[narrator] The future of Evolution…
[Ross] The third-generation superstar.
[narrator] …bred for success.
[Triple H] Orton, you were to be my pet project.
[narrator] When his time came…
[Ross] RKO out of nowhere!
[narrator] …to become a champion…
[Jerry] He's done it. The youngest world champion in history.
[narrator] …he became…
enemy number one.
[Triple H] It's time for you to make a choice, Orton.
Orton, hand me that championship now!
-["Survival of the Sickest" playing] -♪ One, two, three, four! ♪
[Ross] Orton just spit on the face of The Game.
[Randy] I did something that I wanted to do for a long time.
♪ Now, you're faceless in the crowd ♪
♪ I'm shouting out loud ♪
♪ The one you counted out of the game ♪
♪ Oh, wow, take a good look at me now Should've never had a doubt ♪
♪ Is that you I hear screaming my name? ♪
♪ I'm a roller ♪
♪ I'm a rider ♪
♪ I'm number one motherf****** survivor ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah… ♪
[Triple H] Randy Orton, I made you.
[Randy] You wanna prove yourself to me?
[Triple H] Randy Orton, I brought you into this world.
[Randy] And this is the fight you want.
[Triple H] And I will take you out of this world.
-[Randy] You got it. -[Triple H] Randy Orton.
[Randy] Don't you dare call me Randy Orton.
[Triple H] That title is mine.
[Randy] Call me the World Heavyweight Champion!
[narrator] And now Raw presents WWE Unforgiven.
-[pyrotechnics exploding] -["Survival of the Sickest" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] It is a night of epic confrontations
as we welcome you live to Portland, Oregon.
And Rose Garden is rocking tonight
as we welcome you to Unforgiven, everybody.
Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler, and ladies and gentlemen,
four titles on the line tonight, King.
Oh, it's gonna be big.
Four titles, like you said, but none bigger, J.R.,
than the World Heavyweight Championship.
Randy Orton, is he a man of destiny?
Is he gonna keep that title?
Or is it Triple H's destiny to become the world champion again?
Folks, let's take you down to ringside with our Spanish colleagues
Carlos Cabrera and Hugo Savinovich.
[speaking Spanish]
["Line in the Sand" playing]
[bell rings]
[Lilián] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, at a combined weight of 552 pounds,
Batista and the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] What an emotionally charged tag team matchup
we're starting tonight here at Unforgiven with,
as The Nature Boy and Batista,
representing Evolution, make their way to the ring.
[Jerry] If I wanted anybody in the world to represent me,
I don't think I could take two better individuals than The Nature Boy
and that physical specimen,
that animal, Batista. Look at this guy, J.R.
-He gets bigger every week. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] He is a phenomenon and no doubt about it.
Batista. He's huge.
He's ripped. He's powerful.
Man, the Animal of Evolution.
[Jerry] And of course we all know the credentials of The Nature Boy.
I think that sounds better.
[Ross] Former 16-time World Heavyweight Champion.
The Dirtiest Player in the Game.
He is timeless, seemingly.
[Jerry] And look at Lilián Garcia, she can't--
-Nature Boy is just a chick magnet. -["Whatever" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Lilián] And at a combined weight of 469 pounds,
the team of William Regal and Chris Benoit.
[Ross] And certainly Regal, and Benoit for that matter, have a great deal
of motivation, especially Regal, because it was Evolution led by Triple H,
the leader of Evolution, that severely dislocated Eugene's shoulder
and as you heard from general manager Eric Bischoff earlier tonight on Heat,
-apparently Eugene's career is over. -[Jerry] It's over.
Finally that thorn has been removed from Eric Bischoff's side.
[Ross] Oh, as Eric Bischoff, Eugene's uncle the-- Be that as it may.
-[bell rings] -[Ross] Referee Mike Chioda signed
this contest, as we said, so much emotion surrounding this matchup,
as far as William Regal and Chris Benoit are concerned.
[Jerry] I heard earlier, I heard William Regal shout out
a little message to Eugene at home
saying that they were gonna beat Evolution
with everything that was in their bloody being.
But what William Regal don't realize is Eugene is probably sent at home
watching the radio right now.
[Ross] Regal from Blackpool, England.
And now, it's Benoit and Batista starting it out here.
-Over 150 countries will-- -[Jerry] Oh, look out.
-No, no, no! -[Ross] Oh, look out!
[Ross] Quickly going for the Crossface.
-[Jerry] Get away. Get away. -[Ross] And as quickly,
Batista got to the bottom rope.
Eventually, over 150 countries will be watching Unforgiven,
about 50 going live tonight, and we welcome everyone wherever you are
around the world to Unforgiven, another Raw exclusive.
[Jerry] Oh, they're watching us live right now in the United Kingdom…
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] …in Canada, Australia, Bermuda,
The Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, all over the world.
[Ross] And Batista going downstairs on Benoit.
Benoit no doubt, we're looking as we are that you saw
the indication and a-- With a Crippler Crossface,
-perhaps a sharpshooter but we know… -[grunts]
-[Ross] …what Batista will come with. -[Jerry] Oh, he is.
[Ross] Power and strength smash-mouth-style is Batista's way.
[Jerry] Well, what do you think Benoit comes with?
-[Ross] Same thing, King. -[Jerry] That's what he's all about.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] But Benoit is not 320-pound.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at that. -[Ross] Cross-legged raise takedown.
But Benoit the tactician can-- He can do a lot of things,
and that's one of the things he does very well, using leverage and technique,
and now the southpaw, the left-hander, William Regal.
[Jerry] Another guy that can do a lot of things.
[Ross] Very unique style is Regal.
Hard to prepare for, not only because he's left-handed,
but that European style that Regal has really perfected
is hard to prepare for.
[Jerry] Oh, yes, it's very hard to prepare for.
I mean, he knows moves and holds that-- Well look at this.
I knew that that was coming.
[Ross] Cheap shot by Batista knocking Chris Benoit,
the former world champion, off the apron.
And side headlock.
[Jerry] I think Batista earlier took exception of being taken down,
rather, I guess, sort of, embarrassingly by Chris Benoit earlier.
-Uh-oh. -[Ross] And Benoit returns the favor.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Almost a T-bone suplex,
a slam there by Regal.
And Regal with a running head start got that left forearm,
and Regal going quickly for the cover.
And you'll notice Regal, he'll use that left forearm
to grind it in his opponent's face
and his pinning combinations from time to time.
[Jerry] I tell you, I've not seen Batista get in this much strength.
Come on. Look at Regal, holding on.
Get in there, ref, buddy. Let the man go.
I've not seen Batista get in this much trouble in the match
this early on in a long time.
[Ross] But Batista turning the table, overpowering Chris Benoit.
And Batista coming from-- With thunderous right hands
and that knee to the midsection.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And now the Evolution corner.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Batista makes the tag
to the incomparable "Nature Boy" Ric Flair,
the Dirtiest Player in the Game.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] And you knew that was coming.
-Whoo! -Come on.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Flair lighting up Benoit with those chops.
Stop.
[Ross] And another shot. Now Benoit…
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] …retaliates.
Flair trying to fight his way out of the corner,
and finally-- Oh, he finally does get some distance there,
but look at Benoit, the Rabid Wolverine.
[Jerry chuckles] These guys would like to chop each other's heads off.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Flair's chest getting beaten red here.
-And Flair elevated. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Man. -[Ross] High back body drop.
Flair up in the lights on that one and put on the wrong corner.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Got nailed by Regal with that left hand, another chop
-and Flair-- -[Jerry] He's a little wobbly.
One, two!
[Ross] That must feel like an Otis elevator,
up and down so many times here.
The tag made, Benoit out.
Regal in.
-Look at Regal from that left side. -[Jerry] Come on, ref, get in there.
[Ross] Another tag, quick tag.
Nice teamwork thus far by William Regal and Chris Benoit.
[Jerry] What is the referee doing?
Is he just gonna stand there and let this take place?
[Ross] Little hard shot.
You can hear him. You can see him and Flair can darn sure feel him.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at Ric. Now he's ready, and here he goes.
Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Flair taking that header.
[Jerry] And what do you expect after--
How many shots did he take unprotected in the corner?
-[Ross] I would suggest multiple shots. -[Jerry] Oh, look out. Look out.
[Ross] Ooh, right in the back of the head.
That hard shot right to the back of the neck, and Flair…
-[Jerry chuckles] -[Ross] …out of desperation
reaches into his bag of tricks with that thumb to the eye.
-[Jerry] Look at this. Oh. -[Ross] And now Flair with a chop block.
That's illegal in football.
It's legal in the WWE here on Raw, and Regal trying to--
Trying to adjust himself there after that shot.
And now Flair, of course, the master
of the figure-four leglock is The Nature Boy.
Nice takedown. Oh, nice nip-up by Regal.
[Jerry] That's right. Look at Regal go here.
[Ross] And Regal now, with the wrist lock.
Regal has-- Would have no issues of breaking Flair's wrist.
Arch shoulder block as Regal said the young master Eugene watching at home
after being disabled by Triple H last week on Raw.
[Jerry] And I think that you would basically call it.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] So to speak, I think
Regal actually dedicated this match to Eugene.
Oh, he might be-- He's holding Flair up.
[Ross] Regal guaranteeing a victory here. Let's see if that guarantee can come true.
I wouldn't count Evolution out in any-- in any fight,
and that's what this one has resembled
as a fight here tonight.
[Jerry] And Benoit, he's saying he's too smart to get close enough
to get his eye gouged, is what I think he's saying.
[Ross] Flair still going downstairs now.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And laying the leather to each other…
-[Jerry] Man, oh, man. -[Ross] Chris Benoit and Ric Flair,
two of the very best that we've ever had here on Raw, no doubt about it.
And Flair now focusing
-on that left leg of Chris Benoit. -Whoo!
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, and Ric Flair
had one whoo too many.
-Benoit with the enzuigiri. -[Jerry] Tag. Tag. There's a tag, no.
[Ross] Flair in a-- In a twilight zone.
[cheers and applause]
[Ross] Yeah, I think he-- Maybe he can-- Now, there, finally the tag made in--
On both sides.
Regal and Batista in.
Regal has got to really use his expertise and his ability to utilize leverage,
and wrestling skill, because there's not anybody that I've seen, you know,
like, in recent memory that can overpower Batista.
[Jerry] You know what I would suggest Regal use?
-[Ross] What's that? -[Jerry] Prayer.
Get down on your hands and knees and start praying.
That's what he needs to do when he's in there with Batista.
[Ross] Well, that's never a bad thing. There's a tag.
And Chris Benoit in, Regal holding on that front facelock.
Regal has got a five-count to get out.
[Jerry] I can't believe that the referee, and this is about the third time,
that he's letting Evolution get abused in that corner.
[Ross] I think that's a fact of both Benoit and Regal are veterans
-are utilizing that count. -[Jerry] Hold on.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] And now-- Oh, look out here.
-[Jerry] Look out here is right. -[Ross] And then… [speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] Come on, use those legs, there you go.
[Ross] Benoit certainly serious about the Sharpshooter.
But boy, what a shot. That can be a knockout right there.
-The cover. -[crowd] Two.
-Two. -[Ross] Animal of Evolution,
that man Batista, six-feet six,
near 320 pounds and he is…
[Jerry] So powerful, J.R.
You saw early on Batista was powerful enough to muscle his way out of that--
Well, that attempted Crossface and now he powers down to the Sharpshooter.
I don't-- He's just too strong.
[Ross] Regal downstairs and upstairs, with again to no avail, you see that
Batista has regained the advantage.
And Batista has learned his lessons well.
He's isolated Batista in the Evolution corner,
and Flair now with that tag team rope.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Well, turnabout's fair play.
There you go, ref.
[Ross] I don't know what turnabout you can even be talking about.
Regal and Benoit did not use a tag rope
to illegally choke one of their adversaries.
[Jerry] They were thinking about it though, for sure.
If the referee had given them just a little more time, they would've done it.
-Look at this. -[Ross] Now, you're a mind reader.
[Jerry] Here's the Naitch, style, profile.
You got to love this guy.
Ooh.
[Ross] Flair turning his back away from the referee,
so referee did not see the clinched fist,
where he got the right hand in knocking down Regal.
And now Regal sent for the right hard,
the Englishman sent for the Irish Whip. Right in the ribcage.
-[speaks indistinctly] -Get it out.
[Jerry] Listen. Light him up.
[Ross] Those hands must be calloused
from beating people so all these years with those chops.
-[Jerry] Oh, look, look, look. -[Ross] And now Flair ripping out
the face of William Regal.
[Jerry] He's trying to do a little dentistry here.
[Ross] And Flair now raking the eyes.
We call him the Dirtiest Player in the Game.
It's not a marketing cliché.
[Jerry] You know, English are notorious for having bad teeth.
[Ross] And a suplex by Flair, the lateral press and--
-[crowd] Two. -[Mike] Two.
[Jerry] Come on, Naitch.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] But Regal in that Evolution side of the ring, which I find very strategic.
And Regal fighting his way back up.
There, the chop again, staggering Regal.
Oh, thank God all of that-- The form that he wanted.
And misses the elbow, but Batista behind the referee's back didn't miss that shot.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And Flair follows it
right up quickly with a knock down and then even quicker tags in
what you might as well say the cleanup hitter here.
[Jerry] I wish Eugene could see this. But unfortunately he's probably at home
using his one good arm to change the-- Change the stations on the radio
-wondering why he can't find-- -[Ross] And a cover here by Batista.
Batista got a near fall.
-Come on. -[Ross] I would suggest that Eugene
is watching this broadcast, as are many of our fans
around the world, and we thank them for that.
As Regal has been grounded here and nothing but the heavy stuff
coming from Batista.
And he is so athletic, is Batista, agile, quick, great balance.
[Mike speaks indistinctly]
-[Ross] And now Batista measuring… -[Jerry chuckles]
[Ross] …Regal there, in a real precarious position, is the Englishman.
[Jerry] I bet right now Regal wishes he was at home with Eugene.
-[crowd chatter] -[Ross] And the referee has got a 10-count
-to work with there. Regal or-- -[Jerry] Look out.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] There got the tag.
Go in the ring, came off the apron, and take advantage of the positioning…
-Come on, let's go. -[Ross] …that Regal is in.
Good teamwork, whether you like them or not, of Evolution.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] What do you mean, "whether you like them or not"?
What's not to like? Oh, man.
[Ross] Chop block again by Flair.
And Ric Flair maybe thinking about that figure-four leglock.
[Jerry] Flair is always thinking about the figure-four leglock.
He goes to sleep at night thinking about the figure-four leglock.
-Look at this. -[Ross] And Flair's got the figure-four
on William Regal.
And the end may be near for the Blackpool, England native.
[Jerry] Tap out, Regal.
It's no shame to tap out to Flair.
[Ross] Well, hundreds have and Regal may join the list here momentarily.
[Ross] Chris Benoit is encouraging William Regal to gut it out here.
Not that Regal needs any encouragement.
[Ross] Regal is very, very tough.
There's no doubt about that.
-[Jerry] Listen to these fans clapping. -[Ross] A cover.
-A count here. -[Jerry] Oh, that's it.
[Mike] Two.
