely, Cole, there are for The Undertaker.
Undertaker needs to soften up Brock and the best way to do that,
throw those Soup Bones, throw those punches.
And the veteran instincts of the Deadman, relying on the experience difference,
trying to get Brock to lose his cool.
Most importantly, get your hands on the chain.
This is the most important key to victory,
not just for Taker, but also for Lesnar also.
[Michael] Speaking of Brock Lesnar,
what are the keys to victory for the champion, Lesnar?
[Tazz] Well, the grapple game.
I mean, the, you know, the pure wrestling mat skills of Lesnar
that he possess is the perfect ingredient to wear down "The Deadman".
And then the controlled anger.
Brock needs to maintain his violent temper
and channel his rage in the right direction.
And of course, again, get your hands on the chain.
If you're Lesnar, you wanna get the chain before "Big Evil" gets the chain.
And again, that chain's gonna be suspended above the ring.
You got to grab that chain.
If you get it, you can use it with the title on the line.
Well, I've done some vicious matches in my day.
I've never done nothing like this.
This is a serious deal right here, man.
I'll tell you what else is a serious deal.
Coming up next, Mr. McMahon and his daughter Stephanie
will step into the ring.
The McMahon family could be torn apart-- will be torn apart next.
[tense music playing]
[Vince] You have always been the apple of my eye.
You've always been Daddy's little girl
and you always will.
[Stephanie] I love this business.
I've always wanted to be a part of this business to be closer to my family.
Allow me to introduce you to the new general manager of SmackDown,
Stephanie McMahon.
[crowd cheering]
[Stephanie] I don't want to be the same as my father
in terms of the negative aspects.
I'm strong like he is,
but I don't wanna be known the same way he is.
I don't wanna be feared.
I wanna be respected.
[dramatic music playing]
[Vince] I got to say that you're a terrible disappointment, Stephanie,
because when I put you in the position of general manager of SmackDown,
I thought for sure I could be proud of you,
you would follow in my footsteps.
But it looks like maybe I made a bad investment.
I'm hoping that she comes out here and respectfully resigns
as general manager of SmackDown.
I will not quit.
Not now. Not ever.
[Vince] Yes, you will.
[commentator] Oh. Here comes the A-Train.
Look at the fear in Stephanie's eyes.
A-Train was ordered by Mr. McMahon to assault the boss' own daughter.
[Stephanie] I'm not gonna quit, Dad.
Until you fire me, I'm gonna stand up to you.
[Vince] You're not gonna quit?
Damn it, Brock Lesnar's gonna break you in half and you deserve it.
[commentator] This animal has been unleashed by Mr. McMahon.
[Vince] You'll quit in the first ever father-daughter "I Quit" match.
When you yell, "I quit" at No Mercy,
you're gonna be quitting your job as general manager of SmackDown.
I don't think you realize that you're making me,
a loving father, have to go into the ring
and pummel and beat down his very own daughter.
At No Mercy, I will strike down the face of defiance.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon has his own daughter by her hair.
[Tazz] Yeah, I know. This is bad.
I really never thought in my wildest dreams
that my father would ever put his hands on me.
[sobs]
And when he pulled me by my hair…
[crowd cheering]
…I just--
I never would've thought you would've ever done anything like that.
[sniffles]
I'm sorry.
[Vince] If my daughter beats me in this match at No Mercy,
I will quit, I will resign as Chairman of the board.
[Stephanie] I really never did think it was gonna come to this.
I love him and I hate him. [sobs]
But, um, if he thinks we will ever have any kind of a relationship again,
then he's dead wrong.
[Vince] May God have mercy on your soul…
because I won't.
♪ I'm all grown up now, And I've listened and learned… ♪
[Tazz] Well, here we go, Cole. Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Mother and daughter heading to battle
against father/husband.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is the first ever father and daughter,
No Holds Barred, "I Quit" Match.
Making their way to the ring being accompanied by the CEO
of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon,
she is the general manager of SmackDown, Stephanie McMahon.
[Michael] I can honestly say, Tazz, that I'm not proud to be the first person,
you as well, to call a father-daughter matchup.
[Tazz] Oh, no. I'm not.
This is-- we don't know what to say here.
[Michael] It's No Holds Barred, we can tell you that.
It's an "I Quit" Match.
Stephanie has to utter the words, "I quit."
Mr. McMahon can either utter those words or Stephanie can pin her father
to pick up a victory here in this match.
["Wild Cat" playing]
[announcer] Making her way to the ring, Sable.
[Michael] Well, I don't know what else to call Sable but the mistress.
[Tazz] Well, that's what she is, Cole.
I mean, she looks hot as usual. No doubt about it.
But all due respect to Sable, I got the big picture right now.
[Michael] She's an opportunist.
Sable, flat out, Sable's a bitch, plain and simple.
[Tazz] No gray area there.
And Mrs., uh, Mrs. McMahon, Linda McMahon--
-[Michael] And can you blame her? -[Tazz] No, you can't.
[Michael] Can you blame Linda McMahon for how she's feeling in the ring?
This poor woman has had-- has had to see her husband
and this-- and this woman make out in the ring in front of her.
["No Chance In Hell" playing]
♪ No chance of that's what you got ♪
[announcer] And making his way to the ring,
he is the Chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment,
Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] And, Cole, there's a lot of words--
I mean, Mr. McMahon, obviously in great condition,
but that's not the big picture.
Mr. McMahon's deranged, possibly unstable, Cole.
And his daughter looking right at her father.
Look at the eyes on Stephanie.
She doesn't wanna do this, Cole, but she has to.
And you got to respect that young lady for that.
You got to.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon cannot call himself a father.
Mr. McMahon cannot call himself a husband.
And look at the arrogance.
This man is going into a battle,
an "I Quit," No Holds Barred battle
against his own daughter.
That is the young woman.
And look at Linda pleading one more time, pleading with Mr. McMahon,
pleading with her husband to stop this absurdity.
[Tazz] Stephanie doesn't want her mom to defend her.
Stephanie is not looking for-- oh, my God.
-[Tazz] Oh, Vince. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Oh, my God.
Stephanie had her back turned.
[Tazz] And look at Mr. McMahon now flaunting it to his wife.
Stephanie's back in her toes.
-And-- come on, Stephanie. -[Stephanie screaming]
-Come on, Stephanie. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Stephanie on top of Mr. McMahon here.
Mr. McMahon-- oh, the bigger and stronger Mr. McMahon.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon caught-- surprised there by his daughter Stephanie.
But, Tazz, honestly, how in the world does Stephanie McMahon
have any chance in this matchup?
Nobody can interfere in her behalf
because Mr. McMahon is gonna fire them.
[Tazz] Well, Stephanie needs a miracle to be quite blunt with you.
Mr. McMahon now trapping Stephanie in the corner.
[Michael] Look at this. Stephanie rolling out of the way.
Stephanie, knocking her father back into the turnbuckle.
And Mr. McMahon with a shoulder knockdown
and that's what this match is gonna be about.
And look at Mr. McMahon.
Leave her alone. Leave her alone.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon blaming this on Linda
just like he blamed this on Stephanie.
Mr. McMahon could've fired Stephanie
if he didn't like the job she was doing as general manager.
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon is deranged, Cole.
His eyes, Mr. McMahon is blank.
-Oh, my God. -[groans]
[Michael] That's her own daughter his throwing around the damn ring.
-[Linda] Why? -You like that?
Huh? She's gonna quit.
She's gonna quit.
[Michael] Why make her quit?
-Mr. McMahon could've fired her. -[Tazz] Absolutely.
[Michael] But instead he wants to humiliate his daughter.
He wants to make her grovel,
he wants her to utter the words, "I quit," and for what?
For what? For his sick pleasure?
Is that what this is all about?
That man's sick pleasure?
[Tazz] Cole, I mean, Mr. McMahon is the puppeteer of even his own family.
It's a sick thing, man, it is.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] This is-- this is hard to watch.
[crowd chatter]
You like that, huh?
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon wanting his wife Linda to approve of this-- oh, God.
-[Michael] Approve of what? -[Tazz] You know…
-[Michael] And that was just-- -[Tazz] So Linda can watch this exit.
No matter what Stephanie's age is--
[Michael] Just call this off, call this thing off.
Just fire her now and get it over with, just be done with it.
[Tazz] It's too late, Cole. It's too late for that.
[Michael] But man, he's brutalizing his daughter, Tazz.
This is-- I don't care if we say this is a wrestling match,
the man is brutalizing his daughter.
[Tazz] Look at-- this is sick.
-[Michael] Now, the humiliation… -[coughing]
…to do it right in front of the woman
that Mr. McMahon is sleeping with in front of his daughter and his wife.
-[Tazz] And look at Sable, she… -[Michael] And now this.
[Tazz] It almost looked like Sable didn't wanna do it to a degree, but…
[Michael] Yeah. Oh.
Whoa, get her, Linda.
-Get her, Linda. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] And Mr. McMahon getting-- running interference right in…
Look at Sable just taunting Linda.
-Once again, Mr. McMahon putting Sable… -Get over there.
…in front of his own daughter and his own wife.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] Yeah, you're proud of yourself, aren't you…
-[Tazz] She's proud-- -…You're proud of yourself?
What are you gonna be? The next general manager, Sable?
Stephanie loses, you're the next general manager?
[crowd chant] A-hole! A-hole!
[Tazz] That's how everybody is feeling about Mr. McMahon.
-[Michael] And Sable. -[Tazz] Exactly.
[Michael] And a shot again.
And Stephanie just battling to survive here and-- uh-oh.
[Tazz] Wait, there she go-- oh, she got caught though.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon looking to continue this--
[Tazz] She's got-- Cole, she's got no hope.
-I mean, I'm rooting for Stephanie-- -[Michael] Whoa.
-Clothesline. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Geez, God.
[Michael] A clothesline a couple of weeks ago
broke Mr. McMahon's daughter's heart.
That clothesline tonight may have split this family apart.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Sable's actually smiling, smirking about it.
Linda is watching her daughter get brutalized by her husband.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon says this is all because Stephanie is defying him,
-because Stephanie won't quit… -[inaudible]
…that she wants to stay on as general manager.
[screams]
[Tazz] That's right. It's a half-- that's a half Boston crab
into submission maneuver on Stephanie here, screaming in pain.
-And look at Linda, her mother. -[screams]
Come on! [indistinct]
[Michael] Oh, my gosh.
No!
[Michael] Just tap out, Stephanie, just be done with it.
[Stephanie] No!
[Michael] Swallow the pride, swallow the pride and get out of here.
[Tazz] In a weird way, Cole, she's just like her father,
the pride, but the people here at Baltimore…
[Michael] She's nothing like her father.
Stephanie McMahon is nothing like that man.
[Tazz] That's not my point.
I'm saying how proud she is, you know, Mr. McMahon is--
you know what, maybe you're right, Cole.
Maybe you're right. She is nothing like her father.
[Michael] And I was almost gonna say to give Stephanie credit
for not quitting there, for not uttering those words,
but damn it, something.
[Tazz] There's no one like this Mr. McMahon, Cole,
and that's not a bad thing.
[Michael] Tazz, can you imagine, can you imagine if she was your daughter
-in the ring right now? -No!
Could you imagine if you were him,
if you were Mr. McMahon and you were doing this?
[Tazz] I could never, I could never do that.
And Mr. McMahon, look at the sick and tense look in his eyes.
[Michael] He's satanic, he's demonic.
[Linda] Come on, get up your feet.
-Stop! -[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] He's choking her.
Stop the match.
[Michael] Look at the eyes of Mr. McMahon.
-This is sick. -[groans]
It's Stephanie-- I think-- I believe just bit her father,
just trying to survive here.
Stephanie raking the eyes of--
[Michael] I don't think Mr. McMahon can see.
[Tazz] No, he can't. He got his eyes raked.
[Michael] This could be an opening for Stephanie here.
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon-- Sable-- but Sable--
-[Michael] What the hell is Sable… -[Tazz] I don't know what she's got.
Sable's got her-- oh, Linda, go get her, Linda, get her, Linda.
Look at this.
[Michael] Yeah. Double tag, yeah. Oh, man.
[Tazz] Oh, get your hands off her.
[Michael] No, no, no.
[crowd booing]
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Michael] Yes, all right.
-Yeah. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Oh.
[Michael] Get him, Steph, get him, Steph.
-[Tazz] Steph, she's gonna-- -[Michael] Oh, my God.
No holds barred.
[Tazz] Right in the grapefruit, Stephanie.
She could pin him, she's got him.
[Michael] We got him. She can, oh, no.
-[Tazz] Man. Damn it. -[crowd groaning]
[Michael] Stephanie almost had her father pinned.
Remember, Stephanie can win via pinfall.
[Tazz] That might have been her only shot, but, Cole, Stephanie's got that pipe
and she looks dead serious.
That's a lead pipe.
-Hit him in the damn head. [Michael] Hit him in the damn head.
[crowd cheering]
Mr. McMahon now second guessing this.
