[narrator] Gone are the days of good and evil.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] The desire for revenge transcends all moral bounds
and is powerful enough
to turn the benevolent into machines of destruction.
For the warriors in whom we place our trust,
are immersed in a new kind of fight
for a cause they may not understand
against an enemy they can't predict.
[Triple H] In a war they won't win.
Goldberg, you are a disgrace
to the very industry that I revolutionized.
I watched you stay here way by
with a multi-million-dollar company at your back
beating nobody after nobody.
[Goldberg] Make no damn mistake about it.
I will beat your ass.
[Triple H] Goldberg, when I look into your eyes,
I see a man pretending to be something he's not,
pretending to be a wrestler,
pretending to be a superstar,
pretending…
-[Goldberg] You and me… -[Triple H] …to be Triple H.
-[Goldberg] …one-on-one. -[Triple H] And tonight…
[Goldberg] That World Heavyweight title is mine.
[Triple H] …I will end the joke that is your career.
-[Goldberg] Triple H! -[Triple H] Goldberg, believe the hype.
You don't belong in the same company as me.
And after tonight…
you won't be.
[music concludes]
[upbeat rock music playing]
[overlapping chatter over radio]
[narrator] And now, Raw presents, WWE Unforgiven.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] We are sold-out in The Giant Center
in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
We are geared and ready
to call the Heavyweight Championship of the world.
But for us, you know, J.R. and the King,
we've got another agenda.
We're here to commentate, but by God, we're to fight as well
and we're dressed and ready.
Is that why you got the lucky Sooners Jersey on?
-You better damn believe it. -All right.
It's gonna be a great night, ladies and gentlemen.
Our Spanish colleagues, Carlos Cabrera,
Hugo Savinovich are standing by.
[speaking Spanish]
[bell ringing]
[in English] The following is a Handicap Tables match
and it is for the World Tag Team Championship
where the first team to put all of their opposing members
through a table will be declared the champions.
-[fireworks whistling] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look out.
["Turn The Tables" playing]
[Lilian] Introducing first,
at a combined weight of 555 pounds,
the team of Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley.
[Ross] This was originally scheduled to be a Six-Man Tag Team Tables match,
but we'll show you why
"Little" Spike Dudley has been removed from this match
due to an injury.
-[Jerry] Aw. -[Ross] This was two weeks ago, King.
[Jerry] Yeah, that was one injury.
I mean, I still say--
and every time I see that, I just cringe.
I've never really seen anything quite that bad
until of course, they did another number last Monday night.
[Ross] Eric Bischoff forced Spike Dudley to wrestle or be fired.
He was in no condition to compete.
And Rob Conway, the newest associate of La Résistance,
finished "Little" Spike off.
He's unable to participate tonight because of those injuries.
But earlier tonight on Heat, Eric Bischoff made this a Handicap match,
but Stone Cold, King, right behind him, and made it for the World Tag Team title.
[Lilian] And making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 737 pounds,
the team of Rob Conway and the World Tag Team Champions,
Sylvain Grenier and René Duprée,
-La Résistance. -["Final Force" playing]
[Jerry] Well, the World Tag Team titles maybe at stake, J.R.,
but the odds are still unfair.
I mean, it's certainly stacked in the-- in the favor of the--
well, the French tag team there.
[Ross] Now, remember, ladies and gentlemen,
first team to put all their opponents through a table will win the match.
[Jerry] Right. That's what I mean.
[Ross] The Dudleys gonna put three through a table,
and La Résistance and Conway
have to put D-Von and Bubba Ray through tables.
[Jerry] So, it's only-- it's three against two?
[Ross] Exactly.
Pinfalls don't count.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] Only way to win the match is to put every member
of your-- of the opposition through a table
by any means necessary.
And for The Dudleys,
what's on the line is the opportunity
to become a-- the 17-time World Tag Team Champions.
The most prolific tag team in the history of the WWE.
And it's D-Von and René Duprée starting it out here, King.
[Jerry] And believe me, I talked to Bubba Ray and D-Von before the event,
these guys are pumped.
Look at this!
[Ross] Facedrop by D-Von.
The Dudleys are 16-time former World Tag Team Champions,
as D-Von forced back in the La Résistance's corner.
That means they've been ECW Champions eight times,
WCW Champions once,
and the WWE Tag Team Champions seven times.
[Jerry] Yeah. So in other words, they could be--
Well, they've been 16-time champions
in all the federations they've been involved with, right?
[Ross] That's exactly right.
-The most prolific tag team in history. -[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Nice high legdrop by D-Von.
Remember, you're not looking for pinfall here, folks.
You're looking to wear your opponents down,
utilize the tables,
and that's really right down The Dudleys alley but…
[Jerry] And the audience is-- Oh, look out.
Audience already calling for tables.
They like to see tables in like the first 30 seconds of the match, wouldn't they?
[Ross] This Rob Conway, we saw him the first time
impersonating an armed serviceman.
We saw him the second time impersonating a photographer.
He's a sympathizer of the-- of the French culture
of their politics, of their heritage, and--
[Jerry] He loves-- he loves Jerry Lewis movies.
[Ross] Good for him.
And I tell you what, we saw what kind of character
Rob Conway had last week
when he took advantage of an injured Spike Dudley,
and that match was uncalled for. It shouldn't have happened.
And we can thank Eric Bischoff.
He's a first-class jackass for even signing the match.
[Jerry] Why do the French love Jerry Lewis movies?
[Ross] I have not got a clue.
I eat-- but I eat French fries.
[Jerry] Oh, wow. What a--
What a clothesline!
[Ross] Nice clothesline by Bubba Dudley. Again,
we're not looking for pinfalls, not looking for submissions.
We're just looking to get the wood.
And for The Dudleys they got to do it three times
to become tag team champions.
-USA! -[Jerry] USA.
Here you go!
[Ross] Three hundred-pounder moving around.
And out goes Grenier, Duprée deposited.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. Whoa. -[Ross] And…
Little Midnight Express flapjack there by The Dudleys.
And now, The Dudleys are ruling the roost here.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And you got to wonder when The Dudleys are gonna introduce the wood.
[inaudible]
[Ross] Well, Bubba Ray directing traffic here.
Great State of Pennsylvania has been good to The Dudleys.
They won their first tag team titles in Philadelphia,
South Philly, in the late 1997.
[Jerry] Look at this crowd.
[crowd chanting] We want tables.
We want tables.
[Ross] The crowd wants tables, and they're making no bones about it.
And, of course, The Dudleys-- I guess, really invented the Tables match.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah, I'm sure they're gonna get some tables here tonight.
[Ross] If they didn't invent it, they certainly perfected it.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] And I tell you the-- Folks, the atmosphere in this locker room today,
and I've been around for-- since the early '70s,
I've never seen the tension
and the mood of the locker room this whole day,
as I felt today
attempting to talk to some of the Superstars.
I don't know if there's ever been an event like Unforgiven
that's had as much riding on all of these matches.
You look at every one of these matches here tonight,
there's so much at stake in every one of these matches.
-Careers, jobs, legends. -[Ross] Titles.
[Jerry] And lives at stake when you look at that match with Shane and Kane.
This could be unbelievable.
-[crowd booing] -[Ross] It is. I--
It's certainly gonna be a career-altering night
to say the very least.
Oh, we have a worldwide audience.
We'd like to welcome our fans who are watching us live
in England, Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland.
-[Jerry] What about France? -[crowd chanting] USA! USA!
[Jerry] Are they watching over in France?
[Ross] Well, France is I'm sure on the list.
They're watching us in Germany and Austria,
and Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, Luxembourg.
[Jerry] We got a-- we got a pro US crowd here tonight
because that's where we're emanated from.
Whoa.
[Ross] They are watching us in Canada
Our neighbors to the north, and we thank them.
We thank all of you for joining us.
[crowd clapping rhythmically]
[Ross] It is a huge night.
And there's a tag.
-Our fans in Australia joining us. -[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Ross] And they are great ones down under.
And D-Von Dudley, again, it's about wearing opponents down.
It's about creating opportunities
to drive human bodies through wooden tables.
And D-Von not allowing La Résistance or Rob Conway…
And this Conway fits right into this La Résistance mold.
Arrogant, strong, talented, and no character.
[Jerry] Yeah, you would think he was actually French.
He thinks mime is entertaining.
-[Ross] Really? -[Jerry] Yeah.
And he thinks croquet is a sport.
[Ross] Blind tag there.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] And look out here.
-[Jerry] There you go. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Nice double-team move by The Dudleys.
That could have been a pinfall but that's not the structure of the rules.
-Got him! -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] And again, no disqualifications -[Jerry] Oh, here we go, watch this.
I love this.
[Ross] These men cannot be disqualified or counted out.
-USA! -[Jerry] Come on, USA, what's up?
-[referee] Come on. -What's up?
[Jerry laughs]
What's up is coming down.
[Ross] D-Von using his head as a battering ram into the jewels.
And now maybe… Is now the time?
[Jerry] Listen, listen.
-[crowd] We want tables! -[Jerry chuckles]
Get the tables!
[Jerry] Oh, yeah, no doubt about it.
[Ross] And wild-eyed Bubba-- look in Bubba's eyes
instructing his half-brother D-Von
to bring in the wood and you could hear the crowd…
-[crowd chanting] Tables! Tables! Tables! -[Ross] "Sweetest table on earth."
Well, that remains to be seen.
For The Dudleys' sake, I hope it will be.
-And remember, every member… -[Jerry] Oh, watch your back.
[Ross] …of the opposition must be driven through a table
-for this match to end. -[crowd booing]
[Ross] The Dudleys' got to do it three times
to become tag champions.
[Jerry] More wood being brought into the ring.
-[Ross] Multiple wood. -[Sylvain speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Sounds like late-night television.
And look at the double-team, Conway and Grenier,
having D-Von cornered.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And that could-- D-Von,
and we're down to Bubba Dudley going through a table,
and this match being over.
-That counts. -[Jerry] Yeah, “that counts” is right.
And D-Von realizes he just went headfirst through that table.
[Ross] D-Von may not be able to recover
and now, in this Handicap match, if Bubba tastes wood, it's over.
Bubba fighting for his life.
Bubba fighting to be a World Tag Team Champion.
But a great neckbreaker by the opportunistic Rob Conway.
Very talented.
You can't take his athleticism away from him,
and of course, the La Résistance
have been tag team champions of the world
-for a little over three months. -[Jerry] I think, J.R., that means--
Correct me if I'm wrong, this is not elimination.
D-Von is still in the match, right?
-[Ross] Oh, absolutely. -[Jerry] Okay.
[Ross] It is not an elimination match.
But it is a two-on-three Handicap match.
And we've had one Dudley taste the wood.
[Jerry] Yeah, the odds are definitely now not in favor of The Dudleys.
-What do you have to say? -[Ross] But now the ownness
-is on Bubba Dudley. -[Jerry] The what is?
[Ross] Well, the ownness, the responsibility
of avoiding the table shot is on Bubba Dudley.
There's an ownness for you, right there, there's another one.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] That'll get your attention in a hurry.
[Jerry] He's lightin' him up, all right.
[Ross] Bubba Dudley fighting for his country,
fighting for the world title, fighting for his family.
-And, oh! Bubba reverses. -[Jerry] Hey.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Oh!
And now, we're down to one man from each team
has gone through the table.
Again, the bullseye on Bubba Dudley.
[Jerry] Yeah, and this is still-- See, it's still two against one.
This is where the handicap part of this match
really favors La Résistance.
[Ross] Now, Bischoff made it a Handicap match earlier on Heat tonight.
Stone Cold made it for the World Tag Team title
at least to give The Dudleys an opportunity.
[Jerry] You hate every bone in Bischoff's body.
[Ross] Every damn bone.
[Jerry] And you're not too fond of his muscles either.
-[Ross] Every molecule. Here we go. -[Jerry] Look out!
He's not there. Look at this.
[Ross] D-Von moved the table,
that saved Bubba's backside and The Dudleys' tag team chances.
[Jerry] Oh, boy, La Résistance thought they had the thing won,
but just at the last second, D-Von-- oh!
[Ross] Grenier went through the table and Bubba…
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] …on Duprée.
[Jerry] Duprée almost went through the mat.
Get another table, quick.
[Ross] Rob Conway in a lot of trouble here.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Ross] The Dudleys--
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Ross] Oh, my God!
Oh, look at--
[Jerry] Turnabout is fair play.
[Ross] Man, we are down to Duprée and Bubba Dudley.
[Jerry] In Texas, they say, "Remember the Alamo."
In Dudleyville, they say, "Remember 'Little' Spike."
Look out. Watch that flag.
[Ross] Grenier has got that French flag. Can use as a weapon legally.
So, now, Bubba Dudley…
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] …or Duprée are next in line.
Who's gonna taste the wood?
Can this be the night The Dudleys make history
as a 17-time…
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] …tag team champion?
-And a nice knockdown… -Viva La Résistance.
[Ross] …from young Duprée.
[Jerry] I guess young Duprée may have just answered your question.
It doesn't look good for The Dudleys now, but at least it is…
We're down the one member of each team needs to go through a table.
[Ross] Duprée is only 19 or 20 years of age.
He's a young pup.
[speaking indistinctly] But putting D-Von through a table won't count.
[crowd chanting]
-[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute. -[Ross] But-- Oh! That counts.
-[Jerry] That counts. -[bell ringing]
["Turn The Tables" playing]
-[Ross] The Dudleys have done it. -[Lilian] Here are your winners
and the new World Tag Team Champion,
The Dudley Boyz.
[Ross] Oh, what a night, and what a way to start off Unforgiven!
Bubba Ray and D-Von
with their little brother Spike on the injured list
have risen to the occasion.
And The Dudleys have just made tag team history.
Bubba Ray and D-Von are the World Tag Team Champions
for the 17th time.
[Jerry] And I can't help but think that somewhere, wherever he is,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin has a big smile on his face.
-Check this out. -[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] Reminiscent of what happened to Spike Dudley.
Can I see that again in slow motion? I love this.
Wow, almost identical to what happened to "Little" Spike.
[Ross] And then The Dudleys would put René Duprée away with 3D.
[Jerry] Ah!
[bell ringing]
[Ross] And that was cause for celebration.
The World Tag Team Championship belong to Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley.
Nobody's worked harder or more diligently to get in the title hunt.
[Jerry] Nobody in history has gotten more wood than The Dudleys.
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, coming up, Scott Steiner versus Test
with a lot on the line about love, about betrayal,
and about whuppin' ass.
["Suffocate" playing]
♪ I could take every Fucking word she said ♪
♪ Throw it in her face ♪
♪ Would she even care? ♪
♪ I still remember when she looked at me ♪
♪ A frown upon her face ♪
♪ Trying to be sincere ♪
♪ Well I gathered All those little things she said ♪
♪ Kept them close to me ♪
♪ Trying to make this real ♪
♪ This cloud will always hover over me I'm leaving you today ♪
♪ 'Cause now I see ♪
♪ Suffocate ♪
♪ You suffocate ♪
-♪ That you lie ♪ -♪ I don't lie ♪
-♪ And you're fake ♪ -♪ I'm not fake ♪
♪ Suffocate ♪
♪ You suffocate, you always take ♪
-♪ I don't take ♪ -♪ What you can ♪
♪ What I can ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
-♪ Oh ♪ -♪ Now I'm far away from you ♪
♪ You're always far away ♪
♪ I'll never bring back yesterday ♪
♪ Suffocate ♪
♪ You suffocate ♪
-♪ That you lie ♪ -♪ I don't lie ♪
-♪ And you're fake ♪ -♪ I'm not fake ♪
♪ Suffocate ♪
♪ You suffocate ♪
-♪ You always take ♪ -♪ I don't take ♪
-♪ What you can ♪ -♪ What I can ♪
♪ I always take what I can ♪
-♪ That you lie ♪ -♪ I don't lie ♪
-♪ And you're fake ♪ -♪ I'm not fake ♪
[music concludes]
["Legs" playing]
♪ She's got legs ♪
♪ She knows how to use them ♪
♪ She never begs… ♪
[Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Stacy Keibler.
[Ross] What a lovely, kindhearted young woman
that deserves better than-- than Test.
She's smiling because tonight,
Stacy knows she has the opportunity to gain her freedom
-from a first-class-- -[Jerry] Oh, my goodness.
I think I saw some panties.
Oh. I see more than panties, J.R.
♪ Oh, I want her ♪
[Ross] What a sweetheart she is.
[Jerry] I've seen Paris and I've seen France,
and I think I just saw Stacy's underpants.
-♪ That girl's all right ♪ -[music concludes]
-["This is a Test" playing] -♪ Test, this is a test ♪
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -♪ Test, test ♪
♪ This is a test ♪
[bell ringing]
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, weighing in at 282 pounds,
Test.
[Ross] He is impolite, unprofessional,
he's an overbearing jerk, is this wonderful athlete, Test.
And I'll tell you, our-- I know we got fighting men and women
watching in Kuwait tonight.
I know they gotta be pulling for Scott Steiner here.
They gotta be pulling for Scott Steiner
as I would think most of the world is.
[Jerry] Boy, did you see the look--
Look at that look that Stacy is giving Test.
[Ross] If Test wins, he keeps Stacy's services,
and Steiner becomes Test's property,
whatever that means.
[Jerry] That's a scary thought.
-["Holla If Ya Hear Me" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ Holla if ya hear me ♪
[Lilian] And from Detroit, Michigan, weighing in at 270 pounds,
"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner.
[Ross] Steiner making his first appearance,
King, at Unforgiven. He's a Michigan alumnus.
He's not in a good mood after his Wolverines lost
to Oregon Ducks yesterday out in Oregon.
He is here, to fight and he's here to take Stacy back home with him.
[Jerry] Yeah. With that-- with that chainmail he's wearing,
he reminds me of Sir Galahad coming to the rescue
of the fair maiden in distress.
[Ross] Steiner's entrance at least got a smile on Stacy's face,
and I got a feeling she's not been smiling too often these days,
the way she's treated by Test, who-- you know, he is a jerk.
He's a miserable human being, but he's a winner.
He's been an Intercontinental Champ, a tag champ,
a Hardcore Champion,
European Champion.
He's been very successful, has Test,
but he doesn't deserve--
[Jerry] Well, a lot of his success came when he had Stacy as his,
well, as his business manager.
[Ross] She created the-- that marketing plan
about all of his fans called Testicles, remember that?
[Jerry] No, it was brilliant.