[Jerry] These fans are clapping their hands for William Regal,
and somewhere Eugene is not clapping, because he's only got one good hand.
[Ross] Chris Benoit sensing that Regal was in deep trouble.
-And he was, interrupting out Regal… -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] …from the inside cradle. -[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] And went to the mount position there.
[Jerry] You know, Benoit should've been disqualified
a moment ago there for what he did.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] There's a tag. There's a struggle.
[Ross] Oh, that's an-- That's an arguable
-Get out, Flair. Get out. -[Ross] …assessment of the officiating.
Have you ever refereed many matches?
Or you just like to partake in officiating?
[Jerry] I just like to partake.
-[speaks indistinctly] -[Ross] Batista taunting Benoit,
-and overpowering Regal. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
-[Ross] Suplex, the cover and he is-- -[Jerry] Look at this.
Now, I know if I were officiating this match, it would be over right now.
I'd be raising the hands of Evolution.
Benoit would be disqualified.
[Ross] Well, perhaps Batista shouldn't be taunting.
That's what you get when you taunt somebody, get retaliation.
[Jerry] No penalty to taunt in the WWE.
[Ross] And a reverse chinlock applied. Look at those arms.
-[Jerry] Call him all you want. -[Ross] That--
[Jerry] I may taunt you before the night is over.
[Ross] Well, you probably will. Batista's shoulders look like cannonballs.
-[crowd applauding] -[Jerry] Huge cannonballs.
[Ross] He's huge.
Well he's huge, look at those arms.
His shoulders are just massive.
[Jerry] Haven't used cannonballs since the civil war.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh, what other metaphor would you suggest I use?
Cantaloupes?
-[Jerry] Yeah, cantaloupes, that's good. -[Ross] Oh, okay.
-Yeah, we'll use that a lot. -[Jerry] They're the biggest cantaloupes.
-[Ross] There you go. That's impressive. -[Benoit] Come on, Regal.
[Ross] And Regal back up to a vertical base.
-But Batista with his body looks like-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Regal and Benoit, again,
good placement, but good ring generalship of-- By way-- By Batista.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at Regal here. -[Ross] Oh, Regal, oh, man.
-[Jerry] That was a smart move. -[Ross] What a-- What a collision.
-[Benoit] Come on, Regal. -[Ross] Might hear the skulls crack there.
Regal able to block that turnbuckle there.
[Jerry] When all else fails, use your head.
[Ross] Flair gets the tag and so does Benoit.
[Jerry] Oh, no, look out now!
[Ross] And Flair trying to get a little jump on Benoit.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Look at Flair.
[Ross] And look at Benoit opening up on Flair. The Rabid Wolverine.
-[Jerry] Gosh. -[Ross] As intense as anybody…
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] …you'll ever see
Chris Benoit lightning up The Nature Boy.
-[Benoit screaming] -[Ross] Oh, man.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Benoit has got a fifth gear.
There's no doubt about it. We just see-- We're seeing it right here.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] He may find gear number six
before it's all over with.
Benoit taking Batista off that apron at least momentarily.
[Jerry] Oh, no… [speaks indistinctly] No!
[Ross] What a suplex.
Belly-to-back suplex and, oh, look at Batista.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Going for the ride, German Style.
[Jerry] Watch it, ref, he'll suplex you.
-Oh, my God. -[Ross] Benoit must think
this is Oktoberfest with those German Suplexes.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] And another one.
Another throw by Benoit, and Flair in big trouble.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Benoit, we know what that means.
It means Benoit thinks the end is near.
[Jerry] Oh, Flair is in big trouble.
-Look out, Naitch. Incoming. -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Big risk here. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Oh, Benoit using his body as a weapon,
driving his head into the heart of The Nature Boy.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] I think they're looking bleak.
[Ross] Oh, a thumb to the eye, Flair,
that's one way to counter a potential Sharpshooter.
[Jerry] Never count out, Naitch. Never count, Naitch.
-[Ross] And, oh, look out here! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Crossface, the Crippler Crossface
end up Nature Boy in dire straits and-- and--
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Good God, look at the power.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Good grief.
[Ross] Man, that is strength.
[Jerry] Have you ever seen anything like that?
[Ross] And look out, the Arn Anderson Spinebuster by Batista
almost breaking Regal in half.
[Jerry] I mean, Batista just came in the ring, reached down,
and lifted up Benoit right out of that Crippler Crossface like he was a feather.
-[crowd chatter] -[Ross] And Batista with a--
-[Jerry] Oh! Oh, no. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Batista just introduced to the ring post and Batista still--
Oh, Batista all the way to the floor concrete on the outside.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh, this is bad.
Get up, Batista.
Somebody-- And somebody better check that ring post.
[Ross] Figure-four time for The Nature Boy.
-[Jerry] Oh, this is good. -[Ross] And steps in--
-Wait, it's countered. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Ross] Benoit with a counter.
Benoit with a counter.
The Crippler Crossface.
Yes!
-Yes! -[Jerry] No, no, no, no.
[Ross] And Flair taps out!
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] Flair had no choice.
-Flair had no choice. -["Whatever" playing]
[Lilian] Here are your winners by submission,
William Regal and Chris Benoit.
[Ross] It's like walking to the gallows.
You know the end is near when Benoit hooks up Crippler Crossface
on any opponent.
It's how Benoit won the world title.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at the look on Batista's face.
He's not gonna take this lion down.
Somebody is gonna pay for this, J.R., I can promise you.
[Ross] Well, William Regal, in as much as guaranteed a victory here,
as he said maybe a medication to the-- Well, to Eugene.
[Jerry] The injured Eugene, the-- Eugene who's career is over, that too.
[Ross] I didn't wanna say it that way but--
And Regal with a busted mouth shows you he's the toughest.
[Jerry] Yeah, he's victorious nonetheless, I can't believe it.
[Ross] Benoit and Regal, what a hard-fought match,
and what a way, ladies gentlemen, to kick-off Unforgiven here tonight.
What-- I mean what is the big deal if you don't get to come to ringside with me?
I mean first of all-- First of all,
you're not even allowed to have anyone ringside anyway.
That's not the point.
After I win the Intercontinental Championship,
you never know when I could get attacked backstage or…
-Oh, jeez. -…in the parking lot, or whatever.
See, the point is that Tyson is my problem solver, mine.
Oh, excuse me, I think I remember you saying,
"Trish, if you have a problem, Tyson will be there to solve it."
-Yeah, you said that. Yeah, you did. -Did I say that?
Yeah, I don't remember saying. Did I say that?
You know, it doesn't even matter. You know what?
I'm the one who has a title to defend tonight, okay?
Plus, apparently, I have a lunatic mystery woman
I have to worry about jumping me from behind.
Believe me, it won't be the first time someone got you from behind.
[crowd cheering]
[scoffs] And what is that supposed to mean?
What do you think-- What do you think it means?
Yeah, yeah, you know what? Why don't we let Tyson decide, okay?
Fine. Fine, ask him.
Tyson, do you have a problem escorting me to the ring for the last time?
-Well-- -You know what?
Before you answer that,
let me just say that after my match
maybe you can come to my dressing room later and…
[crowd cheering]
Good luck.
She is a slut.
[crowd chattering]
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] Well, I tell you what,
ladies and gentlemen, the women's title on the line tonight.
Still a beautiful late evening or early afternoon-- Late afternoon,
early evening here, I'm trying to get it right, here in Portland, Oregon.
[Jerry] Still daylight, basically what you're trying to say, right?
[Ross] Pretty much. Pretty much here in the Pacific Northwest.
A beautiful day here at Portland, Oregon.
How beautiful will it be in our next championship match?
-["Don't Mess With" playing] -[singer] I ain't the lady to mess with.
♪ Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go ♪
[Jerry] Whoa!
I thought we just had a wardrobe malfunction.
♪ I'm a go with my bad self ♪
[Jerry] Oh, what a wardrobe.
[bell rings]
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Women's Championship.
Introducing the challenger from Los Angeles, California, Victoria!
[Ross] A former Women's Champion is Victoria,
who has been awaiting this opportunity for quite some time.
[Jerry] Wow.
-["Time to Rock and Roll" playing] -[singer chuckles] Oh.
♪ Whoa, it's time to rock and roll ♪
[Lilian] And being accompanied by Tyson Tomko,
from Toronto, Canada,
she is the WWE Women's Champion, Trish Stratus!
[Jerry] J.R., do you think Trish will notice my complexion?
I've been using that new Clearasil for men.
[Ross] Um, I'm sure she will. Yeah.
-[Jerry] How smooth it is? -[Ross] Yeah.
[Jerry] What do you think she whispered in Tyson Tomko's ear?
[Ross] Well, I would not speculate on what I think.
[Jerry] I just like to whisper in her mouth.
[Ross] Word.
Well, the women's title on the line, Trish, the women's champion,
out for an extended length of time with a broken hand.
She's completely healthy now, and Victoria--
[Jerry] Oh, is she healthy.
[Ross] And how intimidating would it be, King,
if you were in Trish's shoe--
or in Victoria shoes to have a man like Tomko at ringside?
[Jerry] Surely it's intimidating.
He is the problem solver and I think that Victoria realizes
she better not become a problem to Trish.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Chris Kay-- -[Jerry] We know Tomko defeated Jericho
recently too, don't you?
-You remember that, don't you? -[Ross] I remember.
And I remember how it went down too.
But in any event…
-[bell rings] -[Ross] …this is for the women's title.
Two very physical women here and--
[Jerry] Hey, hey, back off.
[Ross] Referee Chris Kay is the official assigned in this matchup.
[Jerry] Look at that look on Victoria's face.
[Ross] Victoria very determined
to regain the women's title here tonight at Unforgiven.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Ross] Arm drag takedown.
Victoria may be the stronger of the two, at least on takedown.
Nice move.
And Victoria behind Trish with that bridge and got a near fall
and Trish rolling out of bounds, if you will.
[Jerry] Who's the prettier of the two, J.R.?
[Ross] Both are very attractive young women.
[Jerry] Very attractive.
[crowd chattering]
[Chris speaks indistinctly] Get in the ring.
[Ross] Depends if you like blondes or brunettes,
and I know what you're answer is.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, wait a minute, listen to this chant.
[crowd chanting] Slut! Slut! Slut!
[Jerry] Let me just-- Can I say one thing for the record, J.R.?
[Ross] Certainly. You sure can.
-[Jerry] Trish Stratus is not a slut. -[Ross] All right.
-Well, I'm glad you cleared out. -[Jerry] Thank you.
[Ross] One fall to the finish here for the women's title,
the champion, Trish, in the black and purple,
the blonde getting hammered there by Victoria, the number-one contender.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And this is a first
of four championships that will be decided tonight here at Unforgiven.
[man] Come on, Victoria!
[Ross] And Victoria has had to wait quite some time since-- She had to wait
until Trish was medically cleared from a broken hand.
[Jerry] I wanna give Trish a pre-match physical and make sure she was--
-[Ross] What? -[Jerry] Pre-match.
Let's go. Come on. Get it back.
[Ross] She broke her hand. What are you gonna have to do?
Never mind.
I'm sorry I even ask that question quite and frankly, and Trish--
[Jerry] Now that's got to be good.
[Ross] Trish has got a handful of hair there.
And the referee admonishing Trish. Well, that's falling on deaf ears.
-[Jerry] Oh. Look, look, look. -[Ross] That rear naked choke,
and that's what it is, simply a choke hold.
And now Trish has got a five-count to break.
[Jerry] She broke before five.
-[Ross] Right. -[Jerry] Watch this, count.
-[Ross] That's the key. -[Jerry] Start counting, one, two, three.
[Jerry] Boy, she broke on three.
-[Ross] Oh, what a good girl. -[Jerry] She's a good sportsman.
-[Ross] Very good. Oh, look at that. -[Jerry] Thank you.
-[Ross] Acknowledging her sportsmanship. -[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Listen to the accolades.
Oh! Oh, no!
[Ross] Open hand, that's legal.
[Jerry] Oh, yes.
-[Ross] And-- -[Jerry] Oh, this is not good.
-[Ross] Oh, my, look at the strength here. -[Jerry] This is scary.
-[Ross] Look at the strength of Victoria. -[Jerry] Put her down!
-[Ross] Oh, the gutbuster! -[Jerry] Not like that.
[Ross] Man, a lot of-- Victoria, I thought--
I alluded to the fact and speculated.
I thought that Victoria might be a little stronger than Trish and--
After the gutbuster, Victoria following it right back up.
-That's a legal kick. -[Jerry] Oh, no, no!
[Ross] As long as you're not using the point of your boot, it's all legal.
And--
[Jerry] Poor Trish just kicked right out of the ring.
Now what's Victoria gonna do?
-Tyson… -[Ross] Uh-oh, look out here.
-[Jerry] …is gonna be a problem. -[Ross] There you go.
[Jerry] There you go.
[Ross] Oh, Tomko getting Trish out of harm's way…
-[crowd booing] -[Ross] …and the problem solver just saw
what could've been a major problem for the reigning Women's Champion.
-[crowd chattering] -[Ross] And Victoria on the other side.
[Jerry] Well, look at Victoria, she won't leave well enough alone.
[Ross] Well, Victoria cannot win the title by count-out.
She knows she's got to either pin Trish or make Trish submit.
[Jerry] Oh, so, you're saying that Victoria just went outside
to throw Trish back into the ring?
[Ross] That's exactly what I'm saying.
-[Jerry] Oh, nice elbow. -[Ross] And a reverse elbow there by--
-[Jerry] Oh, look out, look out! -[Ross] Oh, that-- Oh, man.
-[Jerry] Man. -[Ross] Ring post.
-Oh, my God. -[Ross] Man, that is a--
That ring post is unforgiving.
No pun intended, but it certainly is.
And Trish can retain her title
with a count-out or disqualification victory,
-the championship advantage as she… -[Jerry] Yeah, she's a--
-[Ross speaks indistinctly] -[Jerry] Trish is a great champion.
She wants to win this thing outright.
Doesn't want there to be any question,
any doubt in anybody's mind, and especially in Victoria's mind.
-Look at this, here it is. -[Ross] There's a cover right there.
-[crowd booing] -[Ross] Man, that's a--
The ring post is really becoming an asset here.
Another near fall.
-[grunting] -[Ross] And there you see, chest first…
-Oh, my God. -[Ross] …face first.
[Jerry] And then back first out onto the floor after the ring post.
[Ross] Well, Trish with a firm advantage here.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Oh, yes, she's firm.
-Oh! -Oh, my God.
[Ross] Sizing up Victoria, measuring her,
and then letting Victoria have that kick right to the stomach.
[Jerry] And now Victoria had kicked poor Trish in the stomach earlier.
[Ross] Why poor Trish?
-How is she poor Trish? -[Jerry] Well, she--
-I still don't know if-- -[Ross] Why not poor Victoria?
And the right hands.
-[Chris] One, two, three. -[Ross] Trish hammering down on Victoria.
[Jerry] I feel bad for Trish because we heard that-- Well, look at this.
This is Trish's last time with Tyson Tomko in the corner.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Well, maybe that opens the door for you.
-[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute. -[Ross] You can be a problem solver.