[Tazz] Now he wants mercy. Now Mr. McMahon wants some mercy.
[Michael] Look at Stephanie's eyes, man.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa. -[Tazz] Oh, my God. A shot to the ribs.
-[Michael] Stephanie, you got him now. -[Tazz] Oh, to the spine.
Come on, girl.
-Oh, my God. -[Michael] It's gonna [indistinct]
[Tazz] Right in the face.
[Michael] It's over.
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon's got to be out on the sink, Cole.
What a shot.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon doesn't even know where he is.
-[Tazz] Oh, here she comes. -[Michael] Stephanie--
-[Tazz] And down he goes. -[Michael] She got him. The cover.
Get him, Stephanie. Shoulders down--
[Tazz] They're chanting. They're chanting.
[Michael] And Mr. McMahon got his foot on the bottom rope.
[crowd booing]
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] Wow.
Mr. McMahon one count away
from having to resign as chairman of the WWE.
[Tazz] Sable now, complaining and bitching to referee Nick Patrick
and now, Stephanie trying to go to Sable here.
[Michael] Oh, wait a minute. Look out from behind, Stephanie.
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon's up. Watch your back, Steph.
[Michael] Stephanie, look out from behind.
-[Tazz] She went behind. -[Michael] Yeah.
Oh, those two deserve each other.
[Tazz] Oh, man.
Come on, Steph.
[Michael] She shot the hand, she shot the hand.
[Tazz] She hooked the leg.
-[Michael] She did it. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
-[Michael] Did she get him? -[Tazz] No, no.
[Michael] Oh, half a second away
and sports entertainment would no longer have Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. I don't believe Stephanie.
Go, girl.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon made this match no holds barred and he's paying for it.
-My God. -[Tazz] Mr. McMahon's done.
[Tazz] Oh, wait a minute.
Mr. McMahon, [indistinct] his own daughter by the--
-God, oh. -[Michael] Just throwing her to the mat.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Can you imagine what's going through the mind of-- oh, my God…
-[Tazz] That might've been Stephanie's-- -…What do you need the pipe for?
-[Tazz] Might have been Stephanie's-- -[Michael] Put the pipe down-- oh, no, no.
He outweighs the poor woman by 200 pounds,
what the hell does he need the pipe for?
[Tazz] I can't believe this.
I know Mr. McMahon's capable of anything, but he just took a lead pipe
to his-- to his little girl's stomach.
[Michael] He's a sickening, disgusting excuse
for a human being.
[crowd chant] A-hole! A-hole!
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon's got a cut under his right eye from that pipe but look at--
Do we have to call this?
I mean, do we have to say that Mr. McMahon's got a lead pipe
around his daughter's throat?
[crowd chant] Loser! Loser!
[Michael] And, Tazz, there's nothing anybody can do.
-Nobody can interfere, they'll be fired. -[Tazz] No, that's right.
[Michael] The referee is no holds barred,
all the referee's out there to do is hear Stephanie say, "I quit,"
and to count the pinfall of Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon made this--
he's just-- he's gone crazy out here.
What does Linda get? She's got-- she's got a towel in her hand.
We don't have a camera on her yet.
She threw the towel in.
-[Michael] She threw the towel in. -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] Linda threw the towel in.
Threw in the towel.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Mr. McMahon.
-[Tazz] Thank God. -[Michael] Thank God
that Linda McMahon threw the towel in
and perhaps saved her own daughter Stephanie.
[Tazz] Yeah, but Mr. McMahon was choking out Stephanie with a lead pipe.
Oh, my God.
[Michael] I cannot believe--
I cannot believe what I just witnessed.
[Tazz] I-- that was one of the hardest--
that was the hardest thing for me to do out here as an announcer.
I had never--
[Michael] Now, there's Linda attending to her daughter.
I believe Stephanie passed out.
Mr. McMahon just choking the life out of her with that steel pipe.
[Tazz] Linda kissing her daughter, just--
you got to feel for Linda or Stephanie,
it's just heartbreaking, man.
[Michael] Ugh-- Now what?
-Now what? -[Tazz] Come on, boss.
You did the damage.
[Michael] Yeah, what you gonna do now?
-You're gonna gloat-- now you're gonna-- -[Tazz] No, no.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Look at this, Cole.
Look at Mr. McMahon. Oh, my God, no, no.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon-- oh.
God.
Oh, my God.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] In 37 years of marriage,
that's probably the first time
that Mr. McMahon has laid a hand on his wife.
[Tazz] Well, as far as we know, Cole.
[Michael] And with those actions,
Mr. McMahon may have thrown away his marriage.
[Tazz] Marriage? It's Mr. McMahon's family.
[Michael] With those actions that-- the actions in the ring tonight,
Mr. McMahon has split his family apart forever.
[Tazz] Stephanie is-- she got choked out with this pipe.
-God, we hope she's okay. -[crowd booing]
We got our trainers out there, Larry Heck,
I mean, we hope Stephanie's okay.
Oh, my God.
And then Mr. McMahon pie-facing his wife,
37 years of marriage, two children, that pie-facing by Mr. McMahon.
[Michael] For Mr. McMahon, this is all-- this was all about business, Tazz.
-Mr. McMahon remains chairman… -[inaudible]
…chairman of his company.
You just ask Stephanie,
Stephanie questioning her mom, "You threw in the towel?"
And Linda explaining, "I did it for your own good, Steph."
[Tazz] How can you blame Linda McMahon, Stephanie's mom?
Come on. It's just--
[Michael] You can't blame Linda.
And the bottom line is Stephanie McMahon has been forced out of the business
that she has been employed.
She's no longer general manager of SmackDown.
[Tazz] So the question is who will be the new general manager on SmackDown?
That's the question.
[Michael] Well, I'm sure Mr. McMahon will have something to say about…
[Tazz] What's gonna happen to SmackDown?
But imagine doing this to your own daughter, ladies and gentlemen.
Look at this.
By the throat, driving her to the mat,
and then a choke out with a steel pipe.
-[Michael] What kind of man would do this? -[Tazz] A sick man.
[Michael] And Linda McMahon, the mother, could not take it anymore
and threw the towel in.
[Tazz] And a sick man would do that.
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] And that's what Mr. McMahon displayed there.
He's deranged, he's got to be unstable.
[Michael] Look at this.
Look at the look in his eyes and then throwing his wife,
throwing his wife of 37 years down to the mat.
[Tazz] That's the mother who bared Mr. McMahon,
Vincent Kennedy McMahon's children, Linda McMahon.
And Mr. McMahon just pie-facing and putting his palm across her face
and slamming her on the mat.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] What a courageous effort by Stephanie
in the ring here tonight but…
[Tazz] She's a tough girl, boy.
[Michael] Stephanie is saying goodbye to all these WWE fans.
She's no longer general manager of SmackDown.
I can guarantee you after what happened tonight
and how this family was destroyed, I can almost guarantee you,
you're never gonna see Stephanie McMahon
involved in any McMahon family business again
as long as her father's running the thing.
Well, Cole, SmackDown as we know it, back to business,
SmackDown as we know it has just changed, man.
You know, who the hell now is gonna be the general manager of SmackDown?
-Who? -I think--
What's gonna happen, you know, to the-- to the referees,
to the ring announcer, to you and I?
To Hugo and Carlos, to all the SmackDown superstars in back?
Mr. McMahon is still the chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment
but we do not have a general manager now.
Bottom line is this, enough of the business for a second.
Bottom line is this, we witnessed the man in that ring,
a grown man, a huge grown man,
throw his daughter around like a rag doll,
like a rag doll, and for what?
For-- to feed an ego?
Is that why he did this?
To show that he's the king of sports entertainment?
Is this what this all-- is all about?
Because his daughter didn't wanna step down as general manager
because she loved this business and she loved running the show SmackDown
and he couldn't handle that?
And you know, Cole, Mr. McMahon, he destroyed his family.
I mean, you know, right here on pay-per-view, on national-- on TV.
Mr. McMahon just destroyed his family and we witnessed it.
We sat here and watched it, you know, it's…
-I don't know what to say. -I don't know either.
I don't what to say.
Well, nonetheless, ladies and gentlemen, back to business because coming up next,
Kurt Angle, John Cena go one on one.
And this is a match-up that is born on respect.
John Cena vows to get respect from Angle tonight.
[Cena] Kurt Angle's just jealous because John Cena is becoming an American icon.
I give props to Kurt, man, he's done plenty for the USA.
But I do things the American way for myself.
It's time for John Cena to step up and break through.
Every time you people see me, it should be a freaking pay-per-view.
So, Kurt Angle, you can get the hell off my show.
Forget your red, white, and blue, man.
You just red, white, and blow.
♪ We persevere ♪
♪ You know I be the last man out ♪
♪ So what are you talking about ♪
-♪ You wanna go bout for bout ♪ -♪ We persevere ♪
♪ You know I be the last man out ♪
♪ So what are you talking about ♪
♪ You wanna go bout for bout ♪
-♪ We persevere ♪ -♪ You know I be the last man out ♪
♪ So what are you talking about ♪
♪ You wanna go bout for bout ♪
There once was a kid who liked to talk a lot of smack.
He's actually whiter than me but he thinks he's Black.
[crowd cheering]
All right. Listen up, yo, because I got something to say.
[Michael] That's Kurt Angle dressed as a thug.
Kurt Angle at No Mercy.
You ain't got no chance
because I'mma beat you up and then do my dance.
[Michael] What the hell happened to Kurt Angle?
Listen, Kurt.
Okay, okay.
Kurt Angle, you think you can step up to me, John Cena?
You can't see me. You can't see me.
-[Michael] Ankle lock. -[Tazz] There it is.
[Michael laughs] Cena's tapping.
Ankle lock.
[Michael] There's the real John Cena and Mr. Cena does not seem too amused.
[Tazz] Yeah, fun time's over and Angle's aware of that.
[Kurt] I didn't come out here to rap.
I came here to fight.
[Michael] Hey, hey.
Kurt Angle with the Clothesline to John Cena.
Angle all fired up here tonight.
Cena's rapping ego, drew Cena into this trap
and Kurt Angle capitalized on it.
Will this be the story when these two meet at No Mercy?
[Cena] Look at my eyes, I'm right here.
You the American dream?
I'm America's nightmare.
[Kurt] Here's a rhyme you could take to the bank, Cena.
I'll be straight up.
I won't take your crap.
You mess with me and I will make you tap.
Word life.
[crowd cheering]
["Basic Thugonomics" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Cena] So, you think you're untouchable?
♪ Word life, this is basic thugonomics ♪
-♪ Basic thugonomics ♪ -[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring, from West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing in at 248 pounds,
John Cena.
[Michael] John Cena focused here tonight.
[Tazz] Doctor of Thuganomics, baby.
This is gonna be a-- I'm telling you right now, boy,
this will be a rocket buster, Cena, Angle, baby, right here at No Mercy.
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
[crowd cheering]
So Kurt Angle tried to diss me,
but he just came off soft.
He's like Siegfried and Roy and I'm a tiger that's pissed off.
[crowd cheering]
This is John Cena's time to get dirty at No Mercy.
And you don't wanna mess with me.
I'm like a prostitute with herpes.
[crowd cheering]
Thought he was funny with his midget
that he couldn't take his hands off.
You wanna see a real joke?
Have Kurt Angle take his pants off.
[crowd cheering]
He claims intelligence.
That's impossible. His head is hollow.
His T-shirt used to say, "You suck."
But they had to switch it because he swallows.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] That's just--
You wanna show your true colors, Kurt?
Then dress up like a chick.
And stop acting like we're married.
Get the hell off my…
[crowd] Dick!
[Michael] You know, at some point in time, John Cena's gonna show someone
in the WWE respect.
-I was waiting for that moment. -[Tazz] I've been waiting a long time.
["Medal" playing]
[announcer] And from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
weighing in at 237 pounds,
Kurt Angle.
[Michael] He is the first ever Olympic gold medalist in the history of WWE.
She's got his hands full, bro.
[explosions]
[Michael] Kurt Angle is a four-time WWE champion.
He's an Olympic gold medalist.
He has held every major title in World Wrestling Entertainment,
but tonight, this match-up isn't about a title.
Tonight, this match-up is about respect.
And it's a match-up, Tazz, of two contrasting styles.
[Tazz] Yeah, lifestyles, not only in ring styles.
As I pointed out earlier, contrasting styles and attitudes.
-[Michael] Yeah, attitude. -[Tazz] But at the end of the day here
at the end of the match, we're gonna have a pro.
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] The main goal
for both these athletes is the same
and they both wanna win this match.
Kurt Angle is respected worldwide and locker rooms across this world
especially in the WWE.
John Cena is still trying to etch his mark in stone,
you know, of the industry.
[Michael] And, you know, you talk about the contrasting styles.
We just saw the contrasting styles
here in this ring.
Kurt Angle laying down an Olympic gold medal in one corner,
John Cena laying down that padlock chain in the other corner.
