[dramatic music playing]
[Eddie] Everybody knows I have a history.
Everybody knows about my addictions.
I've found a new addiction.
That addiction
is respect.
I am the new and improved Eddie Guerrero.
I'm nothing about lying, cheating, or stealing anymore.
[Michael] Eddie just stole the victory away from Batista.
Yes, Eddie, I believe every word you say.
[Tazz] I think Batista sees right through Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] And Eddie Guerrero with a shot to the back.
Eddie getting rid of the evidence.
I didn't hit you on purpose.
[Batista] I'll tell you what, Eddie.
-I wanna believe you changed. -[Michael] Is Batista buying this?
[Eddie] There is no more hate left in me.
-[Batista] If you're lying to me-- -[Eddie] I just wanna be your friend.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh, thumbs up. -[Batista] If you stab me in the back…
-[Tazz] Thumbs down. -[Eddie] I'm gonna hurt you.
[Eddie] I wouldn't expect anything less.
[Michael] Eddie may have just sucked Batista in.
[music fades]
[eerie music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
[Randy] Undertaker, you opened up this casket yourself.
You saw into your future.
[Undertaker] Randy Orton, so you want to play games.
[Randy] I saw the look in your eyes, Undertaker.
And that look was fear.
[Undertaker] And you call yourself a Legend Killer.
[Randy] I killed you physically.
I beat you mentally.
[Undertaker] But you can't kill what's already dead.
[Randy] Your legacy will be buried forever.
[Undertaker] Tonight, you and your father will be put in your final resting place.
[Randy] My father and I are gonna beat you down.
Put you in that casket.
[Undertaker] Look into the eyes of the dead man
and you will see no remorse, no escape, no mercy.
Tonight another legend dies.
[Undertaker] Prepare your soul for eternal damnation
and to rest…
[Tazz] Be careful who you try to play games with.
-[Undertaker] …in peace. -[bell tolling]
[bell tolling]
[announcer] And now, SmackDown presents
WWE No Mercy.
["No Mercy" playing]
♪ No mercy ♪
[explosions]
♪ No mercy on your soul ♪
♪ No mercy ♪
♪ I'll have no mercy on your soul ♪
♪ No mercy ♪
[Michael] Houston, Texas, and sports entertainment
are synonymous with one another.
Some of the sports' greatest moments and its greatest legends
have occurred and performed here.
And tonight, you are looking live at Houston Toyota Center.
Welcome to No Mercy.
I'm Michael Cole alongside Tazz at ringside.
And, Tazz, are you ready for more memories to be performed here tonight?
Oh, you're not kidding, baby.
I'm just glad we're gonna be a part of this, baby.
No Mercy will be off the charts, trust me.
And also here are our Spanish colleagues, Hugo Savinovich, Carlos Cabrera.
-Hello, guys. -Good evening, Michael.
[speaking Spanish]
[song concludes]
[speaking Spanish]
["Paparazzi" playing]
[Michael] Ready for a little bit of Hollywood here
at Houston, Texas tonight?
[Tazz] Oh, a little paparazzi, red carpet.
No doubt about it. MNM is in the house.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is a six-person Tag Team match
scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring, from Los Angeles, California,
Mercury, Nitro, and Melina, MNM.
[Michael] Well, ever since MNM lost the Tag Team titles
to Legion of Doom back in July at The Great American Bash,
they have been hell-bent on winning the Tag Team gold back.
Tonight a six-person Tag Team matchup,
-but I know you love this, partner. -[Tazz] Oh, it's the greatest.
Tell you what, what a way to kick off No Mercy
with the greatest entrance in the history of the game.
Look at the lovely Melina, Cole. Check this out.
Folks, if you never saw this, you're in for something nice. Watch this.
Watch the flexibility here and the athletic ability, Cole, by Melina.
Well, what does that say on her T-shirt?
-What does that say? -[Tazz] Something B-- what?
-[Michael] What does that say? Miss-- -Miss-- uh, well, Miss something.
-[Tazz] Whoa! -[Michael] It starts with a B.
[Michael] She is held back on being SmackDown's dominant diva, you know.
[Tazz] As long as she keeps doing those splits like that,
she's dominant in my mind.
[Michael] Again, this is set for the six-person Tag Team matchup.
MNM set to take on LOD and Christy Hemme.
I'll tell you, Melina, Mercury and Nitro, really making a statement
just two nights ago on Friday Night SmackDown,
interfering in Legion of Doom's matchup versus William Regal and Paul Burchill.
Christy Hemme calling for the Doomsday Device
and watch from out of nowhere, here comes Melina.
[Tazz] Yeah, no doubt about it. Christy Hemme landed hard
and was shocked. Christy Hemme was-- Melina was just all over
and now MNM, it just didn't-- the LOD had no idea this was going down
and just clipped the knee of Animal,
but this-- the big picture as what happens now.
Melina calls for the snapshot and watch this.
Totally uncalled for, totally not cool at all.
Mercury and Nitro snapshotted--
snapshotted Christy Hemme.
We got to wonder the condition of Christy Hemme, Cole.
[Michael] That's gonna be a great question
as we get set for this six-person Tag Team matchup.
[music ends]
[recording of Road Warrior Hawk's growl playing]
[crowd cheering, growling]
["Walk Idiot Walk" playing]
[announcer] And making their way to the ring, Christy Hemme
and the WWE Tag Team Champions,
Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich.
[Michael] And of course the voice you heard, that of the late great Hawk,
Road Warrior Animal's partner for some 20 years
-and the LOD have dedicated… -[Tazz] [growling] What a rush. I love it.
[Michael] …their WWE Tag Team Championship reign
-to the memory of Road Warrior Hawk. -[Tazz] Yeah, absolutely, Cole.
And you know, I'm trying to see if Christy Hemme's hurt
and if her neck-- if she showing any signs of it,
but, you know, rumor has it, Cole, I talked to some people backstage
and that Christy didn't wanna wear-- a neck--
-a neck collar out here tonight. -[Michael] Really?
[Tazz] That's what I heard, man. And, you know, a lot of times an athlete,
she'll-- she or he or she will hide the fact that they're injured.
They'll rely on their adrenalin to come out here,
raise that ball, raise the game.
It's a big stage, No Mercy pay-per-view.
But you got to wonder, internally what's going on with the neck
after that snapshot of Christy Hemme.
[Michael] Oh, look at this, strategy being talked over by MNM
and Heidenreich gonna bring in Nitro the hard way.
-And I believe this matchup is underway. -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] Those fur coat's a lot of money.
Now, don't rip those things up in the 100% humidity here in Houston.
[Michael] Road Warrior Animal that shoulder taped up
after the attack by MNM
just two nights ago on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Tazz] It's not just from two nights ago, Cole.
Animal, the past couple of weeks, some sort of accumulation
of attacks by MNM on that shoulder,
that rotator cuff area of Road Warrior Animal.
It's not just from this past Friday Night SmackDown.
[Michael] And Heidenreich getting off the tag.
And I tell you, talking about somebody's been undergoing a metamorphosis.
Heidenreich, a completely different person
ever since he's come into the tutelage of Road Warrior Animal.
[Tazz] Heavy-duty three-point stance. Look at this.
[Michael] Here's the cover, hook of the leg and a kick out.
-Oh, nice try. -[Tazz] What a clothesline,
I mean, Nitro was flipped upside down, inside out.
Here comes Animal. Now, Animal-- remember Animal is the legal man.
He got tagged in by Heidenreich.
[Michael] Nitro whipped on the ropes. Here is the double team.
High elbows by the Tag Team Champions, the Legion of Doom.
[crowd chanting] LOD! LOD! LOD!
[Tazz] There goes LOD chants here at Houston.
First time we've ever had a pay-per-view here at the Toyota Center
in Houston, Texas.
[Michael] And Road Warrior Animal firing up the SmackDown
and WWE fans as well.
Big time score to settle here with Nitro and Mercury.
-[screams in pain] -[Tazz] Oh, my God, that shoulder,
right into that shoulder, Cole.
[Michael] And this is where MNM is so dangerous,
when they can pick a part the injury of the opponent.
And there's the double team,
driving Animal straight into the turnbuckle.
Unfortunately, Animal came into this match here,
well-- look at these kicks right to the shoulder.
Animal came into this match with a big target on his body,
but he had to probably wrap that shoulder up because it's hurting so much.
[Tazz] And driving Animal into the turnbuckle.
This will take the power game
out of Animal's repertoire
-with an injured shoulder. -[Melina] Just like that.
[Tazz] Now, we'll see if Animal can--
-Oh, my God those knee-high sidekicks… -[Melina shrieking]
…again right to that-- oh, that's nasty.
-[Michael] You know, MNM saw… -[Tazz] Listen. Listen.
[Michael] …that taped shoulder like you said and--
[Tazz] Look, watch, watch. Oh, you could hear that thud, Cole.
[Michael] And there's a cheap shot to Heidenreich on the apron.
[Tazz] Well, this guy is a lowlife, this Mercury, he'll punch--
oh, you got to be careful. He might take a swing on Hemme.
You never know. And look at this.
[Michael] Going for the snapshot, connecting,
-a snapshot directly on the shoulder. -[Tazz] This could be it, Cole.
-This could be it, man. -[Melina screeching]
-Get in the ring, man. -[Michael] Into the cover goes Mercury.
[Tazz] This could be it.
-[Michael] Whoa. -[Tazz] The hell's going on? Nitro…
-Get out-- -…across the ring,
knocking Heidenreich out of the ring.
And here's the cover, hook of the leg.
Can Animal do it and he does,
-at a count of two. -[Melina screeching]
[Michael] Mercury thought he had him off the snapshot.
-[overlapping chatter] -[Tazz] I'll tell you what, it almost--
[indistinct shouting]
[Tazz] You got to wonder here-- you got to wonder here, if you're not--
well, you got to figure out how strong and tough is Animal, Road Warrior Animal,
that he was able to kick out off a snapshot with an injured shoulder.
[Michael] Here, the double team again by the former Tag Team champions, MNM.
And for MNM, even though this is a six-person matchup,
-it is still huge for MNM… -[Melina screams]
…to try to get a victory the Tag Team champions.
[crowd chanting] LOD! LOD!
-[counts] -[Tazz] The 12th man here in Houston,
those LOD chants
from these great Houston WWE fans all behind the LOD.
[Michael] Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, and look at this,
oh, and there's that lowlife, as you called him,
Mercury driving that shoulder across the top rope.
Here's the cover, count of two and again Animal gets the shoulder out.
[Tazz] Melina's getting all fired up on the outside.
I like it when she gets real feisty like that.
-[screams in pain] -Working on that arm,
on the bad shoulder of Animal.
[Michael] Animal, of course, we're here at Houston, Texas tonight, Tazz,
a city that is-- that is rich
-in wrestling tradition. -[Tazz] Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.
And look at Melina, even Melina getting involved here.
I'll tell you what, hey, Melina, you could put that hold on me if you want.
I love the old headscissors on the rope in the middle.
-I like that. [laughs] -[Michael] You would.
-And Animal-- look at the-- -[Tazz] Oh, she's got a--
[Michael] …that vicious smile on the face of Melina.
-[Tazz] What a cute smile. -[Michael] I'm not gonna call it cute.
-She's mean and nasty. -[Tazz] To the rib.
-[Michael] Tag made to Mercury. -[Tazz] Look at that.
[Michael] Melina got all upset at Christy a couple of weeks ago,
oh, everything, including a broken nail.
[groans]
-And look at Mercury. -[Tazz] I'm sure the manicure
has cost a lot of money that Melina gets, you know what I mean?
[Michael] Well, they are in the VIP list, the hot celebrity list in LA, Hollywood.
[Tazz] Something you'll never have.
Now look at this, look at the smile on Melina.
She's so proud of her boys.
Now, Mercury has got that armbar [indistinct]
-[Heidenreich stomping] -The armbar on Animal,
putting all that pressure on that shoulder.
[crowd] [chanting to stomps] LOD!
[Michael] Heidenreich in the corner trying to rile up these SmackDown fans.
Come on!
And look at Mercury continues to work on the shoulder
and the neckbreaker to the Road Warrior Animal,
-who is in all kinds of trouble. -[Tazz] Uh-oh, this might be it, Cole.
-He got that snapshot earlier. -[Michael] Here's the cover,
shoulders down, kick out again by Animal.
And talk about the resilience of the Road Warrior.
[Tazz] Heidenreich knows, he needs to get in that ring.
Animal is got to try and tag him here, tag Heidenreich in.
-[Michael] Uh-oh. -[Tazz] Watch Mercury, watch Mercury.
-Caught in midair. -[Michael] Bummed shoulder and all,
a scoop slam, Animal can make a tag here.
Oh, then he rolls into the cover, shoulders are down, there's two,
and it's Nitro breaking up the three count,
and Heidenreich into the ring with the right hand of his own.
[Tazz] Yeah, I think Heidenreich has had enough,
throwing some combinations. Uh-oh.
Whoa, up over the top goes Heidenreich, Nitro in pursuit.
Animal is still legal.
Legal. Uh-oh, uh-oh, oh, nobody home.
Nitro caught himself on the barricade.
[Michael] Broke a hand or a wrist there, Nitro.
Mercury going for the neckbreaker or actually he was going for the snapshot,
but nobody was home, face-first into the second turnbuckle.
And Melina tagged herself in.
[Tazz] What the hell? Is she crazy, Animal,
remember, Animal is still legal.
-And Melina is going up to the top rope. -[Michael] Slip, slip.
[screams]
And Melina caught in midair. Whoa, whoa, what the hell.
Hey, now. Oh, my. Okay.
Christy Hemme is itching to get in, Cole.
-And here comes Christy. -[Michael laughs]
[Tazz] Batten down the proverbial hatches.
And Christy wants some of Melina.
-Big clothesline. Taking Melina out. -[crowd cheering]
[laughs] Christy Hemme is a spitfire.
[Michael] Christy is all fired up.
[Tazz] Well, what the heck, get on her.
Here's the reversal, Christy whipped across the ring.
A boot to the-- on the chest of Melina.
[Michael] Yeah, pectoral region.
-[Tazz] Christy up top. -[Michael] Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
[Tazz] Oh, brings Melina over.
You got to roll. Well, that's the power of my Christy.
-[Michael] What the heck. -[shouts]
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] Oh! Wait a minute.
Well, Christy got the snapshot Friday, perhaps…
[Michael] She can't do that, Christy, can she?
[Tazz] Well, that's what they're calling for,
the Legendary Doomsday Device,
-with Christy going up to the top rope. -[crowd roaring]
[Michael] I don't believe what I'm seeing here.
-[Tazz] You got to be kidding me. -[Michael] Christy is smiling.
No way, she can't do this.
Doomsday Device,
-the Doomsday Device by Christy Hemme [crowd cheering]
-to Melina. -[Tazz] What the hell.
-I can't believe this. -[Michael] Here's the cover.
[Tazz] You got to turn the girl, turn her.
-[Michael] Hook of the leg. -[crowd counting]
LOD and Christy Hemme with a huge victory.
[recording of Road Warrior Hawk's growl playing]
["Walk Idiot Walk" playing]
[announcer] Here are your winners, Christy Hemme and the Tag Team Champions,
Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich.
[Michael] At the beginning of tonight's telecast,
we felt a unique atmosphere here tonight for No Mercy,
and what an exciting way to kick off the event,
Christy Hemme delivering the legendary Doomsday Device.
Do you think that Road Warrior Hawk would be proud?
[Tazz] I think the legendary Road Warrior Hawk
is up in the heaven going, "Oh, what a rush!"
Here I am thinking Christy Hemme was the weak link.
What was I thinking? She's the stronger link.
Check this out, look at this.
Doomsday Device by Christy Hemme and Road Warrior Animal.
Oh, wow.
I'll tell you, that was a rush.
[Michael] The Tag Team Champions and Christy Hemme victorious over MNM.
What a way to kick off No Mercy here tonight.
[Tazz] Wow. And now you see Mercury is helping--
Oh, wait,
helping our Melina out, well, I kind of hope Melina's okay.
[Michael] It couldn't have happened for a better-- to a better person,
-but I would like to see it again. -[Tazz] See what again?
[Michael] Well, Melina being carried out of the arena.
[Tazz] Easy now, it's a family show. Then again, this is not so bad itself,
Christy Hemme and the LOD, way to go Christy.
[laughs]
You can't hurt them. You can't beat them.
The belt is with the LOD.
[Tazz] Oh, here we go. Let's check it out, Melina's--
-Man! -[Michael] Picture perfect.
[Tazz] Well, no doubt about it, picture perfect.
[Michael] LOD and Christy Hemme, what a victory.
[crowd cheering]
[knocking on door]
Yeah.
Hey, look who it is, the number one contender.
I just got one thing to say to you.
Yeah, what's that?
Good luck.
Hey, Eddie.
Good luck to you too, man.
-What's all that mean? -I have no idea.
I mean, again, the question here tonight
is will the real Eddie Guerrero show up here tonight
or will he really have that change of heart?
Well, I'm-- like I said,
you know, couple of weeks ago on Friday Night SmackDown,
I think we're gonna see the new and improved Eddie Guerrero.
-I believe it. I'm buying it. -We're gonna have to wait and see.
World Heavyweight Championship is on the line tonight,
Batista versus Eddie Guerrero here at No Mercy.
And what a way to kick things off
with LOD's victory along with Christy Hemme
and there you see the Tag Team Champions entering WWE Instant Access.
This is unique to No Mercy here,
questions and answers with our WWE Superstars exclusively
on WWE.com.
And Josh Mathews going to ask the tough questions here tonight.
[Tazz] LOD and Christy Hemme seem pretty happy
and so they should be.
-Instant Access, that's pretty cool. -[Michael] Real cool.
-["Fat Burner" playing] -[Tazz laughs] Fitness guru time.
-[Michael] Hey, you like this guy. -[Tazz] [laughs] Dean Machine!
[Michael] Yeah, but-- well, what the hell is that?
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from Clearwater, Florida,
weighing in at 210 pounds,
-Simon Dean. -[Michael] Wait a minute.
I thought he was a fitness guru with the Simon System,
-that's a plate of hamburgers. -[Tazz] A whole plate of them.
[Michael] I'll tell you what, that guy with that plate of hamburgers
is definitely not a fitness guru, that guy.
[Tazz] Well, he needs to be on the Simon System, twice.
[Michael] Well, I'll you what, those burgers look pretty good to me
and I can kind of smell it from here.
I got a good sense for beef.
[Tazz] Well, just sit down, relax, we'll eat after the show.
[Michael laughs]
[Tazz] I'll tell you this waiter looks like Bob [indistinct]
-People, my name is Simon Dean. -[Tazz] Looks like Drew Carrey.
[crowd booing]
And Simon says that I was shocked recently to read in a men's fitness magazine,
that they ranked Houston, Texas, as the fattest city in America.
-[Michael] Well, look at the waiter. -[Tazz] Well, that's true.
I've read that same article, man, that's the truth.
I guess it's true, everything is bigger in Texas.
-Well, fatties… -[Michael chuckling]
…what I have here is exhibit A,
20 double cheeseburgers.
Now, don't get me wrong.
I like a good double cheeseburger every now and then.
And these look pretty tasty.
And if you ate only one, then you would be okay nutritionally.
But it's when gluttonous slobs like all of you…
[crowd booing]
…sit and actually eat 20 double cheeseburgers in one sitting
-then you become fat… -[Tazz] What, what?
-…and pathetic. -[Tazz] What was that?
And Bobby Lashley, I think you're pathetic.
And I'm so sure that I will defeat you here tonight,
that if I don't,
then I'll eat all 20 of those double cheeseburgers
right here tonight.
-[Michael] What? -[Tazz] Oh, he's nuts. [laughs]
[Michael] Well, wait a minute, why all this though?
How can he gain an advantage in this type of matchup
with a plate of hamburgers?
-Why is Simon Dean going through all this? -["Unstoppable" playing]
[announcer] And from Colorado springs, Colorado,
weighing in at 273 pounds,
-Bobby Lashley. -[Michael] It is the pay-per-view debut
for who I like to call the real deal, Bobby Lashley.
[Tazz] Cole, this man, Bobby Lashley is dangerous.
He competed in both boxing and other mix martial arts events.
Telling you, heavy hitter, big time striker with his hands,
and these guys know some vertical suplexes.
[Michael] He's a three-time National Champion,
a four-time All-American,
a two-time Armed Forces Champion
and a silver medal in the Military World Championships
-in 2002. -[Tazz] And he definitely has--
does not have problem with fitness, that I could tell you.
Look at this chin-up. Watch this chin-up he's about to do.
Well, there you go. Well--
[Michael] He normally does a chin-up and pulls himself into the ring.
[Tazz] Exactly, but he-- you know, he didn't do it.
-We didn't see it, but anyway, let's see. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] So, now Simon Dean complaining at Bobby Lashley
broke his hand a couple of weeks ago, which he did on Friday Night SmackDown.