[Ross] Sold shirts and merchandise and--
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Test] What the hell are you doing?
[Jerry] There you go.
You know what, Test, does she have--
you have to be hit over the head with the sledgehammer
to know that she doesn't wanna be with you?
Oh, look, I love this.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, I love this.
-Hey, look out-- oh. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] And Test seizing the opportunity to gain the early advantage here.
[Jerry] I was about to say I wish I was Scott Steiner right now,
but right now I don't wish I was Scott Steiner.
What do you think of him now, huh, Stacy?
-You're gonna be with a real man. -Whatever.
[Ross] And what a-- what a jerk this guy is.
This Test is-- He's so overbearing.
To be so athletically talented, so overbearing--
And Steiner with a slam, going for the cover early.
Steiner, a two-time NCAA All-American
at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
-[yells] -[Ross] Man, that's gotta…
If this comes down to raw power or pure wrestling,
Scott Steiner is gonna win this match.
[Jerry] Whenever I see Scott Steiner in the ring,
I just keep expecting to see the people from Ripley's Believe It or Not!
showing up to measure his biceps. Look at those peaks.
Oh. They got to be the biggest.
[Ross] Here's a cover and-- oh.
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] Scott playing some psychological games with Test
who's regrouping here.
-And, oh, look at this. -Wait just a minute.
[Ross] That's a brave tough guy for you, huh?
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Oh, my. There you go, girl.
Test using Stacy as a shield, and she slapped Test right on the face.
-[Jerry] Watch it. -[Ross] Test from behind.
Test is six-seven, 280-pounder.
And Steiner--
You hear the collision there, that shoulder on those steel steps.
[Jerry] Like I said,
in this event tonight, here at Unforgiven,
there is so much on the line in all of these matches.
And in this particular match, just think of how much is on the line.
Just look at what's on the line.
-Piece of garbage now, huh? -[Jerry] Stacy Keibler.
[Ross] If Test wins, he retains Stacy's services
and Steiner becomes Test's property.
[Jerry] Can you imagine what Stacy's services are like?
[grunts]
[Ross] I can only fantasize about that, but when Steiner wins,
he gets Stacy back.
[Jerry] And I just-- I almost forgot.
How did you describe Stacy Keibler when you first saw her tonight?
A kindhearted-- What did you say about her?
-Wow. -[Ross] She's a wonderful, young--
Oh, look out here.
Full nelson slam, hooking the far leg.
[Jerry] I can't believe you can look at that
and call her a wonderful, young, kindhearted woman.
When you-- when you go to Hooters, do you order carryout?
[Ross] Well, no.
-[Jerry] Come on, J.R. -[Ross] I just think--
-I just think she's a wonderful person. -[Jerry] Oh, she's wonderful.
Got a lot of wonderful assets.
-[Ross] Sweet girl. -[Jerry] Oh, here we go. Look at this.
[Ross] Oh, yeah, look at this guy. "I'm tough."
He's looking right at Stacy like,
"Hey, if Steiner can do pushups, I can too."
"I can play mind games."
"I'm bigger than Steiner."
"I probably have more leverage."
And he certainly has less character,
does Test, and a sleeper applied to Scott Steiner.
What do you say, Steiner?
[Ross] Test using that leverage advantage now
to try that sleeper hold and slow Steiner down.
Shut up!
-[Ross] Cutting off that… -Come on, Scott!
[Ross] …flow of blood to the carotid artery, to the brain.
Could render a man unconscious.
Steiner's gotta fight out of it quickly.
-[Stacy] Come on, Scott! -[Ross] He can't wait.
You can't work your way out of it, you gotta fight out of it immediately.
And a reverse elbow would get Steiner walking right into that,
right between the beams.
[Jerry] Well, you see, Stacy Keibler, she started cheerleading,
and I'm certain and hope later on tonight,
she hopes to be celebrating her freedom.
And The Dudleys certainly gonna be celebrating tonight their big win,
new tag team champions.
And, J.R., you and I are-- hope to be celebrating the night too, don't we?
[Ross] And I hope so, King. I hope so.
Nice Northern Lights suplex by Scott Steiner using all that power.
[Jerry] We wanna celebrate being gainfully employed still.
[Ross] I can't imagine not doing Raw.
I can't imagine not-- imagine not living.
For me, it's as important as anything in my life.
-And… -[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] Just like Scott Steiner, it's important for him
to get Stacy back in his corner, and maybe more importantly--
Oh, look at this. Belly-to-belly suplex from the former amateur champion.
-The hook to the leg. -[Jerry] He got him.
[Ross] And, oh, Test's shoulder came up.
-Come on, Scott. -[Ross] Popping off that canvas by Test.
And now look at Test. First he used Stacy as a shield,
now he's trying to use referee Nick Patrick,
a thumb to the eye.
The shortcut, the shortcut by Test.
Steiner just powered out of that. Now comes the muscle.
[Jerry] Oh, boy, here comes a powerful-- Right here.
Oh, wow.
[Ross] Double arm, the powerbomb.
-The hook of the leg and a near-fall. -Two!
[Ross] Steiner relying on that power.
The irony of this is Steiner can out-mat-wrestle Test
-maybe on his worst-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Oh, that's a low blow.
And the referee was not in a position to detect it,
but Steiner certainly would say-- And now look at this.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] And look at this--
-Look at Stacy. -[Jerry] Uh-uh.
[Ross] Stacy stopped that cheating.
[Jerry] She was not gonna let Test get away with it.
-[Ross] Oh. -[Jerry] Oh, no. Wait, hey, hey, hey.
[Ross] Hey, hey, come on. Unhand her.
-[Jerry] Look at-- Look at this. -[Ross] And-- oh, Stacy with the hangman.
It could be over.
The bottom dropped out. This is gonna be it.
Oh, how close.
-[Jerry] Did he get it? -What?
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Stacy can't believe it, and neither can this capacity crowd.
And they sold every seat here, there's standing room only.
Fans still trying to get tickets to get in. There are no more.
-[Jerry] Oh, my. -[Ross] Oh, pumphandle.
Pumphandle slam with authority.
A hard pumphandle slam.
And Steiner has gotta be aware
-of that powerful right boot. -[Jerry] Hey, hey!
There's a distraction for you, whoa!
[Ross] And that just took my mind off of a big boot.
[Jerry] If that skirt were any shorter, it'd be a collar.
-Hey, look at this. -[Ross] There's a roll-up.
The roll-up will do it-- and no.
[Jerry] Boy, Stacy is pulling out all the stops,
every trick in the book she's using tonight.
-Oh, wait a minute now. -[Ross] Come on.
Test stalking Stacy.
He's taking his mind off Steiner, it may backfire.
It may blind old Test in the backside here.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] And Stacy ran into Scott Steiner.
And now Steiner was--
his attention drawn to Stacy.
-One! Two! -[Ross] Test got the knockout--
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] Steiner kicked out!
And Test cannot believe it.
-[Jerry] Look at Test, he is furious. -[Nick] Two! Two!
-[Ross] Test just-- -[Jerry] It was not a three-count.
[Ross] It sure was not.
And this just may not be Test's night, let me tell you.
-Wait a minute. -[Jerry] Now what's he gonna do?
[Ross] Test-- This is desperation.
[Jerry] Well, you're right. This guy will-- he'll resort to anything,
every dirty trick in the book. He's trying to take that…
-[Nick] What are you doing? -[Jerry] …the turnbuckle pad off
and expose that-- expose that metal turnbuckle.
[Ross] The steel ring there holding the ring together. And…
[Jerry] Now he's got a chair.
[Ross] Wait a darn minute here. This is-- Test will get himself disqualified.
-[Jerry] Hey. [yells] -[Ross] And Stacy-- oh!
Stacy tried to dim the lights of Test,
but he ducked, and she inadvertently hit Scott Steiner.
And then there's another shot to the face.
-[referee] One! Two! Three! -[Ross] You gotta be kidding me.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] I'm speechless. I can't believe this.
[Lilian] Here is your winner, Test.
[Ross] So Test retains Stacy's services.
And by result for the victory,
he also now has acquired Scott Steiner as Test's property,
as it was described to me.
What could that mean?
[Jerry] I don't know, but right off the bat-- Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Test forcing that bad breath on Stacy,
and she is-- Man, she's gotta feel terrible.
She tried to help Scott Steiner and just…
[Jerry] Well, first-- you're right.
She tried to help by snatching that chair, went to hit Test.
But Test ducked, and poor Stacy blasted Freakzilla.
[Ross] I think the chair shot just kind of stunned Steiner,
but that kick right to the face is what really did it.
-That was a knockout shot right there. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] And-- Oh, I can't-- Poor Stacy.
-Poor Stacy, King. -[speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] What about poor Scott Steiner? Look.
[Ross] And what fate awaits Scott Steiner
now that he's Test's property?
[Jerry] Wow.
[Test speaking indistinctly]
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King, I can only guess what it means to be Test's property for Scott Steiner.
Well, like you said, there was quite a look of distress
on not only Stacy Keibler's face, but Freakzilla's as well. [groans]
Well, we'll follow that story, no doubt about that.
But, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next,
it's a legend versus a legend killer.
The greatest in-ring performer as good as I've ever seen,
Shawn Michaels against the man that may be the future of the WWE,
Randy Orton, King.
[Jerry] I'll tell you what, it doesn't get any bigger than this.
These two are gonna finish it off someway tonight.
["Line in the Sand" playing]
[Ric] Ladies and gentlemen, the great Randy Orton.
[Ross] Randy Orton, a third-generation superstar.
[Jericho] He's a star on the rise.
[Jerry] He looks like he's chiseled out of stone.
[Jericho] He's a diamond in the rough.
[Ross] Well, he's a thoroughbred, no doubt about it.
[Triple H] The business in his blood.
[Ross] He's got success in his genes.
[Triple H] The man has every gift that a man can be given.
[Randy] I'm a third-generation superstar.
I am the evolution of this business.
I'm making a name for myself,
and that name is The Legend Killer.
Randy Orton, "Legend Killer."
-[Ross] What-- oh, my God! -[Jerry] Oh!
You see at Bad Blood, I screwed the legend Shawn Michaels.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, my God.
Randy Orton with a chair shot on Shawn Michaels.
Then at Madison Square Garden,
I destroyed the "Hardcore Legend" Mick Foley.
[Ross] Mick Foley knocked all the way down the stairwell.
That arrogant, young son of a bitch.
[Randy] You know, Shawn Michaels,
all he is the next legend that I'm going to kill.
So you're gonna be the man to kill off the legend of HBK?
[Ross] Nobody has ever, ever outperformed Shawn Michaels in a big match situation.
[Shawn] If I had a nickel for every stiff that walked into this company
over the last 16 years and said he was gonna do that to me,
oh, I would be a millionaire.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. I am a millionaire.
And it's because of stiffs like you.
[mouths] Okay.
[Ross] The legend versus The Legend Killer at Unforgiven.
[Randy] I'm a third-generation superstar.
[Shawn] I'm gonna kill off your career before it ever gets started.
[Randy] Guys like you, they're extinct.
[Shawn] You and I have got some unfinished business.
[Randy] Shawn Michaels is the next legend I'm going to kill.
Here's a little advice.
If you're gonna use me as a stepping stone,
you better step hard.
[Randy breathing heavily]
["Line in the Sand" playing]
[Jerry] Let the stepping begin.
♪ Evolution is a mystery ♪
♪ Full of change that no one sees ♪
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, being accompanied by "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair
from Detroit, Michigan,
weighing in at 245 pounds,
Randy Orton.
[Ross] Well, Randy Orton hails from St. Louis, Missouri.
His grandfather, Bob Orton Sr.,
his dad, Bob Orton Jr.,
was as good a technician in the ring as I ever saw.
But this is a brash young kid.
He has had attitude problems.
Well, that's why he spent some time in the brig in the Marines.
[Jerry] Well, J.R., when you look like that,
when you're as successful as this young man has been
in this short a time,
it's hard not to be brash, it's hard not to be arrogant,
it's hard not to be conceited because he is--
Well, I don't know if he's conceited or he's convinced.
-[music fades] -[Ross] He debuted in April of 2002.
["Sexy Boy" playing]
[Ross] Jumped to Raw one year ago tonight.
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I've got the looks ♪
[Lilian] And from San Antonio, Texas,
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels.
♪ Up and down their spine ♪
[Ross] King, I'll tell you what,
if I ever write a book about my career in this business,
the two men at the top of the list…
as far as in-ring performers are concerned,
will be that man Shawn Michaels
and the dirtiest player in the game,
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair
who will be at ringside in support of Randy Orton.
[Jerry] Well, just like I said earlier,
this night, Unforgiven,
it's unbelievable.
The stakes are so high.
I mean, here's this young man, Randy Orton,
along with one of the greatest legends of all time, Ric Flair in his corner,
and they want to kill the legend tonight of Shawn Michaels.
And it could happen, J.R. That could very well happen.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels suffered a severe back injury.
We thought we'd never see him in the ring again.
Thank God we have.
And Shawn Michaels may be a step behind physically
-than he was in his heyday. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] But I think he's a much smarter wrestler
than he has ever been.
So perhaps, mentally, Shawn Michaels is better tonight
than he has ever been in his life.
[Jerry] I think the only difference in Shawn Michaels tonight,
as opposed to, like you talked about, years past,
is Shawn's a little less reckless than he used to be.
[Ross] He's not gonna take as many unnecessary chances.
And can Shawn Michaels teach Randy Orton a wrestling lesson?
Nice go behind.
[Jerry] That looked like what he's out to do, exactly that.
[Ross] Tight waistlock and Shawn Michaels' riding Randy Orton…
-and now toying with him. -[Jerry] Oh, oh. Look at this.
[Ross] And the one thing that Shawn can do,
that he can do it as well as anybody ever could, is get under your skin.
[Jerry] And look at Flair, that makes Flair a little-- a little hot.
Well, there's a little bit of a-- was that a Flair strut?
[Ross] Looks like it to me.
Shawn getting-- Shawn getting in Flair's head
and it's obvious that if Michaels has the opportunity,
he's gonna plant his psyche
squarely between the ears of Randy Orton
and make Randy Orton think about everything Shawn is doing.
Oh, nice chain wrestling takedown into the lateral press,
-high headlock takeover. -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels, step ahead, side headlock takeover.
And Orton finally counters with that lock.
Another takedown.
And Orton cannot gain any advantage.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] And it's Michaels
taking Orton to takedown school.
-[Jerry] I think-- I wonder if Randy is-- -[speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] Well, he may be putting a bib around his head.
He may have to eat those words that he said earlier
when he said people like Shawn Michaels are extinct.
[Ross] I lost a lot of respect for Randy Orton
when-- the night when he joined Evolution.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] The way he-- What's all that?
[Jerry] That's-- that is classic HBK right there.
[Ross] But the way that Randy Orton disrespected
the great Mick Foley, the hall of famer,
shoved him down the stairs,
and it caused permanent injury to Mick Foley.
I thought it was hideous and uncalled for.
[Jerry] What about what he did to The Fabulous Moolah last week
when she was celebrating her 80th birthday?
[Ross] I was about to get to that.
[Jerry] Didn't actually kill her, did he?
[Ross] That was-- oh, no, he didn't kill her.
-She's down the-- -[Jerry] I kid.
I don't think you could ever kill Moolah.
It's like if you have World War III, the nuclear war,
the only thing that would survive are the cockroaches and Moolah.
[Ross] Moolah is convalescing,
I'm glad to say, in her home on Moolah Drive
in Columbia, South Carolina.
And Shawn Michaels-- Randy Orton leaving those ribs open,
and that will be a lesson he'll learn here.
This is, like Ric Flair says, "Going to school."
Shawn Michaels may be teaching Randy Orton some valuable lessons.
And nice head and shoulder fake and stuck that right hand in.
-And Orton tossed over the top. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] And this is grinnin' Shawn Michaels,
skinning the cat by Orton.
-And Orton-- Beautiful dropkick. -[Jerry] Look at that.
[Ross] Orton taking down Shawn Michaels with a hard clothesline.
Could be all. I know the--
Probably could have been a knockout shot there.
And a hard kick right to the back of the head.
[Jerry] Boy, and that was Orton taking a page out of Shawn's book,
skinning the cat and that dropkick.
And that-- you know what? That is the way you kill the legend.
I mean, you eclipse it.
You duplicate it and then you-- then you do better than it.
[Ross] Orton, 20-- 21 years old.
Shawn Michaels in his mid-thirties.
But you gotta wonder about that lower back.
You always have to wonder about the condition of Shawn's lower back.
[Jerry] Look at that smirk.
-[speaks indistinctly] -[Jerry] Look at the smirk, J.R.
[Ross] I feel that the Flair factor here could be instrumental
in Randy Orton's success.
You just never know.
Flair says he's the dirtiest player in the game, and he's earned that.
-And Orton-- look at that. -[Jerry] Oh, no. What a bad landing.
[Ross] That was a high-risk move.
Well, right into a self-motivated atomic drop.
And now Michaels taking Orton over.
And there's the master of the skinning of the cat.
And Flair is beside himself.
-[crowd cheering] -[Earl] Three!
Four!
[Jerry] Look at Flair.
Take your time. Take your time. Hey, take your time. Take your time.
[crowd exclaiming]
[Ross] Baseball slide-through by Shawn Michaels. Beautiful move.
Flair trying to talk some courage back into Randy Orton--
[Jerry] Doing a little coaching, telling him to take his time,
but you don't-- you don't have time
to take your time when you're up against the legend.
[Ross] Look out here. Look out. Look out. Look out.
Oh, a calculated risk by Shawn Michaels.
[Jerry] Take that.
[Ross] Throwing the proverbial caution to the wind.
Michaels, we thought, might not take too many--
too many chances but that was a…
[Jerry] Oh, check this out again. See if-- see if he--
Shawn may have wrenched his back or something
because it looks as if he was either holding his rib or his back,
as he was grimacing there.
[Ross] King, we gotta be honest.
Shawn Michaels' back will never be 100%.
It's always gonna be a target.
It's always gonna give him problems.
And Shawn rolling back in, stopping referee Earl Hebner's ten-count.
[Jerry] Looks like I may have to eat my words because--
I mean, it looks, from all outward appearances,
that Shawn Michaels is gonna be reckless tonight.
-Hey! Hey! Get out the way, damn it! -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Referee Earl Hebner having words with Ric Flair.
[Jerry] Having words, reading the riot act to him.
[Earl] No, don't do this.
