[Kurt] Mercy.
There's no such thing.
Big Show, you have no idea what you've gotten into.
[Big Show] Angle, you wanna treat me like an animal?
[Kurt] I'm capable of many things.
[Big Show] I'll show you an animal.
[Kurt] That was just a tease.
[Big Show] A seven-foot-two, 500-pound pissed-off animal.
[Booker T] Cena, you think you're all that?
[John] The United States Championship.
[Booker T] You're gonna take my United States Championship?
[John] That's my championship.
[Booker T] Take your wack, wanna-be ass back to where you came from.
[John] And there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
[Booker T] Please.
[Bradshaw] Undertaker… [laughs]
I am the WWE Champion.
[Undertaker] JBL, this will be your last ride.
[Bradshaw] You cannot beat me.
[Undertaker] And the last image you see will be me.
[Bradshaw] It's over. Your hearse is waiting.
[Undertaker] No mercy.
[Kurt] When you're begging for mercy…
[Big Show] Begging for mercy?
[Kurt] …I won't hear your cries.
[Big Show] I'll look you right in the eyes…
[Kurt] I'll be listening for the sound of your ankle…
-[Big Show] …and end your career. -[Kurt] …snapping in two.
[Big Show] You're finished.
[John] The US Champ is here.
[Booker T] Get out of my face.
[John] Big business.
[Booker T] You better dig that, sucker.
[dramatic music playing]
[Bradshaw] Time to take your last ride.
[Undertaker] Feasting on your rotting soul.
[Bradshaw] It's over.
[Kurt] No mercy.
[John] No mercy.
[Bradshaw] No mercy.
[Big Show] No mercy.
[Undertaker] No mercy.
Rest in peace.
[Michael] And now, SmackDown presents WWE No Mercy.
["No Mercy" playing]
[singer] ♪ No mercy ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ No mercy ♪
♪ I'll have no mercy on your soul ♪
♪ No mercy ♪
[Michael] There indeed will be no mercy shown tonight.
Welcome to Jersey, the Continental Airlines Arena,
in the shadow of New York City,
SmackDown presents No Mercy.
I'm Michael Cole, alongside Tazz at ringside.
-You ready, partner? -Oh, am I ready?
These people here in Jersey are souped-up.
This place is rocking.
-Oh, yeah. -And so our Spanish colleagues,
Carlos Cabrera, Hugo Savinovich.
-Hey, guys. -[speaking Spanish]
Kurt Angle, The Big Show,
No Mercy [speaking Spanish]
["Viva La Raza" playing]
[singer] ♪ ¡Viva la raza! ♪
♪ I lie, I cheat, I steal ♪
[Tazz] Latino Heat.
[singer] ♪ Yo! Mamacita, I got the passion that's fast and long ♪
[Michael] Let's check out the ride.
[Tazz] A little special lowrider in the house.
[singer] ♪ One woman isn't enough, amigo ♪
♪ Siempre cojiendo más mujeres Porque soy Latino ♪
♪ And I'm tougher than tough, Calling your bluff ♪
-[Tazz] Look at that bad boy. -[Michael] Whoa!
[Tazz] That's like an old Cadillac, Cole.
[Michael] Sort of like Kelly Green.
An old Coupe DeVille.
This is gonna be it, man. Eddie Guerrero and Luther Reigns,
No Mercy, kicking us off.
The Latino Heat with a huge score to settle
with Luther Reigns meddling in Eddie's affairs for months.
[crowd chattering]
[Tazz] Oh, God, Eddie Guerrero has got a major league score to settle
with Luther Reigns.
And the former WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero is far from
from a stock, my friend.
[singer] ♪ When I sneak in your casa Your life sucks 'cause you're bankrupt ♪
[Tazz] What a reaction for Eddie Guerrero.
[singer] ♪ I lie, I cheat, I steal ♪
-♪ I lie, I cheat, I steal ♪ -[bell ringing]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
In the ring from El Paso, Texas,
weighing in at 228 pounds,
Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] Latino Heat's in all red.
You know, get it?
Red, heat, you know?
Well, kind of, just heat. The whole thing goes together.
The whole big heat, red thing.
[Michael] Right. Well, the former WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero
will have his hands full tonight against this very physical man.
[Chimel] And from Phoenix, Arizona,
weighing in at 295 pounds, Luther Reigns.
[Michael] And, of course, Luther accompanied by Kurt Angle's other protege,
Mark Jindrak for this matchup.
And look at the stone-cold eyes of Luther Reigns.
[Tazz] What Luther Reigns realize is
that he's in the ring with the real deal here.
This is "Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero, no joke.
[bell ringing]
[Tazz] Bad blood here between these two men.
[Michael] Luther Reigns, six-foot-five, 285 pounds.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] The Eddie chants begin.
And those Eddie chants could come into play
because Luther Reigns obviously not a veteran. He's a rookie.
-[Tazz] Right. -[Michael] He may not know to handle
that sixth man in the crowd so to speak.
[Tazz] Well, I wouldn't call him a rookie, Cole.
I mean, he's been in a lot of fights. He's had a very rough upbringing.
Been in prison fights, bar fights.
You know, the whole thing. You told the story.
[Michael] Oh, Luther Reigns often called The Mercenary.
He's been shot. He's been stabbed,
He was stabbed near the heart, missed it by two centimeters.
[Tazz] I don't think people chanting "Eddie, Eddie" is gonna frazzle
this Luther Reigns by any means, my man.
[Michael] Keep in mind, he's been trained by Kurt Angle as well.
Oh, what a clothesline. The power of Luther Reigns.
[Tazz] See, that's what I'm, that's what I'm talking about, Cole,
right there. Big-time chop.
[Michael] Oh, and there's Eddie, lying,
cheating, stealing.
[Tazz] Well, to your point of Eddie being a veteran,
man, that smart right there.
[Michael] Thumb to the eyes. Here's Eddie Guerrero
with Luther Reigns across the ring. High elbow knocking Luther down.
In this type of matchup, two different type of athletes,
who do you give the edge to?
[Tazz] Well, right now, Eddie Guerrero because he's putting in the match
with that drop toehold… drop toehold into that rear naked choke.
But I kind of lean towards Eddie here
-just because of the experience factor. -[crowd chattering]
[Tazz] Granted Luther's a big-time blue-collar, rough-and-tough dude.
No doubt about it.
He's been shot, stabbed as you said.
[Michael] But don't forget, Luther reigns also has perhaps a wild card
in his back pocket, the fact that Mark Jindrak is at ringside.
And, remember, neither Reigns or Jindrak will be at ringside later tonight
when Kurt Angle goes one-on-one with The Big Show.
[Tazz] Well, what an impact Mark Jindrak had made just last week…
-[Michael] Oh, yeah. -[Tazz] …when he, when he ran in there
and throwing that Big Show, mostly cutting The Big Show's hair
and helping Jindrak and Kurt Angle embarrass and humiliate The Big Show.
[Michael] And little did we know at the time that Jindrak would be a protege,
so to speak, of Kurt Angle. And, remember, Mark Jindrak
outside the ring, he earns a, he owns a pinfall victory
over Eddie Guerrero in a tag match
-Thursday night on SmackDown. -[Tazz] Yeah. That's true.
But right there, Guerrero caught the boot of Luther and then back sweep,
inside sweep, I should say,
Luther Reigns' leg that he was standing on.
And now to a side headlock goes Guerrero.
[Michael] Big, big matchup for Luther Reigns,
this atmosphere here outside New York City.
You think butterflies come in to play for him?
-[Tazz] I don't, I don't-- -[Michael] Oh, wow.
[Tazz] Dropkick to the gut there.
I don't know. I don't think Luther has butterflies.
I don't. I mean, again, just bring forward
he's upbringing, the type of man that he is.
[Michael] Wow. Here's the cover off the snapmare and a kick-out by Reigns.
[Tazz] Luther Reigns is not a kid, Cole.
I mean, he might be a rookie in our industry, he's a man.
Looking at him. He's a ugly, violent, vicious man.
He's a 295-pound killer, man.
He's a damn near barbarian.
-Look at him. -[Michael] He is vicious.
He's been in and out of jail. He's been a bodyguard and a bouncer.
And he's whipped across the ring, the legendary Eddie Guerrero.
-[Tazz] Whoa. Power here. -[Michael] And there is the power…
-[Tazz] Look at that, look at that. -[Michael] …of Luther Reigns.
And that is what Luther Reigns is all about.
[Tazz] Whoa.
[Michael] Wow. Dropping Eddie on his head.
[Tazz] Pressing Eddie Guerrero with ease, this Cro-Magnon man.
Luther Reigns, just a freaky dude.
[Michael] Into the cover, hooks the leg. There's two and Eddie kicks out.
Now, remember, Eddie a former WWE Champion.
Luther Reigns must see this big bulls-eye on Eddie Guerrero.
A victory here tonight would really propel Luther Reigns.
[Tazz] You got to be kidding me.
Humongously, it would propel Luther Reigns.
And Luther Reigns knows that. That's why Luther Reigns is keeping
the heat on Eddie Guerrero right there.
[Michael] The "Let's go, Eddie" chants ringing throughout
the Continental Airlines Arena
on a night where Luther Reigns showing very little mercy
for Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] And now Luther Reigns with that bear hug
which works the lower back region and the rib area,
trying to pull that bear hug in.
But Guerrero trying to keep his body away from Luther Reigns.
That's smart by Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] Again, Luther Reigns outweighs Eddie by some 50 pounds.
And, again, trying to wear Eddie Guerrero down with that power
that we've become accustomed to from Mr. Reigns.
[Tazz] Well, don't forget, Cole.
Eddie Guerrero lies, cheats, and steal.
And this is a family tradition.
Eddie's very crafty and salty. That's my point.
[Michael] Oh, look at Eddie with thumbs to the eyes.
And notice how Eddie does it
-when the referee can't see it. -[Tazz] Head-butt, Cole.
[Michael] He uses Luther Reigns' head to block the referee.
Oh, what a boot.
[Tazz] How did Reigns shake off those few head-butts there,
'cause a head-butt is a nasty move, but he did it.
-Oh, a cover now. Cover. -[Michael] Here's the cover again.
Hook to the leg, shoulders down and a kick-out.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] You wanna know
-how he shook them off? -[Tazz] Yes, I'd like to know.
When you get your throat slit from ear to ear
and you have a six-inch long scar for the rest of your life,
you shake things like that off.
[Tazz] He got his throat slit from ear to ear?
[Michael] Yes.
And look at Luther Reigns, the southpaw, with the left hands.
Eddie Guerrero, and a chop knocking Eddie down.
[Tazz] It was the back hand, back hand. Look at this.
[Michael] Here's the hook to the leg again and Eddie just manages to kick-out.
But these frequent pin covers here are gonna wear down Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] See, Luther Reigns is smart, forcing Eddie Guerrero to exert energy
by trying to kick-out. And now wearing, trying to wear Guerrero down
with that rear choke there. Trying to pull the neck and spine and head back.
[Michael] No Mercy, international flavor here tonight. Live all over the world,
including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,
-the Virgin Island, and Puerto Rico. -[Tazz] Yeah, Red Hook too.
And right now, this surfboard-like maneuver here
are bending the arms back of Guerrero.
Eddie gets back to a vertical base, what he needs to do.
And the crafty Eddie Guerrero tries to get out of this and he does
-with the boots to the chin. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Eddie knocked Luther for a loop there.
[Tazz] Well, I don't know about a loop but knocked him down.
Depends what you call a loop.
But a back elbow right there by Luther Reigns and now Guerrero
right to a side headlock.
[Michael] But into a predicament as Luther…
-[Tazz] Nice. -[Michael] …throws Eddie again.
-[Tazz] Big-time back suplex. -Cover, cover.
[Michael] And Jindrak, you hear him barking out to Luther for the cover.
And a kick-out by Eddie after two.
[Tazz] That's right. Jindrak assisting and telling Luther.
I don't think… I don't think Jindrak needed to tell
Luther to go for the cover.
Luther had it down. And there's a backbreaker.
[Michael] And, again, Luther Reigns continues to work
the lower back of Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] You can see the intensity on Reigns' face.
He knows that he has a former WWE Champion hurt right now
and you go in for the kill. That's the key here.
[Michael] And you have to believe Reigns' mentor, Kurt Angle,
probably has one eye on this matchup in the locker room as he prepares
for his big match against The Big Show tonight.
[Tazz] Uh, you know, Cole, I don't think--
I don't think Kurt Angle is watching this bad boy in this match at all.
Kurt Angle has gotta prepare for one angry, vicious giant named The Big Show.
[Michael] And the knees by Eddie to the temple of Luther Reigns.
After three knees, Eddie Guerrero rolls out
but does Latino Heat have anything left?
Eddie Guerrero, and look at Luther Reigns. Over the top rope goes Eddie.
And Eddie Guerrero is in a world of trouble.
[Tazz] Very smart by Luther Reigns, lowering his level there
and getting Guerrero to be overzealous.
-[Michael] And look at this. Mark Jindrak. -[Tazz] Oh, jeez.
[Michael] The boot to the, to Eddie Guerrero.
-[crowd booing] -[Tazz] Well, the referee
has his back to that.
The referee is with Luther Reigns there for a moment. And that's smart
-by Luther Reigns and Jindrak. -[Michael] Well, Luther Reigns learned
something from Kurt Angle.
Draw the referee and let your buddy get involved illegally outside the ring.
[Tazz] Well, I mean, Eddie Guerrero lies, cheats, and steals.
[Michael] So does Kurt Angle. So we're even.
[Tazz] All right.
I think in my opinion, you know,
do as the, do with the goose, the gander, you know?
How does that expression go?
[Michael] You read too many fairytales when you were a kid.
[Tazz] What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
[Michael] Look at Eddie.
[Tazz] All right. Go behind right here by Guerrero.
Now trying to get the big man off his feet.
[Michael] And look at Luther trying to use his power
to release the hands of Eddie Guerrero.
He's trying to worm his out of this thing.
[Tazz] He's trying to break the grip.
That's what, that's what, well, he did, he did break the grip.
Luther Reigns, the power of this man.
Now what? Now what? He'll maybe squeeze Guerrero.
[Michael] And I tell you, the television doesn't do justice
to how big Luther Reigns is.
-You see this man in the locker room area… -[Tazz] Oh, yeah.
-[Michael] …he's like a brick wall. -[Tazz] Oh, he is.
Luther Reigns is all stacked. No doubt.
Now, Eddie Guerrero is about to get shot into the ropes here.
[Michael] Oh, and a high elbow by Luther Reigns.
-He's used those elbows effectively. -[Tazz] Here we go, here we go.
[Michael] Again, two counts and again the veteran Eddie
kicks out at a count of two.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero here, he's behind the eight ball with Luther!
[Michael] And a backbreaker again.
[Tazz] Eddie is giving up a lot of body with his size,
but let me get that body is going.
[Michael] A power game like Luther Reigns
is getting Eddie Guerrero here, wear him down.
Will that take the veteran out of Eddie Guerrero?
I mean, will he wear him down?
[Tazz] Well, that's exactly what Luther Reigns has to do, Cole,
is wear down Eddie Guerrero and that's what Luther reigns
is trying to do.
And when you pinpoint someone's middle of their back and their spine,
you're wearing out their body.
It's tough to mount a comeback
with your spine and your back is affected.
[Michael] And, again, it makes it's hard to catch your breath.
-It makes it hard to fly around the ring. -[Tazz] Absolutely.
It takes away Eddie's aerial game. And Eddie has an aerial game,
or maybe he had one, I should say.
[Michael] And Eddie back to both feet.
[Tazz] Eddie was trying to turn in,
trying to get that pressure off. Uh-oh, uh-oh.
[Michael] Look at Luther Reigns. Eddie on the shoulder.
Eddie's in all kinds of trouble here.
Luther Reigns looking to plant "Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero.
-There's the thumbs down. -[Tazz] Oh, my.
That's it. It's over. We've seen this move.
-He's got it! -[Michael] Hook to the leg.
Eddie Guerrero kicks out at two and a half.
I thought Luther Reigns had him.
What power though by Reigns.
Now, Reigns is arguing with the referee.
[Tazz] Yeah, well, that's, if you're Luther Reigns,
you don't wanna lose your cool. Keep your composure.
He had that-- Oh, what's this?
[Michael] Oh, now he's going for that swinging neckbreaker,
but Eddie Guerrero trying to counter, hanging on…
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] …for dear life.
Trying to use his knees to battle out of this thing.
[Tazz] He's using his knees. Now, where is Guerrero going?
[Michael] Now, the top rope. And he plants him.
Sort of an inverted DDT there.
[Tazz] Well, the inverted, reverse-like DDT and a beautiful,
brilliant counter by Latino Heat right there.
[Michael] But how much does Eddie have left?
How much did that counter take out of already worn-down body
of Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] But, also, how much of the lower back
and middle of the back that Luther Reigns
worked on Guerrero will take effect here?
-Let's check this out. -[Michael] We're at a count of seven now,
as we take another look at the replay.
Eddie Guerrero trying to get back to his feet. He does.
How is that inverted DDT by Eddie?
[Tazz] Yeah. Very impressive. Very impressive by Guerrero.
[Michael] And both guys back on their feet at the count of eight,
as Eddie Guerrero battles back with the right hands to the ribs
and kidney area of Luther Reigns.
Well, here's where the veteran kicks into high gear.
[Tazz] Well, this is interesting.
Eddie Guerrero going downstairs to the midsection with a shot to the--
Look at this.
Oh, back elbows to the midsection there.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, you see the confidence now beginning to build.
And there's that standing dropkick with authority by Eddie.
[Tazz] Luther's walking right into this now.
He's got Luther on the ropes, Eddie does.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero off the ropes, knocking Luther Reigns down.
And you could feel Eddie starting to bring it now.
The confidence is building.
-The momentum is coming back. -[Tazz] Right.
Right. Now Eddie is starting to feel his own motion and he's… Uh-oh.
He might be doing that, there's one of those verticals,
the Three Amigos. Yeah, he's going for the second, I think.
[Michael] Eddie trying to hook in the second here.
This would be dos of the Three Amigos.
Eddie now trying to wear the big man down.
Can Eddie go for a hat trick here in the home of the New Jersey Devils?
-Eddie Guerrero. -[Tazz] He's trying,
but right now the power of Luther blocking it.
-[Michael] Luther blocked Eddie. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
-Oh, man! -[Michael] Face-first goes Eddie Guerrero.
And what strength, what power to gut wrench a man like that
and throw him face-first into the mat.
[Tazz] Something like over ten minutes into this match
and Luther still had the wherewithal and power to do that.
Eddie on the outside here.
[Michael] Yeah, after suffering two of those suplexes.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Wait, Eddie, he might have a broken rib or something.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero trying to catch his breath here.
The Eddie chants begin again.
-[crowd chanting] -[Tazz] I mean, Eddie, maybe--
I thought maybe Eddie was hurting here,
but it looks like Eddie's got something on his mind, I guess.
-What is he doing? -[Michael] Wait a minute.
[Tazz] What the hell?
That's not-- What is he doing?
[Michael] That's-- Wait a minute. What is he doing?
What did Eddie just grab?
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Eddie just knocked… -[Tazz] What do you mean grab?
[Michael] …the security guard.
[Tazz] That was weird. I don't know what Eddie's-- What's--
-[Michael] Wait a minute. -[Tazz] Oh, wait a minute.
-[Michael] Is that a blackjack? -[Tazz] It's something. I don't know
-what, it's something that-- -[Michael] Eddie just put that, I guess
he took it from the security guard and he just put it into his boot.
[Tazz] I think it's one of those police batons that Eddie might have snatched.
[Michael] Yeah. Those miniature versions. Eddie with a steel chair now.
What's Eddie gonna do here?
[Tazz] Well, Luther Reigns nor the referee has any idea
about what's in Eddie Guerrero's boot.
[Michael] And the referee back on his feet.
There's a tug of war over the chair.
-[Tazz] Tug of war. -[Michael] And, oh, look at that.
[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa. That almost backfired.
[Michael] Almost knocked down Jindrak.
And there's the chair off the head of Jindrak.
-Eddie Guerrero-- -[Tazz] The dropkick.
[Michael] Eddie with that dropkick. But what about the boot of Guerrero?
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Now, Luther Reigns is down after that chair.
And Eddie, I thought he'd yank it out.
Where is he doing here?
[Michael] Eddie going to the top rope.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] Yes.
[Michael] Luther Reigns is in trouble.
[Tazz] And Eddie's probably feeling froggy.
-This is weird. Look at this! -[Michael] Eddie Guerrero Frog Splash,
but Luther rolled out of the way.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, that-- Yeah, Eddie crashed and burned there.
[Michael] Eddie missed on the Frog Splash.
[Tazz] Is Eddie grabbing on his knees or is he--
[Michael] I don't know what he's doing.
[Tazz] Luther still down from getting hit with that--
-Uh-oh, now the ref-- -[Michael] Ref back to the steel chair.
Doing his job, getting that out of the ring.
Yeah, you gotta take chair out of there, ref.
-Good job, Brian Hebner. -[Michael] And look at Eddie.
Eddie's got that in his hand. He took it out of his boot.
[Tazz] Wait a minute. Wait.
He's got it behind him?
[Michael] That baton to the skull of Luther Reigns.
Eddie extended the baton and used it on the skull of Luther Reigns.
Both men are down. The referee didn't see it.
[Tazz] I can't believe that.
[Michael] That was one of those extendable batons
there that the police officers used.
Eddie extended it and bounced it off Luther's skull.
[Tazz] Referee Brian Hebner was busy getting
that steel-- the chair out of the ring
-and he didn't-- -[Michael] He was doing his job.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero is so smart.
[Michael] Luther maybe out cold. Eddie Guerrero back to his feet.