[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena!
[Tazz] But right now, you don't ground and pound her.
That'd be Cena against a pure match specialist, you know, a pure wrestler,
that would be Kurt Angle.
Nice go-behind for that side headlock take down by Kurt Angle.
-Quick as a cat. -[Michael] Bottom line here
is John Cena cannot get in a "wrestling match"
-with Kurt Angle. -[Tazz] John Cena, Cole,
gets in a wrestling match with Kurt Angle,
this match would be about two minutes long.
So-- see, Kurt Angle knows that. John Cena knows that.
John Cena's gonna make his best effort to get into a fight with Kurt Angle.
[Michael] Kurt Angle, nice shoulder knockdown.
Kurt Angle, an extraordinary individual as we mentioned,
an Olympic gold medalist representing the…
-[Tazz] Oh, nice! -…fireman carry takedown.
[Tazz] Yeah, blocked that hiplock into that fireman's right to the arm drag.
-[crowd chatter] -Okay, Cena.
Okay, as you would say, you tried the wrestling,
you might wanna start getting into a fist fight with Kurt Angle.
[Michael] Kurt Angle outwrestling John Cena
in the early going.
-[crowd chanting] Let's go, Angle! -[crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
[Michael] The "let's go, Angle" chants here at Baltimore.
John Cena seems taken aback a bit by that.
crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
[Tazz] Well, actually…
[Michael] But now some "Let's go, Cena" chants trickling in as well.
[Tazz] I heard some John Cena chants.
John Cena, he's got a cool rep, he's got street cred as John puts it.
-[Michael] But the bottom line is… -[Tazz] You do, and that's fine.
You have a prerogative. You can [indistinct]
[Michael] John Cena has street cred.
John Cena is a street punk that shows no one respect.
Kurt Angle is all about respect, respecting his opponent.
-[Tazz] Whoa. -[Michael] And with that big high hip toss
by Kurt Angle.
-And an arm drag-- -[Tazz] Would have to give-- oh.
Sorry to interrupt you but John Cena earlier went for a hiplock on Kurt.
Kurt blocked it with a-- with a-- into a fireman's carry.
But right there, Kurt Angle nailing that hiplock into an arm drag
and then followed up with a nicely applied arm bar here on Cena.
[Michael] Well, it's just John Cena's background.
John Cena doesn't have the-- that amateur style that Kurt Angle does.
John Cena body-builder growing up in-- near Springfield, Massachusetts.
[crowd cheering]
There's your respect, Mr. Cena.
[Tazz] No, that's the double finger salute.
[Michael] Yeah, I had to laugh to hear John Cena earlier on
say that Kurt Angle's jealous of him
because he's an American icon, Cena is.
-[Tazz] Who's he? -[Michael] He only-- well, John Cena.
The only American icon in the ring is that man there, Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Right now this total match--
[Tazz] But you see-- but you see it is my opinion now.
This is, I think, what Cena wanted.
He baited Kurt into a fist fight
because he couldn't win the wrestling match.
But, you know, you don't wanna fight Kurt Angle.
He's pretty tough, you know.
[Michael] Here's the cover, shoulders down,
John Cena rolls the shoulder up.
I was gonna say Kurt Angle can brawl with the best of them.
[Tazz] Well, he can. I don't think Cena was hoping
to get his ass kicked out here,
but I think this benefits Cena in a way even though Cena right now
is on his-- on his butt getting stomped.
I think it benefits Cena to a degree though, Cole,
because Cena, as we've been pointing out has got a much better chance
of winning this match as opposed to straight up wrestling with Kurt Angle.
[Michael] Kurt Angle whipped across the ring and a nice back down by Cena.
And now John Cena can start to go to work, quickly into a cover,
hoping to have Angle dazed for a moment but Angle kicked out.
[Tazz] That's the little bit of the experience by John Cena.
You got to hook a leg…
with Kurt Angle.
[Michael] And here comes the attack, that pound and ground attack
that we so often talked about when it comes with John Cena.
It's pretty amazing listening to these great WWE fans out here,
going back and forth about Cena and Angle.
Hook, cover. Hook at the leg and a roll out.
-Looks like a red-socked yankee-- -[Tazz] Yeah, exactly.
The live crowd almost getting through an argument out here which is cool.
-That's good. People should come. -[Michael] Freedom of expression.
[Tazz] That's right. Fans. That's what the WWE is about, man,
and that's cool.
I'll tell you what's not cool, if you're Cena and a guy named Kurt Angle
punched you square in your face.
That's not cool. [laughs]
[Michael] Thank all these great fans for coming at Baltimore here tonight
for No Mercy, watching us on pay-per-view here in the United States,
Sky Sports and the UK and all over the world,
No Mercy has been a great event thus far
and still tremendous action to come.
Cena whipped to the corner, and Angle…
[Tazz] Talk about building up some speed and momentum.
[Michael] What about velocity?
[Tazz] I'm telling you, Kurt Angle, what a-- that was a--
that was a ten-yard sprint right into the gut.
[Michael] And now, Kurt Angle with the right hand to John Cena.
[Tazz] But I like what Kurt did there.
Kurt made Cena look right in his eyes.
I'm gonna look at you before I drill you.
[Michael] We talked earlier on about John Cena
having to try to draw Angle into his game.
When you're in there against a veteran like Kurt Angle, a four-time champion,
how do you draw Kurt Angle into your game?
[Tazz] Well, I think Cena did the right thing
by getting into a shoving contest but--
[Michael] Oh, whoa.
Wow, did you see the shoulder explode into the post?
[Tazz] Well, that could be the turning point right there.
[Michael] You think?
[Tazz] Well, yeah, I mean, Kurt Angle, I would love to say he was overzealous,
-but I don't think he was. -[Michael] I'd love to see it again.
[Tazz] I guess that was good quickness by Cena to get his body out of the way.
Oh. Great quickness.
Cena waited for the last second to get his body out of the way.
A veteran maneuver by a damn near-rookie.
[Michael] And there was another veteran maneuver.
Cena took some time in the ring
to catch his breath and regain his composure,
then he rushed right back out of the ring
and went on the attack, getting Kurt Angle back inside.
[Tazz] Tired as Kurt right now in this match, for Kurt Angle.
John Cena hammering away on Angle, beginning to work on that torso,
that upper body of Kurt Angle to set up the FU.
You can't see me, punk.
[referee] Get out of the corner.
[Tazz] Don't get too cocky, kid. Cena, that's his deal.
He's telling him, "you can't see me," but-- nice neckbreaker.
Don't get too cocky, John, stay on Angle, man.
[Michael] Wait a minute, cover, hook of the leg,
and Angle who just kicks out.
[Tazz] You see what happened earlier tonight
when A-Train made that mistake with Chris Benoit.
Don't-- the young dude's and the young athletes need to realize
don't give the veterans that chance, that opening.
[Michael] Guys, did you notice that time on the cover, Kurt Angle
at a very difficult time getting that left shoulder up.
One of the shoulders, I'm not sure if the right or left,
the one that went into the steel post,
he had a difficult time of getting his shoulders up
and getting out of that pretty predicament.
[Tazz] Oh. Good point.
[Michael] What an elbow to the face of Angle.
Again, the cover.
Again, the hook of the leg and again Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Well, now Cena's starting to hook that leg and there's the blood right there
coming out of the mouth of Kurt Angle.
[Michael] I'm not sure what that was caused by,
but the blood has begun to trickle out of the mouth of Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] But right now…
[Michael] And again, \blood coming from the mouth
can cause you all kinds of problems.
It can hinder your breathing,
as we look on at this capacity crowd
live Baltimore, Maryland for No Mercy.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle, both arms trapped behind,
Cena has control over Kurt.
Got to watch Kurt on the mat game now, Cena.
Cena could be in trouble here.
I know it doesn't look like Cena's in trouble,
but you got to be careful with Kurt.
He could get out of any move, and right there, just the perfect--
that's exactly what I'm saying.
[Michael] The master of the ankle lock.
Kurt Angle, the right hands to the master of the FU, John Cena.
And a shot to the midsection again, and Kurt Angle knocked down
and John Cena starting to build a little bit of momentum,
starting to really gain control
at this particular junction of the match.
-[Tazz] Like John Cena or not-- -[Michael] Look at that. Wow.
[Tazz] This kid can get it done. I personally like Cena's style.
[Michael] Cover again, hook of the leg, shoulders down, kick out.
[Tazz] John Cena's not looking to make any friends here on SmackDown.
And being friends with people ain't-- in my opinion,
is not what being a champion's about,
you know, or being on top of the roster's about.
You got to win matches
and it don't matter if you don't have friends, you don't.
That's how you make money. You got to win.
-[screaming] -[Michael] We just saw a few moments ago
one of the kinks, I believe, in John Cena's armor.
Frustration beginning to build now from Cena
that he could-- he got the pinfall.
We've see Cena falling in his frustration--
[Tazz] But I disagree with you right now because John Cena is control--
Cena does get frustrated.
He's a little hot-head, no doubt. He's young, he's inexperienced.
But right now, this is smart.
Cena's controlling Kurt with an arm trap and a front headlock.
That's a great strategy right now.
[Michael] Now, you made a name for yourself
of channeling your anger,
channeling your frustration and helping it work for you.
How does Cena do that in this particular situation?
[Tazz] I think we're witnessing John do it.
John Cena is wearing down Kurt Angle right now
with a very well-applied front headlock.
Right now, Kurt might end up losing this match.
Oh, Kurt's hanging on. Just keeping the arm up.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
-[Tazz] It's a battle. -[Michael] It's half and half.
The "Let's go, Angle," the "Let's go, Cena" chants.
[Tazz] That's pretty…
[Michael] John Cena wobbling here a little bit.
-[Tazz] Whoa. -[Michael] But was playing possum
-to set up for the spinebuster. -[Tazz] That's it.
[Michael] Hook of the leg and Angle just got the shoulder up.
[Tazz] There's a lot of blood that last camera shot.
There-- now, the frustration's coming out.
This is where your boy is coming forward.
A lot of blood right there coming out of the mouth of Kurt Angle.
[Michael] And again, off the spinebuster,
weakening that upper body perhaps for the FU,
John Cena's finishing move.
[crowd chanting] Cena rocks!
[Michael] Now, these fans having a blast tonight in No Mercy, aren't they?
[Tazz] John, going the top rope, that's where he's good at.
[Michael] Oh, Kurt Angle got caught.
[Tazz] Going for that textbook belly to belly, as he does from the top.
Cena's never on the top but he is right now.
[Michael] John Cena and Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Dropkick to the knee.
Well, it might be the shin, Cole.
Yup, he's holding the shin, Cena is.
It looked like the knee though, you're right, but…
[Michael] Bone on bone.
[Tazz] But your what?
Your tibia bone, his shin is-- and you break that tibia,
you're done, my man.
[Michael] Well, another thing is that's Kurt Angle starting to try to soften up
the lower body for perhaps the ankle lock.
[Tazz] Let me tell you something.
Cena is protecting hard right under the shin.
That dropkick, man, I'll tell you, Cena might be a one-legged man out here.
[Michael] John Cena, the right hands, the big blows by Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] There's a lot of pepper behind those right hands
by the American icon, Kurt Angle.
[Michael] Look at Kurt Angle following a toss
to the leg and knocking Cena down.
[Tazz] And a big-time fall like that, there's a Clothesline following it up.
And another one.
[Michael] All you got to do is give Kurt Angle a little bit of opening
and he'll drive right through it.
[Tazz] That's a great point, Cole.
There's a reversal there.
Oh, nice duck into that Russian leg sweep, beautiful.
How quick is Angle?
[Michael] Again, hook of the leg, cover shoulders down
and John Cena kicks out yet again.
What a great match-up here tonight at No Mercy.
It has been a wonderful event here tonight.
[Tazz] Both these athletes-- both these athletes' resilience, will to win, man.
They just wanna go in there to just keep kicking out of all these near falls.
[Michael] I think this is something.
We still have two more title matches tonight.
-[Tazz] Oh, the drop-- -[Michael] Look at this.
-Ankle lock. Ankle lock. -[Tazz] Here we go. Here we go.
[Michael] The ankle lock again,
but John Cena managed to make it to the rope.
[Tazz] Desperation right there for Cena.
Smart but desperate, using the bottom rope as his ally
to get out of that very dangerous ankle lock.
[Michael] Look at Kurt Angle. A dropkick.
Oh, John Cena bouncing off the top of the announce table.
Cena was trying to buy himself some time
and Kurt Angle with a baseball slide, took him in.
[Tazz] And John Cena landing hard out here.
Right in front of us.
[Michael] Tossed back into the ring.
Kurt Angle up to the apron.
And John Cena hanging Kurt Angle up on the top rope.
John Cena regaining control.
[Tazz] There's a nice, well-placed right hand.
[Michael] Wait a minute. Whoa. Geez.
A German suplex?
Kurt lost his mind. That would have-- holy crap.
I thought-- oh, man.