And look at this, Simon Dean go behind.
I just don't get why Simon Dean brought a plate
-of hamburgers out here. -[Tazz] Uh-oh, oh, my God.
[Michael] Look at the power of Lashley.
-Can you figure it out, Tazz? -[Tazz] Ooh, what a forearm.
-Figure what out? -[Michael] Why Simon Dean brought out
-20 hamburgers here. -[Tazz] I don't know.
I can't-- no, I can't figure it out.
[indistinct]
Was he trying to get to the ropes or get to the hamburgers?
One or the other.
I think he's trying to get to the ropes for survival actually.
[Michael] Look at that. Went for a cheap shot.
Bobby Lashley hooked him.
-[Tazz] That double overhook. -[Michael] Wow.
That beautiful front Saito suplex,
we saw him do that on Friday Night SmackDown.
I'm telling you right now, folks, that is a tough throw to do.
[Tazz] Bobby Lashley in his pay-per-view debut
and it's certain that he becomes synonymous with the wrestling legends.
There has been a number of them here, of course, the legendary Paul Boesch,
the huge promoter here at Houston over the years.
[Michael] Oh, legendary Houston promoter would've loved Bobby Lashley
-back in the day. -[Tazz] No doubt.
-Look at that. -[Michael] Lashley.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh what the hell is he doing?
What the hell is this now? We got a match going on.
[Michael] He's throwing hamburgers at the referee.
[Tazz] Oh, no, he's not.
[Michael] Wait a minute, the ref is distracted, he's got that tray,
-he's got the tray… -[crowd groaning]
…off the skull of Lashley, but…
-It didn't work. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
-[Michael] Oh, my God. Oh, my. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] He's never faced-- there's the headbutt.
So Dean used the hamburgers to distract the ref to use the tray
-but to no avail. -[Tazz] Yeah, but-- oh, my-- oh!
[Michael] And Lashley just caught Dean in midair.
Can you believe that?
[Tazz] I've never seen anybody do something like that.
How powerful is Lashley.
[Michael] Bobby Lashley.
[Tazz] He's gonna rip him and break him in two, Cole.
Look at the eyes of this guy, seething at the mouth.
[Michael] Simon Dean in a world of trouble, making him think about it.
[Tazz] Lashley could do whatever the hell he wants
-with the fitness guru. -[Michael] Face-first planting Simon Dean,
broken hand and all.
-Here's the cover, -[crowd counting]
-Bobby Lashley victorious… -[bell ringing]
…in his pay-per-view debut.
[Tazz] Wow.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Bobby Lashley.
[Tazz] Pure power and intensity, Cole, that's what Lashley exemplifies.
I'm telling you, Cole.
I've seen a lot of guys come and go, this guy's for real.
[Michael] Well, you see Lashley pointing to the hamburgers.
Well, you know… [laughs] you heard what Simon Dean said earlier.
Well, you got to wonder
if Lashley is gonna make Simon Dean eat all those burgers here tonight.
[Tazz] Well, let's see.
-Well, grabbing him by his head. -[Michael] There's one.
-[Tazz] Yup, yup. -[Michael] There's one.
[Tazz] You think Simon Dean is gonna live up to his promise?
[Michael] I don't think he has much of a choice.
I don't think Lashley's gonna--
oh, maybe Lashley's letting him off the hook, I don't know.
[Tazz] Well, Lashley was saying there's one.
I believe there's 19 others.
Here's what Simon Dean wanted with the hamburgers,
distracting the referee, and watch this.
[Michael] Yeah, boom, right across the bean,
-and look at the look on Lashley's face. -[Tazz] Never face it.
Why did you make this guy angry? Oh, my God.
And now watch the power.
Look at that, driving the man face-first, sternum-first on the mat,
-the pinfall at the count of three. -[bell ringing]
I'll tell you what, I think he messed his pants up.
-Think he had a little boo boo. -[Michael laughs]
[Tazz] I don't think that's from the--
could be from the outside in or the inside out.
Little cocky going on, I don't know. No, Bobby.
I'll tell you what. Oh, wait a minute. Here's Bob, big boy.
[laughter]
[Michael] Well, the waiter has got to bring the hamburgers
perhaps to the locker room to make Simon Dean eat all of them.
He made a promise.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, he's gonna put them on the Dean machine or something,
they were all beat up. [laughs]
[Michael] Smells like McDonald's land out here.
[Tazz] I kind of like it. It smells good.
[Michael] Good?
-Ladies and gentlemen. -[clears throat]
Allow me.
Ladies and gentlemen,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[crowd chatter]
JBL, after the events that took place at WWE Homecoming
and the remarks made by you on WWE.com,
rumors have been circulating that Superstars from Monday Night Raw
might invade here tonight at No Mercy.
-Impossible. -[crowd cheering]
You see, you can't invade something that you have an invitation to.
If HBK and the rest of the B team they call Raw
wanna find out how good they are against a wrestling god,
then yum, yum, come get them some,
but I suggest first they watch what I do
to the little tortilla eating jumping bean.
Rey Mysterio has been an underdog his entire life.
People love to root for him, but in real life facts are facts
and underdogs simply do not…
win.
[crowd cheering]
[speaking Spanish]
Hey! This is America.
I suggest inner tube boy, you speak English.
Okay. Let me put it in words that you will understand,
wrestling god.
I actually brought a little present for you
because after the underdog beats you tonight,
I think you're gonna wanna hide your face in shame.
[crowd cheering]
You cocky little punk.
Here, take it.
Take it, you're gonna need it.
Okay, okay.
If you don't need it, I know somebody that will.
[Michael] Well, nonetheless,
there's Bobby Lashley heading to WWE Instant Access.
If you were questioning Bobby Lashley back here in Instant Access,
what would you ask him?
Is he gonna make Simon Dean eat the hamburgers?
[Tazz] Yeah, I think I'd ask him that.
I'd ask him if there's anybody he thinks could beat him
because I don't know who's gonna beat this guy.
[Michael] Well, I have no clue.
[Tazz] Oh, here's Long, our general manager, our player.
[indistinct conversation]
-Welcome to SmackDown. -[Bobby] Thank you.
-[Theodore] All right. -[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is the Fatal 4-Way match
and it is for the WWE United States Championship.
-[""If You Think" playing] -Now, ladies and gentlemen,
in this match, all four participants
will be in the ring at the same time.
The first man to score a pinfall or submission
will be the United States Champion.
Let me first introduce to you, Sharmell.
[Michael] Well, here is Booker T's lovely wife,
the former Miss Black America, Sharmell,
who's really done wonders for Booker T in recent weeks.
We saw Friday Night on SmackDown,
she interfered in a matchup helping Booker T beat Orlando Jordan.
[Tazz] Well, Cole, she's wearing a dress tonight.
Sometimes Sharmell wears the pants.
Ladies and gentlemen,
let me introduce to you from Houston, Texas…
[crowd cheering]
…my man, and the next United States Champion.
Get up off of your feet for Booker T.
["Can You Dig It" playing]
[Michael] Well, Booker T definitely has the support of his hometown fans
here tonight at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Sharmell getting everybody up.
♪ Can you dig it, sucka? ♪
[Michael] He's the Book man.
-[explosion] -Oh.
Booker T, really a remarkable story.
He was brought up in the streets of Houston, Texas, in the Fourth Ward,
just a few blocks away from the Toyota Center here at Houston.
He battled through some troubles as a child,
but he's gone on to become one of the greatest sports entertainers
that we have ever seen.
Multiple-time Tag Team Champion, a five-time WCW champion.
[Tazz] And Cole, Booker T is one hell of a role model too, believe me.
I know the Book and I'm lucky enough to know Booker and Sharmell very well
and Booker T is a quality guy, trust me.
[Michael] Hey, you think No Mercy
is living up to its name so far here tonight?
[Tazz laughs] I'll tell you what, I'm thinking so.
I'm loving it, baby, No Mercy.
[Michael] Booker T hell bent on winning the United States Championship
here tonight in his hometown of Houston.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, this United States Championship
could go any which way.
My pick is coming out right now.
["'Just Close Your Eyes" playing]
[announcer] Making his way to the ring from Toronto, Ontario,
weighing in at 224 pounds, Christian.
[Tazz] Here he comes, my man, Cole.
I'm predicting Christian would be the guy,
the WWE Superstar to win United States Gold tonight.
[Michael] At SummerSlam in August,
Chris Benoit won the United States Championship.
Since then Benoit's only been pinned one time
that in a Tag Team matchup,
but the man who pinned him, Christian.
[Tazz] You know what, Christian better take that hood off.
I'm just thinking about it. If you don't take that thing off,
you're gonna not be able to see anybody who's wrestling
and he's gonna lose, then he won't be my pick.
Pointing out the obvious.
[Michael] Again, the rules of this matchup…
The first man to gain pinfall or submission
becomes the United States Champion.
All four men in the ring at once in this matchup.
-["US Promise" playing] -♪ Nothing new but the money, yeah ♪
♪ I do what I want to… ♪
[announcer] From Miami, Florida, weighing in at 257 pounds,
Orlando Jordan.
[Michael] Well, here is a man who has something to prove tonight.
The former United States Champion.
He held the title from March until August at SummerSlam.
But over the past month,
Chris Benoit has made Orlando Jordan tap out four times in under a minute.
[Tazz] Yeah, but Cole, let's look at the positive side of this.
Orlando, you know, he's gotten a couple victories
on the Book man, on Booker T. [indistinct]
[Michael] Yeah, and the big [indistinct] in that Triple Threat matchup
that really set up this Fatal 4-Way,
Orlando Jordan picked up a victory in that matchup.
Remember, Benoit could've easily picked Jordan
to face him in this match,
instead Benoit said I wanna face all three men.
[Tazz] See the look that Sharmell just gave Orlando,
-that look like, no, you didn't. -[Michael] Well, remember,
on SmackDown two nights ago Sharmell cost Orlando the matchup
-against Booker T. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] All the challengers are in the ring.
-Here comes the champion. -["Whatever" playing]
[announcer] And from Atlanta, Georgia, weighing in at 234 pounds,
it's the WWE United States champion,
Chris Benoit.
[Michael] Chris Benoit knows nothing but full speed ahead.
And you've got to-- got to give it up to the champion,
he decided to face all three challengers in this matchup.
And remember, it is first pinfall or submission wins the title.
So the champion is not in the driver seat.
[Tazz] Well, yeah. But Benoit decided all these men at the same time,
all these competitors, challengers at the same time.
That's Benoit's choice.
And that just goes to show you Benoit does not take a shortcut.
Anybody who knows him knows that about Chris.
-[Michael] There's the United States-- -[Tazz] He's a fighting champion, Cole.
[Michael] There's the United States Championship
and who will ever forget in the late '90s
the battle that Chris Benoit and Booker T had.
-A historic best of seven battles… -[bell ringing]
…for the United States Championship in WCW.
As this matchup gets underway.
So, Christian and Booker T and it's Orlando Jordan and Benoit
squaring off against one another.
Remember, first pinfall or submission wins the title.
[Tazz] Look at Orlando Jordan going right after Benoit.
[Michael] What is your strategy, Tazz, in this type of matchup?
[Tazz] I will try and keep my back on one of those corners
like Booker's doing there for a moment, so I wouldn't get attacked from behind.
[Michael] And again, the problem here now
is the champion has been knocked out of the ring.
So, if Benoit doesn't get back into the ring,
he might not be involved in the pinfall or submission,
he would lose his title without getting pinned.
[Tazz] Well, that's why Benoit's got to get his body back in that ring.
-Oh, my God. -[crowd chanting] Booker T!
Christian and Orlando are doubling up here on Booker.
[Michael] Can you hear the Booker T chants from these great fans in Houston, Texas?
[Tazz] His hometown, it's Booker T's hometown.
[Michael] And who will ever forget back in 2001, Tazz,
just a few days after 09/11, the first public assembly
that was ever held anywhere in the United States
was held right here in Houston, Texas.
It was SmackDown at the old Compaq Center.
These great fans in Houston showed their support.
[Tazz] Remember that-- remember that live SmackDown--
-oh, there goes Christian. -[Michael] Up over the top rope.
Booker T in control now with the former United States Champion,
-Orlando Jordan. -[Tazz] "Booyah",
-he goes. Booyah! -[Michael] And look at Sharmell
getting the fans all fired up.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Oh. [chuckles] Big chop. There's no love lost
between Orlando and Booker, that's for sure.
[Michael] Not at all. Booker T, and look at Christian
grabbing the boot of Booker T, yanking him down.
Orlando left alone in the ring.
[Tazz] Hey, and Sharmell is trying to--
Oh, wow. And look at this, in the ring.
[overlapping chatter]
[Tazz] He got the crossface locked in.
-Will Orlando Jordan tap out? -[Michael] He's got him.
And Christian, Christian saved the matchup and he had to.
[Tazz] Well, see, Cole, like I was about to say,
the thing about these Fatal 4-Ways, you can get hit
at any time from anybody, you never know what's coming.
[Michael] And Benoit with the chops driving Christian back into the ropes.
Benoit a second away perhaps from retaining the title.
Big right hand.
Benoit, The Rabid Wolverine is a machine.
[Tazz] No doubt, a machine. Look at this, full body slam by Benoit.
Look at this, boom, snap suplex textbook by Benoit.
[Michael] Kick to the midsection, Orlando Jordan in trouble.
Benoit, nice throw, right on top of Christian.
And Chris Benoit is focused
on retaining that United States Championship.
[Tazz] What a gritty champion, a fighting champion,
Benoit is unreal, man.
-Look at that, just bringing it. -[Michael] Now, look at this. Oh!
Down low for Christian to Orlando Jordan.
Schoolboy may have him here. Two count and kick out.
But you got to admit, the odds of Chris Benoit
retaining that championship, not good here tonight.
[Tazz] Well, he's going for the-- going for that sharpshooter, Cole.
I don't know, man, he's got it pretty good that one.
[Michael] Sharpshooter, and Orlando Jordan from behind,
but that's the problem in this type of matchup.
If you get any type of submission maneuver on,
there's another superstar to break it up quickly.
[Tazz] And this-- I'll tell you what, a great place to have
such a great United States Championship match.
A Fatal 4-Way here in Houston, Texas,
as you pointed out, so rich in wrestling tradition.
Uh-oh. Watch Booker T, here.
-[Michael] What is Booker doing? -[Tazz] Top rope.
[Michael] Missile dropkick to Christian.
Sharmell is loving it.
Orlando Jordan misses with a clothesline,
Booker T drives him back with a big chop
and another one and Booker T seems to be all fired up on that home cooking.
[Tazz] Scooped him up with that double leg.
Who's cooking? What do you mean cooking?
-[Michael] He's from Houston. -[Tazz] Oh, okay.
-Whoa, whoa. Oh. -[Michael] Orlando knocking Christian
off the apron, right out here in front of us.
-[Tazz] Watch out, look at Benoit. -[Michael] And Chris Benoit
taking Orlando Jordan out, and now we are down
to the two good friends face to face with one another in the ring.
[crowd chanting] Booker T!
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, when you lock eyes with a man in that ring
and it's Championship on the line, friendships go aside, my man.
[Michael] Well, talk about the respect between these two.
We talked about the historic best of seven series
back in the late '90s in WCW.
These two men know each other so well,
they are such tough competitors.
Locked up in the center of the ring,
this is what these fans have been waiting for.
[Tazz] No doubt, I'm waiting for it.
I'd like to this here and we're gonna-- about to.
Referee Brian Hebner, those-- Benoit is in the ropes,
you got to break that tie up.
[Michael] Clean break. Benoit wants to retain the title.
Booker T would love to win the United States Championship.
-Again, collar-and-elbow lock up
-[Tazz] What the hell? -…center of the ring.
Christian and Orlando Jordan back in and out of the rules of the Fatal 4-Way,
all four men in the ring at the same time.
[Tazz] No disrespect to Christian and Orlando, watch out.
[Michael] And what a belly to belly, tossed over the top rope goes Christian.
[Tazz] Are you kidding me? That's hard to do, man.
That's very hard to do.
[Michael] Orlando Jordan, see that was smart by Orlando,
clear the ring of the champion and one of the challengers leaves you down
-with one man in the ring. [Tazz] Oh, yeah, let's check out Benoit
with this belly to belly overhead suplex.
Very, very hard to do over that top rope.
Christian went for a ride here.
[Michael] And Orlando Jordan feels he has a score to settle with Booker T,
lost the matchup two nights ago to Booker T,
thanks to Sharmell.
Although, he did beat Booker in that Triple Threat a couple of weeks ago.
[Tazz] You got to watch out Orlando, man, he's a former amateur boxer.
He's very good with his hands.
[Michael] Hey, you also got to watch Sharmell.
Last couple of weeks, she's got involved to help Booker T win some matchups.
Let's not forget about that, partner,
as both men knocked each other down, center of the ring.
[Tazz] Well, you mean the double clothesline,
both athletes had the same thing in mind.
Here comes the United States Champion, Chris Benoit.
He's got a big grin on his face because--
Uh-oh. Now, what?
[Michael] Chris Benoit going to the apron,
Chris Benoit is gonna climb high to the top rope.
[Tazz] Look at Christian out there, Cole.
[Michael] And Christian from behind, grabbing the tights,
a shot to the kidney.
[Tazz] Well, Christian don't want Benoit to get The Duke, that's why.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Both men now, top rope.
[Tazz] Fighting it off-- fighting it out on the top rope.
Headbutting, headbutting.
We got Christian and Benoit on the ropes, uh-oh, uh-oh.
[Michael] Booker T gets into the rope-- into the corner
knocking Christian and Benoit at the top rope.
[Tazz] Like a damn car wreck on 59 Route out here.
It's unbelievable.
[Michael] And Orlando Jordan slowly back to his feet.
Booker T is in trouble in the corner.
Nobody home. Booker T rolling through.
-He may have him here. -[Tazz] Shoulders are down,
-and there's two. -[Michael] Orlando Jordan, did he get him?
-Did he get him? -[Tazz] No, he had him,
he got him, he nearly got him.
[Michael] Sharmell thought he had three, Referee Brian Hebner said two.
I thought it was two.
[Tazz] I thought it was three at first.
-[Michael] Booker T so close. -[Tazz] Well, that was close.
[Michael] Orlando Jordan whipping Booker T across the ring,
knocking Orlando Jordan down and you can feel Booker T
starting to build some momentum now.
[Tazz] I was about to say that, when Booker gets momentum going,
-he's very difficult to stop. -[Michael] Spinebuster.
-[Tazz] See, Booker T-- uh-oh, uh-oh. -[Michael] Cover, hooks the leg.
There's two. Christian and Orlando, as Booker rolled out of the way.
And there's a kick right into Christian's jaw.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, Booker T now cooking on all cylinders.
[Michael] And remember, in this matchup, Tazz,
all four men are legal at all times.
[Tazz] Tornado style Fatal 4-Way.
Uh-oh, Booker is feeling it, Cole.
He's at home, baby, in Houston,
-Spinaroonie time. -[crowd cheering]
[laughs]
[Michael] Houston pumped up after the Astros' big victory today,
pumped up for Booker T, here tonight in the Fatal 4-Way.
Right to the back of the head, that axe kick.
That could do it.
Booker T could become United States Champion.
Hook of the leg, and Christian pulls Booker T off the cover.
[Tazz] Maybe this one's gonna go 18 innings too.
[laughs] Oh, uh-oh. Ooh.
[Michael] And Chris Benoit from behind clubbing blow to the back of the neck.
What an intense matchup for all four Superstars.
[Tazz] Oh, man, you're not kidding. You are not kidding.
[Michael] Well, this is what the historic United States Championship is all about.
What a collision.
[Tazz] Face-first, smashing right there, Benoit.
[Michael] Uh-oh, Christian going for the Unprettier perhaps,
Benoit fighting with all he can.
[Tazz] Gotta watch yourself here, Christian.
Uh-oh, Benoit is in trouble, Cole.
Benoit is in all kinds of trouble.
-Christian trying to turn him through. -[Michael] Yes, he can.
He's gonna do it here. Benoit countered, German suplex.
[Tazz] How quick did Benoit switch that into a back suplex?
[Michael] Another German and Orlando at the same time.
[Tazz] I think Christian's head-- well, maybe not,
I thought Christian's head hit Orlando's.
There goes Orlando.
[Michael] Oh, wait a minute, he's trying to block the German suplex and he does.
[Tazz] Locking his leg right there, nice back elbow, a second one.
[Michael] And Benoit blows from behind.
[Tazz] Orlando sent through the second rope
like a missile taking out Booker T.
What a matchup here.
[Michael] First it was Benoit into Booker, then it was Orlando into Booker.
-German suplex released by Benoit. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Christian's my pick and he's not looking too good right now.
[Michael] And Chris Benoit with Christian in the center of the ring
could be going for the victory here.