[Tazz] And Eddie Guerrero-- I don't know if-- he's gotta be hurting
a little bit or he's playing possum.
-I think he is playing possum. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Eddie back to the top rope again.
The Frog Splash connecting.
-Here's the cover. -[Tazz] No way, no way.
-[Michael] Lying, cheating, stealing. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Eddie picks up the win.
["Viva La Raza" playing]
[Chimel] Here is your winner, Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] Well, Eddie got one third of the lying, cheating, and stealing.
He cheated there. Gonna pay by hook or crook
Eddie Guerrero got it done.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero, just when you think you've seen it all,
he pulls another one out of his playbook.
[Tazz] He's amazing.
I don't know how he comes up with this stuff.
I think he just thinks of it on the fly.
[Michael] That time, he used what, I guess,
I'll call an extension baton.
[Tazz] I mean, there was a security officer in the audience here,
account for everyone,
and Eddie saw what he wanted and he kind of bumped-- I wanna see.
[Michael] Let's take another look. This is what you're talking about.
There's the police officer. Now watch Eddie.
[Tazz] He pulled-- oh, I see. I didn't see him do that.
He pulled that baton out a teeny bit
-and then bangs into him. -[Michael] He banged into him.
[Tazz] He pulled-- he pickpocketed. He bumped him, Cole.
[Michael] And now Eddie extended the baton,
used it off the skull of Luther,
and then he threw the evidence away.
[Tazz] And then Eddie Guerrero played possum here
because I know the ref saw him.
And now, bam, Frog Splash. And this one, the referee did see
was the Frog Splash.
The referee's one, two, three and Eddie Guerrero getting the win.
[Michael] Eddie takes it to Luther Reigns here tonight.
Well, later tonight, ladies and gentlemen, a six-person tag team match.
The Dudleys and Dawn Marie versus Charlie, Rico, and Jackie.
And it all started on SmackDown Thursday night.
Dawn Marie running her mouth about her alleged affair with Charlie
-who's now engaged to Jackie. -[Tazz] Oh, yeah.
Dawn Marie breaking the news out here with us. And then--
and then this cat fight-- this fight which I thought, would've been nice
if this thing just kept going for a good three, four hours.
But the referee and Rico had to break it up, unfortunately.
[Michael] Yeah. And I tell you, Rico breaking it up,
but Dawn Marie and Jackie, this issue is far from settled.
[Tazz] I'm telling you.
Dawn Marie, you certainly made some controversial comments
this past week on SmackDown.
First, breaking the news about Ms. Jackie and Charlie Haas' engagement,
but then insinuating that you and Charlie Haas
are more than just friends.
I think Ms. Jackie would take exception to your comments.
Josh, I can't help it if Charlie is infatuated with me.
Matter of fact, any chance he gets, he comes to me for what he needs.
And if Jackie doesn't like what she heard last week,
then I'll give her a chance to hear it again
when I tell her to her face.
Come on.
Follow me.
-[Michael] Tell her to her face. -[Tazz] I don't know what she--
where is she going?
-Oh, my-- -[Dawn] Jackie.
[Tazz] She's undressed.
-Dawn? [scoffs] -[Dawn] It's okay. Come on in.
What are you doing? Get out of here!
Come on!
You know something, Jackie?
I don't even think Charlie proposed to you.
I think that you proposed to Charlie.
-That's what you think? -Yeah.
You're forcing him into marrying you.
-Forcing him? -Yeah. And that's a fact
because he told me so last night.
But it's okay, sweetheart.
Your engagement, it's not gonna last very long.
You just keep putting all that pressure on Charlie
because I know just how to blow it off.
I'm sure you do.
You're not even a challenge.
And by the look of things,
you can't even measure up.
[Tazz] This thing is getting nasty.
[Michael] It's gonna be interesting later tonight.
-[Tazz] Hoo-hoo. -[Michael] You are looking live
in the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey.
Here comes The Boss.
[bell ringing]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Making his way to the ring,
weighing in at 150 pounds,
he is the Cruiserweight champion of the world, Spike Dudley.
[Michael] Well, I'm not as shocked
his brothers, the Dudleys, are out here.
But this past Thursday night on SmackDown,
you gotta believe Spike's confidence has to be waning a bit.
He went one on one with Nunzio and Nunzio can't believe what happened,
even after Bubba Ray got involved in this matchup.
[Tazz] Yeah. Well, right here, Spike Dudley,
The Boss, with that cocky pin cover and it was Nunzio who's smart enough
to get that half nelson and roll the man.
And then, you know, he got the win.
[Michael] Nunzio, of course, pinning the Cruiserweight champion.
[Tazz] And earned himself a title shot by doing that.
[Michael] General Manager Theodore Long giving Nunzio
this Cruiserweight title shot tonight.
[Chimel] And the challenger,
he is a member of the Full Blooded Italians,
weighing in at 201 pounds, Nunzio.
[Michael] Accompanied by "The Bull" Johnny Stamboli.
[Tazz] He's from the area, right?
You know, neighborhood guy in New Jersey.
But it's like, you know, everybody in New Jersey wants to be in New York
is the way I see it.
[Michael] And everybody in New York wants to be in Jersey.
Let's get it right.
So it's Nunzio one on one with Spike Dudley.
You see the look on the face of The Boss.
The Cruiserweight championship is on the line here tonight.
[Tazz] You know, if you're being screamed at,
you can't notice it, by Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Michael] Of course, Bubba Ray Dudley cut from Paul Heyman's cloth.
He likes to come out here and scream all night.
So it's Spike Dudley and Nunzio.
[Tazz] We got a Cruiserweight championship match on the line.
And I tell you, this Nunzio is a major league threat to Spike.
And it's in-- like you pointed it out early,
it's got to be in Spike's brain
that this man, just a-- just a few days ago,
Nunzio, got a pinfall on him.
[Michael] First of four title matches tonight here at No Mercy.
Still to come, the tag team titles on the line,
the United States Championship, and, of course, the first live match
for the WWE Title.
Nunzio and Spike Dudley going at it
with the Cruiserweight championship on the line.
And only on SmackDown will you see these great cruiserweights.
[Tazz] Well, both men jockeying for position.
They're still locked up in that collar-and-elbow tie-up.
No pinfalls here.
Get him off, get him off!
[Michael] And I tell you, Spike Dudley ducking under the ropes,
forcing referee Charles Robinson to have Nunzio break the hold.
This has been a long time coming for Nunzio, this title match here tonight.
-[Tazz] You think so? -[Michael] Of course.
[Tazz] I agree with you. I think it's been a long time coming.
[Michael] And Nunzio with that forearm, knocking Spike Dudley down.
Nunzio, big shoulder knockdown.
Nunzio trained by the great Billy Robinson.
Spike Dudley-- a big head hip toss by Nunzio.
And Nunzio, a different style.
You won't see Nunzio flying around the ring too much.
[Tazz] Oh, yes. Nunzio's got-- very well-versed in submission.
Right there, a nice hip toss to Spike Dudley
to, you know, slow down the pace a little bit of Nunzio's.
Smart by Spike, The boss, the Cruiserweight champion
-killing the momentum. -[Michael] I think he hit the nail
in the head earlier on in the matchup, Tazz.
The bottom line is, you gotta believe Spike Dudley has got Nunzio in his head
-after that loss on Thursday. -[Tazz] It could be.
But I like-- I like-- you know, Nunzio has a Romanesque nose, you know?
He's got that-- I got-- you know, I got a similar type nose.
Look at that nose. See?
It's good if you have a nose like that.
You fill those nose with nickels, you'll be a millionaire.
You know what I'm saying?
[Michael] Well, it's Nunzio squaring off. Spike Dudley back into the ring
with the Cruiserweight championship on the line.
And there's Spike Dudley.
That is typical Spike.
Just when you think he's on the ropes, he battles back into things.
[Tazz] That was a nasty boot to the stomach region there.
-Uh-oh, uh-oh. -[Michael] And look at Nunzio.
Spike runs on his feet. And Spike Dudley, here's the scoop.
Nunzio, here's a lateral press. He may have him.
And a kick-out by Spike Dudley.
Nunzio, back in the attack.
Rolls him again and a kick-out by Spike after two.
[Tazz] And now we got an arm wringer with that Howard Beach roll.
We could use the Oklahoma roll but we're not in Oklahoma.
This guy is from Queens.
[Michael] I tell you Nunzio continues to work on that left arm.
This is what Nunzio is all about, pressuring leverage to his advantage.
Spike Dudley now goes to work on the arm of Nunzio.
[Tazz] Spike's got a hammerlock on Nunzio.
Nunzio trying to run out of it and, boom, he does it.
Using his leverage to get Spike out of the ring.
[Michael] So, again, it looks to me like the champion
is a bit discombobulated here.
Looks to be off a step against Nunzio.
[Tazz] Well, I think-- I think I have to agree with you on that, Cole.
Well, I don't like to agree with you
but sometimes I gotta agree with you 'cause sometimes you're right.
[Michael] And look at Nunzio from the top.
You don't see Nunzio do that often.
But Nunzio risking his body
with the Cruiserweight championship.
[Tazz] Well, it wasn't pretty.
I guess that's true, he doesn't do it often
but it was effective.
And Nunzio tossing Spike back into the ring.
Quickly the challenger, we know-- cover. There's the veteran move.
Hook of the leg and Spike
been under a tremendous amount of pressure since the get-go.
[Tazz] Nunzio smart.
You know, like I said last week, not his first bowl of lasagna.
You get some high-impact moves on a guy, you go for pin covers.
Nice little pick of the ankle there.
[Michael] Cover again, hooks the inside, outside leg, and a kick-out by Spike.
[Tazz] See that? I'm telling you, Nunzio knows how to hook you and grab you.
Watch this move here.
[Michael] Up over the top.
[Tazz] That was a plunger of sorts there.
[Michael] Not pretty, but effective, like you said.
And look at this. Nunzio top rope.
Oh, and Bubba Ray had the referee distracted
and D-Von knocks Spike-- or Nunzio down.
[Tazz] Well, that's out of character for Nunzio going to the top there,
-but look at this now. -[Michael] There's the cover again.
Shoulders down. May have it.
Nunzio kicks out.
But, again, the Dudleys getting involved
as Bubba Ray and The Bull jaw jack at ringside.
[Tazz] Oh, you don't think The Bull will get involved to help Nunzio
if he did the chance?
[Michael] I haven't seen him get involved yet.
[Tazz] Maybe if Bull didn't have those dark sunglasses on.
[Michael] Listen, Spike Dudley wouldn't even be the damn champion
if it wasn't for his brothers, the Dudley Boyz.
Let's get that straight.
[Tazz] What are you screaming at me for? All right. Relax.
[Michael] Because you come out here every week and you defend these guys.
[Tazz] Listen, don't get your panties all gussied up.
Relax. Relax.
[Michael] Well, The Bull trying to will Nunzio down and Spike Dudley
with that full nelson.
[Tazz] He's working on Nunzio.
I think The Bull might get involved, but Bull's got those glasses.
-He can't see. -[Michael] Oh, enough.
[Tazz] You don't wanna mess with The Bull.
I tell you that right now.
[Michael] Of course, The Bull. Strong like a bull.
[Tazz] I hope-- I hope he grows horns. You know what I'm saying?
What about you? You know, what about you?
[Michael] Who wrote your material tonight? It wasn't me.
And look at Spike, Nunzio with an elbow to the midsection.
And there's another one.
And Nunzio battling out. Off the ropes.
Here is a kick to the face of Spike Dudley.
The-- oh, nice leg sweep takedown, face first for Spike.
-Rolling Nunzio. Look at him. -[Tazz] Stop, stop. Get him off.
[Michael] Oh, wow. Nunzio, what a counter.
[Tazz] Beautiful counter by Nunzio there.
[Michael] That's the mat face technique of Nunzio
taking it to Spike.
-And Spike with a great counter. -[Tazz] Uh-oh, that's it.
-Holding him up. -One, two, three, man.
[Michael] The shoulder. Oh, a kick-out by Nunzio.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, Nunzio was all stacked up.
[Michael] I tell you, this is actually-- you're only gonna see Thursday nights
on SmackDown or at a SmackDown pay-per-view.
[Tazz] This is true. Nice forearm shiver there by Spike
right in that real special Italian jaw of Nunzio.
[Michael] And now Spike Dudley sees an opening.
The Dudleys talking trash outside the ring.
Spike keeping up the pressure on Nunzio.
[Tazz] Well, yeah. Now Nunzio got-- Nunzio-- Oh!
[Michael] And look at Bull. Now, come on.
The double team.
[Tazz] When the referee is telling Spike to back up a little bit, then…
[Michael] This is ridiculous. It's three on one.
Here's the cover, hook of the leg again.
And, again, Nunzio kicks out.
[Tazz] Oh, well, you know, it's back to the full nelson for Spike.
Smart, wearing out the shoulders and that neck of Nunzio here.
Putting the pressure all on and leaning-- see how Spike is leaning his weight--
[Michael] Yeah. Now The Boss, Spike mouthing off
to Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli.
[Tazz] Well, it might be more of an effective move
if Spike were the bigger man, you know, with that full nelson.
It takes a lot of, you know-- I might think there's a power to do that,
so maybe that's why Nunzio is not fading away here.
[Michael] And Nunzio trying to make it back to a vertical base.
He's back to one foot. Now, to two. And Nunzio--
[Tazz] You know, if you had like a finisher move,
it'd be like a quarter nelson.
You don't know what that is, do you?
-[Michael] Quarter nelson? -[Tazz] It's actually not a--
[Michael] That's half a half nelson.
Look at Nunzio with the shoulders
to the midsection of Spike Dudley.
I'd call it the Cole Plex.
-And look at this. -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Michael] Planting Spike Dudley.
Nunzio may do it here.
The title's on the line.
Nunzio needs to recover enough to try to get a pinfall.
[Tazz] Spike landed big time, hard right there.
Beautiful counter by Nunzio there. Beautiful.
[Michael] Both men trying to make it to their feet.
This could be the momentum shift of the matchup.
[Tazz] Yeah. Let's see how hard Spike landed here.
Check this out. Look at this. Watch the impact.
-Wow. -[Michael] Wow.
It's a head-- jawbreaker.
Spike Dudley going for that suplex again.
-[Tazz] Here we go. -[Michael] Dudley's down.
Nunzio may have him and Spike Dudley kicking out.
-What a matchup. -[Tazz] Big time, big time.
Nunzio going with that back suplex as he knows that neck was-- whiplash.
[Michael] Here's, again, a cover. Again, a hook of the leg.
And, again, the champion kicks out.
[Tazz] How important is this cruiserweight championship, Cole?
Spike doing his damnedest to hang on to it.
Nunzio doing everything physically-- power, just power to try and get it.
Look at that.
[Michael] Off the top rope, the Sicilian Slice.
Nunzio may do it here.
Here's the cover again.
The title's on the line. Shoulders are down.
And Spike Dudley-- and I believe
Spike Dudley had his foot on the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Yeah, it looked like that.
And I thought maybe Bubba was over there but he wasn't.
Put his foot on there, but he wasn't.
[Michael] Nunzio tossed through the second rope.
Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli trying to get Nunzio back in this matchup.
-[Tazz] Whoa. -[Michael] Nobody home
as Spike came off the apron.
[Tazz] Going for that stomp. Whoa. Heads up.
[Michael] Wow, a big back body drop.
[Tazz] Wow, that's nasty.
That backdrop is nasty out there.
[Michael] And let's not get fooled by that padding.
It's not that thick outside the ring.
Here's the cover again. Hook of the leg. He may have it.
And Spike again got his foot on the bottom rope.
[Tazz] And also Nunzio can't have his legs under the rope.
Why aren't you screaming if Nunzio does something illegal?
[Michael] Now that you've mentioned--
[Tazz] What a backdrop, man.
That is-- I'll tell you what.
That hurts like hell on the outside.
-[Michael] Spike went for the Dudley-- -[Tazz] Back slide.
[Michael] Here's the back slide. Shoulders are down. Nunzio has it, no.
Again, Spike kicked out.
I thought Nunzio won the title there.
[Tazz] You're looking at two cruiserweights,
two athletes that are in world-class condition here,
and you could see nonstop effort in both men's offense.
-[Michael] Well, two of the top-- -[Tazz] Whoa. What the hell?
-Come on. No, no. -[Michael] Right hand.
Suckered it with a shoulder to the midsection.
Spike Dudley from behind attacking Nunzio.
Here's Nunzio, whipped across the ring.
D-Von Dudley grabs the leg of Nunzio. Spike Dudley.
And look at The Bull.
Now The Bull getting involved, and he should.
Nunzio, nobody home. Hung up on the top rope.
-[Tazz] Right now-- -[Michael] Oh, look at this.
Look at Bubba. Give me a break.
And Spike drew the referee.
Spike into the cover, Spike hooks the leg, and Spike steals it.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] Give me a break!
["Ollie Stalefish" playing]
[Chimel] Here is your winner and still Cruiserweight Champion of the world,
Spike Dudley.
[Michael] You gotta be kidding me.
[Tazz] I don't think that kid-- Spike is leaving
the Continental Airlines Arena on Bubba's back,
but the cruiserweight champion.
[Michael]It's impossible-- it's impossible to beat Spike Dudley.
Even if you got help out there,
it's a damn three-on-one affair every night of the week.
[Tazz] I tell you what, Nunzio got pulled hard
into that-- into that post there.
[Michael] But give it up for Nunzio.
He had the champion on the ropes.
[Tazz] He sure did.
I give-- no doubt, but Nunzio, he landed hard on his calamari.
You know what I'm saying?
[Michael] First of four title matches in No Mercy tonight,
including the WWE Title on the line, the first-ever Last Ride match.
It's The Undertaker versus JBL, and there's no rules.
[Tazz] Well, there's no rules, no disqualifications, no count-outs,
no pinfalls, no submissions, no nothing.
You gotta win this thing by stuffing your opponent
inside that hearse and driving out of this arena,
then you'll be the WWE Champ.
[Michael] The Undertaker trying to win the WWE Championship for a fifth time.
The first time, a year to the day
from when The Undertaker debuted in the WWE.
It was at Survivor Series in 1991.
The beginning of the reign of The Undertaker
against "Hollywood" Hogan.
[Tazz] Oh, no doubt about it. And you'll see right here.
I remember watching this at home. That Tombstone on Hogan right there.
And one, two, three, man.
That was beautiful, Undertaker.
[Michael] The Undertaker winning his first WWE championship
only one year in the WWE at the time
and-- well, that was the beginning of The Undertaker
becoming, perhaps, the most dominant superstar
-in the history of the WWE. -Well, you could see just by that,
being in the WWE one year and nailing Hogan with that Tombstone,
you knew-- you knew The Undertaker
was gonna make a serious impact to this company.
But can The Undertaker dominate a man he's never beaten tonight, JBL?
That remains to be seen. That's why we're sitting here, Cole.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next.
It's former friend against former friend.
It's Paul London versus Billy Kidman.
[Tazz] And if Billy Kidman walks out
or quits like he's been doing, by quitting,
he gets fired by the general manager, Theodore Long.
[Michael] Two best friends, two former tag team champions
have seen their relationship deteriorate.
[Michael] Billy Kidman and Paul London, they've been awesome.
[Tazz] They're energetic. They're high flyers. They're high-risk.
[Michael] Kidman and London continue to impress.
[Tazz] They sure are. Both very impressive.
Has got some teamwork.
[Michael] Kidman and London have taken the tag team world by storm.
[Tazz] My God, they did it!
London and Kidman win the titles.
[Michael] Kidman and London have done the impossible.
Billy Kidman trying to put Chavo Guerrero away here.
Shooting Star Press. Whoa!
[Paul] I don't think you can show your face around here
after what you did to Chavo.
[Billy] Chavo got hurt because of the Shooting Star Press,
one of the most dangerous moves in wrestling.
[Paul] The fact of the matter is Chavo's career might be over
and it's all your fault.
And it's all your fault.
[Tazz] Why is he like a man who lost his confidence?
[Michael] Kidman perhaps with his cold feet.
-And look at Nunzio back slide. -[Tazz] He's got him.
[Michael] And he did it. The FBI did it.
[Tazz] London lost the match.
[Michael] Did you see the blank look on the face of Billy Kidman?
Here come the young tag team champions.
London is ready to go. And you see him asking Billy,
"Are you ready to go?" And Kidman gave him the thumbs up.
Great, great teamwork by the tag team champions.
-[Tazz] Can he-- can he do it, Cole? -[Michael] Nodding to his partner.
Now he's ready.
[Tazz] Shooting Star Press ahead.
[Billy] Do you people really wanna see me do a Shooting Star Press?
[crowd cheering]
[Billy] What kind of animals are you?
[Paul] If you weren't ready to compete last week,
then why did you agree to defend the tag team championship?
It's because of you we lost the tag titles.
Now you could deny this all you want but you quit.
[Theodore] There's one thing that I don't want on my roster.
And you know what that is?
That's a quitter.
[Billy] I'm not a quitter.
[Theodore] You don't get it, do you, Kidman?
Everybody wants to see you do the Shooting Star Press.
[Billy] Are you people that bloodthirsty that you wanna see somebody else
get hurt like that?
[Paul] Are you that messed up
from what happened with Chavo that you can't wrestle anymore?
What do you got to say, man?
To you? Nothing.
[Theodore] Hold on a minute, player.
Where do you think you're going?
You will have your match
between you and Paul London at No Mercy.
If you decide not to show up or maybe you decide to show up
and you wanna walk out again, well, you know something?
I haven't fired anybody since I took over,
but I got no problem making you be the first.
[Michael] Paul London one on one with Booker T.
-[Tazz] Oh, whoa. Wait a minute. Look. -[Michael] Well, there's Billy Kidman.
London went for the 450 and Booker T rolled out of the way.
