[rain pattering]
[thunder rumbling]
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] And the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth
that all the high mountains under the whole earth were covered…
by this force of nature.
Alas…
the rain…
is over.
And an opportunity has emerged.
Just as Noah, adrift in the sea of the great flood,
released the dove to find signs of land,
tonight the search for a champion begins.
[man] History will be made.
[narrator] Who will take the reins?
Who will rise above?
Who will show no mercy?
[echoing] Mercy…
[music concludes]
[cheering and applause]
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
♪ No chance Of that's what you got ♪
♪ Up against a machine too strong ♪
♪ Pretty politicians buyin' souls from us Are puppets ♪
[Lilián] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the general manager
of Raw, William Regal, and the chairman
of World Wrestling Entertainment, Mr. McMahon.
[Ross] And we welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, to No Mercy.
The Allstate Arena here in Chicago has been sold out for weeks.
I'm Jim Ross alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler.
And King, no doubt, we will crown a new WWE Champion right here tonight.
You're right. And in the famous words of the immortal Mr. McMahon,
"History will be made here tonight."
The chairman of the WWE, the general manager of Monday Night Raw
has taken center stage, if you will, to begin this historic night.
[music fades out]
[cheering and applause]
Last Monday night on Raw--
last Monday night on Raw, John Cena suffered a debilitating injury,
which means that John Cena is out of action anywhere
from six months to a year.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] All right.
And as chairman of the board, it's my duty to announce
that John Cena is no longer WWE Champion.
[crowd cheering]
I see some of you people are rooting for the Diamondbacks, aren't you?
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross chuckles]
And some of you losers are still rooting for the Cubs.
[crowd cheering]
Nonetheless, let's face it, my word is my bond.
I'm a man of my word,
which is why tonight, I have guaranteed you
that history will be made.
[crowd cheering]
I've guaranteed you that we will have a new WWE Champion.
I've guaranteed you that we will have a WWE Championship match
right here tonight.
[crowd cheering]
Why do I guarantee things like that?
Why do I make decisions such as that?
It's simply because I make decisions
for each and every one of you.
[crowd cheering]
Let's face it,
I give you what you want, that's what I do.
[crowd cheering]
Which is what I'm about to do now.
I'm going to give you what you want.
[crowd cheering]
-The power-- -[crowd chanting] Y2J! Y2J!
I'm not going to give you that.
[crowd booing]
I said I'm going to give you what you want.
So therefore, by the power vested in me as…
as the creator of all things WWE,
allow me, ladies and gentlemen,
to present to you
the new WWE Champion, Randy Orton!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Randy Orton?
["Burn In My Light" playing]
[Ross] Well, this is a-- a shocking development, in as much as…
Randy Orton has been apparently awarded
the WWE Championship.
[Jerry] Wow.
♪ Nothing's gonna change What you've done to me… ♪
[Jerry] This has got to be the biggest night
in the career of that young man.
[Ross] Well, 15,106 that have sold out the Allstate Arena
here in Chicago tonight.
I think they're as surprised and shocked, King, as we are.
[Jerry] Well, Mr. McMahon says he gives us what we want.
Apparently, he knows what we want better than we know what we want.
He's giving us Randy Orton.
[Ross] What a moment for the third generation star, Randy Orton,
the new WWE Champion.
♪ They tried so hard to follow ♪
[Jerry] This is historic. Look at-- look at this.
♪ Inside you're all so hollow ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The changing of the guard,
the proverbial passing of the torch,
a new WWE Champion.
[fireworks popping]
[Jerry] Wow!
[Ross] A night that Randy Orton will never forget,
his first WWE Championship.
♪ I give and you take And I waited for you ♪
♪ But I made a mistake ♪
♪ It's clear that your fear is so near… ♪
[Ross] Of course, King, we remember SummerSlam a few years ago,
Randy Orton becoming the youngest World Champion in WWE history,
and now Orton can add the WWE Championship
to his ever-growing and impressive resume.
[Jerry] Boy, I'm gonna tell you,
I know as commentators, we're not supposed to ever be speechless,
but that picture is worth a thousand words.
Look at this, J.R. Would you have ever thought
you would see that?
[Ross] Well, actually, no. Not in this-- not in this fashion.
The WWE Championship has only been vacated four times
in the history of this company.
♪ Now it's time to shine ♪
♪ I'm gonna take what's mine ♪
[Ross] There you see.
[Jerry] What do we call this? Has the-- the "Orton Era" begun?
[Ross] I would suggest--
I would suggest the "Era of the Legend Killer"
has started off very auspiciously.
[music fades out]
Randy, allow me to be the first to congratulate you
on becoming the new WWE Champion.
[crowd cheering]
But as Mr. McMahon said last week,
you must defend that WWE Championship tonight.
[crowd cheering]
And since you're the champion now,
it's up to you which WWE Superstar that you want to defend against.
[Jerry] Wow.
That's quite a perk.
[crowd chanting] Y2J! Y2J!
-Well, I know-- -[Vince] Shut up! Shut up!
The champion is about to speak.
[crowd booing]
And I know who I will not be defending
this title against tonight,
and that is John Cena.
[crowd cheering]
John Cena and I were supposed to have a Last Man Standing match here tonight,
but due to Cena's injury, that's not going to happen.
John, I know you're at home
watching the pay-per-view right now,
and I just want to say it's a good thing that you can't compete,
because it saves you the embarrassment of being defeated.
[crowd jeering]
[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena!
[chanting continues]
I said shut up and show this champion some respect!
[crowd booing]
This…
This right here has been a long time coming,
and nobody,
nobody deserves to be WWE Champion more than I do.
[crowd cheering]
Now the list of names of people is far too long,
the people that I put on the shelf.
But the latest is John Cena.
[crowd cheering]
And there is nobody,
nobody in that locker room,
in this industry, in this business,
that comes anywhere near to being--
["The Game" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, perhaps, King,
just perhaps, there is one.
♪ It's all about the game And how you play it ♪
♪ All about control And if you can take it ♪
♪ All about your debt And if you can pay it ♪
♪ It's all about pain And who's gonna make it ♪
♪ I am The Game You don't wanna play me ♪
♪ I am control No way you can change me ♪
♪ I am heavy debt No way you can pay me ♪
♪ I am the pain And I know you can't take me ♪
♪ Look over your shoulder, ready to run ♪
♪ Like a Cleveland bitch From a smoking gun! ♪
[Ross] Certainly no love lost between Mr. McMahon and Triple H.
We know that Triple H is scheduled to take on Umaga
later here tonight at No Mercy,
but Triple H certainly making his presence felt.
[Jerry] Uh-huh. You got that right.
We've always said, absolutely anything can happen in the WWE, J.R.,
and look at this, this championship coronation
being interrupted by The Game.
[Ross] It really ticks Mr. McMahon off.
And the atmosphere here in Chicago is absolutely amazing.
There have been Orton backers, there have been Cena backers,
and now Triple H has this crowd all on their feet,
interrupting this WWE Championship ceremony.
And again, Orton gets to select
who he makes his first title defense here tonight.
[music fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The Game just out here to congratulate Orton.
Go ahead, clap. Come on, let's clap.
[applause]
[crowd chanting] Triple H!
Randy, I wanted to be the first one to come out here
and congratulate you on being the new WWE Champion.
[crowd booing]
And I've known you for a long time,
so I know that you're gonna be a fighting champion.
So I'm out here to say,
since you have to defend it tonight anyways,
what do you say
Randy Orton and Triple H
for the WWE Championship right here, right now?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, man, wouldn't that be great?
[crowd chanting] Triple H!
No!
[crowd booing]
I figured you'd say that.
I mean, if I was you, I wouldn't want my second title reign
to be shorter than my first one.
He said-- he said no!
Who here would like to see Randy Orton defend the WWE Championship
against me right here tonight?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Pretty unanimous.
-Woo-hoo! -Yeah!
I don't know, Vince.
That pretty much seemed like just about everybody here,
and I know how you are.
I mean, you do it all for them.
[crowd cheering]
You do what's in the best interest of the fans.
You give them what they want.
And you guaran-damn-teed them a match tonight.
I say that's the match you give them.
[crowd cheering]
I mean… unless you're scared.
Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[inaudible]
You don't buy that?
Is that a fact?
[inaudible]
So, you're telling me that me coming out here
doesn't make you a little bit nervous, Vince?
You guaranteed these people to give them what they want.
This is what they want, and now you're not going to do it,
and I'm standing here looking you in the face now,
and I'm saying that maybe the reason you won't do it is you're gutless.
[crowd cheering]
You're a coward.
[crowd cheering]
You're spineless.
You have no balls.
-[Ross] No-- Oh. [chuckles] -[crowd cheering]
You know, you talk a big game.
You come out here all puffed up and full of yourself
in your expensive suit,
but apparently, it's all just a fraud, a facade,
because I'm looking you in the eye right now,
and I can see that you're scared.
I can see the sweat rolling down your neck.
You're standing here in this $5,000 suit
looking all big,
but the fact is underneath, there's not a big, huge, puffed-up guy.
It's just a little shriveled-up old man.
[crowd cheering]
And hanging underneath
that $500 alligator belt
is not a big set of grapefruits.
It's just a little, tiny, shriveled-up set of raisins.
[Ross] Oh. [chuckles]
You son of a bitch. You're on!
You've got your match. You're on.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
Right here, right now.
We're gonna have that. Get me a referee.
-Get me a referee out here. Now! -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] God, the WWE title is gonna--
[Vince] Get the-- get it outta here.
[Jerry] Right now?
[Vince] Get this thing outta here. We're never-- [grunts]
Get it out of here, I said.
Get in here and get it out.
[Ross] First match of the-- of No Mercy is going to be for the WWE Championship.
Now, that's historic in itself.
[Jerry] Well, you're right there. I thought Orton got to pick his opponent.
-[crowd chanting] Triple H! -[Jerry] But Mr. McMahon got--
Triple H! Triple H!
[Jerry] …would you just say backed into a corner?
-Put up or shut up? -[Vince] Ring the damn bell.
And by the way, let me remind you, I beat you twice.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Mr. McMahon reminding The Game,
that one last mind game before the bell rang,
that the last couple of weeks
Mr. McMahon has got victories over Triple H
in the most dubious of circumstances.
Oh, and a back elbow by the challenger for the WWE title.
Randy Orton has been WWE Champion about ten minutes now,
and he's in this first title offense in our first match here on No Mercy.
-[groans] -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Right in the face. -[Ross] Wait, look at Orton.
Orton regrouping in an hurry.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. I think he wants to take his title and go home.
[Ross] And-- oh, look out!
Orton is certainly aware that he must be pinned
-or made to submit to lose the WWE title. -[indistinct shouting]
[Ross] It would not be beyond Randy Orton to take a shortcut,
to take the easy way out if necessary.
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] And right now, Randy Orton would like to tell Mr. McMahon
this is another fine mess he's gotten him into.
[Ross] And The Game not letting Orton get too far from the ring
in this one fall match for the WWE title.
And again, to kick off this-- oh, No Mercy!
And The Game, the challenger, showing no mercy
to the newly awarded WWE Champion.
-[Jerry] This is absolutely amazing. Oh! -[groans]
We have a new champion, Randy Orton crowned,
and then suddenly, Randy Orton is having to defend
that new title immediately.
[Ross] And these two men, as we know, are extremely familiar with each other.
The Game actually serving as a mentor to Orton
in the Evolution days.
-And Orton does a clothesline. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] But Orton does not avoid that high knee
that caught the new WWE Champion in the jaw,
took him down, that man, Randy Orton.
Man, the fans at home got to be just as excited as we are
-to start off this event… -[groans]
-[Ross] …with such historic-- -One, two, three. Man, come on.
[Jerry] Watch this huge knee from Triple H
right to the head and jaw of Randy Orton, man!
[Ross] Man, that shot right to the jaw.
Triple H now in control, obviously.
-Again, a one fall match-- -[Jerry] Hey, hey. Look out here.
[Ross] And-- oh, inverted backbreaker by Randy Orton.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] A great counter by Orton.
You know, King, it's obvious that-- Oh, there's a cover.
-One-- -A cover by Orton and got a near fall.
Triple H again able to get under the skin of Mr. McMahon,
goading the chairman of the WWE into aggressively
and passionately agreeing to this match
as Orton pounds the challenger with right hands.
[Jerry] Well, it put the new champion Randy Orton on the spot,
forcing him to defend his--
-[groans] -[Jerry] Oh. New title.
I mean, right from the get-go.
This is the first real opportunity to get out of the box here.
[Ross] Yeah, but the situation was Orton was going to be able
to pick his opponent tonight, his challenger.
I guarantee you if Orton made a list,
The Game would have been on the bottom of it.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And another right hand. The Game fights back.
Triple H, a ten-time champion,
looking to make it 11 in our first match
here in Chicago tonight at No Mercy.
And, folks, what one hell of a way to start off this
-extravaganza. -[Jerry] Oh, look out!
-Oh, man. -[Ross] And a powerslam by Orton.
-Again, momentum changing. -One, two--
[Ross] Orton with a hook of the leg, and a near fall.
[crowd groaning]
[Ross] Orton got a near fall from that powerslam…
[groans]
[Ross] …and now Orton's stomping away at a grounded Game.
[Jerry] Well, as you look at-- you look at Randy Orton,
hey, no doubt he's championship material.
I mean, let's face it, John Cena's injury
forced Mr. McMahon into making a--
that had to be a difficult decision for Mr. McMahon,
but you can't-- you can't fault that decision.
I mean, Randy Orton,
he is definitely championship material.
And he's showing Triple H that right now.
[Ross] Orton, the third generation star,
the youngest World Champion in WWE history.
[Jerry] And the guy who put John Cena out of action for…
-[Ross] Among others… -[Jerry] …Lord knows how long.
[Ross] Among others, no doubt about that.
-[Jerry] Watch out! -[Ross] And Orton with a hard knee
right to the sternum of the challenger for the WWE title.
-Orton now hooking the far leg. -One, two--
[Ross] And the lateral press results in another near fall
for the newly crowned WWE Champion Randy Orton.
Orton has grounded The Game
and has ceased the momentum build
-that the challenger Triple H was… -[groans]
[Ross] …erupting before this turn of events.
[Jerry] You talk about adrenaline, an adrenaline rush.
-How pumped up must Randy Orton be? -Come on.
[Jerry] I mean, coming out here tonight at No Mercy
and being crowned the new WWE Champion,
and then suddenly being put in this match.
He knows this is a do-or-die match for him.
[Ross] He's gonna think he was appointed WWE Champ.
[Jerry] Awarded the W-- gifted the WWE title.
[crowd chanting] Triple H! Triple H!
[Ross] Orton, reverse chinlock, gripping the neck of The Game
who's trying to regain a vertical base.
Orton at 6'4". He has a leverage advantage
at this point over The Game.
He won't as soon as The Game stands and turns into the--
-[groans] -[Ross] Well, there's gonna be no turn.
Right hand. That heavily taped right hand of The Game
finding its mark on the ribs of Orton,
who counters with a big overhand right of his own.
-[Orton groans] -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] The Game putting Orton almost out of the ring.
And takes Orton down with a thunderous clothesline
that echoed throughout the Allstate Arena here.
[Jerry] Oh, man. Orton is grounded.
[Ross] There's no way that this sold-out crowd of 15,000-plus
could have ever dreamed
that our first match of the night would be for the WWE title.
-[Jerry] Look at this. Good Lord. -[Ross] Full impact.
[Jerry] That could-- that could crush your larynx.
-[referee, crowd] Five! -[Jerry] I can--
Can you remember-- I certainly can't.
Can you remember the last time that a WWE pay-per-view
started off with a WWE Championship match?
[Ross] I can't remember ever off the top of my head
this situation ever occurring.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Well…
-Man, that was another hard clothesline. -[Jerry] Oh, boy. Orton's hurting.
[Ross] Orton in that corner had nowhere to go,
-and then sternum first, The Game… -[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] The Cerebral Assassin has now started to physically dissect the champ.
-The cover! -One, two…
[Jerry] We could have-- We don't.
[Ross] Another near fall in this matchup for the WWE Championship
that was created in the most bizarre circumstances,
the mo-- the most surreal of moments here at No Mercy.
Uh-oh.
The WWE Champion Randy Orton-- Bam, hello.
[Jerry] Being placed in a rather precarious position.
-[referee] Let's go, come on. -I don't think he's gonna like this, J.R.
[Ross] This is not the first-class trip the champion was looking for
on his first night as champ. Oh!
-Superplex. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Both men paying the price,
but Orton's body bouncing.
-And then the cover. -[Jerry] Hey, hey!
-It could be-- -[crowd] One, two--
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh, my God! [laughs]
Oh, we almost had a new champ.
[Ross] The three was coming down,
and The Game was a count or less away
from becoming the champion for the 11th time,
but Randy Orton hanging on,
and now Orton out of desperation
catches The Game, reverse elbow.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] And another counter.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] Another counter!
-Spinebuster, could be it! -[crowd] One, two--
[Ross] Could be it! Oh!
[Jerry] Randy Orton is the new champ.
But we almost had a newer champ.
Orton is in a bad way.
The smartest move he could do is get out of the ring.
-Look at this spinebuster. -[Ross] Boom. Hello.