Look at that counter, to that DDT to the apron.
A DDT face first off the apron of the ring.
I'll tell you what.
Kurt's got to have a concussion now.
I thought Cena was gonna end up on my lap with that German suplex on the apron.
[Michael] I don't-- I almost jumped to the back row.
I almost jumped in the Baltimore Ravens--
[Tazz] You know, I get a--
The Baltimore Ravens behind us. We're almost went in their lap.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] Oh, face first there.
[Michael] Impact of that DDT in the apron.
[Tazz] That wasn't pretty, that's for sure.
[Michael] And now John Cena-- you see, John Cena's smart here.
John Cena is using his time to try to get some feeling
back into that leg, that ankle that Kurt Angle's been working on.
[Tazz] Good point. Good point.
Kurt might get counted out, got to be careful.
Kurt's got to get in the ring, Cole. Up to eight.
[Michael] Referee Jimmy Korderas just said eight.
[Tazz] What's Cena doing?
-Oh, my God, what a guillotine legdrop. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And it was only a few month ago,
Kurt Angle on the way to neck surgery.
[Tazz] That's right. Smart by Cena. Very smart.
[Michael] To roll to the center of the ring.
[Tazz] That's right.
[Michael] One, two-- hooks the leg.
And even though John Cena didn't pick up the win there…
-[Tazz] Very smart. -[Michael] …by rolling Kurt Angle
to the middle of the ring,
it forced Angle to use energy to kick out instead of grabbing the rope.
[Tazz] That's a great point. Guillotine legdrop right here.
Kurt Angle trying to get back in the ring
and it's a charming live action here.
[Michael] And Kurt Angle with a German suplex delivered to John Cena
and again, Kurt Angle in control-- he was control momentarily.
[Tazz] John Cena right there,
there's a dropkick now to Kurt's lower leg,
yeah, that's what Angle did to Cena earlier.
[Michael] And look at this. John Cena.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. Up over the top.
[Michael] That's the throwback, he likes to call it.
John Cena rolling Kurt Angle over, shoulders down again,
may have him here and he ain't-- the shoulder came up
and you saw John Cena.
-See the look in his eyes? -[Tazz] Yeah.
[Michael] He almost resigned himself to the fact that Angle
was gonna kick out of that.
[Tazz] It's a great pick-up. Good point by you, Cole,
but again, more matches Cena gets on his belt,
the more he'll realize he got to hook a leg in that up--
at that moment right there.
[Michael] Kurt Angle whipped into the corner. Here comes John Cena
-Nobody home. Kurt Angle-- -[Tazz] There's a roll-over.
[Michael] And a kick out by Cena.
-Wow. -[Tazz] What a match.
Here's another German.
[Michael] And Kurt Angle's got those hands wrapped now around--
locked around the waist.
[Tazz] Yeah, great grip by Kurt Angle, popping the hip.
[Michael] A second German suplex.
[Tazz] And shades of Chris Benoit right here.
We've seen Benoit do this hat trick German suplex as he hit three of them
to A-Train earlier.
And Angle nailing Cena with triple verticals right there,
rolling German suplex.
[Michael] And can Kurt Angle follow up?
Here's the cover, shoulders down and a kick out.
Kurt Angle couldn't follow up quickly enough off the German suplex.
And look at these two athletes, these two SmackDown Superstars
leaving it all in the ring.
This isn't even about a title.
This is about pride. It's about respect.
It's about competition.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle wants to get the win.
You don't want some kid that's an upstart here
to defeat you and John Cena, if he can get a win over Angle, Cole,
that would submit John Cena as the real deal for sure
in the SmackDown locker room. That's the truth.
[Michael] Tonight with Big Show and Eddie Guerrero
with the US title on the line, and Undertaker and Brock Lesnar
with the WWE title on the line,
what they're gonna do to each other right here tonight.
[Tazz] Nice block right there by that low single right there by Angle.
But very smart, the street fight styles of Cena with those knees well-placed
in the side of Kurt Angle's head.
[Michael] And Kurt Angle--
[Tazz] Right there into a low single around the ankle but just--
then again, the contrasting styles.
Kurt trying to go to wrestling,
Cena just pummeling, just fighting like he's in a street.
[Michael] At what point does a street fighter
have the advantage over amateur wrestler like Angle?
[Tazz] Oh, once you weak-- once you weaken up the amateur
and you can avoid the amateur from going behind you
because you never want the amateur behind you or on top of you,
you got the advantage and that's where Cena is
-in this point of the matchup. -[Michael] Look at this.
[Tazz] Powerbomb. Powerbomb.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, the surgically repaired neck snapping off the top turnbuckle.
[Tazz] We see that-- we see the agenda of Cena.
First, the guillotine legdrop to the back of the neck,
-now that powerbomb into the turnbuckle. -[Michael] And this one's over.
Hook of the leg, shoulders go down
and Kurt Angle kicked out from this-- from this.
[Tazz] Cena's going and hooked the leg there, but check this out.
Right on the neck and above the turnbuckle,
a very thin pad and underneath that is steel, ladies and gentlemen.
[Michael] Now John Cena just said, "That's it, baby."
[Tazz] Don't lose time, Cena.
Yeah, he can't see you, but stay on him, kid.
-Stay on him. -[Michael] Perhaps calling for that FU.
-[Tazz] That's Kurt Angle in that ring. -[Michael] And here it comes.
[Tazz] FU is coming, you're right.
[Michael] Kurt Angle up on the shoulders of John Cena.
John Cena going for the FU.
[Tazz] He got it. That is it.
-[Michael] John Cena has upset Kurt Angle. -[Tazz] One, two…
[Michael] And-- no, wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] How the hell did Kurt Angle have something left there?
And now John Cena is really frustrated.
Now, I got to say I can't blame him.
[Tazz] Can't blame Cena either.
But this is what separates the men from the boys in that squared circle.
Don't waste time now.
Stay on him, Cena.
[Michael] By doing what?
[Tazz] This is Cena's make-up, talk trash, get in the guy's face,
that seems more like his motivation.
[Michael] What's he talking trash for? I don't kick out of the FU.
-[Tazz] I don't agree. -[Michael] Wait a minute.
[Tazz] But that's smart Go back to--
-[Michael] Kurt Angle countered. -[Tazz] And the slam. Oh, a slam.
Okay, Kurt, capitalize.
[Michael] Here's the hook of the leg, shoulders down.
John, he kicks out.
What a match.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what.
You kick out of Angle's slam, you got my respect.
[Michael] Both men are down, center of the ring.
-[counts] -Both Kurt Angle and John Cena
have left everything they have in the ring tonight
-and our match-up is still going on. -[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena!
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, both men taking each other's best.
Angle kicking out of the FU-- uh, I'm sorry, yeah,
Angle kicking out of the FU and Cena kicking out of the Angle Slam.
[Michael] Wait a minute.
John Cena grabbing that chain in his right hand.
[Tazz] But then why do this? It's been a great match-up.
Cena don't need his chain.
[Michael] Because this is what Cena's all about.
-He's a punk, plain and simple. -[Tazz] Referee busted him though.
-Referee busted him. -[Michael] Jimmy Korderas.
Give me that.
[Michael] Grabbing that chain, doing his job.
Later on tonight, that chain is gonna be legal.
[Tazz] Now, wait a minute. The medals?
-[Michael] Yeah, he's got the gold medals. -[Tazz] Cena's got the gold medals.
[Michael] Right onto the skull of Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Poetic justice, gold medal-- no, one…
[Michael] Not this way.
Kurt Angle kicked out.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Wow, that was close.
[Michael] John Cena is begging for a three-count.
John Cena needed a three-count there.
[Tazz] Cena might have a legitimate right call in my opinion.
And that was pretty close.
[Michael] Using the gold medals off the skull of Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] And how did Cena pull the gold medals out of nowhere?
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] John Cena believing he's in the driver seat here.
-[Michael] Wait, look at this. -[Tazz] What a switch, backslide.
-[Michael] Backslide. -[Tazz] Backslide. Shoulders down.
-[Tazz] He thought he had Cena. -[Michael] Almost got caught.
-[Tazz] How quick is Angle, baby? -[Michael] Wow.
That wrestling move by Kurt Angle almost put you in a…
-[Tazz] And an Angle Slam. -[Michael] …Kurt with the Angle Slam.
-John Cena-- -[Tazz] Back to the FU.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] That's a victory roll,
rolls him up, and an ankle lock.
Wow.
[Michael] The ankle lock is locked in.
John Cena is in no man's land.
[Tazz] Don't want-- don't wanna trade holds with Angle.
Can he survive, Cole. Can Cena survive?
[Michael] John Cena just a few inches away from the bottom rope,
but put back in the middle of the ring.
And now, Kurt Angle's got it locked in.
Cena is going nowhere.
-[Tazz] Angle's got a lock. -[Michael] Cena taps out.
[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Here's your winner, Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Kurt angle adding a little extra muscle to that ankle lock,
with that leg-- that leg link submission below the ankle bar,
ankle lock and boom, there's your winner, Kurt Angle.
[Michael] Kurt Angle won a wrestling match with a wrestling hold.
[Tazz] Well, that's how you do it, my friend.
That's what's on the marquee, right?
Tell you what though, my opinion, my view, my point of view which I am entitled to,
John Cena, in my view, hats off to the kid,
mad props, put up a great fight
against a world class superstar named Kurt Angle.
[Michael] You know what, I agree with you, Tazz.
John Cena didn't have to bring that chain into play.
He didn't have to use those gold medals, but the bottom line is John Cena,
he stepped up tonight.
But my hat's off to Kurt Angle, the Olympic champion,
the former WWE champion teaching John Cena a little bit about respect
here tonight at No Mercy.
[Tazz] Great match-up, you see Kurt Angle right here saying hello to the troops.
Those very young and proud American women.
They're on their way tomorrow, wish them luck, back to the desert, baby.
-[Michael] Back to Iraq. -[Tazz] Fight for our country.
That's right.
[Michael] These great troops heading back to Iraq tomorrow.
They chose to spend their last night in the United States
before going to fight for our country.
We are in Baltimore, Maryland.
And guess who's joining us tonight at No Mercy.
-[Tazz] I know who they are. -[Michael] Players of the NFL's
Baltimore Ravens sitting right here behind us.
[Tazz] That's right, Cole. These guys just landed
at, like, seven o'clock at night,
who in Cincinnati had a tough loss against the Bengals.
And these guys, they just love us, man.
They come and they showed up here.
Mad props to the Ravens to come here.
-They just landed here. -[Michael] So, you're telling me
they got off the plane and they came right to the 1st Mariner Arena?
[Tazz] Yeah, exactly. That's what they did.
[Michael] Well, coming up next, ladies and gentlemen,
the US title on the line.
Big Show and Eddie Guerrero.
Big Show had dissed Eddie Guerrero's family, his heritage
and Eddie Guerrero made Big Show pay a couple of weeks ago.
[Tazz] Yeah, very embarrassing and humiliating moment right here
for the Big Show by Eddie Guerrero and I'll tell you,
I'll never forget the stench in that arena.
It also ruined a really good pair of my loafers
when I had to walk out of the building, but that's another story.
But, yeah, the Big Show getting doused in human waste.
-[Michael] Human sewage is what it was. -[Tazz] Okay.
[Michael] But just three days ago on SmackDown,
Eddie Guerrero a hard-fought victory over Rhyno
-and then Big Show with a vicious assault. -[Tazz] Wow, look at that.
[Michael] That's a human being. He put his fist to the windshield of the truck.
[Tazz] And then look at this. Eddie Guerrero getting thrown
by the Big Show with a violent attack into that glass, Cole.
-Look at this. -[Michael] Powerbomb was sick.
[Tazz] That's a spine hitting a hood of a truck.
And then the exclamation point on the attack is right there.
Look at the hood getting-- oh, the roof, I'm sorry, get crushed
with that huge chokeslam.
[Michael] The US Champion, simply a lifeless, bloody body.
["Crank It Up" playing]
♪ Well, well, it's the Big Show ♪
♪ Yes, it's a big bad show Tonight, y'all ♪
[Tazz] Look at that face, Cole.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE United States championship.
Making his way to the ring and weighing in at 500 pounds,
the Big Show.
[Michael] Will Big Show be the US Champion
when SmackDown heads to Albany, New York this week?
-And I got a question for you. -[Tazz] Yes?
[Michael] Even though he's the challenger, Big Show,
how can he not be considered the favorite in this match-up?
He's the world's largest athlete.
[Tazz] Well, Big Show is the world's largest athlete,
but you got to want to convince him of Eddie Guerrero, Cole.
As we seen Guerrero on SmackDown this past Thursday.
[announcer] And from El Paso, Texas,
weighing in at 228 pounds,
he's the United States Champion,
Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] A poignant Eddie Guerrero was battered and beaten brutally
by that very big giant, the Big Show.
I mean, Eddie Guerrero was a bloody mess.
[Tazz] Well, no lowrider tonight. Big Show would destroy that one as well.