[Tazz] Well, maybe if Kidman wasn't out here distracting London,
that wouldn't have happened. Oh, what's--
[Michael] Booker T with a steel chair.
-[Tazz] And here comes Kidman now. -[Michael] Here comes Billy Kidman.
-[Paul] What do you have to say? -[Billy] To you? Nothing.
Do you understand?
Then you get it now!
[Michael] Well, I've absolutely lost all respect for this man, Billy Kidman.
[Tazz] Hey, man. Ditto to that.
I tell you, I just don't get this Billy Kidman.
Nice jacket.
["You Can Run" playing]
-♪ Yeah ♪ -[bell ringing]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring from Allentown, Pennsylvania,
weighing in at 215 pounds, Billy Kidman.
[Michael] Well, Billy Kidman has been an emotional wreck
since that Shooting Star Press fell Chavo Guerrero,
knocking Chavo out for five full minutes.
On Sunday night, here earlier tonight, Kidman said he's upset at the fans
and he's upset at Paul London because the fans and Paul London
were never there for Kidman
when he was in that time of emotional crisis.
[Tazz] And in my opinion, that's a total crock.
-[Michael] Wah-wah-wah. -[Tazz] Yeah. Big time, you know?
This is-- you know, is Billy Kidman's gonna do the right thing?
Is he gonna go out here and fight Paul London like a man?
-Paul London wants to fight. -["New Rockers" playing]
[Michael] Well, he has to. He'll get fired if he doesn't.
[Chimel] And from Austin, Texas, weighing in at 200 pounds, Paul London.
[Michael] And Paul London deserves answers
and Paul London wants to get some answers here tonight
out of Billy Kidman.
Paul London, former friends with Kidman, former tag team partners,
still has not gotten a straight answer out of this man.
[Tazz] Cole, let me just add, they aren't just former friends and tag partners.
They're former, you know, tag team champions.
-[Michael] You're right. -[Tazz] I mean that alone,
they know each other, you know, inside and out.
-[Michael] That they do and-- -[Tazz] Billy Kidman just walked--
[Michael] And Paul London wasting little time.
[Tazz] But we saw Kidman just walking out
and it cost them the tag team championship.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] He did do that.
[Tazz] And just walking out on his partner in the face.
[Michael] And not only did he walk on the tag team titles,
he left Paul London, after he had that injury,
at the hands of Heidenreich high and dry.
Kidman missed the right hand. And look at this.
The forearms by Paul London to the side of the head of Billy Kidman.
And London has Kidman reeling in the early going.
-I gotta ask you, Tazz. -[Tazz] Yes.
[Michael] You've been in this business for a lot of years.
[Tazz] Thanks. So you're calling me old, right?
-[Michael] No, not yet. -[Tazz] Oh, okay.
[Michael] You're experienced. What has happened to Billy Kidman?
[Tazz] I don't know. Oh! I'm not a psychoanalyst, Cole,
but I've never seen anybody like this kid.
I mean, right there, you see Paul London just kicked Billy Kidman
in his back where, I said a few weeks back, he had a yellow streak.
I mean, 'cause I-- Kidman just walked away and--
I don't know, maybe the guy's a head case or something.
[Michael] Here's Paul London, second rope, begging Billy Kidman to come in.
The mule kick to the back.
And there's that mule kick right to the jaw.
Here's the cover. Hook on the leg on Kidman, who kicks out.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, this Paul London, man, not for nothing.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] He's got something about it.
-He's-- This guy could go. -[Michael] Look at the aggression.
We saw Paul London going against Booker T.
He had that broken nose and still went on
to fight the United States Champion, taking him to the limit.
[Tazz] Is he-- Is he built-- Paul London just walking right at Kidman.
Referee yelling at him, he don't hesitate.
[Michael] And, look, Billy Kidman is not on his game at all.
I don't think Kidman knows if he's coming or going
against Paul London.
Kicked completely out of the ring.
[Tazz] Well, right there that dropsault
and then Billy Kidman went flying out of the ring.
I think you're right, Cole.
I think-- I think-- I think--
I think Paul London came to fight and Billy Kidman didn't.
[Michael] Billy Kidman is a quitter.
I mean, we've said it on a number of occasions.
[Tazz] Let's see. Let's get-- Let's see what happens here. Whoa.
[Michael] Wow! Check out Paul London.
Sort of a moonsault from the second rope, over the top rope.
[Tazz] It was a slingshot off that-- off the ropes there into a moonsault.
That was reckless, man.
Talk about, you know, high-flying, devil may care as I like to say.
That's very aggressive.
[Michael] And Paul London on the apron. Up over the top.
Lands flat on the gut of Kidman. Cover.
There's a two-count and Kidman grabs the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Well, let's check this out.
[Michael] And look at Kidman just raking the eyes of London.
[Tazz] Well, he had to. Well, let's check it out.
the springboard moonsault right there.
[Michael] What do you mean he had to rake the eyes?
Oh, and what a kick, straight to the face.
And look at the look in his eyes, Billy Kidman's.
[Tazz] This Kidman is just-- he's like a metamorphosis.
He's just changing. I mean--
[Michael] I just can't believe this guy came out here tonight,
on Sunday night, he came and blamed the fans,
like the fans had anything to do with Billy Kidman's state of mind.
And look at London going into that steel post gut first.
[Tazz] Oh, man, that hurts.
[Michael] The cameraman went flying as well.
[Tazz] Let me tell you what, this Paul London--
Billy Kidman following up, stomping on Paul London,
who could have a busted sternum.
[Michael] And Kidman again, directly into the spine.
[Tazz] Well, he's using the pole.
He's using-- Kidman is using that pole.
Check out this kick to the head.
Straight-- Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. That's horrific. That's ugly.
[Michael] Well, so much for having a remorse for your fellow man, Kidman.
Right into the steel post, impact as the cameraman went flying as well.
Paul London's in trouble.
[Tazz] I think Billy Kidman's starting to get into this thing now.
Kidman calling the fans bloodthirsty.
I don't know, you might wanna look in the mirror, my friend.
[Michael] Well, Billy Kidman trash-talking aggressively on Paul London.
What I can't understand-- look, now working the midsection
-that was hit on the steel pole. -[Tazz] That's exactly it.
You see, Kidman, I guess he's not a nut job.
He's smart. He's got a plan.
He's calculatingly cold.
And he's going after the midsection, like it or not.
[Michael] What I-- what I can't understand is--
I mean, Kidman and London had it all.
They were in the top of the world. They were Tag Team Champions.
They had beaten the Dudley Boyz in perhaps the biggest upset of the year,
if not the last decade here on SmackDown.
And I'll tell you what, now this. This is what it's come to.
[Tazz] Michael Cole, I don't have all the answers.
Why do you think I have all the-- I don't know, Cole.
[Michael] 'Cause you tell me all the time you know everything.
And look at Kidman really taking it to Paul London.
And now London battling back with a right hand to the gut.
[Tazz] Now, Paul London, as we've seen London exemplify.
Look at his nose. I don't know if--
-[Michael] Oh. Did you hear that? -[Tazz] I saw and heard it.
And look at the look on Kidman.
[Michael] And Kidman into the cover, hooking the leg,
and Paul London ever so game, kicks out.
[Tazz] There's a little blood right there on the nostril area of Paul London.
[Michael] And, remember, broken nose at the hands of Booker T
just about ten days ago.
[Tazz] Yup, yup, yup. I know, I know, I know. I remember that.
[Michael] And now you suffered broken noses in the ring.
What's the problem? It restricts breathing perhaps?
[Tazz] Yeah, it affects you-- yeah,
it affects your breathing a little bit, for sure.
I mean, all that blood, I mean, sometimes it goes to the throat.
You start swallowing it while you're trying to catch your breath.
And it's not good to swallow your own blood
when you're trying to get your wind going back.
[Michael] And I'm gonna steal one of your lines,
it's not Billy Kidman's first rodeo, so obviously Kidman knows this.
He continues to keep up the pressure.
[Tazz] Yeah. He's working that midsection, pulling the arm back-- arms back
trying to work on the rib region.
[Michael] And a kick to the midsection.
-London, oh, this kid has got guts. -[Tazz] He does.
[Michael] You gotta like the heart of Paul London.
[Tazz] He does. Paul London is a tough hombre. I'd give it to him.
[Michael] Into the corner. Up over the top.
-Landed on the shoulder of Billy Kidman. -[Tazz] Look at this.
[Michael] And London-- Wow! A knee to the midsection again!
-[Tazz] That's a gutbuster. Look at this. -[Michael] Cover.
Hook of the leg and a kick-out by London.
[Tazz] Billy Kidman went from a fireman's carry into a gutbuster
across the knee, again,
pinpointing the midsection of Paul London.
Billy Kidman has a plan, Cole, and it's working.
[Michael] Paul London could have broken ribs.
I mean, Paul London is in a world of trouble here.
-Off the ropes again. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] And again rib first.
Rib first again for Kidman,
continuing to soften the midsection.
[Tazz] Well, I think Billy Kidman is starting to enjoy his work now, Cole.
Here's a cover.
[Michael] Hook to the leg again and a kick-out by Paul London.
All I know is that night in Fresno, California,
when Billy Kidman delivered a Shooting Star Press to Chavo Guerrero,
something changed.
Something changed in Billy Kidman.
[Tazz] Sure did. Sure did.
We don't quite know what that change is, but something did change.
You're right. And now back to that lower--
getting that arm trapped behind. He got the elbow over the arm.
[Michael] Again, this is stretching the ab.
[Tazz] Yeah, the intercostal. That's like the area over your--
-the sides of your ribs. -[Michael] And that was the area
-that Kidman was just punching before. -[Tazz] Yeah, right.
Intercostal, from my old-- former body building days.
And now Kidman here--
[Michael] I'm glad you highlighted "former".
[Tazz] Kidman's got Paul London right where he wants him here.
[Michael] Hey, you could run for governor of Red Hook
-like Arnold, governor of California. -[Tazz] Yeah, all the way.
-There you go. Pull it, pull it. -[Michael] Come on.
It's No Mercy, SmackDown pay-per-view. We're having fun in Jersey.
[Tazz] Well, Paul London is not having fun.
[Michael] No, not at all. Look at that. Paul London battling out.
I believe he caught Kidman in the eye.
And again Kidman on the attack.
And now-- it's just rights and lefts and kicks and boots
right to the midsection.
And now screaming at the fans.
[Tazz] Billy Kidman's vicious.
He's a-- this is a new Billy Kidman.
[Michael] Well, remember, Kidman called the fans bloodthirsty.
Perhaps this is what Kidman, in his sick, twisted mind,
believes the fans wanna see.
Oh, and a forearm knocking Kidman down.
[Tazz] I tell you what, with a punch like that,
Billy Kidman not gonna see much
except the ear, nose, and throat guy or something.
[Michael] Paul London-- wait a minute.
He could go to Paul London's ear, nose, and throat guy.
As Kidman into the corner. Clear the forearms of Billy Kidman.
Paul London trying to get back into this thing,
but again a kick to the midsection floors London.
[Tazz] Well, that's Kidman, he's smart.
Goes with that knee to the gut. Now what? Now what?
[Michael] London-- Oh, what a collision. Elbow to forehead.
And now that spin kick taking Kidman down.
[Tazz] Yeah, jumping spin kick by London into the face of Kidman.
Back on the reverse and a knee right back to the gut again.
[Michael] Billy Kidman going to the top rope,
went for that tornado DDT.
And an enzuigiri to the back of the head knocks Kidman down.
-[Tazz] Now, a cover. Swung by London. -[Michael] Here's the cover by London.
Shoulders down on Kidman. And a kick-out by Billy Kidman.
[Tazz] 'Cause if London can use his feet. He can use his feet.
He gets off from a vertical base, up aerial so quick,
which-- he's holding his ribs though. He's hurting.
[Michael] This match so emotional.
And look at Paul London. Oh, and Billy, he countered.
[Tazz] That BK Bomb that he calls it. Face first.
[Michael] And here's the cover again.
Hook to the leg, shoulders down, and a kick-out by London.
But you gotta believe, London,
-he really can't use that ab region… -[Tazz] No.
[Michael] …to try to get Kidman up like this.
[Tazz] Well, check this out. Watch Kidman grab the head
and drive Paul London face first in between his own legs.
Very smart counter by Billy Kidman.
-Look at the face. -[Michael] I can't believe this.
Billy Kidman-- Oh, look at this.
Lands on the apron of the ring. And now again to the midsection.
London doubles over in pain every time Kidman goes to the ribs.
And Paul London with a right hand.
Billy Kidman bouncing off the turnbuckle a second and third time.
There's a fourth time.
[Tazz] Paul London trying-- just desperately trying
to get on the upper hand here.
[Michael] And, again, every time he tries to use the ribs for anything,
-the midsection, he can't do it. -[Tazz] Oh, there it is.
[Michael] Paul London with a great counter.
-Shoulders down. -[Tazz] He's got him. He's got him.
[Michael] Hooks the leg. He got him. Did he get him?
[Tazz] I think-- No, he didn't. He didn't.
[Michael] Count of two.
So close for Paul London. I thought he had him.
[Tazz] Well, good call by referee Nick Patrick there.
That was-- that was-- that was real close.
[Michael] Kidman whipped into the corner.
Paul London bounces off the ropes and runs right into a standing dropkick.
[Tazz] Well, I think Paul London had something in mind offensively
and then Billy Kidman, another outstanding counter.
Uh-oh. Wait a minute.
-[Michael] What is it about-- -[Tazz] Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Is he gonna do it?
[Michael] Billy Kidman out to the apron. The crowd believes he is.
Is Billy Kidman perhaps is gonna go
for that-- the Shooting Star Press.
[Tazz] No, no, no, no. He's gonna go to the locker room.
And he's gonna get fired if he goes to the locker room.
[Michael] If he goes to the locker room, he will be fired.
[Tazz] The general manager will have his can. He'll be done.
[Michael] Billy Kidman could not bring himself
to do the Shooting Star Press again.
[Tazz] Well, the referee is counting out. He's gonna be fired.
Up to four.
[Michael] Count of four by referee Nick Patrick.
There's a count of five.
Billy Kidman says he's wrestling these demons inside himself.
Kidman back in the ring, breaks the count for the referee.
Here's my question.
Kidman's so-- been so vicious and aggressive throughout this matchup,
what's stopping him from doing the-- doing the Shooting Star Press there?
[Tazz] I don't know. I don't know what--
kick right to the chest right there by Paul London.
That takes the air right out of you, especially if it hit your sternum, right,
in the solar plexus area there.
[Michael] And now Paul London out to the apron.
-[Tazz] Paul London, is he-- -[Michael] Well, we see Paul London
-the last couple of weeks do that 450. -[Tazz] Yeah, yeah.
He can do some stuff off the ropes, no doubt.
-[Michael] London up to the top rope. -[Tazz] 450.
[Michael] That's a Shooting Star.
And Billy Kidman countered.
[Tazz] He picked the knees up, Kidman.
[Michael] London went for the Shooting Star Press, not the 450,
and Billy Kidman countered.
[Tazz] London doing Kidman's move.
[Michael] And Billy Kidman putting London in place.
Billy Kidman to the apron.
Billy Kidman to the top rope. Is he gonna do it?
[Tazz] I don't know. Is he gonna get cold feet again?
-[Michael] Kidman… -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] …the knees to the ribs. The hook of the leg,
the Shooting Star Press, and Billy Kidman wins it.
[bell rings]
[Tazz] Wow.
[Chimel] Here is your winner, Billy Kidman.
[Tazz] Well, I tell you, I'd give Paul London a ton of credit
for trying to go for that-- for Kidman's own move,
the Shooting Star Press.
But Kidman has the wherewithal to pick his knees up
that's what we're gonna see here in a moment, I guess.
[Michael] I've never seen Billy Kidman
as vicious and as aggressive as tonight.
[Tazz] Well, check this out.
London here, check it out, going for the Shooting Star.
Look at the height. And then the knees came out.
-[Michael] To the injured ribs. -[Tazz] That's right.
[Michael] And now watch this. Watch Kidman's Shooting Star Press.
The knees off the top rope would land into the injured ribs.
-And, look. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Oh, he's bleeding from the mouth.
-[Michael] Bleeding perhaps internally. -[Tazz] Internally, yeah.
I hope you people are happy.
[crowd cheering]
-You made me do that. -[crowd cheering]
Look at him.
He's got probably a broken ribs or internal injuries
and it's all because of you.
-[crowd cheering] -[Billy] You made me do it.
-[Michael] Oh, my God. -[Tazz] Paul London is hurt, man.
[Michael] Well, you got to remember all the-- all the punishment
the ribs and midsection took throughout the match
and then the knees off the missed Shooting Star Press by London to the gut
and then Kidman with the knees off his Shooting Star Press.
-And what the hell is he doing? -[Tazz] Hey. What the hell?
-[Michael] What the hell is Kidman doing? -[Tazz] Oh, Billy-- Kidman, don't do this.
[Michael] Billy on the top rope again and another Shooting Star Press.
And London was strapped to that-- to that stretcher.
[Tazz] That son of a bitch. I don't believe he did that.
[Michael] London was strapped to the stretcher and this lunatic…
[Tazz] I mean, he's-- what is up?
He's sick. That's sick, I'm telling you.
[Michael] What is wrong with Billy Kidman?
What the hell has snapped inside this man?
It's one thing in the heat of the matchup, but Paul London,
his former best friend, was strapped to a backboard!
Strapped to the backboard for God's sake!
[Tazz] Paul London was defenseless
and Billy Kidman took advantage of Paul London
because he was defenseless.
[Michael] I hope Billy Kidman is proud of himself.
We gotta take another look at the abuse
that Paul London has happened in this matchup.
[Tazz] Well, this is when Billy Kidman walked away
and I wish we didn't have to watch this again,
because this was-- this-- I don't know.
I don't know if it was a bunch BS on his part or what the story was,
but then Billy Kidman came back and then really…
[Michael] But watch the knees of Kidman here,
right into those injured ribs which caused the internal bleeding.
[Tazz] Well, he meant to do that, Cole. That was by design, my friend.
[Michael] And then after the matchup,
Paul London strapped to a backboard here.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] And Kidman again.
The man, Paul London was bleeding profusely from the mouth.
[Tazz] Strapped to the-- to the gurney there,
he couldn't even get up.
And look at Paul London.
It's a graphic sight, not a pretty sight, but it's a reality.
-Sickening. -I know.
It's absolutely sickening.
I mean, what has gotten into Billy Kidman?
Cole, I don't know what's gotten into the man.
I mean first, he's gonna walk out of the ring,
then he's gonna stay out here.
Then he hits the move, I don't know what to say.
And the fact to the matter is Paul London was strapped to a backboard.
-He was defenseless. -I know.
And it wasn't even part of the matchup.
And that's why Kidman did that 'cause he was defenseless.
Kidman showing Paul London absolutely no mercy here tonight.
And of course, we are at No Mercy in the shadow in New York City,
the Continental Airlines Arena live.
And, folks, we aren't even halfway through yet.
This is gonna be one hell of a night including that first ride--
Last Ride match, I should say.
Will The Undertaker regain the WWE title
for what would be a fifth time here tonight?
The second time happened at WrestleMania 13,
The Undertaker and Psycho Sid.
[Tazz] Oh, I remember this bad boy too.
And not many men at that time able to match the size and power
of Psycho Sid, but the Deadman did it, Cole.
[Michael] It was the dominance of The Undertaker
who was headed toward a decade of destruction.
The Undertaker with a Tombstone Piledriver.
Well, ladies and gentleman, The Undertaker tonight
will try to dominate the current WWE Champion, JBL.
JBL, standing by with our colleague, Josh Mathews.
Ladies and gentlemen, joining me right now is the WWE Champion,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[crowd booing]
And, JBL, heading into this huge Last Ride match tonight,
-my question to you is, how do-- -No. No.
My question to you is "Why?"
Why is this entire pay-per-view biased toward The Undertaker?
It's bad enough that this swamp they call Jersey,
that everybody out there really believes that tonight,
JBL will lose his championship.
And then you have to show every time The Undertaker has won the title?
You call that fair and balanced?
What about JBL's greatest matches?
What about JBL's title matches?
You are as bad as Dan Rather and the entire liberal, lying media.
Josh, in every title match I've had, I have guaranteed,
guaranteed victory.
Well, tonight, son, I am going to guaran--
I am going to guaran--
I'll tell you this,
if The Undertaker is gonna take what is rightfully mine,
my WWE Championship,
there's only one way he's gonna do it,
and that's gonna be over my dead body.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Wow, strong words from the WWE Champion.
[Tazz] Well, that might happen. [chuckles]
Well, speaking of champion.
[Michael] Here come the Tag Team Champions,
the second of four title matches tonight at No Mercy.
[bell ringing]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Making their way to the ring being accompanied by Hiroko and Fifi,
at combined weight of 510 pounds,
they are the Tag Team Champions,
Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] Well, it's-- I love when these guys are out here,
the Tag Team champions, it's like the United Nation's deal or something.
You know, three companies-- oh, I'm sorry,
three countries represented out here, it's great.
[Michael] Three countries?
[Tazz] Japan, France and Greece.
-[Michael] Greece? -[Tazz] Yeah, the dog, Fifi,
that's a Greek, I found out, that dog's got half Greek in it.
[Michael] It's a French poodle.
[Tazz] It's French, Greek, yeah, you know, same--
I know, it's Mediterranean, you know what I mean?
They-- they like olive oil with the salad, you dip in a pool of salt.
A little Italian for the night.
-[Michael] Are you done? -[Tazz] Yes, please,
let's move on, wrap it. [laughs]
[Michael] Rene Dupree, Kenzo Suzuki, well Kenzo says he loves America,
Rene Dupree, well, he disdains America, makes no bones about it,
although I think, Kenzo's disingenuous about that "I love USA" stunt.