[Ross] And Michaels, front facelock. Outside back in.
Oh, Orton landing right on his feet and Michaels holding on.
Orton trying the suplex, waistlock.
Nice standing switch.
[Jerry] There's what Orton was trying to do.
[Ross] Into a German suplex with the bridge.
Oh, and a near-fall. Beautiful move.
Beautiful textbook belly-to-back German suplex
with that nice bridge by Shawn Michaels,
the master of the Sweet Chin Music.
[Jerry] Oh, what a counter.
[Ross] Shawn made a calculated error there.
-And look at Shawn Michaels reversing. -[Jerry] Hey.
[Ross] Michaels, sunset flip, modified version.
Skinning a cat, as some would call it, right down the backside,
into the pinning combination.
And Shawn Michaels now driving Randy Orton face-first into the top turnbuckle.
[Jerry] And what this thing may resort to is just good old-fashioned slugfest.
Who would you put your money on if it gets down to that?
[Ross] I'll tell-- I'll say Shawn Michaels with his back against the wall.
But Randy Orton may be too young, too strong.
That's why we're having this match. We're gonna find that out.
[Jerry] Here's that slugfest I was talking about. Wow.
-[Ross] With a Ric Flair-like chop. -[crowd] Woo!
[Jerry] Oh, look at Flair. That's really getting under his skin.
[Ross] And Orton.
-[crowd] Woo! Woo! -[Ross] Orton reverses.
Chopping Michaels, and Michaels doesn't stay there long.
Right hands by Michaels, trying to beat down Orton,
but Orton is just so resilient.
[Jerry] Man, this is-- this is great. Look at this.
[Ross] Nice uppercut by Orton. Now Michaels hammering down.
And referee trying to get a little bit of order here if he can.
And Orton comes back with that right hand
as Michaels was somewhat distracted by the referee momentarily.
-Oh, man. -[Jerry] Good grief.
[Ross] You hear that pop? Did you hear that smash?
[Jerry] I hope that was not his collarbone.
[Ross] That could be a separated shoulder,
a broken collarbone,
-among other injuries. -[Jerry] I heard something.
Look at Flair. He's gonna take advantage of this.
[Ross] Wait a minute here. Michaels is hurt.
And Flair with the hammerlock, shoulder right into the ring post.
And Orton had the referee's back to Flair.
[Jerry] And, look, all of a sudden Flair, "Look, I haven't moved."
-[Ross] "I didn't do a thing." -[Jerry] "No, nothing."
[Ross] "I didn't do a thing. I-- I'm not--"
-"I wouldn't lie." -[Jerry] Innocent bystand-- yeah.
"Just took my jacket off 'cause it was warm in here."
-Oh, look at this now. -[Ross] And that was obvious.
A low blow by Flair. And, again, Orton had the referee--
This is-- this is pretty well-orchestrated by Ric Flair and Randy Orton.
This might as well be a Handicap match like that tag team match.
[Jerry] Look at Flair. He's the master of distracting the referee.
-[Ross] This is bad. This is really bad. -[Jerry] Oh, no. This is bad.
[Ross] Oh, gosh!
Again, that shoulder,
the focus now of Randy Orton,
after Flair's assault, Orton's assault,
and the handy use of that ring post.
[Jerry] Let's see that again. This is--
this is something Shawn want-- will not wanna watch again later on.
Look at this. Oh, listen to that… [speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] There isn't any give in that ring post.
That's-- Something's gotta move in your-- in your anatomy.
A shoulder's gotta be knocked down or cracked or separated.
And now look at Orton, focusing right on that arm.
One of the three third-generation superstars in the WWE.
And Michaels now being challenged with a supreme gut check.
And we have seen Michaels overcome so many physical odds.
I can remember when Shawn Michaels was a champion,
giving up 150 pounds
to The Man They Call Vader, and still coming out on top.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Nice move. Whether--
Like it or not, that was a devastating maneuver.
Ric Flair sweating through his shirt, still waiting for match.
And that hammerlock applied.
[Jerry] Maybe he really did take the jacket off because it was hot.
[Ross] I could tell this is a Flair teaching.
Very fundamentally sound,
putting pressure on that arm and that shoulder.
Shawn Michaels in a very precarious position here,
as Orton may try to hyperextend that elbow
as he's leaning on that injured shoulder.
So Shawn Michaels has gotta carry, at least, the portion-- or he was,
of Randy Orton's body weight.
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you, Evolution depending--
You know, they depend so much on each other,
but just thinking that main event coming up later on,
the world title at stake.
Neither Flair or Randy Orton can get involved in any kind of way.
[Ross] They will not be at the ringside when Triple H takes on Goldberg.
And if they do and if they cause a disqualification or a count-out,
as far as Triple H is concerned, The Game will lose the world title.
I think this will be the only time we see Orton and Flair tonight.
I could be wrong.
[Jerry] Oh, you don't think they would risk that, do you?
[Ross] I have no idea what they would do.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] Nice armbar takedown.
Again, trying to separate that shoulder.
The hook to the leg and nothing but guts.
-[Ric] Referee! Wake up, will ya? -[Ross] And the will to win
kept Shawn Michaels from staying down on that-- on that three-count.
And referee again counting.
Michaels' shoulder's gotta be killing him right now.
[Ric] Pull on it. Pull it, Randy.
[Ross] And, again, we have talked about Michaels' back
and the condition it's been in. You really don't know
how much pain he's suffering from that now. I--
[Jerry] But right now, I think the major pain,
the major point of attack is Michaels' shoulder.
Look at that foot of Randy Orton
driven right into the side of the neck and the chin.
[Ross] Every young wrestler watching this tonight around the world
can learn-- There's a cover again.
-Not a cover but a pinning predicament. -[shouts indistinctly]
[Ross] Can learn from the courage and the will to win.
Shawn Michaels was, at one time, the smallest WWE Champion of all time.
[Jerry] Oh, I realize that. I mean, I'm-- you know, I'm--
You're not gonna get any argument out of me, J.R. I've watched him.
Shawn Michaels has overcome every obstacle ever put in his path
his entire career, except this one right now.
Can he overcome The Legend Killer?
[Ross] And for many years, controversy followed Shawn Michaels around.
He created controversy.
He has had some life-changing situations in his life,
but he still loves to compete. You can't get that out of him.
Again, Orton working on that shoulder and focusing on that shoulder,
-just wrenching and pulling on it. -[Ric] Referee!
[Ross] Something, sooner or later, anatomically has gotta give.
And Ric Flair like a coach.
[Jerry] Yeah, you can hear him shouting advice in there to Randy Orton,
watching intently every move in this match.
Oh, look at the roll-up.
[Ross] Nice roll-up by Shawn Michaels, right in the face of Randy Orton.
And Shawn buys himself a little time.
And now both men exchanging those right hands.
Michaels won't back up.
He won't quit, even if it's the best thing for him to do.
And Orton now lowers his head.
Inside cradle.
The inside cradle got Shawn Michaels a near-fall.
And Orton again with the hard right hands.
-And-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Nobody there, that's an experienced move.
Michaels sensing what he thought Orton might do.
And now modified Thesz press.
One, two.
[Ross] And Shawn Michaels finding his mark with those right hands.
And another hard, Ric Flair-like knife-edge chop.
How ironic is that?
Flair's chops being used on Randy Orton.
They feel-- Well, there's a great athletic move
we've seen a million times.
It's so effective.
[Jerry] I think-- I think that Randy Orton has gotta be a little bit--
[Ric] Come on, Randy!
[Jerry] Well, probably frustrated in the fact that--
I'm sure he thought that Shawn Michaels would have been worn down by now,
that the stamina would not be there anymore, but…
There you go.
-Look at this. The stamina is there. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The guts.
The will to win. The heart. The heart of a champion.
Inverted atomic drop will get your attention.
The right-hand knockdown.
Another knockdown.
Shawn Michaels able to go on on one arm here.
-Man, what a wrestling match. -[Jerry] Whoa.
-[Ross] Old-school wrestling match. -Randy! Randy!
-[Ross] High back body-- [Jerry] Look at Flair. What's he doing?
Oh, that's what he's doing.
He's getting his lights put out.
[Ross] Flair asked for it, and he got it.
Flair up on that apron. Had no business being there.
He knows it.
Michaels got that shoulder--
That left shoulder is hurting Shawn Michaels, something fierce.
-And Randy Orton tossed to the outside. -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] And Shawn not-- -[Jerry] What-- I don't get it.
What do you think Shawn's strategy was there? Buy a little time?
No. He's just going right out after him, onto the floor. That's--
[Ross] That's just that competitive spirit of Shawn Michaels.
We've seen it on so many-- so many occasions.
[Jerry] Well, that's once again being the risk-taker
that we always knew Shawn was. Wow, right on our cameraman.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels gotta keep Randy Orton off-balanced.
That's what he's doing here.
I'm sure Orton thought when he's thrown outside he'd get a--
you know, seven or eight seconds to catch his breath.
That was not to be.
[Jerry] Flair is sweating bullets now, ain't he?
[Ross] You better believe he is.
Shawn Michaels beating that ten-count back in.
Look at Flair.
[Jerry] Where is he going now? Look out.
-Wait. Ref, look at this. -[Ross] And Flair, again, gets nailed.
Michaels with that axe handle, that clubbing blow…
-[Jerry] That could do it. -[Ross] …from the top.
The arm over, shoulders are down,
but Orton got that shoulder up on that long-time two count.
Good look by senior referee Earl Hebner there.
[Jerry] Now-- and from the--
judging from the look on the face of Shawn Michaels,
a little bit of frustration could be setting in there,
because I know-- I did get a chance to talk to Shawn before this match.
-He had all the confidence in the world-- -[Ross] Oh, man.
Lost it.
[Jerry] Shawn takes nothing away from Randy Orton
but he still feels confident that Randy Orton is not gonna be the man
-to kill the legend of Shawn Michaels. -[Ric] Come on, Randy!
[Ross] Well, Shawn Michaels just got turned upside down and inside out
with great velocity from that Irish whip.
And Michaels is hurt, and he nipped up earlier.
I don't know if there's any nip left in his-- in his get-along here.
[Jerry] Well, Shawn may not think that Randy Orton can be The Legend Killer
but tonight, but-- Randy Orton and Ric Flair
may be able to get the job done.
[Ross] Can you imagine what this would mean to Randy Orton's career
to beat Shawn Michaels here tonight at Unforgiven?
Can you imagine what it would mean for his-- Goes to land.
And Michaels may have been playing us a little bit of possum there,
a little cat and mouse.
[Jerry] Randy Orton is on Dream Street.
That's a veteran move right there.
[Ross] Michaels shoved that boot right up in the pretty face of Randy Orton.
And now Michaels, again, may be thinking about tuning up the band.
[Jerry] I-- I think you're right.
[hesitates] There's a little-- there's a little bit of a--
-[Ross] Michaels going for… -[Jerry] No, he's caught.
[Ross] …Sweet Chin Music. Oh, but it was blocked, into the RKO.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Orton hits the RKO, and that should do it.
The RKO should do it.
The arm over.
-It is over-- No, it's not over! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Flair can't believe it.
-[Jerry] Look at Flair. -[Ross] Orton can't believe it.
[Jerry] Flair's gonna have a stroke.
[Ross] And to be honest with you, I can't believe it.
Come on, Randy. Come on!
[Jerry] Calm down, Flair.
[Ric] Randy! You got it!
[Ross] Flair looked like John Zook on the Florida sideline.
He's sweating bullets.
And Orton-- and Randy Orton is trying to get back in this thing,
but his RKO did not work.
[Jerry] And Flair is shouting every instruction, every move,
everything he can think of right now.
-[Ross] Flair's gotta call an audible. -Shut up!
-[crowd chanting] HBK! HBK! -[Ric] Randy!
[Jerry] Here comes that HBK chant from this capacity crowd.
-[Ross] High-risk move. -[Jerry] Nobody home.
[Ross] Orton going for a crossbody.
Michaels saw it coming, or sensed it or felt it,
but in any event,
Orton spending more time on the canvas than Rembrandt.
[Jerry] Oh, oh, look at-- look at that-- look at Flair.
He's sneaking. He's skulking.
[Ross] For the third time, Flair tried to interfere.
And for the third time, he paid for it.
-And now Shawn Michaels… -[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute.
[Ross]…is taking a huge chance.
[Jerry] He is taking the risk.
[Ross] Michaels struck the elbow on the heart.
He may have hurt himself,
but Michaels drove his elbow
into the egotistical heart of young Randy Orton.
[Jerry] Yeah. But look at the look on Shawn's face.
Look at the way he's writhing in pain.
He-- that-- oh, wait a minute.
[Ross] A cover. It's gonna be--
-And, oh! Orton got a shoulder up. -Two. Two. Two.
[Ross] Man, look at this impact right here.
You talk about finding the mark.
-Watch the elbow. -[Jerry] Oh.
But did you see-- did you see Shawn's neck snap, his head snap?
I mean, that kind of impact,
that does damage to both individuals, believe me.
[Ross] Let's not forget Shawn's left shoulder,
-almost rendered useless here. -No!
[Ross] Michaels trying to get this crowd back into it.
It means so much for these athletes…
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] …for the fans to make the noise.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] And Michaels--
-[Jerry] One more time. He's still got it. -[Ross] One more time, baby.
-One more time, baby. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] How in the hell does Shawn Michaels do it?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Now, he wants this entire crowd to help him tune up.
[Ross] And King, how does he-- Shawn do it year after year?
Sweet Chin Music.
The fans are standing.
[Jerry] I think the entire orchestra is getting ready to play.
[Ross] Orton is-- Orton's having trouble getting to his feet.
[Jerry] Go ahead, Randy Orton. Get up.
-Get you some of this. -[Ross] Bam!
-Oh, my golly! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] What a shot. Cover him, Shawn.
It's over. It is over. It is academic and--
-[bell ringing] -["Sexy Boy" playing]
[Ross] Wait a minute.
It-- the referee had counted three.
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I've got the looks ♪
-[Ross] Referee counted three, King. -[Jerry] It's over. Don't worry about it.
♪ I got the moves That really move them ♪
-♪ I send chills up and down their spine ♪ -[Ross] Wait a minute.
-[music fades] -[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Oh, wait, wait a minute. Ref.
-[Ross] I think referee-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Referee said that Orton's foot was on the bottom rope
before the three-count.
And Flair-- Orton's got something on that right hand.
I think-- Oh, God.
Michaels hit right in the face.
Michaels is motionless.
-Michaels is motionless. -[Jerry] Wait a minute, ref.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] And Orton wins it.
-["Line in the Sand" playing] -[Ross] What the hell happened here?
[Lilian] Here is your winner, Randy Orton.
[Jerry] I cannot believe it.
The referee-- I-- We saw Flair put Orton's foot on the bottom rope,
and I think the referee thought
that his foot was there all along during the count. It wasn't.
[Ross] Well, "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton,
by any means necessary, has upset Shawn Michaels
with the help of Ric Flair but…
[Jerry] And the help of something that he had in his hand.
He put it into his trunks after he--
How many times did he hit Shawn Michaels in the head?
[Ross] I'd like to get another look at that.
I-- Our fans at home may have seen what happened.
[Jerry] I saw what happened.
♪ I see the line in the sand ♪
[Jerry] Check this out right here.
-There. Look-- There it is, right there! -[Ross] There they are.
-[Jerry] Brass knucks. -[Ross] The brass knucks.
Flair just gave the brass knucks to Randy Orton.
[Jerry] And then-- look at that.
[Ross] And Orton peppered Shawn Michaels in the face with the brass knucks.
And that's what beat Shawn Michaels.
Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and brass knuckles
beat Shawn Michaels tonight, King.
[Jerry] The Legend Killer prevails somehow.
♪ See my reflection change ♪
-♪ Nothing ever stays the same ♪ -[music fades]
-[indistinct chatter] -[groans]
[Jericho] Look at you guys.
You guys been through a war? You're a mess.
You know what? This isn't your fault.
This is not your fault. You didn't know this was coming.
You guys didn't know you had a title match.
It was sprung upon you at the last minute by Steve Austin who is drunk with power.
Just like I said, he's a bully, he's a coward,
and he's a failure as a general manager.
[overlapping chatter]
-You're right. -But what are we gonna do about it?
-Yeah. What? -What?
-You know what you're gonna do about it? -Yeah?
Nothing. You guys stay here.
You mend your wounds.
Someone's gotta stand up on behalf of the locker room.
Someone's gotta stop Steve Austin and his tyranny.
And that someone is gonna be me.
I'm gonna take care of this.
-All right, Chris. We're with you. -All right, Chris.
[energetic rock music playing]
[Ross] We are in the sold-out Giant Center,
beautiful new facility here in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Completely sold out, standing room only.
And still to come, the war for the Heavyweight Championship of the World,
Triple H versus Goldberg.
Goldberg must win or he must leave this business.
-["International Woman" playing] -[Jerry] Wow. What a night. Uh-oh.
-Are you ready for some puppies? -[bell ringing]
[Lilian] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Gail Kim.
[Ross] Gail Kim making her first pay-per-view appearance here
in this tag team matchup.
♪ I got something in my heart Something in my soul ♪
♪ I've got something in this body I must show ♪
♪ I've been waiting all my life ♪
-♪ Working dusk to dawn ♪ -[music fades]
["Molly Holly" playing]
[Lilian] Introducing her tag team partner,
from Forest Lake, Minnesota,
she is the WWE Women's Champion, Molly Holly.
[Ross] Molly Holly, the former powerlifter in high school,
the reigning WWE Women's Champion
on a night where we've already got a new tag team champions crowned,
The Dudleys.
Randy Orton with a big upset.
[Jerry] It's been quite a night.
-[inaudible] -[music fades]
["Time to Rock & Roll" playing]
[Ross] Scott Steiner now the property of Test,
who retains Stacy's services as well.
[Lilian] And making her way to the ring, from Toronto, Canada,
Trish Stratus.
[Jerry] I like to retain Trish Stratus' services.
♪ Time to rock and roll ♪
[Ross] What services would you assume that she will give you?
[Jerry] Well, let me just say, her, me,
whipped cream, handcuffs, any questions?
-[Ross] She is tied with The Fabulous… -[Jerry] Puppies!
…Moolah, they're the only women who are four-time Women's Champions.
-["LoveFuryPassionEnergy" playing] -[Ross] And, man, this is special folks.
Here is a special young woman.
[Lilian] And introducing her tag team partner, Lita.