[Tazz] Christian, now, he's hardly even-- hardly even moving.
Uh-oh, what the hell?
[Michael] Oh, Benoit went for a German suplex, wrapped the arms.
[Tazz] Well, he went for it and he did it. And that's the third and another one.
[Michael] And he keeps the arms wrapped again.
-The hands are clasped around the waist. -[Tazz] He's popping the hips.
[Michael] A third German suplex following the one from before.
[Tazz] I think Benoit wanna make sure Christian wasn't gonna get up.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Benoit out to the apron, he's gonna climb high.
[Tazz] This might be it.
And Tazz is wrong because Christian is in trouble here.
[Michael] Chris Benoit, takeoff and nobody home.
Christian rolled out of the way and suddenly the champion's in trouble.
[Tazz] Well, my man, he's hanging on, Christian.
Got to wake himself up.
I don't think you need to slap yourself in the face.
Benoit might help you with that.
Oklahoma roll, Oklahoman roll.
[Michael] And Chris Benoit countered, Benoit countered,
trying to go for the Crossface, getting Christian towards the center of the ring.
[Tazz] Got to get that head, he just got that armbar,
he's getting the head now, see.
[Michael] And Christian realizes he's in trouble,
desperately trying to make it to the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Pull him in the middle now.
Benoit's got-- and Benoit's got the lock, he's got the lock.
[Michael] The Crossface is locked. Will Christian tap out?
The Crossface is locked, the Crossface is locked.
[crowd chanting] Tap! Tap! Tap!
[Tazz] Christian trying to hang on. Christian is trying his best.
[Michael] The Crossface is locked in good.
-Christian has nowhere to go. -[Tazz] I think he tapped.
People are chanting tap, tap, tap here in Houston.
Uh-oh, look behind you.
[Michael] And Orlando Jordan breaking up the Crossface, somehow Christian held on.
[Tazz] Well, somehow, Christian owes Orlando Jordan
a filet mignon dinner after that,
but I don't think Orlando was trying to help Christian.
Orlando was trying to help himself.
[Michael] And all four men are back in the ring.
Booker T and Orlando Jordan, Chris Benoit and Christian,
United States Championship's on the line.
There goes Booker and Orlando again over the top rope.
[Tazz] This is good for Benoit. He's got--
he's got a weakened Christian in there,
but, yeah, maybe I spoke to soon, going for that Unprettier again.
[Michael] Christian with the thumb to the eyes,
now going to the-- for the Unprettier, trying to get Benoit rolled over.
Benoit rolls through, picks the legs.
[Tazz] Going again for the sharpshooter, the sharpshooter locked in,
living at the Hart Dungeon years ago.
Chris Benoit with the sharpshooter locked in and Christian taps out.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] Benoit retains the United States Championship.
["Whatever" playing]
-[Tazz] Oh, man. -[announcer] Here is your winner
and still WWE United States Champion,
Chris Benoit.
[Michael] A couple of weeks ago,
Chris Benoit came out on SmackDown and said,
I wanna take on all three competitors.
Chris Benoit proved tonight that he could get the job done.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh, that look like Booker might be
in a little hot water there with the-- with the blushing bride.
I'll tell you what, Chris Benoit, what a true fighting pretty man,
going back to the wrestling history here in Houston,
the great Wahoo McDaniel made himself famous here.
McDaniel started here in Houston and I'll tell you what,
kind of reminds of Benoit, Wahoo was triple tough
and Wahoo would've loved this matchup.
Chris Benoit successful in this Fatal 4-Way.
[Michael] Talk about some great stars here at Houston.
How about Tiger Conway Sr.?
[Tazz] And Junior? How about Johnny Valentine?
Johnny Valentine would have loved [indistinct]
[Michael] How about the American Dream Dusty Rhodes?
[Tazz] El Santo, Irish Danny McShain, the list goes on and on.
Chris Benoit though, successful at No Mercy,
-retains the United States Gold. -[overlapping chatter]
[Michael] The Rabid Wolverine, Chris Benoit would be right up there
with all the legends.
-Chris Benoit retaining the championship. -What's the matter?
-[Tazz] Whoa, wait a minute, hold on. -Chris Benoit is not your friend.
He made you lose,
he made you lose.
What is going on, Booker?
You better start listening to me.
[Tazz] You heard that, Cole, Sharmell, I mean--
[Michael] Sharmell just said "Chris Benoit is not your friend, he made you lose."
["Can You Dig It?" playing]
[Tazz] Well, referring to Chris Benoit, Sharmell was referring to Chris, but…
Chris Benoit made you lose.
[Tazz] Man, well, I don't know.
That man was your…
[Bobby] Eat on.
You ate one out there. Come on, eat them, eat them.
Look at this. Double cheeseburgers, come on.
Look man, enough. All right?
These are disgusting, Bobby. These things were on the mat,
they were on the floor, these things were dirty.
Put that down, I don't even know where you've been.
All right. Well, I'm not eating these, Bobby. I can't do this.
Eat them.
Bobby, listen. Let's do a compromise. Okay?
How about-- how about-- listen, how about I just eat the meat. Okay?
I don't want all of these extra carbs, Bobby.
I mean, you already beat me. What else do you want?
[gasps]
Twenty double cheeseburgers.
Eat them.
[sobs]
[Michael] And there's the United States Champion, Chris Benoit,
joining the WWE Instant Access, the tough questions and answers
exclusively on WWE.com here tonight.
[Tazz] Yeah, there's our general manager right there, Theodore Long
with Chris Benoit.
How cool is that Instant Access with the Q and A
with Benoit after this great match.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever,
the WWE pay-per-view has come to the Toyota Center,
but Houston of course, no stranger to pay-per-views.
Remember, WrestleMania 17,
Houston Astrodome, record crowd of 68,000.
[Tazz] Well, tonight SmackDown presents No Mercy.
No Mercy's coming to you live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
♪ Into the light I will go ♪
♪ With only one… ♪
♪ No mercy ♪
♪ I'll have no mercy ♪
-["Turn Up the Trouble" playing] -[singer] Mr. Kennedy!
Kennedy!
[Tazz] Kennedy! Hear that?
[Michael] Well, two nights ago, Ken Kennedy,
the special guest commentator here at ringside
had some words with Hardcore Holly
and Holly wasn't gonna put with any of it.
[Tazz] No, you can't get in Holly's face. There's no way.
But then again, Mr. Kennedy was just hanging out doing some poll.
-That's-- I don't know. -[Michael] Ken Kennedy would get involved
in the matchup. Watch Kennedy as Hardcore Holly
went for the victory over Sylvain, Kennedy gets a payback on Holly,
-allowing Sylvain to pick up the victory. -[Tazz] Yeah. Well, see, the thing
was Hardcore Holly never saw
that microphone in the hand of Mr. Kennedy
and then Sylvain right here just that brainbuster,
right on that head where he got hit with the microphone, Holly gets the win.
♪ Turn up the gas, 'Cause it can't be too loud ♪
♪ It's a religion ♪
-♪ And I'll show you the way ♪ -[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled…
[Tazz] Hey, I like the way Kennedy does it instead of Chimel.
Get out of here, Chimel.
Go ahead, scram.
[singer] …Kennedy.
[Tazz] I like the fact that Mr. Kennedy has his own microphone.
Where's the microphone? It's gonna come up in that heaven first.
-[Michael] Just like old Joe McHugh. -[Tazz] Hey, hey, hey, look there it is.
Like old Joe McHugh, look at this.
How cool that is.
-I need to get me one of those. -[Michael] Yeah, okay. [chuckles]
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like for you…
to take a moment out of your insignificant lives…
[crowd booing]
…and bear witness to a man
who tonight makes history.
A man who tonight makes his first ever
WWE pay-per-view appearance.
-[Michael] Oh, he pops his-- -Someone who every man, woman and child
in Houston, Texas, and around the freaking world
idolizes.
[crowd chatter]
A man who very shortly
will be feared…
by every man in that locker room.
[crowd booing]
Weighing in tonight
at an absolutely amazing 245 pounds,
-I hail from Green Bay, Wisconsin. -[crowd booing]
[Tazz] Can we get on with this please? Please.
Mr. Kennedy.
[Michael] At least Chimel's a little quicker.
[Tazz] Shh, shh, shh. Oh, here it comes, here it comes.
Shut up, shut up. Lay out, Cole. Don't say nothing.
Here it comes, here it comes.
I like this part, the best part.
Kennedy.
[Tazz] There you go, Kennedy. I love that.
[Michael] Is that TV talk, "Lay out, Cole?"
[Tazz] No, it's just, that's what I'd like to tell you,
you're out of line, that means shut up.
["How Do You Like Me Now?" playing]
[inaudible]
[announcer] And from Mobile, Alabama,
weighing in at 242 pounds,
the Alabama Slamma,
Hardcore Holly.
[Michael] Hardcore Holly made the challenge on WWE.com for this matchup
to shut up the fresh, young, newcomer of Ken Kennedy.
[Tazz] You know, Ken Kennedy has no confidence problem,
but you got to be careful, Mr. Kennedy.
You got… [laughs] you got Hardcore Holly in there
who is far from a pushover, far from a joke,
an extremely dangerous individual is Holly.
[Michael] Now, don't forget the self-proclaimed Mr. Kennedy
-is undefeated so far here on SmackDown. -[Tazz] What do you mean self-proclaimed?
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] That's his name, Mr. Kennedy.
[Michael] And look at Hardcore Holly gonna bring in Ken Kennedy
the hard way, this matchup underway.
Ken Kennedy with victories over Rey Mysterio,
Booker T among others, undefeated here, but in trouble in the early going
-against Hardcore Holly. -[Tazz] Hardcore Holly, you know,
after getting a match, you know, losing a match
because of Kennedy this past Friday night-- uh-oh.
[Michael] Nice suplex by Holly, the veteran, here's the cover,
shoulders down, hooks the leg, kick out by Kennedy.
[Tazz] You know, we've seen Kennedy beat, as you pointed out, Mysterio.
You pointed out Book, I mean no doubt about it,
major stars right there.
Hardcore's different.
Hardcore brings the smash mouth style.
Let's see if Kennedy could hang. So far, not too good.
[Michael] Wants to teach the kid a lesson, does Hardcore Holly.
[Tazz] Whoa, look at that. That would teach him a lesson.
[Michael] Boot right up underneath the throat.
[Tazz] If you're lucky, he'll get his-- Like his-- like his esophagus
would get crushed so he can't talk no more.
Vocal chords maybe, not the esophagus.
[Michael] Kennedy with a knee to the midsection,
ooh, and a big right hand by Ken Kennedy.
You got to admit, impressively built, has been impressive in the ring.
[Tazz] Oh, no, no, I am very impressed with Ken Kennedy.
No doubt about it, but--
[Michael] Oh, a dropkick, the best in the business
by the Alabama Slamma.
[Tazz] But speaking personally, I've been in the ring
with Hardcore Holly many times.
I've never been in the ring with Ken Kennedy.
I mean, but I know what Hardcore is about, man,
-and he will pressure you in that ring. -[overlapping chatter]
[Michael] Ken Kennedy was having-- making fun of the Hardcore Holly last--
[Tazz] Listen to this. Listen to this, again.
I know there should be another one.
That's the trademark Holly. Hold on. Wait. Wait.
Try and button your lips for a minute, watch.
Wait a minute, no, no.
Back it up. Break it up, Hardcore.
[Tazz] Watch, watch. It's coming, I'm telling you.
Oh, did you hear that?
Yeah, that's why Kennedy's on his knees squirming because it hurts.
It stings. It burns. It will cave your chest in.
[Michael] Holly calling for one more.
[Tazz] Yeah. And Holly will do it and it's coming.
[indistinct]
Oh, my God.
Oh, that's-- I kind of feel bad for Kennedy.
Kennedy begging off Hardcore Holly,
and I don't think Holly's done.
-[Michael] No timeouts in this game. -[Tazz] Well, there's no timeout.
[Michael] Welcome to the WWE, Ken Kennedy.
[Tazz] Oh, he hit something Holly in there.
[Michael] And Holly sent through the second rope outside the ring,
laying on that surgically-repaired neck
and Ken Kennedy buying himself some time.
[Tazz] Ken Kennedy, I mean, that's a veteran maneuver right there.
-[referee] Get back in the ring! -Called timeout, suckered the man in,
played possum, boom, headbutt him in the gut, get him out of the ring.
Now, the momentum can change possibly, shoulder-first.
[referee counting]
[Michael] That arm right into that steel post by Ken Kennedy.
[Tazz] No give in that steel in that post either, hence the word steel.
[Michael] Ken Kennedy driving Holly back into the ring.
[crowd chanting] Let's go!
Referee Nick Patrick administering the count.
Kennedy crawls to the cover, hooks the leg, Holly kicks out at one.
And you can see he keeps reaching for that injured arm.
[Tazz] Yeah. You got to-- you got to go at that arm now and that shoulder
-because… -Huh? How's that feel?
[Tazz] …there's not a lot of kick in any of the arm or-- of Holly.
So, if you find one, and you got it and you pinpoint it off the steel post,
go for it.
[Michael] Kennedy continues to work on that shoulder.
That's the thing with Ken Kennedy, we've noticed he begins to build momentum
and he gets cocky, he gets relaxed in the ring
and then methodically picks his opponent apart.
[Tazz] Well, Kennedy's confidence level, like most guys, it'll boost up.
His is just a little bit more than most guys.
-[Michael] Wow! -[Tazz] He's got a little bit higher
confidence level. You know what I mean?
[Michael] Here we go, hook of the leg, cover again and a kick out
A win over Hardcore Holly tonight
would really boost Ken Kennedy's confidence.
[Tazz] I agree with that. I mean, I definitely agree with that.
And now, got a two on one on that arm now, gets an armbar, Kennedy does.
This Ken Kennedy, you know, we've seen him on Friday Night SmackDown.
-He knows his way around that ring. -[overlapping chatter]
He's got great balance, great leverage.
He uses his quickness.
He knows what he's doing, Cole.
[Michael] He's got great power as well to go with that quickness.
Look at the pain and the anguish in the face of Hardcore Holly.
[Tazz] You go to be careful with Holly now.
You know, it takes a lot to beat Hardcore Holly.
[Michael] Well, we've said it before.
He's perhaps the toughest man in the SmackDown locker room.
[Tazz] Yeah. He can dish it out and toughness means you can take it.
Being a tough guy doesn't just mean you can beat somebody up or rough someone up.
Being a tough guy means you can take a ton of punishment.
And Holly has proven that for a long time.
[Michael] Kennedy continues to work on that left arm and shoulder.
First injured when he drove the shoulder into the steel post.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, he got a lot of leverage there,
does Kennedy on Holly's arm…
-with the armbar here. -[crowd chanting] Holly! Holly!
[Michael] Hardcore Holly's got to get back to a vertical base
to release some of the pressure on the shoulder
that Kennedy's administering here.
-And look at Holly back to his feet. -[Tazz] I'll tell you, Cole,
-I'm impressed with-- -[Michael] Wow.
[Tazz] I'm impressed with Ken, you know, he gets an advantage, he's tenacious.
Took my point right there. Very tenacious.
-Stays on his man. -[Michael] Here's the cover.
Hook of the leg again and Holly kicks out.
A desperation arm drag by Holly,
but Kennedy followed it up with a clothesline.
[Tazz] There's a certain intensity that Kennedy has.
Certain intensity this guy has. I just like it.
Oh, you want some intensity?
-I mean, that was nasty. -[Michael] Dropping Kennedy to the knees.
Did you see the sweat flying through the air off that shot?
[Tazz] Well, that might have been an areola.
[Michael] [laughs] That's nice.
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Watch out.
[Michael] Oh, wow. Armbar driving Holly back to the shoulder.
[Tazz] Yeah, but that flying armbar right there, and then should have
a little bit of a half Nelson there. And now, he's got the cover.
[Michael] Cover. Hook of the leg again
and Holly kicks out this time at two but he--
Holly laboring more and more after each kick out
as he has to use that shoulder.
[Tazz] That too-- now, he gets an inside keylock on that arm
which obviously affects that shoulder.
[Michael] The tremendous strategy
-by Ken Kennedy. -Giving up, Hardcore?
No.
[Tazz] Look at that, man. Look at the knees.
Look at where Kennedy's knee is in the back of the head of Holly,
his thigh, I should say.
-Ooh. Oh, man. -[Michael] And Kennedy trash talking,
-Holly not liking it. -[crowd chanting] Holly. Holly. Holly.
[Tazz] Again, the Holly chant. This Kennedy can't shut his mouth.
[Michael] No, he can't. He's like you.
-And look at Holly back to his feet. -[Tazz blowing raspberry] Thanks a lot.
[Michael] Ken Kennedy twisting that left arm,
now driving his shoulder into Holly's shoulder.
Holly with a right hand.
Desperately trying to battle out of this here.
[Tazz] Well, I'll tell you what. That one punch there by Holly,
that second one now rocking Kennedy.
[Michael] Kennedy driving into the shoulder yet again.
[Tazz] Well, now, Kennedy's-- I think Kennedy thinks he's back
in Green Bay in the snow or something.
Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh. Body drop.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Both men down.
Holly could use this to gain some momentum.
[Tazz] You don't know what that affect-- it was--
the effect of that was on the shoulder of Holly.
When you execute a back drop, you need to use your upper body
as well as your hip-- as well-- as well as your hip.
I'll get it out.
And that's what Holly did and that might've hurt his shoulder more.
[Michael] Ken Kennedy missed his clothesline. Holly exploding.
You see how Holly's using the good arm, the right elbow.
The good arm Holly's using here on this assault.
Kennedy back into the ropes, whips Holly across the ring.
[Tazz] We heard screaming, Holly, when he got hooked by that arm.
[Michael] Full Nelson slam driving, driving Kennedy.
[Tazz] He's pain though, Holly, I don't know. Here we go.
[Michael] Hook of the leg, shoulders down,
kick out by Kennedy at two-and-a-half.
[Tazz] When Ken Kennedy grabbed the wrist of Holly
and shot him off the rope before the full Nelson driver,
you heard Holly winch in pain from his arm just being pulled, Cole.
-He might have separated his shoulder. -[groans]
[Michael] Whipped into the corner, followed up with a clothesline.
[Tazz] That might have separated Kennedy's head from his neck.
[Michael] Hardcore Holly whipping Kennedy across to the other side of the ring.
Holly follows it up with another clothesline.
[Tazz] Holly just keeps hitting him harder and harder and harder.
[Michael] Kennedy to one knee, now back to his feet.
-Up high-- Kennedy… -[Tazz] Listen.
[Michael] …dropping-- I should say Holly dropping Kennedy.
[Tazz] Dropped him like a sack-- just like a sack of potatoes.
-[Michael] Oh, my. -[Tazz] Wait a second.
Well, watch out here.
[Michael] That's completely legal.
Referee was there with a shot to the abdomen.
[Tazz] Well, lower abdomen.
[Michael] He had to set Kennedy up.
-And look at this. -[Tazz] High-pitched voice.
-Hardcore Holly. -[Michael] Jackknife cover.
-Here's the cover. -[Tazz] He's got him here.
[Michael] And Kennedy at two kicks out.
-What a matchup. -[Tazz] No doubt-- no doubt.
That jackknife cover is tough to kick out of,
the man puts all his bodyweight on your shoulders and your chest.
[Michael] Kennedy missing a big kick.
Went for a wheel kick, but Holly blocked him.
And he walked into a boot.
Here's the cover. Hook of the leg again.
Shoulders down. Here's two, went for two and a--
almost three count, but Kennedy kicked out at two-and-a-half.
[Tazz] Holly now. See, Holly, that's a veteran.
-He's not getting frustrated. -[Michael] No.
[Tazz] Guys that are new, you know, they get a little frustrated.
Uh-uh, Hardcore don't roll that way.
[Michael] Hardcore Holly to the second rope.
The veteran up to the top rope.
[Tazz] And I don't think-- I don't think--
[Michael] We've seen this before, but Kennedy with a right hand counter
and another one and a third.
[Tazz] A cauliflower ear in a heartbeat.
[Michael] And Ken Kennedy-- oh, no.
Oh, my. Holly on the shoulders.
Holly's in trouble.
[Tazz] Holly's in big trouble. We've seen this.
-[Michael] Ken Kennedy. -[screams]
[Tazz] He's going-- watch this inverted--
oh, my God, that inverted Samoan drop
right in the ribs of Holly and his shoulder.
[Michael] And here's the cover by Kennedy.
-[Tazz] He's got him. He's got him. -[Michael] Hook of the leg.
-Kennedy remains undefeated… -[bell ringing]
…with this pay-per-view debut.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Mr. Kennedy.
[Michael] Did you see Holly bounce off the mat,
-grab his ribs after Kennedy… -[Tazz] Yeah.
[Michael] …deliver that inverted Samoan drop?