Hey, as bad as The Game wants to be the WWE Champion,
one has to believe that
Randy Orton wants to keep this championship even more.
[man] Randy, Randy!
[Ross] And if that means getting counted out or disqualified,
that's exactly what I believe Orton could do to retain the WWE title.
[Jerry] And certainly The Game knows that.
That's why every time we've seen Orton try to take a little walk,
-The Game is-- -[Ross] Look out. Look out. Look out here.
-[Jerry] Oh, no, this is bad. -[Ross] Look out.
Oh! That'll do it.
-That should do it. -[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
-[Ross] The DDT from the second story. -[crowd] One, two--
[Ross] And The Game kicked out.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] It's all about the WWE title.
[Jerry] This is vintage Randy Orton. Oh, man!
I mean, The Game just literally planted, but somehow survived.
-[Ross] Uh-oh. One maneuver… -[Jerry] Okay, man, that's about it.
[Ross] …could change the momentum in a wrestling match.
We just saw that, The Game's head bouncing off the canvas.
Can Triple H regroup? Orton is thinking RKO.
[Jerry] That Viper is about to strike, J.R.
-Look out, Game. -[Ross] Orton-- no!
-[Jerry] Hey! -[Ross] RKO countered.
The Game downstairs. Pedigree.
-Will it be-- no. -[Jerry] No, no, no.
-[Ross] Oh, Orton countered. -[Jerry] Man!
[Ross] The Game was a heartbeat away from the Pedigree.
-Orton senses that… -[Jerry] What a match.
[Ross] …made a desperation counter in the back body drop.
-Good Lord, what a match. And… -[Jerry] Oh!
-[Ross] Orton made a mistake! -[groans]
[Ross] Now, can The Game capitalize?
[Jerry] Well, Triple H right there, along with Orton. Hey.
-Figure-four! -[Ross] Figure-four leglock!
The figure-four leglock!
[Jerry] Orton may have to tap!
-[Orton groans] -[Ross] Is Orton gonna give it up
or will The Game break Orton's leg?
[screams]
[Ross] Orton reaching. And Orton gets the sanctuary…
-One, two, three-- -[Ross] …of the ropes, and will get
a break, but the damage has definitely been done.
[Jerry] Triple H gonna have to capitalize, like you said, on the damage
that that figure-four did to Randy Orton's legs.
Oh, look at Orton. What an opportunist.
[Ross] Orton bought himself some time.
That tells you how much Orton's legs are killing him right now.
-Orton bought himself some time. -One, two--
[Jerry] Well, desperate men do some desperate things, J.R.
You can't fault Randy Orton for that.
Oh! Oh, man.
Oh. Orton's throat right across that top rope.
[Ross] Seems that the other Evolution member,
the legendary Ric Flair, in that figure-four leglock earlier.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And The Game, uncharacteristically climbing to top.
He paid for that risk that he was willing to take
to become WWE Champ.
-Spear. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Orton introduced to the ringpost.
-That roll-up-- -[crowd] One, two, three--
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry gasping] Look at this!
-[Ross] And that's the champion. -[Jerry] Look at this!
[Ross] The Game has done it!
-["The Game" playing] -[Lilián] Here is your winner,
and the new WWE Champion,
Triple H!
[Jerry] Can you believe it?
[Ross] History has been made again
here at No Mercy.
Triple H, for the 11th time, is the WWE Champion!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What a moment!
[Ross] What a way to start No Mercy.
Randy Orton went to the ringpost.
The Game didn't get fancy,
just got effective.
And we've got a new WWE Champion!
Randy Orton cannot believe
his reign is over!
[Jerry] Just as it was beginning.
Just like that, Randy Orton is an ex-champ!
[Ross] And for the rest of the WWE,
may we suggest that Game is on,
and yes, Randy Orton, you've got to believe it.
You are no longer the WWE Champion!
[Jerry] Oh, man, that-- that fact is sinking in.
But Randy Orton, look at the look on his face. He's--
He's in disbelief. He's in denial.
♪ All about control And if you can take it ♪
♪ It's all about your debt And if you can pay it ♪
♪ It's all about the pain And who's gonna make it ♪
♪ I am The Game ♪
[Jerry] Randy Orton cannot believe this moment,
but frankly, neither can we.
The Game saluting these amazing fans here tonight,
and we're just getting this night started.
[Ross] Boy, Randy Orton, he may have a breakdown here.
We started tonight with the proclamation of a new WWE Champion.
That was less than 30 minutes ago, approximately,
and we've already got a new WWE Champion!
We've had two champions
in possession of the champion belt here tonight.
[Jerry] Well, Mr. McMahon guaran-damn-teed that this would be a historic night.
I don't think this has ever happened before.
So history has been made.
[Ross] Oh, man, what an atmosphere here, ladies and gentlemen,
for those of you watching around the world, wherever you may be,
I wish you could be here to experience this moment
at this point in time where history has been made,
and The Game is now the WWE Champion.
♪ And how you play it ♪
♪ All about control And if you can take it ♪
♪ All about your debt And if you can pay it ♪
♪ It's all about pain And who's gonna make it ♪
[Ross] Oh, there's a lot more of No Mercy to come!
But how do you follow this?
♪ I am control No way you can change me ♪
♪ I am heavy debt No way you can pay me ♪
♪ I am the pain And I know you can't take me ♪
[Jerry] Well, I'm gonna tell you, this was absolutely amazing.
Look, Randy Orton about to go for that nasty ending, RKO,
and then, no, it wasn't to be.
The Game going for the Pedigree, but even that was blocked.
[Ross] That was a great counter by Orton.
But Orton made one big mistake right here.
Orton going for the spear,
but instead the ringpost got Orton,
-and The Game capitalized immediately. -[crowd] One, two, three--
-[Ross] The cradle, the cover… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …the three, and a new WWE Champion.
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
[Jerry] How many of these could we have tonight?
Another picture worth more than a thousand words.
Look at this, look at this!
[crowd cheering]
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[Ross] What an exhilarating moment
in the annals of the WWE.
Within 35 minutes of coming on the air for No Mercy,
we have a WWE title awarded to Randy Orton.
We have Triple H goading Mr. McMahon
into allowing The Game to challenge Orton immediately.
[Jerry chuckling] That was huge!
[Ross] And The Game capitalized on the opportunity.
This is not the way I'm sure that Mr. McMahon, Randy Orton,
hell, any of us thought this night would begin,
with The Game the new WWE Champion!
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[music fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[panting]
[tense music playing]
[announcer] WrestleMania!
[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following contest is a special bonus
Six-Man Tag Team match.
[crowd cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
[Ross] Wow.
[Jerry] We love bonuses, don't we, J.R.?
[Ross] You're not kidding, and man, what an ovation here for this trio.
[Lilián] Introducing first the team of Paul London, Brian Kendrick,
and the intercontinental champion, Jeff Hardy.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] J.R., this entire arena, this place is still electric, isn't it?
[Ross] Absolutely amazing.
Fans still on their feet.
[music fades out]
[country rock music playing]
[Lilián] And at a combined weight of 532 pounds,
they are the World Tag Team Champions,
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.
[music fades out]
[Jerry] J.R., can you believe what we just witnessed?
Jeff Hardy, Paul London, Brian Kendrick,
what happened last Monday on Raw was luck.
[crowd booing]
The same will not happen tonight.
Cade, you got that right
because we got ourselves a new partner.
[announcer] Kennedy!
["Turn Up the Trouble" playing]
♪ I turn up the trouble 'Till it gets real loud ♪
[Ross] Oh, look at this. You gotta be kidding me.
You guys lucked out.
You people lucked out because you just picked up
the best possible Tag Team partner
from Green Bay,
Wisconsin!
[crowd cheering]
Five-and-oh, baby.
Mr.
Kennedy!
["Turn Up the Trouble" playing]
♪ And I'll show you the way Drop to your knees… ♪
Kennedy!
[Ross] One the most impactful young athletes
to come to Monday Night Raw in quite some time.
Mr. Kennedy coming over a few months ago from Friday Night SmackDown.
[Jerry] Well, Cade and Murdoch earlier referencing the victory that Paul London,
Brian Kendrick, and Jeff Hardy had over Cade and Murdoch
and Shelton Benjamin last Monday on Raw.
I guess they figure with Mr. Kennedy as their new partner,
that ain't going to happen again, right?
[music fades out]
-[Ross] Mr. Kennedy involved in the… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …main event last week on Raw against John Cena,
where Cena was injured at the assault of Randy Orton.
Certainly competing against Kennedy didn't do Cena any favors either.
[Jerry] J.R., we have a new WWE Champion. What about that?
[Ross] I can't believe it. It's amazing.
-And the first match on No Mercy. -[Jerry] Right.
[Ross] The most prestigious championship in the WWE has been awarded, contested,
and changing hands already.
And Brian Kendrick and Lance Cade starting it out.
Cade and Murdoch--
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, nice crossbody
by the ultra-quick Brian Kendrick.
Kendrick and London…
certainly use their speed to their advantage
with a quick move on a bigger, stronger Lance Cade.
One fall match in a Six-Man Tag Team matchup.
-A bonus match here tonight… -[indistinct shouting]
[Ross] …at No Mercy. And we already have--
[Jerry] We got a new champion in Triple H and now we got a bonus.
[Ross] Oh. Ow.
That side headlock takeover quickly done
as Trevor Murdoch--
Murdoch making excuses
about why they lost that week-- last week and…
[Jerry] J.R., the Redneck Wrecking Crew
have informed me they don't-- they don't take kindly
-to losing out here. -[Ross] Oh, look out!
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[referee] One!
[Jerry] They expect to win every time they step in the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And the intercontinental champion, Jeff Hardy,
gets the tag.
Irish whip.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Some Hardy-ized offense,
and Jeff Hardy, the intercontinental champion--
-One, two-- Two! -[Ross] That was a strange cover there,
hook on the leg.
Jeff Hardy, and Murdoch able to get his shoulders up.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. That didn't work. -[Ross] Oh, no. Man.
-[Jerry] That did not work. -[Ross] Man, what a shot that was.
-[crowd booing] -[Ross] Well, legal,
and a big kick to the face of Jeff Hardy,
and Mr. Kennedy--
what do his friends call him, Mister? M.R.?
[Jerry] I don't know.
Booyah!
[Ross] Kennedy a very brash individual,
uh, exudes self-confidence,
maybe on the borderline of being an egocentric, some might assume.
Come on.
-Back it up. Come on! -[Jerry] I think that self-confidence
-Come on, now! -[Jerry] …and that, uh…
Look at the referee man-- trying to manhandle Mr. Kennedy,
you can't do that.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Kennedy about half a step off there.
[Jerry] Well, a little overzealous
and that exuberance you were talking about.
[Ross] Brian Kendrick in now.
-[man] Oh! -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Flying forearm by Kendrick.
Kendrick and London,
uh, shades of the Rock 'n' Roll Express,
rockers of all those fast-paced teams that use-- Look out.
-Man, what a unique way… -[Jerry laughing]
[Ross] …of eliminating Kendrick.
[Jerry] Come on, you got to give Trevor Murdoch credit for that.
-That was very inventive. -[Mr. Kennedy shouts indistinctly]
[Jerry] That was very resourceful and ingenious.
-[Ross] I don't think-- -[Jerry] Check this out one more time.
-Look at the ropes. [laughs] -[Ross] What was that laugh about?
-What's funny about that? -[Jerry] Well, I mean--
[Ross] You find humor in the misfortune of others?
-One, two-- -[Ross] The cover.
I know the answer to that.
[Jerry] I think it's funny if it's not happening to me.
That was funny. Not just that it was funny, it was good.
-It was a good move. -[Ross] It was a risk, though.
[Jerry] It was a good move by Trevor Murdoch.
-[Ross] And Kendrick in big trouble. -Hey, hey, don't you dare!
[Ross] …in a-- in the wrong part of the team--
in the wrong part of the ring.
-Excuse me. -[referee] Hey!
Kendrick and London have had great success.
-[Jerry] Look at this now. -Two!
[Ross] And nice teamwork by the world tag champions,
and a near fall.
Kendrick and London on Friday Night SmackDown.
Champions for over one year, which was an amazing accomplishment.
-Hard slam. -[Jerry] I mean, you know, they're--
Kendrick and London are certainly not-- Oh!
Two of the biggest guys in the WWE,
that you saw, but what they lack--
what they lack in size, uh, they make up for in speed and agility.
[Ross] I've always said that size didn't matter
-in the ring. -[Jerry] Oh, look out!
-[crowd clapping] -[Ross] And another knee to the sternum,
and London has been really isolated, or excuse me, Kendrick,
and Kendrick would be well served to tag London or Jeff Hardy.
Let's see if Mr. Kennedy will inadvertently allow that to happen.
-It doesn't look like it. -One, two, three--
Kennedy-- oh, about one count away from being disqualified.
Get him out of the ring now. Hey!
-[shouts] -[referee] Stop!
Keep an eye and watch his throat!
[Ross] Referee admonishing Kennedy.
Kennedy almost beheading Brian Kendrick.
-I told you keep an eye out-- -[Jerry] What a boot.
[Ross] Hear that one in the United Kingdom,
where our fans are watching tonight on Sky Box Office.
[Jerry] Well, not just United Kingdom, but Canada, Australia…
[Ross] Cover.
[Jerry] …New Zealand. What about Italy, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, your-- My favorite, Liechtenstein.
-[Ross] Oh! Boy howdy. What a shot. -[crowd groaning]
[Ross] Slobberknocker of a kick by Kennedy,
almost beheading, uh, young Brian Kendrick.
Kendrick showing amazing resiliency to stay in this matchup.
[crowd groaning]
Raw grab getting headed off at the pass.
-And Kennedy cover. Oh. -One, two--
[Ross] Kendrick could not kick out,
but he was close enough to the bottom rope to stop the count.
-And Kennedy wisely pulls his prey to the… -One, two--
-[Ross] …corner of Cade and Murdoch. -[man] Come on, Brian, fight.
-Come on, Brian -[Ross] Cade gets the tag,
and the damage done, and still do,
Kendrick in a neutral corner.
[Jerry] Well, and that's the only thing I'm concerned about
with Kendrick and London.
Their lack of size, sometimes I've--
you wonder how resilient these young guys can be,
but so far so good.
Look at this! Oh!
[Ross] A flying DDT may be the difference maker,
-One! -[Ross] …and maybe the opportunity now…
-Two! -[Ross] …for Brian Kendrick to make a tag.
[Jerry] Brian Kendrick certainly needs to make a tag,
-but I think he's headed… -Three! Four!
He's crawling to the wrong corner.
-Kennedy! -Five!
[Jerry] And here comes our man, Trevor Murdoch.
[Ross] Murdoch gets the tag.
-[Jerry] Oh! Look at this! -[Ross] And Murdoch…
-[Jerry] Did he just take off and fly? -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Tag made, Jeff Hardy.
Jeff Hardy got the tag, and the intercontinental champion--
and business has picked up with Jeff Hardy getting that tag.
Arm wringer into the neckbreaker.
Jeff Hardy combination offense…
-One, two-- Two! -[Ross] …and got a near fall.
Man, the pace--
[Jerry] Close. Trevor Murdoch in a lot of trouble,
and he doesn't have anybody--
-Oh! -[Ross] Good lord.
-What battle? What the hell was that? -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] I don't know. -[Ross] Looked like
-some kind of brainbuster. -[Jerry] Trevor Murdoch dropped down.
[Ross] Swanton Bomb by the intercontinental champion.
-One, two-- -That should do it right there. Oh!
And Lance Cade saved the day.
-[Jerry] Look at them! -[Ross] Good grief.
And a lightning-quick hurricanrana.
[Jerry] I'm telling you this London and Kendrick and Hardy,
it's like the new Team Xtreme, these guys.
You never know where they're coming from, where they're going to hit you next.
-[Ross] Paul London got the tag. -[Jerry] Look at this!
[Ross] Springboard dropkick by London.
London and Kennedy, the legal men.
And, man, this is like frenetic pace here.
[Jerry] Kennedy reaching out to tag, there's nobody there. Oh!
[Ross] And I thought I saw great action Saturday in the Cotton Bowl.
It's nothing compared to what we're seeing here tonight.
[Jerry] Well, London is absolutely all over Kennedy.
-Look at-- Oh! -[Ross] Oh, my God.
-Spinning heel kick. -[Jerry] That may have done it.
[Ross] That caught Kennedy straight and simple.
And Jeff Hardy. Where the hell did Hardy come from?
[Jerry] Well, there's one of those famous crashing birds we talked about.
[Ross] All or nothing for Jeff Hardy.
[grunting]
-[Ross] And… -[grunts]
-Come on, Trevor, get out! -[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Kendrick taking out Murdoch.
Good God, it's a human demolition.
-Maybe. And-- -[Jerry] Oi.
Who are the legal men?
[Ross] I think the two men in the ring are the legal men.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Kennedy and London. -[Jerry] Oh. Uh-oh.
-[Ross] London in trouble. -[Jerry] What are you gonna do here?
-[screams] -[Ross] And Kennedy-- Oh, can execute
-and the execution was on Paul London. -[crowd] One, two, three.
[bell ringing]
-["Turn Up the Trouble" playing] -[Ross] And Kennedy wins it for his team.
-[Jerry] What a devastating maneuver. -[Lilián] Here are your winners,
Mr. Kennedy, Lance Cade, and Trevor Murdoch.