[Michael] Well, I also-- [indistinct]
I also think that Eddie Guerrero-- you can see his eyes.
Eddie's not coming in and looking to have a good time in a team
like he usually does.
Latino heat, that stuff he does, gonna show it.
Wow, look at the back.
[Michael] Yeah, the battle wound, the scars of what happened three days ago.
The trainer was telling me earlier today
that he had to pick 35 pieces of glass
out of the back of Eddie Guerrero.
Thirty-five pieces of glass.
[Tazz] Wow, I didn't know that.
[Michael] And you can't blame Eddie Guerrero
for being extremely cautious entering the ring.
This match-up, of course, for the US Champion.
-And look at Eddie Guerrero. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] And that's what it's all about.
Lying and cheating and stealing,
and Eddie Guerrero is gonna have to pull a lot out of his bag of tricks
-to have a chance tonight. -[Tazz] Very smart.
You got to get the advantage early when you're giving up as much size
as Guerrero is and Guerrero using that belt to do that,
that championship pointed out at the Big Show.
[Michael] Look at Eddie Guerrero whipped into the turnbuckle.
You got to believe that every time his back hits up
on the turnbuckle or the ropes, the burning sensation from the--
those wounds-- oh, look at that.
Can you believe the strength of that man?
And look at that, Eddie Guerrero hang the Big Show up.
[Tazz] I actually do believe the strength of the Big Show.
He's inhuman. I mean, he is.
He's a freak, but I don't know how Guerrero is gonna do it,
but Eddie's got to get Big Show down.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero ran into a big clothesline on the Big Show.
Eddie Guerrero became US Champion in July
when the title was resurrected by Stephanie McMahon.
The then general manager of SmackDown.
Eddie Guerrero winning the tournament to become the US Champion,
he has held the title since July.
[Tazz] Well, it's a good chance that Eddie's championship is in…
[Michael] Oh, wow.
[Tazz] …in major jeopardy as is Eddie Guerrero's pectoral region
from that frying pan-like hand chop from the Big Show.
Oh, God.
[Michael] And now the clubbing blows to that back,
that scarred back of Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] Television does not do this human being, you know, justice.
-[groans] -[Michael] And look at what
the Big Show's doing. He's working on that back.
He's putting that big size 22, 5E boot right in-- directly into those wounds
where the glass was in his back just three days ago.
[Tazz] Well, that's because the Big Show, Cole, is trying to win the match.
I don't know. I don't like the tactics either, but, you know what,
if someone has an injury, someone has a weak point,
you got to go after it and then that's the champion.
People go after the titles. They wanna be champ.
[Michael] The heart and courage of Eddie Guerrero, but to no avail,
against the world's largest athlete.
I tell you, three days is not enough time to heal those wounds.
You've been cut up by glass in your career.
[Tazz] I have, but never my whole back like that. I have been cut up,
but, you know, it burns and then it's got to be stitched up
and Big Show is keeping very little separation
between Big Show's body and Eddie's body, that's smart by the Big Show.
-Just keep hovering over Eddie Guerrero. -[groans]
[Michael] Wow, that's got to hurt. You heard him scream and-- look at that.
Perhaps playing possum that time.
Big Show got caught up on the top rope.
Eddie Guerrero looking to take advantage,
knocking the big man off his feet
and this is what the champion has to do here.
[Tazz] Like a big telephone pole.
Actually, he looked like ten telephone poles banded together
falling over the top rope which is bigger than any kind of pole, man.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero grabbing a steel chair.
Eddie Guerrero outside the ring with a steel chair,
tossing it into the ring.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero is gonna get disqualified.
Eddie Guerrero might need a couple more of those chairs.
But referee Nick Patrick right out front of the--
[Michael] Oh, garbage can lid off the head of Big Show.
-But how smart was that, yeah. -[Tazz chuckling]
[Michael] He tossed the chair to distract the referee
and then used the garbage can lid, that steel lid to his advantage.
[Tazz] It's a family tradition.
We say we give to Eddie Guerrero, lying and cheating and stealing,
that's how Eddie, you know, became the US Champ,
but he retains the championship.
But can he do it tonight, Eddie, that is, against the Big Show?
[Michael] You know, referee Nick Patrick can't call what he can't see.
[Tazz] That's a great point there, Nicks.
[Michael] And now Eddie with the chops to the seven-foot, 500-pound Big Show.
Eddie Guerrero's trying to knock the Big Show down to size.
If he can get the big man on the mat, he may have a chance here.
[Tazz] Well, Eddie Guerrero does have a chance because he's showing us his guts
and courage right now and Big Show don't want any part of it.
Big Show just trying to stalk around,
but Guerrero slowly building some momentum here
against the much larger challenger, Big Show.
-Oh, boy. -[Michael] Eddie Guerrero,
tremendous champ-- I think he just--
[Tazz] I think he just woke up the damn giant.
That's what he just did.
[Michael] Big Show is not a jolly giant here tonight, that's for sure.
And look at this, Eddie Guerrero the-- throwing the Big Show out of the ring.
The right hand of the Big Show and Big Show tossing Eddie Guerrero
back first into that steel post.
-[Tazz] And Eddie's back is shot. -[groans]
Look at this-- oh, my God. Oh, my God.
[Michael] Did you see with the ease in which Big Show tossed
Eddie Guerrero's 230-pound body into that steel post?
[Tazz] That steel post on the bruises and lacerations on Eddie's back
into that steel post.
-[counts] -That's not fun.
Now, this gorilla slam and his press.
It's that ease, man. Look at that.
[Michael] Big Show's had an impeccable game plan.
Exploitation of the injured back of Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] Well, Big Show is smart in this match, in my opinion.
Calculating in this match, using his size,
not letting Eddie dictate the type of match that's gonna happen.
Oh, my God, 500 pounds into the back of Eddie Guerrero
and now that huge arm around his neck.
[Tazz] Well, right there into that version
of a rear naked choke right there
with 500 pounds on your back.
[Michael] How the hell do you get out of this?
[Tazz] You don't. You don't, Cole.
[Michael] That's like trying to move a mini-truck off your back.
[Tazz] Well, that's like having, like, a Toyota sitting on you or something.
-No. -[Michael] And Big Show continues
the pressure, continues to work the back,
-and listen to Eddie. -Come on, Eddie.
[Tazz] Was screaming in pain that he is and see the chin right there-- oh.
That was-- even the ravens better take note of that forearm,
some of these linebackers can use that, you know, for nothing.
And a kick again to the back now, just humiliating Eddie.
Eddie, the US Champion, one half of the Tag Team champions.
[Tazz] Stepping on the skull of the US Champion
is the challenger, the Big Show.
[Michael] Big Show having his way with the champion here.
Big Show knew what he was doing Thursday night on SmackDown
when he came out here and beat the hell out of Eddie Guerrero.
He wounded the champion to put himself in position, Big Show, to win the title.
[Tazz] Cole, I hate to toot my own horn but--
[Michael] Oh, my God, into that lacerated back,
the frying pan-like hand of the Big Show.
[Tazz] I hate to toot my own horn but two-- and I said couple of weeks ago,
after Eddie came with that poo poo all over, all over, all over the Big Show,
that human waste, I knew that Big Show was gonna be in time for him,
he's gonna rip Guerrero limb from limb, that's what I thought.
-And we're seeing that. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And now Big Show, now this-- now, he's ripping the turnbuckle,
that protective padding to expose the steel.
[Tazz] He doesn't need to do this.
I don't know why the Big Show is doing this.
He has complete control over his opponent.
[Michael] That steel turnbuckle has been exposed.
Eddie Guerrero whipped into that steel turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Oh, man. That's why he's doing it.
-[groans] -That's why Big Show did that,
so the steel could rub
into that torn-up back of Eddie Guerrero.
Referee Nick Patrick questioning the Big Show about it.
Big Show saying, "So what?" "I'll do what I want."
"What are you gonna do with that?"
Come on, Eddie, what do you say?
I'm gonna hurt you so bad.
-[Tazz] I think you are hurting him, Show. -Come on, Latino Heat.
Come on. Huh?
[Tazz] I bet Big Show's getting cocky and, Cole, you hear him talk
with a ton of smack.
[Michael] You know what, I have the opportunity…
I'm gonna break you, boy.
I'm gonna break you!
[grunts]
[Tazz] Big Show's screaming he's gonna break Eddie Guerrero.
There's a good chance that's gonna happen.
[Michael] He could break him in half.
Eddie Guerrero pushed on the top-- look at that.
[Tazz] Whoa.
[Michael] And we got exposed steel turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Turnabout fair play, Big Show.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero taking the Big Show out.
[Tazz] That frog splash…
[Michael] Here's the cover, Eddie Guerrero into the cover…
-One, two-- -…and a kick out with authority,
-Eddie landing on the back of the referee. -[Tazz] Oh, God!
A serious bench press there.
[Michael] And Big Show right into the referee
-as Eddie Guerrero rolled out of the way. -[crowd gasping]
[Tazz] Thanks for coming, Nick Patrick. It was good knowing you there, ref.
See you soon.
[Michael] And Eddie Guerrero saying, "What are you doing?"
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero shoved back into the corner.
[Tazz] See, with ease, how Big Show just shoved Guerrero.
[Michael] But Eddie Guerrero uses his speed.
Eddie Guerrero moving out of the way.
[Tazz] And Guerrero's going to his tights.
He might have-- might have a foreign object of sorts there.
[Michael] You think?
[Tazz] I think it's a-- it's foreign, he's Mexican.
[Michael] Is that a brass knuckle there?
[Tazz] I don't know. Look at this. Oh.
[Michael] Right off the face of the Big Show.
[Tazz] Well, whatever the hell it was, it definitely works.
They were brass knucks I think, Cole. Looked like--
[Michael] And Eddie Guerrero hiding the evidence in the apron.
Guerrero strikes again, bro.
[Michael] And now trying to-- trying to wake the referee up.
Here's the cover. Big Show's out cold.
Hook of the leg, Eddie Guerrero…
-[Tazz] He did it. -[crowd counting]
-[Michael] Eddie Guerrero cheated. -[Tazz] He did it, Cole.
-[Michael] Eddie Guerrero-- wait a minute. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] How did this giant-- and now Eddie Guerrero--
Eddie Guerrero, you saw him itching his head.
Now what do I do, he's saying.
[Tazz] He's got to say, like, "Okay, that didn't work.
I got to go back in the bag of tricks,"
and Eddie's got a lot of tricks, man.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero trying desperately--
[Tazz] And he's coming out, he's out in front of us here.
[Michael] Now, Eddie with the US title in hand.
Eddie Guerrero off to the apron of the ring.
Big Show is coming through middle of the ring.
Eddie Guerrero with the gold.
[Tazz] Referee's still down.
Oh… that championship into the head.
[Michael] First up by his knuckles, then the championship gold
at the skull of Big Show.
And Latino heat getting all fired up.
[Tazz speaking Spanish] That's what Eddie's saying.
[Michael] And look at-- now, he just woke the-- woke the referee up a little bit,
with a little kick, as Eddie goes to the top rope here.
Eddie Guerrero…
[Tazz] Frog Splash.
-[Michael] Connecting. -[crowd cheering]
The US Champion, pulling out all the stops.
-Hook of the leg… -[Tazz] He might have him, Cole.
-…Shoulders down. -[Tazz] He might have him.
[Michael] Guerrero's gonna do it here.
-And wait a minute. -[Tazz] Whoa.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] Big Show has kicked out of a shot by brass knuckles,
a shot with the championship gold, and a Frog Splash.
[Tazz] Well, that solidifies it in my mind.
Big Show is a freak of nature.
Big Show taking the best from Eddie Guerrero,
all these tricks and all Eddie's top maneuvers,
Big Show still kicking out.
[Michael] And now, the US Champion, looks like he's at a loss,
-trying to figure out what to do. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] And he walked right in into a vicious spinebuster.
-[Tazz] Vicious. -[Michael] Here's the cover.
The champion's in trouble, hook of the leg.
[Tazz] He did it. He did it.
[Michael] And Eddie Guerrero just got the shoulder up.
Just got the shoulder up, did Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] How tough is Eddie Guerrero, Cole?
He kicked out of that spinebuster.
[Michael] Now, Big Show to his feet.
The champion trying to make to his feet as well.
Big Show, big hand around the neck.
[Tazz] That's a big ass doozy.
-[Michael] Eddie Guerrero, Chokeslam. -[Tazz] Chokeslam, whoa.
[Michael] Into the bad back of Eddie Guerrero, can Big Show capitalize?
Into the cover, hook of the leg by the Big Show,
the US Champion's in trouble.
There's one, there's two…
[Tazz] He did it. He did it.
[Michael] And Eddie Guerrero got his foot on the bottom rope.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Very smart by Guerrero.
[Michael] This is all for the US Championship.
Guerrero the champion, Big Show the challenger.
[Tazz] Big Show pulling that strap down saying, "I'm done playing."