-[Tazz shushing] -And the winner of the match…
once again…
♪ Dropping like the time ♪
♪ I ain't lose control yeah… ♪
Mr. Kennedy.
♪ Gonna lose control Takes me higher real high ♪
♪ Turn off the music, light up… ♪
Kennedy.
-[Michael] You know what-- -[Tazz] I'll tell you what, Cole.
If I had a hat on, I'd take my hat off to both of these guys.
It was a great matchup, but Ken Kennedy,
WWE pay-per-view debut, SmackDown pay-per-view debut got the win
over the extremely tough and dangerous Hardcore Holly.
What a matchup.
[Michael] Ken Kennedy remaining undefeated but I'm not too sure
that Hardcore Holly is not hurt.
He's still rolling around in the ring, favoring the ribs.
Remember, he has the injured shoulder as well.
[Tazz] Yeah. I don't know. Maybe that inverted Samoan drop,
I mean, you gotta get a little--
[Michael] Well, Referee Nick Patrick calling for some help.
Watch this again. Watch the impact here, Tazz.
[Tazz] Let's see which way where Holly went.
On the shoulder, right on his shoulder and the ribs.
The ribs and shoulder, but really the ribs.
But Holly's shoulder was getting beat up on that whole match.
[Michael] Well, the trainer out here taking a look to the--
Larry Heck taking a look at-- but Hardcore Holly,
he doesn't seem to want any help.
You know, Hardcore is a proud man.
Get away from me. Damn it.
[Tazz] Nobody near but Holly needs to get--
I don't need your help.
-[Tazz] He needs-- [Michael] He says he doesn't need
-your help as we take another look-- -[Tazz] Watch the impact.
Watch this.
-[screams] -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Look at-- see Holly's face in pain.
That shoulder and those ribs.
-[Michael] Exactly right. -Help me. You're supposed to help me.
-Jesus. -[Tazz] It charged the-- it charged
the whole damn body right there.
But God, I'll tell you. You can see Holly holding those ribs,
-that was just flat out nasty. -["World Is Sylvan" playing]
[Michael] What the-- what is this?
Sylvain.
[Tazz] Well, okay. Well, he--
[Michael] What the hell does he want?
The self-proclaimed SmackDown fashion consultant.
[Tazz] And a model. Yeah. He's a model and he's--
-Well, Holly's hurt. -[Michael] He's a goof is what he is.
-[Tazz] I know he's a goof, but Holly's hurt.
[overlapping chatter]
Get him away-- [groans]
-[Michael] Oh, look at this. -[Tazz] What the hell? Wait a minute.
[Michael] Attacking those injured ribs with the kick and then the right hand.
-[screams] -What the hell is this all about?
You gotta be kidding me.
[Tazz] Come on, Sylvain, you stole the victory
this past Friday night against Holly, thanks to Kennedy.
[Michael] And he comes out and-- he takes advantage of him.
[Tazz] Yeah, he's hurt. That's what he's doing here.
[Michael] Well, Hardcore Holly is-- He's seriously hurt
and Sylvain targeting those injured ribs of Hardcore Holly.
Remember Holly promised to give Sylvain a black eye a few weeks ago
and he did just that.
No love lost between these two,
-but this is uncalled for… -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] …this is well beyond athletic competition here.
-This is a street mugging. -[Tazz] What is this guy doing?
Is he trying to get noticed, Sylvain?
What's-- I mean, you know, Holly's hurt. I mean, okay, you made your point.
-Get the hell out of here. -[Michael] Oh, not-- no. Not this.
[Tazz] We saw this on Friday--
[Michael] Come on now!
The ribs targeted by Sylvain.
[Tazz] Now, that brainbuster hits the--
[Michael] Yeah, and he's proud of himself. A pose for a magazine somewhere.
-[Tazz] Oh, he's a former model. -[Michael] Idiots Inc.
That's ridiculous. What is this?
[Tazz] Well, he knows a lot about showboating.
And come on, that's Sylvain's thing, you know, it's--
[crowd booing]
…that I don't understand why, you know, he--
didn't notice out here or trying to…
Insult to injury right here for Hardcore Holly.
[Michael] Hardcore Holly could have broken ribs, a separated shoulder…
and for what?
So, Sylvain could come out at No Mercy here on pay-per-view
and be in the spotlight making a name for himself?
[Tazz] You know, it's one thing for a man like Hardcore Holly
to lose the match to Kennedy, that alone chews your pride a little bit.
But then to have this Sylvain come out here and attack you
while you're hurt, it's a low that you don't want, Cole,
-I mean, really, it's not cool. -[Michael] Absolutely ridiculous.
Ridiculous.
And there's--
you see Hardcore Holly, that's the story,
the injuries to Hardcore Holly at the hands of that man, Sylvain.
[music fades]
I really love cheeseburgers,
-but they're all yours. [chuckles] -[pants]
[coughs]
[Tazz] Oh, a hair.
-God. Now, that's disgusting. -[sobs]
-Keep on eating, son. -I don't wanna eat--
Chris Benoit is in there doing an interview for WWE.com
because he won.
-What I got to do with this? -Oh, you wanna know?
Then listen to me,
Chris Benoit is a winner.
Chris Benoit is the United States Champion.
Now, you had a shot to become champion tonight, Booker,
and it was your night to shine,
but your friend Chris Benoit
-stole your victory. -What good--
Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh!
Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt
this regularly scheduled dispute,
domestic dispute that's going on right here
to bring you some shocking news.
-Look, man, what the hell do you want? -That's right, boys and girls,
in his very first ever…
WWE pay-per-view,
Mr. Kennedy.
[crowd booing]
Kennedy…
Yo, man, back up.
Wins.
Winner.
See what I'm saying?
-See what I'm saying? I'm sick of-- -And loser.
-Yo, man, I'll show your punk-- -Oh, but wait, no, no,
-Booker, wait a minute. Stop it. -Gotta take care of this mess.
Listen to me.
Now, look, Ken Kennedy is not your problem,
Chris Benoit is not your problem.
So, what's my damn problem?
Your problem is you.
[crowd chatter]
[bell ringing]
[Michael] Wow.
[Tazz] Well, I guess you might have-- she-- I guess she has a point.
My God.
["Longhorn" playing]
I get to see it Sharmell's way.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, we are live
at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
The man who is born and raised in Texas
but has since moved to New York City.
JBL.
[Tazz] Oh, we love JBL in New York, no doubt.
There he is, my man.
-[crowd booing] -[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from New York City,
weighing in at 297 pounds,
John Bradshaw Layfield.
[Michael] And of course accompanied by his image consultant, Jillian Hall.
You know, JBL has gone through a rough stretch as of late,
needs this victory here tonight over Rey Mysterio
and he hired Jillian Hall really to fix his image, so to speak.
[Tazz] Where's the mask that Mysterio offered this young lady, the mask
to cover that gigantic mole on her face and she's not wearing it.
I kinda wanna-- gotta be sexy if she's wearing a mask
when she kinda covers that thing up.
-That's a nice skirt though. -[Michael] Well, Mysterio presented
that mask to Bradshaw first, so he can hide his face in shame
when Rey picked up a second straight victory over JBL.
-The self-made millionaire… -[Tazz chuckles] Oh, God.
-[Michael] …who's made money in the stock market, he's a radio host,
of course, a best-selling author as well.
[Tazz] I tell you what, Cole, I'm saying she's a nice little lady,
and we've some good points-- She might look kinda
like, even nicer looking with the mask on.
I mean-- I don't mean that in a bad way, just kinda to cover like her shortcomings.
You could still see her eyes in the mask, maybe her teeth are okay.
I don't think they, you know, like summer teeth,
but the rest of them looks great, know what I mean?
[Michael] She got a pretty good job as well with JBL's image.
[Tazz] But she's got that damn thing on her face that--
[Michael] What is your obsession with the woman's face?
[Tazz] It's like a-- I can't take my eyes off that thing.
It's like damn appliance on her face, it's like… [laughs]
it's oozing, it's got like-- it's breathing and--
well, I was near it the other day at catering. I almost [indistinct]
I had to run to the bathroom.
It's like a big-- I gotta tell you, I was having a hotdog and I swear to God.
[Michael] You know those cookies you were eating today in catering.
[Tazz] I swear that thing-- what Cole?
[Michael] Those cookies you ate in catering today?
-[Tazz] Yeah. -[Michael] That sort of look like
it's on her face.
[Tazz] I know, but that's like a double chunk,
super chunk thing on her face.
It's gross.
She looks great otherwise.
-[music ends] -[crowd chatter]
[Michael] JBL ready to go.
[Tazz] Better be ready when you're in there
-with the man who's coming out. -["Booyaka 619" playing]
♪ What you gonna do When we come for you ♪
♪ Córrele, córrele, ándale ♪
♪ What you gonna do When we come for you ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
[Tazz] Whoa!
[announcer] And from San Diego, California,
weighing in at 170 pounds,
Rey Mysterio.
[Tazz] Booyaka, Booyaka.
-[Michael] I love that song. -[Tazz] Booyaka.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio set for action one on one
against JBL here at No Mercy,
live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
[Tazz] No doubt, no doubt.
[Michael] And the next time the WWE is on pay-per-view,
we're gonna be in Rey Mysterio's hometown.
It's Taboo Tuesday in San Diego on November 1st.
[Tazz] A little 619 country right there.
That's pretty cool, that's pretty cool.
Tell you what, I'm near inched up this match
with JBL and Mysterio. baby. right now.
[Michael] Of course, you remember from last year the first ever
interactive pay-per-view at WWE history Taboo Tuesday,
you, the fans, get to choose what you wanna see.
-[Tazz] It's off the chart. -[Michael] I'm gonna vote.
[Tazz] Can we make you disappear, can the fans do that?
-[Michael] Nice. -[Tazz chuckles]
-That's nice. -[Michael] Oh, maybe that thing
-on Jillian's-- oh, my-- -[Tazz] Oh, God, get outta here.
-Oh, look at-- come on, get off of that. -[Michael] Wow.
So, JBL has a lot to prove here tonight,
he needs a victory over that man, Rey Mysterio,
and seeing Rey Mysterio conjures up images
of some of the great wrestling legends here at Houston, Texas.
[Tazz] No doubt, Mil Máscaras. The legendary Mil Máscaras got--
became such a huge star here for [indistinct]
[crowd cheering]
And wrestling here in Houston and kinda reminds of Rey Mysterio,
Mil Máscaras-- and I talked to Rey earlier…
-[bell ringing] -…about Máscaras,
and he said he was a gigantic fan of Mil Máscaras when Rey was a little boy.
And Rey got to wrestle Mil Máscaras on one of Mil's last matches
and Rey said it was one of-- one of the best match--
best times of his career,
so I mean, you know, a lot of respect
between Rey obviously and Mil Máscaras.
[Michael] So, JBL and the one thing that he doesn't have from Rey Mysterio
is respect and you see it there.
-[Tazz] Absolutely no respect. -[Michael] And here's Rey Mysterio,
Rey Mysterio has the agility, the quickness,
the unique style in this matchup against the power, the brawn of JBL.
[Tazz] Oh, look at-- you don't usually see Rey do this,
just punching and kicking I tell you-- I tell you--
Hey, Cole, you know what, I'm not-- I'm not making any excuses for Bradshaw,
but he's had a little bit of an intestinal bug here the past 24 hours.
It's some of the spicy food, I'm serious.
[Michael] And look at Rey Mysterio-- nice takedown by JBL.
[Tazz] The headlock takedown, the headlock takedown.
[Michael] …on Rey Mysterio.
-An intestinal bug? -[Tazz] Yeah, he had intestinal bug like--
-that's an external, not that kind. -[Michael] I get a-- I get a stomach bug
-looking at her, too. -[Tazz] Maybe that's the problem,
well, maybe some of that stuff on her face dripped in his food.
-[Michael] That's gross. -[Tazz] No, but I mean, I think--
I don't know what happened
but JBL has got some kind of bug-- intestinal, you know.
[Michael] But JBL needs a victory, no excuses here tonight,
as he works on the headlock on Rey Mysterio.
Jillian Hall, the image consultant, looks on.
JBL back to his feet as is Mysterio.
Remember Mysterio owns a victory over JBL back on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Tazz] Hey, Cole, listen. I got a question.
How can you be an image consultant and have that thing on your face,
that-- what kind of image is that? That's a bad image.
-[Michael] But she-- -[Tazz] Look at that thing,
that's an image consultant.
She's got-- it's like damn bumper for a car.
-What? What? -[Michael] Can I talk?
[Tazz] It's like a bumper that scraped up some roadkill like a possum on her face.
[Michael] Well, we are in Texas.
[Tazz] Maybe it is a possum on her face.
[Michael] And Rey Mysterio in trouble as JBL continues
to apply the pressure with that side headlock.
That will wear a man down, right?
-[Tazz] What? -[Michael] A side headlock.
[Tazz] Oh, yeah, absolutely it will.
Are you kidding me? Especially, I mean, that thing on the side
of her face is wearing me down or wear a man down.
I don't understand why she doesn't get that thing latched off?
[Michael] I assume JBL is paying her a lot of money to take care of it.
And look at JBL dropping the elbow, nobody home.
Rey Mysterio back to his feet.
Oh, a kick driving JBL outside of the ring,
right out here in front of us.
[Tazz] And JBL got nailed by Mysterio, that's not often you see some--
who do that to JBL.
And Mysterio-- you see now, Mysterio's smart.
Getting out of the ring and now getting back in the ring.
[Michael] Well, this is Mysterio's game sometimes,
-cat and mouse, use his quickness. -[Tazz] He's gonna bore the big man up.
I mean, he's gonna make him tired, you know, that's--
use your quickness, use your brain.
Oh, look, look.
Rey-- Rey's playing a game, a little cat and mouse game.
[Michael] Oh, cardiovascularly Rey Mysterio wins.
-[Tazz] You think? -[Michael] Hands down.
[Tazz] I don't know, Bradshaw's a-- this is great, I'm loving this though.
This is cool.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio completely taking JBL out of his game.
[Tazz] JBL is there and he's falling for it.
[Michael] Will, trainer Early Hebner wanna bring out the oxygen tank.
And look at Rey still going.
[Tazz] I'm surprised. I mean I've been on the-- oh! Oh!
With JBL we're both on it like ten minutes and then we got tired.
-[Jillian] Come on! -[Michael] Ten minutes?
[Tazz] Whoa! That's a better side by the way there, Mr. Director.
-[Michael chuckles] -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Rey better be careful, Rey better be careful. JBL--
[Michael] Watch out! Right from behind,
a kick to the kidney, JBL caught Rey Mysterio,
and now a blow to the back of the head, and Mysterio's in trouble
if he gets into the power game here.
[Tazz] Man, let's look. Take a look at this. Watch this kick.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Tazz] By Mysterio, a flying dropkick.
Catching Bradshaw, but now Brad--
-JBL is in control. -That's good.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] JBL called Rey Mysterio an underdog his entire life
and said that, "Underdogs do not win."
Vowing Mysterio will not win here tonight.
Two…
[Michael] Clubbing blows wearing the 165-pound Mysterio down.
[Tazz] Oh, well, you know, you can hear that blow
by Bradshaw on the spine of Mysterio.
[Michael] Mysterio whipped across the ring.
And taken out the big man in his knees.
Great strategy by Mysterio.
Who bounces off the ropes and look at that snapmare,
-driving JBL straight into the mat. -[Tazz] Here we go.
[Michael] Hooks the leg, shoulders down-- again and JBL kicks-out at two.
[Tazz] And I tell you, I think Mysterio smart here
to pace these wrestlers match.
Now, going after that leg that had that big heavy knee brace on.
-Look at that. Oh, my God. -[Michael] When you take the legs out
-and now JBL is in Mysterio's size. -[Tazz] That was smart right there by Rey.
Maybe Rey scissoring up that-- scissoring up that leg.
[Michael] JBL just using his boots to kick his way out of it.
[Tazz] Flat in the boot, it's all legal, it's all good.
[Michael] And Mysterio driving JBL to his back again.
[Tazz] Mysterio's doing-- he's doing those kicks
to the back of that hamstring.
And the leg of Bradshaw to keep JBL off his feet,
so he's-- you know, I'm impressed with Mysterio's game plan.
[Michael] You gotta be.
Rey Mysterio knows JBL well,
scouted JBL coming in, has wrestled against him before,
-and had strategy. -Come on, that's cheating.
[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa, she's motivating-- that Jillian Hall.
[Michael] She's yelling and that's-- and look at that,
thumb to the eye, that is typical JBL.
When he's in trouble, he throws the rules out.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] You know what, you do what you gotta do, Cole,
-to win a match sometimes. -[Michael] Well, JBL did hold
the WWE championship for ten months,
one of the most successful champions in history, no arguing that point.
[crowd booing]
In fact, at No Mercy last year,
JBL in a classic battle with The Undertaker.
As Rey Mysterio's ripped across the ring,
JBL catches him midair.
-Great, hurricanrana. -[Tazz] Oh, no, no.
Tilt-a-whirl headscissor by Mysterio.
[Michael] And Mysterio in control and JBL-- going for the 619.
-[Tazz] Here we go. Here we go. -[Michael] Here we go, 619.
[Tazz] Cole, maybe? Wow! Whoa! Oh, he missed it.
[Michael] JBL rolling out of the way.
[Tazz] Uh-oh. What the hell! He went over the top.
Lands on the apron.
Oh, you're a gentleman, Mysterio.
[indistinct] his pants.
[Michael] Oh! Bulldog off the apron,
driving JBL into the mat below.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, man, JBL landed super hard right there.
-Let's take a look at this. -[crowd member] Come on, Mysterio!
[Tazz] Bulldog here.
Watch this. Watch the head of JBL right to the--
right into that mat.
Which is not thick at all, it's just-- that--
after JBL pulled Jillian Hall in front of him,
and then shoved to the side because he thought,
"Oh, Rey Mysterio is going back to the ring."
And Referee Charles-- oh, wow!
[Michael] JBL picking the ankle and Mysterio head first
-off the steel steps. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Talk about the turning point in the match, Cole.
[Michael] That could've welded in. Listen to this, listen.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] That is Rey Mysterio's face and forehead into those steel steps.
-Oh, my God. -[Michael] Exploding off the steps echoing
through the Toyota Center.
[Tazz] Well, it's a small miracle we don't see Mysterio's brain
splattered on this floor here in Houston.
-[Michael] And this where JBL-- -[Tazz] Better thank God for that.
[Michael] This is where JBL is so dangerous, Tazz.
Here's the cover, hook of the leg, kick out by Mysterio.
-kick out by Mysterio. -Two!
[Tazz] I don't think Mysterio knows where the hell he is.
That's instinct kicking-out and we know
and it's well documented how tough Rey is and how much a test of fortitude he has,
but Rey, of course, Rey is gotta be hurt.
And I don't know much he's gonna have left here for that, Cole.
[Michael] Oh, great right-hands by JBL. Driving Mysterio down into the corner.
-[counts] -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
Like a damn mugging, just beating the hell out of Rey.
[Michael] Closed fists to the skull of Mysterio.
[Tazz] And that's the thing about JBL.
Don't be fooled by the limo, and horns,
-and the custom suits… -[crowd booing]
…and the multimillionaire-- self-made millionaire, I should say.
I mean, JBL's a rugged bad ass, tough guy. Bar none.
[Michael] Mysterio, boot to the face, and there's that heart,
that resilience we talked about with Mysterio.
Going up to the top rope.
-JBL up there as well. -[Tazz] Uh-oh. Oh, my God.
-[Michael] Mysterio's in trouble. Oh, my. -[Tazz] Mysterio's done, Cole,
-Mysterio's toast. -[Michael] Oh, fallaway slam,
center of the ring.
JBL to Mysterio
and this one could be close to being over.
[Tazz] Close? I think if JBL gets a cover here,
this thing's done.
Take another look.
Watch the body of Rey jump.
Look at that.
And again another one.
[Michael] Another fallaway slam,
launching Mysterio fully across the ring.
[Tazz] Wow.
I'm telling you, if I had-- earlier in this matchup,
a few minutes ago, I'd say when Mysterio's face hit those steel steps,
that was it for Rey.
Great kick get off from behind the apron.
[Michael] Yeah. And then the two fallaway slams,
one from the top rope,
and now Mysterio is in a dangerous predicament here.
We know how dangerous JBL is when he's outside the ring.
He's got Mysterio in his-- in his arms.
[Tazz] Oh, no, oh no, no, no, no, look at this.
A third-- a third fallaway slam
and don't let that padding fool you, ladies and gentleman.
That is a thin mat there.
Mysterio driven into near concrete
by that fallaway slam by JBL.
[Tazz] Thin mat with cement underneath it.
Let's take another look at this.
This is just nasty.
Look at this.
Oh, my God.
[Michael] And you can see the intensity beginning to build now in the eyes of JBL.