[Tazz] Well, but somehow, this--
there they are, the WWE Tag Team Champions.
[speaking French]
[crowd cheering]
[speaking French] Kenzo Suzuki…
[speaking French] Rene Dupree…
[crowd booing]
Mademoiselle.
Before this match,
in honor of New Jersey's Bruce Springsteen…
[Michael] Springsteen?
…Kenzo has something very, very, very important
he would like to say.
[Michael] Oh, my.
[crowd chatter]
♪ Born in the USA, woo ♪
-♪ Born in the USA, woo ♪ -[Michael] You've got to be kidding me.
-♪ Born… born in the USA, woo ♪ -[Michael] Oh, my. He's playing guitar.
♪ Born in the USA, woo ♪
[Tazz] Somewhere, Bruce Springsteen is having a heart attack, Cole.
[Michael] Well he lives down the road in Rumson here in New Jersey,
I hope he's-- I'm sure he's got No Mercy on,
-he's probably… -[Tazz] Well, I have. Have mercy on me.
Please, Suzuki, have mercy on me.
[Michael] Hey, it's Sunday night, but here's Mr. Thursday Night.
[Chimel] Making his way to the ring from Battle Creek, Michigan,
weighing in at 230 pounds,
Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] I have never been so happy to see Rob Van Dam.
-[Michael] Me either. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] That may have been the worst singing I've--
or worst example of karaoke I have ever seen in my life.
[Tazz] But you know the guy loves America and he loves New Jersey.
[Michael] No, he doesn't.
[Tazz] Yes, he does, he sings, I believe him.
[Michael] You believe everything.
-[both] Oh! -["619" playing]
[Chimel] And his partner from San Diego, California,
weighing in at 175 pounds,
Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] Well, Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree cost Rey Mysterio
the Cruiserweight Championship a couple of weeks ago.
RVD would help out Mysterio on that night,
hence the reason the General Manager, Theodore Long,
has made this tag team matchup for the tag team titles.
[Tazz] And I'm telling you, if you're Dupree and Suzuki,
you got to be careful
because the styles of Van Dam and Mysterio, they run parallel.
And they-- they're an explosive team.
If you people have never seen these guys before, Mysterio and Van Dam tag up,
I'm telling you, they can get it done.
We could crown new Tag Team Champions right here.
[Michael] And talk about contrasting styles,
the styles are so different
-from each of these teams. -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] You know, we caught Kenzo praying a minute ago,
he might need to pray to hold on to those championships.
[Michael] And you're right, it's the 20-year old Rene Dupree,
the so-called French Phenom,
starting things off against Mr. Thursday Night, Rob Van Dam.
-[Tazz] He is phenomenal. -[Michael] He is.
[Tazz] The French Phenom.
Where were you at 20, besides broke?
-[Michael] Broke. -[Tazz] Yeah, exactly.
[Michael] I didn't look like that, I'll tell you what.
[Tazz] You still don't and you're pushing 40 and you never will.
[Michael] Your birthday soon.
And look at RVD, jaw jacking with Rene Dupree.
[crowd] Rob Van Dam!
[Michael] Jersey crowd firmly behind Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] It's a psychological warfare, this.
Standing switch by Van Dam into that arm drag
and now a head scissors by Rene Dupree.
[Michael] It's gonna be an interesting matchup,
here's the first cover of the matchup.
A one-count, Rene Dupree rolls out, continues that headlock on Rob Van Dam.
Rene Dupree, and look at RVD go behind by Dupree, kick to the midsection.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh. That's just maybe a powerbomb-- no.
[Michael] And RVD-- whoa, back body drop.
Rene rolls it through, shoulders down, again and a kick-out,
here's shoulders down other side, challengers may have him, no.
Again, a reversal and both men kick-out.
Rene Dupree-- leg sweep by Rob Van Dam, nobody home.
Rene Dupree, nobody home.
What action in the early going of this matchup.
[Tazz] Both, two elbows missing.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Quick standoff there,
crowd here in the East Rutherford, New Jersey,
showing a sign of respect for the athleticism of these men.
[Michael] Well, Rene Dupree, as I mentioned, just 20 years old,
had his first matchup at 14.
[Tazz] Really?
[crowd chanting] Rob Van Dam!
[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] And-- oh, look at Rob Van Dam catching him,
there's the side headlock, into the corner,
blind tag made by Rey Mysterio.
[Tazz] Right, right, there was a tag by Rey.
[Michael] Dupree does not realize that.
[Tazz] Yeah, he's gonna notice it in a minute.
[Michael] There's the double team, kick to the midsection.
Dupree off the ropes. Oh, double leapfrog, up over the top.
-Oh, Rey Mysterio. -[Tazz] I told you--
[Michael] Here's the cover, hook of the leg, tag titles on the line,
kick-out by Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] I told you their styles run parallel,
which means-- Mysterio and Van Dam.
[Michael] Here comes the Bronze Warrior, Kenzo Suzuki and you want to talk…
[Tazz] You think the Bronze Warrior aspires to be a Gold Warrior?
-[Michael] Maybe. -[Tazz] No?
[Michael] Well, perhaps. Kick to the midsection.
[Tazz] Maybe not-- maybe not.
[Michael] Mysterio, and here's the chop by the martial arts expert.
You want to talk about how-- what a great athlete this Kenzo Suzuki is?
He once played baseball in Japan with Ichiro Suzuki,
of the Seattle Mariners.
He just set the single season hit mark in baseball.
-[Tazz] You're very proud of him but… -[Michael] Oh! Kick to the midsection.
[Tazz] …this is not baseball, this is not baseball, it's wrestling.
[Michael] Oh, and what a kick by Mysterio and backing up into the corner,
Kenzo Suzuki, Rey Mysterio in all-white here tonight.
[Tazz] I think Suzuki might need a baseball bat right about now,
-but that's not gonna happen. -[Michael] You're right.
And Dupree into the ring and goodbye Mr. Dupree.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, the Tag Team Champions,
I don't think know what hit them right now.
[Michael] Tag made to Rob Van Dam.
The highly unorthodox style of both Mysterio and Van Dam getting--
-[Tazz] Something's gonna happen, Cole. -[Michael] Mysterio-- wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Mysterio helos all over the top rope.
[Michael] Only on SmackDown.
[Tazz] Amazing athleticism displayed
by Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio right there.
-[Michael] Take another look. -[Tazz] Look at this.
At the same time, they hit the tag champs.
How impressive is that?
[Michael] And Rob Van Dam and Kenzo Suzuki, the legal men here.
-Van Dam, rolling Kenzo in the ring… -[Tazz] Here we go!
[Michael] …hook of the leg, the inside leg,
and Kenzo just kicks out.
But, think about it, if you were Kenzo and Rene,
how do you scout and how do you get ready to take on an unorthodox team
like Van Dam and Mysterio?
[Tazz] Well, first thing you do, I think is you lose the dog,
you lose Fifi, that's just my opinion.
Because the dog causes distractions.
[Michael] Right. You're not gonna need a dojo.
Here's an elbow, Van Dam with that spin kick to the jaw.
[Tazz] Then again, a woman causes distractions like Hiroko,
she's a woman with makeup and a hair and flags in her hair.
[Michael] Look at Van Dam perched on the top rope and Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] Whoa, Hiroko almost got nailed.
[Michael] Van Dam bouncing off the barricade.
Referee Jimmy Korderas didn't see it.
It allows Kenzo to catch his breath here.
[Tazz] You don't wanna hit Hiroko, she's royalty.
[Michael] She's a geisha girl.
[Tazz] I guess they're royalty.
[Michael] Check out Van Dam, crashing and burning here.
[Tazz] Look at this, look at this.
[Michael] Rob Van Dam back into the ring
and now Kenzo Suzuki begins to stalk the challenger, Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] Yeah. Suzuki now, gonna try and taking full control over Van Dam
and working on that midsection recently with those big boots to the gut there.
[Michael] Kenzo Suzuki, well, started wrestling in Japan
and won the Young Lions Cup,
becoming determine the new-- Japan's top rookie, Tazz.
I know you're very familiar with that.
Rob Van Dam, slammed to the mat by Kenzo Suzuki.
There's the knee, it's right into the throat of Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] Right now, Van Dam is just in trouble here
because Suzuki, he's not gonna care much about the rules.
He's gonna stretch the rules as far as he can go
right in front of the referee's face.
[crowd chanting] RVD! RVD!
[Michael] There's a Snapmare as the crowd begins the RVD chant
and here comes Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] Be careful, don't you let Van Dam just sit around there
because Van Dam will roll over,
and tag Mysterio, you can't sell Van Dam short.
[Michael] And there's the cockiness of this youngster from France,
Rene Dupree.
[Tazz] Look at his trunks, they say, "French Tickler."
If you can't read or you don't have your glasses on or your contacts--
[Michael] Closed captioning provided by Tazz here tonight.
As Dupree continues to work on that neck and head of Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] Got him,
got the head snatched up there, Van Dam now, very flexible man.
[Michael] I'm surprised you can read them, isn't it in French?
And look at this, Van Dam with the elbows to the midsection
and Dupree, really taking it to Van Dam,
and now the cheap shot to Rene, I should say, to Rey Mysterio.
[Tazz] Yeah, Mysterio, just got nailed because they're in trouble there.
I guess that Dupree was smart because he knows that if they get--
ever gets over to Mysterio, he wants to keep--
Dupree wants to try and keep Mysterio not fresh, un-fresh.
[Michael] Kenzo Suzuki, with a chop,
isolating Van Dam again from the corner like Tazz mentioned.
[Tazz] And what's this, he's praying again?
[Michael] Going off the ropes here, Kenzo Suzuki driving the knee.
[Tazz] He got nerves, I heard he was sing again.
That's a good way to get Van Dam to tap out, sing to him.
[Michael] Well, there's Rey Mysterio pulling Kenzo Suzuki off the cover.
And look at Kenzo Suzuki, dropping around like a sushi.
[Tazz] I don't know what was.
[Michael] Kick to the midsection, and Kenzo Suzuki,
one-half of the Tag Team champions taking it to Van Dam.
[Tazz] Yeah, now, Suzuki's got that armbar to Van Dam.
See the intense look on Suzuki's face.
[Michael] I'll tell you, you know, this Kenzo Suzuki has been so impressive
since he debuted here on SmackDown.
Always intense,
continuing to isolate Van Dam from his corner.
[Tazz] You know, I don't know why the American audience boos Kenzo Suzuki.
-The man loves America. -[Michael] Who doesn't like America?
-Wow, what a kick. -[Tazz] Let me finish my thought.
Lights out right there for Suzuki.
You know, I think-- I think Kenzo does love America.
Come on, just because he's not American we can't love him?
He's a genuine, he's genuine. He's sincere.
[Michael] Here's the tag to Rey Mysterio.
Did you see that headbutt off the top rope?
[Tazz] But I don't know, is that legal?
I mean, now, it don't matter, it's effective, he did it.
Here's Kenzo off the reversal, Mysterio whipped off the ropes,
slides between the legs, kick to the ribs of Kenzo Suzuki.
Rey Mysterio up over the top and he--
[Tazz] Oh, my God, what a DDT right there, tornado.
[Michael] Right in Kenzo, cover, hook of the leg,
tag titles are on the line and Dupree breaks up the three-count.
[Tazz] Dupree saved the tag team titles right there.
[Michael] Wow. Well, there goes Dupree.
[Tazz] Dupree had to what he did but I guess Mysterio said,
"Well, here's one for you, you won't interfere there, French man."
[crowd chanting] One, two, three, four, five…
[Tazz] Come on, ref, let's go, get him out of the corner,
we don't got all day, what are you doing here?
[Michael] Oh, Kenzo, knocking Mysterio off and Mysterio lands on the apron.
There's the tremendous balance of the former Cruiserweight champion.
-[Tazz] Springboard. -[Michael] Rey Mysterio, seated senton.
Could have him here. Hooks the leg, shoulders down, he's got him-- no.
Wow, Kenzo just kicking out. I thought Mysterio had him.
[Tazz] Yeah. It's a hell of a match right here.
And you know, you don't want to let Mysterio build any more momentum
than he has built already and the-- oh!
Oh, that'll cut his momentum off.
What a shot by Suzuki.
[Michael] And look at Mysterio, caught on the shoulder of Kenzo Suzuki.
Oh, oh, look out, heads up.
[Tazz] Well, San Diego's a long way away but there's a 619-- oh.
[Michael] And Rene Dupree stopping Mysterio
from delivering the 619.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, look at this.
[Michael] Mysterio, trying to battle out of this thing.
Sweep, Van Dam takes out the legs of Dupree.
[Tazz] A low kick sweep there.
What's Van Dam and Mysterio doing? Watch out here.
[Michael] Look at the double team.
-Here comes Van Dam. -[Tazz] Rolling Thunder!
[Michael] A little Rolling Thunder from Rob Van Dam.
[Tazz] Oh, and the ref-- oh!
[Michael] Oh, and a kick to Kenzo, and the Tag Team Champions are in trouble.
[Tazz] Well, here's that 619 Rey wanted earlier,
he's gonna get it now.
[Michael] Connecting. Kenzo, back in the Land of the Rising Sun.
[Tazz] What a shot, and Rey's waiting, Springboard here-- look at this.
-[Michael] And look at Dupree. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Rey was going for the Droppin' Da Dime,
Dupree hung him up on the top rope.
[Tazz] Dupree, probably about the third time in this match,
he saved the championship for his team.
-[Michael] And look at this. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] Rob Van Dam taking out Rene Dupree.
And Kenzo Suzuki, stacking up Mysterio, using the ropes,
-and Kenzo Suzuki and Rene steal one. -[bell rings]
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Chimel] Here are your winners
and still Tag Team champions,
Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree.
[Michael] Well, let's take another look at what happened at the end of the matchup.
Rey Mysterio had just delivered the 619.
He was perched, perhaps, ready for the Droppin' Da Dime
or the West Coast Pop here and Dupree got involved.
[Tazz] Well, Rene Dupree, tremendous ring presence,
knows where he is at all times and saved his Tag Team Championship
and his partner Suzuki at least three times during that match.
And look at the hand here by Suzuki,
using those ropes illegally, pinning Rey Mysterio.
Referee was checking the shoulders of Rey, so he couldn't see the hand.
[Michael] Van Dam and Rey Mysterio gave it their all,
but, I guess you got to be impressed with the Tag Team champs.
[Tazz] I am, I'll tell you, like them or not,
they were impressive and they're still champions.
[Michael] Well, coming up next at No Mercy,
it is the Big Show versus Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] And just like our General Manager, Theodore Long said
this past Thursday on SmackDown,
"The gold medal tyrant versus the bold angry giant."
I can't wait.
[Michael] And remember, Kurt Angle must do it alone
versus the Big Show tonight.
♪ Well… ♪
♪ Well, it's the Big Show! ♪
[Michael] Whoa. What the hell?
Oh, my God.
The Big Show?
Say it ain't so!
He wasn't scheduled to be here for two weeks.
[Tazz] Oh, my God!
[Michael] Big Show is on the scene.
[Tazz] Bodies are just flying everywhere.
[Michael] Big Show is a one-man wrecking machine.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Latino Heat, oh, man.
Wreckage strewn throughout this arena.
-[Tazz] Oh, he's not-- -[Michael] A major chokeslam.
-I am telling you, the damage… -[Tazz] Oh, watch out, who's that?
Oh, man. Oh, Luther Reigns.
[Michael] Oh, my God.
An accent for Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The Big Show is back.
[Tazz] Nobody's safe.
Oh, my God.
You devastated the entire locker room.
Now, that's what I call an impact.
I think it's time we took this to the next level.
What I have here are two unsigned contracts
for matches at No Mercy.
Big Show, is it going to be
Eddie Guerrero versus the Big Show?
Or will it be Kurt Angle versus the Big Show?
It's all on you now, what's it gonna be?
So live on pay-per-view at No Mercy,
it will be you, Kurt Angle, versus the Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
You brought this on yourself, Show.
The second you threw me down to the ground,
my leg snapped in two, I swore retribution.
[Michael] Tonight, it's Kurt Angle and Luther Reigns
against the Big Show and Eddie Guerrero.
Eddie to the top rope,
to the top of the shoulders of the Big Show.
[Tazz] No way, he could never-- look at Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] A Frog Splash.
There's the cover-- oh, no, Kurt Angle kicked out.
[Tazz] Who the hell is that?
[Michael] That-- that's Mark Jindrak.
What the hell is he doing out here?
-[Tazz] Mark Jindrak? -[Michael] Kurt Angle--
[Tazz] What the hell is he…
[Michael] I don't know what he's doing, but Big Show's got Jindrak by the throat.
[Tazz] He sure does.
Oh, my-- that's a tranquilizer dart.
[Michael] Right into the back of the Big Show.
The Big Show's faltering, Big Show…
[Tazz] I've never saw nothing like this in my…
[distorted music]
[Kurt] How does this feel?
Oh.
Oh, this is fun.
Time for a new haircut, something to remind you of.
You'll always remember me now, Show.
I did what everyone here has dreamed about doing.
I took the big bad bully
and I humiliated him like he's never been humiliated before.
Kurt Angle, if Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns
or anyone else interferes in that match,
then they will be fired.
[Big Show] Kurt Angle attempts to rape me off my dignity.
When I look in the mirror, I'm gonna be reminded of the fact
that Kurt Angle humiliated me.
But Kurt made one giant mistake,
he left me breathing.
I'm gonna subject Kurt Angle to the worst beating
he has ever suffered.
I will show Kurt Angle…
no mercy.
Ladies and gentlemen, per general manager Theodore Long,
if anyone gets involved in this following match,
they will be fired.
[crowd cheering]
["Medal" playing]
[crowd chanting] You suck! You suck!
You suck!
-[bell ringing] -[Chimel] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring,
he is the only gold medalist in WWE history
and a former WWE Champion, Kurt Angle.
[Michael] Well, obviously, Kurt Angle believes in an eye for an eye
after being thrown off that balcony by the Big Show,
Kurt Angle would come back and well, rape the Big Show of his dignity
by using that tranquilizer dart and shaving the Big Show's hair.
[Tazz] That said, last week, Cole, I'm surprised that Angle
would resort to a stunt like that. I really am.
I mean, a former gold medalist, just shocked at that.
[Michael] Well, he may pay for it right now.
[Tazz] Look at those eyes, I see Kurt Angle's waiting and he's ready.
Look at those eyes, man.
[Michael] Only Olympic gold medalist.
-♪ Well… ♪ -[Michael] Uh-oh.
-♪ Well, it's the Big Show! ♪ -[both] Oh!
♪ Yes, it's a big bad… ♪
[Chimel] And making his way to the ring,
standing seven feet tall,
weighing in at 460 pounds,
The Big Show.
[Michael] The eyes of an angry giant and remember…
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] …Big Show said he shaved
the rest of the hair off his head, what Kurt Angle started,
he finished, to remind him everyday
-when he looks into the mirror… -[Tazz] That's right.
[Michael] …what Kurt Angle did to him.
[Tazz] Big Show said the first time in his life,
that he had felt helpless when he got shot with that dart
and he couldn't do a damn thing about it
but right now, the Big Show can do something about it,
and Kurt Angle, hightailed out of there and Big Show rubbing that head saying--
well, Big Show said it's not about the hair,
it's about being humbled.
That Kurt Angle attempted to humble, you know, and embarrass the Big Show.
[Michael] That Kurt Angle treated the Big Show like a wild animal,
like big game trophy, that he was humiliated
in front of all the people in the arena and millions watching worldwide.
[Tazz] Like I said earlier Cole, I couldn't believe it.
I know-- I knew-- I thought I knew Kurt Angle very well.
I knew Kurt-- I've known Kurt for a long time
and I'm shocked-- I'm shocked that Kurt-- still shocked that Kurt did it.
[Michael] And you can't blame Kurt Angle for taking his time getting into the ring
after Big Show said last week,
"Angle made one mistake, he left me breathing."
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] Well, that's right-- that's right.
But it was a desperate tactic by-- desperate tactic by Angle
with that dart tranquilizer, but there's no dart tranquilizers now.
[Michael] And look at that, he's rubbing his own sweat
in to the face of Angle, trying to-- well, perhaps--
I'll break your ass in half, anytime.
[Michael] He said he's gonna break his ass in half.
-[Tazz] That's not funny. -Look me in the eye, you son of a bitch,
your ass is mine.
[Michael] We apologize for the language of course from the Big Show,
but the man was indeed raped of his dignity a couple of weeks ago.
[Tazz] Big Show is-- This is a heated deal,
Big Show's upset, I don't blame him.
[Michael] And Kurt Angle, he's gonna hightail a higher ground
and try to regain his composure here.
You know, Olympic gold medalist or not,
Kurt athlete's-- Kurt Angle is a great athlete.
Former WWE Champion in the works,
but he is in there against the seven foot, 470-pound man
who has never been this angry in his entire life.
[Tazz] Well, if you think the Big Show's a man, you're out of your mind.
The Big Show's not a man, he's a freak.
He's like a giant. Look at him, he's a beast.
Look at the size of the guy's back, it's like a pool table.
Look at the size of that thing.
[Michael] Kurt Angle, taking his time, wearily approaching.
[Tazz] I mean, if you're Kurt Angle, you gotta try and stay--
Angle though, getting a headlock.
[Michael] Side headlock on the seven-footer.
-And look at this, a one-arm… -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] …one arm, lifting Kurt Angle off his feet,
whipping him into the ropes and there's a shoulder knockdown.
That's like running into a concrete wall.
You know what folks, go out of your backyard
and run right into the wall of your house, that's what it's gonna feel like.
[Tazz] Yeah, don't do that, that'll hurt. Don't listen to Cole.
But, look at the eyes of the Big Show. Oh, man.
[Michael] Have you ever seen the Big Show look like this?