[Ross] April 30th, 2002, she had major spinal surgery
from a broken neck.
She shocked the world last week on Raw,
returning to Raw to come to Christian's aid.
Stone Cold made this tag team matchup. But…
Lita has been in no matches for over one year.
And you got to wonder, King, is she ready?
Is her neck ready?
Is she physically able to compete?
-And, well, we're gonna find out… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …sooner than later it looks like.
[Jerry] Well, this may once again be one of those cases
of more guts than brains, J.R.
I know Lita wants-- and she's been out,
like you said, out of action for a year
and wants to get back into the thick of things.
But you might've taken a warm-up match or two
before you jump right into this fray.
[Ross] This is only the third Divas match in Unforgiven history.
And look at the nice teamwork here coming up…
[Jerry] Yeah. Hey, yeah.
[Ross] …with Trish and Lita together.
And the Women's Champion and her other jealous jezebel.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh. Nice pair of baseball slides.
[Jerry] Boy, what a tag team that is, J.R.
Did you ever think that you would see Trish Stratus
teaming with Lita here in the WWE again?
[Ross] I had-- I had no idea. It's a first.
I'm excited about this.
And Trish and, uh, Lita-- I just didn't know that--
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Ross] Nice arm drag takedown by Lita.
I didn't know if Lita-- because of the severity of her broken neck,
and all the surgery, and the rehabilitation,
and over a year of being away of what she loves,
you just-- you know, you always wonder, will she come back with the same fire?
Will she come back to do everything and--
[Jerry] Hey, I think she's answering a lot of those questions right now.
[Ross] I think you're exactly right. There's a tag, and here comes Trish.
[Jerry] Lita showed me that scar, all right.
[Ross] Trish mounting Gail Kim.
[Jerry] And I tried to show her my vasectomy scar but she--
[Ross] Okay. Okay. It should've healed over by now.
A knife edge chop on Gail Kim.
Both these young ladies from the great city of Toronto.
I don't know how proud Toronto is of Gail. The cover.
But we know what they think of Trish.
[Jerry] Look at Molly. "Stay in there. You're doing fine."
[Ross] Trish got a hot new home DVD out that I know she's very proud of.
[Jerry] What a night this has been, huh, J.R.?
[Ross] Awesome night.
There's a cover, hook of the leg, and there you--
Get out! Now, come on!
[Ross] Dudley's are the World Tag Team Champions again
world record, unprecedented.
We got Test defeating Scott Steiner.
Steiner's now Test's property as is Stacy Keibler.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look out. Look out.
[Ross] We saw Randy Orton upset Shawn Michaels
with the use of brass knucks and Ric Flair.
[Chad] You get it back to the corner now. You get it back in the corner.
[Jerry] We saw La Résistance get put through some tables,
and we got new tag team champions.
Ooh. Gosh.
[Ross] And we're just about halfway through here
and a lot of-- a lot of big business to transact.
Business is still gonna pick up here tonight.
[yells]
[Ross] Jericho, Christian, and RVD for the Intercontinental title.
Nice move by Molly Holly on Trish, punishing Molly.
And, you know, Molly and Gail made the bond that together
they could-- they could end Trish's career
and run her out of the WWE all because of jealousy.
[Jerry] Well, that was-- that was before Lita returned on the scene,
so maybe their plans have changed now, but just-- saying it doesn't look like--
It looks like they're still targeting Trish.
I love to see Trish do those matrix moves,
but she's been bent a little-- a little too far right now.
That's got to hurt.
[Ross] That is a painful maneuver,
perfectly applied by Gail Kim.
[Jerry] Hey, hey, come on. Look at Trish climbing.
-[Ross] Trish. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Trish-- Well, what a great counter that was
using the ropes and her own ingenuity.
[Jerry] That had to take some of the steam out of Trish as well.
-[Ross] Trish looking to make the tag. -[Jerry] Hey.
[Ross] What a cheap shot by Molly.
Just as Trish got within a couple of feet of her partner.
Molly Holly with a cheap shot taking Lita off the apron.
That prevents the tag.
It allows Trish to be isolated even more and brought back into the corner.
[Jerry] Yeah. Look at Molly Holly sneaking behind our cameraman there,
dropping Lita right-- pulling Lita's feet out from under,
dropping her right on her face on that ring apron.
[Ross] That face, driving that neck back. And again, you-- look at that
-very aggressive front facelock. -[Jerry] Yeah, you gotta be--
You gotta take notes here, I mean, because those type of cheap-shot tactics
are exactly what you and I can expect from Al Snow and Coach tonight.
[Ross] There's a tag, I think a blind tag.
The referee didn't apparently see the tag.
[Jerry] Look. I think Lita's mouth is bleeding.
Her face hit right-- bounced right off of the--
that mat a while ago, thanks to Molly.
[Ross] And the double-team by Gail Kim and Molly Holly. That may do it.
It may be-- oh, no. Trish--
[Jerry] Yeah, Lita's lip is busted.
[Ross] Oh, man. That is not--
[Jerry] This is certainly not the way she wanted to return. Oh.
[Ross] She may have lost a tooth or two there too.
Backbreaker by Molly Holly,
and again, Trish showing that will to compete
which has just been one of her trademarks in my view.
[Jerry] Do you think I should go down and check on Lita?
I minored in oral surgery.
[Ross] Just stay right here with your oral surgery.
-And-- oh, look at this. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Trish-- oh, my.
[Ross] A double-team by Trish, looking to make the tag,
and, well, almost beheaded there by a hard clothesline.
-And poor Lita's bleeding. -[Jerry] Oh, that's bad.
[Ross] It got her mouth all busted open, thanks to Molly Holly.
Here she comes back, first pay-per-view in over a year.
She has neck surgery. Comes off, tries to heal from a broken neck.
And now her mouth is all busted up,
thanks to our Women's Champion.
-And Gail Kim… -[Jerry] Oh. Speaking of busted up.
[Ross] …going for a high-risk move there.
-[Jerry] She busted her butt. -[Ross] That'll crack your backside.
And Trish, again, getting closer again. And Lita's, bloody or not…
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[Ross] Makes the tag.
Lita makes the tag, hammering on Molly.
[Jerry] Look at that dropkick.
[Ross] Thrust kick right to the chest of Gail Kim.
[Jerry] Monkey flip.
[Ross] A nice monkey flip over to that mount position.
And Lita with right hands on the Women's Champion.
Bloody or not, Lita is giving us everything she has.
[Jerry] Oh, here we go.
[Ross] Nice headscissor takeover. Molly Holly in a daze.
Gail Kim coming in illegally I think.
I don't think she's legal.
[Jerry] Hey, are we gonna see it? Look at Lita.
Yes.
[Ross] And Litabomb on Gail Kim with authority,
but from behind, right in that neck.
[Chad] Come on.
[Ross] Molly Holly with that shot right to the neck.
And Lita holding her neck, King. That was uncomfortable.
Now what? That's disturbing to me.
[Jerry] What is Molly Holly gonna do?
I'll tell you what she's gonna do, wind up on her head.
[Ross] And that-- Trish has had-- What leg strength and--
Wait, wait, look at this.
A reverse Twist of Fate.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Molly Holly--
[Jerry] How long has it been since we saw this from Lita?
[Ross] Lita-- is she gonna…?
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Ross] She's fearless.
-Lita with a Litasault. -[Jerry] Yes!
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] Just pinned the Women's Champion.
[Lilian] Here are your winners, Trish Stratus and Lita.
[Jerry] And that sign said it. Welcome back, Lita.
["LoveFuryPassionEnergy" playing]
[Ross] I'm proud of Lita.
She showed no fear, no apprehension,
bloody mouth and all.
Lita came to fight, she came to play.
And what a tag team combination, King.
Indeed, welcome back, Lita.
But what a combination Lita and Trish Stratus make.
[Jerry] Oh, I love it.
You're right.
♪ Time to free yourself at last ♪
♪ Unshackle your life's spirit… ♪
[Jerry] Two hot Divas, two winners.
[Ross] This is not gonna sit well with Molly and Gail Kim,
but that is just too bad.
[Jerry] Yeah, quite a setback for that tag team.
Check this out one more time. Molly was going up for her--
I think she was-- thought she was gonna finish Lita off,
but then along comes Trish.
[Ross] Think Molly was looking for that Molly-Go-Round.
-And then, this. -[Jerry] Yeah!
[Ross] High impact, that Litasault.
[Jerry] I like to see this from every angle possible. Whoa.
That might be my favorite.
[Ross] Great effort, a great victory by Trish and Lita.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, up next, this one is not gonna be pretty.
It is not for the weak at heart.
Thanks to Eric Bischoff, the terms, Last Man Standing.
The fearless Shane McMahon, will he be able to survive
this seven-foot monster tonight?
[Stone Cold] The fire burns within, where's it at?
Does that son of a bitch still breathe?
[ominous music playing]
[distorted voices] Kane, Kane, Kane, Kane
[overlapping chatter]
[woman speaking indistinctly]
[brooding music playing]
[distorted laughter]
[Shane] Kane, I'm gonna make your life a living hell.
You see, Kane, from this day forward, every single time you turn around,
I'm gonna be right there, right up in your face.
[loud bang]
[Kane grunts]
[metal clanking]
[Kane screaming]
[tense music playing]
[Shane] People have been telling me all night to be careful,
that they're afraid that something bad is gonna happen to me.
And I say let it happen to me right here, right now.
-[Ross] I think-- -[Jerry] Hey, look out, look out.
[Ross] Oh, there's Kane. Oh, God.
Kane handcuffing a helpless Shane McMahon
-[Jerry] No, he's not. What is he doing? -[Ross] What the hell is Kane doing?
Oh, my God. Those are jumper cables.
[screams]
-[screams] -[electrical crackling]
[Eric] At Unforgiven,
it's gonna be Shane McMahon versus Kane
in a Last Man Standing match.
Due to the brutal nature of this match,
both Shane McMahon and Kane are not only going to sign a contract,
they are signing release forms.
Kane, if I'm going down, you're going down with me.
[Eric] There are no rules. That means that anything goes.
[Shane] And Kane, look into my eyes when I tell you this,
as long as I am breathing in and out,
I assure you that I will be
the last man standing.
[Ross] Who will pay the ultimate price?
[ominous music playing]
[music concludes]
The following is a Last Man Standing match
where there are no disqualifications,
no count-outs,
and the last person standing
before their opponent gets up before the count of ten
will be declared the winner,
therefore, the last man standing.
[loud bang]
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[Lilian] Introducing first, weighing in at 320 pounds,
Kane!
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, I can describe this man
in a variety of ways, but--
-[Jerry] Hey. Hey. Hey! -[Ross] Shane McMahon with a chair shot.
-[music stops] -[Ross] Remember now,
no disqualifications, no count-outs.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] No pinfalls.
[Jerry] Shane didn't even wait for an introduction,
and he warned Kane.
He said that wherever you are, you can always count that Shane--
oh, my gosh, is gonna be somewhere right behind him, all over him.
Oh, my gosh!
[Ross] Shane has got to strike suddenly. He's got to hit-and-run here.
And Shane telling the referee to count.
If Kane does not rise before the ten-count,
then Shane McMahon has won this Last Man Standing match.
-But Kane sits up. That-- -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Kane tried to block it when he saw that steel chair
slung with authority.
-And that may do it right there. -[Charles] One.
-[Ross] That just may do it right there. -Two.
[Ross] The steel chair may be the difference.
-Three. -[Ross] Referee's up to three.
Four.
Five.
[Jerry] Oh, I knew it, J.R.
I hope that… listen.
-Oh, there you are. -[crowd exclaims]
[Ross] Right on the knees.
Shane McMahon-- Kane blocked his face,
but Shane McMahon went right down to the-- to the kneecaps.
[Jerry] He faked upstairs and went downstairs.
[Ross] Shane McMahon using that steel chair, all legal.
[Jerry] Well, this is a Last Man Standing match
and if you take out those legs, it's hard to stand, J.R.
[Ross] It's all because of Shane McMahon beats Eric Bischoff's ass at SummerSlam
and then Bischoff, who-- By the way, folks, have I told you that Eric Bischoff
-is really a seedy, no-good bastard? -[Jerry] Okay. Okay. Okay, J.R.
[Ross] And that's why he put Shane McMahon in this match.
[fan] You suck, Shane!
-[groans] -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Nice chop block by Shane McMahon.
First the steel chairs on the-- on the kneecaps and then a chop block.
And Shane McMahon trying to debilitate Kane.
And I'll tell you what, you bust those legs up,
it makes it easier to keep the man from standing, quite obviously.
[Jerry] Yeah, but I just-- I hope that--
I hope that Shane has some other strategy.
He's got to have a backup plan
because, I mean, we've already witnessed the fact that--
that assault, that attack with that steel chair,
it didn't get the job done.
I mean, we've seen this monster burned alive.
We've seen him-- everything that you can imagine done to him and he still stands.
-[Ross] Well, he's a monster, King. -Two.
[Ross] It's gonna need a culmination of things.
-If Shane McMahon can win this match-- -Four.
[Ross] And the referee Charles Robinson, again utilizing that count.
He's up to five.
Six.
[Ross] Six, as you can hear.
[Jerry] Kane is up and well before seven.
[both grunt]
[Ross] Shane hitting Kane as hard as he could,
but to no avail quite frankly.
Kane bleeding from the back.
He may be gunning for more parts of his body,
but when it's all said and done--
And Shane McMahon just bounced Kane's face off that security wall.
And Shane McMahon now on top.
He's fearless, but Kane catches Shane McMahon.
He tried to turn it into a powerslam, got enough of it.
-That was 330 pounds body-on-body. -[Charles] One.
-Two. -[Ross] And now--
[Jerry] Is the referee doing a count on Shane?
[Ross] Absolutely.
-Shane McMahon is down from the slam. -Four.
[Ross] It wasn't a pretty slam, but it was effective.
Uppercut, hard, hard fist.
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you what. I said it before.
I can't even imagine
what it's gonna take to keep a monster like Kane down for a ten-count,
but believe me this, J.R.,
it's gonna take a lot to keep Shane down as well.
I mean, here's a kid that has had so much done to him by this freak, Kane.
I mean, not only done to Shane but to his mother as well.
[Ross] Well, that's what, you know--
[Jerry] That's the driving force in him.
[Ross] A guy like you can get burned and you'll have some scars in your back,
and that's the way it is.
But for Kane to do what he did to Linda McMahon,
-one of the loveliest and nicest-- oh, no. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] No, no. Look out. Look out. Look out.
-[Jerry] Watch it, Shane. -[Ross] Oh, my God!
Well, that ought to do it.
[fan] You suck!
-You suck, Kane. -[Ross] That's it. I don't care.
This-- there is no way this kid-- And I wish to hell he'd just stay down.
I mean, so you lose to Kane in the Last Man Standing,
Bischoff gets his smile, to hell with him. Stay down, Shane.
-Six. -[Ross] His brains have been scrambled
-by those steel steps. -Seven.
[Ross] We're up to seven.
Eight.
[Jerry] He's up. He's-- Shane is up.
[Ross] Shane is up, but he has no idea where he is.
I don't think Shane McMahon knows where he is,
thrown back in the ring by Kane.
Again they're-- these men are not looking for pinfalls.
They're not looking for submission holds.
They're looking to maim their opponent
until that opponent cannot rise to his feet
before a ten-count.
[Jerry] Now that I see-- and now that I see this,
Watch, look at the-- Now that I see that,
I think it's obvious that Kane--
You know, Kane's gonna be in no hurry to finish this,
-to end this-- -[Ross] This is sick.
This is sick and unusual punishment here.
A helpless Shane McMahon up to the air,
significant hang time,
and that could do it.
That could do it right there.
-One. -[Ross] And I admire Shane's spirit
but, well, I'd like-- for me, I'd like to see him stay down.
[Jerry] Well, if this were an ordinary match,
if nobody would get up before the count of three,
Kane would've won this thing right now.
Five.
-[Ross] Referee cannot stop it. -Six.
[Ross] It's not in the rules. And Shane trying to pull himself up.
This kid's got, we said it, the guts, the will to compete.
[Jerry] And I think those guts and that will
is beginning to make Shane-- oh, it's gonna make Kane angrier.
[Ross] Oh, man.
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] Kane, even if-- -[Jerry] He don't care.
[Ross] He doesn't give a damn.
[Jerry] Right. He knows he can't get disqualified.
He could care less.
[Ross] He Tombstone Piledrives a helpless lady.
-[Jerry] Sets you on fire. -[Ross] You think he care--
you think he cares about kicking a referee in the face?
Shane pulled up and now-- oh, God.
Could be a Tombstone Piledriver.
Why is Kane shaking his head? What's he--
what must he be thinking here?
Don't you know how it feels, Shane?
You're gonna feel it now.
You wanna go see your mom? [laughs]
[Jerry] What did he say?
[Ross] "Do you wanna go see your mom?"
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] What the hell is he implying? -[Jerry] I have no idea.
He's twisted, J.R. He's demented.
[Ross] This man, Kane, does not belong in this business.
He does not belong in the WWE.
[Jerry] He belongs in a, like, a nuthouse somewhere.
[Ross] He belongs in a sanatorium or--
Oh, my God. I just hate that guy.
-Look at Shane trying to pull himself up. -Remember what that felt like, Shane?
-Huh? -[Ross] No referee in sight.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. Do you think he's--
J.R., you don't think he's got the steel steps in the ring to try to--
to try to plant Shane?
-Oh, no. -[Ross] Exactly.
And Shane-- and Shane McMahon with a bulldog.
And, man, did you see Kane's face bounce off those steel steps?
But there's no doubt that the modus operandi for Kane
was to deliver a Tombstone Piledriver on that steel
to Shane McMahon just like-- oh.
A baseball slide right to the head.
[Jerry] There's no doubt. That was Kane's intention.
He's was gonna finish this thing in a very, very, ugly fashion.
[Ross] Shane McMahon with a resourceful move,
that baseball slide
into the steps, into the head, and now right into the knees of Kane.
Remember those steel chair shots earlier into the kneecaps of Kane.
[Kane grunting]
[Jerry] He just dropped the entire weight of those steps on Kane's ankle,
after dropping them on his knees.
[Ross] He may have the personality of a monster,
but he is flesh and blood.
He's got bones and cartilage, and all that can be altered.
[Jerry] Sometimes I'm not so sure about that.
-Oh. -[Ross] Look at this.