[Ross] Murdoch and Cade were sages earlier.
They were right, they got a good partner.
They said they were going to win, and by golly, they did it.
Wow.
[Ross] What a night.
[Jerry] What a night is right.
What a match that was.
[Ross] That match was non-stop action.
Six outstanding Monday Night Raw Superstars.
[Jerry] Let's check this out one more time.
I mean, we had-- what was this, a brainbuster or what?
-But, wow! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Jeff Hardy attempted to just jump toward Trevor Murdoch
right on the skull.
-And then boom! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] We thought Hardy would want it there.
And the bodies are flying.
And taking its toll on Paul London.
[Jerry] And have you ever seen something like this?
Mr. Kennedy!
[Ross] He's made everyone, risking their own welfare,
-their physical wellbeing to win… -[crowd] One, two, three!
-[Ross] …this match here at No Mercy. -[bell ringing]
♪ History teaches And I wrote the book ♪
♪ Well, I'll show it to the door ♪
[Ross] And unfortunately, the risk
for Hardy, Kendrick, and London on this night
did not pay off, King.
[Jerry] Well, I don't think it's gonna stop these young men
from being extreme.
They'll be back to fight another day. I can assure you.
It was pretty cool, man.
[music fades out]
Congratulations, champ.
[crowd cheering]
You know, a good buddy of mine once told me… How does that go?
"It's a lot easier to win it than it is to keep it."
Game on.
Damn right, game on.
Hey, good luck in that Punjabi Prison match tonight.
[crowd gasping]
You know, uh, there was one thing that you said out there that was true,
one thing,
and that's that I give these people what they want.
And if memory serves me correctly,
we had advertised earlier tonight Triple H versus Umaga.
[crowd cheering]
So we're going to have that match
'cause I'm gonna give them what they want.
[chuckles] Oh, and it's for the WWE Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh.
Well, I'm gonna tell you something,
absolutely nobody gets the last laugh on Mr. McMahon.
He is the best at one-upmanship.
Well, already tonight we've been here less than an hour,
we've had a champion awarded to Randy Orton,
a championship won, the WWE title by Triple H,
and now The Game must defend the title tonight
against perhaps the most savage monster in the entire WWE.
Is that fair? It doesn't matter.
It's happening here tonight, another WWE title match
with the new champion defending against Umaga.
-["Calling All Cars" playing] -[Ross] And speaking of championships…
♪ Got pressure He's taking over the airwaves, man ♪
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the ECW Championship.
Introducing the challenger from Harlem, New York,
weighing in at 487 pounds,
Big Daddy V.
[Joey] Well, Triple H may not have long to enjoy his 11th world title reign,
and CM Punk here in his hometown of Chicago
may not have much longer to enjoy being the ECW Champion.
[Tazz] You think? There's a close to 500-pound mastodon
trying to-- [chuckles]
About to try and get CM Punk's ECW title?
[Joey] Yeah, but Big Daddy V was not supposed
to be the challenger here tonight.
It was general manager Armando Estrada
who began this elimination chase for the championship,
and it was supposed to be Tommy Dreamer challenging CM Punk.
["This Fire Burns" playing]
[Joey] But that is not the case.
[announcer] And from Chicago, Illinois,
weighing in at 222 pounds
is the ECW Champion,
CM Punk.
[Joey] Once again,
Tommy Dreamer first survived the Fatal 4-Way, then a Triple Threat,
then won a one-on-one contest.
And when it seemed that Dreamer was the new number one contender,
apparently it was Matt Striker who persuaded Armando Estrada
-to get-- -[Tazz] Hey! Whoa, whoa, listen.
It don't matter, whatever the general manager says,
that's the way it goes, baby, that's-- he is the boss.
Armando Estrada, that's the way the cookie crumbles.
You know, CM Punk, he looks like he's ready to go.
This is his hometown. He's amped up.
I was reading some of CM Punk's comments on wwe.com
that he got some butterflies defending the ECW title
right here at Chi-town.
-And that's a big butterfly right there. -[music fades out]
[Joey] Yeah, but CM Punk is a survivor, Tazz.
[Tazz] You know, I don't think that's gonna matter that much, Joe.
[bell ringing]
[Tazz] I know CM Punk is a survivor.
I get it. You're correct in that.
But it doesn't matter. In my opinion right now,
I mean, come on, we got Big Daddy V in here.
Who in the hell is going to be able to stop this monster?
[Joey] To be honest, Tazz, Matt Striker on wwe.com made a great point himself.
He said, "Big Daddy V weighs 500 pounds."
"CM Punk weighs about 200 pounds."
Mass equals force.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh. -[Joey] And physically--
-[groans] -[Joey] …Striker feels
-it's a foregone conclusion. -[Tazz] My God!
-Oh, my God. -[Joey] Here we go.
[Tazz] Look at this. Are you kidding?
Crossfaces and like a spin drill. Now--
[Joey] How can CM Punk breathe?
[Tazz] I don't know.
He's being smothered right now
by that gargantuan… Big Daddy V and-- oh.
[Joey] And this is what I think Punk has to do is just keep distance
between himself and Big Daddy V, if that's possible.
[grunts]
Big Daddy V simply staggered, but-- but still standing.
[Tazz] Well, from where I sit, I think CM Punk is doing the right thing,
trying to just bring offense to the challenger.
The challenger is just monstrous.
-[Joey] Oh! -Move!
-[Joey] Oh, my God. -[Tazz] All right, here we go.
-Heads up! Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Joey] And CM Punk, in an act of self-preservation, manages
-to evade that Schwarzen gargantuan. -[Tazz] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
Look at Punk! Oh!
-[crowd cheering] -[Joey] Big Daddy V is down.
-CM Punk got the big man off of his feet. -[Tazz] What the hell?
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] Well, Matt Striker--
Gotta be kidding me.
-[Joey] Striker-- -[announcer] The winner of this match,
as a result of a disqualification,
and still ECW Champion,
CM Punk.
[Tazz] I don't understand why Matt Striker would cost Big Daddy V the title.
-[Joey] Oh, no. Wait a minute. -[Tazz] What the hell was that?
[Joey] Wait. That doesn't matter-- oh!
Oh.
The ECW Champion,
for lack of a better word, simply crushed here
-in his hometown. -[Tazz] Uh-oh. Look at this.
-[Joey] And Big Daddy V not finished. -[Striker] More, more, more.
[Tazz] Yeah, the ribs of CM Punk gotta be shattered possibly,
devastating elbow, look at this!
[commentators groan]
[Joey] Big Daddy V tried to compress the entire sternum
-of the champion… time and time again. -[Tazz] Oh. Oh. Oh!
Joey, it's like a car just rolling right over you
if you're laying on a highway.
You can't even move and defend yourself.
-[crowd booing] -[Joey] Punk's ribs-- Oh, God.
I wonder how he can even breathe.
And there you go, man.
Yeah, but Big Daddy V is not the ECW Champion.
[Tazz] Oh, you're right, the title does not change hands on a disqualification,
but I think Big Daddy V made his presence known
to the ECW Champion, one CM Punk.
[Joey] No kidding. I--
I think Big Daddy V just made his presence known
to every Superstar in the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW locker rooms.
-[Tazz] How dominant is that man? -[Striker] That's a message.
-Any time you want. -[Joey] How dominant.
[Tazz] I mean, there's the-- here's the disqualification.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] Major League missile dropkick,
and Punk finally got the big man down and then Matt Striker--
[Joey] Maybe that's why Matt Striker got in the ring.
[bell ringing]
[Tazz] Yeah, but he cost his man the title.
And then after the, you know, the disqualification,
the beating commenced.
[Joey] Oh, my God, right on the ribs, are you kidding me?
[Tazz] You see that impact, Joe?
[Joey] Tazz, I think you're right, Big Daddy V came here to No Mercy to--
-[coughing] -[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
-CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! -[groans]
-I got you, man. I got you. -[coughs]
[coughs]
-[Joey] Big Daddy-- -[Tazz] Oh, Punk's hurt, Joey. He's hurt.
-[Joey] How could he not be? Big Daddy V-- -[Striker] Look what you did to him.
[Joey] …came to No Mercy to make a statement.
[groans]
[Joey] Big Daddy V made that statement at the expense of…
[pants]
[coughs]
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Look at this devastating elbow. Look at that.
[indistinct] Nearly 500-- that's like a small foreign car landing on you.
I mean, come on, look at this. You gotta--
How can anyone survive that, Joe? Right on the ribs and…
[Joey] That answers your question. Oh.
-[Tazz] It's nasty. -[Punk coughing]
[Joey] I mean, CM Punk is still the ECW Champion,
but at what cost?
[crowd cheering]
[narrator] On the next Friday Night SmackDown,
-the gates of hell will open. -[dramatic music playing]
[Ross] There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
[narrator] The Brothers of Destruction reunite,
and no one is safe.
[Michael] How awe-inspiring are those two men.
[narrator] The Undertaker and Kane join forces…
[commentator] The domination of The Brothers of Destruction.
[announcer] …to take on Matt Hardy and MVP.
[narrator] Friday Night SmackDown, this Friday.
[music fades out]
So this coming Friday night for the first time in a year,
The Brothers of Destruction team up,
and you know they're going to be on the same page, John,
against the-- well, the unlikely Tag Team Champions
of Matt Hardy and MVP, can they get along?
It's like Ms. Browne Sanders and Isaiah Thomas have teamed up.
Britney Spears and Mother Teresa.
This is the most unlikely team we've ever had.
And one of the problems, we met Hardy and MVP
at the United States championship
in these non-wrestling competitions
where they're trying to prove who's better than who,
all started over two months ago between Matt Hardy and MVP
in what was an arm wrestling contest.
Matt Hardy drawing first blood, so to speak.
[Bradshaw] But that's when MVP's heart had a condition that was serious.
-And MV-- oh, and then it got worse… -[Michael] Well, speaking of heart,
MVP had no heart when he had Evander Holyfield be his surrogate
-at the boxing match against Matt Hardy. -[Bradshaw] He had heart.
Evander Holyfield cheap shot him.
He hired Evander Holyfield to beat up Matt Hardy
and Evander Holyfield turned on MVP.
[Michael] MVP shouldn't have been running his mouth.
He changed his initials to TKO
-at Saturday night's Main Event. -[Bradshaw] Oh, you're funny.
[Michael] Then in a competition, MVP looked good at times,
then Matt Hardy would win again.
[blows whistle]
[Bradshaw] Who is the referee? NBA ref Tim Donaghy?
[Michael] Boom, Matt Hardy falling, check,
and Matt Hardy would pick up the victory again, this time in basketball.
Then it would be a meeting of the minds between Matt Hardy and MVP, chess time.
[Bradshaw] And MVP playing the part of Kasparov, had him beat.
Unfortunately, he also had a cold.
[Michael] In the football contest, Matt Hardy had MVP once again.
[Bradshaw] Prime time, looked like Roy Williams stepping in front of that.
[Michael] And what do you-- how do you explain this?
How do you explain the push-up contest this past Friday night.
MVP, you're gonna tell me his hand slipped?
His hand slipped. Matt Hardy's chest touched the mat.
Look, rules are rules, Michael.
You play by them. You win, you lose, you don't cry.
Well, what's gonna happen here tonight at No Mercy is another competition.
And we have a very special guest host for this very special competition
between MVP and Matt Hardy.
Here's Tazz.
All right, look, here's the deal here.
So we just noticed…
We-- It's well documented…
The competition, more or less,
for week in and week out between MVP and Matt Hardy.
Well, that's gonna be no different here in Chi-town, baby.
[crowd cheering]
'Cause we're going to have ourselves
a little Chicago-style deep dish pizza competition.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Pizza?
Some people say I know a little bit about pizza.
I'm from New York, you know, I eat some pizza.
-A little high in carbs, but I'll eat-- -[crowd booing]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, listen, we do pizza a little different.
You do the deep dish.
We like it flat. Nice flat, greasy, wet pie.
That's what we like in New York.
[crowd booing]
Anyway, gonna bring out a couple of our judges here for this competition
before we bring the competitors out.
So, let's please bring out the very lovely Melina.
["Paparazzi" playing]
[Michael] Wow.
No Mercy is full of surprises.
I may learn to speak Spanish.
Makes a man want to speak Spanish.
Like the Shakira song. Bet you didn't know I knew that.
-["With Legs Like That" playing] -[Tazz] And Maria!
-[Michael] Maria. -[Bradshaw] Wow.
[Michael] I'll tell you, how do you judge a deep dish pizza eating contest?
[Bradshaw] How do you judge these hot Divas?
I'm like Brad Paisley. I'd like to check her for ticks.
♪ Just to hold her would Be a cure for me ♪
-♪ I can't keep going on this way ♪ -♪ Gotta get away, I gotta get away ♪
♪ She's at the top of her game She don't know my name ♪
♪ The future's looking weak She's out of my league ♪
-♪ Look out ♪ -♪ Hey ♪
♪ She'll tear your heart out ♪
[Tazz] All right, all right, all right. Hey, you know what they say,
you can't have a pizzer eating contest
without a couple of tomatoes.
-[Michael] Pizzer? How do you spell it? -That's just what I say.
Anyway, look, this is what the ladies are gonna do.
The ladies are going to kinda keep score to see who eats more pie, more or less.
That's what we're doing here.
Now, let's get on with this shindig right here.
The first competitor.
This man is… the United States champion
along with being one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions,
-the one and only MVP! -["I'm Comin'" playing]
[Michael] Well, he is indeed the only duel champion
in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Prime time.
Half man, half amazing, half Tag Team Champion.
The only man that could be three halves.
The man is like FedEx.
He delivers. He's our MVP!
[fireworks popping]
[Michael] Well, MVP likes to run his mouth,
but he put his foot in his mouth this past Friday night,
acting general manager Vickie Guerrero putting MVP and Matt Hardy
into that huge Tag Team matchup on SmackDown
against the Brothers of Destruction, Undertaker and Kane.
[Bradshaw] I don't think that's quite fair.
[Michael] What do you mean it's not quite fair?
[Bradshaw] It's not fair. These two don't really get along.
What he's been doing, engaging in competition after competition,
-MVP the team captain, the team leader. -[Tazz] All right, all right.
[Bradshaw] Ahead in those competitions.
-Something you fail to bring up. -[Michael] Ahead?
[Bradshaw] Yes, ahead. That means you're winning.
And MVP's opponent, the other half of the WWE Tag Team Champions…
♪ Oh, yeah! ♪
[Tazz] …Matt Hardy!
["Live For The Moment" playing]
[Michael] The way I've been seeing things, John,
is that during this Tag Team title reign, Matt Hardy has been doing all the work,
and the so-called captain MVP has just been picking up the pieces.
-[Michael] What? It is-- -[Bradshaw] It's like Rivera,
you gotta have a closer,
you gotta have a guy that could close the deal.
Something you don't know about.
[Michael] He's doing well against the Indians.
Nonetheless, Matt Hardy and MVP not only Tag Team Champions,
but the issue's been about the United States title.
A lot of people are talking, John,
that MVP may be hiding behind the smokescreen
of the Tag Team titles
to deflect Matt Hardy's thoughts
from winning back that United States championship.
[Bradshaw] What people? It's always "they",
it's always "them", it's always "some people".
[Michael] Many in the locker room are talking. I have sources.
[Bradshaw] You're not welcome in the locker room.
Hold on one second.
Y'all wait a second. Before this thing gets under way,
there's a few things I need to let y'all know.
First of all, I am a world-class athlete,
and the premiere Superstar SmackDown.
[Bradshaw] True. True that.
And I got to be that way by adhering to a strict training regimen
and a very disciplined diet.
I don't eat garbage.
That's why I'm a champion, and you all buy tickets to see me.
[crowd cheering]
You know, I'm looking at this Chicago deep dish pizza over here,
and I figure each one of these slices got to be at least, oh, 500 calories.
And that would explain to me why Chicago is one
of the top five fattest cities in America.
[Bradshaw] That's true.
[crowd booing]
MVP, I'm from Chicago.
Do you think I'm fat?
[crowd cheering]
All right, obviously Chicago deep dish pizza
does nothing for your I.Q.
[crowd booing]
-Maria, don't listen to him. -I ain't gotta worry about being fat
because my DNA makes me better than all of you.
I would never be fat. So I don't worry about that.
But what I do worry about is my Tag Team partner.
I worry about you eating all this pizza
because you're already slower than me.
-I am? -Yeah.
-You're older than me. Yes, you are. -No, I'm not.
Yes, you are. And you're not in half as good
-of shape as I'm in. -Okay.
So I'm a little concerned about you eating all this pizza.
Well, you know what then, MVP?
It shouldn't be any problem defeating me in this competition,
much like you beating me in all the other competitions.
Actually, you haven't beat me
-in a competition. -[Michael laughing]
No, see now you're just straight-up lying.
I beat you in the football passing competition.
No, you didn't beat me in football.
You intercepted my pass right when I was--
That makes me a great defender and you a bad quarterback.
-I beat you. -No.
All right, how about when I beat you in the push-up competition?
You didn't beat me in that.
The only reason the push-up competition ended
was because you cheated and swiped my hand out
-from underneath me, bro. -Oh, man,
-My arm slipped, and it's not my fault… -Sure, it did.