He realizes he's got Mysterio in all kinds of trouble here.
JBL smells blood, so to speak.
[Tazz] Oh, I agree that's a perfect analogy.
[Michael] Into the cover goes JBL, hook of the leg.
There's two and Mysterio spins that shoulder out.
JBL cannot believe it.
[Tazz] A matter of time there, Cole. A matter of time, I'm telling you.
[referee] One, two…
[Tazz] Cover! Kick out at two by Mysterio.
Again, toughness, heart, desire, by Mysterio.
But how much more can the man hang-on?
How much more can Rey hang-on?
[Michael] Rey can-- if he can hang on a little bit,
it appears that JBL maybe becoming frustrated here.
You saw through that first pin cover.
[Tazz] Cole, it doesn't matter. If the guy is getting frustrated
you're in there with-- if your opponent can't capitalize
on your frustration, I mean, it don't matter.
-[Michael] Uh-oh. -[Tazz] Bearhug now.
[Michael] Now, a bearhug and remember, the fallaway slams went on that back
-and now JBL manhandling-- -[Tazz] Oh, my God. Oh.
Driving the forearm into the ribs.
[Tazz] He's almost like--
I was gonna say Crossface, but he's got his face
right into those ribs like a big bear right there
squeezing Rey Mysterio.
Rey is trying to hang-on there, Cole.
[Michael] Desperately trying to hang-on, but how much does he have left?
JBL continues to pressure with the bearhug.
Mysterio with the right hand trying to get the battle back into this.
[Tazz] You know, Rey's gotta get out of this bearhug.
[groans]
[Michael] Ooh. Right hand by JBL. Mysterio placed up on the top rope.
[crowd] Come on, Rey!
[Tazz] You gotta be careful here if you're Bradshaw.
[Michael] Mysterio, a tornado DDT,
planting JBL, do you believe that?
[Tazz] We can't create separations…
-[counts] -…with separation with Rey.
If you do that, he's gonna find himself an opening and jump on it.
But Rey can't capitalize on that DDT.
[Michael] Both men are down.
If Mysterio can somehow mount a bit of offense off that counter,
maybe he can get back in this thing.
Another look, spinning tornado DDT by Mysterio.
[Tazz] Right on the top of the head of Bradshaw.
[Michael] Mysterio trying to pull himself up to the ropes, he does.
JBL up to his feet as well.
Mysterio ducks underneath the clothesline
and Mysterio with all he's got left, battling out.
Look at second-- look.
Crossbody lateral press, but rolled through.
[Tazz] He's gonna try and still-- that low dropkick.
Rey's got to keep the pressure on
and try and get to a fourth gear here.
-[Michael] Mysterio-- oh my. -[Tazz] Oh, no, no, no.
[Michael] Mysterio desperately with the right hand.
[Tazz] Keep swinging, right, keep punching.
-Keep punching. -[Michael] Create balance problems
for JBL.
Oh, my. JBL taken down by Mysterio.
[Tazz] Look at this, look at this.
[Michael] Mysterio, a Bronco Buster in Houston, Texas.
[Tazz] Yeah. Oh, look at Jillian Hall back there.
[Michael] Well, the image consultant Jillian,
-is on the apron. -[Tazz] Get off the apron,
-what are you doing? -[Michael] Whoa, wait.
[Tazz] She's got to get off the apron though.
-[crowd cheering] -[indistinct]
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[Michael] JBL almost took out Jillian Hall.
Mysterio had eyes on the back of his head.
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Poor Bradshaw, witnessed that?
[Michael] Uh-oh. Nobody home.
Bradshaw bounces off the top turnbuckle.
Rey Mysterio going to the top rope, check this out.
-[Tazz] Moonsault. -[Michael] Moonsault top rope.
[Tazz] He's got him, he's got him.
-[Michael] And JBL at the two kicks-out. -[crowd groaning]
-Mysterio finally had him. -Come on, JBL get up.
Come on!
[Tazz] Look at Hall now, she's gonna blow a gasket
-or blow a cheek bone or something. -[Michael] Don't make her mad.
Mysterio bouncing off the second rope
and a shoulder knockdown by JBL
and again Bradshaw maybe in control here.
[Tazz] Well, again, that size and power advantage of Bradshaw, of JBL,
to such his advantage.
[crowd booing]
[Tazz] Well, you know, you never, Cole--
-never could count Rey Mysterio out. -[Michael] No, not at all.
[Tazz] But here comes the clothesline from Hell!
-[Michael] And a dropkick caught JBL. -[Tazz] Like I said, Cole! Let it…
[Michael] 619 connecting!
-Mysterio is gonna upset Bradshaw again. -[Tazz] He's got it, Cole.
[Michael] He's gonna do it again.
[Tazz] Rey is gonna fly, he's gonna fly!
[Michael] Mysterio-- oh!
And a clothesline from Hell
-exploding to Rey Mysterio. -[crowd counting]
-JBL picks up the victory. -[bell ringing]
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] From out of nowhere.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -["Longhorn" playing]
[announcer] Here is your winner,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Michael] The explosiveness there of JBL,
Mysterio going for the victory and from out of nowhere,
the clothesline from Hell.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what, Cole, JBL has been one hell of a fight.
Rey Mysterio came for a battle.
Hey, to JBL's credit, like it or not, so did he,
Jillian Hall, she's proud, but Rey Mysterio got leveled
with that clothesline from Hell.
[Michael] Well, give some credit to the image consultant, Jillian Hall.
She's done wonders for JBL in recent weeks.
[Tazz] Credit? Give her credit?
As long as she could cover her face.
Here's some credit right there. [laughs]
Now-- see that? That's an exit, right.
-[Michael] Let's take another look. -[Tazz] Let's keep the--
just keep the camera off her face, that's all. Good.
-Uh-oh. -[Michael] There's the dropkick.
Mysterio would connect with the 619.
Watch this. And I thought that Mysterio was gonna win again.
[Tazz] So did I. I said Rey Mysterio is gonna fly,
but I didn't mean like this.
Oh, my God.
Let's take another look at this, another angle of it.
Rey went for that leg drop probably, then just leveled--
a car wreck right there.
-The very explosive and powerful JBL. -["Longhorn" playing]
Wow, what a match though, Cole, again,
No Mercy kicking some butt, baby.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, great performance here tonight.
But JBL with a big victory with a win here.
[music fades]
And, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next for the first time ever,
it is a Handicap Casket Match,
The Undertaker against Randy Orton and his dad Cowboy Bob.
[Tazz] Well, early on WWE.com, we had an interview with Orton's
and the Ortons said, "We got a plan."
What the hell are they talking about?
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, it started at WrestleMania,
it went to SummerSlam and for Randy Orton, it all began as a dream.
[dramatic music playing]
[Randy] When I was young, growing up, my father always told me
I would be the greatest wrestler in the world.
He told me every legend known to this business
would eventually at some time or another
fall at my feet.
He was absolutely right.
Get a look at greatness.
At SummerSlam,
it took the Ortons…
to kill off the legend of The Undertaker.
[Michael] An RKO! An RKO!
Orton has killed another legend.
You got to be kidding me.
That's Cowboy Bob. What the hell is going on?
[Randy] Undertaker, I killed you physically,
I beat you mentally.
You opened up this casket yourself,
you saw the mannequin inside
and you saw yourself.
But I saw the look in your eyes
and that look was fear.
[Michael] The Undertaker having his head played with here
by the Ortons.
[Randy] Fear because you saw into your future.
[Undertaker] Randy Orton, you can't hide from The Deadman.
[Michael] For the first time ever, a Handicap Casket Match,
The Undertaker versus the Ortons at No Mercy.
[Randy] I pride myself on being a legend killer.
At No Mercy,
the legend of The Undertaker will become a myth.
[Undertaker] Poor unfortunate souls,
I've taken the liberty…
to build a special casket for you
and seeing how you're not afraid,
look and see what your fate has in store at No Mercy.
[Michael] The Undertaker sending a message to the Ortons.
[Randy] Soon enough, Undertaker.
Your legacy will buried courtesy of The Legend Killer.
[Michael] A Handicap Casket Match,
The Undertaker versus the Ortons.
-[Randy] Tonight… -[Undertaker] Rest…
-[Randy] …another legend… -[Undertaker] …in…
-[Randy] …dies. -[Undertaker] …peace.
-[growls] -[music ends]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is a first ever
Handicap Casket Match.
[crowd cheering]
Now, ladies and gentlemen, to obtain victory in this match,
the Ortons must place The Undertaker
inside the casket and close the lid.
Conversely, for The Undertaker to win,
he must place both of the Ortons
inside the casket and close the lid.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, to say the least, Tazz,
The Undertaker obviously is at the disadvantage.
[Tazz] I think so.
-But we'll see. -[Michael laughs]
-["Burn in my Light" playing] -♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Hey, nothing you can say ♪
[Michael] As the Ortons make their way to the ring,
we want to remind everybody that exclusively on WWE.com tonight,
there is WWE Instant Access,
SmackDown Superstars are being asked the tough questions
and you can hear it live, and right now, we're being told,
JBL is entering the Instant Access locker room
for a live question and answer session.
[Tazz] I want to know what this plan is
that we heard on, you know, Randy and "Cowboy" Bob Orton said,
they got a plan.
They're gonna finally put that last nail in the coffin of The Undertaker.
I want to see what this is.
[Michael] Well, the Orton's have had a lot of plans in recent weeks,
but remember, The Undertaker has thwarted all of the Ortons' plans
leading up to No Mercy here tonight.
Will the tide change for Orton and his dad?
-We're gonna have to wait and see. -[Tazz] I'll tell you what,
the Ortons seem pretty confident though, definitely.
[Michael] Randy Orton is always confident.
♪ You understand ♪
♪ Hey ♪
[Michael] "Cowboy" Bob knows all about the big stage like here tonight, Tazz.
Remember, involving the first couple of WrestleMania's
with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
"Cowboy" Bob Orton is accustomed to this.
Randy Orton, of course, The Legend Killer
with a win over The Undertaker at SummerSlam.
-[crowd cheering] -[song ends]
[singers vocalizing]
[Tazz] I think Orton could have been praying.
[singers vocalizing]
[Michael] And so it begins.
[singers vocalizing]
[crowd chatter]
[vocalizing continues]
[bell tolls]
[crowd cheering]
["Rest in Peace" playing]
[announcer] And from Death Valley,
weighing in at 305 pounds,
The Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] A chill has come over the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
It is the most eerie presence in the history of sports entertainment.
[Tazz] Cole, I would not wanna be one of the Ortons.
How could this not get in your brain?
[Michael] It is the match that favors The Undertaker.
It is a casket match,
the match that The Undertaker has made famous.
[Tazz] Yeah, but Cole, this is two. This is a Handicap Casket Match.
Undertaker is the handicap.
It's the first ever Handicap Casket Match.
Both those men gotta go in the casket for The Undertaker to be victorious.
Well, yeah. You know, Undertaker…
so successful in these matches,
but never against two men.
[Michael] But you cannot discount the physiological factor,
the mind games that The Undertaker brings to the table.
[Tazz] I'm not saying that, Cole. I'm not-- I know that.
Believe me, I know that about The Undertaker. I'm telling you.
And so does Randy and Bob Orton.
The thing I'm saying, this is two on one.
[Michael] You're right. And The Undertaker has to put
both Orton's in the casket and to close the lid.
I get that.
But what I like in the favor of The Undertaker
is the fact that over the past few weeks,
the Ortons have always seemed to have a plan,
but a plan that The Undertaker has thwarted
week after week after week.
It seems The Undertaker is always one step ahead of Randy and his dad.
[Tazz] Oh, boy. And can you imagine what is going through the mind
of that young man Randy Orton?
[Michael] Could Orton be pondering of his future, his fate?
[Tazz] That casket made for two, that massive casket we saw
this past Friday night on Friday Night SmackDown with those two--
the image of "Cowboy" Bob Orton and Randy Orton
in the, uh, in the massive casket.
[Michael] At WrestleMania, The Undertaker picked up victory over Randy Orton.
[Tazz] Hey, I just thought of something, Cole.
It's one thing to be buried, but it's another thing to be buried
-with your old man. [laughs] -[Michael] Of course.
-And Undertaker… -[bell ringing]
[Michael] This is gonna be The Undertaker's problem all night
in this matchup, to have eyes in the back of his head
continually keeping both men in front of him.
[Tazz] Well, he's in there against a hall of famer
and the-- and the youngest heavyweight champion of all time.
He got his hands full, The Undertaker.
[Michael] And Randy Orton, thanks to his old man,
owns the victory over The Undertaker at SummerSlam,
Undertaker with a win at WrestleMania.
The Undertaker with a right hand and a right to "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
And here comes The Undertaker.
Who-- it would be who The Undertaker to put this match away very quickly?
[Tazz] And that's the thing.
That's the thing that's in the favor of The Deadman,
those quick-- oh, quick hands. He's a great striker.
[Michael] Okay. So if you're The Undertaker,
-what is your strategy? -[Tazz] This is working, Cole.
I mean, just-- I would-- I would stay on Randy.
Randy is obviously in his prime,
no knock on the legendary "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
I respect the man, but you gotta go after the guy that's in his prime
and weaken-- he's the young lion.
[Michael] And what about the Ortons?
What is the strategy for the father and son?
Randy, get Undertaker from behind. You don't want to get-- oh!
Oh, my God.
Lefts and right hands by The Undertaker,
the "Cowboy" Bob Orton who's in trouble early.
[Tazz] You wanna use very-- oh, watch out here.
[Michael] Well, Cowboy Bob already landing on the casket.
Remember the rules, Undertaker must put--
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Michael] A low blow.
A low blow perfectly legal
because there really aren't any rules in this matchup,
you got to put your opponent in the casket,
close the lid to win the thing.
In The Undertaker's case, both opponents.
Randy Orton's driving the knee.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Don't know if he caught him there in the shoulder--
Orton is holding his nose.
Maybe he got popped in the nose there by The Deadman.
[Michael] Quick left jabs followed up by the right by Randy Orton
as Cowboy Bob holds The Undertaker back by the hair.
-What the hell? -[Tazz] And across the face.
[Michael] I tell you, "Cowboy" Bob Orton at one time, remember,
well-documented, had partnership
with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper,
two of the dirtiest players ever.
Orton and Piper, as he delivers that right hand.
Orton knows all the tricks in the book.
[Tazz] Well, "Cowboy" Bob Orton is not a hall of famer for nothing, Cole.
[Michael] Oh, and an uppercut by Randy. Did you hear that?
And The Legend Killer promising tonight
to put the final nail in The Undertaker's coffin.
[Tazz] Well, the referee has to lift the lid of that coffin
as soon as they're-- as soon as he's asked
by one of these-- one of the competitors.
[Michael] These great SmackDown fans.
[Tazz] And then-- and then, Cole, it has to be the competitor
that closes the lid, and then it's over.
[Michael] Undertaker trying to battle back with big right hand and then a high elbow.
And here comes The Undertaker knocking Randy Orton down.
[Tazz] I wonder if we can kinda throw you in a casket,
like a little casket-- a little-- uh-oh. Uh-oh.
-Oh, and the lid's open. -[Michael] And Randy Orton.
And Orton, looked like he saw a ghost.
-[Tazz] He saw his future. -[overlapping chatter]
[Michael] Uh-oh. Randy Orton, looks like he's getting sick to his stomach.
[Tazz] I'm telling you.
[Michael] With the headbutt "Cowboy" Bob Orton
bouncing off the second turnbuckle.
And Undertaker seems to be looking at your strategy,
focusing on the younger Randy Orton.
[Tazz] He gotta, he got to, Cole.
He's the one with more, you know, more energy.
He's in better shape. He's in his prime.
[Michael] Now, back with a shot to "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
The Undertaker, measuring this man.
-Called for the casket lid to be opened. -[Tazz] Oh, here we go.
Let me tell you he's gonna throw Cowboy Bob--
-he's going in. -[Michael] Cowboy Bob now in
-through the casket, but that's only one. -[Tazz] That's right.
[Michael] And Cowboy Bob is trying to scoot out and he does.
[Tazz] It's like he's in damn quicksand, and he got out of there so quick.
-[Michael] Now, look at this. -[Tazz] Reversal!
[Michael] The Undertaker driven knees first
into the steel steps off the barricade.
[Tazz] He might have blown a knee out.
[Michael] You saw the size of that casket, a casket made for two.
Like damn it. It's like you saw at Friday night on SmackDown.
Remember what The Undertaker did on Friday night, Tazz.
The mirror images of Randy and his father in that double casket
much like the Ortons did to The Undertaker weeks earlier.
-[Tazz] Oh, I know-- I know-- -[Michael] Randy Orton.
[Tazz] Watch out there. Watch out.
[Michael] Bouncing The Undertaker off the announcer table.
[Tazz] Well, it's not gonna be a mannequin in that coffin tonight, in that casket.
It's gonna be a live body at least for a while.
[Michael] We just had the opportunity, Tazz,
as Undertaker is bounced off the steel steps.
The look in the eyes of The Undertaker
as they were rolling back in his head.
[Tazz] Right. He looked right at us and it was like a faraway look
and I'd rather not see that again.
It really wasn't fun.
[Michael] And look at Randy Orton tossing The Undertaker.
[Tazz] It was kinda like-- I was looking at a dead man.
[Michael] Back into the ring.
Here's the double team by the Ortons
as they drag the Undertaker now toward that open casket.
Remember, Undertaker in the casket and you close the door to win.
Randy Orton trying to move that 300 pounds carcass…
-[Tazz] Oh, man. Look at this, Cole. -[Michael] …into the casket.
-[Tazz] I think he's going in. -[Michael] Undertaker almost in the casket
-and they got to close the lid. -[Tazz] Ortons has got to close that lid.
Got to get him-- take him in there though.
[Michael] Undertaker, trying to prevent the lid from closing.
-A battle of will here and strength. -[Tazz] Oh, an uppercut.
And there goes Randy Orton as well.
Uppercut and a cross punch by The Undertaker,
but he got himself out of there real quick.
[Michael] Undertaker was not yet ready
to be buried in that casket.
And Randy Orton is sent back into the ring.
A couple of close calls for both teams here.
Undertaker with that big boot to the side of Orton's head.
[Tazz] Well, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, he's having a hard time
lifting his hands and, you know, defending himself.
[Michael] Well, he's not in ring shape.
-[Tazz] No. -[Michael] For one.
Taker with a right hand and Cowboy Bob dropped to the mat below.
And now, Undertaker goes to work on the younger Randy Orton,
the self-proclaimed Legend Killer.
He's does have a hell of a resume.
[Tazz] Oh, no doubt about that.
But right now, Randy Orton, hopefully you don't wanna be--
Undertaker's got a two on one on that arm, he throws the shoulders into that arm
and you know what he usually does after this.
He raises the arm and goes for a little climb.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] The Old School, Cole, and you got to see here.
Randy Orton knows he needs to get out of this.
-[Michael] Undertaker, top rope. -[Tazz] Oh, my God!
A blow to the back of the shoulder.
Randy Orton driven to the mat.
"Cowboy" Bob Orton suffering the rights and lefts of the hands
of The Undertaker.
Randy Orton's up, and now he's in trouble.
[Michael] Oh, face first.
Wow, Undertaker rolling.
[Tazz] Uh-oh. That fist got caught in the air.
Uh-oh.
[Michael] Driving Undertaker's shoulder into "Cowboy" Bob Orton's shoulder.
[Tazz] Weakening Bob Orton's shoulder here.
I wanna do a little old school on-- Old School?
-Isn't that weird, right? -[Michael] The old school Old School.
[Tazz] I just said that.
[Michael] I was repeating for emphasis.
-[Tazz] Maybe your best work. But anyway. -[Michael] Undertaker up to the top rope.
-[Tazz] Oh, watch out! -[Michael] And Randy-- oh!
[Tazz] Oh, back to his feet, cut The Undertaker off
and this could be the opening the Ortons need.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Tazz] A big uppercut.
Undertaker is in trouble and Randy Orton trying to take advantage.
Oh, my God.
And both Randy and Bob Orton, they know now.
They got The Deadman where the hell they want him.
[Michael] What the hell? Wait a minute.
Cowboy Bob. What the hell he's doing?
-[Tazz] He's just-- oh, wait a minute. -[Michael] What is he doing?
-Wait? -[Tazz] Up to the second rope. He's--
[Michael] Undertaker, trying to battle out of this
and Randy Orton trying to hang on as well.
-Rights and lefts by The Undertaker. -[Tazz] Cowboy Bob.
[Michael] Headbutt by Cowboy Bob.
[Tazz] You know, I don't-- what now, Randy Orton.
Cowboy Bob is wearing out-- you know what,
I'm thinking that Bob Orton going for that superplex.
-[Michael] No, he's not. He's not. -[Tazz] He's one of the first guys--
-[Michael] Oh, my God. Both Orton's. -[Tazz] Double superplex.