Shane McMahon is ramming those steps right back into Kane's head and shoulder.
[Ross] And again, the referee is still in-- incapacitated.
And Shane just trying to beat Kane down
using anything that's not tied down.
[Jerry] I think Shane is just-- I think he's just improvising right now.
The steps were in the ring and I just think Shane's
trying to come up with some kind of use for them.
What's he gonna do?
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] Well, Shane got-- -[Jerry] What's he gonna do?
[Ross] What does Shane McMahon got in mind here?
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Oh, wait, wait, wait. -[Jerry] Now wait a minute.
[Ross] Now, come on, Shane.
You can't get there. You can't go. You can't-- you can't go Coast-to-Coast.
-And he-- Oh! And he does. -[Jerry] He's there!
[Ross] My-- it's got to be over.
King, it's got to be over here.
[Jerry] It could be over, but…
-[Ross] Shane McMahon-- -[Jerry] I think-- I think Kane is out.
-[Ross] Shane McMahon went Coast-to-Coast. -[Jerry] Where's the ref?
[Ross] And those steel steps are not made of Hershey's chocolate,
-let me tell you. -[Jerry] Where is the-- where's the ref?
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Kane, that-- King, that referee could've counted to 20 by now.
[Jerry] At least, eight, nine, ten by now.
[Ross] Kane's not moving.
Shane McMahon's trying to pull himself up.
[Jerry] Check this out. Look at the height and the distance.
That's-- those steel steps driven, oh, right into the face.
[Ross] That's one hell of an athletic move by a gutty kid.
[Jerry] I can't believe…
[Ross] Shane pulled himself up. Think he's hurt.
-He's hurt. He can't stand. -[Jerry] Took a lot. I understand.
Well, if you watched that replay,
the back of Shane's head bounced off the mat as he landed.
[crowd chanting] One more time! One more time! One more time!
[Jerry] Where is the referee?
We got to-- can we get another referee or something?
[Ross] Maybe Bischoff is refusing to let that happen. I have no idea.
[Jerry] Of course, I don't think-- I don't think anybody's lining up
to wanna referee this match.
[Ross] Who in the hell would wanna referee this match?
Kane has still not moved in this match,
quite frankly, if the referee had been coherent and conscious,
you got to believe that this one might've been over.
And now Shane just gets the steps dropped right on his head,
right on his skull.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And although these two men--
[Jerry] What happens if-- what happens if neither man can stand?
-[Ross] Well, I don't know. The ref-- -One.
-Two. -[Ross] Counting--
[Jerry] Well, what happens, J.R., if he counts both men out?
[Ross] You got to ask the referee. I don't-- I'm not sure.
-I guess it would be a draw. -Four.
[Ross] I mean, I'm just-- I just don't know.
I'm assuming it might be a draw.
Six.
[Jerry] Well, both of these men hear the count.
Seven.
-[Ross] Kane is up. -[Jerry] Kane is up.
[Ross] Shane is not.
[Jerry] They're up to nine.
-[Ross] Shane is up. -[Jerry] Oh, Shane is up.
[Ross] Shane up at nine.
Kane holding on to the ropes.
And Shane McMahon tossed outside.
And again, the-- they-- these two men cannot,
I repeat, cannot be counted out and they cannot be disqualified.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] This could get ugly. I mean, it has already gotten ugly.
-[Jerry] It's already gotten ugly. -[Ross] Shane is hurt.
Kane has had the opportunity, thanks to the referee being down,
to maybe shakes those cobwebs out of his head.
[Jerry] And nothing is gonna keep-- Oh, my gosh.
[Ross] Big uppercut. Big uppercut.
Let's not forget that Kane is seven-feet tall.
Let's not forget he's about 330 pounds.
[Jerry] And he does this day in, day out for a living.
This is not-- oh. Shane is-- let's face it.
Shane is out of his environment here.
[Ross] Hard right to the ribs.
I think Shane trying to break a short rib there.
And again, a little shot, another body shot.
Hard body shots.
Those steps didn't hurt those-- help those ribs now.
Shane's trying to capitalize.
An uppercut by Shane McMahon right on the jaw.
And now Shane McMahon is knocking Kane down
with everything that Shane had left.
-Or was it? -[Jerry] I think that's where that…
that's where that adrenaline kicks in.
That's when Shane has to go back and-- Oh, my God. Did you hear that?
[Ross] This monster is awesome.
He is a nasty, vile human being.
He likes no one, not one fan, not one person, not one--
[Jerry] Oh, no, look out! Oh, my gosh.
[Ross] Right into the Unforgiven sign, and it was very unforgiving.
One.
-Two. -[Ross] Referee up to two here.
Three.
[Jerry] This thing could end right back here.
Four.
[Ross] They're not that far from us here, King.
[Jerry] I realized that. That's why I just--
I just moved my chair back in order to beat a hasty retreat.
[Ross] Shane McMahon lurched his way back up,
almost out on his feet. And could Shane--
Oh, the back of his head, his spine
thrown in a-- viciously and vilely into the steel Unforgiven sign.
[Jerry] When I tell you it just seems that-- oh, my God.
It seems that Kane is getting more and more angry as we go here.
It's like the longer Shane survives, the madder it makes Kane.
[Ross] Shane McMahon is surviving on nothing but guts and heart.
There's no way Shane McMahon can match up physically in this environment with Kane.
-But who can? -[Charles] Four.
[Jerry] The referee's at four.
Five.
Six.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, God. What right hand.
There would be absolutely no disgrace
in Shane McMahon staying down for a ten-count
after all he's been through.
This sadistic Kane likes hurting people.
He likes making everybody's life miserable.
He is a bad human being.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute. Not-- That's a concrete floor. Oh!
-[Ross] Oh, Shane's head. -[Jerry] That's even worse.
[Ross] Right off the Spanish announce table.
-[crowd chatter] -One.
[Jerry] I thought he was gonna slam Shane on that concrete floor.
Instead, he tried to pierce that announce table with Shane's head.
Yeah, let's get out of the way too, guys.
-[Ross] Here's the replay. -[Jerry] Vamoose! Ándale.
[Ross] Shane, a 240-pound lawn dart,
driven headfirst into that announce table.
And now look at Kane.
Shane is helpless, lying on the concrete right below this announce position.
[Jerry] Hey. That's our monitors.
[Ross] What the hell is--
Shane is down.
-[Jerry] Oh, no! -[Ross] Oh, my God. No!
Kane just turned the--
-And he's laughing about it. -[Jerry] Look at him.
[Ross] He's laughing about throwing that--
I don't know how heavy that table is.
That son of a bitch is trying to maim this kid.
[Jerry] Trying to maim him? Yeah. That…
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Wait a minute.
Where the hell-- there he is. Shane--
[Jerry] How did Shane get out of the way of that table?
[Ross] Shane had to move.
He had to-- oh. What is that?
[Jerry] I don't know. Oh, my God.
It's a-- he's got that piece of metal.
[Ross] More brain cells being destroyed.
-[Jerry] Hey, wait. -[Ross] There's a camera.
[Jerry] Shane, that's a boom camera. Whoa!
[Ross] The boom camera right in the face of Kane.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Shane McMahon avoided disaster.
One.
[Jerry] This could do it.
[Charles] Two.
-[Ross] Shane McMahon may upset Kane here. -[Charles] Three.
[Jerry] He might win this thing.
[Charles] Four.
[Ross] Shane trying to hold himself up.
[Jerry] Get up, Shane. We're on five.
Six.
Seven.
There's a shot from the boom camera. It broke the lens.
[crowd] Nine.
[Ross] Oh, God. That Kane's back up at nine.
[Jerry] Oh, wait. Shane's got an electric--
those electrical cords.
[Ross] Shane's trying to choke the-- choke the life right out of Kane,
Rob him of oxygen, render him unconscious.
[Jerry] Look at Shane.
[Ross] Shane dragging Kane by the neck like he's got him in a noose.
[Jerry] He's gonna lynch him.
But I can't say that I blame him.
[Ross] That's the location where the Spanish announce table was,
before it was destroyed by Kane,
and a movement for Shane McMahon.
[Jerry] Oh, look at Shane. What's he doing?
He's measuring Kane off now.
[Ross] Shane is taking the oxygen from Kane.
He scored a hit.
Shane's hands are down.
Oh, a big right hand blocked.
-[Ross] Uh-oh. And the low blow. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Now, the DDT on the-- on the announce table,
on the stand, I should say.
A low blow and a DDT.
[Jerry] Look at this shot earlier.
This is where he broke the lens of our boom camera right there.
[Ross] Here's that camera. Here's what--
You can imagine that impact,
what that chip was, the impact from it.
[Jerry] God Almighty.
Love of God.
-[Ross] Right to the kidney. -[Jerry] He broke the lens.
That's-- that lens is broken. That's a 50,000 dollar-camera.
[Ross] Look at this monitor.
[Kane grunts]
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And McMahon looking toward the sun, looking toward the heavens.
[Jerry] He's got that monitor in his hand.
[Ross] That's a hell of a weapon, I'll tell you that.
It's a hell of a weapon.
And the brains of Kane have been scrambled.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute.
This crowd-- this crowd is urging Shane to do something stupid here.
[Ross] No, you're right. Don't do it, Shane.
[Jerry] What is he thinking?
-No, Shane. Please don't do it. -[Ross] Oh, my God.
He's got a lot of guts.
This kid. Oh, my God.
Shane McMahon is climbing.
[Jerry] Just throw something down on him, do--
But not your body.
[Ross] Anything but your body, Shane. Don't do it, kid.
Don't do it. You got too much to live for.
[Jerry] Oh, my God. Please.
Referee, get up there and stop him.
[Ross] Shane, don't do it.
You've got too much to live for.
That son of a bitch is not worth it.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, God.
-Kane moved and look at the damage. -[Charles] One.
[Charles] Two.
[Ross] The damage done.
[Charles] Three.
-[Ross] My God in heaven. -[Charles] Four.
Five.
Six.
[Jerry] I cannot believe it.
Seven.
[Ross] It's a seven.
Eight.
[Ross] Kane is up.
-Nine -[Ross] It's nine.
Ten. Ring the bell. Ring the bell.
[bell ringing]
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[Jerry] Screw the bell. Somebody get out here to help Shane.
-[Ross] Yeah. Let's get this kid-- -[Lilian] Here is your winner, Kane.
[Ross] This kid has to have help.
The hell with Kane.
The hell with that hideous son of a bitch.
This kid is hurt.
Kane-- Shane McMahon threw his own body right through the stage
that was holding all the equipment,
the heavy announce table,
and the Spanish announcers.
[Jerry] Be careful. You need to get an ambulance.
[Ross] Oh, God.
[Jerry] Look at this, J.R.
How high and take a deep breath before you watch this.
Oh, my God.
[Ross] It looked like it ripped Shane's head right off.
His-- it looked like his head came--
I mean, it's ex-- it extended from his shoulders.
Shane McMahon went down headfirst.
And I'm not a doctor and I don't wanna prophesize what it is,
but if this kid doesn't have a broken neck,
I'm gonna be the most surprised Oklahoman in Pennsylvania tonight.
♪ Every intuition fails To find its way… ♪
[Ross] God Almighty.
[Jerry] Is he breathing?
[Ross] I hope Bischoff is happy.
I hope Eric Bischoff, the man that signed this match,
that had these man sign waivers,
had them sign releases.
[Jerry] Watch this. Look at-- look at this.
Oh.
His head went straight through that floor.
What were you thinking, Shane?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The will to win.
That poor kid.
We said who would be the last man standing.
Who would survive?
Kane has won this match.
And I just hope to the good Lord that this kid has--
will be able to survive this and this night.
♪ The chemical goes slow ♪
[Ross] This is absolutely horrible.
[Jerry] He is hurt. J.R., he's hurt bad.
-[music fades] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] He gave us every ounce of guts and heart that he had in his body.
And Shane McMahon getting a--
[Jerry] There's just no way of telling everyone
what has been at stake here tonight.
And this is just-- I mean, a picture's worth a thousand words.
-Everybody in this arena is standing. -[crowd chanting] Shane O'Mac!
[Jerry] Shane O'Mac chant going out right now, but--
-[crowd chanting] Shane O'Mac! -Okay. Here we go.
[Ross] There's an appreciation for this young man and God bless him.
He-- what he tried to do.
He gave us everything he had, folks.
That's all you can ever ask of any athlete.
[Ross] Oh, my gosh. J.R., but what--
-[Ross] Good God. Good God. -[Jerry] What is it all worth
if it cost you your life?
[Ross] And career. You're nervous, just--
[crowd cheering]
Did you see that, Steve?
Now that you just watched what you watched?
Remember last summer in San Diego, Raw, what you said to Kane?
I quote, "Kane, I wanna see a monster."
Well, you got a monster tonight.
You've created a monster, Steve.
And look what happened, more bloodshed, another massacre,
another life ruined
from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. I hope you're happy.
I know La Résistance is happy
that you screwed them out of the tag team titles.
You're just winning friends and influencing people
all across the locker room aren't you, Steve?
[chuckles]
You know what, Chris? I done said it once and I'm gonna say it one more time.
If you got a problem with me…
[crowd] What?
…take your best shot.
[crowd] What?
Well, you're right, Austin. I do have a problem with you
but I'm not gonna fall for your trap.
I'm not gonna make it that easy for you.
There's other ways to make you crack than by hitting you, Steve.
Get inside your brain, that's what I'm gonna do.
-You keep-- -You're gonna crack me?
Yeah, you keep watching, Steve. I'm gonna crack you.
I'm gonna make it as difficult for you as you're making it for everybody else.
So just sit back in your chair, keep drinking your beer,
and you watch the monitor.
And you can watch me become the new Intercontinental Champion tonight.
-Is that right? -That's right.
So keep watching, Steve.
And remember, there's more than one way to make you crack.
Folks, I tell you what. I've been--
King and I have been doing this a long time.
We've both been in business since the '70s,
and I don't know how to describe that match we just saw.
I don't know that I will ever forget the image of Shane McMahon
standing on the top on those-- that tower.
Do we have that one more time? Can we see that?
I still can't believe it when I-- when I look at it.
It's-- this is absolutely amazing.
-[Jerry] One more look. -[Ross] Take in this.
-This is the ultimate risk. -[Jerry] How many feet in the air's Shane?
And look at-- look at Kane getting out of the way,
and Shane's body crashing right through the floor of that stage.
The broken body of Shane McMahon being attended to by the EMTs.
We're told that he'll be taken out of here in an ambulance.
We hope to have an update on Shane McMahon if possible
before we go off the air tonight.
I have no idea what Jericho's problem
-with Stone Cold is. -What is it? What is that?
He says there's more than-- he's gonna make Stone Cold crack?
Well, in any event, a lot of guys have tried.
But folks, we're ready for another championship encounter.
["Problem Solver" playing]
[bell ringing]
[Lilian] The following is a Triple Threat match
and it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
Introducing first, from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 244 pounds,
he is the Intercontinental Champion, Christian.
[Ross] Well, Christian, the Intercontinental Champion
did not wanna face RVD and Chris Jericho tonight in a Triple Threat match.
I think he made that quite clear with his actions last week on Raw.
[Jerry] Well, yeah. You're right.
RVD and Chris Jericho had an unbelievable match going.
[Ross] At a number one contender's match.
The belt shot aimed for…
-[bell ringing] -…RVD but it--
Christian got Jericho as well.
Austin then deemed this, "With no winner, you'll face both men at Unforgiven."
[Jerry] Yeah, I think Christian thought
that if there was no winner of that number one contender match,
he wouldn't-- he wouldn't have to put his title at stake.
[Ross] Earlier tonight on Heat, Jericho, Christian made a pact
that they're gonna put aside their differences to take out RVD,
and then, may the best man win.
No honor-- I guess a little honor-- honor among thieves.
["Break Down the Walls" playing]
[Jerry] I'm gonna be quite honest with you. It's not a bad plan.
♪ One, break the walls down Break down the walls… ♪
[Lilian] And introducing the challengers,
first, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
weighing in at 230 pounds, Chris Jericho.
[Ross] Well, Christian's been a three-time Intercontinental Champion,
Rob Van Dam's been a three-time Intercontinental Champion,
but Jericho's been a four-time Intercontinental Champion.
And he made it pretty clear to Stone Cold
that Jericho fully intends to leave Unforgiven tonight
as the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] He's full of himself, all right.
The King of Bling Bling he calls himself.
♪ You're livin' in the agony of defeat… ♪
[Ross] The irony of this is that RVD lost the Intercontinental title
the last he held it to Chris Jericho.
♪ Break the wall down ♪
♪ Your heartbeat is the only sound… ♪
[Jerry] Now, what do you get-- what do you think of their little pact,
if their little plan and scheme they put together earlier works?
If Christian and Jericho do get rid of RVD,
who do you think would win this between Christian and Jericho?
["One of a Kind" playing]
[Ross] I think RVD's gonna have something to say about that.
♪ One of a kind ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ One of a kind… ♪
[Lilian] And from Battle Creek, Michigan, weighing in at 235 pounds,
Rob Van Dam.
[Ross] Here is the greatest athlete in the WWE never to be World Champion.
A guy that doesn't bitch and doesn't moan.
He just wants to go and compete.
And will, tomorrow night in the MCI Center in our nation's capital,
will Rob Van Dam enter the MCI Center live for Raw tomorrow night
as the new Intercontinental Champion?
I hope he does, and I hope we're there to call it.
♪ Hey, hey, hey, one of a kind ♪
[Ross] The rules are simple here.
First man to score a pinfall or submission wins the Intercontinental title.
That's it.
You ain't gotta remember anything else.
[music concludes]
[Ross] And we're gonna see here in the early going
just how much teamwork with this alliance
that Christian and Jericho have allegedly put together
during Heat earlier tonight on Spike TV.
[Jerry] I still gotta say that the title-- the title does look good on Christian.
I mean, just as simply as far
-as color goes. -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Look how color-coordinated he is.
The blue tights matches the globe there on the-- Hey. Wait a minute.
[Ross] And there's a double-team.
Van Dam and-- getting double-teamed by Christian and Chris Jericho.
[Jerry] Well, it didn't take long for them to start unfolding that plan, did it?
[Ross] It's obvious that, you know, you incapacitate Van Dam,
you get rid of him,
and then you'd have a one-on-one match if that's the way that Christian and Van--
and Jericho wanna play it.
Nice double dropkick by Rob Van Dam, the unorthodox one.