-…if you can't do an one-arm push-ups, I do 100 of 'em every morning.
No, no, no, no. Look, look, bottom line is this.
MVP, this is the fact, you haven't beat me in one competition.
You haven't beat me in anything.
And if you have, it was because you cheated.
Oh, cheating? You want to talk about cheating?
-You hit me in the face with a basketball. -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa. Hold up.
Hold up. Listen. Enough.
There's gonna be no cheating here tonight.
There's gonna be no cheating. Enough arguing, enough bickering.
Enough of that stuff.
We're gonna eat some pizza, it's simple.
Come sit down, I'm gonna lay down the rules for you,
-and tell you what the deal. -We gonna eat.
Hold on a second. Before we eat, I just gotta say this.
'Cause it's very important for me to make all of you understand
that my fans are in attendance,
and I know they wanna see me win.
So I will not lose this pizza-eating competition.
As a matter of fact,
there is a reason they call me Mr. FedEx,
because it's pay-per-view. When it counts, I deliver.
So I guarantee I will win this pizza-eating competition
because I am MVP, and I'm straight up ballin'.
You know, man, are you going to talk
-or are you gonna eat? -We're gonna eat, man.
Here's the rules, here's the rules. Matt, please sit down.
MVP, please sit down.
The rules are simple.
You got two minutes to eat as much pizza as you can.
Maria and Melina will both keep score.
Let's get the clock up on the tron, here we go,
on the little pizzatron, two minutes.
All right, on your mark, get set, go!
Here we go, here we go.
[Michael] Thank God it's not J.R.'s barbecue.
[Tazz] Matt Hardy's digging in there.
[Michael] They have to eat the crust, too?
-[Tazz] Matt, how's it tasting? -[Bradshaw] Gotta eat it all.
It's a pizza-eating contest.
[Tazz] MVP, you like the crust?
-No. -[Tazz] No, I hear you.
Well, you're a world-trained, world class athlete, both these men are.
They're not used to eating this kind of stuff.
-Matt's already, uh-- -You can do it.
I'll tell you what, this is some thick pizza you guys got here.
-Matt, you got one down? -[Matt] Mm-hmm.
All right, we got 1:28.
You guys gotta get moving. Let's go!
MVP, you're behind a little bit, buddy.
You gotta get crackin', kid.
[woman] Go, Matt!
[Tazz] There you go, there you go. Matt's doing good. Matt's doing good.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Neither one of these guys look like the Kobayashi
-of pizza-eating. -Anything you wanna say?
[Bradshaw] You probably have a poster of Kobayashi
-and a hot dog on your wall. -Is that anchovies? What's in that thing?
I don't know.
-Do you look like anchovies? -Mushrooms.
[Tazz] Mushrooms, okay, mushrooms.
Soppressata in there, some extra mozzarella, something nice.
-All right, Matt's, uh-- -[Michael] Matt's winning.
-[Tazz] Matt's doing pretty good. -[Michael] Good strategy.
-He don't drink much water. -All right, guys, you got 45 seconds.
-Pick it up. Let's go! -[Bradshaw] See, I analyze these things.
I'm a color commentator. Don't drink much water
'cause it blows up the yeast inside the pizza.
[Michael] Yeah, you know all about yeast in your beer.
-[Bradshaw] And hops. -[Tazz] All right. Matt's in the lead.
-Thirty-- uh, about thirty-one seconds. -[woman] Come on, Matt!
Matt's doing the hand thing.
Matt, you're glomming. Did you eat today or what?
[Michael] Matt's up two, MVP's getting spanked.
[Tazz] Twenty seconds, guys, let's go.
[Michael] You figure with such a big mouth, MVP would've done a little better.
[Bradshaw] No, I'm not sure Melina's even keeping score.
[Tazz] Matt's ahead, kid.
[Bradshaw] She's so enamored by how good-looking MVP is.
[crowd] …eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one.
[Michael] The other Diva can't keep score.
[buzzer blaring]
All right, it's official,
the winner, Matt Hardy!
-["Live For The Moment" playing] -[Michael] Matt won again!
Matt did it again,
-in yet another competition. -Way to go, Matt.
[Bradshaw] So much for MVP's guarantee.
[music fades out]
Matt, you feeling sick? Oh, you feeling sick?
-Oh, my God. -If you throw up, you--
-[Michael] Oh! -[Bradshaw] Oh!
[crowd groaning]
[Tazz] Oh.
[Michael] He just regurgitated on MVP.
[Michael] Oh.
[Tazz] Matt Hardy threw up like a fat baby.
-[Michael chuckles] -Oh, that was gross.
[Bradshaw] I never threw up on Faarooq.
-["Live For The Moment" playing] -♪ Oh, yeah ♪
[Michael] Well, you don't throw up on the captain.
You know-- you know what Montel's got all over him?
-[Bradshaw] What? -[Michael] MVP, most valuable puke.
[laughs]
[Bradshaw] Aren't you Mr. Acronym?
[Michael laughing]
Not only did MVP lose,
Matt Hardy got sick all over him.
[Bradshaw] That's disgusting. And you find that funny?
[Michael] Well, Matt won until this, I guess.
[Bradshaw] That is disgusting.
[Michael] Gotta love the slo-mo replay.
[Bradshaw] It looks like you on St. Paddy's Day
[Michael laughs] Looked like you last night.
[Michael laughing]
Matt's-- I think Matt's enjoying himself.
[Bradshaw] That was wrong. That is no way to treat the captain.
Well, how'd you like that? Represent the taste of Friday Night SmackDown.
-I don't feel too good. -May be sick.
May need the losses.
Ladies and gentlemen, up next believe it or not,
yet another WWE Championship matchup.
Again, history in the making here tonight, another scored match,
the second WWE title match of the night.
Mr. McMahon's designated hitter, Umaga, takes on Triple H,
and Triple H and Mr. McMahon's, uh, relationship
has not been based on respect.
[dramatic music playing]
[Vince] A man of my distinction should be respected.
But there's one individual who
quite frankly spits in the face of respect, and his name is Triple H.
Triple H took a perverse pleasure
when he announced that my illegitimate son was a leprechaun.
The thing is, I don't understand why you didn't see this coming.
You're a little short-tempered.
You're a little shortsighted.
And, Vince, you've got a microscopic penis.
Between you and me, Vince, Hornswoggle's mom,
was she magically delicious?
[laughter]
[Vince] I'm tired of this embarrassment by Triple H,
and I'm gonna do something about it.
At No Mercy, Triple H takes on Umaga!
[tense music playing]
[Ross] This Umaga is an animal of a different kind.
He's big. He's nasty. He has no fear.
The dangerous savage.
[Jerry] This guy is a monster!
[Ross] This is destruction.
Good God, this is a savage.
Umaga is a damned animal!
Umaga looking to maim The Game!
[suspenseful music playing]
[Jerry] Uh-oh,
Umaga looking at that sledgehammer, and not moving.
That's the very same sledgehammer that put Umaga out of action
for nearly three weeks.
[Ross] And The Game is ready to crack a skull here.
Mr. McMahon summoned Umaga out of the ring.
Can The Game survive against a motivated monster at No Mercy?
[music fades out]
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the WWE Championship!
["Virtual Voodoo" playing]
[Lilián] Introducing the challenger from the isle of Samoa,
weighing in at 350 pounds, Umaga!
[Ross] Well, King, Mr. McMahon has effectively used Umaga
since earlier this year as we referred to Mr. McMahon's designated hitter,
the man that the chairman goes to when he wants things done in a physical,
oppressive, brutal nature.
[Jerry] You're right, he's been Mr. McMahon's DH,
and now he could be the next WWE Champion.
Now, when this evening began, The Game knew he was going to face Umaga,
but he didn't know it would be for the WWE title.
[yells]
[Ross] It was approximately one hour ago that Triple H shocked us all
by winning the WWE title just minutes after it was awarded
at the very beginning of this broadcast to Randy Orton.
[screams]
[Ross] So since we've come on the air, Randy Orton has been awarded the title,
Triple H has won the title,
and now The Game must defend the title
here in the span of an hour.
[music fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[yelling in Samoan]
["The Game" playing]
[announcer] Behold the king,
the king of kings.
There's only one.
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Lilián] And from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing in at 255 pounds,
he is the new WWE Champion,
Triple H!
[Ross] I'll tell you one thing, if you needed a better illustration
of Mr. McMahon's hatred towards The Game,
I don't know how you could--
I don't know what you could think of, King,
because it was just a few minutes ago that Mr. McMahon said
the match with Umaga is going to take place,
and it will be for the WWE title.
♪ I am The Game ♪
[Jerry] Well, this is The Game. We're witnessing
The Game's very first match as WWE Champion here tonight.
I mean, he just won it, like you said, less than an hour ago.
And now he has to defend it against none other than Umaga.
And this is his first official entrance tonight as the champ.
[music continues]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The spotlight firmly on the new WWE Champion,
who is now four-and-oh at No Mercy events,
this the ninth No Mercy…
extravaganza.
We're coming to you live from Chicago, as I mentioned,
over 15,000 fans filling up the Allstate Arena
weeks and weeks ago.
But, King, no one kind of assumed when they bought their tickets
that they would have experienced what we have here tonight already.
[Jerry] Well, one good thing came out of that pizza-eating contest.
At least it gave The Game a few more minutes to rest up for this match
because he's facing a perfectly fresh Umaga.
And as we saw earlier, The Game was already pushed to the limit
-by Randy Orton. That match was cruel. -[music fades out]
[Ross] Umaga is healed from his injuries
sustained at the hands of a steel chair
and a sledgehammer by The Game back in early September.
-And Umaga looking to start here. -[Jerry] Look out.
-[Ross] And here we go. -[bell ringing]
Referee Marty Elias calling for the bell,
and we're underway in a physical, aggressive way.
[grunts]
[Ross] The Game and Umaga exchanging those right hands.
Umaga has a-- quite frankly, I don't want to jinx The Game,
but an amazingly opportunistic chance here
to become the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] Right. I think it would be-- that may work.
[Ross] DDT.
[Jerry] Maybe not.
[yells]
[Ross] The Cerebral Assassin using his wits
and Umaga's own momentum to navigate Umaga over the top rope.
[Jerry] It would certainly behoove Triple H-- oh, man.
Those steel steps had absolutely no effect on Umaga.
[Ross] Umaga's head bounced off the steel steps with absolutely no avail,
-no adverse effect, seemingly… -[crowd member yelling]
[Ross] …but the same cannot be said
for the new WWE Champion who tasted steel.
[Jerry] Is there some sorta exercise that you do to make your head that hard?
[Ross] I couldn't tell you.
-[groans] -[Jerry] Man, what impact.
That straight kick caught Triple H right in the heart. And I--
[Jerry] Eyes are kind of glazed over there.
I don't know if he knows where he is right now.
-[yells] -[Jerry] But he better realize it quick.
-Wow. -[Ross] Umaga using that mass,
that 350 pounds,
a very athletic 350 pounds, we should say.
And certainly a motivated monster.
[Jerry] And he knows what he's doing in there.
Don't ever think that this Umaga is just in there dishing out punishment randomly.
I mean, he knew that he knocked the wind out of Triple H
with that big massive kick,
and then he went right to try to crush The Game.
And now this may be it.
[Ross] Umaga is a long way away from--
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. If he hits this-- oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Man, Triple H just barely avoided this devastation.
[Elias] One!
[Ross] And as Umaga drove his
-head into the canvas… -Two!
[Ross] …and this time Umaga not quite so quick to get back to his vertical base.
And The Game now with straight right-hand shots
to the head of Umaga, and a facebuster again.
-[yells] -[Ross] Good Lord,
what's it gonna take here?
-[Jerry] Gonna have to fight here. -[Ross] Oh, look out.
Umaga--
-[Jerry] Pedigree? -[Ross] A Pedigree?
[Jerry] Oh!
-Umaga loading up that Samoan spike. -[yells]
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] A Pedigree, or a spinebuster.
[Jerry] That may do it.
[Ross] I was thinking Pedigree because it was obvious
that's what The Game had on his mind.
[Jerry] Can this be it, J.R.? I think The Game is feeling it here.
[Ross] But will the Pedigree even adversely affect Umaga?
Well, we may find out here.
[Jerry] Or we may not. Look out.
[Ross] And then again, we may not.
-The Samoan drop… -[groans]
[Ross] Triple H countered into a Samoan drop
-by The Samoan Bulldozer. -[pants, groans]
[Jerry] Have we ever had three different champions in one pay-per-view?
-[Ross] Um, never. No. -[Jerry] Well, it may happen tonight.
Not three different WWE Champions, that's obvious.
[Jerry] Mr. McMahon said this was gonna be a historic night. He--
[Ross] Back to the ribs.
Samoan drop, follows it right to the ribs.
-And, King, you were right. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] There is a method to the physical madness of this monster.
[groans]
[Jerry] Right after the ribcage of Triple H.
Uh-oh. You gotta watch it. He's behind you.
[Ross] And The Game can't breathe.
-He cannot compete… -[crowd groaning]
[Ross] …and that means that Umaga could be one giant step closer
to becoming the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] Get out of there, Lilián. Look out!
Umaga, looking at that shiny WWE Championship.
-Get back in there. -[Jerry] You gotta remember that--
you hear the referee admonishing both these men,
the title cannot change hands on a countout. Umaga--
[Ross] And Umaga again working on the ribs and the torso of Triple H.
[Jerry] He better do that work inside the ropes.
[Ross] And Umaga with that bear hug, down low.
Squeezing the lower back and kidney area of Triple H,
after The Game has been manhandled on the outside,
the Samoan Drop has started this whole downward spiral for the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] Well, I would think that the downward spiral actually started
a while back in that match with Randy Orton.
I mean, that had to take a lot of out of Triple H.
[Ross] Triple H with his WWE Championship on the line.
[Jerry] Well, forced on the line there by Mr. McMahon.
[Elias] One, two, three!
[Ross] And The Game wrecking the eyes of Umaga.
Even the monster is sensitive there in the eyes.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] And again caught in midair.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, good lord!
-Again, the impact… -[Jerry] Wow. Oh, man.
[Ross] …and the internal injuries
that could be forthcoming here for the WWE Champion.
-One, two! -There's the count. And thr-- no.
Umaga thought he had it right there. Look at the impact.
-[Jerry] Listen. Oh, golly. -[crowd groans]
[Ross] Looks like The Game being in a car crash.
Umaga spinning around, had the momentum.
-All of his power, The Game-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And now the head-butt right to the ribs.
[Jerry] A car crash is what it's like when you're in the ring with Umaga,
except you have no seatbelt and no airbag.
[Ross] Umaga making his No Mercy debut.
-And it could be a very auspicious debut… -[coughs]
[Ross] …in as much as the WWE title is at stake.
And The Game, as you can hear, is having trouble getting a breath.
-[groans] -[Jerry] A lot of punishment to the ribs,
that entire midsection, sternum of Triple H.
[groans]
[Ross] It is the oxygen that serves as the fuel
-to run these athletes… -[grunts]
[Ross] …and The Game having trouble with his-- with his fuel,
as Umaga now just completely opening up
and having his physical way with the new WWE Champion.
-[Jerry] Oh, J.R. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] This could be the beginning of the very end of The Game's reign.
And-- Oh! Umaga moved the ring with that impact.
[Jerry] That had to dislocate the hip of Umaga.
-[yells] -[Jerry] Maybe not.
[Ross] And The Game got a foot well placed in the face.
-[yells] -[Ross] Umaga keeps coming.
And this time the ringpost said stop.
And The Game goes downstairs.
-The Game, Pedigree. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Game stuck the Pedigree. But will it be enough?
-The Game sticks the Pedigree. And two. -[crowd] One, two--
-[Jerry] He got it! -[bell ringing]
[Jerry laughing]
["The Game" playing]
[Ross] The ringpost and the Pedigree.
[Lilián] …the WWE Champion, Triple H.
[Jerry] I don't believe it, J.R.! This is without a doubt Triple H's night.
Man!
[Ross] The Game came into No Mercy at three-and-oh.
He's two-and-oh here tonight.
Five wins, no losses for The Game.
He's the WWE Champion.
He is every bit of that Cerebral Assassin moniker
to take advantage of the circumstance.
It was Umaga's head racking off the ringpost
and The Game capitalized immediately with a Pedigree.
[Jerry] Look at this. The referee trying to raise the hand in victory of Triple H,
but I think The Game's ribs are hurting so bad,
he wouldn't even let the referee raise his-- raise his hand.
It hurts too much.
[Ross] What an incredible night for The Game,
who may be busted up inside,
but he's still the WWE Champion.
An amazing, amazing effort…
for one of the toughest men in the history of the WWE.
[Jerry] This was the start. We talked about beginning of the end.
This was the beginning of the end for Umaga.
He ran face-first into The Game's big boot.
And then the Pedigree.
-Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Again, taking advantage of the concussed state.
And The Game dragged himself on top of Umaga
on a historical night,
perhaps the most historic night in the career of The Game.
[music fades out]
[rock music playing]
[music fades out]
[Michael] It has been called a Chamber of Horrors,
the Punjabi Prison.
Used only one other time in sports entertainment history.
World Champion Batista and number one contender, The Great Khali,
will be imprisoned in this steel reinforced bamboo tonight.
One structure, 20 feet tall.
The other slightly smaller.