-[Michael] Both Orton's. -[Tazz] Maybe--
-[Michael] Undertaker up top. -[Tazz] Maybe here can they do it?
A superplex by the Ortons to The Undertaker.
I'll tell you what, "Cowboy" Bob Orton was one of the first guys
to do that move-- going for a cover here, just take by--
[Michael] There's no cover, Cowboy, you gotta put him in the casket.
[Tazz] I think by instinct there, he's--
he always used to--
…might have got to his head a little bit.
But he's one of the first guys that [indistinct]
to do that superplex back in the day.
There's the lid, the lid's open.
[Michael] Yeah, with that cast on his arm, remember.
-[Tazz] Yeah. It's like ten years. -[Michael laughs]
[Tazz] But now, the lid is open.
[Michael] And the Ortons maybe close to putting The Undertaker away.
The Undertaker-- oh, no-- oh, my-- they're not gonna do this.
They're gonna try to suplex him over the top rope.
[Tazz] Yeah, too far for the rope, I'm thinking though.
-[Michael] Into the casket. -[Tazz] They can't get him up.
-[Michael] Undertaker. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
They're inching him up-- oh.
[Michael] And Undertaker countered into a DDT.
The double time for The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Two for the price of one, the lid gets shut.
[Michael] And The Undertaker sat up.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, now, they're opening it up again.
The referees are getting a little workout.
[Michael] Undertaker has gotta put both Ortons in the casket.
-"Cowboy" Bob Orton to his feet. -[Tazz] Here we go. Here we go.
[Michael] And Cowboy Bob sent into the casket.
And now, Randy has got to be delivered.
The end is near, Orton-- Randy Orton landed hard on that DDT.
Orton whipped across the ring.
-[Tazz] Setting him up, Cole. -[Michael] Into the corner.
[Tazz] Setting him up, Cole.
-Snake Eyes. -[Michael] Snake Eyes.
Undertaker exploding off the ropes.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Cowboy Bob managing to weasel his way out of the casket.
[Tazz] Weasel? He got out. He's saving his own life.
-[Michael] And Randy Orton in trouble. -[Tazz] Oh, my God. Uh-oh.
[Michael] Randy Orton flinging The Undertaker.
What a clothesline.
[Tazz] Nice momentum clothesline by The Undertaker.
-[Michael] Lot of impact in this matchup. -[Tazz] A lot of foot speed too.
[Michael] First ever handicap match.
-[Tazz] Casket handicap match. -[Michael] Casket match. You're right.
[Tazz] All right. Here we go now.
Undertaker shooting off Randy Orton.
[Michael] What-- from behind.
Oh! What a neckbreaker.
-[Tazz] Man, that was nasty. -[Michael] Wow.
That'll bend the Undertaker's spine.
[Tazz] Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, what the hell is he--
[Michael] As Cowboy Orton has a fire extinguisher.
[Tazz] A fire-- a big old fire extinguisher.
-[Michael] Well, this can't be good. -[Tazz] Look at "Cowboy" Bob Orton,
-walking like… -[Michael] He looks like he's all beat-up.
[crowd chanting] Randy sucks. Randy sucks. Randy sucks.
[Michael] This cannot be good.
[Tazz] Well, "Randy sucks" chant filling the court-- Toyota Center.
[Michael] Well, you know what?
Undertaker now, look at this.
Battered and beaten here.
The spine and his back half by that, a neck or backbreaker thing by Orton.
[Tazz] A nasty, nasty move.
[Michael] Undertaker with an elbow at Cowboy Bob,
Randy Orton caught in midair by The Undertaker.
And to his spine first, spine first into the steel post.
[Tazz] Look like the low-- look like the tailbone actually, Cole, yeah.
The lower back tailbone area of Randy Orton
really hit that steel post hard.
-[Michael] And Undertaker-- -[Tazz] Oh, my God. This is nasty.
[Michael] Dragging Orton toward that casket.
He got to put both Ortons in the casket to win this matchup
-the lid's gotta be closed. -[Tazz] Yeah, but once--
uh, once Undertaker puts one Orton in the other one comes out.
-Oh, my God. -[Michael] Wow. He's trying set--
he's got to put both Ortons in the casket.
I heard a big boot by Undertaker to Cowboy Bob.
[Tazz] What I'm trying to say is that they're both far away from each other.
[Michael] Undertaker with a steel chair in hand.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Well, looks like Undertaker does not want to play any games no more.
[Michael] Steel chair off the back of Randy Orton,
driving Orton into the casket.
-[Tazz] Watch out! -[Michael] One man in, Cowboy Bob.
[Tazz] Almost in.
[Michael] Right hand by The Undertaker, and another right hand,
Undertaker has got to put "Cowboy" Bob Orton into the--
into the casket here.
[Tazz] Oh, can he do it, can Undertaker do it?
Oh, wait a minute. He's got a triangle choke on him here.
[Michael] He's gonna try to make Orton pass out
and then throw him into the casket.
[Tazz] He's using that rope for leverage, to get that triangle choke.
And he's pulling Orton over the top of the casket.
[crowd chanting] Rest in peace. Rest in peace. Rest in peace.
[Tazz] Can you hear it?
"Rest in peace" right here.
Undertaker taking Orton out,
moments away from winning this first ever Handicap Casket Match.
[Michael] Randy Orton got wasted by the chair.
Close the lid!
[Tazz] Both Ortons are in. The Undertaker has gotta do it, Cole.
[Michael] Come on ,Taker, close the lid.
Undertaker has got to reach over and close the lid.
Undertaker trying to grab the lid, both Ortons are inside.
He's got it. Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
-Randy's-- -[Tazz] Randy Orton is still--
[Michael] Close it, Taker.
Undertaker has got the lid, so does Orton.
Right hand by Randy Orton, so close for The Undertaker
but The Legend Killer battling back.
[Tazz] That might been-- that might've been Undertaker's last shot, Cole.
I'm telling you, might been his last chance.
[Michael] And now, all three men are in the casket.
[Tazz] Oh, my gosh.
[Michael] All three men in the casket. I've never seen this before.
[Tazz] Now, that's why that thing is so massive and Randy and Taker
are stand up on-- standing on top of "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
[Michael] Randy with a right hand. That's right, ladies and gentlemen,
"Cowboy" Bob Orton on the bottom of that casket
as Orton and Undertaker battle out.
[Tazz] Like a damn welcome mat under there to stand on.
[Michael] Randy Orton tossed out of the casket.
Undertaker…
[Tazz] "Cowboy" Bob Orton got choked out with that triangle choke
which is an excruciating pain--
-oh, wait a minute. -[Michael] But the lid has been close
on one of the Ortons.
[Tazz] Yeah, but that doesn't matter though.
[Michael] Right, but at least Cowboy Bob is gonna be kept in the casket now.
[Tazz] Oh, okay. That makes it official.
[Michael] Right, right. So, Cowboy Bob is in,
Randy Orton has gonna be placed in that casket
as Undertaker now makes this a one on one match.
Great strategy by The Undertaker.
[Tazz] That's right. You don't have to put two
at the same time, he put two in whenever he wants.
[Michael] So, it's now it's one on one.
And Undertaker and Randy Orton who've had many battles in the past
including WrestleMania and SummerSlam.
And what a scoop slam by The Legend Killer.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what,
big time play right there by a big time player.
That scoop powerslam-- oh, man, that's tough to do
against The Undertaker, this late in this match.
Shows me why this guy was a youngest World Heavyweight champ ever.
And now, here we go, Cole, this could be it.
[Michael] Randy Orton dragging The Undertaker towards the casket
and Randy realizing now his dad is in the casket.
[Tazz] Forgot his father in that-- all is just--
how could he put-- that's a good point,
how could he put his-- The Undertaker on top of his father?
[Michael] Close the lid. I don't know.
-[Tazz] And close the lid and then… -[Michael] And a low blow!
What's good for the goose
is good for the gander, to use the old cliche.
[Tazz] Yeah, well that goose has got a high pitched voice right now.
-Holy cow. -[Michael] Undertaker with a low blow,
dropping Randy Orton to his knees.
[Tazz] Orton is about to join his dad in that casket.
[crowd chanting] Rest in peace!
[Tazz] And the "rest in peace" chants begin again.
And now, the stalking of The Undertaker
as Randy Orton is holding the, you know…
[Michael] And that's exactly what it is, it's stalking,
making Orton think about it.
[Tazz] He's looking up at The Undertaker, Orton is-- Orton is just in so much pain.
If you've ever been hit there, guys, you know what that thing feels like.
-[Michael] Not fun! -[Tazz] I know it hurts. How do you know?
[Michael] The Undertaker with a big right hand…
-[screams] -…into the ribs of Randy Orton.
As Randy Orton is in all kinds of trouble.
Undertaker with another right.
And all The Undertaker has to do is put Orton in that casket,
close the lid and this one's over.
[Tazz] Orton is just-- uh-oh, look at this.
[Michael] Undertaker whipped across the ring.
[Tazz] Have some life. Oh!
[Michael] Big boot to the side of the head.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh. -[Michael] Undertaker exploding
and Orton with the dropkick.
-Right into the dropkick. -[Tazz laughs]
Man, oh, man, the [indistinct]
This Randy Orton is a player and a half, baby.
Big time move there.
[Michael] Undertaker, really?
[Tazz] That was a textbook dropkick, Cole. How late are we in this match?
This brutally physical match
and then Orton just pulled off that dropkick like it was nothing.
[Michael] And Undertaker was exploding off the ropes
and with a ton of momentum.
[Tazz] Effortless, I'm telling you.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Orton with the rights trying to wear The Undertaker down,
this is a good strategy, gonna wear the man down
and put him in the casket.
[Tazz] Yeah, but did Randy Orton expect this--
did he expect his father to be out of the game now?
I mean he brought him-- his old man, when you have there waiting, The Deadman.
[Michael] Yeah, they had his big plan, whether they're expecting it or not,
what does it matter?
Orton's got to take out The Undertaker now.
[Tazz] I think the plan that included that fire extinguisher
-was not a good plan. -[Michael] No, not at all.
-[Tazz] Really. -[Michael] No.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Uh-oh. There's that look in the eyes of Randy Orton now.
-[Michael] The cocky, the arrogant… -[Tazz] Oh, no, no, no.
-[Michael] Orton got caught. -[Tazz] What the hell is he doing?
-[Michael] Orton got caught, -[Tazz] Why'd he do that?
Why did he do that? Oh, what was he thinking?
-[Michael] Boot to the midsection. -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
He let his ego get away with him.
Well, now, his ego is going for a ride, Cole.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Maybe a Last Ride.
-Yup, bye-bye. -[Michael] Last Ride.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Randy Orton let his ego get the best of him,
but it may have caused him the matchup.
[Tazz] Randy had taken him where he wanted--
-Oh, yeah. -[Michael] Oh, yeah.
-[Tazz laughing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, tough to get up after that Last Ride, that powerbomb,
that-- I don't know what Orton can do now.
[Tazz] There's only one thing left to do
and that's stuff Randy Orton in the casket.
I mean, for Orton though. You know, he's--
Orton just-- he gripped.
-[Michael] He's deadweight. -[Tazz] And here comes-- uh-oh. Uh-oh.
-Randy Orton up on the shoulder. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] He's gonna throw him in,
Undertaker's gonna throw Randy in and open it up.
Open it up. Here we go.
What the hell? Cowboy Bob with the fire extinguisher.
-[Tazz] But wait a minute. -[Michael] Blinding The Undertaker.
The Undertaker's been blinded.
-Randy Orton's stalking his opponent. -[Tazz] What the heck?
-No. Oh. -[Michael] An RKO!
An RKO to the blinded Undertaker.
[Tazz] Oh, my God.
I guess I was wrong about that plan
-and about that fire extinguisher. -[crowd booing]
-Holy smokes. -[Michael] Undertaker
-seems to be out cold. -[Tazz] Pardon the pun.
-[Tazz] Look at this. -[Michael] And Cowboy Bob trying to roll
The Undertaker toward the casket by himself.
Randy Orton's been worn out.
[Tazz] I don't believe we're gonna witness this.
Undertaker is going down-- open it up.
Undertaker gonna lose this Handicap Casket Match,
as "Cowboy" Bob Orton trying to move the 300-pound carcass…
[Tazz] Oh, wait. Oh, not so fast.
-[Michael] Oh, my. -[Tazz] Oh, boy. [laughs]
[Michael] The Undertaker is alive and well.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Cowboy Bob-- and a fire extinguisher of the skull.
[Tazz] Oh, my God. No, no, no, no, no, no.
[Michael] Undertaker's in the casket. Come on, Taker.
[Tazz] Got hit with the fire extinguisher.
-The fire extinguisher of the skull. -[crowd chattering, booing]
-No, no, no. -[Michael] Uh-oh.
-[Tazz] Come on. -[Michael] You've gotta be kidding me.
[Tazz] Get up, Undertaker.
Deadman, get up, get up. He's up, he's up.
[Michael] Undertaker's up. Undertaker's up.
[Tazz] Orton's in there now. And so is Undertaker.
[Michael] Well, the match is not over.
-[Tazz] Who won? -[Michael] I don't know.
It's not-- it's not over. It can't be over.
The Undertaker's in there with Randy Orton,
the match can't be over.
And what the hell is going on inside the casket?
[Tazz] That's what I wanna know.
-Uh-oh. Well, that's what's going on-- -[Michael] Oh, my.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Undertaker, Randy Orton.
-[Tazz] Oh, I think-- from behind. -[Michael] From behind.
Cowboy Bob.
-Orton with a steel chair… -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] …off the skull of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Oh, the proverbial numbers-- Oh-- The Deadman.
-[Michael] Oh, my God. -[bell rings]
I can't believe it. I can't believe it.
They're locking it.
[announcer] Here are your winners, "Cowboy" Bob Orton
and The Legend Killer, Randy Orton.
[Michael] What an incredible sequence to end this Handicap Casket Match.
But, ladies and gentlemen, the Ortons did it.
Did they put the final nail in The Undertaker's coffin tonight?
[Tazz] They might have, Cole. They definitely might've.
I am shocked. I did not think the Orton's gonna win this.
Week after week, the mind games have been flopping for the Orton's
and Undertaker's been on top, but--
Taker looked like he was gonna win this match.
But then watch this.
[Michael] Cowboy Bob with that fire extinguisher.
[Tazz] We never realized that the-- watch this,
Orton-- Bob Orton-- Bob Orton with the [indistinct]
Boom, and then, the RKO.
And then there's the finisher of the match right here.
[Michael] Watch this distraction by Cowboy Bob.
Randy grabs the steel chair and listen to this.
[Tazz] Right on the head. And then they move out quick.
Watch how quick they closed the lid.
Because they know that The Undertaker would get up eventually
from getting hit with that chair. They locked it
because they knew Deadman would come out.
-[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen… -[Tazz] Oh, my God.
[Michael] …I'm in absolute shock. I can't believe it.
I cannot believe that Randy Orton and "Cowboy" Bob Orton
made good on their promise here tonight
to put the final nail in the legend of The Undertaker.
"The Legend Killer" Randy Orton has done it again
with the help of his hall of famed father, Cowboy Bob.
[Tazz] Oh, I can't believe it.
Randy and Bob Orton said they had a plan.
And I thought that plan was for nothing.
I thought it backfired after the fire extinguisher mishap
and then Orton-- I'm amazed.
I don't know what to say, I can't believe it.
[Michael] And now, the Ortons symbolically wheeling the casket
which contains The Undertaker inside out of the Toyota Center.
This is an absolutely shocking development here at No Mercy in Houston, Texas.
This may be the biggest win of Randy Orton's career
here tonight at No Mercy.
[Tazz] Well, this is the first ever Handicap Casket Match
and history was made.
The Undertaker was defeated by Randy and "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
-[Randy] Can you hear me, Taker? -[Tazz] Oh, wait a minute.
-Oh, woah, what the hell is this? -[Randy] Can you hear me?
-[Tazz] Is that an ax? -[Michael] Yes, it's an ax.
[Tazz] What is he doing with it?
What are they doing?
What hell's going on?
Can you hear me, Taker? Huh?
Do you hear me?
-What's up, Take? -[Tazz] Oh, I don't like this, Cole.
Can't do much now, can you?
Can you, Take?
I'm The Legend Killer. I proved it tonight.
I'm gonna put you back where you came from, you hear me?
[Tazz] And now what's going on, Cole?
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on now.
What the hell is Orton doing?
[crowd screaming]
[Michael] Orton said this is gonna be the final nail
on The Undertaker's coffin.
[Tazz] Yeah, but I thought-- but I thought he meant that--
Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop, stop, Cole.
-[Michael] Oh, my God. -[Tazz] No. Oh, my God.
-Come on, guys, this is… -[Michael] Is that gas-- that's gasoline.
[Tazz] What the hell are they doing here?
All right, somebody's stop this now, enough.
[Michael] Oh, my God.
[Tazz] There's a hush in this arena. No one seem-- they can't…
-[Michael] Oh, my God. -[Tazz] No, no, come on.
No, there's a man in there. Enough with this.
They're pouring the gasoline in-- oh, come on.
This-- they put on a hole and…
[Michael] And then with the gasoline's poured through the hole,
it's gonna be drenching The Undertaker inside.
[Tazz] He's knocked out from hitting that chair, Cole.
[Michael] If he wasn't knocked out by the chai, he's knocked out
by the fumes of the gasoline.
You're gonna burn in hell, you son of a bitch.
-[Michael] My God, this is-- -You hear me?
You're gonna burn.
[crowd clamoring]
-[Tazz] Can someone stop this or what? -[Michael] Someone's got to do something.
[Tazz] What the hell is going on here? There's a man in there,
-[Michael] There's a man in the casket. -[Tazz] Don't do this.
Randy, do not do this. Enough is enough,
-Randy. You won the match. -[Michael] You won-- yeah,
you won the damn match, you're The Legend Killer.
You don't wanna do this, Randy.
[Tazz] You made your point, this is not new.
You're The Legend Killer,
okay, great, that's it, you go on.
-Enough. -[Michael] Oh, come on now, come on now.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] Somebody get out here.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] It's a damn inferno.
Somebody get out here.
[Tazz] My God.
-[Michael] No. -[Tazz] Oh, my.
[Michael] Whoa.
Oh, my God, I…
[crowd exclaiming, booing]
-[Tazz] What the hell is this, Cole? -[Michael] Ladies and--
[Tazz] Come on. Look at this.
We're gonna see this again or what?
Come on.
[Michael] Randy Orton directly responsible--
directly responsible for this.
[Tazz] What's he trying to do here? You've won the match,
you're The Legend Killer, we get it, great.
-[Michael] Look at him. -[Tazz] Rest in peace.
A sick son of a bitch.
[Michael] Damn gasoline that's-- look at these people here in this arena.
[Tazz] I don't even know what we witnessed, Cole.
I mean, you can't even breath the gasoline fumes.
Ladies and gentlemen, there's-- black smoke has filled
in the Toyota Center here.
You can smell the-- smell the fumes in-- and we just witnessed,
ladies and gentlemen, Randy Orton--
He poured gasoline into an open hole of this casket,
The Undertaker was inside and then he set the casket on fire.
I don't-- I don't understand it. Why, for what?
You won the damn match, you're The Legend Killer, we get it.
There's a human being in there, there's a man in there.
For what? For what?
I can't answer that question.
Only Randy Orton and perhaps, his father knows.
There was a human being in that casket and Randy Orton set it on fire.
Would somebody do something about this damn smell in here? I mean…
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen.
[“Muy Loco” playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it's for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship of the world.
Introducing first the challenger is a member of the Mexicools,
weighing in at 185 pounds, Juventud.
♪ Shake 'em up, heat 'em up Change the climate ♪
♪ I'm all bloody and sweaty But no retirement ♪
♪ All I wanna hear from you Is dead silence ♪
♪ When we are around No doubt, it gets violent ♪
♪ Batallando cada día ♪
♪ Batallando día y noche ♪
[Tazz] Well, we gotta try to get back to business,
ladies and gentlemen,
and Cruiserweight Championship match here tonight.
Juventud to take on Nunzio in No Mercy and exclusively at WWE.com.
Velocity last week, it was a Cruiserweight Battle Royal.
As you see the champion Nunzio and his enforcer Vito looking on.
And nonetheless, it was a great Cruiserweight Battle Royal.
And it came down to Paul London, the former champion.
And Juve-- and Juve would pick up the victory,
getting the title match here against Nunzio tonight.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, we can you tell you this.
We understand that the Ortons are making their way
-to the WWE Instant Access… -[Tazz] Oh, yeah. Well, that's great.
[Michael] …exclusively on WWE.com.
Tell you what, I'd love to log on right now and hear what they have to say
about that debacle.
[Tazz] They should be making their way to a damn jail cell
somewhere in the city of Houston, that's where they should be going.