[Jerry] Well, I'm sure that Van Dam had to know
that that was gonna be their strategy.
I mean he couldn't-- Van Dam couldn't trust either one of these guys
as far as he can throw 'em.
[Ross] Back body drop.
[Jerry] And he just threw Christian pretty far.
[Ross] So now-- uh-oh. Van Dam, what's he gonna do here? Van Dam…
I thought he was gonna try a Plancha over the top rope.
And a hard shot by Chris Jericho on Rob Van Dam.
This crowd almost in stunned silence over what we saw earlier tonight
with that Shane McMahon, Last Man Standing.
I mean, my God.
And again we'll get you an update--
Look out here. A suplex.
[Jerry] Oh, man. That could break your ankles,
anything landing like that.
I'm just-- he had to try to land on his feet to save his back, but--
[Ross] Van Dam's gotta take a lot of chances here to survive.
The odds of Van Dam winning-- Oh, look at that.
Beautiful moonsault, taking down two men.
The odds of Van Dam winning the Intercontinental title here, King,
with this allegiance of Jericho and Christian
are not as good as they should be.
[Jerry] Yeah. I mean, let's check this out one more time.
If he keeps taking risks like this,
I don't know how long he could last.
But you gotta say his odds are one in three,
but, well, that's what they were for The Dudleys,
-and they still became champions. -[Ross] Legdrop over the top,
hook of the leg here, near-fall.
Van Dam a count away from becoming the Intercontinental Champion.
Jericho has been incapacitated, at least for the moment.
Just Van Dam and Christian one-on-one at the moment.
[Jerry] Because actually, it's been all kind of upsets here tonight, J.R.
The Dudleys and Test,
that was somewhat of an upset I would think. Look out.
[Ross] Randy Orton upsetting Shawn Michaels.
[Jerry] You and I just can't afford to get upset, J.R.
-[Nick] One, two. -[Ross] And there's a cover.
-[Nick] Two. -[Ross] King, all I can tell you
is I'm gonna do the very best I can.
I'll give you all my heart and soul on this match,
but you know I'm not a wrestler.
Here we go. Nice-- no. He missed the clothesline.
And there's a shot back to the-- right to the solar plexus by
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Van Dam.
Crossbody by Jericho, he could win it there,
but Van Dam able to free himself from the pinning predicament.
Come on, Van Dam. Come on, Van Dam.
[Ross] A hard forearm shot, forearm shiver.
Jericho and Van Dam both about the forearm shivers.
And Jericho now follows up with a right hand.
Hard knife-edge chop, all on "Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
As Van Dam-- nope, he reverses the Irish whip.
Gets sent into the ropes. Nobody there.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Van Dam. Look at this--
What an athletic move that was.
-And Van Dam got a near-fall. -[Nick] Two.
[Jerry] Well, J.R. You've had-- sort of had to eat your words.
Remember before when we heard it on Heat that Jericho and Christian
had a little plan to work together, remember what you said?
And you said, "That'll last about two minutes."
But so far it's lasted longer than that.
[Ross] I'm wrong on that one.
[Jerry] These guys may-- these guys may pull it off here.
There's-- there you go. See?
[Ross] Look at Christian pulling Van Dam out.
But Van Dam may have been trying to set up for Rolling Thunder.
We'll never know.
But the Intercontinental Champion pulled Van Dam out of the ring.
And now he's posing to his peeps.
-[Jerry] Well, he's being… -[Ross] Now, look here.
-[Jerry] …mocking Rob Van Dam. -[Ross] Christian did the damage.
Van-- oh. And Christian shoving Jericho away.
Speaking of partnership, it's not as strong as they wanted.
[Jerry] It's still all right. It's still going. Don't worry.
[Ross] Well, maybe it is.
[Jerry] I think Christian just has to remind Jericho every now and then
that he is still the Intercontinental Champion.
Come on, man. Get him out of the corner. Back it up.
-[Jericho] Come on. -Back it up. Break it. One, two.
-[Ross] Now, look at this double-team. -Get off of him. Get him out of there.
[Ross] Van Dam caught in that corner in a bad, bad way.
[Jerry] That's the way this match goes. Nothing the referee can do about it.
[Ross] First man to score a pinfall or submission wins it all.
[Jerry] You don't usually think that--
in a match where it's supposed to be every man for himself,
you don't usually think that two of them are gonna team up on one,
but that's exactly what's happening.
And as I said, actually a good strategy.
[Ross] Wow.
Both men, Jericho and Christian have been unable to put the resilient
and tougher-than-a-Waffle-House-steak Van Dam out of the picture here.
[Jerry] Yeah. But I think it's just a matter of time, J.R.
[Ross] Great for our fans our fans, there are over 150 countries
and 12 different languages will be enjoying Unforgiven.
[Jerry] Peeps all over the world. Peeps all over the--
I was gonna say the intercontinent, but, you know, they're everywhere.
Look at Christian.
His fans are en masse all around the globe.
[Ross] This is almost like a-- somewhat of a modified Handicap match
in as much as that Jericho and Christian seem to be on the same page.
They certainly are double-teaming Van Dam.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, Van Dam,
Van Dam got turned upside down. I think he tried to--
he tried to get the hell out of the corner. He didn't make it.
-[Jerry] Tried something. It didn't work. -Get off that fence, come on.
You back him up out of the corner, Jericho.
One. Get those fists off.
[Ross] I'll tell you what. Van Dam, he--
Van Dam has a distinct disadvantage here and you gotta believe it.
Seems like a matter of time until Van Dam's gonna call his chips.
But there's Van Dam knocking out Christian.
Back heel kick takes down Jericho.
And Van Dam now, step over heel kick.
The Intercontinental Champion knocked down.
[Jerry] Van Dam's starting to gain some momentum but-- oh, until that.
[Ross] That modified enzuigiri could go it.
Jericho could be the Intercontinental Champion
but Van Dam says, "Not on my time."
Come on.
[Ross] Jericho has been very arrogant here tonight.
One could only assume his arrogant-- arrogance
would rise to new levels
if he becomes the Intercontinental Champion.
He already thinks he's the king of the world.
[Jerry laughs] Yes, he does.
[Ross] First ever undisputed champion,
a man that holds the distinction of beating Stone Cold
and The Rock at the same night. And look at those--
[Jerry] I don't think there's anybody else in wrestling
that can say that though.
-[Ross] I don't think so either. -[Jerry] That's--
[Ross] Something to be proud of it. No doubt about that.
[Jerry] A very good thing to have on your resume.
-[Ross] Look at this. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Double DDT by Van Dam.
And that is not what Christian and Jericho thought was gonna happen.
I think they were going for a flapjack. There's a cover.
Referee gets down and Van Dam got a-- Boy, he got a long two count.
That ref-- that-- did that count seem slow or just me?
[Jerry laughs] Well, Nick Patrick
has never been the sharpest knife in the drawer.
[Ross] I think he's a great official, but this is--
maybe it seemed a little slow just from my view.
Maybe I'm wrong.
Jericho misses a clothesline. A hard kick right to the face.
[Jerry] That didn't miss, right under the-- right under the chin.
-[Ross] Another shot. -[Jerry] That big kick.
[Ross] Van Dam reverses.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. -[Ross] Rob Van Dam.
A summersault plancha over the top
found its mark on the Intercontinental Champion.
Jericho left back in the ring.
Now remember, you can't get counted out here.
First man to score a pinfall or submission wins the Intercontinental title.
[Jerry] All three of these guys are in a bad way.
This match has taken its toll on every athlete out here.
Check this out. How did--
how did Van Dam have enough wherewithal
to just dive over that rope onto Christian?
[Ross] Rake to the eyes. Van Dam, so resilient, so tough.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And very athletic move by Jericho.
Springboard dropkick.
And now Van Dam has been taken out of the picture
and his eyes rolling back in his head.
If Jericho can get Van Dam back in the ring,
he may get that cover
that he's been looking for this whole match.
[Jerry] Where is Christian?
His peeps are-- his peeps are inquiring.
[Ross] Christian still trying to heal from that summersault plancha
of Rob Van Dam.
-There he is. -[Jerry] There he is.
[Nick] Six. Get him in the ring.
[Ross] And I don't know why the referee's counting
-because you can't have a count out here. -[Jerry] It doesn't even matter, does it?
[Ross] Maybe just instinctive.
Three.
[Ross] And there's a cover. It could be all.
And Van Dam, again.
Rob Van Dam can reach down and gutted--
-[Jerry] Now, look at Jericho. -[speaks indistinctly]
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Jericho's got that tape now. He's choking Van Dam.
-Hey, get him off. -[Ross] Referee--
[Jerry] And he can do it right in front of the ref if he wants.
[Ross] And the referee's trying to make him break it.
That's all he can do, is implore Jericho to break the choke.
Jericho did, at least for the moment.
Snapmare takeover right into that reverse chinlock.
And I don't know how sound offensive sequence this is for Jericho.
With Christian on the outside of the ring,
one would assume that Jericho would be go-- going for pinfalls.
[Jerry] J.R., I have just been told,
and we wanna pass the news along to our viewers,
that Shane McMahon has been taken to a nearby medical facility.
And a lot of concern, we're very concerned of Shane's neck.
And they're working on that right now.
And just as soon as we get an update, we will-- we will let everybody know.
[Ross] Boy, that is a…
Our thoughts are with Shane McMahon right now.
Hope that are too, fans.
-Or maybe just-- -[Jerry] Why did he do that?
[Ross] Thanks to Eric Bischoff,
Shane McMahon may be tragically, tragically injured.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh. Nice roll-up.
Van Dam's got the roll-up on Jericho.
And Jericho almost got shocked into an adrenaline rush
after that near-fall by Van Dam.
And again, Christian still on the outside.
[Jerry] We might need to get an ambulance for Christian.
He must be completely incapacitated. Where is he?
[Ross] Jericho's arrogant cover didn't get him to the pay window.
[Jerry] You know what? Yeah, let me just tell you,
one of your favorite terms.
Christian may be playing possum out there
which is, once again, not a bad strategy.
Why be in there in the ring taking abuse right now?
[Ross] He's certainly saving his strength
and letting Van Dam and Jericho beat each other up.
Van Dam, elusive. Oh.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Lionsault--
[Jerry] This is it.
[Ross] Walls of Jericho.
You can tap. If you tap, I'll ring it.
[Jerry] All Rob Van Dam has gotta do is tap.
[Ross] If Van Dam taps, Jericho's the new Intercontinental Champion.
Look at the pain etched in the face of Rob Van Dam.
He's endured so much.
-He's gone through so much. -Tap out!
[Nick] Come on, RVD. What do you say?
[Ross] And the sadistic Jericho--
[Jerry] Oh. And look at him cinching up more pressure on that lower back.
You're gonna have to tap. Van Dam, tap out.
[Ross] Van Dam trying to power out.
He's got great strength in his lower anatomy,
but Jericho is a master of this maneuver.
[Jericho] Austin.
[Jerry] Listen to Jericho, he's screaming at Austin.
-[Jericho] Tap out. -[Nick] Come on, RVD.
[Jerry] Jericho is obsessed with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, isn't he?
-Uh-oh. -[Ross] And now Jericho smartly,
like it or not, bringing Van Dam back to the center of the ring,
a long way from the ropes. The pain-- and now there's Christian.
-And Christian's gonna try to-- -One, two
[Ross] Christian going for the cover.
Now, Jericho unhinges Christian
who tried to let Jericho do the work.
-[Jerry] All right. Here we go. -[Ross] And now look at the partnership.
[Jerry] Well, you were right.
It lasted a little longer than two minutes but it just blown up.
[Ross] There's not a lot-- not a lot of honor among thieves.
Christian and Jericho on the outside of the ropes.
Van Dam has just-- he has been hammered in that Walls of Jericho.
Now, Christian trying to eliminate Jericho on the outside
or beat him down and get him back in the ring and pin him.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. Oh. Oh, the legs. -[Ross] But there's a reversal. Oh, man.
The legs hurt and Christian may have just--
he may have torn up a knee there.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] And the Intercontinental Champion
in a big, big, big problem.
[Jerry] Well, Jericho predicted
he got right in the face of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
and he told Stone Cold that he was gonna win the Intercontinental Championship.
And he said that's not all he's gonna do tonight.
And he's gonna see that Stone Cold cracks, whatever that means.
[Ross] This is coming to be almost like a Hardcore match.
The same kind of match that RVD beat Jericho…
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. -[Ross] …two years ago at Unforgiven.
The reverse elbow off the top.
And Jericho pinning Christian, and Christian out of desperation
just saw his Intercontinental life flashed before his very eyes.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Hard kick by Jericho.
[Jerry] Now you better just hope that Rob Van Dam is somehow,
oh, regaining his strength.
He's had a few minutes down to recuperate.
[Ross] Jericho and Christian sort of not thinking about RVD right now.
Thumb to the eye by the champion.
Unprettier. The bottom drop's out.
-Look at the cheater. -[Jerry] Look at that.
-Oh. -[Ross] And referee saw it.
[Jerry] The peeps were on their feet all around the world.
[Ross] Christian's not above cheating to beat Chris Jericho,
the man that he had the allegiance with.
[Jerry] It's only cheating if you get caught, J.R.
And of course they got caught.
[Ross] Well, differences aside.
And there's Van Dam moving around.
Christian going up top.
-And-- oh! -[Jerry] Oh, look out! Oh, no!
[Ross] Jericho just dropped Van Dam off the apron,
was-- knocked Christian off balance, and you saw how he landed.
[Jerry] It may nullify any chance of having little peeps in the future.
[Ross] Unless he's wearing the people's cup,
Christian's in trouble.
Intercontinental title on the line here.
[Jerry] Where's the peeps cup?
Oh, no, not good.
[Ross] Front facelock.
-[Jerry] Superplex. -[Ross] Superplex! Oh, man.
Punishing both men, but especially the suplexee.
-The suplexer, Jericho… -One!
[Ross] …didn't fare too well on that exchange either.
Two.
[Ross] And again, I don't know why we are having a referee count.
Three.
[Ross] This is just instinctive.
-Four. -[Jerry] Yes.
-[Ross] It was just-- -Five.
[Jerry] Well, wait a minute.
If both these guys get counted out, would Rob Van Dam win this?
[Ross] Well, that is a great question. I don't have the answer to it.
-I'm not gonna make a lucky guess. -[crowd chanting] RVD! RVD!
[Ross] Van Dam back in.
[Jerry] Look he don't know who the--
[Ross] Van Dam gonna cover the champion.
Van Dam covers Christian, and Christian had enough time to kick out.
And, man, you're talking about sheer desperation.
And what a gut shot that was.
[Jerry] I think Van Dam had to make a split-second decision
on which one of these guys were the most incapacitated.
That's the one he wanted to try to cover. Look out!
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] High crossbody.
-A hook of the leg-- -Two again! Two!
Jericho could have gotten pinned,
he'd lost the Intercontinental title for Christian.
It's sudden death here.
Pinfall or submission, first man to do it wins the Intercontinental title.
[Jerry] Man!
Rob Van Dam's face drilled right into that mat.
[Ross] A modified bulldog there. And--
[Jerry] Lionsault. Oh, he landed on his feet,
but he may have sprained his knee.
-Oh. -[Ross] Walked right into that
spinning heel kick, did Jericho,
who missed the Lionsault.
-And now, can Van Dam capitalize? -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Van Dam with that modified--
-[Jerry] Look at Christian. -[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Ross] And Christian has drilled Jericho.
This should be over here.
-There's a cover. The cover. -[Nick] One, two.
[Ross] And Rob Van Dam, did he get--
[Jerry] No. Jericho somehow was able to roll out of there
-and get his shoulder up. -[Ross] How close was that?
And now, Christian, hammering on Van Dam
and poor Van Dam taking a lot of punishment from two men.
-[Jerry] Oh, no! -[Ross] Oh, and a drop toehold.
-And Christian face-first-- -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] These guys are in a precarious position now.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh, you gotta be kidding me. -[Ross] Oh you gotta--
-Van Dam-- -[Jerry] He's feeling froggy, J.R.
[crowd] RVD!
-[Ross] Van Dam! -[Jerry] Five-Star!
[Ross] Five-Star splashing two men and himself
in this war to become the Intercontinental Champion.
Good God almighty.
I don't think I've ever seen that before.
[Jerry] If anybody could-- if anybody could-- yeah,
we're gonna see it again here. Look at this.
But this was such high impact,
because one body stacked on top of another one.
-Oh, man. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Wait, what happened? -[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And all three men are down in a bad way.
This is anybody's ball game for the Intercontinental title.
[Jerry] I thought if anybody could get a-- get a cover on anybody at that point,
they would be the winner, but Christian sailed out of the ring.
[Ross] Christian tossed over the top rope.
-[Jerry] Oh. Oh, man, oh, man. -[Ross] Man, what a kick that was.
[Jerry] Can you do that to Coach in a few minutes?
-[Ross] Well, I don't know. -[Jerry] I don't think you can.
Forget it.
[grunts]
[Ross] Jericho in a bad, bad place here.
He's not gonna like what happened
because I don't think Van Dam got on his mind here.
[Jerry] Wait a minute what is-- what is Van Dam trying to do?
[Ross] God, he-- Is Van Dam looking for the electric chair here on Jericho?
He's trying to hold on.
[Jerry] He was trying to lift Jericho up-- oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Christian trying to get in a powerbomb position.
[Jerry] What the hell is this?
-[Ross] Electric chair powerbomb! -[Jerry] Christian!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, the peeps are going wild.
[Ross] Jericho decimated from the electric chair.
Van Dam may be destroyed from the powerbomb.
[Jerry] And the Intercontinental Champion just about to--
all you gotta do is just get your arm-- get your arm across Rob Van Dam
-and you're still champ. One, two, three. -[Ross] There's a cover.
-And Van Dam kicks out. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] I'll tell you what, Rob Van Dam has shown
more guts and more determination.
Another try-- he's trying Jericho
as Christian and Jericho got a foot on the bottom rope.
-Two! Foot on the ropes. -[Ross] Stops the referee's count at two.
[Jerry] And that beautiful, beautiful maneuver.
[Ross] Christian's mouth is bleeding, his lip has been busted open.
[Jerry] I'm sure Christian is-- this has gotta be so disappointing.
Not to get a victory after something like that.
-Stay focus, Christian-- oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Christian ran right into the kick,
but he smartly rolls out of bounds for what it's worth.
And Van Dam getting rid of Jericho.
Nobody left in the ring with Van Dam.