-Big Show's got to play for keeps here. -[screams]
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero-- oh.
[Tazz] Whoa. Low blow kick to the-- yeah, big--
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero. DDT flats the giant.
[Tazz] Huh! Big Show got kicked in the Big Show, I guess.
[Michael] But can Eddie Guerrero capitalize here, Tazz?
Can Eddie Guerrero, the US Champion, take advantage?
[Tazz] If anybody could do it, I'm sure it's Guerrero.
Guerrero using this time.
Both athletes down including the referee.
[Michael] Take a look at this.
There's the low blow to the Big Show, follows it up with a DDT.
-[crowd cheering] -[referee counting]
[Michael] Both men are down, center of the ring,
Referee Nick Patrick begins to count.
[Tazz] Referee Nick Patrick not looking too good either
after getting that leg drop-- leg drop of 500 pounds on him earlier.
[Michael] Eddie rolling into the cover, hook of the leg, shoulders down.
-[Tazz] Here we go. -[Michael] There's two.
[Tazz] Did he get it? No.
That's just the size, and it's amazing, Cole,
whenever Guerrero tops Show, Guerrero can't get his hands
damn near on the mat because Big Show's so thick.
[Michael] Oh, look at that.
Eddie Guerrero walking into a Chokeslam.
-[Tazz] That's it. That's it. -[Michael] Explosive.
-[Tazz] Tap, tap! -[Michael] Hook of the leg, two…
-[bell ringing] -…and Big Show has won the US title.
♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
[announcer] Here is your winner and the new United States Champion,
The Big Show.
[Tazz] There's your new champion, the US Champion, but Eddie Guerrero, Cole,
gave us everything he had, gave himself everything he had,
every fiber of his being right in that ring is left in the squared circle.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero, the heart of a champion,
what a great champion he was.
To the Big Show, the Big Show really did manage,
Tazz, this past Thursday night.
[Tazz] I was just gonna say that, Cole.
You took the words out of my mouth and I agree wholeheartedly with you.
If you don't think that the attack by Show on that lowrider
on Thursday-- this past Thursday on Eddie Guerrero didn't do him in tonight,
then you're nuts. I got a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell ya.
[Michael] The Big Show is so big,
look at the size of the championship title in his hands.
[Tazz] Big Show's a monster. He's the largest athlete in the world.
[Michael] We may have to extend the length of that belt to put it on his damn waist.
[Tazz] I think it's safe to say that
-the Big Show is the largest in his-- -[Michael laughing]
He was just trying to put it on and he's quite big around the waist.
Nonetheless, the Big Show is the new US Champion,
but we have to make the point again, the title may have been won
for The Big Show this past Thursday night on SmackDown.
[Tazz] The US champ, the largest athlete in the world, the Big Show.
[Michael] Let's take another look though at how quickly Big Show won this thing
at the end of the match-up.
[Tazz] Yeah. That-- Big Show nailed a couple of chokeslams, but…
-[Michael] Look at Eddie's face. -[Tazz] …but that one, oh, man,
that's terrible. You know you're caught.
-You could see in Eddie's eyes there. -[counting]
Good pick-up by you. You could tell when a guy gets caught.
That's what happened. Look who's here now, Chavo.
[Michael] Chavo Guerrero, Eddie's definitely into the ring and…
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Chavo-- I'm sorry, Eddie Guerrero disappointed in himself.
[Michael] Yeah, very disappointed in himself.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] I guess Eddie feels like he let his family down.
[crowd chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
[Tazz] You can hear Chavo saying they're still the Tag Team champs.
Good point.
[Michael] And Eddie's been worried about the US title.
-I mean, Eddie was a proud champ. -[Tazz] Yeah, he was.
Being the-- it's for all-- for all those people in his heritage,
to be United States champion, he's very proud of that.
[Michael] Yeah. And remember how this situation started
between Big Show and Eddie, it was all about Big Show dissing
the heritage and the family of Eddie Guerrero.
[crowd cheering]
Big Show.
Excuse me, Big Show.
-What? -Big Show, excuse me.
What, what do you want?
Congratulations on your victory tonight.
Is there anything that you'd like to say to the people
about becoming the new United States Champion?
[chuckles] Is there anything I'd like to say?
Look at me, I'm so excited. I can't even talk.
Yeah, there's something I'd like to say.
I told you, I told you I was gonna beat Eddie Guerrero.
I told you I was gonna take his Latino heat.
I took his masculinity
and I beat him within an inch of his life.
I gave him a beating
that only a seven-foot-two, 500-pound giant could give.
And Eddie hit me with everything he had and it still wasn't enough.
You understand I'm a giant.
That means that nobody,
and I mean nobody,
could take this US Championship from me.
Do you hear me?
I told you so.
I told everybody.
I am the US Champion.
[Michael] Coming up next in No Mercy.
The WWE Championship is on the line.
Brock Lesnar meets The Undertaker
in a Biker Chain Match.
[Tazz] Title's on the line, baby.
To the biggest dogs and on to take a shot,
going at it, Lesnar, Taker, Biker Chain.
[Vince] You know who you are?
[muffled growl]
I know who the hell you are.
You're an animal.
[Tazz] Brock Lesnar is a violent,
vicious, sadistic…
animal.
This man, Brock Lesnar, is on a path of rage, unforgiving.
And I don't know who the hell is gonna stop it.
Unrelenting.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar respects no one.
[Vince] You don't even know who the hell you really are.
I know who the hell you are.
[Brock] I am the real Brock Lesnar.
[Vince] The new WWE champion.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar cheated his way
to the WWE title.
[Brock] So, deal with it.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar, baby,
the new face of the WWE,
-but here comes the WWE's conscience. -[crowd cheering]
-[tense music playing] -[Undertaker] I respect the title,
but I don't respect you.
When I wrestled Kurt Angle for the title,
you came out and hit me with a chair.
I guess you think I was gonna let that slide.
I don't forget and I don't forgive.
You need to take that belt, enjoy it, hang on to it real tight,
because your first title defense
is against me.
[Michael] Undertaker, Lesnar, for the title at No Mercy.
♪ Today is the day That I would let it go away ♪
♪ That I would let it be okay ♪
♪ Well, that's the chance That I'm willing to take ♪
♪ That's how I like this ♪
♪ Really more that you ♪
♪ But I do what I got to do ♪
♪ I want to be free of everything ♪
♪ I'm glad that today is the day ♪
♪ Today is the day ♪
[Undertaker] But now, the Championship match at No Mercy
is a Biker Chain Match.
♪ Forget about tomorrow ♪
♪ Today is the day, Today is the day ♪
-♪ Forget about tomorrow ♪ -♪ Today is the day ♪
♪ I want to be free of everything ♪
♪ I've had more than I can take ♪
♪ I want to be free of everything ♪
♪ I'm glad that today is the day ♪
♪ Today is the day ♪
[song concludes]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
will be the first ever Biker Chain Match
for the WWE Championship.
Now, the rules are simple.
The first wrestler to get the chain can use it on his opponent.
["You're Gonna Pay" playing]
[Undertaker] Dead man walking.
♪ You've done it now ♪
♪ You’ve gone and made a big mistake ♪
♪ And I can't allow ♪
♪ You to think you can just walk away ♪
♪ So, turn around ♪
♪ And face the piper, you're gonna pay ♪
♪ 'Cause the end is now ♪
♪ This is gonna be your judgment day ♪
[bell ringing]
[announcer] Making his way to the ring, the challenger from Houston, Texas,
weighing in at 305 pounds,
The Undertaker.
[Michael] The Undertaker looking to win
the WWE title for a fifth time
here tonight in a match-up that he wanted, that he got,
and this is your Biker Chain Match.
[Tazz] How intimidating-looking is Big Evil when he comes out here
on that big ass hog, boy.
[Michael] Tell you what, how intimidating is Big Evil
when he marches into his yard.
[Tazz] No doubt, baby.
This is what it's all about, the WWE Championship
and there is The Undertaker…
looking very comfortable in his yard.
[Michael] The Undertaker has dominated the WWE for over a decade…
as the true American heroes,
our US troops, look on tonight at No Mercy.
The Undertaker would love to grab that biker chain,
use it on Brock Lesnar,
and show no mercy to the champion tonight.
[Tazz] Well, here comes the pain.
["Next Big Thing" playing]
[announcer] And from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing in at 295 pounds.
He's the WWE Champion.
Brock Lesnar.
[Michael] The man is an animal.
[Tazz] Yeah, the man-- the man is a manster,
half man, half monster.
Tell you what, Brock Lesnar is gonna be tough to defeat.
If anybody could do it, it is Big Evil.
He's faced the best
and Brock Lesnar fits the bill as one of the best.
-Oh. -[explosions]
[Michael] The youngest WWE champion in history.
Now, this is what's ironic about this match-up.
This match between these two men, Brock Lesnar and Undertaker,
was originally made by our now-former general manager,
-Stephanie McMahon. -[Tazz] Yup!
[Michael] Ironically, when Stephanie McMahon made this match-up,
it led to the "I Quit" match between Mr. McMahon and Stephanie
because Stephanie would not rescind this match.
What happened earlier tonight, Mr. McMahon defeated his daughter,
Stephanie is no longer general manager.
Yet, this match-up still goes on.
[Tazz] And that right there, what Referee Brian Hebner just held up
is what it's about and that right there, that steel chain
is-- can be the difference-maker.
Remember, one more time, we reiterate,
whichever athlete can gain control over that chain,
that biker chain, they can use that chain to their advantage.
[Michael] So basically, there are no rules
in this match-up is what you're telling me?
[Tazz] No. In my opinion, whoever gets that damn chain is gonna win this match.
-[Michael] Yeah, there's no rules. -[Tazz] That's right. You just go.
[Michael] Start strategy. Brock Lesnar, the champion, what's he got to do?
[Tazz] Well, I pointed out earlier the keys to victory.
Brock's got to play that mat game,
try and get The Undertaker down on the mat.
See right there, that's a quick go-behind by Lesnar,
gonna try to take on the mat and drill holes in him.
[Michael] What about for the veteran, The Undertaker?
[Tazz] Like I said earlier, if you're the veteran, Soup Bones,
throw those hands, the striking game
if you-- if you are The Undertaker, that's what you wanna do.
[Michael] Loaded up back to the neck, Undertaker, Brock Lesnar,
no stranger to each other.
They have met in the past.
They met last year.
But as I talked to The Undertaker, he's told me this,
he's in better shape now, physically and mentally,
than he's ever been in his career.
This is a better Undertaker than that met Brock Lesnar last year,
but Brock Lesnar, this is a much more mature and a much better Brock Lesnar.
[Tazz] See, Lesnar, right there, gripping that bear hug,
preventing Undertaker, who was trying to go into that arm twist,
which leads into Old School.
But right there, Brock Lesnar blocking it with that great grip
from all his days from amateur wrestling,
being a, you know, former two-time NCW champion,
that's not too shabby.
[Michael] It isn't often that Brock Lesnar is matched
in the power department in the ring.
-Tonight he may very well be. -[Tazz] Yeah.
I believe Undertaker and Lesnar are close in the power department,
but not in speed and quickness.
My opinion, Lesnar wins that battle.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar, knee to the midsection of The Undertaker.
-[Michael] Brock Lesnar-- -[grunts]
[Tazz] But you also got to talk about big match experience, Cole.
And Undertaker wins that battle. Undertaker has-- oh, wow.
[Michael] That shake the ring. Lesnar, shoulder first.
[Tazz] Well, that was the chain. That was that biker chain you heard
rattling up there and there's the Soup Bones again.
That's what The Undertaker needs to do, throw those hands--
here's The Undertaker was looking for before, to lead into Old School.
[Michael] Now, working on the shoulder which, again, leads in Old School as well.
[Tazz] Ramming that shoulder within shoulder,
right into shoulder there, bone on bone.
He's dropping Brock Lesnar with that very powerful and thick shoulder
off the behemoth.
[Michael] Again, in this match-up, there are no rules,
and whichever man can climb up and grab that biker chain
can use that chain to their advantage.
And Undertaker setting the champion up.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] You hear everybody here.
You know it. Old School is coming. Lesnar don't want no part of that.
Like Lesnar a lot, smart to break that thing up
with those body shots to the gut.
[Michael] And the champion Brock Lesnar hammering away on The Undertaker.
This man is the champion. Yeah, he's our champion.
Doesn't mean we got to like him. Same man who broke the leg of Zack Gowen.
Same man who shoves Zach Gowen down a 25 from high standing.
-So sparse-- -[Tazz] And no.
Yeah, speak for yourself, Cole.
[Michael] Title on the line. Shoulders down, kick out by Lesnar.
[Tazz] Speak for yourself.
I like Brock Lesnar's in-ring style. I like what Lesnar brings to WWE
and I'm personally proud that he's WWE champ. That's my opinion.
[Michael] Proud that that animal's our champ?
[Tazz] Yes, I am. He's a great competitor.