[Jerry] That's not a bad idea.
[Ross] Almost inadvertently abdominal stretch here
only modified by the champion.
Bar in the arm and knee up to the face.
What do you say?
-[Ross] Trish has got… -[Jerry] Look at that.
[Ross] …Victoria in a very compromising position here to say the least.
[Jerry] Oh, no, look.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] This looks like-- This is like a work of art.
[Ross] And Victoria, a human pretzel here.
Trish floats over and a cover and got a near fall.
Here's the Women's Champion.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Victoria-- Oh.
That was Victoria's head, bounced right off the canvas there.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] And again, Trish using the hair
for an unfair advantage.
[Jerry] That's what I like about Trish, that little mean streak she's got in her.
[Ross] Would you like Trish pull your hair like that?
[Jerry] I like that kind of spear. Huh?
-I wish she could pull my hair like that. -[Ross] There-- And cover right there.
And again, another near fall,
and Trish seems to be getting a little frustrated to me.
[Jerry] You want your hair pulled like that by a beautiful woman?
[Ross] Well, no.
[Jerry] Go home tonight and try that.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] I'm not going home tonight, uh-uh.
[grunting]
[Ross] Well, sweet recline by Trish.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And-- The 45-degree angle that Victoria's head is in
to cripple the neck there.
[Jerry] Tomko keeping an eye out for any potential problems.
-[Ross] Victoria fighting back… -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] …with roundhouse rights, walking enchantment.
[Jerry] We see a problem, Tyson.
[Ross] Victoria getting a head of steam there.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And another spinebuster by Trish.
-[Jerry] That should do it. -One, two--
[Ross] The cover, this-- Oh, man, the referee's hand
was coming down, but it just shows you
how much this championship means quite frankly to both women,
but Victoria showing her tenacity there.
[Jerry] Trish starting to get a little bit frustrated.
Just calm down, Trish.
Regain your composure.
[Ross] Yeah, you got an ace in the hole.
Playing a no-limb hold 'em here.
You got Tyson Tomko, it's like having pocket aces.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] You must be quite the gambler.
[Ross] Again, Trish with that sleeper on Victoria.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Come on, sweet, put her out.
[Trish] No, no.
[Ross] Well, she's trying to stay in this thing and--
[Jerry] She'd be like sleeping beauty.
[Ross] You can bet that if Trish is successful here,
she's not gonna wanna deal Victoria again,
and I guess she wouldn't have to, quite frankly.
And Victoria turning into the pressure, and going downstairs.
Trish holding on and…
[both grunting]
[Ross] …now Victoria gets some separation there.
Right hands, Victoria.
Has been very effective with those right hands.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And buries the shoulder.
[grunting]
[Ross] Trifecta. Trish down to a knee, the Women's Championship in jeopardy here.
[Jerry] Big jeopardy.
This is not good.
Oh!
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] And man, what a-- What a slam!
[Ross] And a hook-- Oh, no, no.
[Jerry] Oh, that was close.
[Ross] And a modified side bolt slam--
Almost a tilt-a-whirl side bolt slam by Victoria.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Victoria having trouble executing that slam.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] I feel like she's going.
[Jerry] I do like this particular move.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Yes!
-[Ross] Standing moonsault. -One, two--
-[Ross] Cover, and, oh! -Two.
[Ross] And the referee was-- Again, his hand was about a half a count away,
less than a second away from Victoria winning this match here.
[Jerry] Ooh, I love it, the matrix move.
She is so great at that.
[Ross] Oh, look out here.
[Jerry] Went for the chip kick but it's caught.
[Ross] Victoria blocking.
-[Jerry] Oh, a headbutt! -[Ross] Oh, man, a headbutt.
Victoria with a headbutt, and very effectively…
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Ross] And well, Victoria…
[Jerry] What's she doing?
[Ross] The half crossbody over the top on Tomko and I don't know--
[Jerry] Tomko can't believe it.
[Ross] And I don't know if that was a…
[Jerry] It's almost like getting punked out.
[Ross] …a judicious thing to do but in any event--
Well, Victoria's got a lot of guts and-- Oh, Trish.
-[Jerry] Have some Stratusfaction. -[Victoria screaming]
-[Jerry] Stratusfaction! Yes. -[Ross] Off the rope, the hook of the leg.
[bell ringing]
["Time To Rock & Roll" playing]
[Lilian] Here is your winner and still the WWE Women's Champion,
Trish Stratus.
[Jerry] Well, this is a great win for Trish,
but I got to say, Victoria brought this on herself.
She had things going her way if she hadn't gone after Tyson Tomko.
What was she thinking?
[Ross] I don't know. You make a very valid point there but--
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at this, look at this.
[Ross] Oh, come on now, the match is over.
See this is absolutely uncalled for.
-[Jerry] I told she brought it on herself. -[Ross] There's no reason for this--
Hey, wait a minute.
There's a mystery woman, and the mystery woman just DDTed Tomko.
[crowd chattering]
-[Ross] Look at this. -[Jerry] Mystery.
[Ross] Mystery woman needs a fashion consultant.
I have no idea,
and I don't even wanna know what Tomko was thinking
about doing to Victoria.
But in any event, Trish retains the women's championship, King.
And that's gonna bring us around here momentarily
to the Intercontinental title,
a new champion will be crowned
after Edge was stripped of the title last week
due to injury in a Ladder match.
Well I just-- You know, I'm little bit worried now.
Tyson Tomko, I hope he's not had too much taken out of him
because he probably is gonna be needed by Christian.
-And Christian's peeps in that big match. -[Tyson] That's it.
That's it. I'm sick of this every week.
[Ross] Oh, wait a minute, what's going on here?
I'm gonna solve the mystery of the mystery woman right now.
[Jerry] What's he talking about?
Either that thing is gonna come out here and fight me
or I'll go back there and I'll drag it out myself.
-[Jerry] Right. Drag what out? -[Ross] Drag it out he said.
What's it gonna be, you cross-dressing hermaphrodite?
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Wow, I don't even-- I need a dictionary.
I mean, it may be the worst-kept secret in the--
[Jerry] Here it comes.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] What's the worst-kept secret?
[Ross] The mystery woman.
[Jerry] Well, J.R., come on, go along with it.
[Ross] All right. But-- All right. So it's a--
So it's gonna be apparently the--
-[Jerry] It's a mystery woman. -[Ross] Okay. That's fine.
I'll go along with that.
-It's gonna be an-- Is this-- -[Jerry] And he's not--
I mean she's not a--
[Ross] Is this gonna be an impromptu match or what are we--
I don't think there's gonna be a debate here.
[Jerry] Well, there's still a referee in the ring.
It's not a-- It's not scheduled.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] Well, here we go, the bell sounds and--
[Jerry] Oh, she slapped him. She slapped Tyson Tomko.
-[Ross] And Tomko… -[speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] …just almost knocked the hair off the mystery woman,
-if you know what I'm saying. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] And the mystery woman is being…
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] …unrobed.
[Jerry] Well, the mystery is almost solved here.
-[Ross] I think we-- -[Jerry] And this maybe--
This maybe a wardrobe malfunction that we don't want to see.
[Ross] I think the mystery was unsolved quite some time ago I think.
But I'm-- Everybody's had their own speculation and…
[Jerry] Wait a minute, there was long red hair,
now there's long brown hair.
What hair does she have? Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
Oh, no.
She's down to her panties.
[Ross] Well, it's not-- I don't think that a--
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Ross] I don't think that's a she, King.
-[Jerry] You're kidding? -[Ross] Well this--
[Jerry] Look who it is.
Hey, come on, let's go [speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Do you have-- You had-- Are you having--
-[Jerry] Is that Mr. Winky? -[Tyson] Come on, freak.
-[Ross] Who? -[Jerry] Well, never mind.
What's wrong with you?
[Ross] It's Steven Richards.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, it is a woman, J.R.
-[Tyson] What is this? -[Jerry] The bra.
-Huh? -[Ross] Well, that's--
[Chad] Hey, come on, get off. Come on, get off right now.
-Come on. One, two. -[Ross] Oh, my goodness.
[Jerry] Jam it down her mouth.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] I think that-- I think that came out of the bra, King.
You should-- Well, do remember junior high?
There it is, that's Steven Richards, all right.
[Tyson] Do you wanna be a girl? Is that what you want? Huh?
[Ross] I don't-- I think Steven has made a big mistake here,
infuriating Tyson Tomko.
Tomko as big and as strong and as mean as he is,
-you don't wanna-- -[Chad] One, two, three.
[Ross] Now look at the blood choke. And this a-- An official match.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] It is an official match?
[Ross] Sort of been a-- If you well know, King,
a very long-time relationship with Steven Richards and Victoria.
They at one time were inseparable and--
[Jerry] Oh, uh-oh, here is a wardrobe malfunction.
[Ross] You just wish this was a Diva competition, but it's not.
So let's not get carried away.
[Tyson] Come on. Huh.
[Ross] Tomko's carrying that wig like it was a war bond.
[crowd chanting] You suck. You suck. You suck.
[Jerry] Well, it's official.
Steven Richards is Unforgiven.
[Ross] And Tomko now…
-[Chad] One, two, three. -[Ross] What is Tomko doing?
[Jerry] I don't know,
but at least the mystery woman shaves under her arms.
[Ross] Oh, straight right hand.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] Have-- Haven't seen too many matches
with the man who started dressing as a woman,
wearing white underwear and a banlon socks.
[Jerry] That's-- Those are granny panties, J.R.
-[Ross] Oh, is that what it is? -[Jerry] Yes.
I know you've seen those before.
[Ross] I've never seen my granny's panties,
I can promise you.
I've seen those kicks in a couple of bar fights
-and those-- There-- They-- That's… -One, two, three.
[Ross] …a very straightforward approach by Tyson Tomko, who was a--
[Jerry] You know, we should actually thank Tyson Tomko here tonight
for solving the mystery of the mystery woman.
-[Ross] Well, you-- -[Jerry] You don't have to lay up late
at night wondering who the mystery woman is anymore.
[Ross] Well, that's right, I don't.
And Tomko choking away at Steven Richards and…
[Jerry] Those really are panties.
-[Ross] Pardon me? -[Jerry] Those really are panties, look.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Richards is trying to get back in this thing.
He's a-- He's got lots of courage.
The man's got to have courage for that attire, I would suggest,
and front facelock applied, almost of the chance, reapplied by--
[Jerry] What kind of tights-- What kind of tights are those?
Uh-oh.
[Ross] And these are the-- Oh, man.
[Jerry] And they're panties, I can tell.
[Ross] But they're granny panties.
[Jerry] That's got to be a little bit embarrassing, doesn't it?
-[Chad] Let's go. Come on. -[Ross] I would--
Yeah, I guess, it all depends…
-Depends on the, you know-- -[Jerry] He's not wearing Depends.
Those were just regular panties.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I knew something was up. I've never seen women wear
the long black socks like that.
[Ross] Richards may need Depends
if Tomko continues to pound on him like this.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Riding that neck vise by Tomko.
And Richards trying to get a little adrenaline rush here.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] I know that's kind of maybe too little too late or maybe not.
A hard knockdown by Tomko.
I don't think Tomko has applied over two wrestling holds.
He just-- He just mauled Steven Richards--
[Jerry] Well, all he wanna do was solve the mystery.
I think the mystery's solved, Tyson.
[Ross] I think conclusively.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] It's like a family of four moved out of the seat of his panties.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Well, Richards showing some conviction.
No, son of a bitch. No, no, no, no.
[Ross] Richards walking right in those right hands.
He can't do that very long.
Come on, hit me!
[Jerry] You know what, this guy's--
This guy's not exactly right anyway, is he?
[Ross] And not since I've known him.
And-- Now look at Tomko.
Get off of him.
[Ross] Tomko's too big and too strong
to exchange fisticuffs with and…
You are a punk. You hear me?
Do you hear me?
You're a punk, a big sissy.
[Chad] Come on, let's take it… [speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Well, that was rather definitive.
[speaks indistinctly] Huh?
Oh.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, wait a minute.
[Ross] Richards' version of The Claw.
[Jerry] Hold it.
I mean, no, don't hold it. Oh.
[Ross] Richards threw his wig there to distract the referee,
right in the referee's face, I think.
The referee dealing with that, and Richards's version of The Claw.
In a very precarious area.
And again.
[Jerry] Good grief.
[Ross] Tomko fighting out of the corner now.
-And Richards… -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] …in his socked feet, as granny used to say.
[Jerry] Tomko is being mauled here, more ways than one.
[referee] Let's go, come on, keep it back.
[Jerry] And another dropkick right to the face.
[Ross] Tomko back in that corner now. The ropes holding Tomko up.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] He's still concerned about his bra.
[Ross] Man, that-- Uh-oh.
That is a-- That was a mistake.
Well, we've seen this before, ladies and gentlemen.
This is not nice.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] That's swinging neckbreaker maneuver,
-and Tomko has solved the mystery… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …and won a match.
[Lilian] Here is your winner, Tyson Tomko.
["Problem Solver" playing]
[Jerry] I don't really know what to say about that.
[Ross] Well, Tomko is the winner.
Mystery solved. Problem solved.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, we are just moments away
from crowning a new Intercontinental Champion
in a Ladder Match of all things.
Intercontinental title will be hanging high above the ring
when Chris Jericho takes on Christian.
This one is all about, well, an injury, a shocker, and the stripping
of the Intercontinental title. Take a look.
♪ I'm the one you thought That you could… ♪
[Chris] This is The Highlight Reel.
So, Edge, come on down.
[Jericho] Do you accept my challenge of a rematch at Unforgiven
for the Intercontinental Championship?
[Edge] That's real nice, Jericho,
when you know damn well that I tore my groin over the weekend
and that I'm not gonna be able to wrestle at Unforgiven.
But I want you know to know something:
that when I'm good to go and I'm all healed up,
you're the first person that I'm gonna face.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] Oh, what the hell? Wait.
-That's Christian. -[Jerry] It's Christian.
[Ross] Where the hell did Christian come from?
Christian assaulting Chris Jericho.
Look what you did to me.
[Jerry] I don't know exactly what's going on,
but I can tell you one thing, Christian is back.
[dramatic music playing]
[Eric] Edge is going to be out of action at a minimum of four to six weeks.
Which means the mandatory 30-day title defense
of the Intercontinental Championship is going to expire.
Therefore, Edge is now stripped of the Intercontinental Championship.
-[Jerry] What is this? -[Ross] What's the meaning of this now?
You've got a near disaster on your hands, my friend.
My Peeps are gonna be rioting in the streets
if you don't take this Intercontinental Championship
and hand it over to none other than Captain Charisma himself,
Christian.
[Ross] Well, I bet Chris Jericho may have an issue with Captain Charisma.
If you're gonna be deciding who the new champion is,
then you need to decide it the proper and fair way.
What do you people say,
it's Chris Jericho versus Christian
inside of this 15-foot high steel cage?
That actually-- That's not gonna work for me.
Last time I was in a Steel Cage match against Chris Jericho,
he injured my back
and put me out of action for four long months.
I can't do that to my Peepulation again, it will kill them.
But if we're looking for a special match,
there's only one that fits the bill,
the Ladder match.