[Tazz] No, I haven't, Cole, and that's why--
[Michael] And you've known the guy a long time,
-you've been in the ring with him. -[Tazz] Yes, I have.
That's why I'm gonna just-- I'm gonna tell you,
it's gonna be a long night for Kurt Angle.
And Kurt Angle's never had a night like he's gonna have tonight.
And Kurt's going to the bag of tricks. A go-behind.
He can pop those hips as long as he want, it's not-- it's not gonna matter,
it's not gonna affect him.
-[Michael] It's not gonna matter at all. -Hey!
[Michael] And here's the-- 470-pounder with that big back side.
That'll break a rib, to the midsection of Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle, well, he's got no back either.
Meaning that-- Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
[Michael] That is a major league deal.
[Tazz] Kurt was in midair, it seemed like for five, ten minutes,
I'm exaggerating but, you know.
[Michael] Big Show methodically picking apart Kurt Angle.
-And look at this. Wow! -[Tazz] That's-- that's-- oh!
That's the worst part about it, you're right,
is that Big Show's methodically doing it.
[Michael] Because you know what, Big Show was raped of his dignity,
what Big Show wants to do here,
Big Show wants to punish Kurt Angle.
-He wants to slowly punish Kurt Angle. -[Tazz] Well' he's doing it.
He's getting that part done, the punishment deal is happening.
[Michael] This is about torturing the man.
This is about raping Angle of his dignity here on-- at No Mercy.
Whipping Angle into the corner with authority.
And look at the strength of this man.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. Kurt is way up in the air right now.
[Michael] He's got to be near eight feet in the air and tossed to the mat below.
[Tazz] A Gorilla Press to the max right there by the Big Show.
[Michael] I'm gonna put this Big Show in perspective,
his thighs are as big as my waist, 34-inch thighs.
-Two! -[Michael] He's got a 65-inch chest.
-Three! -[Tazz] He's huge, that's what I'm saying.
The Big Show's-- And Kurt Angle, in my opinion, is doing the right thing.
He-- Obviously, his game plan is not--
Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute, wait a minute.
Now, he's not doing the right thing.
He just waved off and said, "I'm out of here."
[Michael] Well, referee Brian Hebner has begun to count here.
And Kurt Angle, I think has had enough.
[Tazz] Oh, Kurt Angle figured-- Oh, where is he going?
He's coming back, he's coming back, he's coming back.
He sees-- That's a heart of a champion, now.
-Look at that. -What are you doing?
-[Michael] Referee's at a count of nine. -Ten!
[Michael] Referee's at a count of ten.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] And this one's over.
[Tazz] He counted with the ref. I've never seen anybody do that.
-Kurt Angle-- -[Chimel] The winner of this match
-as a result of a count-out… -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[Chimel] …the Big Show.
[Tazz] What the hell was going on here?
[Michael] Kurt Angle is running away from the Big Show through the crowd.
[Tazz] And that music is our general manager's music.
-[Michael] Well, there's Theodore Long. -[Theodore] Hold on a minute.
Hold on just a minute.
Hold on just a minute, Kurt.
Kurt, where do you think you're going?
[crowd chatter]
[Theodore] Now, if you're trying to dip on me, then that's fine,
but I'll tell you something, Kurt.
You will never wrestle here on SmackDown again.
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Theodore] Now I'm gonna tell you something, Kurt.
This match tonight between you and the Big Show,
I don't care if it takes all night long.
There will be a decisive winner here tonight.
Now I'm gonna make it official, Kurt.
I'm gonna restart this match,
and the referee will give you until the count of 10
-to get back in the ring. -You're kidding me right here.
Now Kurt, if you don't make it, then you're finished.
Believe that.
Now Mr. Referee, start the count.
Start the count.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, there is no cutting corners.
Oh, no. Look at this. No cutting corners with--
What a decision Kurt has to make here.
[Michael] What a great decision by our general manager.
-[crowd chatter] -[Michael] A count of four.
[Tazz] Kurt's not moving though.
-[Michael] A count of five. -[Tazz] He's gonna get fired.
[Michael] Oh, here he comes, here he comes.
[Tazz] Maybe not, maybe not.
[Michael] Kurt Angle making it back through the crowd.
[Tazz] It's up to seven. You better get hop, Kurt.
You better get moving.
-[Michael] And Kurt Angle-- -[Tazz] What the hell?
I think he's not gonna make it. He's gonna get fired.
[Michael] Kurt Angle just flipped down to the steel steps.
-He's-- referee at a count of nine… -[Tazz] He's not gonna make it.
[Michael] …and Kurt Angle's just made it back into the ring.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] And now the match restarts
and Kurt Angle begging for mercy.
It is a headbutt by that huge cranium.
[Tazz] There is no mercy, Cole, not tonight.
Big Show said it this past Thursday night. Listen.
He will have no mercy on Kurt Angle that frying pan like hand.
[Michael] You're right. His hand is a size of a small skillet.
-Listen to this. Wow. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] That'll knock the breath out of you.
[Tazz] Stop your heart.
[Michael] You can use those fingers as defibrillators.
[Tazz] Oh, look at Big Show. I--
[Michael] It's 500 pounds, near 500 pounds.
[Tazz] I have never seen Kurt Angle manhandled--
or giant handled like this before.
[Michael] Big Show said Kurt Angle was gonna be
-into the worse beating of his life. -[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh, oh!
[Michael] And that beal was worse than the first one.
[Tazz] You're right. The Big Show just warming up now.
He's smiling. He's having fun.
[Michael] Here is Kurt Angle whipped across that ring again over the top rope.
This is for the man, the Big Show
-and look at his smile. -[Tazz] He's laughing.
[Michael] You know when Big Show came back to SmackDown-- oh, wait.
What is Kurt Angle-- he's grabbing a steel chair.
-[Tazz] Getting some help. -[Michael] Maybe with a steel chair-- oh!
Big Show just punched the steel chair off the skull of Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle is out. Thanks for coming, Angle.
-He's got to be knocked out. -[Brian] Three!
[Tazz] What a shot.
-[Michael] Mike Tyson had that right hand. -[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Well, now Angle just ripped his body
and Big Show just chucked in Angle back in the ring.
[Michael] Big Show back into the ring.
The punishment continues and you realize--
[Tazz] Just pin him already.
[Michael] And Big Show with the big leg drop.
I was just gonna say as we take another look.
Listen to this, just listen to this.
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Michael] That's a right hand.
[Tazz] Steel on forehead followed by-- what started from a right hand.
[Michael] And you made a great point before.
Big Show is yet to go for a pin cover in this matchup.
[Tazz] Well, that's not-- that's not with the Big--
that's not with the Big Show wants.
You heard what Show said earlier.
He's gonna humiliate Kurt Angle.
[Michael] And look at him. He's having fun.
[Tazz] He's gonna-- he's gonna have beating of his lifetime
like he's never gotten before.
[Michael] Big Show's having fun. He's smiling out there.
This is the man who basically destroyed 20 SmackDown Superstars
in his return to SmackDown last month.
[Tazz] Big Show methodically just stalking Angle,
not giving him a chance to move or breathe.
[Michael] Man, and Kurt Angle with an elbow to the jaw.
[Tazz] Well, that is one offensive move.
[Michael] Kurt Angle off the second rope, caught in midair.
[Tazz] Oh, man like a small child, Angle got-- oh, no.
[Michael] What a slam and that's not a typical slam.
That's a slam from about seven feet, ladies and gentlemen.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, look at the hand. He's looking--
-chokeslam in that-- here we go. -[Michael] Oh, my.
[Tazz] Oh, man. I guess he's gonna get it.
-[Michael] Kurt Angle. -[Tazz] Angle's going up, Cole.
[Michael] Up it-- up high, Kurt Angle countered, try to roll.
-[Tazz] Oh, he did. -[Michael] What the hell?
[Tazz] Kurt Angle, he's got the ankle. He's got the ankle.
-[Michael] The ankle lock is locked in. -[Tazz] I didn't think he could do it.
[Michael] Kurt Angle with the ankle lock on that-- on a tree like leg of Big Show.
Big Show writhing in pain.
[Tazz] And Big Show's foot is so big. There's so much leverage for Angle here.
[Michael] Kurt Angle, as Big Show tries to trap the Olympic gold medalist
across the ring and Big Show is no man's land.
[Tazz] Angle's got that leg barred in that ankle lock.
[Michael] Kurt Angle has fell this huge sequoia,
and Kurt Angle has the Big Show right there in pain.
Angle may do this.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle picked this spot and he found it,
took an ass whooping in the process, but he got that ankle.
[Michael] And that's why Kurt Angle is so dangerous,
just one quick move, and now the ankle lock is still locked in.
Big Show-- look at the face of the Big Show.
[Tazz] Big Show is-- he's gonna break that ankle.
[Michael] I'll tell you, he may break the ankle.
Big Show's been in this thing for a good-- up and close to a minute now.
[Tazz] Well, probably about 30 seconds or something.
I mean, what-- what, he's gonna tap out maybe.
[Michael] Big Show may tap out with Kurt Angle's ankle lock.
[Tazz] And Big Show is gonna have to tap out.
[Michael] Big Show may-- and look at him torque.
Look at Angle torque the ankle.
[Tazz] He's a giant Cole, but he's gonna have to tap.
[Michael] Well, not now because he just countered
and the referee, Brian Hebner, knocked down.
Both Angle and Hebner down
but the damage may have been done to the ankle to the Big Show.
[Tazz] Well, a lot of force behind that massive leg
that referee's down and out.
[Michael] But what great strategy by Angle.
Now, you've got the big man off his feet.
-Now, it's at Angle's weather. -[Tazz] Uh-oh. Where is Kurt going?
[Michael] Kurt is gonna grab a steel chair in the ringside.
[Tazz] Wait, wait, wait. Hold on, Kurt.
[Michael] But the referee is down, Tazz.
[Tazz] I know. Oh, no. No, no, no, no.
[Michael] Angle with the steel chair, taking out that left leg.
[Tazz] To the leg, the knee, the knee, right to his knee.
[Michael] And again the strategy, take the giant off his feet,
bring him down to your size.
[Tazz] Oh, right now, the Big-- uh-oh. Uh-oh, oh no.
[Michael] And a steel chair crashing across the knee again of the Big Show.
Big Show rolling in serious pain.
[Tazz] Man, Kurt Angle dropping an elbow on that knee…
[Michael] And it-- this is the same leg that was in that ankle lock
-and probably a good 45 seconds. -[Tazz] Look at that, look at that.
Now, Angle-- he's got that knee in Big Show's knee
just bending that leg back.
And now Big Show, like you said earlier,
he's the same size as Kurt as he's on the mat.
[Michael] And how much if the Big Show's offense do you take out of this game here
if you-- if you take him out-- take his legs out?
[Tazz] I think he takes-- oh, God.
He's taking a huge chunk of Big Show's offense out.
We've got a one legged giant. That's not a giant when he's not standing.
[Michael] Oh, Big Show is just--
he's got no mobility left in that left leg.
Kurt Angle continues to pull his left leg.
[Tazz] Oh, look at this. Hold on. Wait a minute.
[Michael] And now using the apron for pressure.
Big Show grabbing onto the rope to try to alleviate it
and Kurt Angle's got that leg all bind up here.
[Tazz] He's got that hold, that ankle barred up,
the ankle's locked up and you--
and immobilizing the knee with the leg scissors.
[Michael] That ankle is really being twisted and torqued
in a sick sort of manner by Kurt Angle.
The referee, Brian Hebner, has come to.
-[Tazz] And he's hurting. -[Michael] He finally gets Angle off
that illegal move there
but the damage is done, ladies and gentlemen.
[Tazz] Oh, and Kurt Angle was gonna hang on to that ankle
as long as he possibly could until the ref broke it.
[Michael] And now, you notice Angle taking out the leg, is in attack mode
working that ankle of the Big Show.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle clipping the back of that that leg
then now, back to the ankle here.
[Michael] Angle so dangerous when he smells blood like this
and look at that weird position of that knee and the ankle.
[Tazz] Well, it was a version of a spinning toehold,
and that affects and torques you're ankle.
That's where Kurt started with everybody--
locked up the whole of the legs and ankle of Big Show.
[Michael] And Angle into the cover, quick cover.
Pull on into the face. Big Show kicked out after one.
[Tazz] He's forcing-- Kurt Angle's forcing,
Big Show to exert energy and kick out.
And he's got that leg--
-[Michael] Shoulders down again. -[Tazz] Whoa.
Kurt Angle's got that ankle locked up with his own legs,
immobilizing Big Show's leg flat.
And Big Show currently flat on his back and get counted.
So, he got to keep kicking out.
[Michael] What an amazing display by the Olympic gold medalist, Kurt Angle.
The former WWE Champion looked lifeless in the beginning in this match.
And suddenly, he's in total control.
[Tazz] He might have suckered the Big show in,
gave Big Show that false sense of security,
but Kurt Angle took a beating for that. Kurt looking sharp as a tack
on that ankle right now.
[Michael] But "Let's go Big Show" chants
have been filling the Continental Airlines Arena.
But I'll tell you, just a weird predicament here for the big man.
Kurt Angle continues to pressure-- Big Show powers out,
but again, he can't get through his feet.
[Tazz] Because the Big Show can't follow-up.
I mean, he's able to use his fresh leg, his right leg, to kick Kurt Angle off
but Big Show is now gonna stand up. He's up.
[Michael] Oh, man. He's up and knocked him a little with the clothesline.
-[Tazz] I stand corrected. -[Michael] And look at--
Scooping Kurt Angle up, scooping him down.
That was the Big Show on his feet.
[Tazz] He's hurting. I'm telling you. He's got to be hurting.
-[Michael] Oh, and a boot to the face. -[Tazz] He's grabbing his own knee now.
[Michael] The Big Show is hurt but somehow he's not in an offense here
against Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Now, what? Kurt Angle--
[Michael] Oh, Big Show's hung up on the top rope that injured leg and ankle.
[Tazz] And now Kurt Angle pulling the straps down.
No. Don't do this. He's too heavy.
[Michael] The Angle Slam of 470-pounder.
-Here's the hook to the leg. Angle-- -[Tazz] No way.
-One, two… -[Michael] There's two
and Big Show rolled the shoulder out again.
I can't believe Kurt Angle was able to pop off an Angle Slam.
[Tazz] That was impressive after this long of a match
and the beating Kurt Angle sustained,
that he was able to pop off that Angle Slam, very impressive.
Only an Olympic gold medalist could do something like that.
[Michael] And now, what is Kurt doing?
[Tazz] Well, he was looking under the ring for something. What's that?
-[Michael] Wait a minute. That's a-- -[Tazz] No, not again.
-[Michael] That's a tranquilizer. -[Tazz] Come on, Kurt.
[Michael] Put the tranquilizer down.
You can't blame the referee and he jumped out of the way.
Kurt's got that tranquilizer gun in his hand again.
[Tazz] Don't tranquilize him.
[Michael] And he's put in the dart pack in it.
-[Tazz] No, no. -[Michael] Not again.
[both] Uh-oh.
[Tazz] Oh, no.
[Michael] Oh, my.
Thanks for coming.
[Tazz] Goodbye tranquilizer dart. Kurt Angle, run for the hills.
[Michael] Big Show said not tonight.
[Tazz] I know he was desperate, Cole.
[Michael] Big Show is on a big game hunt of his own
and Kurt Angle is the game.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle, two punches, three punches to Big Show's face.
[Michael] And now a kick to the midsection and Big Show lifting Kurt Angle up.
-[Tazz] Oh, man. -[Michael] Kurt Angle's in trouble.
Oh, that face first of Kurt Angle, rips his arms crashing into the mat below.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle landed hard from about eight feet in the air or so.
Big Show limping forward here.
-[Michael] And look at Kurt Angle. -[Tazz] Uh-oh. Oh, man.
[Michael] Kurt Angle thrown into the corner,
Big Show with that big hand around the throat of Kurt Angle,
Kurt Angle to the second rope.
-[Tazz] Now, what? -[Michael] What the hell is he doing?
[Tazz] What the hell. I don't know. Big Show--
[Michael] Oh, my God. No, not from the top rope.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] Not from the top rope.
-[Tazz] Look out. Oh, no. -[Michael] A chokeslam.
-[Tazz] Man. -[Michael] Over the top rope,
the cover, hook to the leg,
-Big Show wins. -[bell ringing]
♪ Well ♪
♪ Well, it's the Big Show! ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] Here's your winner, The Big Show.
-[Michael] My God. -[Tazz] Talk about dominate,
talk about coming back from getting your ankle ripped to shreds.
The Big Show sure as hell put something on Kurt Angle.
Kurt Angle will reap the day that he's scooping the Big Show's life.
Wow.
[Michael] Let's take another look at what happened
after working on the ankle and leg for a number of minutes.
Kurt Angle decided to bring out the heavy artillery
with the referee knocked down.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah. And look at this right here--
he got hit with the chair and ended up on the mat.
-[Michael] A desperate Kurt Angle. -[Tazz] And the tranquilizer dart
still here and then, that was definitely--
definitely desperation and look at that,
just snapped that thing in half like it was a toy. That's not a toy.
[Michael] And watch the ring shake on this chokeslam from the top rope.
[Tazz] How high was it? Well, if he's at the top rope
with his hand used on his neck, use at Kurt Angle.
That's a pinfall, the pin and the cover looks fundamental.
[Michael] Well, Big Show's, seven feet tall,
it could be ten feet in the air, Kurt Angle.
Big Show dominates.
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[rock music playing]
[Michael] And this Mark Jindrak, Luther Reigns,
the proteges of Kurt Angle, helping Angle from the ring.
I'll tell you. He suffered a hell of a beating to Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle is lucky he's walking out of this arena tonight.
-Man, oh, man. -[Michael] I'll tell you.
[Tazz] You know, he almost won though, Kurt Angle.
-He had a game plan. -[Michael] Oh, he really did.
[Tazz] Then he went for that ankle but it didn't work.
[Michael] And I'll tell you, coming up next ladies and gentlemen,
the United States Championship is on the line.
It is the final match in the best of 5 series
between Booker T, John Cena to determine an undisputed champion.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, a lot of people looking forward for this
including you and I, Cole.
Who's gonna leave this arena tonight with United States Championship?
That's the question.
[Michael] This is all started back in the summer time
when John Cena was stripped to the United States Championship
by then General Manager, Kurt Angle.
[commentator] John Cena is in the house.
[Cena] Wearing these colors, that's more important than it seems to be.
You'll never understand what this title means to me.
-[Tazz] Well, I don't think-- Oh, man! -[Michael] Wait a minute.
The General Manager has been knocked out of his wheel chair.
[Tazz] Oh, get off. He's hurt.
-Oh, no! -[Michael] Oh, my God!
John Cena ducking out of the way to miss the chair.
[Kurt] John Cena, you're a disgrace.
If you lay a hand on me one more time, you will be stripped of the US title.
-[Tazz] Oh, man! -[Michael] John Cena,
-with a clothesline to Kurt Angle. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[Michael] The General Manager's been knocked down.
[Tazz] That was an accident though.
[Kurt] I warned you, Cena.
So, let it be known that I, Kurt Angle,
hereby strip John Cena
of the United States Championship.
[Theodore] I will have an eight-men elimination championship match
for the US title.
[Michael] We're down to three men, Booker T, RVD, and John Cena.
-[Tazz] Van Dam's feeling it. -[Michael] Five star,
[Tazz] Frog Splash connecting.
Oh, that impact that he did. What the--
[Michael] Hey, look at Booker T. It's a cover.
-[Tazz] What is this? -[Michael] The referee counting.
-Wait a minute, is Booker T legal? -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] I don't know.
[Michael] John Cena's been eliminated.
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Michael] Scissors kick down.
-Here's the cover. -[Tazz] He's legal.
[Michael] Booker T did it.
Booker T is the United States Champion.
This is the controversial tag. Booker T--
[Tazz] And the referee just said it.
[Michael] And the referee signaled the tag.
-[Tazz] Wow, -[Michael] John Cena, Rob Van Dam
surprised by Booker T ever the opportunist.
You see Booker T, since you and John Cena are so evenly matched
and you know, by the way, John Cena never lost the US title.
-What about the eight man challenge? -[Theodore] He was stripped of that title
by that hater, Kurt Angle.
You know what I'm gonna do,
Booker T, John Cena,
the best of five series for the US title.
The first one of you men to win three matches
becomes the undisputed United States Champion.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Tazz] Oh, no.
-[Michael] Booker T, the United States-- -[Tazz] FU, FU.
[Michael] FU connecting, John Cena won match tonight.
[Cena] Take a look because I mean big business.
[Booker T] Booker T down 1-0 and look what happened.
-[Michael] Rolling in through. -[Tazz] Backslide.
[Michael] Booker's got the rope with his foot.
-Booker T steals one. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Booker T] That's right, clean in the middle
but it didn't stop there down under in Australia.
Check it out.
[commentator] Watch Booker T, use the tights here to pick up to win.
[Cena] If I lose one more match, the series is done,
so the franchise about to get serious, son.
[commentator] It's a must win situation for John Cena.
[Michael] If Booker T wins, he retains the title.
Hey, wait. John Cena is got to watch it here.
And there's the championship off the skull.
The referee didn't see it. Booker T is gonna steal another one.
-[Tazz] Three-- -[Michael] John Cena,
John Cena rolled the shoulder up.
[Tazz] Hey, what is this John Cena made of?
[Michael] John Cena, Booker T. Oh, whoa, whoa, FU.
The FU connects. He got it.
John Cena has tied the series at two apiece.
[Cena] No Mercy.
[Booker T] I'm gonna prove to the world.
[Cena] You go and get your ass kicked.
[Booker T] Booker T is the true United States Champion.
[Cena] I'm gonna make it clear and let everybody know…
[Booker T] Now, can you dig that…
[Cena] …the US champ is here!
[Booker T] …sucka!