Both structures weighing in excess of one ton each.
The title to be determined in the Prison tonight.
[suspenseful music playing]
[shushes]
The Great Khali is in deep meditation as he prepares
for the Punjabi Prison match against Batista.
You see, engaging in a match of this magnitude
requires superior physical strength.
Something The Great Khali most certainly has.
But to survive and win the Punjabi Prison,
one must possess something more,
a sound mind and dark soul.
An area within yourself that will not hesitate for a moment
to inflict pain of the utmost devastation
upon your opponent.
And that's exactly what The Great Khali is doing.
That's exactly why he is praying to the most evil of Hindu gods
for their guidance and their support.
So as Batista lays in the middle of the ring,
a beaten and broken man,
The Great Khali will rise above
and walk out of the Punjabi Prison
the new World Heavyweight Champion.
[speaking Hindi]
[crowd cheering]
[Finlay] My name is Finlay, and I love to fight.
["Lambeg" playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] This contest is set for one fall.
Approaching the ring first, from Belfast, Northern Ireland,
weighing 233 pounds,
Finlay!
[Michael] Finlay set for action here at No Mercy.
One on one with Rey Mysterio.
And here's a man with a chip on his shoulder, John.
Believes that he should be involved in the World Championship title picture.
[Bradshaw] Finlay has always wanted to be a World Champion.
He has won every championship.
He has held every title except for that prestigious World Championship,
which you can only find on SmackDown.
So you're damn right he has a chip on his shoulder.
He's Irish. He loves to fight.
["Booyaka 619" playing]
♪ 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ That's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619 ♪
[announcer] Introducing next, from San Diego, California,
weighing 165 pounds,
Rey Mysterio!
[Michael] The thrilling former World Champion,
the biggest underdog champion
in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment,
Rey Mysterio, set for action tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, this all began as a war of words
between Mysterio and my broadcast colleague,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
John, in an article that you wrote on wwe.com earlier this week,
you claimed that you had no agenda in trying to incite tension
between Finlay and Rey Mysterio.
So how do you explain your actions
over the fact that when you interviewed Rey,
Finlay came from the locker room
and cheap shotted Mysterio in the middle of the ring
-while you watched? -[Bradshaw] I have absolutely no agenda.
I had no idea what Finlay was doing.
You see me on Fox News. I'm unbiased.
I'm an investigative reporter.
That's what I was doing.
Finlay's gripe with Mysterio has nothing to do with me,
even if I agree with what Finlay thinks.
[Michael] So the question is why did Finlay attack Rey Mysterio?
[Bradshaw] Finlay came from Ireland like a lot of Irish Americans have done,
like the McMahons have done.
They stood up. They came here legally and they made a name for themselves.
And look at Mysterio,
-hiding behind that mask. -[bell ringing]
It makes Finlay sick. It makes me sick.
[Michael] Well, these thoughts are John "Bradshaw" Layfield's only
on this matter.
I guess the only person to answer that question would be Finlay,
to why he attacked Rey Mysterio.
He obviously made an impact.
[Bradshaw] Why don't you ask him?
[Michael] First time ever on pay-per-view, Finlay versus Rey Mysterio
from Friday Night SmackDown.
[Bradshaw] Talk about a contrast of styles.
You got Finlay who can turn a fat monkey butt ugly
and you got Rey Mysterio with his graceful high flying.
This is what makes matches up, Michael.
[Michael] John, how important is this matchup
between these two individuals?
[Bradshaw] Both want to be World Champion.
To be World Champion, you gotta be the number one contender.
To get there, you gotta knock everybody else off.
These two are right at that verge of stepping up into that main event.
They've both been there before.
They both wanna be there again.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Bradshaw] This match could decide
the near future for both of them.
-Come on, Mysterio. Come on. -[Michael] But Rey is the only one
out of the two who's actually been World Champion,
winning that Triple Threat Match a couple WrestleManias ago,
and also the man who retired you, JBL, Rey Mysterio.
[Bradshaw] It's not important to this match whatsoever.
[Michael] And there's the quickness of Rey Mysterio,
trying to cut Finlay down to his size.
Boot to the side of the head by Mysterio.
You gotta believe that Finlay's relatives are watching live tonight
in the United Kingdom on Sky Box Office.
In fact, our fans watching all over the world,
watching Mysterio's high-flying antics
in places like Germany, Italy, Switzerland.
What a crossbody.
Hook to the leg by Mysterio and a kick-out by Finlay at two.
[Bradshaw] From Belfast to Shannon to Ashford Castle to The K Club.
Kildare, the greatest golf course in Ireland.
-They're all watching their hero, Finlay. -[grunts]
[Bradshaw] He's like a modern-day Sean Thornton from Innisfree.
Rey, you gotta get down. Rey!
[Michael] And Rey Mysterio, who tonight looks more focused
than I've seen him in recent weeks.
Remember, he has gone through a tremendous amount of punishment
at the hands of the number one contender for the world title, The Great Khali.
Don't forget The Great Khali squeezed Mysterio's skull
in that Vise Grip a few weeks ago.
[Bradshaw] Don't forget the way Khali has squeezed that Vise Grip
on everyone he has put it on.
No one has gotten out of it, Michael.
[Michael] Will he be able to use that Vise Grip
in the Punjabi Prison later tonight?
[Bradshaw] If he does, we have a new World Champion.
[Michael] Mysterio going toe to toe with the fighting Irishman Finlay.
And a perfect game plan thus far for Rey Mysterio.
Take out the legs of Finlay, cut him down to size.
-[groans] -You gotta bring him back into the ring.
-[grunts] -Whoa.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio has made a career, John,
out of beating men bigger than him.
And there, the unorthodox offensive style by Mysterio.
-But will it cost him? -Hey, Rey!
-[Michael] And Finlay… -Get off him now!
[Michael] Finlay with his own unorthodox style.
And we've talked about this in the past, John.
Finlay is so effective, using every part of the ring as a weapon.
[Bradshaw] As another great Texan once said, "That's a clever 'un."
[Michael] And Finlay took advantage and quickly in control of Rey Mysterio.
[Bradshaw] That's what Finlay is so good about.
You talk about Rey Mysterio had his game plan down pat, he did,
but he makes one simple mistake,
forgetting that Finlay will use anything he can.
-[groans] -[Bradshaw] Look at this.
[Michael] Did you hear the way the shoulder popped
-when it hit that steel post? -[Korderas] You wanna to continue?
[Bradshaw] You talking about Rey being World Champion,
Finlay was undefeated European Champion for five years.
[Michael] That was European Champion, John.
Not like being World Champion here on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Bradshaw] I designated the difference.
-I said that. -[Michael] Finlay--
-Hey, look at Finlay. -[Bradshaw] And undefeated
for five years. You wanna throw that away?
[Michael] Finlay-- not at all. Not at all.
[Bradshaw] You have a problem with Europe?
-[Michael] Not at all. -[Bradshaw] What kinda xenophobe are you?
[Michael] I don't have a problem with Finlay either.
I would never take anything away from his accomplishments,
but the world title, John, is the world title.
-[Bradshaw] I agree with that. -[Michael] And look at Finlay.
He has now concentrated his efforts
-on the left arm of Rey Mysterio. -Come on.
[Michael] The shoulder area,
which targeted that steel post earlier on.
[Bradshaw] My point, Michael, is very simple.
I'mma explain it to you.
Finlay has won every title.
He's not only held them, but he has defended them for years,
except for that world title.
You know what that means to a man? It's like Charles Barkley.
He's won everything except for the ring.
[Michael] Oh!
[Bradshaw] That's what drives Finlay right now.
[Michael] Finlay off that clothesline. Into the cover.
See how he shoves his knee into the temple of Mysterio
to keep Mysterio down,
forcing Rey to exert energy as he kicks out?
[Bradshaw] Watch this.
Ha! Right there will knock you out of your boots.
[Michael] John, and this is what you were talking about earlier,
the contrasting styles.
Rey is high octane.
When Rey is in a groove, he's moving around the ring full force,
never stopping to take a breath.
When Finlay's in a groove like he is now,
he methodically picks apart his opponent.
[Bradshaw] There's no air between Finlay and his opponent.
[Michael] Cover. This time, forearm in the face.
-And a kick-out. -[Bradshaw] When Finlay is on top,
he is one of the very best this business has ever seen
because he doesn't allow any air.
He doesn't allow any recuperative time.
[Michael] Mysterio trying to battle back into the matchup,
to gain momentum.
[Bradshaw] And look at that, Finlay thinking.
Takes that shot in the face,
first thing he does, kicks the leg and goes back to the arm.
[Michael] Now Finlay trying to take the shoulder and arm out of Mysterio.
How does that help Finlay's offense?
It hurts Mysterio. Can't use the ropes,
especially, say, the 619.
That was a great counter by Rey.
One!
[Bradshaw] You take out any limb, Michael,
it's like knocking out a peg out of a three-legged stool.
You take that out, you weaken it.
-That's what Finlay has been doing. -[groans]
[Michael] A wild right missed, but Mysterio connects
with the next couple.
Rey Mysterio has got Finlay backing up a bit.
[grunts]
[Michael] Quickness of Ray. Tremendous balance.
High crossbody.
Back to the cover, hooks the leg, kicks out at two.
But you see how Rey--
[Bradshaw] That's where it comes into effect, Michael.
He had tried to hook that leg with his left arm, could not do it.
[Michael] Rey wasn't able to get off that crossbody to the lateral press,
to John's point, because of that injured shoulder.
Mysterio, seated senton connecting.
And you suddenly feel a momentum shift in the matchup.
Rey has gotta get rolling.
Rey has gotta quickly roll around the ring like he is here.
Off that dropkick to the face, hook to the leg.
Does he get it? No. Kick-out at two by Finlay.
Mysterio, The Ultimate Underdog.
He was the biggest underdog champion of all time,
defeating some of the biggest men in the history of SmackDown.
[Bradshaw] That is a great counter by Finlay.
-And one by Mysterio. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Mysterio, Finlay is in position.
-[Bradshaw] Here we go. -[Michael] Forget the three, one, two--
went for the 619.
And Finlay realizing what was coming.
-Here's the cover, two-count kick-out! -One, two. Two!
Well, that is where Finlay scouts his opponent so well.
Knows every trick in the book for no matter who he's in the ring with.
[Bradshaw] The only way to think in the fog of battle
is to be in the fog of battle enough to know that that's what's important,
and Finlay has done it.
[Michael] Mysterio-- And Finlay, look at how Finlay capitalized.
Oh, man, knee to the shoulder,
-the injured shoulder. -One, two--
Cover. Mysterio just kicks out at two-and-a-half.
But here's the turning point for Finlay.
-Watch Finlay. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] At the right moment, exploding off the ropes.
And then he went right back to the injured shoulder.
And look at Finlay. Finlay exposing the steel turnbuckle.
Hey! This is your one and only warning.
You try this again, you're disqualified. You got it?
[Michael] Referee Jimmy Korderas exerting his authority.
And Finlay with the shillelagh.
That shillelagh that Mysterio has had a run-in with
in recent weeks. What a counter.
And that's the Mysterio we're talking about!
The most exciting Superstar in World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Bradshaw] Finlay went for the distraction,
went for the shortcut.
Rey has yet to make him pay.
[Michael] Mysterio!
Look at this. Unique position.
Can Rey take advantage?
Went for the 619 again.
Oh, Finlay paid for it!
Rey!
[Michael] Did you hear the kick off the skull?
[Bradshaw] Right to the side of the head.
[Michael] What's Rey doing now?
This unorthodox Superstar off the top rope,
Droppin' Da Dime on Finlay.
Did you hear the thud?
[Bradshaw] Yeah, that one was four feet.
Finlay fell straight back, bounced the back of his head
-off of that floor. -Can you hear me?
[Bradshaw] There's no give there, Michael.
Finlay, talk to me!
Finlay?
[Michael] Finlay is not respons-- Well…
I didn't think he was responsive.
Referee Jimmy Korderas is…
I believe he's calling for help, John.
I don't want-- Are they coming?
[Michael] Finlay was--
and here come the trainers and the doctor from the locker room area
heading down here to check out Finlay.
It was a sickening thud
in which Finlay's head just like whiplashed.
-[doctor] Come on! -[Bradshaw] Bounced off that floor.
Finlay fell four feet…
[doctor] Come on.
[Bradshaw] …and snapped the back of his head off that floor.
Lower that down. Head at this end, this side.
Spin it around.
-[paramedic] I wanna push him up here… -[Jerry] He's unconscious.
-[paramedic] …a little bit. -All right. We're gonna--
We're gonna slide him up in position
-to where we can spine board him. -[Bradshaw] Finlay hasn't moved.
[Michael] We hear the trainers calling for a spine board.
[Bradshaw] Finlay hadn't moved.
[Michael] Precaution for a-- for a neck and head injury, John.
[Bradshaw] It looked like those little skateboard videos
where one of the kids hits his head on the-- on the cement.
That sickening thud.
Easy.
[Bradshaw] I think he could be in trouble here, bad.
[Michael] And Rey expressing his concern too, John.
I mean, it's a competition out here and
you never wanna see your opponent seriously injured.
-Listen, listen to this thud. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Wow. That was Finlay's skull.
Finlay's skull bouncing off the floor.
Looks like whiplash.
[Bradshaw] The blows that you can get hurt by the most, Michael,
are those that you don't see.
[Michael] Well, and it was obviously an accident too, John.
-I mean, it was-- -Let's go.
[Michael] It was a move by Rey gone horribly, horribly wrong.
I mean, obviously, Rey did not want this to happen to Finlay.
[paramedic] All right, lift it up.
[Michael] The neck brace offering support.
[Bradshaw] It's the nature of the sport.
You know, unfortunately, these things happen.
Bounced his head off that middle rope,
and then right there.
And he didn't-- has not moved since.
-Finlay has not moved a muscle. -[crowd chanting] Finlay! Finlay!
[Bradshaw] It's sad to see. What are-- What…
[crowd chanting] Finlay! Finlay! Finlay!
[Bradshaw] We may have seen the end of a great career here, Michael.
[Michael] I mean, what's going through the mind of Rey Mysterio? I mean…
[Bradshaw] Yeah, but Michael, I've known Finlay for 20 years.
What a-- what a great competitor.
[Michael] Hey! What the hell? Finlay!
That no-good son of a… Look at him!
[Bradshaw] What the hell happened?
[Michael] I'll tell what you happened!
Finlay wasn't hurt. Oh!
Finlay set this up. This is another ambush.
Another damn sneak attack.
You gotta be kidding me!
-[referee] Come on. -What is wrong with him?
[Bradshaw] He's brilliant, that's what he is.
He grew up in a war zone.
He grew up with car bombs going off around
in North Belfast, Ireland.
[Michael] How is this is brilliant? Preying on the emotions of our fans,
preying on the emotions of your opponent,
and doing this? How the hell is that brilliant?
[Bradshaw] You do what you have to do to get ahead.
Don't trust anybody. Another famous Texan once said that, too.
[crowd chanting] Finlay sucks! Finlay sucks!
[Bradshaw] And more! Another cheap shot!
[Michael] What does Finlay have against Rey Mysterio?
-Can someone explain that to me? -You get out, now.
[Bradshaw] I think you're gonna have to ask Finlay that question.
[Michael] What point is he trying to prove and why this?
I mean, they were having a hell of a matchup.
It was a competitive match here tonight.
And then Finlay feigning the injury and then this cheap shot.
He fell--
[Bradshaw] He fell four feet, snapped the back of his head.
[crowd booing]
[Bradshaw] Maybe it occurred to him on the fly, Michael.
Maybe it knocked some sense into him, once he was on the stretcher,
he starts coming to.
There's no way, Michael, he had this planned before this match.
[Michael] John, John, John, how can you defend this?
How in the world in good conscience can you defend that?
[Bradshaw] Because the end justifies the means.
That's how you defend it.
Quit with your damn fairy tale life about it's good, it's evil.
No. Baloney, Michael.
It's about results and it's about getting what you want,
no matter what the cost.
To hell with Rey Mysterio and to hell with you,
with your damn quick-sighted views of life.
[Michael] But what results did Finlay gain here?
What was the result of that? Can you explain that to me?
Did he win a match? No.
He didn't win any match.
He injured his opponent. The match was over.
[Bradshaw] He made impact.
Tonight, in the bar, Finlay is gonna have a Guinness
and toast the demise of Rey Mysterio.
I hope I'm there with him.
[exhales]
Well, I'll be damned.
Look at you.
I gotta admit, this has been pretty amazing.
You've had one hell of a night tonight.
But then again, think about it, so have I.
I mean, I guaranteed we would have a new WWE Champion, and we do.
I guaranteed we would have a WWE Championship match
Hell, we've had two of 'em.
I guaranteed that history would be made tonight, and it has.
But yet, history is not over tonight.
There's more history to be made.
And that's because Randy Orton has requested
-his automatic return championship match. -[crowd cheering]
And he's requested it tonight.
And, um, you're right.
Just, again, once to prove that I always give the audience what they want.
This championship match between you and Orton will be a…
Last Man Standing match.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
That is, of course, uh…
if you can stand at all.
Good luck… champ.
["Glamazon" playing]
[Ross] My gosh, King, Mr. McMahon hell-bent on destroying The Game.
-And-- And I-- -[Jerry] Never cross the boss.