[Jerry] What? I can't believe this.
[Eric] It's on.
[Ross] A Ladder match for the vacant Intercontinental title.
Since all that's been taken care of, I only have one more thing to say.
[Jerry] Hey, look at this now.
[Ross] Oh, Jericho assaulting Christian,
Intercontinental title has been stripped from Edge,
but it will be decided in a Ladder match.
We'll have a new Intercontinental Champion crowned, guaranteed at Unforgiven.
Will it be Chris Jericho or will it be Christian?
[dramatic music playing]
[Ross] We are about to answer that question.
There you see hanging high above the center of the ring,
the vacant Intercontinental Championship.
We are guaranteed, King,
a new champion to be crowned tonight in the Ladder match.
["Break The Walls Down" playing]
♪ Break down the walls ♪
♪ For those about to rock I'm what ya want ♪
♪ Baby, you know you're Judas And I'm your priest ♪
♪ Baby, what I got is not from the least ♪
[bell ringing]
[Lilian] The following is a Ladder match
and it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
Introducing first, born in Manhattan, New York,
weighing in at 230 pounds,
Chris Jericho.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
five members of the WWE Hall of Fame have been Intercontinental Champion.
One of the most prestigious titles in all of World Wrestling Entertainment,
there you see it hanging high above the ring and…
♪ I am the pastor ♪
[Jerry] That high-- Look at how high that title is, J.R.
♪ Step into the town And break the walls down ♪
[Ross] All these ladders are around the ringside area,
that's how you're gonna reach that Intercontinental title belt.
[Jerry] You won't have any trouble finding the ladder.
[Ross] Plenty of ladders.
And it's gonna take a lot climbing the ladder.
Retrieving the belt ends this match.
No pinfalls, no submissions.
["Problem Solver" playing]
[Lilian] And making his way to the ring from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 224 pounds,
Christian.
[Ross] Well, we've been informed that all outside parties
have been banned from ringside.
And, King, apparently even if they weren't,
it looks like Tyson Tomko is taking Trish up on her offer
she whispered in his ear earlier tonight.
[Jerry] Oh, I wish I was Tyson Tomko right now.
["Problem Solver" continues playing]
[Ross] Jericho locking eyes with Christian.
Both of these men know how great it is to be Intercontinental Champion.
They've both been there.
[Jerry] Yeah. They've both been there.
Don't forget, Christian has won his share, more than his share of Ladder matches.
[Ross] Well, those great TLC matches, Tables, Ladders & Chairs,
the fans are seeing live on pay-per-view, on DVD.
Christian involved in several of those,
successfully I might add.
[Jerry] Oh, I just knew you're gonna go to CLB.
You had been in a lot of TLC matches.
-[Ross] Well, now, that you mentioned it. -[Jerry] No, don't say it.
He is Captain Charisma.
[bell ringing]
-[Jerry] CC. -[Ross] He is?
[Jerry] Yes.
[Ross] All right. Mike Chioda, the referee for this contest again.
Only one way to win and only one-- only one way for the match to end,
that is the first man that can retrieve the Intercontinental title,
which is hanging high above the ring, will be the winner,
will leave Unforgiven as the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Just look at these two, who looks more charismatic to you?
Look at Christian, he just looks like Captain Charisma.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Look at this-- Oh.
[Ross] Slap right to the face.
-[Jerry] Oh, hey. What a fist. -[Ross] And Jericho retaliates.
Not with a slap but with a clinched fist.
Not a lot the referee can do about it in this environment.
Again, the only one way the match can end,
and that's for someone to use the ladder, climb it,
and retrieve the Intercontinental title belt.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[grunting]
[Ross] Jericho, that standing vertical suplex is certainly…
-Come on, CLB. -[Ross] …one methodology
that has been utilized before in these Ladder matches
is to incapacitate your opponent to the degree
that the offensive man
can climb the ladder and retrieve the title belt.
[Jerry] Well, one of the things that it does though it,
it makes Jericho's Lionsault negated.
And the Liontamer as well. He's not gonna win with those moves.
[Ross] He can debilitate with those moves.
Not gonna-- Might not win with it, it might lead to victory, however.
[Jerry] Ooh, there you go. That's debilitating.
[Ross] Christian retaliates on Jericho, right hand by Christian.
Christian had a severe back injury that Chris Jericho caused, by the way.
Out for several months, back at 100% now is CLB, Christian.
[Jerry] Hey. CC, Captain Charisma.
[Ross] Oh, but you're speaking Spanish, that's Carlos and Hugo situation.
[crowd chanting] CLB, CLB, CLB.
[Jerry] Oh, now, look what you've started.
[crowd chanting] CLB, CLB, CLB.
[Ross] I don't think I've started that at all,
-I don't think so. -[Jerry] Yes, you did. You just said it.
[Ross] The CLB chant, I don't think I started it.
Ooh, a hard shot by Jericho.
Christian getting sent early and sidestepping Jericho,
puts on the brakes at the apron.
[Jerry] Watch it.
-[Ross] And-- Oh, no, look at Jericho. -[Jerry] Oh, no. Look out.
[Ross] My goodness, elevating Christian from the ring
all the way over the top, all the way to the floor.
[Jerry] I think he might have hit that ladder on the way down.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Jericho contemplating something here.
Jericho on the outside.
[Jerry] Contemplating getting the ladder in the ring.
-That's the only way you're going to win. -[Ross] Here we go.
First time we're seeing anybody deal with this ladder
and putting the ladder in play here for the first time is Chris Jericho.
-[Jerry] He's got evil intentions. -[Ross] I think-- Wait a minute here.
[Jerry] What don't think he plans on bringing on [speaks indistinctly]
-He's gonna-- -[Ross] And Jericho--
[Jerry] He was gonna try to take Christian's head off with that ladder.
[Ross] Jericho aiming for Christian, that ring post again
coming into play inadvertently this time.
-[Jerry] My goodness. -[Ross] And Christian…
-[man] There you go. -[Ross] …with right hands
sending Jericho back into the ring,
and again, the object here…
[Jerry] Look how high poor Christian was elevated when he was thrown
unceremoniously out of the ring by Jericho.
That was an uncharismatic thing to do.
[Ross] He'll get some frequent flyer miles with that trip. And now--
[Jerry] Look at this. Look at this.
[Ross] Referee's just to stand and watch.
There's no count that could be utilized here.
The nature of this matchup, which was made last week on Raw
-with somewhat unique negotiations… -Come on, you asswipe.
[Ross] …with these two and with our general manager,
Eric Bischoff.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] And Jericho…
-[Jerry] Look out, Christian-- -[Ross] …with a full head of steam.
And Christian now finds himself in big trouble.
The running enzuigiri,
we've seen Jericho win matches with that maneuver.
And Jericho back to the outside.
The second attempt apparently
for the ladder to come into play
in this Ladder match.
[Jerry] What do you think one of those ladders weigh?
-Oh, look out. -[Ross] Oh, look out.
-Christian trying to utilize-- Oh. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] You can use the ladder as a weapon, that's just what Jericho did there,
driving it into the abdomen of his adversary, Christian and-- Uh-oh.
-Wait a minute. Wait, oh, Christian here. -[Jerry] Watch out.
-[Ross] And Christian-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Christian ducked. He went south just in time.
[Jerry] Jericho wasn't going for the abdomen that time.
He was going for poor Christian's head. Look at this.
Well, Jericho is such a fan favorite.
They'll love him, they could have him.
[Ross] Jericho dumped over into the ringside area.
He's making… [speaks indistinctly] Where are we going here?
[Jerry] Where are we going here? That's right.
Do we have security?
[Ross] Referee right out after them, and now Christian hammering Chris Jericho.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Christian out there among his Peeps,
they might want a photo opportunity,
some pictures up close and personal with…
-[Ross] How do you a tell a Peep-- -[Jerry] …Captain Charisma.
How do you tell a peep from a Jerichoholic?
Obviously, when you look at the audience. Whoa.
[Ross] Oh, look at the elevation.
[Jerry] The Peeps are always much better dressed.
Christian elevated back inside, Jericho--
[Jerry] See that guy right there on the phone,
that's definitely a Jerichoholic.
[Ross] Having a-- Jericho having a little trouble negotiating
the security wall after that. But--
[Jerry] Maybe he's just an alcoholic-- I don't know anything about it. Oh.
[Ross] Great right hand by Chris Jericho, knocking down Christian.
-Referee Jack Doan on the outside and-- -[Jerry] Oh, no. Look at this.
Look at this.
[Ross] Jericho choking Christian
and again, because of the nature of this match, this Ladder match,
no disqualification in this environment and obviously, no count out.
[Jerry] And I don't-- Uh-oh.
[Ross] Jericho with some agility here--
Christian had that one well planned.
-[Jerry] Yes, he did. -[Ross] Well scouted.
-As a contingency plan. -[Jerry] Oh, on the floor. On the floor.
[Ross] Unprettier by Christian,
driving Jericho face-first on the outside,
and these are the moments that if you can, as an athlete,
you wanna capitalize on.
[Jerry] Look at Chris-- Look at Christian now.
[Ross] Gonna slap a-- Sending him back into himself perhaps.
[Ross] Get the ladder in there, Christian. Climb it.
[Ross] Jericho, uh…
[Jerry] Look at Jericho, pretty well incapacitated right now.
-[Ross] And I think Christian might be-- -[Jerry] The ladder, ladder, ladder.
[Ross] And I think I may be making some tool time here if I were Christian.
[Jerry] There you go. This is it.
[Ross] Christian now bringing the ladder in the ring,
the first time the ladder actually brought into the ring.
[Jerry] You know ace is the place place in front of the hardware man.
[Ross] He's a helpful hardware man, but who's keeping score?
And this one-- This one maybe over in a hurry.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Christian setting up,
the vacant Intercontinental title hanging above the ring.
Christian has set his sights…
[Jerry] Climb faster.
[Ross] …on the gold here.
[Jerry speaks indistinctly]
I mean, the-- Captain Charisma is--
[Ross] Jericho back in, Jericho trying to yank Christian down.
Christian had his hands on the title.
Again, right hands taking Jericho back to the canvas.
-And the ladder… -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] …almost as if-- As if it were a tag team partner
on that exchange for Christian.
[crowd chanting] Y2J! Y2J! Y2J
[Ross] Again, the ladder can be used as a weapon as we have seen.
[Jerry] Or as-- What?
[Ross] Christian is-- Got something in mind here.
I don't quite understand what Christian's doing.
[Jerry] He's gonna climb up to the stars here with this height.
Oh, no. Wait a minute.
[Ross] Got it positioned over the top turnbuckle.
[Jerry] Oh, this should be good. No, no!
[Ross] Oh, look out! Oh, my goodness!
Jericho reversed the whip and Christian ate some ladder.
[Jerry] That didn't work right at all.
[Ross] And that couldn't have tasted good.
I don't think even barbecue sauce would make that taste good.
That was a shot right to the mouth.
-Christian had planned for Jericho. -[Jerry] Let's see that again.
I don't know how Christian is still with us.
Oh, man.
[Ross] And that is some serious sick impact.
[crowd chanting] Y2J! Y2J! Y2J
[Ross] And the fans now with the Y2J chant.
And Jericho…
[Jerry] Oh, look out. Ooh.
[Ross] Just throwing the ladder right on-- right on Christian.
Got Christian on the side of the head and the shoulder,
certainly in the upper arm at the very least.
And now Jericho looking to set the-- Set the ladder up.
[Jerry] Come on, Christian.
[Ross] Intercontinental championship title hanging above the ring.
Jericho chopping away at Christian.
And sternum-first went Christian.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] And Jericho,
head-first into that ladder.
Both men are down and so is the ladder, their-- The path.
[Jerry] You know who else is probably down right now, J.R.,
-I just thought about it. -[Ross] Who's that?
-[Jerry] Edge. -[Ross] Oh, that was--
[Jerry] He's sitting at home, got stripped of the title.
He's at home watching this.
[Ross] Edge with a ruptured groin.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Jericho trying to get his hands up to stop the--
To soften the blow, I don't know how soft it was.
I'll take his word for it.
[Jerry] Oh, boy. Now what?
I hope this works better than that last maneuver.
[Ross] Christian is certainly a--
Is very resourceful in the use of a ladder.
[Jerry] Very inventive. It's what I like about this young man.
-[Ross] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. -[Jerry] Oh, boy. This could be good.
-[Ross] Oh, man. -[Jerry] This could be very good. Oh.
[Ross] Jericho catapulted off the canvas right up into the ladder.
[Jerry] I told you that Christian was inventive.
[Ross] You talk about breaking facial bones and chipping teeth,
that's exactly what can happen on an exchange like that.
And Christian-- Look at this.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah. Let's look. Listen, listen. Oh, no.
[Ross] Again, Jericho doing the wise thing,
trying to-- trying to cover up, but to no avail, really.
[Jerry] Christian doing the wise thing here,
get up that ladder and get that title.
[Ross] And you got-- You just-- It takes a moment to climb the ladder,
and then once you posses--
[Jerry] I might get a new ladder if I were Christian,
because that one's taken quite some abuse.
[Ross] Once you posses the Intercontinental title belt,
you are the champion,
and that's what Christian just got in mind here.
Jericho shaking the ladder,
Christian didn't wanna get too high up there.
Came right back down.
That was pretty good ladder sense, if you ask me.
-[Jerry] Ladder sense? -[Ross] Well, I mean-- Uh-oh.
Jericho flat behind.
[Jerry] Heard of spider sense,
but I didn't know you could have ladder sense.
[Ross] Heard of getting caught behind the eight ball,
but Jericho is caught behind the ladder.
[Jerry] Watch Christian sacrifices the-- Oh.
Oh, no.
[Ross] And a two-handed pass.
The ladder right back in the face of Christian.
Christian's own momentum hit him in the back side, so to speak,
on that exchange.
And Jericho pulling himself up. Look at this.
-[Jerry] Watch this. Oh, man. -[crowd cheering]
That'll stop you in a heartbeat, wont it?
[Ross] You're darn right. That will stop anybody.
And now Jericho with the door seemingly open
to be able to climb that ladder,
but Jericho's got something else in mind.
[Jerry] He's going out the door, out of the ring.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
[Ross] What's Jericho doing here?
-Uh-oh. Wait a minute. -[Jerry] Christian.
-Christian! -[Ross] Jericho.
Oh, Jericho.
And Jericho may have hurt his knee, but look at the results
and the effects of the ladder on Christian.
The ladder took it out on both men on that exchange.
[Jerry] Strange. That Jericho knows that Christian had a bad back,
and he went right for it.
[crowd chanting] Y2J! Y2J
[Jerry] Now, listen to this crowd, now.
[Ross] A loud Y2J chant here in Portland tonight.
We are live in Portland, Oregon.
And look at this.
[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
Driving that ladder right into that injured back of Christian.
[Ross] There's just no way to deal with that ladder
without it hurting tremendously, that--
A thumb to the eye or a right hand, I couldn't tell.
And another by Christian, slowing down Chris Jericho,
Jericho sent for the ride,
and again Jericho beating Christian to the punch.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Jericho straddled that-- Of the ladder.
The rung of that ladder coming into play here.