[Michael] You are looking live at the United States Champion, Booker T.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] Will he become the undisputed United States champion here tonight
at No Mercy?
[Tazz] All ends right here tonight.
Best of five, it's all tied up right here, 2-2.
[Michael] I'll tell you, it's been a hell of a series so far.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah. Here we go, baby.
["Can You Dig It?" playing]
♪ Can you dig it, sucka! ♪
[bell ringing]
[Chimel] This is match number five in a best of five series
for the WWE United States Championship.
Making his way to the ring, from Houston, Texas
weighing in at 256 pounds
is the United States Champion,
Booker T.
[Michael] In my mind, both of these men deserve the United States Championship.
Booker T won an eight-man elimination matchup
to win the United State title after John Cena was stripped of it.
It was the first act of the new general manager at the time,
Theodore Long, setting up that elimination matchup.
[Tazz] And you're right, Cole. I think I agree with you.
I think it'd be tough if you had to pick
who you wanted to have to be the United States Champion,
it'd be tough to pick, that's what makes this match so intriguing
because one of these men are gonna earn the title by tonight
but that match won't say go tonight.
-[Michael] And it's so even… -[Tazz] I know. I know they are.
[Michael] …for a title team matchup apiece.
Every match has been back and forth, and there he is,
the challenger, John Cena.
-We're mobbing the house, baby. -Okay. Uh-huh!
-We're doing it, doing it big. -No games, baby, uh-huh!
[Michael] How confident is Cena coming into tonight?
[Tazz] Doctor Thugonomics has got that look in his eyes
but a moment ago, Booker T did it too.
I'll tell you what, man,
I'm starting to get those goosebumps right now, I'm getting that feeling.
I can imagine what these guys feel.
-[Michael] And so is the crowd. -["Basic Thugonomics" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] And from West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing in at 248 pounds,
John Cena.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] This past Thursday on SmackDown, John Cena put it so eloquently.
The long road comes to an end tonight,
the road that began at SummerSlam with a Cena victory,
followed-up by a Booker T win on SmackDown,
a Booker T win in Australia and a Cena win on SmackDown.
And it comes down to this.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Who will be crowned
the undisputed United States Champion tonight?
[Tazz] I don't know, I said no to sunlight, Cole.
I was gonna-- I was at one of my world famous picks here,
my predictions, you know, and-- Yeah, I don't know,
I don't know who's gonna walk out this thing tonight champion.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] You can feel it, man. You can feel that tension.
[crowd chatter]
-[Michael] Referee Charles Robinson. -Or disqualified,
your opponent will be declared the winner.
Guys, let's have a good match,
keep it clean and good luck to both of you.
Okay. Let's back it up. Come on, back it up.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Look at the eyes of Booker T,
the current champion, will he be champ when this match is over tonight?
Now, I want to explain something to everybody
because referee Charles Robinson hit on it.
And what happens in this matchup is unlike any other championship match.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] If the champion, Booker T,
is disqualified or counted out in this match,
he will lose the title
because that was the rules in the first four matches in the series.
So, the champion's got to be very careful here.
-[Tazz] And look at that. -[Michael] Now Cena's exchanging blows.
Yeah, the same is true for John Cena.
But again, in a normal championship match, the champion doesn't lose the title
in a disqualification or count out, he can tonight.
[Tazz] Yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right, let's watch the match.
[Michael] And look at this, Cena whipped to the rope, a big shoulder knockdown.
John Cena, first cover of the matchup, kicked out by Booker T.
And another shoulder knockdown, another cover,
and another kick out by the champion.
[Tazz] Well, I'll tell you what but a nice toehold there by Booker.
You know, if you're Cena, you'll show him, Booker T,
"Hey, I wanna win this thing quick."
You know you're not gonna beat the man on a shoulder block,
you know that if you're Cena but to get in the guy's brain,
you get in Booker's brain saying, "I'm going for the kill quick."
[Michael] Miss with a quick, Cena with the right hand.
[Tazz] Oh, nice duck there by Cena.
[Michael] And here is John Cena with the rights
and Booker T over the top rope, and John Cena building momentum.
[Tazz] Both of these men know each other so well,
they could counter each other's counter.
You know, Cena is smart, not going out there after Booker T.
You know, he could have been counted out.
[Michael] Well, this would be a pick 'em a matchup in Las Vegas terms
because both of these men are as close as you mention.
Every match in this series has been close from a get go.
John Cena, the challenger, Booker T, the champion.
And Tazz, let's talk strategy now.
First, let's talk strategy for the champ, Booker T.
[Tazz] If you're Booker T, you got to avoid John Cena's ground and pound,
ground and pound of actions that he does, he's a very,
John Cena is a very strong, strong competitor,
very powerful from his body building past and what not.
So, if you're Booker, you wanna use your experience over Cena,
hopefully Cena gets over zealous and makes a mistake.
[Michael] And what about John Cena, doesn't have the experience of Booker T,
so what does Cena do for strategy?
[Tazz] If you're John Cena you wanna try and hope Booker T to make a mistake.
You know, sometimes Booker gets a little to it to himself,
gets a little too cocky.
And, you know, maybe he could make a mistake.
[Michael] Cena whipped into the corner
and there's the boot to the face of Booker T.
The challenger exploding out of the corner, clothesline.
[Tazz] Here you go, here you go, here you go.
[Michael] Cover go and hooks the leg again, Booker T kicks out.
John Cena, of course, that tremendous physique,
he's on the cover on the current issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine.
[Tazz] Well, you know, Booker T is no slouch, man.
[Michael] Oh, not at all. I didn't say that.
[Tazz] Come on now, what are you, Charles Atlas now?
[Michael] Wait, look at this, winding on a spinebuster's Booker T.
-Charles Atlas, 1961 for body building. -[Tazz] Oh, here we go.
[Michael] Here's the cover and a kick out by John Cena.
[Tazz] Well, you know, I'm telling you, I know somebody my,
you know, my buddy Kenny Thiesen down in Boca, there in Florida.
You wanna talk about a guy who was jacked and chiseled.
What about Kenny?
[Michael] I've never seen anybody train like him.
[Tazz] You're damn right.
[Michael] And look at Booker stepped through the second rope.
And Booker--I should say John Cena stepped through the second rope,
Booker T on the attack.
[Tazz] And now, back to those chops and I'll tell you,
Booker has got some chops on him and--
-Uh-oh, whoa, whoa. -[Michael] Wow, went into the steel steps.
And this is the thing about Booker T, he's such a veteran, he's so experienced,
the five-time WCW Champion,
when he realizes the challenger is in trouble like this
he is gonna go on the attack, waste little motion.
[Tazz] I know Cole, you know, the referee
allowing a lot of latitude here in this one, yeah.
I think I had the respect for both men and for the championship itself but--
[Michael] And Booker T meets the steel steps, shoulder first.
[Tazz] When it come to a point where the ref can't do that anymore.
You know, Booker T, he hit those steps I think harder than Cena.
[Michael] I give referee, Charles Robinson, a lot of credit.
I don't wanna end this thing on a count out or a disqualification.
I wanna end it right in the middle of the ring.
[Tazz] Not about what the referee wants though.
[Michael] Here's the cover, shoulders down,
and Booker T kicks out again.
[Tazz] It's about, you know, what John Cena and Booker T
can do with each other, it's not about the ref,
it's not about what he wants here. Whoa, whoa, whoa--
[Michael] Wow, what a shoulder to the midsection.
[Tazz] Small punts by Booker.
[Michael] And it's John Cena hung up on the top rope and, again,
Cena a bit overzealous, and we said Cena had to watch out for that.
[Tazz] Oh, watch this, though, watch Booker, because I was right.
Watch Booker have something in mind here, maybe one of those,
he's setting up, he's trying to set up Cena.
[Michael] Oh, Cena trying to shake the cobwebs out.
[Tazz] Watch out for Booker. Watch the feet.
Oh, I think he got him.
-[Michael] A thrust kick to the face. -[Tazz] It's over, it's over.
-[Michael] Booker T, the champion… -[Tazz] Come on, Booker.
[Michael] …and into the cover, hooks the leg, shoulder down,
John Cena says not right now.
[Tazz] That thrust kick, pressing kick,
whatever you want to call it, effective kick.
-[Michael] Watch this. -[Tazz] Check it out, watch this.
[Michael] The head snap the back of John Cena.
[Tazz] Yeah, right in the bottom of the jaw there.
[Michael] Like whiplash in a car. And now, continues to pressure.
[Tazz] You know, with that choke, that rear naked choke there by Booker T
across the jaw line of John Cena,
trying to wear down the Doctor of Thuganomics.
[Michael] What a heck of a No Mercy so far,
still got the WWE title match to come tonight.
[Tazz] You could see Booker T here putting all his body weight
all over John Cena there with that-- with that choke, unlike earlier
when Spike got him with a Full Nelson but this Spike has have much body weight
so it's not as effective.
A guy like Booker, you're pushing 250, you could do that.
[Michael] Missed with the right hand, Cena off the ropes, there's the crossbody,
lateral press, and a kick out after one, Booker T.
[Tazz] Oh, he's got him pinned, come on ref.
[Michael] Somebody's down, shoulders are down.
Referee Charles Robinson,
now the shoulders are there and a kick out.
[Tazz] Yeah, I, you know, I know we have instant replay here
but not for nothing.
I, maybe the ref has got a better, got a better view than us.
[Michael] And he looked to be in position, Tazz, no disrespect.
Cena whipped off the top turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Maybe he had a brain lapse or something.
-[Michael] It could be. -[Tazz] Maybe not.
[Michael] And look at Booker T back to his feet,
John Cena the challenger, in trouble.
Again best of five series ends tonight.
The winner of this matchup becomes the undisputed United States champion.
-[Tazz] Whoa! -[Michael] A suplex by Booker T.
Booker T quickly crawls towards the cover, hooks the leg again,
Cena being worn out here
and being forced to kick out a pinfall after pinfall.
[Tazz] I got it figured too.
It's just, you know, if Booker T, you're not, you're not thinking
you're gonna get the win over off of a vertical suplex.
But what you're doing there, that's strategy, you're forcing John Cena
to exert energy to kick out on a move, to just make it more tight,
that's what he's doing, he's bringing the endurance factor in.
[Michael] And rear naked choke cuts off, of course, blood flowing
and it also cuts off the ability to breathe for Cena.
[Tazz] I think John Cena is doing the right thing here too.
He's kinda tucking his chin a little bit
so Booker T get that big ol' bicep underneath the throat region.
[Michael] And a "let's go Cena" chants
filling the Continental Airlines Arena in waves throughout this matchup.
[Tazz] Yeah, but no avail, he might-- he's not going anywhere right now
except maybe the night, night, going to sleep.
[Michael] And John Cena wanted to show up in SmackDown
in his hometown of Boston this week
with the United States Championship around his waist?
[Tazz] I'm sure he would but we all know, I wouldn't be allowed things doing or not.
-[Michael] John Cena. -[Tazz] Uh-oh, he's doing a vertical base,
John Cena is, that's what I'm-- Elbow his way out of this chin lock.
[Michael] High knee to the jaw and then-- Oh, look at the block by Cena
and a suplex of his own.
[Tazz] That's a fisherman's suplex right there by Cena.
Earlier in the match, moments ago actually,
John Cena got nailed by the vertical, Booker T went for the well too many times
as the old cliché goes.
[Michael] And will that fisherman's suplex shift the momentum?
And right to the spot, Booker T countered,
the momentum will not shift on that maneuver.
[Tazz] Major league flapjack right there on John Cena by the Bookman.
[Michael] Now, Booker T rolling Cena into the cover,
the championship down for the challenger
and Cena grabbed the bottom rope all he could do.
[Tazz] Well, he's was there, the rope was there and John Cena didn't.
He didn't. No, come on Book, John Cena must have kick-out.
He's having his face smashed in right now.
[Michael] Right hands by Booker T.
[Tazz] You think that glove is loaded? Check out those gloves on him.
Look at that, it's a loaded gloves, do you think?
[Michael] I don't know, I didn't check them before the match.
And look at Booker T, oh, and a right to the jaw,
-a straight right hand. -[Tazz] He's chin off, Booker T.
[Michael] Nobody home, John Cena ever resilient, rolled out of the way.
Now, we could get a momentum shift.
[Tazz] Oh, I know a Spinaroonie there I tell you what,
Booker land the way you don't want to land.
[Michael] And you know, Tazz, as well as anybody,
this game is so much about shifts in momentum
and John Cena, if he can capitalize here, he may have the upper hand.
[Tazz] Oh, that-- The question is "if",
you know, if John Cena could get to a vertical base
which he is now, can John Cena--
[Michael] And there's a right.
John Cena starting to feel alive a little bit,
here's another right by the challenger, the champion is reeling.
Oh, right hand, John Cena. Booker, whipped across the ring,
clothesline almost takes off Booker's head.
[Tazz] Now just building some momentum now, Cole.
-Nice shoulder. -[Michael] Nice shoulder, hooks the leg,
-shoulders down, Booker kicks-out. -[Tazz] Look at this.
John Cena now, mounting some serious offensive maneuvers here.
[Michael] Booker T whipped across the ring, into the corner,
John Cena, a reverse bulldog.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Uh-oh. -[Tazz] Cena wouldn't take too long now.
He had business, what's he doing now, what's this?
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] You can't see me, you can't see me, Book.
That's what Cena's telling him, Five Knuckle time.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] With a little extra mustard, right hand, cover, hook to the legs,
shoulders down and Booker kicked out.
[Tazz] Oh, Booker T kicking out on the Five Knuckle Shuffle.
He's beat some men now, he's pumping it up, John Cena.
John Cena pulling out all the stuffs with the United States title on the line,
we all know what that championship means to both of these men,
going for the FU, Booker T slides off the FU,
probably blown to the back of the neck.
-Going to hard-hitting-- No! Book End. -[Michael] The Book End, the Book End,
-the Book End, he's gonna do it here. -[Tazz] He nailed it.
He's gonna win it, Cole.
[Michael] Booker T crawling for the cover.
-[Tazz] Booker's gonna win it. -[Michael] Booker T hooks the leg,
the shoulders are down, there's two and he got, no.
[Tazz] Whoa, that was close.
[Michael] John Cena kicked out.
Can you believe John Cena kicked out of the Book End?
[Tazz] That was one dreadlock away from getting the pinfall there,
-I tell you that. -[Michael] Booker T rolls out of the ring,
-what the hell is he doing? -[Tazz] Where is he going?
[Michael] Booker with a steel chair.
-[Tazz] He's gonna hit Cena with it. -[Michael] Oh, Booker.
Booker T, if you bring that chair inside, the match is over,
you bring it inside, it's over, you understand?
Put the chair down.
[Tazz] Oh, the referee is reminding Booker T on disqualification.
[Michael] And Booker T realizes it.
If he used the chair, he loose the title,
Booker T has no choice to go back in on the attack.
[Tazz] Well, the way I see it, I'll tell you what,
Booker T is lucky the referee-- Oh!
[Michael] He went for the Scissors Kick, nobody home, Cena has got to steal here,
hook to the leg, and this is, and a kick out by Booker.
[Tazz] Oh, man. Oh, man, this is heavy.
[Michael] That bit of indecisiveness outside the ring almost cost the champion.
[Tazz] Well, bought John Cena some time on the inside.
[Michael] Booker T back to the midsection, back on the attack,
backing Booker T to the corner and Cena.
[Tazz] The power of Cena. Oh, FU!
[Michael] He's got him, he's got him to the FU here.
-He's gonna do it. -[Tazz] He's got him.
-Nailed FU. -[Michael] John Cena, nails it,
-here's the cover, hook to the leg. -[Tazz] New champ, new champ.
[Michael] John Cena is the undisputed United States Champion.
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Chimel] Here is your winner
and the undisputed
WWE United States Champion,
John Cena.
[Michael] He did it, John Cena did it.
I'll tell you that match
was a mirror image of every match in this series,
back and forth, touch and go,
but in the end, John Cena got the job done.
[Tazz] Hey, I'll tell you what in my opinion,
-tip your hat off to Booker T. -[Michael] Oh, yeah.
-[Tazz] He had a great outing here. -[Michael] Oh, yeah.
[Tazz] That match could've went either way,
and a new champion in New Jersey and that's the gospel truth right there.
John Cena leaves New Jersey and heads to Boston at SmackDown
the new United States Champion.
[Michael] John Cena with a huge victory here tonight,
what a win for John Cena.
And Tazz, we all, there's the classic New Jersey Nets jersey,
the Dr. J jersey, and I'll tell you, Tazz,
we all know how much this United States Championship means
to John Cena.
[Tazz] Well, he own that moment right here.
It's not far fulfilling.
Well, I'll tell you, some, I guess some fan--
There you go, could've get, well, would you look--
Well, what a matchup. Come on, New Jersey.
What a matchup here tonight at No Mercy
for the United States Championship.
[Michael] It was everything, it was advertised to be.
[Tazz] Man.
[Michael] John Cena caught Booker T in the FU,
and John Cena is the undisputed champion and look at him.
Look at John Cena grasping that title that means so much to this man.
[Tazz] Cena put a lot into that match Book, man.
Again, great matchup,
I'm glad we have the opportunity to call that match.
Tremendous, tremendous, John Cena.
The champ is back, baby. Yeah.
[Tazz] He is the new United States Champion.
[Michael] You are looking at the new undisputed United States Champion.
Here's the dejected former champion, Booker T.
But I'll tell you, Tazz, you are looking at that man,
the future of SmackDown, the future of the WWE.
[Tazz] That could be.
[Michael] One title has already changed hands tonight.
Will another change hands at No Mercy from the Continental Airlines Arena
in the shadow of New York City because coming off in just a bit,
the first ever Last Ride match,
JBL will defend the WWE Championship,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield versus The Undertaker.
And The Undertaker looking to become champion for a fifth time,
this is the third time ladies and gentlemen
at Over The Edge at 1999, Undertaker versus Stone Cold.
[Tazz] I remember this dude, The Undertaker, facing a red hot
Stone Cold Steve Austin. And the Deadman,
he took the bull by the horns and got the win.
[Michael] Yeah, and Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon involved as well
but it would be The Undertaker picking up the victory right there
over Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Will The Undertaker have the number of John "Bradshaw" Layfield here tonight?
Well, for 14 years Undertaker has dominated the WWE.
[Tazz] Impressive. Hey.
-[Michael] Little impressive. -[Tazz] Is that right?
[bell ringing]
[Chimel] The following is a Six-Person tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring, Bubba Ray and D-Von,
the Dudleys and Dawn Marie.
[Michael] Well, this all started Thursday on SmackDown,
Dawn Marie on commentary with us
spilling the beans that Jackie and Charlie Haas are engaged
and Dawn saying that she's actually having an affair with Charlie Haas,
and this is what happened when Dawn Marie and Jackie
decided to get into it a little bit.
-Remember this? -[Tazz] No. How can I forget it?
It was a great, it was great.
-[Michael] I'm mesmerized. -[Tazz] I wish it wasn't gonna end.
What a nasty cat fight here, between Dawn and Jackie,
and then for some reason, Nick Patrick and Rico had a small part
and break up the fight.
[Michael] You can watch them go at it all day long.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, I mean, that cat fight night.
[Michael] Look at this, look at this.
-"Charlie loves Dawn Marie." -[Tazz] "Charlie loves…"
I can read it, Cole, but I don't know how cute that is
but that's another story.
[Michael] That's her story.
["You Look So Good To Me" playing]
♪ You look so good to me ♪
[Tazz] Wow.
[Chimel] And making their way to the ring,
Miss Jackie, Charlie Haas, and Rico.
[Michael] Well, earlier tonight, there's Dawn Marie,
Dawn Marie saying that Charlie is infatuated with her
and that, well, she thinks that Jackie made Charlie get engaged.
[Tazz] Well, when that happened, Dawn Marie just walked right in on Jackie,
Jackie wasn't dressed all the way.
[Michael] But you know the goal of this woman, Dawn Marie,
to say that Jackie forced Charlie Haas into an engagement.
[Tazz] How do you know, maybe she did, you know, I don't know, I mean I--
[Michael] Not sure I know who to believe.
I sorta believe Jackie and Charlie though.
[Tazz] Well, I don't know, I just like to see the girls fight,
I mean to be honest with you. I don't know, I mean is that--
[Michael] And you're gonna see the 18-time tag team champions,
the Dudleys, also former tag team champions,
Rico and Charlie and this one as well and I like to poke a few
that Rico and Charlie are aware of that.
Look at D-Von Dudley from behind,
typical Dudley Boy action.
-[Tazz] Yeah, yeah, that's right. -[Michael speaking indistinctly]
It means calling.
Shade, tint.
-[Tazz] I got it, Cole. -[Michael] Like your glasses.
[Tazz] Oh, well, D-Von now working on Charlie Haas.
Why don't you talk about something you know?
-That's why you don't-- -[Bubba] Yeah, you ain't got nothin'…
[Michael] D-Von Dudley with the right hands.
[Tazz] Oh, look at that.
[Michael] And Charlie Haas whipped across the ring,
up over the top of D-Von,
Charlie Haas with a hip toss to D-Von Dudley,
the former All American from Seton Hall University
-just down the road here in Jersey. -[Tazz] Here we go.
-[Michael] Here's the cover, hook to the leg, and a kick-out.
Many of Charlie Haas's family members are here tonight, in attendance.
[Tazz] Nice dropkick.
-Well, he's fiancée is on the apron right? -[Michael] Yup.
-[Tazz] That's his fiancée. -[Michael] There's a big back body drop,
D-Von Dudley in control of Charlie Haas.
[Tazz] Now, I think Dawn, oh, Dawn tagged in.
I don't think D-Von realize it.
[crowd chattering]
-[Michael] What is Dawn doing? -Look at me! Look what I've done for you.