He can't win the Intercontinental title that way.
[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute, speaking of the Intercontinental title
[Ross] Christian trying to-- a cheap shot there.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And Van Dam--
-[Jerry] Look out. Oh! -[Ross] Catapult. Christian and Jericho.
There's a roll-up. We got a new champion.
-No! Van Dam-- -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Ross] Long two, two and a half.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Reverse spinning kick.
[Jerry] But Rob Van Dam certainly got the advantage now.
[Ross] How does Van Dam do it?
How is he doing it?
Van Dam back on top.
[Jerry] Look out. Going for the-- Wait, here's Jericho back with a steel chair.
[Ross] Jericho trying to cheap shot there.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Christian got his belt back.
Christian got the title belt and drove it
-into Van Dam's Five-Star Frog Splash. -[Nick] One, two, three!
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Ross] And Christian wins it.
-[bell ringing] -["Problem Solver" playing]
[Lilian] Here is your winner, and still the Intercontinental Champion, Christian!
[Ross] Well, it wasn't a pretty match.
-[Jerry] I'll be damned. I've never-- -[Ross] It was a hard-fought match.
It wasn't a catch-as-catch-can classic because of three men--
-Look at Christian. -[Jerry] He's crying with joy.
Tears of joy-- well-- or either his mouth is busted wide open.
[Ross] Well, Jericho supposed to become Intercontinental Champion,
did not come through.
But I am so proud of Rob Van Dam.
What more could he have done?
It was almost like a Handicap match, King.
[Jerry] Yeah, but the peeps all over the world are proud
of their Intercontinental Champion, Christian.
He's still the man. Wow.
[Marc] Triple H.
-[crowd cheering] -[music fades]
A lot of people are behind Goldberg tonight.
They feel that Goldberg is the one guy that can and will beat you
to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
What's your thoughts going into one of the biggest nights
of your entire career?
Let me tell you a story.
Begins like all fables do.
Once upon a time, in a strange land, there lived a great knight.
So great and so powerful that he defeated every monster before him.
He destroyed every dragon that lay in his path.
One day, that knight, he fell asleep.
When he woke up, he was in the real world.
And you know what happened to him, Marc?
He got his ass kicked.
[crowd booing]
I don't believe in fairytales.
What I believe in is the most proven commodity
in this business,
me.
What I believe in is the greatest wrestler alive today,
me.
And what I believe in
is the World Heavyweight Championship.
It is what I am about.
And I will put my life on the line to keep it.
Tonight, I end Bill Goldberg's storybook career.
[crowd jeering]
I don't believe in fairytales.
I don't believe the hype.
And, Goldberg, it's time to play the game.
[crowd cheering]
[hip-hop music playing]
[Jonathan] My boss asked me to do something, and I did it.
I was just doing my job.
-[Ross] What the hell is Coach doing? -[Jerry] Coach?
[Jonathan] I was just doing my job, and I did it.
[Eric] The Raw employee of the month,
the greatest announcer in sports entertainment.
J.R., I got this one, thanks.
Oh, what a shot, what a shot.
That's a blobberknocker!
You're a joke. Shane's down!
Shane's down! Shane's down!
-[Ross] What the hell has come over Coach? -[Jerry] Has he lost his mind?
[dramatic music playing]
[Jonathan] When I was filling in for J.R., what did I get in return?
[Jerry] You get the hint, Coach?
[Jonathan] All I got was, "Get out of my chair, boy."
[Jerry] Come on, what are you waiting on?
[Jonathan] I filled in so smoothly, they didn't even know that he was gone.
-You've got a cowboy… -[country music playing]
-[Jonathan] …and you've got a king. -[regal music playing]
[Jonathan] What is this, the Village People?
[Jerry] Why don't I come down there and stick that little award
in the only place that the sun doesn't shine?
[tense music playing]
[Ross] The Coach is way over his head here tonight.
Coach, stop this nonsense.
Jerry, just let him go, let him out of the ring.
I don't need your help!
Get back.
[Ross] Coach showing no respect.
Hey, wait a minute.
Oh, the King's head just cracked off that steel ring post.
Oh, my God. I can't believe this.
[both] Coach wins! Coach wins! Coach wins!
I'm gonna make a match.
So at Unforgiven, it's gonna see Coach
and Al Snow versus J.R.
[imitating Ross] I can't believe it. One of the greatest matches ever.
[Eric] And Jerry "the King" Lawler.
[imitating Jerry] Hello, J.R. Every time I get wood, I see puppies.
The winning team
is going to be the broadcast team on Raw.
[Jonathan] What are you gonna do?
[Ross] I can't wrestle a damn lick,
but I will fight your ass and our jobs are on the line.
[Jonathan] You got a Cowboy, you're a joke.
-The winning team… -[Jonathan] And you've got a king.
…the broadcast team.
[Jonathan] You don't look nearly as bad as King does.
-I'm gonna beat your ass. -[Ross] I don't know
if you can get that done.
[Al Snow] Right here, right now, tonight.
-[Jerry] I want you. -[Jonathan] Business is about to pick up!
[Eric] The broadcast team on Raw.
[music concludes]
["What You Gonna Do" playing]
[crowd booing]
♪ I said, what you gonna do? You're a dying man ♪
♪ Talking all this bullsh** And your life's in my hands… ♪
[bell ringing]
[Lilian] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall
where the winners will be the Raw announcers
starting tomorrow night.
Introducing first, the team of Al Snow
and Jonathan Coachman "The Coach"!
Well, King,
-we got our plan, right? -[Jerry] Time to do it.
As I said, stakes have never been bigger
at any pay-per-view you and I have ever been at.
[Ross] I started doing this business and the only job I've ever wanted
was to be in this business.
It's almost been 30 years.
♪ Or otherwise I lose it And now my chest is 50 G's ♪
♪ And that's a lot of cash When you ain't got no dough… ♪
[Jerry] You know what I just realized?
[Ross] What's that?
[Jerry] Who's gonna do the commentary on this match?
[Ross] Well, I haven't thought of that.
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] I got one thing on my mind,
and that's-- I'm gonna teach Coach a little respect.
[Jerry] Well, are we gonna have-- there's gonna be no commentators?
[Ross] That's an executive producer question.
[Jerry chuckles]
-["The Great Gates of Kiev" playing] -[Jerry] Well, let's-- J.R.,
-let's go get it-- get it done. -Help me.
[Lilian] Making his way into the ring from Memphis, Tennessee,
Jerry "The King" Lawler!
[crowd cheering]
[music concludes]
["Boomer Sooner" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Lilian] And his tag team partner from Oklahoma,
"Good Ol' J.R." Jim Ross!
[crowd cheering]
[music concludes]
[overlapping chatter]
You here, I'm here.
[Chad] Hey, come on guys. Just one of you.
[indistinct chatter]
[bell ringing]
One, two.
It's two.
One, two.
Two!
[Chad speaking indistinctly]
[grunts]
One, two.
Two!
I will help!
Come on, baby.
-[Ross] Let's do it. -Come on. Come on, baby.
-[Ross] No mistakes. No mistakes. -[Jonathan] I've already beaten him.
Shut your pie hole!
-[Ross] Oh, shut up. -[Jonathan] Come on.
Come on. Come on. Come on.
-One, two, three, four. -[Ross] Clean break, ref. Clean break.
Come on now. Hey, hey.
-Come on, get him out of there. -[Ross] What the hell is that?
[Chad] Open it up and get him out now. Come on.
[crowd chatter]
Hey, come on, get him out-- hey, stop that and get him out of the corner.
Come on.
[Ross] I don't think a closed fist is legal, ref.
-[grunts] -[crowd chatter]
Come on now.
[Jonathan] Come on, Al. Come on, Al.
[Chad] Open your hand.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Cover him.
One, two.
-[Jonathan] Come on. -Two. Two.
[Jonathan] He's in trouble, King. No mistakes now.
-I'm sorry. I'm sorry. -[Jerry] Hey, get up.
Come on now. Just get up now. Come on, Al.
-[Jonathan] Al, come on. -Come on. [speaks indistinctly] Come on.
Oh!
[Chad speaking indistinctly]
Open your hand up. Come on.
[Jonathan] Come on, give me a shot.
Atta boy.
-Step on him. -Come on. Get him up.
-Atta boy. -Get him up.
Give him more. Give him more.
[crowd chatter]
[grunting]
[Jonathan] Atta boy! [clapping]
-[Chad] Hey, come on. -[crowd chatter]
[Jonathan] Cover.
[Chad] One, two. It's two.
[groans]
-[Ross] Hang in there, King. -[Jonathan] Al, give me a shot.
[grunting]
-Al, come on! -Get him up now. Come on.
-Count, count, count! -[Chad] One, two. Two.
-Damn it! -[Chad] That was two.
-[Al Snow] Why? -[Chad] Shoulder up at two.
His shoulder was up at two.
-[Jonathan] Come on! -[Ross] You can't beat him, Al.
[crowd chatter]
-[grunts] -Come on. [speaks indistinctly]
[grunting]
[speaks indistinctly]
[Jonathan] Al, come on.
[grunting]
[Jonathan] Atta boy! Atta boy. Cover, cover, down!
One, two.
-Damn it. -Two.
Damn it!
-Two. -Come on, Al. Al.
[groaning]
Come on now. Come on, what do you say now?
Come on, King, what do you say?
-No. -Come on, talk to me now.
[Jerry] No!
[Chad] Come on, King. What do you say now?
-Come on, you want it done? -[Jerry] No.
-[Chad] Come on, King. -[Jerry groaning]
[Chad] Come on.
-What do you say, King? -Al, come on.
-Come on now. -[Jerry groaning]
[Chad] Come on now.
[Jonathan] Al, come on, baby.
[yells]
[Jonathan clapping]
Hey, come on now.
Hey, come on. [speaks indistinctly] Come on.
Give him some time to rest.
-Use your brain, you idiot. -[Jonathan speaking indistinctly]
Just like I told you, get his ass up and do it again.
-[Al Snow] What? -Do it again.
-[Al Snow] Again? -Again. Get his ass up.
Do it again. Do it again.
Get him off the rope. Come on.
[grunting]
-Come on. Get him off. Come on. -[Jonathan] Get him up again.
Get him up again.
[Ross] King, he's gonna backdrop you.
He's gonna backdrop you.
[yells]
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] That's it. That's it. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Be ready to count him. He's not going nowhere.
Look at the snot on his nose.
-It's over. -[Chad] One, two!
Hey, his foot on the rope.
His foot's on the rope.
His foot was on the rope, J.R.
His foot was on the rope now.
[speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry groaning]
[Jonathan] Atta boy, Al.
Suck it up. Suck it up. Let's go. Get him.
[Chad speaking indistinctly] Hey, watch the eyes now.
Watch the eyes.
-What the hell are you doing? -Made a tag.
-Hey, hey! -[Jonathan] I got him.
-I got him. -[Chad] He made the tag.
-[Chad] You get out. -I got him. Get out.
-Get out of the ring! Get out! -He made a tag. He made a tag.
Get it out now. Come on.
-Let's get it out. One, two-- -[Al Snow] Damn it!
-[grunts] -[speaks indistinctly] He made the tag.
[Al Snow] Coach!
[groans]
[Al Snow] Get out of the ring, Coach!
[crowd chatter]
[crowd booing]
[Jerry grunting]
[Chad speaking indistinctly]
-[Al Snow] Pin him! Stay down! -[Chad] One, two.
Two.
-[Al Snow] Pin him! -One, two--
Hey, his feet. His feet are on the rope.
Feet are on the rope.
[Chad] Come on, hey. Open them up, now.
-Come on. -[Al Snow] Right here!
Right here!
[Jerry grunting]
[Al Snow] Right here!
-[yells] Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Chad] Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey! Hey!
Come on. Let's get it out now. Come on.
-Come on. -Here we go right now.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Let's go.
[grunts]
[crowd chanting] We want J.R.!
We want J.R.!
[Ross] Give him the fist, King.
-Give him the fist, King. -Come on. Get down now.
One, two--
[groans]
[Ross] Cover him!
You got him, cover him!
-It's over. -One, two--
Come on, get it out now. Come on, Al.
Hey, come on. Let's get it out now. Come on.
Let's get it out now. Come on, there's no tag.
You're the illegal man. Let's get it out now. Come on.
-I understand that. I-- Get up! -[Chad] Just get it out now.
-I told you. Get it out now. Come on! -[Al Snow] Get up!
[crowd cheering]
Hey.
-You're supposed to get out of here. -[Chad] Hey. You get it out now.
[Ross] You're supposed to get out of here anyway.
Oh, yeah, you're a tough guy.
-[speaking indistinctly] -Hey, come on, Al. Let's get it out.
[crowd cheering]
Come on.
-[grunts] -[crowd cheering]
[grunts]
[crowd cheering]
[yelling]
[crowd cheering]
Yeah!
[Jonathan yelling] Help!
-[Ross grunting] -[Jonathan yelling]
Not the face! Not the face!
[crowd booing]
[Chad] One, two, three!
-[bell ringing] -["What You Gonna Do" playing]
[Lilian] Here are your winners, Al Snow and The Coach!
What happened?
[crowd chatter]
Chris. Chris, why did you just do that?
I mean, do you at least have an explanation for everybody?
Shut up, junior.
I didn't win the Intercontinental Champion tonight.
But I'm still the big winner.
I told you there's more than one way to crack Stone Cold
and I chipped away at Austin by causing his beloved Oklahoma buddy his job.
Mission accomplished, Daddy-O.
[overlapping chatter]
♪ I better come back Next week to retrieve ♪
♪ Or otherwise I lose it And now my chest is 50 G's ♪
♪ And that's a lot of cash When you ain't got no gold ♪
♪ Lucky my crew's blood ties so you know ♪
♪ I live with generation So deep like the mob… ♪
[speaks indistinctly]
That's him right there.
[speaks indistinctly]
♪ Talking all this bullsh** When your life's in my hands ♪
♪ Settle down, down, down ♪
♪ You talk too much of this And not enough of that ♪
♪ You better listen up 'Cause you gave me pushbacks ♪
♪ Settle down, down, down ♪
[music concludes]
[Ross] And the countdown is on, only one man left.
[Jerry] Five, four, three, two, one, Goldberg!
[dramatic music playing]
[Ross] Goldberg unleashing on everything with a heartbeat!
He's got a chance to be the World Champion tonight.
[Jerry] Ah! Can you believe what we're seeing, J.R.?
[Ross] And now we are down to Goldberg
and the reigning World's Heavyweight Champion!
[tense music playing]
[Ross] Flair's closing the door.
Flair wants to hold Goldberg away from Triple H.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God! -[Ross] Oh, my God!
[Jerry] I can't believe my eyes.
[Ross] Triple H is like a trapped rat in a corner.
God Almighty, this is getting ugly.
-[Jerry] Hey, hey, hey. -[Ross] Wait, was that--
Wait a minute, that--
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] That's a sledgehammer.
Triple H with the help of Evolution
and a sledgehammer retains the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
[Jerry] This match may be over but that may not be all
that's gonna be over for Goldberg.
[suspenseful music playing]
You'll never see this!
You understand me, Goldberg?
You will never see it!
[Ross] Goldberg's career left for dead at the hands of Triple H.
[music fades]
[Goldberg] Triple H, why don't you bring your little ass out here
and we finish what we started last night?
[Triple H] You want a shot at this title so bad?
Well, I'm gonna give it to you.
You and me, Unforgiven.
You win, you're the champ.
I beat you, you're finished, retired, end of story.
You are done.
Your career is over, Goldberg.
You're on.
[rock music playing]
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the main event.
A man's career versus the most prestigious championship
in our business.
-I'm sorry. -No.
-I let us down. -Well, no, you did not.
We're talking about careers, then--
I let our ass down, and I've lost our jobs.
Well, it wasn't your fault, J.R.
-It was-- -Well, I lost a fall and--
Obviously, I didn't see what happened, but the referee said and the fans said
that Chris Jericho came in there and hit you.
-Oh, for what reason? -I have no--
Let me tell you something.
When I was a little bitty kid growing up in Oklahoma,
I had one goal, and that was to be in this business.
And it's a hell of feeling that for it-- for it to be over.
But I tell you one thing, we've all done-- every night I've ever worked with you,
I had a good time.
You're just like a brother to me.
So we've got only got one thing to do. We've got one match left.
Let's make this the best son of a bitch we ever call.
Because no matter what anybody says, it ain't about Ol' J.R.,
and ain't about King, it's about becoming the World's Heavyweight Champion.
That's what this business is all about,
the pride to be the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
So we're gonna go out, folks. This is it for us.
And by God, we're gonna leave you something to remember us forever.
I promise you that.
Let's see Al Snow and Coach follow this, right?
-Damn right. -Come on, come on, J.R.
[bell ringing]
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
-[crowd cheering] -Now here are the stipulations.
Triple H can lose his championship tonight by either a pinfall or submission,
or by disqualification or a count-out.
But therefore, Goldberg,
if he does not win tonight, has to leave the WWE.
-[crowd cheering] -["The Game" playing]
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
[Ross] Well, folks, the stakes are high.
Can you ever remember them being any higher?
I can't.
And it's game time.
[Jerry] Here he comes.
[Lilian] Introducing first, from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing in at 265 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
Triple H!
[Jerry] You know, they call him "The Cerebral Assassin."
[Ross] We do not expect to see his teammates Ric Flair or Randy Orton
here at this match,
because if Triple H were to get disqualified or counted out,
he will lose the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
Folks, this is nut-cutting time.
This is what our business is all about,
to see who's the best in the business.
Right now, it is that man.
[Jerry] We're gonna see tonight who is the man.
Triple H is gonna have to live up to that reputation,
he is gonna have to be "The Cerebral Assassin,"
because as much as he says, he's physically dominant over Goldberg.
I think you and I and everybody else knows that's not the case.
He's gonna have to outthink Goldberg
in order to remain the World Heavyweight Champion tonight.
[Ross] Triple H has got to mat wrestle Goldberg
to retain the title in my book, King.
["The Game" continues playing]
♪ Time to play the game ♪
♪ It's all about the game And how you play it ♪
♪ It's all about control… ♪
[Ross] The Game is The Cerebral Assassin, he has taken the best of all the greats,
like the great Jack Brisco, and by the way,
celebrating a birthday today
for the great Harley Race, from Ric Flair, he's molded into his style.
He's a student of The Game.
He's been a fan of the business since he was a child,
and this is the culmination of that.