[Jerry] I'm gonna tell you, this is some match.
Whoever wins this Intercontinental title tonight is certainly gonna earn it.
Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Jericho precariously hung upside down,
his leg hung in the rung of the ladder.
[Jerry] Don't think he can get out.
And, Christian, go get another ladder.
There's maybe about 20 of them down here.
Oh.
[Ross] Christian ramming his body right into Chris Jericho.
Referee is trying unattach Jericho from the ladder
but I think the damage certainly seems to have been done.
[Jerry] Jericho slid right down the ladder of success there.
[Ross] Our second championship match tonight.
Our first title match, the champion retained,
but we're guaranteed a new Intercontinental Champion here,
the title is vacant.
[Jerry] Oh, wait, poor Christian, he's hurt.
He can barely carry that ladder.
Do we have a lighter ladder?
[Ross] There's a lot of ladders around ringside.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. He's all right. He's all right now.
[Ross] Jericho is trying to pull himself up in the corner,
but Christian's got other ideas here,
and Christian would like to end this match.
[Jerry] You know, Jericho land there, Jericho is definitely got a bad leg.
I don't even know if he'd be able to climb a ladder,
but it might be all academic here.
Come on.
[Ross] Christian about two or three steps away.
[Jerry] Jericho-- What?
I thought he's just gonna sit on there and watch this happen. But wait.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Jericho--
[Jerry] That's taunting. That's taunting right there.
That's some serious taunting.
[Ross] What do you want, 15 yards?
He told me he was number one maybe. I don't--
[Jerry] How about-- How about a 15-foot ladder?
[Ross] And-- Well that's maybe what you're gonna get here.
Oh, Jericho.
And Jericho pulled one out there,
dropkicking the ladder right back into the face of Christian,
who was gonna use the ladder as a battering ram on Jericho.
[Jerry] That was a bad mistake on the part of Christian though
to come down the ladder
after those taunts by Jericho.
[Ross] Man, I don't like heights.
I think if would get up there, I'll just-- You wanna get it done,
and get it over with if you can, but in any event…
it looked like Christian had an advantage for the longest time,
and now Jericho is back in the thing.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Oh, Jericho
driving Christian face first right into the ladder.
[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
[Ross] Look at his-- Look at his arm there,
all bruised and the laceration on it.
Maybe these men will be bruised from head to toe tomorrow.
It may not be-- We may not have to wait until tomorrow.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, wait a minute. Not a Christian sandwich.
No, we don't need this.
[Ross] Jericho using that ladder as a weapon,
which is totally legal in this match,
and Christian trying to-- He can't even cover up.
[Jerry] Those are good ladders.
-[Ross] And Jericho-- -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Jericho going for the Lionsault.
Christian able to avoid the contact.
Unfortunately, for Jericho,
he was not able to avoid the contact,
specifically ramming his knee into the ladder.
[Jerry] Check this out one more time.
I knew he shouldn't use the Lionsault.
[Ross] Right on the edge of that ladder.
Jericho's kneecap,
that patella is easy to dislodge and to displace,
I'll assure you that and…
[Jerry] There's gonna be more-- Some more displacing taking place right now.
[Ross] Right in the head. Right between the eyes.
You're talking about dimming the lights,
and Jericho now on the outside.
It would seem that the door would be open for Christian
with Jericho addled and on the outside of the ring.
[Jerry] Come on, Christian, don't hesitate.
Keep your eyes on the prize.
[Ross] Christian taking a lot of punishment.
He may be having a little trouble focusing on--
[Jerry] Climb to the mountain top.
[Ross] Getting that ladder right under the Intercontinental Championship belt.
[Jerry] As I said, whoever wins this will have earned it.
And Christian is certainly earned his place.
[Ross] As I said, Christian addled,
you can tell, because he's having a little problem
negotiating the rungs of that ladder.
And he's just a couple of steps away
from becoming the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Come on, Christian.
You know if I was scoring this on points,
I would-- I would reward the match to Christian. He's got it.
He's gonna have it, anyway.
[Ross] Second time tonight, Christian's touched the gold,
but you got to do more than touch it, you got to possess it,
and Christian trying to fight.
[Jerry] You're up there now, you're high enough now.
[Ross] Good lord. Look at how high Christian is.
-[Jerry] He's grabbing, he's got it. -[Ross] Christian's got it right here.
[Jerry] He's the champion, isn't he?
[Ross] Christian, you got to take the belt off that apparatus that's holding it.
And Christian left hanging.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Ross] Christian-- Look how high Christian's hanging above the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, he can't-- He can't let go. It'll break his ankle if he falls.
The ultimate precarious position.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, my.
Boy, what went up…
damn sure came down,
and this crowd showing their appreciation for Jericho's efforts
to fight back in this thing, use the ladder as a weapon.
[Jerry] Christian came down, but he came down without the title.
[crowd chanting] Y2J! Y2J! Y2J!
[Ross] Another resounding Y2J chant
in this confrontation
for the vacant Intercontinental Championship.
[Jerry] I don't understand why the Peeps haven't got
a Captain Charisma chant going all night.
[Jerry] Look at this. Christian hanging on for dear life,
trying to figure out how he's gonna get that title, but he's knocked.
[Ross] You could see Christian trying to unsnap the title belt,
but he was knocked off the-- that apparatus before he could--
he could accomplish his goal,
and now Jericho with the Intercontinental title in sight.
[Jerry] Bad luck for Christian, he's left underneath the ladder.
Oh, wait. What's Christian doing here?
[Ross] Jericho getting close.
Jericho very close.
He's going for that-- Oh.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, my.
Oh, my God, the ladder tilting.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And Jericho--
And Jericho got hung up on that top rope, goes all the way outside.
There's results of what happened to Chris Jericho,
and Christian in not much better shape.
The only good thing for Christian is he's still in the ring.
[Jerry] There's not much left on either one of these guys.
That ladder, these falls, have really taken it out on both Christian and Y2J.
[Ross] The ladder has certainly had an influential facet of this match--
has been an influential facet of this match
as a-- in terms of being a weapon,
just a devise to climb and get the Intercontinental Championship.
[Jerry] Captain! Captain!
Captain Charisma! Come on.
Two more steps.
[Ross] What a pain it got to be…
[Jerry] Oh, I think he's right under, reach to your right.
[Ross] …riveting both these men and…
[Jerry] Over to your right.
[Ross] Again, Christian having trouble focusing on getting that ladder.
Oh, my goodness.
And Christian now trying to kick Jericho away from the ladder,
and Jericho will have none of it.
What the heck?
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Jericho hammering Christian.
[Jerry] What in the world.
[Ross] My gosh, it's almost a reverse Walls of Jericho on the--
[Jerry] He's got Christian in The Walls of Jericho on the ladder.
[Ross] On the ladder is right.
But remember, no pinfall, no submission,
no count out, no disqualification.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] You got to possess the title belt.
[Jerry] I think Jericho's got it.
[Ross] Jericho needs about one more step.
Before Jericho could take that step.
[screams]
[Ross] My, God, Jericho's lower back.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Jericho really risked that lower back.
Maybe-- I couldn't tell, I think he fell on the ladder.
Jericho was no more than about a foot away
from becoming the Intercontinental Champion,
and that may be as close as Jericho gets.
[Jerry] I would've thought Jericho may have broken an ankle,
but look, this is how--
Oh, looks like a Wile E. Coyote camera.
Look at this.
-[Ross] Oh, man. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Jericho's lower back is…
[Jerry] That's a compressed vertebrae if anything.
[Ross] And here another-- Christian's brought another ladder into the ring.
[Jerry] That's a taller ladder.
This is a bigger ladder.
[Ross] It sure is, that's a-- That ladder is gonna--
You get about the second or third to the top rung of that,
and you're in the Promised Land.
Man, Jericho's hurt.
Jericho's lower back just cracked off that ladder.
Christian may have a clear path here now.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] And wait a minute.
Jericho setting another-- The other ladder up almost…
[Jerry] Get up there Christian, hurry up.
[Ross] …parallel to the-- To Christian's taller ladder.
Let's see if size does matter.
Christian on-- Christian's got to be just inches.
[Jerry] Oh, Christian about to fall.
[Ross] Well, it's unsettling on the top of those ladders or not--
[Jerry] His equilibrium is way off.
Christian's got-- He's got the title in his hand, he's got to unsnap it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Ross] Jericho--
[Jerry] That bigger ladder is a little more shaky than that other one.
Get it.
[Ross] Jericho just-- That was pretty smart move to swing that belt.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Oh, my God.
Both men off the top of that ladder.
Both men face first off the top of the ladders.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] The epitome
of crashing and burning here,
but the bottom line is the Intercontinental Championship belt
is swinging above the ring.
And now, you don't want the doggone Intercontinental title belt
to be a moving target.
[Jerry] It's a moving target now. You got that right.
Watch this. Listen as both of these men land.
[Ross] Oh.
And they landed almost head and face first.
No way to break their fall.
Jericho is trying to gut it out here
with the Intercontinental title on the line.
Jericho, can he get it?
Jericho trying to unsnap the Intercontinental title,
-and he does it. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Jericho does it.
And Chris Jericho is the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Lilián] Here is your winner
and the new Intercontinental Champion,
Chris Jericho!
["Break The Walls Down" playing]
[Ross] Boy, you talk about two men that paid the price
here tonight at Unforgiven.
Jericho and Christian have done just that,
but it's Jericho who's gonna leave the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Wow. What a match.
We said it several times during the match,
whoever won this title was certainly gonna earn it.
Oh.
[Ross] A very distraught Christian.
[Jerry] And as much as a Captain Charisma fan as I am,
I got to admit, Jericho, he earned it, he deserves it.
[Ross] And both of these guys are gonna need,
I got to believe, some medical evaluation.
Quite frankly, they may need psychological evaluation
after this Ladder match.
[Jerry] Poor Christian.
[Ross] Jericho, and give them credit,
both men gave us everything they had
and certainly Jericho has earned a right to be called
the Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Check this out one more time.
I didn't know, it was certainly up for grabs, no pun intended,
when both of those men crashed and burned.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] But Jericho was the one that was able to,
well, recuperate in time.
What a match.
[Ross] Jericho feeling the effects of this.
As-- Well, as is Christian, as they both will for several days.
I'm standing by, hoping to get a word with Kane
before his big match with Shawn Michaels, which is next.
[crowd cheering]
Oh, Lita, what a nice surprise.
I was hoping to speak with Kane, but since you're--
I know, Todd.
But I have something that I wanna say.
Tonight, I hope that Shawn Michaels beats the living hell out of my husband.
And I hope that Shawn Michaels crushes Kane's throat.
And I hope that Shawn Michaels gets the revenge that he deserves,
and does something that I can't do,
put Kane straight in the hospital.
Because I know that Shawn Michaels won't just be satisfied with beating Kane.
Shawn Michaels is going destroy him.
This is my wife, so supportive.
[laughs]
Since you like to give me surprises,
I've got a surprise for you.
Eric Bischoff just made this match with Shawn Michaels
no disqualification.
[crowd cheering]
You see, no matter what my wife wants,
I am going to destroy Shawn Michaels,
and my wife, Lita,
is going to be right there at ringside to watch it all.
[chuckles]
Because what happens to Shawn Michaels tonight,
it's our fault, isn't it, partner?
[laughs]
Now, give your husband a kiss for good luck.
[laughs]
Well, the Intercontinental title,
which might have been vacant at the beginning of night,
we now have a new Intercontinental Champion, Chris Jericho.
How does it feel to be the Intercontinental Champion once again?
How does it feel?
Look at me, how do you think it feels? Ass clown.
Look at the ice on the shoulder.
The ladder went halfway up my ass.
I feel like crap,
but I'm the seven-time Intercontinental Champion, that's a record.
Nobody has ever been the seven-time Intercontinental Champion.
I feel like a king, Coach.
I feel like the champ.
[crowd cheering]
Bravo, Chris.
Congratulations.
You know, I thought maybe your victory would feel a little bit hollow,
seeing as how you could never beat me.
But I didn't come to rain on your parade or ruin your little victory party,
I just wanted to let you know that you better shine that up real nice,
because as soon as I'm ready, I'm taking back what's mine.
[crowd cheering]
I'll be waiting.
[Ross] A beautiful rainbow,
certainly a beautiful WrestleMania coming next year to LA.
Straight up here the Pacific Northwest,
a raucous crowd here tonight in the Rose Garden.
Well, folks we found out just a few moments ago
that this next matchup
between the returning Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels and Kane
will be a no disqualification match, King.
[Jerry] Oh, I don't think that was good news to Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] This match came about when Kane's wife, Lita,
signed Shawn Michaels to the contract to meet Kane here tonight at Unforgiven.
[Kane] I will feast
on the fear of the innocent
for that is the sweetest taste of all.
There's one thing that I've always craved but never had, an offspring.
Stop, please. The answer is yes.
[Kane] That baby that Lita's carrying, it's mine.
[laughs]
[Ross] If Kane beats Matt Hardy at SummerSlam,
then Lita has agreed to marry Kane.
[man] Tonight is a very special night
as we unite these two in holy matrimony.
Welcome to the wedding of Kane and Lita.
[Kane] Lita, you are now my property
until the day you die.
[Lita] Kane, I wanna make it clear
that I love and I will always love Matt Hardy.
I sincerely hope you rot in hell.
[man] Lita, do you take this man
to be your lawfully wedded husband?
I do.
And do you, Kane, take this woman
to be your lawfully wedded wife?
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Oh, no!
Matt Hardy assaulting Kane.
Matt Hardy coming to get Lita the hell out of here.
My, God. There's a wall of fire here.
Lita and Matt can't get pass it, they're trapped.
Lita, begging for Kane.
Oh, no, no, no! Oh, my God!
Oh, my God almighty!
[Kane] Let's go. Let's finish this.
[man] Kane, Kane, do you take Lita to be your wife?
I do.
[man] Then by the power vested in me, I pronounce you man and wife.
You can kiss the bride.
[Kane] Of all the pieces of property I own,
you by far are my favorite.
[laughs]
I like to thank everyone who gave me gifts,
especially Eric Bischoff,
who gave me an open contract at Unforgiven
to face anyone I want.
[Lita] It wasn't just for you.
It was for us.
In marriage, it is called joint property.
So I took the liberty of taking your open contract at Unforgiven,
and I wrote your opponent's name in there.
Shawn Michaels.
[crowd cheering]
[Kane] I want to remind you
of why Shawn Michaels hasn't been around here in a while.
We're partners now.
That means that you
are just as responsible for what happens to Shawn Michaels at Unforgiven
as I am, precious.
-[woman] Shawn? -[man 1] Shawn?
[man 2] Shawn, you got to relax.
[man 3] Hold still, Shawn. Hold still. You're gonna be all right.
[man 4] Shawn, are you okay?
Relax. Shawn, you got to relax.
[man 5] Just relax.
[man 6] Shawn, you got to relax.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following is now a No Disqualification match
where the only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
["Sexy Boy" playing]
♪ I think I'm cute ♪
[Lilián] Introducing first from San Antonio, Texas,
"The Heartbreak Kid"
Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] There is none other like him.
Shawn Michaels has brought the fans here in the Rose Garden to their feet.