I love to know what the Orton's gonna have to say about this tonight.
Oh, we got to call this match,
usually we have-- I have a good time when it's the Mexicools here
but you know what?
To do our job and I hope everything is okay, that's it.
-[Michael] Do you smell that? -[Tazz] Yeah, I can smell it. Who cannot?
[announcer] And making his way
to the ring,
weighing in at 175 pounds,
he's the Cruiserweight Champion of the world, Nunzio.
[Tazz] You know, it's gonna be interesting, of course, to watch
the matchup in the ring.
It's always gonna be interesting to see what's going on outside the ring.
You got Super Crazy and Psicosis for the Mexicools
and Nunzio backed up by the ruthless and dangerous, uh, Vito.
[Michael] It's Vito, right? Not Ovito. You said Ovito.
[Tazz] Vito. I know the guy a long time, his name is not "Ovito."
[Michael] I'm choking on the smoke out there.
[Tazz] You're choking.
[Michael] I'm trying to get through what I have to say.
[Tazz] Okay. All right. Oh, my work next…
[Michael] I'm trying to loosen up a little bit.
-[Tazz] Come on, here we go, Cole. -[bell ringing]
Cruiserweight Championship of the world on the line.
Nunzio squaring off with Juvi of the Mexicools.
Nunzio's held the title for a number of months.
[Michael] Oh, look at that--
[Tazz] And Juvi going for the quick victory there
and a kick out by Nunzio. Gonna be a fast-paced matchup.
-[Michael] Backslide. -[Tazz] Backslide shoulders down.
Nunzio in trouble and Juvi continues the pressure.
-[Michael] Look at that. Nice. -[Tazz] Again, third cover
of the early part of the matchup.
[Michael] And Nunzio that knee right to the gut, small package by-- uh-oh.
[Tazz] Juvi rolls it through, shoulders down again
and a kick out.
[Michael] I'll tell you what, Nunzio-- oh, swept of the leg.
Oh, man, there you can-- so quick here.
-[Tazz] Great action, though. -[screams]
[Michael] Cruiserweight is exclusive to SmackDown.
[Tazz] Stand-off.
-Half Mexican stand-off. And the… -[Michael laughs]
-[Tazz] Get it? -[Michael] That was great.
[Tazz] And the Mexicools continue to pump up Juvi.
-[crowd cheering] -[man] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Whoa, there you go.
[Tazz] Come one, Nunz, remember the neighborhood.
[Michael] There you go.
Nunzio not too far from you growing up-- Queens, right?
-Howard Beach? -[Tazz] Yeah, yeah.
I'm more of a Brooklyn guy, but that's all right, I still like Nunzio.
[Michael] Nunzio up over the top of Juvi.
And Juvi, there's the leapfrog bounces off the ropes.
-Nunzio leapfrog of his own. -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] And what a boot to the jaw.
Right in the face.
Look at this tilt-a-whirl headscissors right there by…
[Tazz] It's Juventud.
[Michael] Juvi has got Nunzio off his game early.
Hook of the leg. The champion is in trouble
and a kick out by Nunzio.
-[Tazz] Juvi, of course, his nickname… -[Michael] That head in the arm.
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Michael] What a backbreaker.
-"The Juice" Juvi. -[Tazz] Oh, it's actually, The Juice.
That's how he says, right? The Juice.
[Michael] Hook of the leg. Kick out at two.
[Tazz] What does he mean by The Juice, does he drink juice,
-does he-- does he like juicy like fruit… -[shouts indistinct]
…OJ, was it like a grape fruit like a pineapple juice?
[Michael] It's like the electrical current.
[Tazz] Like juicy fruit?
[Michael] Oh, that kind of juice, like electric.
Juvi, top rope.
-Nunzio. -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] Juvi landing hard
and buys Nunzio the Cruiserweight Champion some time.
[Tazz] Juveo, not to be confused with Juvi.
[Michael] Here's the cover. kick out at two by Juvi.
[Tazz] Who is Juveo?
[Michael] By the way, the name is Juventud. Juventud.
Nunzio driving the elbow into the spine.
[Tazz] Maybe if you done, it's a great-- no, isn't it a great name, Juventud?
That's a great-- I'm gonna get a-- I'm gonna buy a cat and name it Juventud.
[Michael chuckles] Juventud the cat?
[Tazz] Actually, I wanna buy a boat and name it Juventud, put it on the dock,
that's a goal for a life.
-[man] Come on. -I can name it like Juventud.
Hey, Juventud, both your-- both your name is Juventud.
Juvi. That'd be a big plus. They'd call you [indistinct]
They wouldn't call you Juvi.
-[crowd chatter] -Come on.
[Tazz] Anyway, there is the Cruiserweight Championship match
-going on still. -[Michael] Yeah, and the Mexicools
are cheering of Juventud and Nunzio, the Cruiserweight Champion.
And Juventud up top. Look at that.
[Tazz] Oh, Nunzio in trouble, shoulders down again.
And a kick out at two.
[Michael] I mean Juventud wanted to get a victory roll
and it didn't work out that way.
Now, look at this. Russian leg sweep.
-[Tazz] Nunzio's getting a little upset. -[Michael] The Cruiserweight Champion
on the cover again and Juventud rolls the shoulder out.
[Tazz] Maybe just call him The Juice, maybe he's insulted.
[Michael] I was calling him Juvi and you yelled at me.
[Tazz] You're not a master of the English language yet.
I'm begging you, Cole.
[Michael] And you're talking.
And Juvi bounced off the top turnbuckle.
Nunzio out to the apron.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Punched him right in the face, Nunzio did.
[Michael] Juventud wants to win the Cruiserweight Championship.
[Tazz] Oh, he wouldn't be in this match if he didn't.
[Michael] Oh, he won the Battle Royal to get here.
Exclusively, on WWE.com on Velocity.
[Tazz] And now, Juventud and Nunzio, both on the second rope,
and now both-- it looks like they're about to climb the top rope.
What the hell is gonna go on here, Cole? Look at this.
[Michael] Oh, my.
Both men down center of the ring.
-Come on. -[Tazz] Who's gonna get up after that?
-[counting] -[Michael] You see, Psicosis and Vito
-both concerned for their buddies. -[shouts in Spanish]
[Tazz] Super Crazy is going crazy, hence the name.
[Michael] Referee Jimmy Korderas begins the count
and a count to five, now to six.
First man up will gain the momentum or both men are counted out.
-[Tazz] Oh, here's a cover. -[Michael] Here's a cover.
It's Nunzio in a two-and-a-half.
Juvi rolls into another cover and a kick out at two.
[Tazz] Both men going for covers at anywhere they could get one.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] You can only see the Cruiserweights Friday Night
on Friday Night SmackDown or here our great SmackDown pay-per-view.
Juventud with that boot to the jaw.
Another to Nunzio.
[Tazz] He's hitting him in the nose, he's got a big schnozzle.
[Michael] Wow, what a spin kick. A jumping spin kick.
It would break your leg if you hit Nunzio's nose hard enough.
Come on, baby!
[Tazz] The Juice getting pumped up.
And watch out for Nunzio though, he's scrappy,
he don't-- there's no quit in Nunzio.
[Michael] Oh, The Juice is pretty scrappy too.
[Tazz] Oh, no, I know they both are. That's what makes for a hell of a match.
Sunset flip roll through-- oh!
[Michael] Dropkick on the jaw
-by Juventud of the Mexicools. -[speaking Spanish]
[Tazz] At least Psicosis said, "Hey, Tazz, how are you?"
[Michael] Here's the cover, hook of the leg, shoulders down.
It was actually Super Crazy, but who's counting.
Kick out by Nunzio at two.
And look at that, wow. Unique.
[speaking in Spanish]
[Tazz] Nunzio with a high elbow.
The back elbow to the face of Psicosis.
Oh, God.
Spun him right face first, that's got to be it.
[Michael] Hook of the leg again…
[Tazz] He's got it-- no. Nunzio with two-and-a-half.
Just keeping the matchup going, moments away from losing his title.
[Michael] Nunzio again, kick to the midsection.
Oh, he went for the Sicilian Slice.
And Juventud…
[Tazz] Yeah, Juventud now is trying to regroup.
[overlapping chatter]
Wanna get pumped up. What a great opportunity.
Whoa ,whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Michael] Lands on the apron.
And look at Vito.
[Tazz] Vito, hey, attaboy, you're doing the right thing for…
[Michael] The Sicilian Silencer was silenced by Juvi.
[Tazz] A kick right in the head.
[Michael] Elbow to the mid-section, up over the top goes The Juice.
Nunzio trying to hang on.
Peeled those fingers off and now, Nunzio has got the-- oh!
[Tazz] Whoa, he had him.
What the hell is that?
He got the head-- what the hell?
[Michael] Vito, thanks for coming.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Juvi didn't even see him.
Juvi, Juventud, Juice.
What kind of a name is that?
Come on!
Juvi up to the apron, going up to the top rope.
Watch Juvi here, watch out.
[Michael] Crossbody. Lateral press by Nunzio.
[Tazz] Hook of the leg and he's got-- no, kick out at two-and-a-half.
[Michael] Wow, Cruiserweight title is on the line right now.
Psicosis, you got to watch him, he's very sneaky.
-[groans] -And Juventud, Nunzio.
You got both northern lights suplex, nice.
[Tazz] Wow. And he go through.
[Michael] Yup. Bridge floated right over.
-Oh, look at this. -[groans]
The Juvi trying to hook by.
-[Tazz] Oh, my God. -[Michael] Nunzio down now.
Here's the cover.
-[bell ringing] -And we have a new Cruiserweight Champion.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz laughing]
[announcer] Here is your winner and the new Cruiserweight Champion
-of the world, Juventud. -[“Muy Loco” playing]
[Tazz] The first championship held by the Mexicools,
Juventud with the Cruiserweight title with the Juvi Driver.
That Juvi Driver is flat out nasty.
Nunzio had no chance to kick out of that.
It drew you right down on the back of your head,
top of your head.
Good God, it's all over after that.
History right here, Cole, No Mercy, Houston, Texas,
a new Cruiserweight Champion, The Juice.
[Michael] Super Crazy and Psicosis going crazy as well.
-I'll tell you what… -[speaking Spanish]
[song fades]
[speaking Spanish]
[crowd cheering]
[speaking Spanish]
[speaks in English] Your ass is grass.
[speaking Spanish]
[laughs] [speaking Spanish]
…Mexicools.
[“Muy Loco” playing]
[Tazz] Okay. They're happy. That's it. [laughs]
-[Michael] Let's meet Juventud? -[Tazz] They're happy.
Mexicools are happy.
Well, they have Juvi--
We all-- I know we said, we are Mexicans, we are Mexicools, that I know of,
because I kind of kept the history of them.
And your ass is grass and we are the lawnmowers.
[Michael] Well, check this out. Juvi wins the Cruiserweight Championship.
Devastating Juvi Driver.
[Tazz] [indistinct] suplex crossback over,
front headlock, picks the man up, boom.
Juvi Driver right there.
[Michael] Oh, man. Sit down and driving that head right on the mat.
New Cruiserweight champ.
Now, how do you think the Mexicools are gonna celebrate in Houston tonight
winning the Cruiserweight Championship?
[Tazz] Well, I think there might be some--
what do you call that drink, that you put the lime in it
and shake it and up and down and put sugar on it. Like a…
-[Michael] It could be a margarita? -[Tazz] No. No. Not that.
-[Michael] A Corona? -[Tazz] Well, one of those.
-[Michael] Tequila shot? -[Tazz] Maybe one of those.
-[Michael] Dos Equis? -[Tazz] I don't know. Maybe-- what?
-[Michael] Dos Equis. -[Tazz] A pleasure.
-[Michael] Tepache? -[Tazz] No. No.
I don't know. They're gonna celebrate.
I'll tell you what, I can't hang with these guys.
I'm not gonna hang out with them.
I know you will because, you know, you're good at partying. Anyway.
[Michael] The Juice wins the Cruiserweight Championship
here at No Mercy.
[song fades]
Are you happy? That's the last bite.
I'm a man of my word, Bobby Lashley.
Twenty cheeseburgers, I ate them.
-[scoffs] Twenty cheeseburgers? -That's right 20 dumb cheeseburgers.
Hey, whoa, whoa. Simon, actually, that was only 19.
-What? -You see?
That was 20. I just ate 20 double cheeseburgers.
They found one more for you, Simon.
-Oh. -This one's 20.
No. No, no. No way.
-Come on, Bobby. I just ate 20. -Eat up.
[Bobby] Oh.
[retching]
[Michael] Oh, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next
the World Heavyweight Championship is on the line,
Batista versus Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] Oh, it's the one we've all been waiting to see, baby.
World Heavyweight titles on the line.
[Michael] And ladies and gentlemen, tonight at No Mercy,
will the real Eddie Guerrero please stand up?
[dramatic music playing]
[Eddie] [speaking in Spanish]
[Michael] The new and improved Eddie Guerrero
is the number one contender at No Mercy.
[Eddie] Everybody knows I have a history.
Everybody knows about my addictions.
I've found a new addiction.
That addiction is respect.
[Michael] I believe Eddie maybe trying to coerce some favor with Batista.
[Batista] Yes, Eddie, I believe every word you say.
[Eddie] I just want to be your friend.
[Batista] Friends don't shake hands. Friends gotta hug.
[Eddie] I want Batista to know,
no matter what happens this Sunday,
me and him will still be friends after the match.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] Well, here comes your friend, Eddie,
the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista.
[speaking Spanish]
[in English] Give it up for Batista.
[crowd cheering]
Thank you, Eddie. Well, you're my friend.
-You are… -I got your shirt, cabron.
But I want you to take a look at something.
-[Michael] And Eddie Guerrero… -[Tazz] Oh, wait a minute.
…shot to the back of the Animal.
[Tazz] Guerrero meant to hit Mercury.
Mercury ducked out of the way. Uh-oh.
[Michael] Eddie getting rid of the evidence.
And playing dead, Eddie is.
-[music ends] -[dramatic music playing]
You're gonna tell me that you actually believe
I did that on purpose?
[Eddie] MNM ducked, I didn't hit you on purpose.
I'll tell you what, Eddie. I wanna believe you've changed,
but I gotta say this and I want you to hear me.
If you try to screw me, if you stab me in the back,
I'm gonna hurt you.
I won't expect anything less.
[music fades]
-[''Can You Feel The Heat" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] We are live at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
And here comes the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] This following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Making his way to the ring, the challenger from El Paso, Texas,
weighing in at 228 pounds,
Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] He calls himself the new and improved Eddie Guerrero.
He says his new addiction is respect.
And he claims he's found his soulmate in Batista.
In your mind, Tazz, is Eddie Guerrero telling the truth
or is this just a ploy to suck the champion in?
[Tazz] Well, I said it last week and I said it this past week
on Friday Night SmackDown, I believe Guerrero.
I believe Eddie Guerrero is the new and improved Eddie Guerrero
and I believe the man deserves another chance.
And he's turned over a new leaf. That's my opinion.
[Michael] And look at that sign, "full of crap"
and a bunch of toilet paper.
I mean, that could be the case.
I still don't-- haven't quite-- haven't quite bought in
to this new Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] I don't think you gotta buy into it.
I think you gotta just give the man a chance.
Believe him, of course, Guerrero's case,
I mean, he needs like two or three, four, maybe chances.
He's, you know, made some mistakes in his life,
but, hey, you know what, he's a changed man. Maybe.
[crowd cheering and booing]
Eddie's asking for a little respect here from this-- WWE fans here.
And he will get some respect from this Houston crowd.
[Michael] Eddie from Texas well respected here.
[Tazz] Yeah, but, Cole, is Eddie's sucking it in?
[Michael] He may well be.
[crowd chanting] Eddie! Eddie!
[Michael] He got a grin on his face, I think he's happy about it.
He likes what he sees and he likes what he hears.
[Tazz] Hey, you know what, when you got support
from the WWE audience, the WWE fans, that's great.
[crowd quietens]
-["I Walk Alone" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, boy.
[announcer] And from Washington, D.C.,
weighing in at 300 pounds,
is the World Heavyweight Champion,
Batista.
[crowd cheering]
[explosions]
[Tazz] Well, to say Batista's explosive, is an understatement, Cole.
And remember, this past Friday night on Friday Night SmackDown,
Batista said to Guerrero,
"You stab me in the back, I'm gonna hurt you."
And Batista wasn't playing games. He ain't joking.
What a year it has been for Batista.
In January, Batista won the Royal Rumble.
At WrestleMania, Batista defeated Triple H
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
In June, Batista was drafted to SmackDown,
the biggest draft pick in SmackDown history.
Batista would then beat JBL in a street fight,
and in a bull rope match.
And now tonight, Batista must have eyes on the back of his head
if he's to retain the World Heavyweight title
against Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] We're on Smack-- right now in SmackDown,
Batista said just that, Cole.
He said dealing with evolution for as long as he did,
dealing with the dirty play in the game Ric Flair,
"The Cerebral Assassin" Triple H,
Batista said, and I quote, "I have two eyes in the back of my head."
And he's gonna need them tonight against Guerrero.
-And he's… -[Michael] Maybe, maybe.
[Tazz] And Batista told Eddie, "I'll always be watching you."
And you see Batista glancing at Eddie out of the corner of his eyes.
And he said as you said before,
"If you lie to me, you stab me in the back,
I'm gonna hurt you, plain and simple."
And I can't blame Batista.
When someone breaks the trust you grant them,
you got to hurt them.
[Michael] You got to, especially in this environment.
[Tazz] And that's what it's all about.
The World Heavyweight Championship that Batista's held since WrestleMania.
[Michael] And listen, let me tell you something.
Making a mistake about any of this trust stuff,
trusting on the new and improved Eddie Guerrero,
yada, yada, yada, the fact of the matter is,
Eddie Guerrero has been on top of the mountain.
-He's a former Heavyweight champion. -[bell ringing]
He's the real deal and a very serious number one contender.
A couple of years ago, Eddie Guerrero won the WWE Championship
with a victory over Brock Lesnar, a man similar in build and stature
to the World Heavyweight Champion here in Batista.
And look at the square off between these two men.
Batista over 300 pounds, the more powerful of the two,
but Eddie Guerrero, the crafty veteran
and it's all about the World Heavyweight Championship.
[Tazz] Yes, it is. And you know what, Batista smart enough to know
just because he's got the size and power advantage,
doesn't really mean that he'll have beans here.
It really doesn't because you're dealing with a guy like Guerrero.
He's psychotic and smart, funny, savvy, knows what he's doing.
[Michael] Guerrero's mixed it up with the biggest men in the business,
The Undertaker, JBL, among others.
[Tazz] Went for low single, now he's got to go for high crotch,
now a double leg, that'll work.
[Michael] That's wise, take the big man off his feet,
get him to your level.
I don't know if there's someone strong enough to stop him
from taking down with a single leg, but Batista did.
-Oh, powerful. -[crowd chanting] Batista!
[Michael] And there's the stand-off.
I hear the Batista chants.
I'm gonna go with Eddie Guerrero chants.
[Tazz] The SmackDown fans, WWE fans have been fired up since the get-go.
[Michael] And that's why Houston is such a great wrestling city
for so many years.
It's just great, man.
Great thanks to the legendary promoter, Paul Boesch,
for getting it all started here.
Moved out.
Both men measuring each other.
Eddie Guerrero…
[Tazz] Watch Guerrero, he's quick, nice-- oh what-- Fireman's Carry.
[Michael] Fireman's Carry, into the cover, and a kick out by Batista.
[Tazz] Oh, that Fireman's Carry. Batista knows he got hooked.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Batista respecting Eddie Guerrero and…
[Tazz] That's just the way to send the message, you know what I'm saying?
If you're Guerrero, you show him, "Hey, listen, big man.
Hey, champ, I'll take you off your feet no matter how big you are."
-That's what he's telling him. -[Michael] And you were talking about
Houston wrestling history, of course, Texas wrestling history as well
would not be a history book without he Guerrero family name in it.
[Tazz] That's a great point, man, no doubt.
Eddie Guerrero from El Paso, Texas,
-and-- uh-oh. -[screams]
[Michael] And Batista from the streets of Washington, D.C.,
-the power bringing Eddie to his knees. -[screams]
You do not wanna get in a test of strength with The Animal.
-What do you say? Come on, come on, Eddie. -Ah, no, no, no, no, no.
[Tazz] There's a lot of pain here,
getting risk of hands getting bent backwards.
-Get out of that, Eddie. -[Tazz] Get out of that, Eddie.
[Michael] How do you get out of it?
[Tazz] Well, you get on the ropes and make the ref break the hold.
[Michael laughs] Referee Nick Patrick.
[Tazz] I don't know where Guerrero's going, climbing here.
[Michael] Eddie going up now to the second rope and he gets a left kick.