That's all you gotta remember. When is Triple H gonna learn?
He's got a vendetta.
[Ross] Three-- three championship matches in one night
The Game will participate in.
Unprecedented. Historic.
[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the WWE Women's Championship.
Introducing the challenger from Buffalo, New York, Beth Phoenix.
[Ross] And speaking of championships, this is the first time in five years
that the women's title has been contested here at No Mercy.
[Jerry] Glamazon, J.R. She's The Glamazon.
[music fades out]
["What Love Is" playing]
♪ Let me show you what love is ♪
♪ Let me show you how to move your body ♪
♪ Move your body, move… ♪
[Lilián] And from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
she is the WWE Women's Champion, Candice Michelle!
[Jerry] Oh. They got that. What the heck. Look at this, J.R.
Candice can be my angel anytime.
[Ross] Candice Michelle won the women's title in June
at Vengeance: Night of Champions.
She certainly has been a fighting champion,
and again, speaking of fighting champions, The Game is--
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Are you all right?
Don't go into convulsions here now.
Beth Phoenix, the challenger for the women's title,
not nearly as impressed with Candice Michelle's ring entrance…
[Jerry] Dance?
[Ross] …as you and many others… are here, I would suggest.
♪ Raise your hands up Raise your hands up ♪
[Jerry] I'm still speechless over the fact that the legend is gonna have
to compete again, Last Man Standing match as well.
[Ross] His third championship match in one night.
-That is absolutely unheard of. -[music fades out]
[Jerry] Well, he said it himself.
Mr. McMahon always gives the fans what they want.
Whether they know what they want or not, he'll give it to them.
-[Ross] And… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] This is going to be a huge test for Candice Michelle, I can assure you.
Candice giving away so much strength and power. Look at that.
[Jerry] Good Lord.
One!
-[Jerry] Watch out. -[groans]
[Ross] Nice biel. A powerful biel by Beth Phoenix,
-the former Playboy cover girl. -One, two!
Come on. Back up, Beth. Come on.
[Jerry] Candice trying to block that Glamazon.
Beth Phoenix is just-- I mean, I don't know.
I don't think-- I think Candice will admit it.
Beth Phoenix is much stronger.
[Ross] Yeah. Hey, look at this.
[Jerry] Look at this move. Look at this, get her. No.
-[Ross] Modified victory roll, but-- -[groans]
[Ross] Beth Phoenix too strong.
This dangerous Diva, very, very strong and powerful.
[screams]
[Ross] And thus far that has been the difference in this match.
[Jerry] Beth, don't hurt her.
Back off, back off.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Oh. Candice getting a shot in there.
And now Candice Michelle throwing some rather unique offense for her,
using those kicks very effectively.
[Jerry] That's what Candice is gonna have to do.
She's not gonna certainly be able to match strength with Beth Phoenix.
-[Ross] The dropkick and the cover. -Two!
[Ross] One fall match for the WWE Women's Championship here at No Mercy,
and a short arm scissors applied by Candice Michelle,
the reigning women's champion.
Talked to Candice earlier today.
She knows she's in for a real challenge here tonight.
[groans]
And, uh, the Glamazon has so much power and strength,
it will negate literally all of-- thus far, most of the offense
that Candice has attempted.
[Jerry] I think her body has gone to her head.
-She loves to tell you how-- -[crowd gasping]
[Jerry] …how great she looks and how strong she is,
and she demonstrates how strong she is.
Look at this. Oh.
[Ross] Candice caught in mid-air easily by this powerhouse,
and then powerslammed, the hook to the leg.
[Jerry] Hey! She was able to kick out. Wow.
-[Jerry] Candice has great passion… -[screams]
[Ross] …and a will to compete,
and her resiliency, speaking of the reigning champion,
will be tested here as this contest progresses.
You see the size difference.
[groans]
Amazing physical specimen is Phoenix the challenger.
[Jerry] You know what's great, she's beautiful.
Beth Phoenix doesn't-- just when you talk about looks.
-But then when you add-- -[Ross] Look out here.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look at-- look at Candice! -[Ross] Candice is in a predicament.
-Two! -[Ross] But, uh--
-[screams] -[grunts]
[Ross] Oh, come on.
[Jerry] That looks like it hurts.
[Ross] It hurts, yes, obviously.
[screams]
[Ross] And Candice is giving us every ounce of effort and emotion that she has
in trying to retain her women's title.
And now Candice resorting to those forearm shots.
[Jerry] She's gonna have to resort to everything she can think of.
It's gonna take every ounce of energy that Candice
can muster to defeat this Glamazon.
[Ross] Candice with an offensive spur here
-quickening the pace. -[screams]
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Yes, yes!
Yes! Come on, Candice.
[Ross] Candice is looking to take a chance.
[Jerry] I'll take a chance with Candice any time.
-[Ross] And-- -[Jerry] Look at this. She hit it!
-[Ross] A crossbody! That should-- -One, two! Two!
[Jerry] Come on, ref.
[Ross] Phoenix the challenger, powered out.
-The Glamazon is powering out. -[Jerry] Oh, no, no--
[Ross] Powering Candice Michelle right back into the corner.
It's been all power and strength.
-[Jerry] Look at Candice! -[Ross] Look at this.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Candice came off the top rope, great move,
but even that wasn’t enough to keep Phoenix down for a three-count.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] What a backbreaker.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Candice getting caught in that backbreaker by The Glamazon.
Oh. And--
-Phoenix-- -[Jerry] This move, I hate this.
[Ross] Oh. And that cradle suplex by Beth Phoenix.
This is just devastating.
A big powerful woman…
-One, two-- -[Ross] …and this could be--
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] She will be champion.
-[Ross] Dominating. -["The Glamazon" playing]
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] Devastating.
Dangerous Diva.
-[Lilián] Here is your winner… -[Jerry] I can't believe it, J.R.
[Lilián] …and the new WWE Women's Champion,
Beth Phoenix.
[Jerry] New Women's Champion!
[Ross] The Glamazon, sexy and strong,
and we have seen another championship change hands here tonight at No Mercy
as Beth Phoenix was just too big, too strong, too athletic on this night.
What?
I got something to say.
What, you got something to say?
I've got something to say.
[music fades out]
First of all, let me be the first to say congratulations.
Thank you, Jerry.
When Mr. McMahon said that tonight history was going to be made,
he was right.
I am not like any other WWE Diva.
I am the most perfect being on the face of this earth.
The perfect combination of beauty and strength,
and Jerry, tonight,
by winning the WWE Women's Championship,
I've issued in a new era.
The era of The Glamazon.
[crowd cheering]
["The Glamazon" playing]
[Ross] The era of The Glamazon indeed,
the new Women's Champion as we take you back.
There was nothing but absolute athleticism and brute strength.
That powerful backbreaker really began the end for Candice Michelle
and was followed up very expertly
with that cradle suplex of Beth Phoenix.
[Jerry] She scares me, J.R.
I didn't-- I didn't feel comfortable holding the microphone for her.
[Ross] The perfect combination of beauty and strength,
Beth Phoenix, the new WWE Women's Champion.
[Michael] No Mercy is sold out
at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. 15,106 WWE fans strong
and history is being made tonight.
Triple H is still going to defend that WWE Championship one more time
in a Last Man Standing match against Randy Orton.
But up next, the World Championship on the line,
Batista the Champion defending against The Great Khali, John,
inside that Punjabi Prison.
[Bradshaw] Michael, I got here early just to come and see
and witness the spectacle they call the Punjabi Prison.
[ethereal music playing]
[Bradshaw] This thing is awe-inspiring.
[Michael] Batista called it a Chamber of Horrors,
steel reinforced bamboo.
There's only one way out.
You must escape both structures.
One's 16 feet high, the other 20 feet high.
And in the top of those structures, razor-sharp spikes.
Coming up next, the World Championship on the line, inside that Punjabi Prison.
It is the three-time World Champion Batista
against the former World Champion The Great Khali.
And for "The Animal" Batista, he is hoping that his latest reign as champion
isn't a quick one inside the Punjabi Prison.
[music fades out]
[dramatic music playing]
[Batista] At Unforgiven, I was fortunate enough to overcome
the former World Heavyweight Champion, The Great Khali.
[Ross] He wanted Khali. He got him!
[Jerry] Spinebuster!
He did it. Batista did it!
The Animal is on top of the food chain again!
[man] At No Mercy, The Great Khali will exercise the rematch clause.
[Michael] At No Mercy, the World Champion facing the challenge
of his career inside a Punjabi Prison.
Batista versus The Great Khali inside a Chamber of Horrors.
It is an absolutely awe-inspiring structure!
[Bradshaw] You can't stick two men in this.
[Michael] The outer structure is 20 feet tall.
The inner structure is 16 feet tall.
[Bradshaw] The competitor can call for a door to be open.
You have 60 seconds, then it is closed.
[Michael] The outer structure has no doors whatsoever.
The top, completely surrounded with razor-sharp spikes.
Only way to win is by escape from the Punjabi Prison.
[music fades out]
[Ranjin] Batista, you have no idea what you've gotten yourself in to.
[singer vocalizing]
[Batista] I know it sounds like I'm facing the impossible.
Khali, you have no idea what it's like
being locked in a cage with an animal.
-I'm the man. -[dramatic music playing]
[Batista] I'm the predator.
I'm the World Heavyweight Champion,
and I'm the top of the food chain!
[Ranjin] There will be no escape from the torture, from the pain.
[Batista] It's dangerous backing me into a corner.
The Great Khali will show no fear.
[Batista] When you back me into a corner, I lash out.
[Ranjin] The Great Khali will have no remorse.
[Batista] And when I lash out, people get hurt.
[Ranjin] The Great Khali will have no mercy.
[Michael] Batista versus The Great Khali
inside a Chamber of Horrors known as the Punjabi Prison.
[Batista] If Khali wants his heavyweight title,
he's gonna have to pry it out of my dead hands.
[music fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following is a Punjabi Prison match
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
There are no pinfalls, no submissions,
no countouts, and no disqualifications.
The interior structure consists of four doors,
each one attended by a referee.
Each door will be raised when called for by a competitor.
The door will remain open for only 60 seconds.
Once that 60 seconds has elapsed, the door will be shut and locked for good.
The outer structure has no doors whatsoever.
The only way to win the Punjabi Prison match
is by escaping both structures.
["da.nger" playing]
[announcer] Introducing first, the challenger from India,
standing over seven feet tall,
weighing 420 pounds,
The Great Khali!
[Michael] In my estimation, the odds on favor to win back
the World Championship here tonight inside the Punjabi Prison.
John, you had the opportunity earlier today to actually tour
this massive structure.
Tell me about it. What's it like?
[Bradshaw] Michael, I came in here early to Chicago just for that,
to watch them bring this massive thing in.
Michael, 20 feet. That's the size of two basketball goals
stacked on top of each other.
With this pointed, sharp bamboo on top of it.
Michael, it would be tough to climb out of this thing,
navigate this thing and get out safely without having to fight someone first.
This structure is simply dangerous.
[Michael] You saw The Great Khali enter in through one of those trap doors
that will be closed in this matchup,
only to be opened when an opponent calls for it.
If they don't get through that door in 60 seconds,
the door will be shut and locked for the remainder of the matchup.
[Bradshaw] And it's not like Khali needs home-court advantage.
Batista, as big as he is, and he is a monster of a man,
but he's-- you look at Khali. He's a giant.
Batista's giving up a half a foot, 150 pounds,
and stepping into this giant lair to defend his championship.
[Michael] And Khali looks comfortable, John,
and the reason why is this structure was actually made,
constructed in the Punjab Prisons where Great Khali was born,
where he grew up, where he made a name for himself,
where he learned to be as savage as he has been.
[Bradshaw] There's a reason they've only done this match once
here in the WWE.
[crowd cheering]
["I Walk Alone" playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Yeah! ♪
[fireworks popping]
[cheering]
[announcer] And from Washington, D.C., weighing 290 pounds,
he is the current World Heavyweight Champion,
Batista!
[Bradshaw] Batista has been champion before.
He has been in wars before, but I'm sure he knows it right now.
We're looking at a guy, Batista, who is walking into hell.
[Michael] wwe.com posed a question this week, John,
"Is Batista intimidated by the Punjabi Prison?"
Your thoughts?
[Bradshaw] Batista certainly looks intimidated.
How could you not be? You're looking at this 20-foot structure.
Batista has never been in this. Batista may not have even seen this.
I come early to watch this thing put up
because I was interested by it.
I didn't see Batista.
This may be the first time Batista has seen this thing up close.
[Michael] Well, Batista did tell Khali, "You don't know what it's like
to be locked inside a cage with an animal."
And now, the outside structure, the 20-foot high structure
that weighs over one ton, over 2,000 pounds
being locked around the ring.
[Bradshaw] You can't prepare for something like this.
[Michael] A combined one mile of reinforced steel bamboo…
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] …is what makes this structure,
as The Animal heads into the ring,
and Great Khali goes right to work on the World Champion.
[Bradshaw] And The Animal has been caged.
[Michael] And John, let's talk about this now.
Let's talk about strategy for both of these individuals.
First, starting with Khali in this match up.
[Bradshaw] Khali has got to make sure Batista does not get comfortable.
Look, this is his home.
This is what he chose. This is what you want.
You want to fight a guy for a World Championship in your match.
[Michael] And Khali, caught up early on.
Khali is caught up early on.
And Batista, The Animal smells blood,
unloading on the 7'3", 420 Khali.
[Bradshaw] Batista should call for a door, he should call for a door and get out.
You can open a door, you've got 60 seconds.
[Michael] Well, Batista may have been looking to inflict more punishment
and pain on Khali, John, wear him down, make getting out of the door easier,
and he just ran in to that huge chop by Khali.
[Bradshaw] Maybe that's also Batista getting used to the door.
You see the first thing Khali does is open the door.
[Michael] Now, Khali has a minute, a minute to get through that door.
You see the clock is starting. If one of these individuals
doesn't make it through that door in a minute,
it will be locked shut for the remainder of the match.
[Bradshaw] The only thing I can compare this to, Michael,
is the first time you're ever in a cage match, which is nothing like this.
And you are nervous.
You don't know what to do and you finally grow accustomed to it.
Batista has got to have that learning curve go straight up.
[Michael] This is no ordinary cage match.
This is steel reinforced bamboo.
Khali, trying to use his power and strength.
But The Animal realizing he can't allow Khali
to make it outside of the first structure
because then Batista would be locked in, and Khali would have the advantage.
Twenty seconds left before that door shuts for good.
And remember, John, you have to escape both structures--
both structures to win the championship.
[Bradshaw] Michael, I've seen this structure,
and we're looking at it right here.
I'm not sure if I was in this match by myself, I could win it.
How in the world are you going to navigate this 20-foot outside structure
-with these pointy, sharp… -[buzzer blaring]
[Bradshaw] …barbed-- bamboo sticks on it.
[Michael] And the door, you see referee Mickie Henson,
gonna padlock it shut, will not open for the remainder of the matchup.
Only three other doors remain
as the World Heavyweight Championship is on the line inside the Punjabi Prison.
[Bradshaw] And Michael, that inside structure is 16 feet.
But once you add the fact that it's sitting on top of the ring,
-it's 20 feet to the ground. -[groans]
[Michael] And Khali,
the 420-pounder with great strategy,
trying to wear down the champion.
And you mentioned what Batista has to do earlier, John.
Batista also has to avoid that devastating Vise Grip.
If Khali can lock that in,
Khali is going to be able to take his time getting out of this structure.
-[crowd booing] -[Bradshaw] Khali locks that in.
He's defeated Batista before, whether you found a fat lady
and told her to sing, because it's ballgame. It's over.
No one has gotten out of that Vise Grip.
[Michael] And Batista, the World Champion,
Batista trying to battle out. Runs into the boot again.
Earlier tonight, Khali was in deep meditation.
His translator, Ranjin Singh, saying he was praying
to the most evil of Hindu gods for guidance and support.
It seems to be working in the early going.
Watch this boot, right to the skull.
And Batista just hasn't been able, John, to get anything going in the early going.
-[Bradshaw] That is like… -[Michael] No!
[Bradshaw] …getting hit with a cinder block, Michael.
[Michael] But Batista rolled out of the way.
Perhaps this is the opening for The Animal.
[Bradshaw] What a way to have to defend the World Championship.
[Michael] Oh, spear, and Khali is down.
The giant is down, felled by the spear.
Can Batista escape the inner structure?
[Bradshaw] He's calling for it. Batista is calling for it.
[Michael] And the door is open. The second door has been open.
-The first one-- -[Bradshaw] Batista's chance.
[Michael] The first one opened to no avail.
Can Batista take advantage? Khali--
Khali trying to keep the champion inside the inner structure.
[Khali grunts]
[Michael] Remember, you've got to escape both cages.
Batista trying to get out of this first bamboo structure.
And Khali…
The number one contender.
[Bradshaw] What a way to have to defend a World Championship.
You work all your life for a World Championship,
and you get stuck in something like a Punjabi Prison to defend it.
[Michael] This is-- this is Khali's backyard.
He feels comfortable in this structure.
[Bradshaw] Look how close Batista is.
[Michael] Yeah, but this 7'3", 420-pound former champion
is being just overpowered.
-And look at the position Batista is in. -[Bradshaw] Wow!