The first ever Triple Crown winner in WWE history.
A sure fire, first ballot Hall of Famer,
a man that's won every major championship that WWE has to offer,
but he's also a man that almost had his career ended on June 14th
when Kane used the steel chair to crush Shawn Michaels's throat.
I will never, if I live to be 100, King,
never forget the gurgling noises we heard come from Shawn Michaels.
I thank God he is back here tonight.
[Jerry] Oh, it was a sick sound, all right.
And I've got to admit this, when I sat here with you, J.R.,
and witnessed that, I did not believe
we would ever see Shawn Michaels back in a WWE ring.
["Sexy Boy" continues]
[Ross] Well, I can't disagree with that.
Shawn Michaels has overcome so many adversities in his life.
The fans here showing their undaunted support
for legitimately one of the greatest athletes
that I personally have ever witnessed
in any arena at any time
in my 30 years in this business.
[Jerry] Oh, he's overcome a lot.
But can Shawn Michaels overcome Kane?
Is he really The Showstopper?
We're gonna find out tonight.
["Sexy Boy" continues]
♪ I make 'em hot ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Lilian] And being accompanied by Lita,
weighing in at 320 pounds,
Kane!
[Ross] Kane with his wife by his-- By her-- Dragging her by her arm,
she's pregnant with his child.
Kane considers, since the wedding in Anaheim a few weeks ago,
that Lita is his property.
I find that so vile and disrespectful,
but I guess what would you expect from a man like Kane?
♪ The wonder of the world is gone… ♪
[Jerry] That's what you'd expect, a little hellfire and brimstone.
[Ross] And this match, again, no disqualification,
made by our benevolent General Manager Eric Bischoff.
[Jerry] What about that good-luck kiss before the match from Lita for Kane?
When Kane gets a kiss, he tries to make a meal out of it, doesn't he?
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] No disqualification, I…
I don't know. This is right down Kane's alley,
seven-feet, 320 pounds.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Shawn Michaels, you can't measure a man's heart
by pounds and inches, and Kane forcing Michaels back into that corner.
And Kane,
nothing but power thus far.
Shawn Michaels, with that million-dollar knee lift,
and a right hand by Shawn Michaels,
but it's just reversed by Kane.
And Michaels with a Lou Thesz Press.
[Jerry] Lefts and rights right in the face of Kane.
[Ross] Michaels looking for retribution
for what Kane intended to do,
and ending Michaels's career about three months ago.
And Michaels, not his scientific self,
he is The Showstopper,
and Shawn Michaels has dominated Kane thus far.
-And I can't-- -[Jerry] Look at Lita.
[Ross] Thus far.
[Jerry] Yeah, Lita, she is getting her wish.
She said before this match she hopes that Shawn
beats the holy hell out of Kane.
Uh-oh. That could be a mistake.
[Ross] Shawn trying a baseball slide to no avail.
And Kane with a right hand, I don't-- As much as I respect Shawn--
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Oh, my God!
That ring post right there in the right place, right time
as far as Michaels is concerned.
As Kane looking to take Michaels head off,
but it was the ring post that got the clothesline.
Michaels now climbing the ladder here, going up top.
-Again-- -[Jerry] The ladder--
[Ross] Oh, gosh, what a right hand.
-[Jerry] The ladder was last match, J.R. -[Ross] Right in the throat?
[Jerry] But of course, Shawn Michaels, you said it, right in the throat.
And if Kane is smart, we both know he is, he's no idiot in there.
He'll go for Shawn Michaels' throat.
[Ross] Michaels's face bouncing off the turnbuckle.
I was using it as a metaphor, that ladder, but I got--
[Jerry] I know. I know.
[Ross] Michaels knocked down again,
and, boy, this is exactly like a big heavyweight fight
where the bigger man--
[Jerry] Oh, look at the throat, foot in the throat.
-[Ross] Right in the throat and-- -[Jerry] What size foot does Kane have?
-[Ross] About 18. -[Jerry] Good grief.
[Ross] I'm told it's an 18. He's got big feet.
[Jerry] You know what that means.
-I think Lita does. -[Ross] Big socks?
And a clothesline, followed up Michaels in the corner.
There's nowhere to go for Shawn Michaels,
but down after an impact like that,
that's like I think being run over by a vehicle.
And now, a cover by Kane,
-and Michaels able to kick out here but-- -[Jerry] Barely.
[Ross] You know, Michaels has been out of the competition for three months.
-And I don't know. -[Jerry] He's a showstopper, J.R.
-[Ross] I know that he is. -[Jerry] He's HBK.
[Ross] Oh, I believe in him.
I believe in him down to my bone marrow.
If anybody can beat Kane, it's Shawn Michaels but--
Oh, man.
Yeah, that's not gonna be easy
if it's gonna be even impossible on this night.
And Kane left his feet and went to the air,
nobody there but canvass.
[Jerry] You may believe in Shawn Michaels, but you got to remember, he's human.
And there's got to be some ring rust here.
[Ross] Michaels taking Kane over.
Michaels skinning the cat.
Right back in the inside, and Lita loving this.
Lita loving to see her husband, Kane,
-be taken the measure of. -[Jerry] Come on, Lita, be supportive.
[Ross] And Lita talking some trash to her husband.
Oh, Michaels.
The crossbody, the plancha over the top,
much to the delight of Mrs. Kane.
And Michaels measuring Kane,
straight right hands right above that right eye.
Kane causing some distance and--
[Jerry] Oh, look at this, look at this.
[Ross] Oh, come on. She's pregnant.
Kane using his wife as a shield.
Oh, Kane knows that Shawn Michaels would hit no woman,
especially a pregnant woman.
And this shows you the kind of dastardly, vile man that Kane is.
And I don't know if he's even a man. He's a-- He's a cretin.
He's a-- He's certainly a monster and-- Oh, no.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Kane removing the…
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] …Spanish announce table.
That's a-- That's a demolition zone as far as Kane is concerned.
[Jerry] No disqualification. Lita, remember all that joint property?
You're responsible for this, Lita, just as much as Kane is.
And maybe even-- This maybe actually more of Lita's responsibility.
[Ross] Oh, look at this.
-Kane-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Kane slamming Michaels.
I don't-- His-- Michaels's back right across the edge
of that Spanish announce table that did not break by the by.
[Jerry] Well, he's not content.
[Ross] And Michaels, who has had back problems as we've well documented.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, my.
[Jerry] This is what he wants to do right here.
Oh!
Oh, man.
[Ross] Michaels suplexed right through the Spanish announce table
in this no disqualification match.
[Jerry] How do you feel now, Lita?
[Ross] Pregnant, and probably disappointed it wasn't her husband.
[Jerry] She ought to feel responsible.
[Ross] How do you figure that?
[Jerry] Well, just as Kane said, she's the one that signed this match.
She's responsible for what happens to Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] Watch this table explode.
[Jerry] Listen to it.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Michaels's lower back…
just imploding that table.
And Michaels now thrown to the inside, and it may be over right here.
The cover by-- The cover, and no.
Michaels rolling his left shoulder, didn't kickout,
but he rolled his left shoulder off the canvass
much to the chagrin of a seemingly frustrated Big Red Machine.
[Jerry] He may be a little frustrated.
The time you throw your opponent right through an announce table…
[Ross] Oh, man. Look at the athleticism.
[Jerry] …and you can't beat him, it would be a little frustrating.
[Ross] Two eighteens to the chest and then a legdrop,
the cover by Kane and Michaels again
rolling to his side to stop the referee's three-count
at about two and a half.
And now, Kane choking, which is as legal as a headlock in this match,
being that there's no disqualification.
[Jerry] Lita out there at ringside.
Why won't she support her husband?
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh, you ask the question--
Oh, man, what impact, what tremendous impact.
[Jerry] He's the father of her child.
[Ross] Unfortunately you're right.
[Jerry] Come on.
Get over it.
[Ross] Well, it wasn't a love affair that…
created that baby that she's gonna have, I'll tell you that.
Hard clubbing blow to the chest by Kane,
and Michaels after being thrown, suplexed through the announce table,
may not be able to physically recover
from this onslaught.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And again, the referee is…
would think-- would be thinking about a stop to this perhaps
if Michaels can't defend himself.
After Michaels going through the Spanish announce table,
he has been unable to really get back in this thing.
[Jerry] You said that it wasn't a love affair between Kane and Lita,
but, you know, sex without love is a pretty empty experience.
[Ross] I would agree.
[Jerry] But as empty experiences go, it's pretty good one.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels in a lot of trouble now.
[Ross] Kane picking Michaels up by the hair,
and again, Michaels,
out of desperation got a foot in the face.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] And the-- Oh, the sideslam,
-the sidewalk slam… -[Jerry] That is a--
[Ross] …the leg cradle, and Michaels again
using anything and everything he's got in his body
to get those shoulders off the canvass
before the three-count.
And Michaels is willing his way
to staying in this match.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And now, Lita trying to get the crowd behind Shawn Michaels here.
[Jerry] Why?
-Why would she rally… -[Ross] I would suggest he--
[Jerry] …the troops against her own husband?
[Ross] She-- Well, did you hear her wedding vows?
[Jerry] Yes, I did, unfortunately.
[Ross] I think she indicated she wanted that man to burn in hell,
which I don't think there's any doubt that that's gonna happen.
We just don't know the timeline.
Michaels fights his way back up.
And how much does Shawn Michaels have left in this…
[Jerry] Oh, wow. What a shot to the jaw.
[Ross] A right hand that rocked Kane, but Kane still vertical.
And as long as Kane is vertical,
he can do about anything he wants like this,
choking Shawn Michaels and then slamming Michaels.
After going through the table, Michaels slammed to the canvass.
Kane again going for a cover, hooking the leg,
and yet-- No, didn't get three.
[Jerry] Was it a three? No, obviously it was not a--
[Ross] Still going.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Kane with that-- Trying to snap the neck now of Shawn Michaels.
Neck-- Kane obsessed with the neck and throat of Shawn Michaels.
-Give it up, Shawn! -[Lita] No, Shawn!
What do you think now, Lita?
[Jerry] And I know what you're thinking.
I know what you're thinking, J.R. I think--
You're thinking that Kane is getting frustrated
because he can't put Shawn Michaels away,
but the truth to the matter is, Kane is enjoying this.
The longer this match goes, the more he can punish Shawn Michaels,
-the more Kane likes it. -[Ross] Well, you may be right.
[Jerry] Look at Lita over there.
[Ross] You may be right about that, unfortunately.
[Jerry] Lita, come on, get behind your husband.
[Ross] Shawn trying to fight back in this thing.
We've seen Shawn Michaels overcome greats odds
in his historic career.
Will this be another of those nights,
or will it not?
[Jerry] I don't think so.
[Ross] Man, that was a hard impact right to the throat.
That clothesline wrapped around the throat of Shawn Michaels.
-There's a cover. -[Jerry] This is it.
[Ross] And that's-- And this time Michaels--
Kane leaning heavier on the left side
where Michaels has been escaping.
Michaels got the right shoulder up this time,
and that's just got to be instinctual.
Sternum first to the turnbuckle went HBK and The Showstopper.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Uh-oh, Michaels-- DDT by Michaels,
and if nothing else,
HBK, who damn sure is a show stopper,
may have bought himself some much needed time.
[Jerry] Oh, it's a desperation move, all right, but it may have worked.
And look at Lita out there. She's clapping her hands
in appreciation of that DDT from Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] I just wish you'd back off to Lita.
[Jerry] Well, I mean, why don't she get--
Where is Shawn Michaels gonna be when--
Do you think he's gonna be there to support her in Lamaze classes?
-No, it'll be Kane. -[Ross] Oh, yeah, right.
[Jerry] Will Shawn Michaels be there to change baby diapers?
No, it'll be Kane.
[Ross] You've got a-- You're hallucinating.
[Jerry] And who's gonna financially support that baby?
It won't be Shawn Michaels. You can bet on that.
-Oh. -[Ross] Michaels with that flying forearm.
Michaels taking down Kane finally
with that flying forearm with the momentum off the-- off the ropes there.
Both men are down and…
[Jerry] This looks bad for Kane.
[Ross] The referee can only survey the damage.
This match is gonna continue until one man wins by pinfall
or submission, there's no count outs,
that's why the referee isn't counting
-in this no disqualification match. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] And the Big Red Machine,
the monster sits up.
[Jerry] Here's a count going right now, it's a countdown, it's--
[Ross] And Michaels gets up!
[Jerry] Oh! Look at this!
[Ross] Michaels lifts up-- Where did-- Where does Michaels--
Where did he get that?
Michaels, trying to Irish whip Kane, that's-- Oh, God.
-[Jerry] Where did he get that? -[Ross] That was upside down,
he's inside out, on the outside is the-- is the HBK.
[Jerry] Man, oh, man. What velocity.
What force.
[Ross] That's a lot of power from the Big Red Machine.
You can tell by the gait. Michaels just--
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Oh!
Kane had something in mind,
and Michaels just was driven head first
into those ring steps, and now Kane--
[Jerry] Get out of the way over there.
[Ross] Uh-oh, wait a minute.
Oh, the carnage on the outside, the damage that has been done.
[Jerry] Oh, oh, look at this.
[Ross] Michaels just busted open here.
[Jerry] Yes, look at the damage.
[Ross] Michaels's head just bust off of those steel steps,
and Michaels has been deeply lacerated.
It would appear from our advantage point.
[Jerry] Looks like right over his left eye.
[Ross] The clarion is flowing on the face of Shawn Michaels
in this no disqualification confrontation.
And-- Oh, my God.
[Jerry] How about a little icing on the cake right here.
-[Ross] And this is gonna be sick here. -[Jerry] Here we go!
[Ross] Michaels downstairs, Kane drops the weapon.
Michaels fighting back.
What a bloody show. Michaels back up.
Look at Michaels get knock down, but Shawn Michaels
with a heart of a champion, the will of a warrior.
And, oh, a slap and the right hands.
Michaels retaliating
in what may be his last opportunity here.
Man, watch-- That reverse elbow stopped Michaels in his tracks
and knocked HBK right to the outside.
[Jerry] I think you're right, that was Shawn's last opportunity.
[Ross] Michaels had a flurry there, an impressive flurry.
-Do you remember this, Shawn? Huh? -[Jerry] Oh, remember this?
That's what Kane just said, "Remember this?"
[overlapping chatter]
[Jerry] It was all Lita's fault.
-I don't know how you're-- Oh! -[Ross] Oh!
And Michaels moved out the way.
Kane straddled the ring post.
Michaels able to move out the way and now Michaels-- Oh!
[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Ross] Are you talking about scrambling brains?
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And Lita acknowledging in a positive way
what has happened to her husband.
She likes it.
And Michaels is still surviving.
[Jerry] And you like that, don't you?
[Ross] I'm not a-- I'm not a Kane fan.
[Jerry] I can assure you Kane doesn't like it.
Check this out.
Man, oh, man, Kane's head, as you said, brains scrambling.
[Ross] Man, that--
[Jerry] Much to the delight of Lita. I still can't believe it.
[Ross] That big giant melon got splattered.
Inverted atomic drop,
no disqualification affair here,
and what-- Oh, what a knockdown.