[Michael] I think that she's, I think she's trying,
I guess, to convince Charlie that he's-- and look at Jackie,
-Jackie tagged in. -[Tazz] Oh, what the hell
-has she been doing? -[Michael] Now, this is it,
this is definitely legal.
-Go get her, Jackie. -Jackie.
[Tazz] You're a whack job. You know that, Cole?
You're sick, man. You're a sick dude.
-[Michael] Dawn deserves this. -[Tazz] She's ripping the shirt off her.
[Michael] Well, she should because she's talking about Jackie's man Charlie Haas.
Yeah, Amen.
-Amen because-- -[Tazz] Oh, she shouldn't be doing this.
[Michael] I guess she's a little carried away here.
[Tazz] You think? She's choking her out with a shirt,
while the girl's in her skivvies.
[Michael] At some point I'm begging Jimmy Korderas, the referee to do his job.
[Tazz] Oh, he's just, he's frozen stiff.
[Michael laughs] So, am I.
And look at Jackie with Dawn Marie.
-[Tazz] Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute here. -[Michael] What is this?
[Tazz] I don't know. It looks great. Stay on that shot.
[Michael] We got the best cameraman in the business.
[Tazz] What is going on here, the referee is--
[Michael] Well, Jackie is really taking it to Dawn Marie here.
[Tazz] He loses--
[Michael] A big score to settle.
-[Tazz] No, you-- -[Michael] And look at Bubba Ray
grabbing Jackie's hair and that was good, big man.
[Tazz] You know, Cole, when you think about that--
[Michael] And Dawn just tagged in Bubba.
[Tazz] And this is not good for Jackie, think about that.
There might be some truth to what Dawn is saying about Jackie.
Why Jackie is so mad at Dawn?
[Michael] 'Cause she's saying stupid things.
They're not true, obviously.
[Tazz] You know, I don't know. I don't even know if that's true.
[Michael] Now, watch Bubba here.
-Bubba grabs the hair of Jackie. -[Tazz] That's not cool.
-That's a girl, I mean-- -[Michael] And now look at Bubba.
-[crowd chattering] -[Michael] Oh, give me a break.
-He's a sicko. -[Tazz] Well, that's a little weird.
[Michael] No wonder Dawn is on his team.
[Tazz]He wants to kiss her.
[Michael ]Now, here comes Rico.
Well, he's gonna get kissed. All right.
[Tazz] Oh, no. No way.
-No. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Bubba, no. Bubba, open your eyes.
-Bubba, no. -[laughter]
[crowd cheering]
[screams]
[Michael] Get the hell away from me.
Oh, my.
[Tazz laughs] Poor Bubba.
[Michael] Well, that's Rico's strategy. He's still alive.
-[Tazz] Bubba just regurgitated. -[retches]
[Michael] And Rico, I think he needs mouth-to-mouth.
[Tazz] Bubba's like a, like a whale, like a--
[Michael] And look at Rico. Rico is enjoying himself.
-Oh, my Lord. -[Tazz] Oh. [laughs]
[Michael] Well, Bubba asked for it.
[Tazz] Bubba looks like one of those, uh,
walruses on the Discovery Channel.
He's upchucking and-- That was a little gross.
[Michael] Oh, Bubba wants nothing to do with Rico.
-[Tazz] He's getting outta here. -[Michael] He said to hell with this.
-[Tazz] I don't blame him. -[crowd exclaiming]
[Michael] Oh, my. Have you ever seen anything with Rico?
[Tazz] Oh, watch out.
[Michael] And Rico rolling D-Von through, a kick-out by D-Von.
[Tazz] Got it. What the hell?
-[Michael] What was going on? -[Tazz] Backslide.
[Michael] There's the backslide, shoulders down.
[Tazz] Where is Bubba? He just left.
-[Michael] Was the tag made? -[Tazz] I don't know.
[Michael] Shoulders down again.
D-Von, with the right hand to the gut of Rico.
This is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen.
-[Tazz] Can we get the girls back? -[Michael] Bubba Ray just got kissed
on the mouth by Rico.
And there's the martial arts expert, in all seriousness,
Rico is something to be contented with.
Oh, what a kick.
He's a great athlete. Former cop…
-Bubba! -[Tazz] This guy is a cop.
Hey, wait.
[Michael] Rico, at the top rope.
Jackie, Dawn Marie yelling at each other from across the ring.
-[Tazz] Oh, there's Bubba. -[Michael] There's Bubba,
who made Rico pay for it.
[Tazz] Yeah. He landed hard right there. Rico paid for it.
Now, D-Von, maybe he can capitalize.
-D-Von, give me that guy. -[Michael] Charlie Haas is livid.
And Rico is in a world of trouble, coming up on the top rope by Bubba
and I think Bubba would like to get back in this match.
You see him asking for a tag there.
[Tazz] And I don't think Bubba wants to get in with Rico still there.
Look at that.
Can some someone tag Dawn and Jackie in? I don't know, just--
-[Michael] Here's a snapmare. -[Tazz] Well, whoa!
[Michael] D-Von delivers that flying elbow to the sternum.
[Michael] Here's the cover, shoulders down,
and Rico rolls the shoulder out.
Here's the tag made by Bubba Ray Dudley.
-[Bubba] Don't you ever! -[Tazz] Okay. That bums me out.
[Michael] And one thing you don't wanna do is make Bubba angry.
Don't you ever put your lips on me like that!
Don't you ever, don't you ever--
[Tazz] You can, you can, you can hear, you can hear Bubba,
you might not, you actually might not wanna hear Bubba.
[Michael] No, not at all.
Bubba Ray Dudley taking out all of this frustration and anger on Rico.
[Tazz] Well, I don't, When Rico kissed him,
he thought, Bubba wanted a kiss.
He thought it was gonna be Jackie.
-[Michael] Jackie and Rico-- -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] Oh, wow. Off the steel steps.
-Rico is-- -[Tazz] What do you mean Jackie and Rico,
it's the same to you? What do you, are-- Oh, okay.
Well, that's all right.
You're androgynous, right?
-You're androgynous. -[Michael] What? Look at--
-[Tazz] You're a metrosexual freak. -[Michael] Bubba now with that tape
and now, he's just choking Rico here.
The referee can't see it with a huge back of Bubba Ray.
And driving the elbow to the, to Rico's head.
-You're an absolute fool. -Kiss this, kiss that!
[Tazz] Hey, I like Europe. That's all I know.
-[Michael] So do I. -[Tazz] He likes him. Well, yeah.
I don't know. Okay.
But anyway, Bubba now in control of Rico.
[Michael] Kick to the midsection and Rico planting Bubba.
Now, Rico needs to make a tag.
He needs to try to get in the corner in Charlie Haas here.
[Tazz] And now both Rico and Bubba are down.
-[referee] One, two. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Rico and Jackie.
Can we just watch Jackie clap for a little while
and maybe watch Dawn reach for the tag rope.
-[Michael] You're a sick fool. -[Tazz] It might nice for a Sunday night.
[Michael] You are a sick fool.
[Tazz] No, I mean, look at that.
-Grabs your attention. -[Michael] And here comes D-Von.
-[Tazz] Stretch in a little more. -[Michael] Can we please call the match?
-[Tazz] We are calling the match. -[Michael] And D-Von and Charlie Haas,
two world-class athletes going at it,
and you wanna look at Dawn Marie's brassiere.
-[Tazz] Yes, yes. -[Michael] Look at this, over the top,
Charlie Haas with a dropkick to Bubba Ray.
[Tazz] Oh, nice. That was nice.
[Michael] Charlie Haas deliver the shoulder to midsection to D-Von Dudley.
-Bubba Ray… -[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
-Hey, look. Oh, here. -[Michael] T-Bone.
[Tazz] Exploding suplex there. T-Bone suplex by Haas.
[Michael] Haas, oh, he delivers the big fist to the head.
Here's the cover. Hook to the leg, oh.
Bubba Ray, nobody home as he delivers the elbow to his own partner.
[Tazz] Backfire or actually, German.
[Michael] German suplex released.
[Tazz] Bubba landed right on the back of his head.
[Michael] Uh-oh.
I love you, Charlie!
[Tazz] She loves Charlie so much.
[Michael] Oh, and D-Von from behind.
Dawn was providing a bit of a distraction there.
[Tazz] Well, Charlie was distracted.
Maybe D-Von, he just, he just, he's infatuated,
Charlie is maybe with Dawn.
-Dawn's a lovely young woman. -[Michael] I don't think so
but Rico just made a blind tag. D-Von doesn't realize it.
[Tazz] And Rico here.
[Michael] Rico crossbody off the top rope.
Here's the lateral press, hook to the leg, there's two and--
[Tazz] What the heck?
[Michael] Dawn Marie broke up the three-count.
-And here we go. -[Tazz] Oh, here we go.
[Michael] Jackie and Dawn Marie unloading on one another.
[Tazz] Forget about the refs, the tags, to this, to that. Headbutt.
Dawn almost messing up her face there.
[Michael] And Jackie trying to scramble out of the ring.
-[Tazz] Ooh. -[Michael] And knocked off on the apron.
[Tazz] Jackie landed hard out there, Cole.
[Michael] And back to Bubba Ray and Rico, there's a slam.
-D-Von. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[Michael] And here come D-Von.
[Tazz] Be careful, Bubba. Watch, oh, my God.
Here comes the Wasssup right now.
Come on, D-Von.
[Michael] I don't think D-Von wants anything to do with that.
[Tazz] What the hell is D-Von, what the hell is going on?
-[Michael] And Rico. -[Tazz] Rico saying, "Come on."
-[Bubba] What are you waiting for? -[laughter]
[Michael] Rico wants the Wasssup.
And look at Charlie Hass knocking D-Von off the top of the apron.
[Tazz] Rico was rubbing himself.
[Michael] And there's a thrust kick to the jaw.
[Tazz] How can you say that?
-[Michael] And there's Dawn Marie. -[Tazz] Oh, hey.
He's behind her. He's gonna go behind.
[Michael] I don't think Dawn has anything to worry about.
Oh, man.
-Jackie taking Dawn out. -Get up.
[Michael] And Jackie and Dawn rolling around.
[Tazz] Yeah, this is a nasty fight here.
[Michael] And look at this. Charlie Haas, oh, off the top rope the axe handle.
[Tazz] Okay. Let's get a camera on the outside…
-[Michael] And here's the legal man, Rico. -[Tazz] Well, look at Rico.
[Michael] Moonsault off the top rope.
-[Tazz] What a moonsault. -[Michael] Hooks the leg.
Rico, Charlie and Jackie pick up the victory.
["You Look So Good To Me"]
♪ You look so good to me ♪
[Tazz] Break up, he's trying to break them up.
[Michael] Why does everybody try to break them up?
[Chimel] …Charlie Haas, and Rico.
[Tazz] Good point, Cole. No good question. I don't know.
But Rico, looking at Dawn, maybe, I guess, I don't know.
I'm thinking that Charlie is thinking Dawn is like a home wrecker.
A home wrecker somewhat trying to break like a marriage or relationship.
Maybe that's what…
[Michael] Thank you, Dr. Phil.
[Tazz] Well, they got the victory. Look at Dawn Marie.
[Michael] Rico, Charlie, and Jackie with the win.
Dawn Marie, not happy but nonetheless--
[Tazz] Oh, Dawn, it was a hell of a fight.
I'll tell you that right now.
Dawn's team came out on the short end of the stick, Cole.
-Short end. -I'm glad you're finally provided
color commentary now that the match is over.
Coming up next, the WWE Championship on the line,
Last Ride match, Undertaker tries to win the title
for what would be a fifth-time, and who will ever forget
The Undertaker in action at Judgment Day
winning the title for the fourth time from Hollywood Hogan.
[Tazz] Yeah. That's, I can't forget this.
Hogan got cracked hard there and then Hogan gets gozzled
and then, the Big Evil, the Deadman, The Undertaker,
driving Hogan right to his back onto a victory.
[crowd] Three!
[Michael] Coming up next, where we see the Phenom, The Undertaker,
strap the gold around his waist again.
[Bradshaw] After what happened to me at SummerSlam,
and the brutality that I suffered,
I'm lucky to just be here today.
[Michael] A Chokeslam by The Undertaker to the champion
right through JBL's own limousine.
-JBL… -[Tazz] Look at this.
[Michael] …retained the WWE title.
But at what cost did the champion remain champion?
[Bradshaw] I can promise you this, Undertaker, and you listen to me.
There will be no more title shots.
So, in honor of his title hoax being dead,
I'm gonna give him something that he is worthy of.
A funeral.
[Michael] Wait a minute. The general manager, Theodore Long.
JBL, as far as The Undertaker
not getting another title match,
you don't decide that, playa.
I'll make that decision. You feel me?
-[crowd cheering] -Now, looking at this hearse
gives me a great idea.
No Mercy.
JBL versus The Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
And it will be a Last Ride match.
[Tazz] No disqualifications, no count outs,
no submissions, no pinfalls.
The way you win is simple.
You stuff your opponent in that hearse and you drive that in the arena.
[Theodore] The winner will walk out of No Mercy the WWE champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Bradshaw] I am the WWE champion.
You think I'm scared?
See, I got a plan, son.
I am the hunter, not the hunted.
[Michael] Can you believe these guys, Viscera and Gangrel,
members of The Undertaker's former Ministry of Darkness,
bought and paid for by JBL.
[Undertaker] Bradshaw, it's started with four,
Gangrel.
[Michael] Rest in peace, Gangrel.
[Undertaker] Viscera.
[Tazz] Undertaker sending a message to JBL.
[Undertaker] And now, Orlando.
-[Michael] Oh, my God. -[Tazz] Oh, oh my God.
[Undertaker] And then there was one.
[Bradshaw] You don't play mind games with me.
[Undertaker] At No Mercy, this will be your last ride.
[Bradshaw] There will be no referee
and no bell to stop me ending
The Undertaker's career.
[Undertaker] And the last image you'll see will be me
holding the WWE championship.
[Bradshaw] Dead or alive.
I fear no man.
[Theodore] A Last Ride match.
[Undertaker] JBL, rest in peace.
[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] Ladies and gentlemen, the rules for the Last Ride match
for the WWE Championship are as follows.
There are no pinfalls, no count outs, no disqualifications.
The only way to win is to stuff your opponent inside the hearse
and have the hearse drive out the arena for the Last Ride.
["Rest In Peace" playing]
[Michael] And there it is, ladies and gentlemen.
Being backed into the arena,
that is the hearse that either John "Bradshaw" Layfield
or The Undertaker will take their Last Ride in tonight
here at No Mercy.
The winner of this match will become WWE champion.
And it's hard to describe what's gonna happen out here, Tazz,
because we've never had a match like this in the history of the WWE.
[Tazz] You took the words out of my mouth, Cole, you right.
I don't know. I don't know what's gonna happen.
I'm not too sure JBL and The Undertaker knows
what's gonna happen.
[Michael] How eerie is this?
Can you imagine being one of the combatants in this matchup and--
[Tazz] No, no. I could not imagine.
-No. -[Michael] Glancing over your shoulder
and realizing that that vehicle there, that black hearse may be
hauling you out of the arena here tonight.
[Tazz] Well, if you, it's actually blue, it's not black but who's counting,
-you know what I mean? -["Longhorn" playing]
[Tazz] Well, here comes the champ right there.
[Michael] This time it may be black and blue.
[Tazz] That was good.
There's no limo, oh.
[bell ringing]
[Chimel] This is the Last Ride match
and it is for the WWE championship.
Making his way to the ring from New York City,
weighing in at 297 pounds,
he's the WWE champion,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Michael] We saw JBL come out with that big smile.
He lost the smile when he took a look at that hearse.
[Tazz] Yeah. Well, JBL is not dumb.
He is the WWE Champion, he's devious, he's also very smart.
He realizes that, you know, I mean that could be his fate
but I agree a little bit with JBL.
He claims, "I am not the hunter-- I am the hunter,
that Undertaker is the hunted."
I kind of get that. I think that JBL might be right.
[Michael] But I can't believe it,
that John "Bradshaw" Layfield is smiling out here.
This past Thursday on SmackDown,
he promised to end what he called the reign of terror of The Undertaker.
He said that he has a plan.
Well, I don't know what that plan is gonna be
because we know Orlando Jordan's not here tonight.
[Tazz] Right. There is no Orlando.
[Michael] And there is no Viscera and Gangrel.
[Tazz] No, no Gangrel either.
And then there was one.
That's what Undertaker said this past Thursday on SmackDown
and that one is in the ring with that white 10-gallon on his head
and that championship in his hand.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, if you have not experienced the entrance
of the next man, the challenger, The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Oh, you know, the big stock broker magnet
living in New York City is JBL.
Then you want, I mean, you know,
he's a transplanted Texan in here in New York.
[Michael] We'd like you to sit back and experience
the entrance of the legendary Phenom.
Perhaps the greatest superstar in the history of the WWE.
["Rest In Peace" playing]
[Tazz] It's chilly out here, Cole.
[Chimel] And from Death Valley, weighing in at 305 pounds,
The Undertaker.
[Michael] It is a chilling, a surreal and an eerie,
hard to describe feeling…
when that man enters an arena.
[Tazz] Well, The Undertaker said "The last thing that you see,
Bradshaw, JBL, will be me
feasting on your rotting soul."
I don't know. That remains to be seen. Oh, my God, look at those eyes.
[Michael] And stark contrast in the facial features,
expressions of both of these men.
[Tazz] Checking out the hearse, the Deadman is.
Wow, look at the freaky eyes.
[Michael] The champion walked out here, Bradshaw had a smile,
perhaps a nervous smile, but a smile nonetheless.
For the challenger, The Undertaker…
[Tazz] Oh, he might be bluffing, it might be a front.
-[Michael] This is no front. -[Tazz] No, I know that.
I'm talking about the guy in the white hat might be bluffing.
["Rest In Peace" continues playing]
[Tazz] Man, the ever stoic Undertaker.
JBL looks a little concerned.
And so he should be.
[Michael] What would the champion be feeling now?
-[Tazz] Fear. -[Michael] What do you think
he's thinking?
[Tazz] I think he's probably a little nervous, a little scared,
or he's trying to think about a plan B at this point.
[Michael] For you folks at home, if you could just describe the scene here
for a moment, Tazz, you've got this ever tremendous figure
of The Undertaker, larger than life entering the ring
with this fog and a hearse in the background.
[Tazz] And Undertaker takes his time coming down the ramp of the aisle way
so you could think about what you have to face,
gets in your head before he enters the ring.
[thunder crashing]
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] Wow.
Will The Undertaker come full circle here tonight?
Will The Undertaker become WWE Champion for a fifth-time?
In 1990, The Undertaker first stepped foot into a WWE ring.
A year to the day later, he first won the title.
And here tonight he stares at a man that he has never beaten,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Tazz] Well, JBL had mentioned that The Undertaker beat every major
WWE superstar like Hogan, and he has Michaels before,
and he has like Ric Flair, like Stone Cold Steve Austin…
-[Michael] Like The Rock, like Bret Hart. -[Tazz] The Rock, like Bret Hart,
but JBL had a point Cole,
"He has never beat me."
[Michael] John "Bradshaw" Layfield did not become
successful in business, did not become a millionaire,
-did not become a best-selling author… -[Tazz] Whoa. Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] …without having a plan.
[Tazz] All right, but what could his plan be tonight?
-[Michael] I don't know. -[Tazz] I think he's got all his aces,
all his cards are ripped up.
[Michael] And look at John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] He had no choice Tazz but to start this matchup on the attack.
And Undertaker with the right hands to John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
And here we go, Undertaker-Bradshaw,
Last Ride match, first time ever.
And again the rules, no pin-- no pinfalls, no countouts,
no disqualifications, anything goes.
You've got to beat your opponent senseless,
put him in the back of the hearse and drive him out of the arena.
[Tazz] You don't want to throw hands or headbutts with the Deadman.
[Michael] John "Bradshaw" Layfield, the champion,
what strategy can he use here?
[Tazz] I don't know. Right now he's in trouble, Cole.
I don't know. I can tell you his strategy
because you got the Deadman focused in on him.
Who's going to stop The Undertaker now?
[Michael] And think of the intimidation factor.
The Undertaker has already chokeslammed this man
through the roof of a limousine at SummerSlam.
And there's the elbow driven to the sternum of Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Well, the point-- the point of the elbow and the back of the triceps
right across the throat and jaw of the WWE champion,
and another headbutt.
And Undertaker came to fight Cole.
And JBL doesn't look to be in great shape in the early going to this match.
[Michael] And I'm going to tell you one thing right now.
I'm going to out on a limb here.
-This will be not a wrestling match. -[Tazz] I agree.
This will be an all-out brawl, anything goes.
[Tazz] And now working that arm, Undertaker wring that arm
and pulled it down and again wringing the arm again here.
[Michael] How much of a ch-- Oh, look at this.
Undertaker, second rope.
[Tazz] Like he's going for that…
-[Michael] Old School in Jersey. -[Tazz] …Old School, yeah,
Old School right here.
Look at that.
Right into the shoulder of the champion, JBL.
How much of a chance do you really give the champion here?
[Tazz] Well, not a lot after that impact spun JBL inside and out right there.
[Michael] Last Ride match is right up The Undertaker's alley.
[Tazz] I don't know. I think JBL just has much chance as Undertaker.
I really do because that championship means so much to John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Michael] It does, Tazz, and I hate to disagree with you,
but the fact of the matter is, is this match is right up
The Undertaker's alley.
-A Last Ride match. There are no rules. -[Tazz] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[Michael] Oh! And The Undertaker is picking apart
the champion right now.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah, Bradshaw, JBL,
Man, he's in trouble here.
[Michael] Now, the referee Nick Patrick wisely…
[Tazz] You know, Cole, I got to mention something.
You know what?