[Michael] Lifted up and just being forced into that--
[Bradshaw] Got eight seconds to get out.
[Michael] Batista or Khali have got to get out through that door
before it's locked for the remainder of the match.
Neither one will do it.
-The door will be locked shut. -[buzzer blaring]
[Michael] We are down to two.
Two doors remain to be opened.
[Bradshaw] Khali was pushing Batista almost through the cage.
Michael, there's only two doors left.
If they don't get out of one of these two doors,
they have got to climb this structure to get out,
the first structure, the interior structure,
and it's still 20 feet from the top and to the floor.
[Michael] Completely legal. There are no disqualifications.
-Khali using that rope… -[groans]
…just hooking him.
Khali trying to wear Batista down.
If Batista passes out, Khali can waltz out of this structure.
[Bradshaw] Choking the life out of Batista.
You talk about a brutal matchup, Michael, only on SmackDown.
[Michael] Only at No Mercy. The Great Khali.
-And now-- -[Bradshaw] There is no mercy.
-Here we go. -[Michael] And that is a-- that-- oh!
That is a thick leather strap.
A thick leather strap which is supposed to be used
to aid the competitors to climb out if they want to.
Khali using that leather strap as a weapon.
And Khali calling for the third door to open.
Khali wearing the champion out.
And will the third door be the proverbial charm
for the number one contender?
Can Khali escape into the outer structure?
And Batista is not going to make it easy.
Remember what the champion said, John,
you're going have to pry that title out of his dead hands.
[Bradshaw] I think that--
-Wow! That is huge. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] What a spinebuster from out of nowhere,
the champion exploding!
[Bradshaw] But Batista taking that beating with that strap.
Not sure he can get to that door. He's got 36 seconds to do it.
[Michael] Batista just deadlifted a 420-pounder and spinebusted him.
[Bradshaw] The power of Batista is incredible.
[Michael] But did that spinebuster take everything out of Batista?
Can Batista make it out of this structure? Make it out of the Punjabi Prison?
[Bradshaw] If Batista can make it out this door, it closes behind him.
Batista just has to climb the outer structure,
-he's the World Champion. -[Michael] Fifteen seconds,
down to 13 seconds,
Khali hanging onto The Animal. Ten seconds.
Can one of these men squirm their way
-from this Punjabi Prison? -[crowd counting down] …Three, two, one.
Batista is struggling! A last--
-At last ditch grasp. -[buzzer blaring]
[Bradshaw] We're down to one door, Michael.
One door, that's it.
[Michael] Batista,
with that leather strap in hand,
perhaps gonna return the favor.
[Bradshaw] A little reciprocity.
-[Michael] Batista is-- -[Bradshaw] Here we go.
[Michael] There is just-- that is an awe-inspiring look
-at this Punjabi Prison. -[crowd cheering]
Oh, as Batista unloads.
-[groans] -[Michael] Leather strap to skin.
Tearing at the flesh of Khali!
[Bradshaw] This is what it means to be World Champion.
[Michael] And Batista, The Animal, is he gonna…
[Bradshaw] He thinks the door takes too long.
He is going over the top. You got to be kidding me.
[Michael] Animal is gonna try to escape this inner structure.
You gotta escape both structures to win the title.
Batista trying to get out of the first one.
Batista trying to retain the World Championship here at No Mercy.
Khali trying to win the World title back, which Batista took from him
in a Triple Threat Match last month.
But every time Batista builds momentum in offense, John,
this huge-- Oh, no! Oh, my God!
[Bradshaw] Oh, you got to be kidding me!
-There's no way. -[Michael] Khali trying to hang on.
[Bradshaw] There's no way.
[Michael] Khali's desperately trying to hang on.
Batista looking to deliver an ultimate powerbomb,
-but not able to as Khali counters. -[grunting]
[Bradshaw] Batista going for that Batista Bomb
that had won him three World Championships.
[crowd chanting] Khali!
[Michael] But again, every time Batista musters some offense,
Khali and his huge-- his huge frame, his huge body--
[Bradshaw] Yeah, but did you see that sickening thud of Khali hitting Batista
with that massive hand?
It's like a catcher's mitt.
It's like a cinder block pounding on Batista's head.
-[Michael] Khali-- -[Bradshaw] Look at Batista.
Look at Batista. He doesn't know where he is.
[Michael] Well, Khali just stalking The Animal.
The Animal is now the hunted. And Khali--
-[Bradshaw] He's got the Vise Grip! -[Michael] The Vise Grip!
[Bradshaw] He's got it. No one's ever got out.
[Michael] The Vise Grip is-- the Vise Grip locked in--
locked in inside the Punjabi Prison.
[Bradshaw] The match is done, Michael.
[Michael] The Vise Grip that has taken down the likes of Ric Flair
and Kane and Rey Mysterio…
-[Bradshaw] Michael… -[Michael] …and Jeff Hardy.
[Bradshaw] …it's taken down everybody it's been put on.
It's taken down Batista.
[crowd chanting] Khali! Khali!
[Michael] Khali with his massive hands wrapped around the skull.
[Bradshaw] No one has ever gotten out of this Vise Grip,
Khali's gonna do this as long as he wants.
[Michael] And Khali calls for that fourth and final door to be open.
He's got a minute to escape.
-[Bradshaw] We're gonna have… -[groans]
[Michael] Legal. A legal low blow!
[Bradshaw] But how much damage has been done to Batista?
[Michael] Desperation.
A last ditch effort, perhaps, for the champion.
Can he crawl his way to the door?
[Bradshaw] They've got-- [Michael] Thirty-six seconds to escape.
[Bradshaw] Thirty-six seconds, and by the way,
they are stuck in this cage. Stuck.
[Michael] Then there's only one way out, over the top.
Twenty-six seconds.
Batista crawling.
Batista nearly there.
[Bradshaw] That Vise Grip took its toll on Batista. Look at him.
-[Michael] Khali-- -[Bradshaw] He has not recovered.
[Michael] No. No.
Khali using the steel reinforced bamboo as a weapon!
-[groans] -Driving it into the spine!
[crowd] Five, four, three, two, one!
[Michael] And the final door…
[buzzer blaring]
[Michael] …closed, locked.
[Bradshaw] It's showtime.
[speaking Hindi]
[Bradshaw] Look, Khali doesn't even like it. Oh.
[Michael] Well, they're the rules, and no disqualification.
And Khali looked a bit disappointed
that that door was locked and shut.
[Bradshaw] He should, Michael, the only way out is to climb over the top.
It's 16 feet from the ring floor to the top.
It's a 20-foot drop from the top to the floor.
[Michael] And don't forget, John, if you get out of that first structure,
you still got to go up over the outside structure.
[Bradshaw] With the razor-sharp bamboo on top,
[Michael] Khali-- Khali trying to climb the cage.
It is Batista trying to keep The Great Khali-- Oh!
[Bradshaw] This is something out of Jurassic Park.
[Michael] And the World Champion desperately
-trying to hold on to his title. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And he may have. He may have there.
Taking the big man off his feet.
And now it's Batista's turn to try to escape.
[Bradshaw] When a 400-pound-plus man that ain't used to being knocked off his feet
falls like that, Michael, it hurts him.
Khali is done, he is hurt.
[Michael] To use the old cliché, the bigger they are, the harder they fall,
and did Khali ever.
And Batista trying to climb as well.
And Khali, the number one contender
trying to hold The Animal in his cage.
[Bradshaw] Batista--
-[Michael] No! -[Bradshaw] Oh, my!
-[Michael] A drop of over ten feet. -[Bradshaw] Wow.
[Michael] Batista halfway up, and Khali, the number one contender,
looking to escape the interior structure.
He is almost there. Khali is almost there.
Batista motionless in the center of the ring.
[Bradshaw] Looks like something, Michael,
Stephen King would make up.
This huge mountain of a dinosaur climbing out of this cage.
Unbelievable what we're witnessing.
[Michael] A giant climbing over the top
of this 16-foot high steel reinforced bamboo structure.
[Bradshaw] Batista took a ten-foot fall.
[Michael] And Khali-- and Batista still not up.
And what Khali has to do now is get down from this inner structure
and then begin the climb--
[Bradshaw] Look at how far Khali is climbing for a little perspective.
-Look at this. -[Michael] But, John, once--
[Bradshaw] Khali's still ten feet above the ground!
[Michael] What would happen if Khali fell? Could you imagine that?
Can you imagine Khali…
But as he does climb down the cage to the floor below,
Khali now has to scale the outside structure.
Khali now must scale the 20-foot high structure
with the razor-sharp bamboo spikes at the top.
[Bradshaw] World Championship on the line.
If anybody can do it, it's his match, it's his home, it's Punjabi.
-[Michael] Batista-- -[Bradshaw] We are looking
at our new World Champion, Khali.
[Michael] Batista's still got to get out of the inside structure.
All Khali has got to do is get over the top.
Batista is at the top of the inner structure!
The champion has scaled the inner structure.
Khali at the top of the outer structure.
-Khali literally 20 feet away-- -[Bradshaw] What is Batista doing?
-Look at this! -[Michael] Oh, my!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Batista launching himself…
-[Bradshaw] Wow. -[Michael] …from one to the other.
Desperately trying to hold his title.
Batista climbing to the top. Khali is over.
-[Bradshaw] We got us a race. -[Michael] Khali going down.
[Bradshaw] Who's gonna drop?
[Michael] Batista on his way down as well.
Batista! Will he get there?
[Bradshaw] Batista is gonna win it. Let go, Batista.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] He does!
-Batista wins the race. -["I Walk Alone" playing]
-[Michael] Batista retains the title! -[announcer] The winner of this match,
and still World Heavyweight Champion, Batista!
[Michael] I have never seen anything like that.
The World Champion jumped from one structure to another,
and then beat Khali in the race down the outer structure.
[Bradshaw] What a spectacle we've just witnessed, Michael.
That's what a World Championship is all about.
[chanting] Batista! Batista!
[Bradshaw] Today, Batista earned that World Championship.
Congratulations, Dave.
Enjoy the victory.
[Michael] What a win for the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista.
[Bradshaw] All four doors closed on the inner structure.
Gotta climb out.
Batista had no chance.
Takes that Spider-Man leap to the outer cage,
climbs down, and beats the not-so-nimble giant.
[Michael] John, for years, many critics of Batista
have said that he only uses power.
But what Batista proved tonight is he's more than power,
he's got heart, he's got guts, he's got soul.
He's got agility.
To be able to do what Batista did tonight is unfathomable.
Batista retains the world title.
[Bradshaw] Yeah, but what Batista did tonight
was say, "To hell with it."
Sometimes you gotta wrestle like you're in someone else's body,
and that's what Batista did.
You can call it athletic.
I call it hearts. I call it guts.
That's what Batista needed to win the championship tonight.
That's what Batista did.
[Michael] In the final moments of the matchup, Batista winning the race.
-[bell ringing] -Batista wanted it more.
[Bradshaw] Caution to the wind.
[Michael] Batista retaining the world title.
Batista survives his Punjabi nightmare.
Batista conquers the Punjabi Prison, the Chamber of Horrors.
The Animal deserved it.
The Animal earned it.
[Bradshaw] He deserves to smile, Michael.
We got us a hell of a champion on SmackDown.
Great job, Batista.
Indeed, a great job by Batista, retaining the World Heavyweight Championship…
-Amazing. -…but now we are back
to the WWE Championship,
and this match started approximately two-and-a-half hours ago
with Mr. McMahon coming to the ring and awarding
the WWE Championship to Randy Orton.
[fireworks popping]
[Ross] It was a shocking announcement from the chairman.
You're standing here in this $5,000 suit,
looking all big,
but the fact is underneath, there is not a big, huge, puffed-up guy.
It's just a little shriveled-up old man.
[crowd cheering]
And hanging underneath that $500 alligator belt
is not a big set of grapefruits.
It's just a tiny shriveled up set of raisins.
[crowd cheering]
You son of a bitch.
You're on. You've got your match.
You're on!
Right here, right now.
We're gonna have that. Get me a referee.
Get me a referee out here.
[Ross] So The Game goaded Mr. McMahon into making this championship matchup.
The first match of the night.
And what a match it was.
The Game and the new champ, Randy Orton.
[Jerry] They went at each other tooth and nail, Randy Orton, the new champ.
But the big turning point of this match
was The Game moving out of the way, and Randy Orton's shoulder
passing into the steel post, and then,
-one, two, three… -[bell ringing]
…The Game prevailed and became the new WWE champ.
The Cerebral Assassin really stepped to the front of the class
by taking advantage of that one mistake that Randy Orton made with the ringpost.
Now, the ringpost would also come into play
when The Game was forced to defend
the WWE title against Umaga.
A match that had been signed coming into No Mercy.
[Jerry] Right. Well, you're right, at the beginning of the night,
The Game knew he was gonna face Umaga,
but he didn't know it was going to be the WWE title.
And there you saw Umaga's head bouncing off that steel ringpost.
Then The Game delivering the Pedigree, and finally that was it.
[Ross] Of course, Triple H had to fight through,
which we don't know the severity of his ribs, his torso injury.
The bottom-- well, we're going to try to find out an update on the WWE Champion,
who is standing by, we understand, with Todd Grisham.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest at this time.
He is the WWE Champion, Triple H!
[crowd cheering]
Triple H, it's been a historic and yet relentless night for you,
and it's far from over.
You've already faced The Legend Killer, "The Samoan Bulldozer" Umaga.
And now it's Last Man Standing.
What do you have left? You've gotta be hurt.
You know something,
this is a dangerous business,
but we all know that when we start it.
And anybody that thinks that The Game is over,
I got news for you.
I'm just getting started!
[crowd cheering]
Randy Orton,
take my advice.
This is a dangerous business.
Get ready to get hurt!
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
The following contest is the Last Man Standing match,
and it is for the WWE Championship.
Now in this match, there are no disqualifications,
no countouts, submissions, or pinfalls.
The only way to win is to incapacitate your opponent
to the point where they're unable to answer the count of ten.
Introducing first, the challenger from St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing in at 245 pounds,
Randy Orton!
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, about two hours ago,
Randy Orton's first ever reign as the WWE Champion ended.
Orton was a champion about 30 minutes,
after being awarded the title as we came on the air tonight,
as we saw Mr. McMahon, the chairman of WWE…
But what an opportunity.
Very poignant remarks from the-- from The Game,
"Randy Orton, get ready to get hurt."
And that's exactly what's likely to happen in the Last Man Standing match.
[Jerry] You saw the reality set in to Randy Orton,
you saw it on his face when he lost that match earlier to Triple H.
And now, Randy Orton has a golden opportunity
to regain that title.
["The Game" playing]
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[Lilián] And from Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing in at 255 pounds,
he is the WWE Champion,
Triple H!
♪ All about control And if you can take it ♪
♪ It's all about pain And who's gonna make it… ♪
[Ross] The Game coming to the ring to compete for the third time tonight.
And you heard right, for the third time tonight.
Each match has been a WWE Championship contest.
[Jerry] You're right. We know he's The Cerebral Assassin.
He is Triple H, he's The Game, he's the king of kings,
but how much can you ask of one man?
This match, the third of the night, a Last Man Standing match.
[Ross] It is probably the most historic night
in the historic career of The Cerebral Assassin.
But the question is, how will this night end?
How will history be written here tonight at No Mercy?
Remember, ladies and gentlemen, this match has no pinfalls,
no submissions, it cannot end by a disqualification,
and there are no countouts.
[Jerry] And of course, Randy Orton being the-- suddenly the ex-champion,
he had the right for this rematch.
And, well, I don't know if this is wise,
asking for it right off the bat like this.
[Ross] This match will continue until one man cannot answer a ten-count.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] Let's make that clear.
The match continues until one of these two men are unable
to answer a ten-count.
And you can use your own imagination as to what it's going to take
to keep both these men down
-with the WWE title on the line. -[Jerry] Here they go.
Here they go!
[Ross] Right hands by both men,
and The Game-- this is--
Uh-oh, that hot shot to the ribs.
Now remember, The Game who defended the title successfully
against Umaga earlier tonight, injured his ribs.
We do not know the extent of the injury,
but it's obvious that it is not a--
it is a somewhat significant injury, to say the least.
[Jerry] Well, you know one thing, you're not going to see
a lot of wrestling in a Last Man Standing match.
The object of this match is to hurt and incapacitate your opponent.
And Randy Orton knows that The Game is hurting, and he's going for it.
It's like Triple H has a huge bull's-eye painted on those ribs.
[Ross] Orton certainly saw-- watched the Umaga match.
No doubt very carefully as a-- Oh.
And knows that Triple H is a wounded animal here.
The Game is hurt.
The ribs are-- could be broken.
They could be cracked. We don't know.
Hate to speculate, but The Game is hurt.
[indistinct shouting]
[Ross] Remember, no countouts here.
Oh, man. European uppercut by Randy Orton,
and The Game now-- oh, look out. Oh, my God.
[Jerry] This could end it all, get him on those steel steps.
[Ross] Can you imagine a Pedigree--
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh.
The Game's head bouncing off the steel rampway.
The Game's torso smacking the steel.
Steel wins every time.
[Jerry] Oh, this is not good.
[Ross] Remember, no pinfalls, no submissions.
These men cannot be disqualified no matter what they do.