Michaels hit Kane with everything The Showstopper has.
[Jerry] And look at Lita smiling now because she's thinking
Kane won't feel too frisky tonight after that.
[Ross] A bloody Shawn Michaels…
climbing the turnbuckles,
in perhaps one last grasp
to win this match.
And Michaels scores,
the elbow to the black heart
of the Big Red Machine,
and Michaels can feel it here.
The crowd willing Michaels.
[Jerry] Oh, man, I feel this too.
But I can't-- I can't believe this.
[Ross] This huge crowd on their feet in the City of Roses.
[Jerry] Where does Shawn Michaels get this, J.R.?
[Ross] Oh, look, the tuner, Michaels is tuning up the band.
[Jerry] Kane, stay down.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Michaels looking to place some Sweet Chin Music for the Big Red Machine.
[Jerry] Stay down, Kane, don't get up.
Nine, ten
[Ross] And Michaels-- Oh, my God, that's it.
Kane intercepting Michaels.
That's got to be all, the three, hitting it-- No, no, it's not.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Michaels refused to lose, and Kane can't believe it.
[Jerry] He can't believe it and I can't believe it.
The band tuned up, but the wrong song was played.
Shawn ate the foot of Kane but somehow miraculously he kicked out.
[Ross] And now Kane, what's he thinking?
-Big Red Machine is gonna-- -[Jerry] Kane is thinking more punishment.
[Ross] He's gonna depart from his ground attack.
Kane now climbing to the top turnbuckle.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] And caught Shawn Michaels with a clothesline off the top,
that's a seven-foot, 320-pounder, and now it could be…
[Jerry] Oh, it's not could be, it is.
It's over now, J.R. Here we go.
[Ross] The Chokeslam from hell.
[Jerry] And the monster is gonna prevail.
I'll give Shawn Michaels credit.
He was a worthy adversary for a while.
Oh, yes.
-[Ross] Kane-- Oh, low blow! -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Downstairs, low blow,
all legal in this no disqualification match.
[Jerry] Who made this match a no disqualification?
Who did that?
[Ross] The general manager, Eric Bischoff.
[Jerry] Big mistake.
[crowd chanting] HBK! HBK! HBK!
[Ross] Man, that's an equalizer, a huge equalizer.
[crowd chanting] HBK! HBK! HBK! HBK! HBK! HBK
[Ross] The crowd here are chanting for HBK.
And now Michaels, Kane brought that steel chair in the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, now, wait a minute here.
[Ross] To take Michaels's head off.
[Jerry] This is not fair, this is not fair.
[Ross] Oh, God!
You're talking about left field, downtown.
Kane hit right in the face, in the head with that steel chair.
Michaels is down, Kane is down, again the referee with no opportunity.
[Jerry] Oh, Kane is down and he may be out.
No, the ref can't count.
One of these men are gonna have to make it to their feet.
[crowd chanting] HBK! HBK! HBK! HBK!
[Ross] Is Kane gonna-- Oh, yes.
Man, that's-- That is evil.
[Jerry] Never count out the monster.
[Ross] That is a depraved individual, I'll tell you that, is Kane.
Michaels down, Kane is up, and now Kane--
[Jerry] Oh, no. Hey, Lita.
-[Ross] Lita just taken-- -[Jerry] Lita, what are you--
[Ross] Kane was gonna use the chair and--
[Jerry] You give that back. That's joint property.
That's as much Kane's as it is-- Give it back to Kane.
What are you doing?
[Ross] Lita is now in possession of the joint property if you will.
[Jerry] He's got-- He's got to divorce her,
he's got to drop her like a bad habit, call a lawyer.
[Ross] Uh-oh, Michaels is back up, Michaels pulling himself back up.
[Jerry] Kane--
[Ross] And Michaels-- Michaels going for the Sweet Chin Music, couldn't get it.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Ross] And Kane now.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Oh, he got it, Sweet Chin Music.
Michaels with the cover, the kick, the count.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] And the win.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] Michaels did it!
["Sexy Boy" playing]
[Ross] HBK, The Showstopper.
[Lilián] Here is your winner, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] With all of the guts and temerity
of the future Hall of Famer has to have,
and a little assist from Mrs. Kane,
Shawn Michaels has returned after three months,
and has beaten the Big Red Machine.
["Sexy Boy" continues]
[Jerry] Boy, they say behind every successful man,
there's usually a good woman, but tonight Kane was unsuccessful,
and that's because he didn't have a good woman behind him.
["Sexy Boy" continues]
-[Ross] Man, what a match. -[Jerry] Oh, what a match.
That Lita better thank her lucky star that she's pregnant,
pregnant by Kane, or she'd suffer a fate worse than death.
♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪
[Ross] Uh-oh. Oh, my God. Look at the face of Kane.
♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪
♪ Your boy toy ♪
[Ross] Well…
[Jerry] We may be about to witness a little a marital spat here, J.R.
[Ross] Well, Kane looking to that chair,
because he was gonna use the chair on Shawn Michaels,
and Lita pulled the chair out of the ring, made sure that didn't happen.
And Michaels able to score with a Sweet Chin Music.
And look at this, how disrespectful.
She's a pregnant woman.
She's not property, she's a human being.
[Jerry] She cost him the match, J.R.
[Ross] Yes, she did. And good for her.
[Jerry] This is a marriage made in not exactly heaven.
[Ross] Well, they had a wedding from hell, you think it's-- Look at this.
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels was about to be sitting there,
then he caught-- He caught Kane with that.
[Ross] Man, right on the chin.
Blunt force right on the chin, a clean shot,
and look at Lita celebrating.
Good for her.
♪ Just a sexy boy ♪
[Shelton] You can refer to me as Mr. Benjamin.
-["Ain't No Stoppin' Me " playing] -♪ Ain't no stoppin' me now! ♪
♪ You can't rock with me ♪
♪ Ain't no stoppin' ♪
♪ You can't rock with me You're droppin' ♪
♪ Ain't no stoppin me now! ♪
♪ Goin for it all Just tryin' to be the best ♪
♪ Feel me breakin' out Nothing more nothing less ♪
♪ Wanna be known, want the respect ♪
♪ Throw me anything, I'll pass that test ♪
♪ You can't rock with me Ain't no stoppin' ♪
♪ You can't rock with me You're droppin' ♪
♪ Ain't no stoppin me now! ♪
[man] Mr. Benjamin.
[crowd cheering]
Triple H, Randy Orton has already done something you could not do,
beat Chris Benoit.
Do you think Randy Orton will beat you tonight
and retain his World Heavyweight Championship?
Randy Orton is just like you,
and he's just like everybody here in this arena tonight.
Randy Orton is a regular guy.
He spent his whole life worrying about potential
and how much he had and doing nothing with it until he met me.
He was a loser until he met me.
Do you know what Evolution is, huh?
Do you understand what that is? It's the best of the best, the greatest.
Do you know why it exists? Because of me.
In this life, people gravitate towards greatness.
In this business, they gravitate towards me.
Now, I chose Randy Orton for greatness.
I picked Randy Orton to become great, and he did.
Randy Orton became great.
That surprise you, huh?
That I would say how good Randy Orton is?
Well, let me tell you, because I've been saying it for two years,
Randy Orton is very, very good.
He just not as good as me.
[crowd cheering]
And the thing is, Randy Orton knows it.
See, Randy Orton knows that without me, there would be no custom-made suits,
there would be no $50,000 Rolex on his wrist,
there would be no brand new big house on a hill,
and there would be no new car in the driveway,
and there sure as hell would be no World Heavyweight Championship belt
around his waist.
Randy Orton goes to that ring tonight to prove something to himself,
to prove that he can do it on his own.
He will learn that Randy Orton is nothing without me.
See, I made Randy Orton,
and I will break Randy Orton.
Tonight, I go to the ring to become the World Heavyweight Champion
for the ninth time,
not because I have anything to prove to anybody or to myself.
I will do it because that's what I do, that is who I am,
that world championship is more important to me than life itself.
Randy Orton spit in my face.
[crowd cheering]
And these people loved it.
[crowd cheering]
So tonight, I spit in your face
as I walk out the World Heavyweight Champion.
[crowd cheering]
["Final Force" playing]
[Ross] There's no doubt, the number one contender,
he means what he says when he's talking about the title
being more important than life itself.
That's a dangerous thing to say.
[Jerry] And I believe that.
-["Final Force" continues] -[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the World Tag Team Championship.
Introducing first, from the province of Quebec,
at a combined weight of 477 pounds, they are the World Tag Team Champions,
Robert Conway, Sylvain Grenier, La Résistance.
[Ross] Our third championship match of the evening.
Trish Stratus retained her women's title earlier,
Chris Jericho winning the Ladder Match
to win the vacant Intercontinental Championship
earlier tonight here at Unforgiven.
And now our third of four championships on the line.
[clears throat]
-[Ross] Oh, no. -[Jerry] What?
[crowd chatter]
♪ O Canada ♪
[Jerry] It's their national anthem.
[singing in foreign language]
["No Way Out" playing]
[Ross] Oh, goodness.
I have many Canadian friends that cannot appreciate that rendition.
[Lilián] At a combined weight of 481 pounds…
[Ross] And look at this.
[Lilián] …they are the challengers, Tajiri and Rhyno.
[Ross] Well, the number one contender for the world tag team titles,
Tajiri and Rhyno,
not wasting any time to get into the ring, King.
["No Way Out" continues]
[Jerry] Well, that Rhyno doesn't do anything slow.
Well, nor does Tajiri for that matter.
[Ross] Tajiri, the, uh, young man with the economics degree,
The Japanese Buzzsaw.
Man, he'll kick your head off.
[Jerry] Tajiri has an economics degree?
[Ross] That's true.
[Jerry] So, he's supposed to be a smart guy, right?
[Ross] Well, I would suggest that, uh, he's very bright.
That's what it's about folks, the World Tag Team Championship.
-The, uh, La Résistance combination… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …has been, uh, World Tag Team Champions
for quite some time now, about a little over a 100 days.
[Jerry] Well, it doesn't take an economics degree to hang on
to a world tag team gold.
That's what La Résistance has in mind tonight.
It takes teamwork, it takes ability, it takes strength, skill.
That's what our world champions have in common, J.R.
[Ross] A side headlock applied by Sylvain Grenier on Tajiri.
Well, they're a very talented team, no doubt about that.
And Tajiri quickly kicks out of that pinning combination.
[Jerry] You're just-- You're just prejudice because they're from Quebec.
[Ross] Oh, no, I'm not.
[Jerry] Yes, you are, as are all these other Americans here.
[Ross] You know that's not accurate. That's not true.
And that's-- But be as it may.
[Jerry] You're prejudice against anybody that's not from Oklahoma, truth be known.
[Ross] Why does it's-- It's a nice takedown by Tajiri,
The Japanese Buzzsaw rolling up.
Oh, Grenier countered out of that,
and Tajiri right back to that front facelock
Everybody can't be a Sooner.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Ross] Tajiri that, uh…
[Jerry] Thank goodness.
[Ross] Tajiri and, uh, Sylvain Grenier.
That is-- My point is that Grenier can't sing.
There's nothing wrong with the, uh, Canadian national anthem.
He just can't sing a doggone lick.
[Jerry] Give the man credit for trying.
-He's proud of his country. -[Ross] That's all a steer can do is try.
Look at The Japanese Buzzsaw trying to get in the face of Grenier.
Oh, nice takedown by Tajiri.
Tajiri arm drag.
[Jerry] Why don't Tajiri come out here
and try to sing the Japanese national anthem?
[Ross] I don't know. Maybe he will next.
Hey, maybe, uh, if the challengers win the tag titles,
maybe we'll hear that somewhere down the road.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Ross] A tag made and the French Sympathizer-- Oh,
Robert Conway with an arm
[Jerry] Will we have subtitles like a Godzilla movie?
[Ross] Yeah.
Nice, uh, arm drag takedown by Tajiri.
And, uh, the young man who grew up in the bluegrass State of Kentucky,
but now currently a French Sympathizer.
And here comes that bull-like Rhyno, and Rhyno pounding away
at the torso of Robert Conway.
[Jerry] Ooh.
[Ross] And Rhyno, high elevation on Conway.
Rhyno is about a Gore away from winning the tag titles here.
[Jerry] Oh, look out.
[Ross] And the big man is getting set and, uh, Conway, uh, is smart.
[Jerry] Smart move, smart move by Conway.
[Ross] Exited out in the back door and stepped off the porch.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] The bull-like Rhyno?
Why is he bull-like? Why isn't he rhino-like?
[Ross] Well, he's a bull-rhino, that's the worst kind.
[Jerry] My goodness.
[Ross] Look at the size of Rhyno's legs.
He got to--
Perhaps still a buzzing here not-- Quite frankly I can, uh, concur with him
about that Shawn Michaels-Kane match just moments ago.
Shawn Michaels' returning, and an…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] …armbar takedown,
and that's-- That could debilitate the arm in a hurry and--
[Jerry] See, when you got huge legs like Rhyno, what do you do?
Go after the arms.
[Ross] That'll certainly take that, uh, Rhyno off his feet,
and that's what has happened here.
Michaels returning after three months to beat Kane,
in what some people might consider an upset, I do not.
And, uh, Rhyno's arm being focused on here
by the World Tag Team Champions.
Grenier with that arm wringer.
Rhyno is most dangerous when he's vertical where he can deliver that Gore.
And there's a tag in the La Résistance corner
is where Rhyno has been isolated, that's good tag team strategy.
[Jerry] That's right. That makes these guys dangerous at all times.
-[Ross] Rhyno reversing. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Belly-to-belly suplex.
And Rhyno able to counter into that suplex,
makes the tag, a much needed tag to--
Oh, man.
Good Lord, listen to those shots by Tajiri, those kicks.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Another shot to the face.
That could be it. We're gonna have a new--
[referee] Get out! Get out… [speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Certainly the indication was--
I thought Tajiri might have got three on that one,
but we're not gonna know, thanks to the interference.
Oh, sunset flip and look at this.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Ross] Nice move by Tajiri in that--
Started calling it an Oklahoma roll, it was an old, uh--
[Jerry] See? See, there you go again.
-[Jerry] Prejudice-- -[Ross] That's what it's called.
[Jerry] Everything has got to be Oklahoma.
[Ross] It doesn't have to be, it just, that happened to be that.
And the counter, Tajiri looking-- Oh, Tajiri-- Oh, man.
What an athletic move by Tajiri.
And Tajiri now-- Oh, look out here,
a face facelock into that modified DDT.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Conway, apparently blocked that face first.
-A cheap-- -[Jerry] Or the brunt of it.
[Ross] Cheap shot on Rhyno.
Referee has got to put Rhyno out.
And look at the opportunistic World Tag Team Champions double-teaming,
and no tag was made that I saw.
And a cover by the illegal man.
Referee not aware that there was no tag made.
[Jerry] I'm not aware of that either.
Just because you didn't see it, J.R., doesn't mean it didn't happen.
[Ross] Suplex. Vertical suplex,
rolled over, hook of the far leg, another near fall,
and now right back to that neck vise,
and Grenier with a…
[Jerry] With that thumb in the mouth.