Eddie trying to kick his way out of this,
kicks to the ribs of Batista. That's different.
And Batista with a right hand.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh. -[Michael] Look at that.
Look at the strength of the champion.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] With ease.
That kind of puts the match
-in perspective. -[Michael] Yeah.
[Tazz] Guerrero kicked Batista off his feet
with a little Fireman's Carry,
Batista wrestling Guerrero, throwing him across the ring,
shows you a different type of athlete we got in the ring.
[Michael] How intimidating is it to stand across the ring
looking at the eyes of the champion that is built, that has the power…
[Tazz] Well, it's not just his build, all right?
And it's not just the build of Batista which is poised.
Batista has poise in the ring.
See, Batista's smart enough not to go outside the ring
and again, that's-- again, you have to give credit to Ric Flair.
You got to give credit to Triple H.
These guys helped mold people like Randy Orton,
mold people like Dave Batista.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Batista having fun,
the World Heavyweight Champion though realizing
that he is in a tough battle here tonight.
The former WWE champion Eddie Guerrero, numerous time Tag Team Champion.
[Tazz] It's just human chess, the proverbial human chess,
now a side headlock on the extremely powerful
and large Batista.
[Michael] I can't imagine what it would feel like having my head
in that predicament right now with the size of the arms of that man.
[Tazz] Looks like a marshmallow here.
Go out to your rental car and smash your head
in between the door jam and the door,
you'll probably see how it feels.
That's what that feels like.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero with the shots to the kidney,
trying to shoot Batista off, but he couldn't do it.
[Tazz] Well, see, Batista's smart enough to drop to a knee,
lower his level, keep the leverage,
just keep the pressure on that head.
This is how you cauliflower ear, too.
-See the forearm? -[Michael] But Eddie's head looks like--
against the chest and the bicep of Batista, look at it.
[Michael] Batista's gigantic. He's a massive monster.
-Look at him. -[crowd chanting] Eddie! Eddie!
[Michael] The Eddie chants fill the Toyota Center now.
Eddie winning back some fans in recent weeks
as Batista's backed into the corner.
And Batista fans are cheering for the champion as well.
Oh, driving the shoulder into the chest of Eddie Guerrero.
-[Tazz] Look at that. -[Michael] Shoulders to the midsection.
[Tazz] That's the intensity that made Eddie Guerrero so successful,
you know, in this industry.
[Michael] Guerrero whipped into the corner,
Batista got a little overzealous and Eddie capitalized.
[Tazz] Again, let him move, smart, nice,
stated earlier, the poise that that man has,
Batista, the champion, I'll tell you what,
challenger not too shabby in the poise department.
[Michael] Well, Eddie injured The Animal a little bit that time.
[Tazz] Just a stinger, no big deal, nothing for a man like this.
This guy's in great condition, Batista, great athlete.
-[both yelling] -Again, back to the side headlock.
You know why, see, it worked earlier, keep it on again,
keep the pressure on that head, give him a nice headache on that.
-[Michael] Keep it simple. -[Tazz] No doubt.
[Michael] Now, Guerrero's get-- trying to get this control,
maybe go for a pop wrist lock.
I think he break-- he broke the grip, which I'm surprised that Eddie do,
to do an armbar here or a low arm drag, too,
if he pops his hip in, Guerrero.
[Tazz] Eddie's got that wrist turned around--
Check out the power of Batista.
[Michael] It's like an arm wrestling contest almost.
[Tazz] Looks like he's doing like an [indistinct] dumbbell pro,
like just lifting up…
[Michael] Oh, and back to the side headlock.
[crowd chanting] Eddie! Eddie!
-[Michael] Championship feel here tonight. -[Tazz] Oh, yeah.
-[Michael] Big fight atmosphere. -[Tazz] No doubt, man.
There's a buzz here. There's a buzz in the building,
a unique atmosphere in this arena.
[Michael] It's been like that all night
for what has been an extraordinary No Mercy
which thus far has lived up to its name and more.
[Tazz] Something to be proud of, no doubt, something to be SmackDown proud of.
[Michael] And no mercy is what the Ortons had
for The Undertaker earlier tonight.
[Tazz] I don't really wanna talk about that.
We got a championship match going on here,
going to ruin this.
Again, Eddie Guerrero.
-Eddie, step separation. -[Michael] There you go.
He created separation to get out of that. Watch out.
There's the power of the champion.
[Tazz] It's like running into a side of a… house.
Come on.
[Michael] There's some scoop slams by the champion,
wearing Eddie Guerrero down and Eddie's got-- here we go,
cover by the champ, hook of the leg, kick out by Eddie but Guerrero--
this is what I was gonna say, Eddie's got to regroup now.
He's got to be wondering what he has to do to get back on his game.
[Tazz] Well, don't let-- you know, if you're Batista,
don't let Guerrero sucker you in, I mean, Eddie's, you know, savvy. He's…
[Michael] Oh, wait a minute.
Oh, I knew it. I knew it.
Eddie with a steel chair.
Here we go. Just a matter of time, Eddie.
[Tazz] Give him a chance.
[Michael] Just a matter of time, Eddie, the old Eddie Guerrero.
-[referee counting] -[Tazz] Calm down.
Give the man a chance. He had some thoughts.
Put the chair down. Get in this ring.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, back it up.
-[Michael] Oh, man-- -You were going for the chair?
-You wanna sell out on me? -Come on.
You wanna take my title with this chair, huh?
-[Tazz] Uh-oh, he made Batista mad, Cole. -[Michael] Well, Batista's saying,
"You wanna sell out on me? I thought you're my friend,"
as Eddie Guerrero was grabbed around the throat
by the World Heavyweight Champion.
[Tazz] But he didn't do that with the chair. He just-- oh.
[Michael] Batista, the champion, hung up
and that may be the opening that Eddie Guerrero needs.
-You think? -[Tazz] Here we go.
[Michael] Eddie was looking for a small opening.
[Tazz] Here we go.
[Michael] Frog Splash right to the back of Batista.
Can Eddie do it? Can Eddie do it here?
[Tazz] Eddie got it.
[Michael] Here's the cover on the champion and a two-count,
-Batista kicks out. -[Tazz] Oh. Wow.
Talk about something.
I mean, then again, maybe I shouldn't say that.
[Michael] Did Guerrero sucker Batista with the chair and all that jazz?
[Tazz] Maybe Batista overreacted a little bit. I don't know.
I-- in my opinion, I think Batista did, but Batista doesn't trust Guerrero.
[Michael] Hey, I knew what I thought as soon as Eddie picked up the chair.
[Tazz] Well, you were screaming and everybody heard what you thought.
[Michael] Eddie kicking to the kidney area,
working on the back now of Batista.
The Frog Splash to the back has created an opening for Eddie Guerrero.
This is what turned it around for Eddie, hot shot right across the neck,
hot shot type move.
But you know-- watch this.
Frog Splash to the back.
And Tazz, you know the way Eddie works.
The Frog Splash to the back by Eddie,
now Eddie's gonna pinpoint the back of the champion
which takes the strength game out of play.
[Tazz] Absolutely. Middle of the body on the back--
as Eddie's getting those legs in, getting the body scissors
on that big body of Batista,
put pressure around the midsection and the lower back region.
[Michael] At any length, you don't have to be a wrestler.
Anybody who's ever had a back injury knows how hard it is
to bend down and pick something up.
If you take the back out of the big man,
it takes the entire power game out of the equation for the champion.
[Tazz] Exactly. You lose all your strength,
you get that nice, numbing feelings throughout your nervous system, not fun.
-And now he's got a half full-- -[Michael] Eddie trying to bring
the shoulders down, referee Nick Patrick in great position.
-[Nick] One… -[Michael] Shoulders down, there's two…
-kick out by the champion. -[Tazz] For what?
[Michael] Kudos to Eddie Guerrero for keeping that body scissors on,
keep those legs in, and keep the body scissors on Batista.
[Tazz] You know, he could wear this man down.
We might crown a new Heavyweight Champion here tonight, Cole.
[Michael] It could happen.
Eddie Guerrero has been on the top of the mountain before.
[Tazz] There's no signs of Eddie Guerrero letting go of that body scissor.
And he's controlling the head of Batista.
That's-- will avoid Batista reaching forward and breaking
the grip of the boots, of the feet off his body.
-[Michael] The champion back to a knee. -[Tazz] He's so strong though, Cole.
Look at Batista. Look at him. Look at this.
-Batista… -[Michael] He's got a--
[Tazz] …the strength of Batista, to lift Eddie Guerrero off the mat.
[Michael] He's a freaking animal. I'm telling you, it's unbelievable.
[Tazz] And Batista with the wherewithal to the back Eddie into the turnbuckle.
But what is the damage done?
And again, in the back.
[Michael] Right in the lower back, too.
[Tazz] Dropkick to the back, targeted by Eddie.
[Michael] I think you put it best for people at home
to understand how much that hurts.
-[Tazz] Here we go. -[Michael] This is a half Boston crab.
[Tazz] We got a single leg-- single leg Boston crab,
which affects that lower back.
I think you put in perspective talking about people
hurting your back [indistinct] at work
or picking stuff-- whatever, something off the floor,
would have-- if your back hurts, it's so hard to do anything.
[Michael] Batista trying to make it to the bottom rope.
This is a submission maneuver, ladies and gentlemen.
The World Heavyweight Champion's in trouble.
He's a fingertip away, makes it to the bottom rope,
forces Eddie to break the hold.
And trust me,
I bet the farm on the fact that Guerrero is gonna go right back
after that lower back of Batista.
[Tazz] Where the hell's Guerrero? What the hell's he doing?
[Michael] Oh, yeah. See? I told you. I told you.
Eddie is gonna loosen the turnbuckle.
Oh, actually he's got the tag rope in his hand.
[Tazz] Oh, that's definitely not the…
[Michael] Well, Eddie's got a tag rope in his hand
and this is not the new Eddie Guerrero.
I thought he was new and improved then--
[Tazz] Now, wait. Hold on now, Cole.
Look at Guerrero. Look at that. See?
-[Michael] Wow. -[Tazz] Oh.
[Michael] Instead, he dropkicked the man in the face.
[Tazz] Legal, legal, this is-- you know, this not ballroom dancing, Cole.
You know what I mean?
[Michael] I know, and as Eddie continues to work on the back,
I got to admit, I'm a little shocked
-at what Eddie's done here. And look at-- -[groans]
[Tazz] Crab-- Boston-- oh, that's not a Boston crab.
Camel clutch, I've got to say.
[Michael] Camel clutch and watch Eddie Guerrero.
Watch this. Oh, dropkick to the jaw. Right in the face.
[Tazz] Look at the-- look at the body. He got the legs in again,
he's got a rear choke-- a rear chin lock, I should say,
on the-- across the jaw
and again, not a choke, legal by Guerrero.
[Michael] Yeah, the body scissors continues to wear down…
[Tazz] Yeah, and it doesn't just wear down the lower back of Batista,
it controls Batista's body.
Guerrero knows he's giving up a lot of size and power to go to Batista,
so he alleviates that by keeping that body scissor on,
keeping all his body weight on the body of Batista.
[Michael] So thus far, Eddie Guerrero has been wrestling
a picture-perfect matchup.
[Tazz] If you're going on points, you got to give it to the challenger,
but we're not going on points.
[crowd chanting] Batista!
[Tazz] And you know, Cole, I'm thinking that Eddie Guerrero
might be wrestling with himself, too,
because he can't make up his mind if he should--
uh-oh, lock Batista in.
He should've been the new Eddie Guerrero or the old Eddie Guerrero.
[Michael] And he also realize he's very successful
as the old Eddie Guerrero…
-[Tazz] Yes, he was. -…the lying, cheating, and stealing.
Now, again, trying to keep those legs in and keep-- he's gonna map…
[Tazz] Look at Batista.
-This is ridiculous. -[Michael] Oh, my God. The power.
[Tazz] This is absolutely ridiculous, turning that into a bearhug.
He went from a mount position to lifting a man up in the air.
[Michael] But again, Batista's back is killing him.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero managing…
You'll never see me interrupting, you'll never see any mix--
-oh, look at that punt right to the face. -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] The anger of The Animal. -[Tazz] Watch out. Uh-oh, watch out.
[Michael] And Batista… Think he might have a drop toehold.
Batista grabbing the knee
or perhaps the ankle.
I believe The Animal may have injured that lower leg.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero dropkicked that patella,
that kneecap, and now look at this.
So he might be going for, like, a Texas cloverleaf here,
another submission hold,
trying to get behind that boot, the heel of the boot.
Guerrero's got to get his wrist behind it.
Batista realizing he's in all kinds of trouble.
Legs are so big.
[Michael] Eddie trying to turn the champion over on his belly
and if he does, the champion may not be able
to get out of this predicament.
-Eddie's got to roll Batista over here. -[Tazz] Got to step over.
Eddie's got to step over the lower back to get his base the other way.
He knows it too. And Batista back.
[Michael] Look at this small package, may have him here,
the champion's got-- and Eddie kicked out at two.
Oh, my, what a counter by the champion.
Something you don't see out of Batista often.
[Tazz] No, no, that's a finesse-- that's a small package out of a man
going for that leg submission, that Texas cloverleaf.
[Michael] We're so used to see Batista dominate.
Perhaps that small package was a bit of any desperation perhaps
-for the champion here. -[Tazz] I think it was timing.
It was the right time to do that if you're Batista.
I mean, come on, the guy's got the World Heavyweight Champion
-for nothing, Cole. -[Michael] Of course not.
[Tazz] And the World Heavyweight Champion Batista though in trouble
as Eddie Guerrero backs him to the corner.
[Michael] But we have seen the champion backed against the wall before.
Batista was Frog-Splashed right on his lower back
off the top rope by Guerrero.
That was the beginning of the end more or less for Batista here.
[Tazz] And Eddie continues with the right hands
driven across the chest.
[Michael] Guerrero now, that chest-- and I'll tell you what,
you better hit him a lot longer, put more blows
to affect those gigantic pecks of the champ.
[Tazz] Batista, reversal. He's got no sting in those reversals.
[Michael] Eddie up over the top of Batista and Eddie just landing on the referee.
[Tazz] No, no, no, oh, he lost his footing, ended right…
[Michael] I didn't say he wasn't pushed, but Eddie did run into the ref.
-Oh! -[Tazz] Oh, damn, planting Batista.
Guerrero lost his balance.
What's gonna happen, he fell back into the ref.
[Michael] Referee Nick Patrick's down.
The World Heavyweight Champion is down.
Eddie Guerrero realizes the moment of truth is here.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] All right. What's the big deal?
He's got the referee…
[Michael] We've seen that grin on the face of Eddie Guerrero before.
And this is what I'm talking about.
The referee has been knocked out.
Eddie with a steel chair. I told you so.
I told you the true colors would come out here tonight.
[Tazz] Well, look-- well, maybe-- oh, well, maybe you're right.
[Michael] The referee's been knocked out,
the champion is prone to the center of the ring
and Eddie has a steel chair.
What else do you want?
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Well, I bet you-- I thought he was gonna hit him in the back.
Wait a minute.
He's gonna hit him in the back.
He's gonna get him right across the spine, Cole.
[Michael] Eddie, looks like he's struggling…
[Tazz] He's gonna hit him.
-Look at this. -[Michael] Eddie with steel chair in hand.
[crowd booing]
[Tazz chuckles]
[Michael] Perhaps he's struggling with his conscience.
[Tazz] You wanna apologize now?
-Do you wanna apologize now? -[Michael] Not yet.
[Tazz] Well, what about now? You wanna apologize now?
-[Michael] Oh, my. -[Tazz] Guerrero did the right thing,
but I think the damage might have been emotionally here
because Batista spotted that chair.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Batista considered it a hit with the chair.
[Tazz] Oh, Eddie you better start explaining yourself real quick, my man.
[Michael] And Eddie with the right hand, driving the champion back.
Eddie battling-- and look at Batista driving Eddie into the turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Power of those shoulders into the stomach of Guerrero.
[screams]
[Michael] Batista with a clothesline.
Let's see if his power gets affected by that lower back.
What a back body drop and the champion beginning to feel it.
[Tazz] Oh, what a spear. Look at the tackle.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] The Animals unleashed, Cole.
Wait a minute.
-Here he comes. -[Michael] All right!
[Tazz] Can he pull it off?
Batista Bomb coming.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero up top.
-Eddie rolled through. -[indistinct]
-[Tazz] Well, that's the back. -[Michael] And look at the back.
Batista's back did not allow him to complete the Batista Bomb.
[Michael] And a Spinebuster.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, he can't capitalize.
[Michael] And again, Batista going for that injured lower back.
He went right for it after he delivered the Spinebuster.
[Tazz] Yeah, Batista can't capitalize on that heavy-duty--
or maybe he might though.
The referee beginning the count.
Batista crawling, crawling toward the fallen challenger.
-[Michael] Here we go. -[Tazz] Batista into the cover,
-shoulders are down, hook of the leg. -One, two…
[Tazz] There's two. Eddie.
[Michael] And he got the shoulder up at two-and-a-half.
-It was so close for the champion. -[Tazz laughs]
[Michael] And Batista dropping--
I'll say dropping the elbow, but I believe Eddie got his knee up
-into the small of the back. -[Tazz] Yeah, I think that-- or the ribs.
[Michael] Eddie countered there.
[Tazz] I think I-- I don't know, man.
Maybe Batista saw Guerrero moving, so he tried to turn the other way.
I don't know exactly what happened there.
[Michael] And look at Eddie. Uh-oh, there's that cocky Latino Heat.
That's got machismo.
To the midsection, Eddie Guerrero
back right to the lower back.
[Tazz] This is the Three Amigos that he calls them.
-[Michael] He says they are friends. -[Tazz] The triple verticals.
There's two.
Here comes the third one.
Unos, dos, tres.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero could be moments away
from winning the World Heavyweight Championship.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] It could happen.
Batista's in trouble.
[Tazz] Don't tell me it's gonna be another Frog Splash.
[Michael] Eddie Guerrero going to the top rope.
The champion's in trouble. Look at this. Nobody home.
Eddie rolled through the Frog Splash.
-And he ran into a Spinebuster. -[Tazz] Second one.
[Michael] Here's the cover,
-hook of the leg, he got it. -[counts]
-[bell ringing] -Batista! Batista retains the title.
["I Walk Alone" playing]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and still World Heavyweight Champion,
Batista.
[Tazz] What a matchup.
Tell you what, Guerrero had many opportunities to break his word.
He didn't. But physicality to the match,
you got to wonder the condition of the lower back
of the World Heavyweight Champion, Dave Batista.
[Michael] I don't know what to say about Eddie Guerrero.
I don't know what to say.
[Tazz] So, Cole, you gonna eat your words now, Cole, or what?
Eddie thought he had it at this point here with the--
rolled through this Frog Splash,
setting that Spinebuster in the match, one, two, three.
A new and improved Eddie Guerrero, but it wasn't improvement enough.
Now, Cole, are you gonna eat your words?
-Are you gonna apologize? -[Michael] Well, you're on.
I said that Eddie was struggling with his conscience,
but I never thought Eddie Guerrero had a conscience.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero, if he would've broke the rules
while referee Nick Patrick was down,
we might be looking at a new champion right now.
Guerrero could have wasted Batista with that chair,
not once but twice and he didn't.
-[Michael] Well. -[Tazz] Give my man his due.
He lost the match,
but a hell of a fight up for the championship.
Give him a break, for God's sakes.
-[Michael] I guess you're right. -[Tazz] I know I'm right.
You don't have to guess I'm right. Come on. Look at that.
Batista retains the World Heavyweight Championship.
Now, Guerrero didn't look too happy with that.
-Look at that. -[Michael] Oh, wait a minute.
Eddie's got that look again.
[Tazz] Well, he just lost the match, Cole. I mean…
[music fades]
[Michael] You know the look I'm talking about.
[Tazz] I know the look.
Oh, that look.
[crowd chanting] Eddie! Eddie!
[crowd chanting] Batista! Batista!
[Michael] If I'm Batista, I wouldn't fall for this.
[Tazz] Oh, why not?
-[Michael] And was that… -[Tazz] Why not?
[Michael] I think you can't trust Eddie still.
[Tazz] He's put it out there, Cole.
You could trust the man. Look at that.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Guerrero knows he got beat by the better man tonight.
He's back.
[Tazz chuckles]
[Michael] Don't turn-- don't turn your back on Eddie Guerrero.
[crowd chatter]
["I Walk Alone" playing]
[Michael] Well, wow, unbelievable.
Has Eddie Guerrero changed?
[Tazz] Well, I think he's changed.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, the bottom line is this,
The Animal, Batista, retains the World Heavyweight Championship
and for all the great fans here in Houston, Texas, and you at home,
thank you for joining us tonight from the Toyota Center.
Good night from Houston…
-[yells] -[Michael] …and No Mercy. the Toyota Center.