-[Jerry] Listen to this, J.R. -[Ross] Oh, man.
There is no way to break your fall on a solid steel rampway.
[Jerry] Watch it.
[Ross] And now The Game eating some steel ringpost--
or ring steps, I should say.
[Jerry] Well, you can only imagine what the impact
that we just saw Triple H suffer on the steel rampway
does to his ribs.
And like you said, we don't know, those ribs could be cracked.
They could be fractured, broken.
[Ross] Another hard body shot by Randy Orton.
Orton, the youngest Heavyweight Champion in WWE history.
A man awarded-- The World's Heavyweight Champion, WWE history.
Awarded the title earlier tonight and another right hand.
Orton senses, he's gotta feel… He's a legend killer.
He is in firm control
-at this point in time. -[groans]
[Jerry] Well, he knows that there is an injury there,
how severe Orton probably doesn't know,
but he can see the pain
-etched on the face of Triple H. -Two!
And it's obvious, J.R., you gotta keep going--
-you gotta keep going after that rib cage. -Three!
[Ross] Orton trying to make those injuries more severe than they already are.
Trying to continue what Umaga started earlier tonight
in The Game's second championship match here at No Mercy.
The Game in a triple-header of WWE Championship action.
[Jerry] And-- look out! Gosh almighty!
[Ross] Good Lord!
-[groans] -[Ross] Right across the security wall.
Come on, let's go.
[Jerry] We saw earlier, a count by the referee, only made it to four,
-but here comes our second count now. -One!
-[man] Come on, ten-minute champ! -Two!
[Jerry] Wait, he's gotta be able to make it to his feet
-to continue for-- -Three!
[Jerry] By a count of ten or this is over.
Four!
[Ross] King, we hear Referee Mike Chioda.
-Five! -[Ross] But we're up now.
-[man] Come on, Triple H! -[Jerry] Title's on the line here.
Six!
[Ross] Oh, The Game up at six.
The Game up at six and retaliates with the right hand!
[Jerry] It's a miracle that The Game is up. Did you see that?
[groans]
[Jerry] Just took place.
But somehow Triple H back to his feet.
[groans]
[Ross] The Game in his third match tonight,
and The Game got a bad ride.
A worse ending, his torso smacking the steel steps.
And again, this is not the first match of the night.
-One! -[Ross] It's the third for The Game.
-Come on, come on! -Two!
[Jerry] This is the third ten-count.
Three!
[crowd chattering]
-Four! -[man] Triple H.
Triple H.
Five!
Six!
[Ross] The Game back up at six for the second time.
Orton four counts away from becoming the WWE Champion
against the wounded Cerebral Assassin here in this Last Man Standing match.
[Jerry] And I just got to wonder,
what worries me is how bad Triple H is wounded because, J.R.,
I can tell you this from experience, when you're in the ring,
if you're hurt, you try your best
not let your opponent know you're hurt.
You try to hide it,
because you know they'll go after it.
That was an impressive dropkick there by Randy Orton.
And Triple H is hurt so bad he's not able to hide it.
[Ross] Another ten-count in progress.
Two!
Faster!
Three!
[Jerry] Orton wants that count speeded up.
[referee] Four!
[Jerry] Oh, it was an impressive dropkick, is that gonna be enough?
[crowd chanting] Triple H! Triple H! Triple H!
[referee] Six!
Seven!
[Ross] The Game is at seven.
It's taking The Game longer and longer.
It made me nuts.
[Jerry] At eight.
[Ross] We're up at eight, the last two counts have been six.
That one was an eight-count for the reigning WWE Champion
in his third match.
And The Game counters with a facebuster
on the narcissistic but nasty Randy Orton,
looking to become the WWE Champion
-for the second time tonight. -Two!
[Jerry] But the question is, The Game stopped the punishment momentarily,
but what can he do to capitalize on that move?
Can he build an offense in the condition he's in, J.R.?
[Ross] Yeah. Look out, look out, look out.
[Jerry] Oh, God.
[Ross] That backbreaker, that Randy Orton inverted backbreaker,
may have just-- have may sealed the deal.
One!
[Ross] The Game rose at eight earlier.
Two!
Three!
[Ross] Referee at three.
Four!
Five!
[Jerry] Orton seems content to back off and let the referee count.
[Ross] The Game used the rope to pull himself up,
tried to get a thumb to Orton's eye it would seem.
But he couldn't get it done.
Orton now with three shots with the right hands
on the injured WWE Champion.
Thunderous uppercut, and The Game's head snapped back
-as he went down to the count. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] And a hard shot for those injured ribs.
Orton goes right back to exploiting the injury.
Whether you like it or not, that's smart strategy by Randy Orton.
[Jerry] Well, this has got to be hurting Triple H to take every single breath.
[Ross] And remember, there is no disqualification.
There's no disqualification.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] Orton with those body scissors, squeezing those ribs.
[Jerry] Oh, come on, you mean he can get away with this?
-In front of the referee? -[Ross] Absolutely.
No disqualification, no count-outs,
no submissions, no pins.
[Jerry] Look at how Triple H's ribs are being contorted
while he's being choked, I might add, by that cable.
[Ross] The Game's face becoming beet red from the lack of oxygen.
And look at how Orton is strangling The Game with that television cord,
and there's nothing that the referee or anyone else can do about it.
And Orton may choke his way to the WWE title!
[Jerry] I think The Game is choked out.
Back it off, Orton!
[Jerry] And Orton now looking for a ten-count.
One!
[Ross] This one may be academic.
Two!
[Ross] King, what a hellaciously disgusting way for Randy Orton
-to win the WWE title. -Four!
[Jerry] Come on, Game, breathe, get some air in those lungs.
-Five! -[Jerry] Get up.
[Ross] The Game has endured and lived through hell,
-but I'm not so sure-- -Seven!
[Jerry] Oh, my God, J.R., he's getting up.
-Eight! -[Ross] But will The Game get up in time?
-Nine! -[Ross] Nine! He's up at nine!
[Jerry] He's up!
[Ross] The Game-- how the hell is Triple H getting up?
He got up at nine.
The Game got up at nine some way.
Oh, look at Orton. He seems more determined than ever now.
Now Orton, remember, this is no disqualification.
Outside this arena, this would be a felonious assault.
-Oh, look out. -Come on!
[Jerry] Now look out, Orton. Oh.
Good Lord, Orton with a monitor right to the man's face.
There is nothing that anybody can do about it
but watch this carnage.
[Jerry] Come on, Orton, what are you doing?
Good Lord, it's barbaric.
That's what this is, it's barbaric.
And it's all about the WWE title!
What's Orton gonna do here?
Come on, ref, can you not stop this?
[Ross] Oh, just like John Cena last week.
My--
-Good Lord, my God. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] The Game put on the brakes
and Orton crashed and burned
and destroyed the Extreme announce table.
-[Jerry] This could be it, J.R. -One!
Orton's evil intentions backfired.
-[referee] Two! -[Ross] Triple H may have
survived this thing.
-The Game is up. Orton is down. -Three!
[Ross] The count is on!
Four!
[Jerry] The referee is up to four, J.R.
-Five! -[woman] Come on, Orton, get up!
-[Ross] We talked about it before. -Six!
[Ross] One major move can change the course
-of a match like this. -[referee] Seven!
-[referee] Eight! -[Jerry] There's the eight-count.
I don't think Orton's gonna get up, is he?
-Nine. -Nine.
-[Ross] One more. -[Jerry] He's up. He's up.
Somehow Orton got to his feet.
-He's back down, but-- -[Ross] Orton up at nine.
-Orton up at nine. -[groans]
He goes back downstairs for The Game.
This match--
What a hellacious slobberknocker match.
[Jerry] Let's take one more look at this. Orton going for a huge RKO.
Oh, my God.
[Ross] The live action is what counts now.
It was a spinebuster on the outside!
And The Game reaching down into his soul to deliver a spinebuster
-on the challenger! -Two!
-[Jerry] God! -[crowd] Three!
-[Ross] Orton is-- -[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
-[Ross] Orton is-- Orton's not moving. -Five!
[Jerry] He is not moving.
[Ross] The Game is over there. He's up. We're up to six!
[crowd] Seven!
Orton, stand up.
Triple H is up.
It's eight. He's not gonna make it.
Orton now-- that's nine.
Orton's got a second.
-Orton for the second time. -[Jerry] And he's up again.
[Ross] For the second time, Orton was up at nine.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
-My God. -[Jerry] Look out! Get back!
-[Ross] Good Lord! -[Jerry] Look out! Oh!
[Ross] Good Lord almighty.
God!
My God, what a crash.
Those steps were driven into Orton's head and shoulders!
There is no way under God's green earth Orton's gonna get up.
Did you see and hear that impact?
[crowd] Three!
Four!
This crowd counting along with the referee!
[crowd] Five!
[Ross] What a moment!
-Six! -What drama!
You can rest easy, Game, he can't get up from that.
Seven!
-Eight! -[Ross] Orton trying. Referee's at eight.
Referee is at nine for the third time.
Look, he is up.
Damn, he's up.
[Ross] For the third time, Orton was up at nine!
Amazing!
The will to compete for both these men.
The will to become WWE Champion!
And the chair swinging,
WWE Champ looking to put Orton away
just like he did Umaga a month ago.
[Jerry] Oh, my!
Look out.
[Ross] Orton again exploiting the damaged ribs and the torso
of the-- of the WWE Champion, Triple H.
[Jerry] How can Orton even know where he's at
after having his brains scrambled from those steel steps?
But somehow he's got the wherewithal to stand.
Look out! Look out!
[Ross] Oh! DDT on the steel chair.
I don't know how The Game can even catch a breath,
how he's breathing, after what he's endured tonight.
But now the head shot to the steel chair that The Game introduced.
[Jerry] Look at this, Orton is hurt. He's hurt bad.
But Triple H, looks like he's completely out.
Both men being counted.
[crowd] Four!
[Jerry] What happens, J.R., if both men get counted out?
[Ross] Well, there's only been seven Last Man Standing matches…
[Jerry] Wait, wait, wait, they're both stirring.
[Ross] …in the WWE history and three have been brawls.
Could this match end that way?
[crowd] Eight!
[Ross] Both men, I-- both men--
Match continues, and Orton, what an adrenaline rush.
-[grunts] -[Jerry] Well…
[Ross] The vile, viper-like Randy Orton striking unmitigated,
undefended head blows.
[Jerry] Boy, you're right, somehow, I don't know where he got it,
but Orton has reached down deep inside himself,
and he is literally destroying Triple H.
[Ross] The passion to become WWE Champion for any athlete
is absolutely overwhelming, and in this environment,
as we said, it's legal felonious assault, Last Man Standing rules.
Count is in place.
[Jerry] Orton actually having to use that chair to help
-get himself to his feet. -Six!
[Ross] The Game said it was a dangerous business.
[Jerry] What's the count-- what's the count up to?
Triple H is up now.
[Ross] Count is off, both men up.
The match continues, chair set up in the middle of the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What is Orton planning here?
An RKO on the chair?
[Ross] Oh!
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] His whole body, the RKO.
The Game, face-first, his flesh met steel.
-RKO, but delivered brutally… -[yells]
-[Ross] …aggressively. -One!
-[Ross] And Triple H has been hurt. -[referee] Two!
[Ross] And he has been hurt badly.
-The result of the RKO… -Three!
[Ross] …on that steel chair!
Four!
Five.
[Jerry] This is bad for The Game.
Six!
[Ross] The referee is at six.
Seven!
[Ross] Orton wants ten.
The Game trying to fight up.
The count is on. The count is on.
-Nine! -[Ross] Back at nine.
The Game is going to lose it right here if he doesn't-- and he's up.
The referee says The Game is up.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] A defiant champion. Still with a will to win!
By God, come fight me. Come fight me.
Because somebody is gonna get hurt tonight.
The Game again collapsing.
His body has got to be wracked with pain.
Again, we don't know the severity of the injured ribs.
You see the mess that has become The Game
back to the RKO on the steel chair.
And now again, the referee is counting and has a ten-count to work with.
-[crowd chanting] Triple H! Triple H! -[Ross] It's all on the line.
It's all on the line here.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute, J.R.
Oh, my God, watch Orton. Look at Orton!
-[Ross] Oh, my God. -[Jerry] No, no, no!
-Wait! -[Ross] It's blocked! It's blocked!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Game blocked the kick.
[Jerry] That vile kick that Randy Orton was gonna put Triple H's lights out with
has been blocked.
[Ross] Orton has put out so many legends,
including Shawn Michaels and Dusty Rhodes.
The kick was blocked.
The Game is up.
The match continues! The title is on the line.
[Jerry] Look at the look on the face of The Game! Oh!
[Ross] Clothesline from downtown!
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Orton over the top.
And the enraged WWE Champion…
That must've hurt Orton.
The Game displaying the will of a magnificent champion.
[Jerry] Yes, we heard it out of his own mouth,
"Get ready to get hurt, Randy Orton."
Are you ready? 'Cause you're getting hurt.
[Ross] A bloody brawl here.
Orton being manhandled now on the SmackDown announce table.
Everything is legal! Oh!
There's no count-outs, no disqualifications,
no pinfalls or submissions.
-And no mercy. -[Jerry] No mercy is right.
Oh, look out, he's coming here.
[Ross] Oh, this is the scene of the crime just moments ago.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Orton now on our Raw announce table.
And Orton just collapsed off the announce table!
But The Game is still on the aggressive.
He's hunting
and is gonna take down and injure his challenger.
[Jerry] Look out!
Somehow, Randy Orton…
-[Ross] Orton counters. -[Jerry] Look at this.
-Oh! -[Ross] Oh, my God.
-That ver-- -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] Triple H's skull just cracked the ringpost.
Triple H's skull just cracked the steel ringpost.
One!
[Ross] And the-- and the count begins again.
-Two! -[Ross] Will this be the fatal count?
Three!
[Ross] The referee is at three.
-[Jerry] How did Randy Orton… -Four!
-Where did he get that from? -Five!
[Ross] The referee is at five, looking for ten.
-[Jerry] No, no, not those steps. -Six!
[Ross] Come on, Randy.
-[Jerry] That's enough. -[Ross] That's-- Come on.
-Seven! -[Jerry] Those steps and Triple H. Oh, no!
-No! -[Ross] Oh!
A low blow is all legal.
And look where Orton's head landed.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
I think Orton's head hit the steps on the way down and…
[Ross] Gunning for the steel chair, anything goes here.
-[Jerry] No, no. But that. Oh, God. -[thuds]
[Ross] God almighty.
-[Jerry] Come on! -[Ross] What a shot!
What a shot with the steel chair!
Orton's head caught in the steps like a vise.
-[referee] One! -[Ross] And the count begins now on Orton.
-What a match. -Two!
[Jerry] J.R., we're gonna need-- we're gonna need medical attention down here.
-Three! -[Jerry] Some medical help right now.
[crowd] Four!
[Ross] Referee at five.
-[crowd] Five! -[Ross] We'll seek ten.
Orton is not moving.
-[crowd] Six! -[Ross] The Game is back in the ring.
-[referee] Seven! -Seven. Orton starting to stir. He's a--
-[crowd] Eight! -[Ross] We're at eight.
-[referee] Nine! -[Ross] Orton's got a nine.
-[Jerry] He's up. I don't believe it. -[Ross] Orton is off his knees.
He's-- the match continues.
By God, if you can believe it,
and The Game's going back to where he started.
Put him through the table.
What's it gonna take to finish him?
This could do it, J.R. Look, he does it again.
[Ross] God Almighty. Look at all the impact.
The sickening thud of the skull on this table from the RKO.
-One! -[Ross] And both men are down!
Two!
Both men are down!
Orton is now up.
-Three! -Referee's at three!
-Four! -Triple H has not even moved.
Five!
[Ross] Orton's halfway to becoming WWE Champion.
Wait, Triple H is stirring here. What-- He's at six.
[Ross] The Game-- The Game's head is bleeding.
Seven.
[Ross] The Game will not quit.
-Eight! -[Ross] The Game will not quit.
But he's-- the count is cleared at eight.
-Nine! -[Ross] We're at nine. We're at nine.
-We're at nine. We're at nine. -Ten!
-[Ross] He's at ten, it's over. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] It's over.
My God, my God, my God, Orton.
[Lilián] Here is your winner and the new WWE Champion,
Randy Orton!
-["Burn In My Light" playing] -[Jerry] This is unbelievable!
♪ Nothing's gonna change What you've done to me… ♪
[Jerry] This is historic!
♪ Now it's time to shine… ♪
[Ross] Randy Orton started the night off being awarded the WWE title…
but by God, he has-- he has went through hell
to regain the championship.
But what can you say about The Game,
who just competed in his third title match in one night?
-In one night! -[Jerry] Oh, what--
We need some EMTs down here for Triple H.
[Ross] The heart and soul of a warrior!
[Jerry] We saw early on, The Game used those steel steps.
This match was absolutely brutal.
And then the RKO on the steel chair.
These guys fought tooth and nail to the very end.
[Ross] The Game-- The Game defiant till the end.
And the end would be here. Bam!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Randy Orton, with a thunderous,
ring-rattling RKO on the announce table
to the bloody former champion.
History has been made!
Randy Orton is the new WWE Champion
after winning this match in a bygone war.
♪ I give and you take And I waited for you but… ♪ .