[Michael] I'd be a lot prouder to have Undertaker as our champion.
-[Tazz] Oh, I hear you. -[Michael] The Undertaker may be
very well on his way.
Old School, across the shoulder.
[Tazz] I wouldn't mind if The Deadman was our champion.
[Michael] And you could feel The Undertaker
starting to build that confidence up,
momentum shifting here.
[Tazz] For that roll right there, very legal.
[Michael] Shoulders down, and Lesnar wisely--
[Tazz] That's actually, believe it or not, it's a luchador pin right there.
It's a Mexican move. I never thought I'd see Big Evil do something like that
with those long limbs of his. I think he got it done.
Got a dozen submissions under his belt, too.
[Michael] There used to be for The Undertaker,
in his younger days, he was all about power.
He's all about destruction of the opponent.
Undertaker though as he gets older,
he's starting to go over the-- go over to the amateur style.
[Tazz] Well, changing with the times, that's what Deadman does
and that's what good veterans do.
They change to keep up with the young bucks, that's smart.
-And this is vintage taker here. -[Michael] Of course it is.
But Undertaker is mixing it up here tonight.
[Tazz] Hook to the elbow, right across the face, check it out.
Wow.
Wow. Deadman nailed that elbow.
Point of the elbow, bone on jaw right there, baby.
[Michael] I'll tell you what, the challenger, The Undertaker,
mixing it up here tonight, going on Old School…
Come on, let's go, guys.
[Michael] Here's Brock Lesnar driving that knee into the gut,
and another knee driven by the-- by Lesnar.
[Tazz] The thing that's impressive about Brock Lesnar,
what makes him champion, he's always--
Lesnar's always one move away
from regaining control over his opponent.
That's what makes Brock so dangerous when he wrestles a guy.
He's so damn dominating, Cole.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar, knee to the midsection.
Brock Lesnar in control of The Undertaker.
-The Undertaker… -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Went knees first into those steel steps.
[Tazz] And as you can see, obviously, Brock Lesnar doesn't care
which way he gains control over his opponent,
doesn't play by the rules, Lesnar will cheat to get ahead.
[Michael] You think?
[Tazz] Well, he plays dirty, ain't no doubt about it.
Lesnar plays dirty.
[Michael] Listen to the impact here.
Oh, wow.
[Tazz] Oh, I'll tell you what, that will tear your knees up right there.
[Michael] And it'll take the big man off his feet as well.
[Tazz] That will blow your damn knees out.
[Michael] And Brock Lesnar now continues the assault.
The animal Lesnar smelling blood, believing the challenger's in trouble.
[Tazz] Well, the tide has changed now.
And now, Brock Lesnar-- now Brock Lesnar throwing some striking blows,
kicks to the gut, punches to the face.
-[Michael] And keep in mind-- -[Tazz] Brock Lesnar can throw hands, too.
[Michael] Keep in mind, ever looming,
-that shade above the ring. -[Tazz] Great point, great point.
[Michael] And here's another thing I just thought about.
Undertaker gets driven into those steel steps,
knees first, his legs give out on him,
he can't climb that rope to get up for the chain.
[Tazz] That's another good point, and right there, Lesnar, textbook Lesnar
with the big, thick deltoid right into the gut of Big Evil.
[Michael] And Brock Lesnar, the champion.
-[Tazz] Is that high, Cole? -[Michael] Wow.
[Tazz] Version of a perfect-plex right there, shades of the late Curt Hennig
with that cradle there.
[Michael] Cover, hook of the leg by the champion,
and Undertaker rolls the shoulder out before the count of three.
[Tazz] You talk tough to stand by, taking--
kicking out of that nice version of a perfect-plex.
[Michael] We are live capacity crowd,
1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, Maryland.
No Mercy with the WWE Championship on the line,
Lesnar, the champion, Undertaker, the challenger,
in a Biker Chain Match and the chain has yet to come into play.
But Undertaker starting to build some momentum,
-starting to battle back. -[Tazz] That's right, Cole.
And that little hesitation by Brock,
the veteran, The Undertaker, capitalized on that slight hesitation by Lesnar.
-Wow. -[Michael] Oh, wow.
[Tazz] Took a little time there.
[Michael] And that will tear a groin, rip a hamstring.
[Tazz] Yup, no doubt. That will stretch it all out on you there.
-You know what I mean? -[Michael] Brock Lesnar to the midsection
and Undertaker is in a world of trouble right now.
[Tazz] Undertaker, I thought he was gonna start regaining control,
but Lesnar stopped it by moving out of the way.
[Michael] The champion got caught on the top rope.
[Tazz] That next step right there building like a hot shot, kind of.
[Michael] And Undertaker buys himself some time.
-[Tazz] Yeah. Undertaker-- -[Michael] Tries to get him
to regroup here. Undertaker back up on the apron.
And look at Brock Lesnar, the champion, to his feet,
driving Undertaker off the apron, bouncing off the barricade outside.
[Tazz] You know, Cole, another reason why Lesnar and Undertaker
probably haven't gone up for that chain is because that leaves--
that leaves yourself open, you're vulnerable
when you go up for that thing.
So, you got to wait for the right time, you know, you got to wait
because timing is everything in a match, obviously.
And in that part, what Brock and Taker are doing,
that's why they're not going to get that chain.
[Michael] And look at The Undertaker here.
Well, looks to me The Undertaker maybe a bit punch-drunk
-and Brock Lesnar really taking it… -[Tazz] Oh, man!
…to the challenger here.
[Tazz] Right into the Spanish announce table,
face first with The Deadman.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar back into the ring, the champion stalking The Undertaker.
And Undertaker with an elbow, an elbow to the champion,
the challenger, The Undertaker, shot to the midsection,
an uppercut.
And now, The Undertaker begins to throw hands.
[Tazz] Got to throw hands, I'm telling you,
that's Deadman's MO and it works.
[Michael] Undertaker ripped off the ropes, ducked underneath the clothesline.
-[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Speed. -[Michael] Vintage Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] What speed of The Deadman-- -[Michael] And the cover,
title on the line.
-[Tazz] Here we go… Oh! -[Michael] Kick out.
Remember, this match-up is won via pinfall or submission.
You don't have to have that biker chain involved to have a decision here.
[Tazz] That's the truth right there. That's right. You don't need the chain.
If you can get a win, if Taker can get a win
and walk out of Baltimore, No Mercy as a new champ,
hey, that chain could just sit up there.
[Michael] Undertaker whipped across the ring,
Brock Lesnar into the midsection again.
Every time Taker gets the momentum, Brock Lesnar right back on the assault.
-Oh, look at this. -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Oh, God.
[Michael] Lesnar hung up top rope, and the champion in a world of trouble.
[Tazz] Lesnar tried to block that, didn't work, sternum first
on that height, on that top rope there.
[Michael] And those ropes, people don't understand.
[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa, Cole, look at Taker's eyes.
[Michael] Undertaker realizes this could be the opening.
[Tazz] Taker's looking.
[Michael] Undertaker looking at that bike chain.
-[Tazz] That's right. Here we go. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Looking at the biker chain is The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Now is the time.
[Michael] This is what you're talking about.
Waiting for the opening and Undertaker looking to seize the opening here.
[Tazz] This is the opening you won't like and Undertaker…
-[Michael] Wait a minute. -[Tazz] How-- what the hell happened?
What the hell happened?
[Michael] The lights went out.
[Tazz] Somebody that's…
Undertaker did the right thing, got down, never know if Taker's gonna--
-[Michael] Generator problems perhaps. -[Tazz] I guess.
And Undertaker going to grab that chain.
[Michael] Yeah, but it bought Brock Lesnar some time, whatever it was.
Now, Undertaker's in trouble.
[Tazz] Lesnar gripping the thigh of Undertaker,
Undertaker fighting him off.
[Michael] Undertaker, shot to the midsection again.
[Tazz] He ain't climbing up there to get that--
get that chain in the dark.
[Michael] And look at this, Brock Lesnar, Undertaker whipped across the ring.
-Oh, look out. -[Tazz] Whoa.
[Michael] What a shot.
Brock Lesnar, hooks the leg-- shoulders down.
And Undertaker just kicked out,
so close for the champion, Lesnar.
[Tazz] That was close.
Speaking of close, Undertaker was real close to grabbing that chain,
that biker chain, but then lights going out.
[Michael] Biker chain suspended above the ring, there you see it.
Brock Lesnar, the champion, outside the ring now.
Again, there are no rules in this match-up.
Brock Lesnar could throw those steel steps in the ring and use them if he wants to.
-That's what he's doing. [Tazz] And Lesnar will do that.
Lesnar just throwing those steps
like they're made out of paper, but they're made out of steel.
[Michael] And look at Brock Lesnar back in the ring.
Oh, right hand by The Undertaker.
Those steel steps lying precariously, center of the ring,
the challenger, The Undertaker off the headbutt.
[Tazz] Well-placed headbutt,
those street fight instincts of The Undertaker.
There's another one, boom.
[Michael] Another headbutt to the champion, Lesnar.
[Tazz] The Taker's reeling a lil bit though, Cole.
[Michael] Shot to the midsection.
And Brock Lesnar, a clubbing blow to the back of the neck.
[Tazz] Steel steps are there. Who's gonna use those steel steps?
Looks like it might have to be Lesnar. Lesnar's in control right now.
[Michael] The champion, shot to the midsection.
Another shot to the midsection again by Brock Lesnar.
Undertaker in trouble.
The champion continues the attack and now Undertaker
looking to battle back here.
The Undertaker looking to battle back.
[Tazz] Undertaker trying to build some momentum here.
-Watch those steps though. Oh, my God. -[Michael] Head first into the steel steps
-goes the Undertaker. -[Tazz] I believe that that looked like
Brock Lesnar drop toehold The Undertaker
on that reversal back to the wrestling background of Brock Lesnar.
[Michael] And look at this, off the steel steps
-goes The Undertaker again. -[Tazz] Blocked. Blocked.
[Michael] And keep in mind, Undertaker, blocks it yet, again.
And a big right hand, a big uppercut to Lesnar
and here comes The Undertaker, and another uppercut.
[Tazz] Did you see Taker's eyes?
He had a freaky look in his eyes.
[Michael] Well, just think what Undertaker would be doing
if he had that biker chain in his hand.
-[Tazz] Well, if the damn lights-- -[Michael] If the lights didn't go out,
who the hell knows what would be happening?
-[Tazz] Whoa. -[Michael] And look at Lesnar,
knocked over the top rope by The Undertaker.
[Tazz] No, that's the understatement of the year, Cole.
Cleaning Lesnar's clock completely.
[Michael] And now, Undertaker on the attack.
[Tazz] Wow, what a clothesline over the top rope by Big Evil.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar in a world of trouble.
The championship is on the line in this Biker Chain Match.
What is Undertaker gonna do here?
-[crowd chatter] -[Tazz] Piledriver?
-Oh, my God. This is… -[Michael] A tombstone?
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. No. -[Michael] Oh, my.
[crowd groaning, cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] I don't know who got the worse of that.
[crowd chanting] Holy shit!
[Tazz] Well, I agree with the crowd here.
[Michael] See Brock Lesnar holding his neck?
[Tazz] Piledriver into the steel steps.
[Michael] And Undertaker has got his eyes set on that biker chain
as we take another look, just watch this.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Undertaker gonna climb-- gonna climb the ropes,
-he's heading for the biker chain. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Undertaker's gonna gain control
and be able to use that biker chain to his advantage.
Can taker get there, Cole?
[Michael] Brock Lesnar desperately, desperately trying to pull The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Close, but no cigar. Close, but no biker chain.
[Michael] And now Undertaker's in a world of trouble.
Undertaker on the shoulders of Lesnar.
-[Tazz] Undertaker's caught in-- -[both groaning]
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] But look at-- that's a triangle choke.
[Michael] Undertaker with a triangle choke upon Lesnar.
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] A submission hold,
the damage may have been done to the champion.
[Tazz] It looked like Lesnar was trying to get Undertaker
on a piggyback position, like, go for electric chair or something.
[Michael] But big props to The Undertaker to turn it into that.
[Tazz] No doubt, triangle choke out of nowhere
with those long legs of The Deadman.
Deadman, you know, always down with mixed martial arts.
-That's a-- oh. -[crowd groaning]
[Michael] And a low blow, no rules, legal in this match-up.
[Tazz] Well, that will mix up your rocks for sure.
[Michael] But perhaps that was desperation by Lesnar
who was just dropped on his head
by that Piledriver on the steel steps.
[Tazz] I think it was definitely, safe to say, definitely desperation
that Brock needed to do that
to try and keep himself in this match.
[Michael] But that's what Brock Lesnar's all about.
He's all about low blows, using the steel steps,
-this is an athletic competition. -[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa. -[Michael] That's the steel steps
directly into the skull of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] This might be it.
[Michael] Champion, into the cover, hooks the leg of The Undertaker.