JBL's coming off a very physical match from SmackDown
-with Hardcore Holly and, uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, my God.
-So quick. -[Tazz] That short jab just knocked,
just dropping Bradshaw like a-- JBL like a bad habit there.
[Michael] And I love the point you are about to make.
-Oh, did you see that boot? -[Tazz] Oh, man.
How could I not see it?
[Michael] And Undertaker off the rope. Oh, nobody home.
JBL rolled out of the way and Undertaker sat right up.
[Tazz] And that's what gets in your head
when he does stuff like that, The Undertaker.
[Michael] Oh, and there's the thumb to the eye
and John "Bradshaw" Layfield looking for an opening.
He may have gained it here.
That thumb to the eye of The Undertaker, now on the attack.
[Tazz] Now, JBL, he's got to stay on The Undertaker, stay on the Deadman.
Vicious stomps right there on Undertaker's body.
The point I was trying to make was who, how do we know the condition of JBL
after that physical matchup a few days ago with Hardcore Holly.
[Michael] It's Hardcore Holly. He's not called "hardcore" for nothing.
[Tazz] A very physical man.
[Michael] And Undertaker across the ropes,
missed with clothesline as John "Bradshaw" Layfield--
-[Tazz] Here we go. Uh-oh. -[Michael] Here we go.
The Undertaker looking to make
-quick work of the champion. -[Tazz] Early.
-[Michael] Chokeslam. -[Tazz] My God.
-[Michael] A Chokeslam to Bradshaw. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] Undertaker zoning in tonight.
[Tazz] And it's two, three minutes into this match and a Chokeslam already?
[Michael] And look at Undertaker, he's staring back at the hearse.
Remember there's no pinfall in this.
He's got to drag the carcass of Bradshaw back to the hearse
and put Bradshaw in the hearse, drive him out of the arena.
[Tazz] That might be a good time to do that if you're the Deadman
because JBL looks to be pretty well spent right now.
[Michael] And JBL desperately grabbing the ropes.
He realizes that if he gets out of this ring,
he's in no man's land against the Phenom.
[Tazz] That's right, good point.
Another right hand.
JBL trying to keep himself in those ropes.
[Michael] I mean, we followed The Undertaker's career over the years.
You could see what he does outside the ring.
[Tazz] Watch the elbow here. I know what he does.
-[Michael] Planting the elbow. -[Tazz] I've been there, my friend.
That's how I know what he does.
[Michael] Driven to the skull of JBL.
[Tazz] Yeah. He brings it all right.
Undertaker when he knows, when he smells that blood in the water,
he's like a shark.
Like a great white.
He knows he's got his prey where he wants him.
[Michael] And look at this. This is vintage Undertaker, on the apron.
This is vintage Undertaker.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. Look at the neck of JBL.
He's going to snap his neck, Cole.
[Michael] Dropping a leg across the neck of the champion who may be out.
[Tazz] Well, now, if you're Undertaker, will you drag--
-do you drag him over to that limo? -[Michael] I think you got to.
It's not a limo, it's a hearse by the way.
[Tazz] Oh, my bad, my bad. I don't know even if it's a hearse. Right.
[Michael] And look at The Undertaker that look back at the hearse
and Bradshaw begging off, trying to beg off here.
[Tazz] Calling for timeouts. There's no timeouts.
Oh, man.
[Michael] And I think this crowd here,
as this crowd is stunned at the ferocity
and the quickness The Undertaker disabled the champion.
[Tazz] Look, everyone's shocked that he was able--
The Undertaker was able to pull off and pop off a Chokeslam
so early in the match, and especially Bradshaw is shocked.
[Michael] John "Bradshaw" Layfield has offered no offense so far.
-[Tazz] Oh, man. -[Michael] And look at this.
Right in the kidneys into the barricade.
[Tazz] There's metal underneath there and I tell you what,
he drove the man, just drove Bradshaw's
small of his back into that.
[Michael] Undertaker just picking apart the champion.
He had a game plan to The Undertaker--
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Michael] Steel steps, shoulder first.
[Tazz] Oh, we knew, Cole. We knew this was going to be physical.
JBL knew it was going to be physical.
And some people, some people might feel sorry for JBL.
There might be one or two people here that feel sorry for him but--
Listen to this. Wow.
That's the shoulder and rotator cuffs hitting the steel steps.
Nasty.
And now a straight right hand by The Undertaker,
and the champion is trying to somehow stay on here, to stay onto his game
so he doesn't get dragged back to the hearse and…
-[Tazz] I don't know. -[Michael] …now The Undertaker's smashed
here the Spanish announce table.
[Tazz] I don't think that JBL knows where the hell he is,
but I know The Undertaker knows where he is and--
-[Michael] Undertaker to savoring-- -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Steel steps on the skull of The Undertaker
-much like he did to Hardcore Holly. -[Tazz] To Hardcore Holly on SmackDown.
Shades of this past Thursday there.
[Michael] And that steel step to the matchup
got JBL disqualified Thursday
but there is no disqualification tonight.
-[Tazz] That's right. -[Michael] It's perfectly legal.
[Tazz] Good point.
That saved JBL there, I'm thinking.
Talk about impact, check this out.
-Watch out, Cole. -[Michael] Oh, man.
[Tazz] Heads up! Forget about the replay.
[Michael] The Undertaker bounced off the announce table here.
JBL with the right hands.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Fighting all over here. There's a straight up fight.
[Michael] And now, suddenly after that impact
by the steel steps, the champion is starting have some offense.
And big boot to the skull.
Undertaker slowly sliding down the barricade.
[Tazz] Well, JBL is not stupid.
He's not ignorant, he knows if he smells an opening,
he better grab it, because that window of opportunity
is not open long with The Undertaker.
[Michael] Ooh, bounced off the barricade again, it's The Undertaker.
And suddenly, the champion has found new life.
[Tazz] Check out this boot, let's take a look at this boot here.
Watch this impact.
[Michael] And while you're watching the boots,
let's watch this steel steps.
[man] Watch out. Watch out,.
[Michael] Oh, not again. The Undertaker is defenseless.
Undertaker is out, the steps off the skull and shoulder.
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] And Bradshaw showing a vicious mean streak
that we all knew the big Texan had.
[Tazz] Well, let's face it.
You're in there with a man like The Undertaker,
you better do all to survive.
[Michael] Well, we know how ruthless Bradshaw is in business,
we know how ruthless he is in the ring
and he's taking it to the Phenom dropping that elbow.
[Bradshaw] I thought The Undertaker hurt JBL,
but the WWE champion has The Undertaker down and out right now.
[Michael] You know, you might not agree with this,
but Bradshaw looking back at the hearse with a smile on his face.
He thinks he may have the challenger done here.
[Tazz] He just might.
Look at that leg, look at that thigh, the bruised, thigh bruise
on Bradshaw there on the outside leg.
-You can see it. Look at that. -[Michael] Wow.
[Tazz] Look like you notice losing a steel steps…
-[Michael] Walking right up. -[Tazz] Look at bad boy.
[Michael] Look at, dragging The Undertaker close to the hearse.
-Look at this. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[Michael] And The Undertaker with a right hand
before Bradshaw could get the hearse open.
[Michael] Again, you win this match if you get your opponent in a hearse
and he's out cold where you can drive him out of the arena.
[Tazz] That's right. That's why there's no counting.
You don't see the ref count nobody out. There's no countouts.
There's no disqualifications. Nothing.
[Michael] Bottom line, Referee Nick Patrick is out there
basically to make sure that these guys stay within some sort
of a match structure here.
[Tazz] Well, JBL's just taken it, taken a big time to The Undertaker.
I'm so impressed.
[Michael] There's the champion on the apron.
What's he thinking about?
[Tazz] Oh, I don't know what he's thinking about.
[Michael] Wait a minute, where is he going?
[Tazz] He's going somewhere. He doesn't usually go over the top rope.
-[Michael] JBL on the top rope. -[Tazz] That's rare for JBL. Look at this.
I don't remember the last time I saw him do this.
[Michael] Bradshaw's not a cruiserweight.
-[Tazz] Look at this! -[Michael] What a shoulder knockdown.
[Tazz] Lot of, oh, man, a lot of body.
What a shoulder tackle off the top rope there.
[Michael] Again, no pinfalls, but I tell you what.
I'm not-- I'm not a Bradshaw fan,
I'll be the first to admit but he's had one hell of a reign as champion
and he's taking it to The Undertaker tonight.
[Tazz] I'm sure he's not a Michael Cole fan,
but you're right. He is taking it as the champion.
[Michael] A swinging neckbreaker to The Undertaker.
Again continue to wear down his opponent and incapacitate his opponent,
drag him to the hearse to win this thing.
[Tazz] You pointed out a few minutes ago, Cole, that it is so secret.
JBL can be just as vicious as the next competitor.
And no-- Oh, Bradshaw.
[Michael] And The Undertaker. The Undertaker countered.
-Is that like a-- -[Tazz] No, he's got,
it's a submission. He's got the armbar and the head.
And remember the submission will work because if Bradshaw passes out…
-[Tazz] Hold on. Wait a minute. -[Michael] There's no tap out.
There's no submission.
What if Bradshaw passes out,
Undertaker can drag him to the hearse and put him in the back.
[Tazz] Right, you're right.
[Michael] And look the champ maybe failing here.
The champion maybe failing.
[Tazz] He's got-- he's got the triangle choke on JBL
and JBL, I tell you, he chokes him out with this
because this will cut off the oxygen to your brain.
He chokes him out here, which I think is going to happen,
just drag him over to that hearse.
It's all over with the show.
And I think he choked him out, Cole.
[Michael] Yeah, I think you heard him.
I know if it's the referee but somebody said he's out
and Undertaker releasing the triangle choke hold
but ladies and gentlemen, I believe the champion is out cold here.
[Tazz] JBL knew he was in trouble,
he tried to tap out but that didn't matter.
[Michael] Undertaker trying to get back in his feet.
He's still got to drag this 300-pound man
out of the ring and into the hearse.
And you see the champion begin to move a little bit here.
[Tazz] That's the question.
Yeah, does Undertaker have the strength to pick up JBL and bring him over?
It looks like JBL is already up on his feet.
[Michael] Another right hand.
Bradshaw kicked through the second rope by The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Right out front of us, Bradshaw is.
Oh, here comes The Undertaker.
We saw that Bradshaw tapped out and show,
it should, it didn't mean anything.
You know, I'm just saying that, around here in front of the--
Another from the Spanish announce table.
[Michael] Undertaker slowly,
continues the assault on a champion.
Head first off the announce table.
[Tazz] I tell you what.
[Michael] What's he doing here? Come on.
[Tazz] Well, get up, you dummy. What are you doing, uh, Hugo?
[Michael] Well, that's good. I'll be sitting there
-with The Undertaker in front of him. -[Tazz] That's smart.
[Michael] Undertaker. Look at the champion.
Bradshaw trying to beg his way out of this thing.
He's trying to plead his way out, but that isn't going to happen.
[Tazz] Oh, it's not. And now, look at this.
[Michael] And a right hand.
[Tazz] You stay as you get stripped.
[Michael] Off the jaw of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Right to the side of the head,
Undertaker with this relentless assault on the champion
and I believe it's a matter of time.
[Tazz] He's got the look in his eyes, The Undertaker, Cole.
I don't know if we should sit or stand or what?
He just looks-- Oh, look at this.
-[Michael] And look at this. Undertaker. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Knees through the steel steps up over the top
and again the champion,
just when you thought Bradshaw was down and out,
he's back in this thing.
[Tazz] That was one hell of a reversal there
by the ever thinking WWE champion.
[Michael] You know, I'll tell you.
[Tazz] So smart Bradshaw, JBL is just smart…
[Michael] And you know why he's smart? And you why that's great strategy?
Because if you take out The Undertaker at the legs like Bradshaw did,
-Undertaker can't drag you to the hearse. -[Tazz] That's still a good point.
-[Michael] What's he gonna do? Crawl? -[Tazz] Now what?
-I don't know what he's doing. -[Michael] What the hell is Brad--
[Tazz] We saw him use this steps before, he crushed the skull of Undertaker.
He crushed the skull of Hardcore Holly on Thursday on SmackDown.
[Michael] I don't like being where we are.
There's a club to the back of the neck.
Undertaker up to the steel steps.
Oh, my, what the hell is he doing?
[Tazz] I don't know.
[Michael] On the steel steps. Bradshaw, no!
-[Tazz] Watch out. Watch out. -[Michael] Don't do this.
-What-- -[Tazz] Bradshaw--
-[Michael] No! -[Tazz] He's gonna--
What's up? What the hell--
what are they doing here? Oh, my God!
[Michael] A back bodydrop off the steps.
I think Bradshaw was going for that piledriver.
[Tazz] Either a piledriver or maybe a powerbomb but--
[Michael] And a big back bodydrop counter by Undertaker.
Talk about a physical matchup.
-[Michael] Let's take another look. -[Tazz] Yeah, let's see this.
I don't know if it's a powerbomb
or going for piledriver as I was saying but--
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] And I'll tell you what.
There's a load of impact there on the outside.
And now, Undertaker right out here in front of this table here.
[Michael] Undertaker measuring Bradshaw again and knocking Bradshaw
over the barricade out into the crowd and again, there are no countouts,
perfectly legal and anything goes.
You got to beat your opponent senseless and put him in the back of the hearse.
[Tazz] All right, Cole.
They're out here with the people and the SmackDown fans.
And now, The Undertaker just teeing off on the head.
Just measuring JBL with his punches and suplex.
[Michael] Right hands by The Undertaker.
The champion is reeling,
the champion is in all kinds of trouble here.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, now what?
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, Bradshaw, wow.
[Tazz] Face first into that…
[Michael] Bounced off the barricade. And look out.
And throwing Bradshaw over the barricade.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] I tell you, this is, this is--
He knew it's going to be physical, man, but--
[Michael] Physical, well, this is the new a meaning for that word.
And Undertaker's got that look in his eyes.
[Tazz] It's that's sick, dark look.
[Michael] And we talked about this before, Tazz.
Undertaker goes to a different dimension.
He goes to a different level.
And that's where he's at now.
[Tazz] I know. I know.
[Michael] It's almost, it's inhuman. It's what it is.
[Tazz] Now, The Undertaker, he's capable of anything, the Deadman.
-Now, what? Undertaker's… -[Michael] JBL lifted up.
[Tazz] …scooped, oh, my God.
-[Michael] What the hell's he doing here? -[Tazz] No, no, no, not that.
[Michael] Oh, my God. Get out of the steel steps.
-[Tazz] No, Taker, you'll kill-- No! -[Michael] Not on the steel steps.
[Tazz] Don't do it. Oh, my God. No, Cole.
-[Michael] Not this way. -[Tazz] No, no, no!
-[Michael] Tombstone Piledriver… -[Tazz] Geez. Oh, my God.
[Michael] …on the steel steps. Oh, my God.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] The champion…
[Tazz] Oh, he's split open, man.
Oh, my God. JBL is split…
[Michael] And JBL, blood pouring profusely.
-[Tazz] Let's try to look at JBL's head. -[Michael] Watch this impact.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. You see his head bounce.
It bounced like a spring.
You see his head bounce like a shock absorber.
-[Michael] And there is no give. -[Tazz] No, I know.
[Michael] Absolutely no giving in his head.
[Tazz] Just pay attention. These men are right out here by us.
This is some nasty brawling.
Bloody.
[Michael] We got to take another look at this Tombstone.
I've never seen anything like it.
[Tazz] Oh, God, that was…
[Michael] The champion is done.
He's bleeding profusely.
He just suffered a Tombstone Piledriver on steel steps.
Undertaker driving an elbow.
The point of the elbow right into that open wound.
[Tazz] And the worst thing is, Cole. There's nothing a referee can do.
-This thing can't be stopped. -[Michael] Nothing at all.
There's no pinfalls, no disqualifications, no countouts.
[Tazz] You can't stop it from blood loss or anything like that or--
[Michael] Oh, my, look out, partner.
Bradshaw off the announce table.
And the champion is bleeding profusely here.
[Tazz] My God. This is starting to…
[Michael] Oh, a steel chair.
A desperation move by the champion flooring The Undertaker.
Where the hell did that come from?
[Tazz] I don't know. I don't know.
But there's nothing, just carnage out here.
Both men, JBL is losing a ton of blood.
[Michael] The champion,
The Undertaker, the challenger, both men down.
Did you hear? Listen to this.
-[Tazz] I can't believe… -[Michael] Oh!
[Tazz] …Bradshaw to have the presence of mind
to fight back from that Tombstone that--
-Oh no, look at this . -[Michael] Now, what's he doing?
-[Tazz] My God. -[Michael] The champion has battled back
from a Tombstone Piledriver.
Now, he's ripping apart this announce table--
[Tazz] He's doing whatever the hell he wants.
Let take a look at the champ.
[Michael] Oh, right into the skull of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] It's like carnage, there's so much…
[Michael] This is absolutely ridiculous.
[Tazz] JBL is bleeding so much.
The Undertaker's in a gaze.
And now, what's he doing?
[Michael] Undertaker bounced off the announce table.
Undertaker on the announce table here.
The champion trying to knock The Undertaker out,
so he can drag him to that hearse.
-[Tazz] Got him. -[Michael] A first ever Last Ride match
has been a vicious and violent as anything I've ever experienced.
There's been no mercy in this matchup, ladies and gentlemen.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
-I don't know what's going to happen here. -[Michael] And JBL with a steel chair.
Now, what the hell is he going to do?
-[Tazz] Don't do it, JBL. -[Michael] What're you gonna do now?
-[Tazz] Don't do it JBL. Oh, no! -[Michael] And The Undertaker's got him.
-[Tazz] He's got him. -[Michael] Undertaker got him.
-[Tazz] He's got him. -[Michael] Undertaker's got him.
[Tazz] He got him. Don't do it.
Oh, my God!
[Michael] Chokeslam through the table. Oh, my God.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] The Undertaker driving the champion through the announce table
with one of the most vicious chokeslams I've ever seen.
-[Tazz] A moment ago Bradshaw-- -[Michael] Watch this.
-[Tazz] Okay. -[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] God almighty! -[Michael] And The Undertaker is pointing
to the hearse.
The Undertaker is planning to drag the champion to the hearse
for his Last Ride.
[Tazz] There is no way. Let's take another look at this.
-[Michael] And look at this. -[Tazz] Oh, look at this.
[Michael] The champion on the shoulders of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Live action, yeah.
How the hell he's going to--
[Michael] The Undertaker carrying the 300 pound champion.
Bradshaw suffered a Tombstone Piledriver to the steel steps,
chokeslammmed through the table.
Bradshaw is about to go on his Last Ride, I believe, Tazz.
[Tazz] I… it looks to be that way.
[Michael] Undertaker going to win the WWE Championship for a fifth time
if he could put Bradshaw on the back of that hearse.
[Tazz] It's been long hellacious, one hell of a match.
Uh-oh. There's the door. The door is open.
[Michael] Wait a minute. Heidenreich.
-What the hell is that lunatic doing? -[Tazz] Hey, what is he doing?
[Michael] Heidenreich. What is that lunatic doing here?
-[Tazz] What the-- -[Michael] You got to be kidding me.
-What the hell is this? -[Tazz] I don't know what the hell,
this guy's a psycho.
[Michael] Oh, my God. It can't be, is it…
he's got chloroform on his face, that chemical.
Perhaps-- Could that be like an ether or something?
[Tazz] I don't know, Cole. I don't know what the hell it is.
[Michael] Well, it's something, it's liquid and he's got a cloth
over the face of The Undertaker and he's smothering him.
[Tazz] He is smothering him.
-What the-- And this-- -[Michael] Wait a minute.
-[Tazz] He's in the hearse. -[Michael] He's in the hearse.
[Tazz] He's going for a ride and there's no disqualification.
The Undertaker is going for the ride.
I thought he was going to steal that damn championship.
You got to be kidding me.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] Not like this. -[Michael] Here he comes!
Here comes the Phenom!
Heidenreich, the right hands from the challenger.
[Tazz] Heidenreich getting cracked.
Boot to the face of the champion.
[Michael] Undertaker with a kick to the rib.
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Michael] A Clothesline From Hell.
[Tazz] What a shot. Man.
[Michael] A Clothesline From Hell,
Bradshaw crawling for the hearse to open up that backdoor.
-[Tazz] Well, it's two on one? It's-- -[Michael] But it's legal.
-[Tazz] I know. I know. -[Michael] There's no disqualification.
[Tazz] A Clothesline from Hell just cleaned Undertaker's clock.
[Michael] And now both men, Heidenreich and Bradshaw,
putting The Undertaker back in the back of that hearse.
[Tazz] Not like this.
[Michael] And now the hearse being driven out of this arena.
That lunatic Heidenreich.
-[Tazz] I don't believe this. -[Michael] I cannot believe this.
I cannot believe this match.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[bell ringing]
[crowd exclaiming]
[Chimel] Here's your winner and still
WWE champion,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
-["Longhorn" playing] -[Michael] That is highway robbery.
[Tazz] Highway robbery at its blatant best.
[Michael] Heidenreich, for some reason,
Heidenreich was stashed in the back of that limo,
I mean, back of that hearse.
[Tazz] Who the hell-- When--
[Michael] I don't know what is going on.
I told you. I told you.
You don't bet against JBL.
You want an Undertaker highlight?
There was your highlight.
I am unbeatable.
I am immortal.
I am the greatest champion of all time.
Never bet against JBL.
Don't hesitate. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on.
You will get back… [speaks indistinctly]
[Heyman] Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
[car engine revving]
[tires screeching]
[crowd chatter]
You did it.
Oh, my. Oh, my God, you did it.
We got to get out of here, we got to get out of here.
We got to go.
We got to go. We got to go.
Come on, we got to go.
We got to go now. Now, we got to go.
We did it. You did it. You did it. .