["Who's Next?" playing]
[Ross] But this,
this is a strange enigma.
[crowd chanting] Goldberg! Goldberg! Goldberg!
Goldberg! Goldberg!
[Ross] Goldberg, the man that beat Hulk Hogan for the WCW World title
five years ago in the Georgia Dome.
When Goldberg is vertical,
he's as deadly as any human being walking the face of the earth.
[Lilian] And introducing the challenger, from Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing in at 280 pounds, Goldberg!
[crowd chanting] Goldberg! Goldberg! Goldberg! Goldberg!
[Ross] But the bottom line of this is, and that man, The Game, knows,
-Goldberg must win the world title. -[inaudible]
[Ross] You talk about must-wins in week three of the NFL,
or must-wins in college football.
This is a must-win for Goldberg,
because if he does not leave this event tonight
as the Heavyweight Champion of the World, he is through in his profession.
It's just not about leaving the WWE.
He is through in this business by his own contractual agreement.
[music fades]
[Ross] Senior referee Earl Hebner assigned to this match.
Checking both men, their feet, the pads.
Triple H, if you lose this match by pin or submission,
count-out, disqualification, this title goes to Goldberg.
Goldberg, if you lose this match by pin or submission,
disqualification or count-out, your career is over in the WWE.
Both of you guys understand what the stipulations are on this match?
Good luck to the both of you guys.
[Jerry] It don't get any bigger than this, J.R.
[Ross] Must-win for Goldberg.
And I don't know that if there's anything…
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] …in Triple H's life
more important to him than the World's Heavyweight Championship.
And quite frankly, I don't like the guy.
I admire his abilities, but if you didn't have--
if you have any other attitude in this business
about being the world's champion, you shouldn't be here.
[Ross] So, we'll see how cautious-- if Triple H is cautious.
-It is a partisan Goldberg crowd… -[crowd chanting] Goldberg!
-[Jerry] Uh-huh. -[Ross] …as you can hear.
We are sold out. There is standing room only.
There are fans still on the outside, just hanging around the parking lot,
hanging around the outside, waiting to hear this night.
Waiting to feel what's going on in here now,
and we thank you for being with us wherever you may be around the world.
[Jerry] And you truly can, J.R., feel. You can truly feel it in the air.
You can feel what's going on here.
And I can't help but say, I got a funny feeling myself about this.
There have been so many guys, true.
There's been so many superstars that have come down the pipe
that have said they were gonna beat Triple H,
but none of them have been able to get the job done.
But I got a funny feeling about tonight, J.R.
-[Ross] Triple H is 4-0 at Unforgiven. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And he defeated the late Owen Hart,
Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, and winning the infamous Six-Pack Challenge.
But Unforgiven certainly seems
to suit the world's champion very well.
Coming in with the high-impact stuff for the early going,
but I just don't think that's gonna be The Game's game plan.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. -[Ross] Oh, Goldberg, a lot of power.
[Jerry] That's Goldberg's game plan.
[Ross] We've talked about the vertical base.
-[Jerry] Believe the hype. -[Ross] Goldberg is not a mat wrestler.
-He is a powerhouse. -[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
[Ross] He is an intimidator.
He is an animal with raw power.
And I think right now Triple H believes the hype.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] And don't forget, Triple H,
if you get counted out, you're gonna lose that title.
He got his ten-count, now only have four to get back in the ring.
-[Ross] Referee's at a count at five. -Six.
[Ross] We've gone over these rules.
I hope you understand them, ladies and gentlemen.
Triple H, if he gets counted out or disqualified, he loses the title.
If he gets pinned or made to submit, he loses the title.
[Jerry] See, this is not in Goldberg's best--
This is where-- you know, it's been said about Goldberg
that he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
But believe me, he can still cut you.
But you cannot stop-- go up there,
and let your blades lure you toward that rope and stop the referee's count.
When he's up to a seven, you gotta let him go,
and get Triple H back in the ring that way.
[Ross] Hard collar-and-elbow tie up.
Triple H singling out that, uh,
that left arm of Goldberg. Goldberg is right-handed.
I mean, normal people-- Goldberg's not normal, but normal folks,
if they are right-handed, their left arm's a little weaker.
[Jerry] And tonight, a win by a count-out for Goldberg
is just as good as if he pins Triple H's shoulders to the mat.
[Ross] And, uh, he's turned it-- Oh, my God.
Nice power reversal by Goldberg
with that front facelock. That was the ultimate power there.
If Goldberg gets counted out, he gets disqualified, he loses.
If he loses, Goldberg in any shape, form, or fashion, he's out of the business.
Former All-SEC, uh, defensive tackle for the University of Georgia
will find something else to do.
Right hand. Triple H returns the right.
-[Jerry] What will he do? -[Ross] I have no idea.
But Goldberg fighting again. And again, look at where Goldberg is.
[Jerry] This is one thing I've said before.
I don't think Triple H wants to get into a, you know,
a physical contest, where you slug it out with Trip-- with Goldberg.
I just don't think Triple H is gonna win that way.
[Ross] Triple H is gonna beat-- Oh, high--
-[Jerry] Oh, my. -[Ross] High back body drop.
Triple H will beat most men in a fistfight.
In my opinion,
Triple H cannot beat Goldberg in a fistfight.
[Jerry] I don't think so either. Now, let's see this count.
-Two! -[Ross] Goldberg just gotta lay back.
Referee gets to ten, this one's over.
[Jerry] Let's see there's--
Those words aren't in Goldberg's vocabulary, "lay back."
See, he-- he's like a caged animal.
He can't even wait till Triple H gets back in the ring.
He wants to try to pull him back in himself.
[Ross] And The Cerebral Assassin taking advantage
of Goldberg's overzealousness, his aggressiveness.
And now, Goldberg tossed to the outside and Triple H didn't--
-Uh-oh. Goldberg back in. -[Jerry] Triple H trying to buy some time,
but there is not much bought.
-Oh! -[Ross] Goldberg, high impact.
That's what could get Goldberg-- that's what's brought him to the dance,
his high impact and intensity, no fear, high threshold of pain.
Again, Triple H somehow has gotta start negotiating Goldberg
off Goldberg's feet, easier said than done.
[Jerry] Well, Triple H has a-- has a high, uh, you know,
he can take a lot of pain himself.
He's-- I-- I've seen Triple H take things from individuals
that I'd-- well, like you said, normal people wouldn't get up from, J.R.
-But somehow, Triple H-- -[Ross] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Look out.
-Look out here. -[Jerry] He's resilient.
[Ross] He's composing that spear, a double arm underhook.
Triple H slammed him in the suplex.
This could do it right here.
-Goldberg looking for the spear. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And Triple H catches him with that Harley Race-like high knee,
-and that is a smart move. -[Jerry] That's right, smart.
[Ross] That is a very cerebral move, King.
[Jerry] That's right, because Triple H had him scouted.
[Ross] And Triple H may have just lured him.
I don't know if he felt it, if it was--
Look at this great positioning by the champion.
[Jerry] See if you can see it in Triple H's eyes.
-Oh, wow. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Triple H accomplished what--
I think he should've done earlier if he could.
He got Goldberg off his feet.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Triple H almost talking to himself there, "What is my next move?"
"What should I do here?"
[Jerry] Oh, look at that. That's what he should do.
[Ross] High impact there, and there goes Goldberg.
And Triple H now-- This is--
-[Jerry] Listen, I don't know if it's-- -[Ross] I don't know if I understand this.
[Jerry] If it's smart on the part of The Cerebral Assassin here.
[Ross] He doesn't wanna get disqualified.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] And Goldberg going right
into that steel ring post. I tell you what,
and, many years ago, that could be a count-out right now,
but that-- in some circles, that's been a disqualification.
-[Jerry] But not tonight. -[Ross] But not tonight.
Triple H is taking a calculated risk running Goldberg into the ring post.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Ross] And this crowd is so behind Goldberg,
so behind the challenger.
-And Triple H now… -[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Ross] …bringing Goldberg right back in,
that hard shot right to the back of the head.
-There's a cover. -[Jerry] This could be it.
[Ross] A hook of the leg, and Goldberg powering out.
So much strength and tenacity, the will to win here,
Goldberg wants to, I gotta believe more than anything in the world,
to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
But Triple H, in the same respect, will do anything.
We've seen him do everything.
[Jerry] Yeah. Goldberg wants it, but is he willing to pay the price?
Look at him holding that head.
There's gonna a lot more where that came from, Goldberg.
So, just get ready for it.
[Ross] And, King, you're thinking about the men that Triple H has defeated
to win this title, The Rocks, The Big Shows,
and the Angles, the Austins. I mean, my God.
He's the man-- the only man I ever saw to beat Austin two out of three falls,
and beat Austin two straight falls.
[Jerry] I know it.
-Oh, I'm not-- -[Ross] So, whether people like--
[Jerry] Don't think I'm selling Triple H short for one second.
[Ross] Whether people like this man personally or not, totally irrelevant.
He's a winner, and he's good in big match situations.
But Goldberg has backed up to that vertical base,
I knew I'm gonna wear it out, but that's what it's all about.
Goldberg is vertical, he'll whip your ass.
You gotta get him down.
[Jerry] Well, somehow, Goldberg always finds--
I said Goldberg.
I mean, somehow, Triple H always finds a way to win these huge matches.
That's why I got that funny feeling.
[Ross] Triple H went right to that kneecap
and then wraps that leg around the ring post of Goldberg.
And Goldberg, you gotta think, after an All-American high school career
at Tulsa Edison,
All-Southeast Conference career at Georgia, an NFL career for the Falcons,
he's had some knee problems.
What football player hasn't?
And Triple H exploiting that.
[Jerry] That's why they call him The Cerebral Assassin.
[Ross] But look where Goldberg is, horizontal.
[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] Horizontal is good if you're Triple H,
and that's where you get the pin. You gotta be horizontal to get him pinned.
That's when I can figure something else out that I had thought of.
-[Jerry] Look at Triple H now. -[Ross] Nicely measured from behind,
catching Goldberg again with the chop block.
If he did that today in the NFL, it would be 15 yards.
Here tonight, it's legal.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Triple H now will take his time, one would think--
[Jerry] Oh, man! Look at the power.
[Ross] Goldberg powering Triple H right out of that predicament.
[Jerry] Goldberg back to his feet now.
[Ross] Goldberg back up, but not for long and Triple H, right back to that leg.
And Triple H now has singularly focused that knee
and the knees of Goldberg.
-And now, The Game-- -[Jerry] Hey, look at this. Look at this.
[Ross] Figure-four. Ric Flair's figure-four leglock.
[Jerry] Well, we-- we've said we wouldn't see Ric Flair at ringside,
but we didn't say we wouldn't see Ric Flair's influence on Triple H,
and we're seeing it right now.
If this is not vintage Ric Flair, I don't know what is.
-[Ross] And that especially. -[Jerry] Right.
[Ross] Referee's back turned,
Triple H using the ropes for the unfair advantage,
getting additional leverage.
The damage is being done as we speak,
as we live and breathe here tonight in Hershey, Pennsylvania
with this Giant Center sold out.
As we live and breathe, Goldberg, his legs are being damaged,
and they're being damaged
-by The Cerebral Assassin. -[Jerry] Oh, look, look.
[Earl] What do you say?
[Jerry] The extra added leverage as he uses the ropes.
[Ross] I've seen Triple H do some dastardly things.
I've suffered it-- my own self at his hands.
[Jerry] Now, this is not really all that dastardly right there.
[Ross] But this is a smart, smart technique
from a man that a lot of people don't like, and rightfully so.
And look at Goldberg pulling Flair-- he's pulling, uh, Triple H.
[Jerry] You almost gotta call him Flair because it's so Flair-like.
[Ross] It is Flair-like.
And Goldberg trying to reverse the pressure of the figure-four.
And-- If he-- Goldberg can roll to his stomach,
it almost makes this move a modified Indian deathlock.
[Jerry] Yes, it is. And there it is. He's got it.
[Ross] Goldberg just hit it.
He's on his gut, and Triple H quickly ungrapevining those legs,
because the longer he would've stayed in that position,
the more his legs would've been damaged.
[Jerry] That's right. Triple H himself, he's had some groin problems.
We know that.
And it would be smart, it would be wise of Goldberg to try to exploit that.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Triple H may not be at 100%, but he never would admit it.
Man, what a knee. What a powerful knee.
[Jerry] Oh, never-- never once would Triple H tell you.
He wouldn't even admit to having a hangnail.
-[Ross] That was a-- -[Jerry] Much less a pulled groin.
He's the perfect specimen in his eyes.
[Ross] And this is Ric Flair-- vintage Flair here. Understand--
-Goldberg blocked the second one. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Goldberg's upper body strength blocking that second knee drop.
And now, Goldberg back up to his feet.
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Ross] Man, what a stiff kick right to the sternum
-by the Heavyweight Champion of the World. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And Goldberg now trying to fight back out of the pain
and the predicament that he has been in, using power.
He is not a catch-as-catch-can specialist. He is a power wrestler.
He is an intense animal with a lot of power and the will to win and hurt people.
And that was a powerslam deluxe, hook to the leg--
-Oh, my God! -Two. Two.
[Ross] Triple H taking a breath, almost a sigh of relief
because I don't think that Triple H was even sure he got his shoulders up
before the three-count.
[Jerry] I can't imagine the feeling either one of these individuals
-is gonna have later when they lose. -[crowd exclaiming]
[Jerry] And somebody is gonna lose this match.
They're gonna-- Somebody is losing.
[Jerry] I know. I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach right now.
[Ross] Somebody's losing their career or the world title.
That's a guarantee here tonight at Unforgiven.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Goldberg-- oh, that was a hell of a lot of velocity
to flip Triple H over the top and now that--
top of Triple H's head on those, uh,
ring steps is not gonna do the champion any favors, I'll tell you.
And Goldberg walking a thin line here.
You know, you-- the referee admonishing Goldberg to get back in the ring.
Remember, Goldberg can win the title by count-out.
And I don't know if Triple H is-- if he can't get back in the ring,
what he's gonna have left in his tank.
[Jerry] Well, Triple H risked disqualification earlier himself.
-Uh-oh. Look at this. -[Ross] Oh. Triple H has been lacerated.
[Jerry] Oh, has he ever?
[Ross] Triple H has been lacerated by that-- those steel steps.
And Goldberg, the velocity and impact from that-- Goldberg--
that one arm attack of Goldberg with a headbutt.
A vile, physical, intense headbutt.
And now Goldberg, hip locking Triple H from the outside, back in.
-[Triple H] Come on. Come on. -[Jerry] We've said it before.
There's something about seeing your own blood.
It's a very unnerving experience.
[Ross] And Goldberg has tasted his own blood at the hands of Triple H
several times in recent weeks.
Triple H, lucky to get out of the Elimination Chamber…
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -…a month ago. And now…
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Triple H shoving Goldberg right into the referee.
-[Jerry] Oh! Oh, no. -[Ross] And-- oh, that low blow.
That low blow will change the complexion of any ballgame.
And the DDT doesn't help matters.
The low blow downstairs and the DDT upstairs.
[Jerry] But no referee.
[Ross] And that may have backfired on Triple H.
Triple H is talking some more trash to Goldberg.
Triple H, who plays every mind game that there is, he won't miss a trick.
-[Jerry] Whoa. Oh, man. -[Ross] Goldberg missing a roundhouse.
[Jerry] Can you imagine if that roundhouse had connected, that would've knocked…
-[Ross] Triple H going for Pedigree. -[Jerry] …Triple H's head off.
-[Ross] Looking for the Pedigree. -[Jerry] Look out. Look out. Oh!
[Ross] And Triple H backdropped all the way to the floor.
Good grief.
Goldberg, reaching down in his guts
and using that innate power to backdrop Triple H
-all the way from the ring-- -[Jerry] Hey, hey. Look, J.R., look.
-[Ross] Oh. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] How convenient. -[Ross] And the referee is down and…
[Jerry] He'll lose the title if the referee sees this.
That sledgehammer conveniently under the ring,
but there's no referee.
-Oh! -[Ross] Right on the jaw.
Right on the jaw. Goldberg's down.
That's like getting kicked by a mule.
It's like a Mike Tyson right hand with this-- look at this.
Good God, right on the jaw, King.
[Jerry] I don't believe it, but Goldberg is actually back to his feet.
-[Ross] A spear! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Triple H taking a great chance of being caught with that sledgehammer.
Goldberg getting rid of the evidence, but Goldberg hit the spear,
ladies and gentlemen, on a bloody World's Heavyweight Champion.
[Jerry] How is Goldberg back to his feet
after being slugged in the chops with that sledgehammer?
[Ross] He's a damned animal.
Goldberg is an animal.
There's nothing like Gold-- uh-oh.
[Jerry] He wants to finish Triple H on right now.
[Ross] Front facelock by Goldberg on the bloodied champion.
Triple H is up!
Will it be-- Jackhammer! Jackhammer!
-The Jackhammer, the hook, the count. -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[bell ringing]
-[Ross] Goldberg! Goldberg! -["Who's Next?" playing]
[Lilian] Here is your winner and the new World Heavyweight Champion,
Goldberg!
[Ross] I'll be damned.
That burrow-headed tough son of a bitch survived it,
sledgehammer and all.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That sign said it best.
Finally, Triple H has been defeated.
Can you believe it?
[Ross] Goldberg put his professional life on the line
for one chance to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World!
And by God, he has done it!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Goldberg has climbed to the most--
to the top of the most elite mountain in our business,
and has defeated one the greatest champions in our business
to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I can't believe it.
Game over.
[Ross] You mark it down,
Sunday, September 21st, 2003
before a sell-out crowd and over 150 countries,
Bill Goldberg came to the state of Pennsylvania,
and is leaving the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
[Jerry] This I can't believe.
Triple H, I'm sure, thought he had it won,
sledgehammer in hand, but out of nowhere, the spear.
And then Goldberg put the final touches on Triple H.
I still can't believe it.
-Look, one, two, three. -[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Triple H world championship era,
King, has ended,
and the Goldberg era of being the man has just begun.
["Who's Next" continues playing]
[Jerry] What a night this has been.
As you said, the end of-- well, more than one eras tonight, J.R.
[Ross] Thanks for being with us, ladies and gentlemen.
On behalf of my friend, the King, I'm Jim Ross.
It's been a great ride.
Congratulations, Goldberg, and goodbye, everybody.
[music fades] s, Goldberg, and goodbye, everybody.