-Title is on the line. -[Tazz] It's two. [screams]
[Michael] Shoulders down. The Undertaker instinctively kicks out.
Again, cover. Again a kick out.
[Tazz] Smart by Lesnar, forced the man to kick out again,
but uh-uh, Taker too tough hanging in.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar back to his feet, back to those steel steps.
[Tazz] Lesnar is desperate here, Cole.
Again, back to the steps,
he's trying to do what he did to Taker a moment ago,
he's gonna run those steps into Taker's head.
[Michael] A desperate champion
and the step bounced off his skull by The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Wow. Deadman seen that coming,
we're seeing Big Evil's first barbecue and now,
Big Evil got his eye on that chain for the third time on that biker chain.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar can't know where he's at.
He's had steps off his head, pile driven into the steps earlier on
and now-- look at this.
Undertaker just missed.
And Brock Lesnar shot to the midsection.
[Tazz] That would've scrambled Lesnar's brains there.
[Michael] And again, Brock Lesnar on the assault,
the champion, taking on The Undertaker.
-[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa. -[Michael] Up into the corner
and the shoulders delivered into the gut of the champion Brock Lesnar,
trying to suck the wind, suck the title hopes outta The Undertaker.
[Tazz] That's vintage Brock Lesnar with those big boot shots to the belly
and now, looks like Lesnar-- here we go.
[Michael] A sense of urgency by Lesnar
and Lesnar trying now to climb the ropes, trying to get to that biker chain.
[Tazz] What the hell would Lesnar do with that chain?
He's a dangerous individual without a chain…
-with a biker chair. -[Michael] Brock's on the go.
-And look, Undertaker! -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[Michael] Oh, my God. Undertaker.
[Tazz] No, no, no.
Brock Lesnar's in the Last Ride position.
He's gonna get Last Ride!
Lesnar's gonna get Last Ride!
[Michael] And Brock Lesnar countered.
And Lesnar with a knockdown, center of the ring.
This is a crucial point of this matchup.
If one of these men can get to their feet,
they may be able to get to that biker chain.
-[counts] -[Tazz] That double clothesline
was a vicious collision,
both athletes are down.
Referee Brian Hebner counting is up to three, heading to four.
-Four. -[Michael] Take another look.
Undertaker going for the Last Ride here.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, if Taker would've nailed that Last Ride--
great counter by Lesnar.
If Take would have nailed that, man.
Boy, I think-- I think-- I think
we'd have a new WWE champion here tonight in Baltimore.
[Michael] Both men to their knees.
Brock Lesnar the champion, looking to go on the attack first.
But there with the right hand from The Undertaker.
And The Undertaker beginning to throw hands here.
The champion is in trouble, the challenger is bringing it to Lesnar.
[Tazz] Taker still got some muster behind those punches
into this grueling battle for the WWE Championship.
[Michael] Again, a testament to the great shape The Undertaker
keeps himself in as he delivers a right hand again.
The quest of The Undertaker to regain the WWE Championship
continues tonight at No Mercy and the champion's in trouble.
[Tazz] Well, Undertaker has got the advantage now,
-he's got the momentum on his side. -[screams]
Taker the veteran, does not waste time,
no wasted motion, no talking smack,
just stay focused on your opponent,
pinpoint him and go get him.
[Michael] Three hundred five pounds impacting the champion in the corner.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh. -[Michael] And now Brock Lesnar…
[Tazz] Snake Eyes.
[Michael] Roll of the dice is The Undertaker.
Boot to the face.
[Tazz] The end is near my friend.
-[Michael] Undertaker feels it. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Undertaker wants that Chokeslam.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar is down.
The challenger-- the challenger, The Undertaker is measuring his opponent.
[Tazz] Taker waiting,
waiting for Lesnar to get to a vertical base,
here we go.
Who's old city, Cole?
[Michael] Are we gonna have a new champion here?
[Tazz] Well, what goes up…
[Michael] Wait a minute. Great counter by Lesnar.
And look at this, Spinebuster.
Wow. Lesnar the champion.
[Tazz] Out of nowhere, there's a cover here.
-Come on, ref. -[Michael] Shoulders are down.
-And Undertaker… -[Tazz] Got caught--
got caught in that armbar, that triangle choke there.
[Michael] Undertaker with the submission hold
applied to the champion
if Lesnar taps out the title will change hands.
[Tazz] Well, right now there's no way Lesnar can gain a grip on his own hand
to break up and keep that arm from being extended.
Lesnar's arm is extended almost completely
if that elbow gets torque the other way.
And break Lesnar's arm.
[Michael] Trying to hyperextend the elbow is the challenger, The Undertaker.
The champion is on all kinds of trouble, but now Lesnar, Lesnar back to his feet.
[Tazz] Oh, my God, Cole, look at this.
[Michael] Look at the strength of that animal.
[Tazz] How powerful is Brock Lesnar!
[Michael] He just lifted a 300-pound man
-simply with his lower back. -[counts]
[Tazz] To bust up that triangle choke.
Oh, my God.
Brock is-- come on, he's so powerful.
Straight up bull.
[Michael] But look at the champion, Lesnar, the price that he had to pay
to break up that triangle choke hold. How much does Lesnar have left
or how much does The Undertaker have left?
[Tazz] Both men are up now to a vertical base.
[Michael] And look at-- a big knockdown by Lesnar.
[Tazz] Well, that didn't last long.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar is the champion.
You might not be proud of him,
you may not respect the way he does things,
but he is the WWE champion.
And Brock Lesnar, measuring his opponent,
The Undertaker scooped up.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. -[Michael] Look at this.
It's a dragon sleeper.
[Michael] A dragon sleeper, a submission hold. It's locked in.
-[groans] -Will Undertaker knock out the champion?
[Tazz] Smart by Lesnar with those kind of like a cross face
right across the forearm by Brock with that big form.
-[slaps] -Wow, what a shot there.
-F-5! -[Michael] And look at this.
-[Tazz] Oh no! -[Michael] The champion.
-[Tazz] Here comes the pain. -[Michael] F-5 delivered.
[crowd cheering]
Lesnar deliver the F-5 to The Undertaker.
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] The champion.
[Tazz] Right out of that dragon sleeper, what a counter-- cover!
-[Michael] Hooks the leg. -[Tazz] Retaining. Retaining.
[Michael] Oh, wait a minute.
The Undertaker got his foot on the bottom rope.
Two, two.
[Tazz] Benefit of Undertaker having those long legs.
[Michael] We couldn't quite see why the referee stopped the count,
but the veteran, The Undertaker got his bottom--
his foot on that bottom rope.
[Tazz] You see Lesnar's face there a moment,
look like he's gonna snap, that's what I'm saying,
Lesnar gotta control that anger. Don't lose your cool.
Now, Brock, looking at that steel biker chain.
Brock is gonna do that climb.
[Michael] And Brock Lesnar is going after the biker chain.
Brock Lesnar is gonna climb those ropes.
[Tazz] It's the second time Lesnar is climbing up.
Trying to hang on that steel--
that biker chain suspending above the ring here.
[Michael] And look at this now, Undertaker has got Brock Lesnar,
Lesnar fighting, trying to knock The Undertaker back.
He wants that biker chain in hand,
Undertaker desperately trying to keep the champion at bay.
[Tazz] Undertaker getting off from that front.
That down there is impressive right there.
-[Michael] Uh-oh! -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] Top rope Chokeslam?
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] Top rope Chokeslam!
[Michael] Chokeslam from the top rope!
The Undertaker is gonna win the title.
[Tazz] Is Taker gonna cover or is Taker gonna climb?
-He's gonna climb. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The Undertaker is looking at the biker chain.
The Undertaker wants to knock out the champion once and for all.
[Tazz] There's no way Lesnar is gonna get up
from that Chokeslam from the top rope.
-The Undertaker climbing to the top. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Undertaker is gonna go in control, we're gonna have a new champion here.
[Michael] Wait a minute, who the hell is this?
-[Tazz] What the hell is… -[Michael] It's Nunzio.
-[Tazz] From the FBI? -[Michael] And Palumbo.
And Johnny the Bull.
And look at the double team.
There is no disqualification in this match.
There's no rules.
But this isn't right, this is a street mugging.
[Tazz] What the hell is going on here? The Full Blooded Italians.
-[Michael] And here comes The Undertaker. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] The Undertaker knocking out the FBI.
[Tazz] Undertaker hitting anything in his sights.
[Michael] And The Undertaker again was so close to getting that biker chain.
-[Tazz] There goes Palumbo… -[Michael] First, the power went out,
then the FBI came out.
[Tazz] What more does Taker gotta put up with here?
[Michael] Now, Brock Lesnar with The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Counter!
[Michael] Undertaker countered-- shot to the midsection.
[Tazz] So, let's go for a ride, partner.
[Michael] If he connects here, it's all over.
-[Tazz] Last Ride. -[Michael] The Last Ride connects.
The Undertaker moments away from becoming champion.
[Tazz] Anything that high should have a damn flight attendant on it, Cole.
Lesnar was way up in the air, bro.
[Michael] Did you see the impact, in which Lesnar collapsed to the mat?
[Tazz] Here comes The Deadman building momentum with the--
[Michael] Wait a minute!
Launching over the top rope taking out the FBI.
[Tazz] Suicide torpedo by Big Evil.
[Michael] That's a near seven-foot tall man.
A 300-pounder launching like a torpedo over the top rope.
Here's another look.
-[Tazz] Suicide torpedo. -[Michael] Look at this thing here.
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] Yeah.
Look what's going on in here.
Undertaker, look at-- it's Nunzio.
Nunzio is over the top rope trying to get to the biker chain.
[Tazz] About ten feet too short to reach that thing.
[Michael] And Undertaker making sure that Nunzio doesn't get to the biker chain
and things do not look good for Nunzio.
[Tazz] Nunzio is not gonna live here.
[Michael] I hope-- oh, look at that, right hand knocks Nunzio off the top rope.
[Tazz] Nunzio, come on. Remember the neighborhood.
Mind your damn business, what are you doing?
[Michael] And here's Undertaker, the champion is knocked out.
The Undertaker is gonna grab that biker chain.
[Tazz] He got it. He's gonna get it.
[Michael] The Undertaker has the biker chain.
-[crowd cheering] -The title hangs in the balance.
[Tazz] Big Evil has control of the biker chain.
[Michael] Wait a minute, it's Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] Where the hell did Mr. McMahon-- where did he come from?
-Where the hell did he come from? -[crowd booing]
[Michael] Mr. McMahon!
[Tazz] Undertaker got straddled.
Lesnar now has control of the chain,
thanks to the chairman of the board.
[Michael] Undertaker got the chain, he's gonna use it,
he's gonna win the damn championship and Mr. McMahon knocked Undertaker
off that top rope and Lesnar the champion has the chain.
[Tazz] But, Cole, it's not over yet. Let's not count out Undertaker yet.
Even though Lesnar's got a steel chain wrapped around his fist.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon egging on-- egging on the champion,
his boy, so to speak, Brock Lesnar,
and a biker chain off the skull of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Undertaker getting robbed in a big-time way.
[Michael] The cover,
-Lesnar retains the title. -[bell ringing]
["Next Big Thing" playing]
[announcer] Here's your winner and still…
WWE Champion,
Brock Lesnar.
[Tazz] What more does Big Evil have to do?
[Michael] Did you see Mr. McMahon running out of the arena,
hightailing out of the arena?
That desperate act by Mr. McMahon, shows you how desperate he is
to keep the title in the hands of Brock Lesnar.
Undertaker had the damn title won tonight and Mr. McMahon screwed him over.
[Tazz] I mean, the dreams became a nightmare because of Mr. McMahon.
Undertaker had a shot to get the biker chain,
the lights went out. Why? We don't know.
Then out of nowhere, Full Blooded Italians come out, out of nowhere.
Why? We don't know.
Then Mr. McMahon, the difference-maker, stops it.
[Michael] And now we know, everything makes sense now.
[Tazz] Exactly.
[Michael] The Undertaker, moments away from winning the title.
Brock Lesnar had been knocked down by a Last Ride,
Undertaker had the biker chain and Mr. McMahon made sure
that Lesnar kept the title.
[Tazz] Well, Cole, let's check out this replay here,
let's check out the right side of the screen, I believe--
Mr. McMahon, I believe, right side of your screen
I believe he comes out from underneath the ring,
through the apron skirt.
There he is.
[Michael] That's how desperate Mr. McMahon is.
He was hiding underneath the damn ring. How the hell did he get under there?
[Tazz] I have no clue.
We've been sitting here the whole night, I have no idea Mr. McMahon was down there.
[Michael] And when Undertaker was knocked off that tope rope by Mr. McMahon,
the champion, Lesnar, grabbed the biker chain.
But keep in mind, he used the biker chain shot to the skull
and retains the title.
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon's face acting like he's shocked. Come on.
[Michael] For better or for worse,
this night truly belonged to Mr. McMahon and Brock Lesnar.
They showed no mercy to all who stood before them. Lesnar.