Get your finger out of his mouth.
[Jerry] That's all right, isn't it?
[Ross] That's all right.
Well, I'll you what, we got another championship match,
the World Heavyweight Championship still to come tonight.
I find it, uh, somewhat disturbing that Triple H said that he was gonna spit--
Figuratively spit in the face of every WWE fan tonight
by winning the title. And a cover.
[Jerry] Oh, you didn't find it disturbing when Randy Orton
spit in Triple H's face, did you?
[Ross] Well, it was a little, um…
-[Jerry] Maybe a little gross. -[Ross] Maybe somewhat, yeah, but it was--
[Jerry] But it wasn't disturbing to you, was it?
[Ross] Oh, that's probably-- I think it's justified under the circumstances.
[Jerry] Everything that Triple H said earlier was true.
Even the part where he said people gravitate towards greatness.
That's why you hang around me.
[Ross] I always wondered what the reason was.
And front facelock and back into the La Résistance corner,
Robert Conway back in, uh, not be confused
with the late Yvon Robert.
[Jerry] Who's that?
[Ross] He's a great, uh, wrestler from, uh, Quebec.
One, two, three--
[referee speaks indistinctly]
-[Ross] And, uh-- -[Jerry] You know, here's tag team
work at its best right here.
That's why these guys are the tag team champions.
[Ross] They're just a hoot.
They're cheating behind the referee's back,
getting every unfair advantage they can.
I wonder what's, uh-- You've got to wonder
what's going through the mind of a young man like Randy Orton right now,
24 years of age.
There's a slam and a cover, and Tajiri again being pressured here.
Another cover, Tajiri kicking out, using a lot of energy.
Orton, 24 years of age, the youngest champion in WWE history,
with this opportunity here to end this thing with Triple H,
the number-one contender here tonight at Unforgiven.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[Jerry] Conway has it. Why is this crowd chanting USA?
[Ross] I think they're chanting more like--
[Jerry] I think the last time I checked, Tajiri was Japanese.
[Ross] They may be chanting against La Résistance, King, only--
-[Jerry] Maybe-- -[Ross] Only a hunch.
[Jerry] Maybe they're chanting against Tajiri.
He's not from USA.
-[Ross] And-- -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Nice headscissors. Tajiri's had a new son
born in Los Angeles.
-[Jerry] He did. -[Ross] Yes, indeed.
-[Jerry] Oh. Oh, no. -[Ross] Oh, man, good shot.
We're talking about some-- Those thrust kicks.
Well, what a weapon for Tajiri.
And there's another tag and a tag made on both sides, and Rhyno,
and, uh, Grenier, the legal man here.
And Rhyno trying to build some momentum.
Boy, is this Rhyno thick, what a powerhouse.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Leaving his feet,
knocking down one half of the tag champions,
and there goes, uh, Robert.
Rhyno, whipping Grenier into the corner,
and buries that shoulder into the…
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. -[Ross] …midsection of the--
Belly-to-belly, hook to the leg here,
tag titles on the line,
and a second away from Tajiri and Rhyno
walking out of here with the tag team titles.
[Jerry] Not as easy as you thought there, is it, Rhyno?
Boy, Rhyno looked all over the WWE for a partner that he thought
would take him to go the tag team gold.
[Ross] Spinebuster, spinebuster, the hook to the leg,
and, man, Conway able to interrupt and break up the count.
It look like it had been three to me.
We're not gonna find out, but--
And now, Conway and Grenier trying to double team.
And a flapjack.
The cover by Grenier and Rhyno kicked out.
-All four men in the ring now. -[Jerry] Ow! Ow!
[Ross] And Tajiri with those kicks, right in the heel,
not up those thighs.
[speaks indistinctly] your eyes if you know what I mean.
-And-- -[Jerry] There's a kick for you.
[Ross] Rhyno did-- Was there a tag?
I thought Rhyno…
[Jerry] No, no tag, but there's a flag.
Oh, look out.
[Ross] Tajiri trying to be-- Oh, look at the shot.
-Now, Tajiri-- -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Oh, my.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] That's one way of saluting the flag.
And-- Oh, The Gore. The Gore by Rhyno.
And it's gonna be over.
Here it is. We're gonna have [speaks indistinctly]
-Oh, come on. -[Jerry] No, foot on the rope,
foot was on the rope.
Yes, it was.
[Ross] We have a--
Oh, and a shot by Tajiri
knocking Conway into the ring.
Back off!
[Ross] I couldn't believe that. We should have new tag champ.
And, uh, Grenier used the flag.
Referee didn't see the flag.
-And-- Oh, come on. -[bell rings]
["Final Force" playing]
[Jerry] What, J.R.?
[Lilián] Here are your winners and still the World Tag Team Champions,
La Résistance.
[Ross] Well, the flagpole.
It looked like the flagpole was gonna cost La Résistance,
but instead the flag pole is the reason
La Résistance has retained the World Tag Team titles.
[Jerry] Well, that's why being patriotic pays off, J.R.
And what a big-- That's snatching victory from the jaws of--
from Rhyno's jaws of defeat.
When are you gonna go ahead and just submit and get on the bandwagon
of our tag team champions La Résistance?
These guys are good, J.R.
-They are good. -Yes.
But there's no room for me on the bandwagon.
You take up the only seat.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'll tell you what,
we're just a few moments away
from the most eagerly anticipated matchup in a long time.
But, King, your buddies from Memphis helped us out.
[Jerry] Oh, yes, there it is, "Survival of the Sickest",
that's by Saliva.
It's the official theme song of Unforgiven and that,
uh, Saliva CD is available right now in stores everywhere.
[Ross] What a great group, no doubt about that.
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is one what that we all have been waiting for.
Randy Orton, the youngest champion in WWE history,
to defend the title against Triple H.
How long has there been this undercurrent?
I don't know, maybe we'll never know.
But I'll tell you what, it really escalated at SummerSlam.
-Orton's got the cover. -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] My God. And Randy Orton has done it.
[Jerry] Destiny, J.R.
[Randy] I am here standing before you,
the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in history.
People get used to this site,
because the Randy Orton era
has only just begun.
[Jerry] Well, let's talk about the celebration.
Let's start the women coming down.
The wine's gonna start flowing.
[dramatic music playing]
[tense music playing]
[Triple H] Orton made a choice.
The choice was to take the World Heavyweight Championship,
my World Heavyweight Championship.
And the beating that you took was a consequence
of the decisions that you made.
But it was just a warning.
Randy Orton, you can walk to this ring right now,
and you can put the World Heavyweight Championship
in my hand.
You were the guy I was gonna mold.
I chose you to be the guy to take my place when I was done.
And how do you repay me?
[Randy] I made my own decision, and I spit in your face.
["Survival of the Sickest" playing]
♪ One, two, three, four ♪
[Triple H] Do you see this? He spit in my face.
I want Randy Orton.
[Randy] You're gonna get it at Unforgiven for the World Heavyweight Championship.
♪ I'm the one you thought That you could erase ♪
♪ But a predator that's faster Than the food that he chased ♪
♪ When you fall off the horse You brought to the race ♪
♪ I'll be the one who's flying by you Kickin' sh** in your face ♪
♪ And right now Your face is in the crowd ♪
♪ I'm shouting out loud ♪
♪ The one you counted out of the game ♪
♪ I'm a roller, I'm a rider ♪
♪ I'm number one motherf****** survivor ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah… ♪
[Ross] Eugene, thanks to Randy Orton, has upset The Game.
[Triple H] Randy Orton, I brought you into this world,
and I will take you out of this world.
♪ I'm a roller, I'm a rider ♪
♪ I'm number one motherf****** survivor ♪
♪ So move over, I'm the driver ♪
♪ And I'm high And I'm gonna keep getting higher ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[Ross] Is it Orton's destiny to remain the world champion at Unforgiven?
[crowd cheering]
[bell rings]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
["The Game" playing]
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Lilián] Introducing, the challenger, from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing in at 265 pounds,
Triple H.
♪ All about control And if you can take it ♪
♪ All about your debt And if you can pay it ♪
♪ It's all about pain And who's gonna make it? ♪
♪ I am the game, you don't… ♪
[Ross] The Cerebral Assassin,
who I think said it all earlier tonight
that the world heavyweight title to him
means more than life itself.
♪ Like a Cleveland bitch From a smoking gun ♪
[Jerry] You really comprehend that, J.R.?
Just think about that for a minute.
Think about that statement made by that man.
When you think about that, it's got to come into mind.
It's got to put into play, what will this man do
to become once again the World Heavyweight Champion?
And that answer is "absolutely anything."
Randy Orton's got to know that.
Randy Orton's got to worry about that, J.R.
[Ross] I think this match is about destiny,
Randy Orton's destiny.
And I find that statement that Triple H made to be…
well, very unsettling.
Quite frankly it was reprehensible.
Life is such a precious commodity.
♪ It's all about the game… ♪
[Ross] Triple H saying he's gonna spit in the face of every WWE fan
by winning the world heavyweight title here tonight,
every fan that enjoyed seeing him
get spat upon by Randy Orton
a couple of weeks ago.
[Jerry] Well, they say, every dog has its day,
and Triple H feels deep down in his heart that this is his day.
♪ Play the game, You're gonna be the same ♪
♪ You're gonna change your name… ♪
[Ross] There is nothing bigger in our business
than this world heavyweight title.
["Burn In My Light" playing]
♪ Hey! ♪
[Lilián] And from St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing in at 255 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
Randy Orton.
[Ross] 6'5" tall, 24 years of age,
the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history.
[Jerry] Well, I'll give you this,
he did something that Triple H couldn't do,
he beat Chris Benoit.
And even Triple H said Randy Orton's great,
but he's not as great as Triple H.
[Ross] Well, that remains to be seen.
He certainly is a confident, poised young man,
and the veteran Triple H not taking his eyes off his adversary,
off his-- virtually his own creation.
-[Jerry] Right. -[Ross] This Monday, Triple H said,
"I brought Orton into this world."
"I can take him out of this world."
[Jerry] You know, we may witness that right here tonight.
[Ross] I think Triple H actually thinks that he owns Randy Orton…
[Jerry] Not just that, he thinks he owns
that World Heavyweight Championship, he thinks that's his.
[Ross] I think by inviting Randy Orton into Evolution,
as Triple H looks at the World Heavyweight title.
He's an eight-time champion.
I think, because Triple H invited Orton into-- Or, uh-- Yeah,
invited Orton into Evolution that he, uh,
he's the owner of this young man, and that's not the case.
[Jerry] Well, maybe the creator, how about that?
-He created the opportunity… -[Ross] I wouldn't--
[Jerry] …for Randy Orton to reach the heights that he's reached.
You think Randy Orton would be the world champion today
without being a part of Evolution first?
-No. -[Ross] I wouldn't-- I wouldn't--
I wouldn't go that far. I don't--
We don't know that Orton wouldn’t have done it on his own.
-[Jerry] I do. -[Ross] How do you know that, Karnack?
-[Jerry] Because Triple H said so. -[Ross] Oh, okay.
Well, that's good.
-Well, here we go. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] The talking is gonna stop between these two.
Senior referee Earl Hebner is the official for this matchup.
It is one fall to a finish for the World Heavyweight Championship,
and this is the main event here tonight at Unforgiven from Portland, Oregon.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] With that look on Randy Orton's face,
I hope he's not thinking about spitting again.
[Ross] Eyes tell great stories,
the windows to a man's soul.
And a collar-and-elbow tie up.
Triple H and Orton both obviously in magnificent condition.
You wonder, King, if this will be a cautiously wrestled match,
with both men not taking any unnecessary chances.
[Earl] Come on, come on, come on, break it up.
-Come on. -[Jerry] We may find out early on.
One, two, three.
Come on. Hey, come on now.
[Jerry] Oh.
So much for respect.
[Ross] Open hand, totally legal.
[Jerry] So much for remembering where you came from.
[Ross] Insulting, but legal.
I find that downright challenging, quite frankly.
I like that, King.
Orton not showing any intimidation.
[Jerry] You wouldn't like it if you were on the receiving end of it.
-You wouldn't like if you were Triple H. -[Ross] Of course not.
[Jerry] You wouldn't like if it came from somebody that you had created.
[Ross] Oh, easy there, Dr. Evil.
I think Orton's dad and his mama created Randy Orton.
And the side headlock takeover,
but Triple H quickly, uh, quickly counters.
And then Orton with those long legs able to counter Triple H.
And Triple H going right back to that side headlock
and that's-- Uh-oh, Triple H a little frustrated.
-[Jerry] Oh. Oh, not again. -[Ross] Randy Orton slapped Triple H
right in the face one more time.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] So much for, uh, the, uh, pre-game jitters for the 24-year old.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, I'll give you that, he looks confident, but--
-[Ross] A lot of confidence. -[Jerry] I don't know.
But this is a smart strategy.
-[Ross] With that remark-- -[Jerry] Uh-oh, he's gonna spit.
Oh, he did it.
-I never thought he would. -[Ross] Oh, wow.
You talked about playing mind games.
You don't win a match by spitting on a man,
but you sure get in his head, and that's what Orton's done.
And Triple H steps right in to a couple of right hands
and that is very un-Game like.
And now Triple H turning the table on the World Heavyweight Champion.
-[Jerry] Here you go. -[Ross] And the challenger
now being beaten to the punch by Randy Orton beating Triple H
from one corner back across to the other.
Hard Irish whip.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] Triple H, great elevation.
Orton again at 6'5",
so when he elevates you, you're up there in the lights.
Hard uppercut forearm by Randy Orton, snapmare takeover.
And Orton now pounding that big chest,
that massive chest of Triple H with those clubbing forearm blows.
And Orton now with the advantage, hooking that near leg.
And Triple H, uh, too early,
and able to kickout Orton with that reverse chinlock.
And he'll crimp that neck, will Orton,
and he'll wear you out making you, the opponent, carry his and your body weight.
[Jerry] I'll be honest with you, J.R.,
I know Randy Orton's a world champion,
but this is not-- This is not the way I expected this match to start.
[Ross] Very basic move,
but Triple H having to expend a lot of energy carrying Orton's weight
and having to pick himself up off the canvas,
that's what he's done, back up to a vertical base.
Referee is gonna call for a break now that the men are back in the corner.
[Jerry] And quite frankly, I don't know,
I just-- I didn't expect this match to start this way.
Come on, let's face it.
Randy Orton, he's young. He's--
Yeah, he's aggressive and he's arrogant,
and he's cocky, but he shouldn't be the world champion.
He's still wet behind the ears.
[Ross] Well, you sure are judgmental about who should be champion.
How about the better man being champion, no matter their age?
And look at Orton fighting back, but Triple H going downstairs.
Now comes up to the-- to the face.
There's a slugfest here.
And again Orton is beating Triple H to the punch…
-[Jerry] You're right. -[Ross] …and hammering the challenger
back to the corner.
[Jerry] This is a fight, I'll give you that.
I didn't think it was gonna be a fight, but it is a fight.
-Look out. -[Ross] Triple H,
man, uh, that's some velocity there.
Orton sending Triple H to a ride
and The Game went over the top all the way to the floor.
And Orton now, I don't know how prudent this move is,
because Orton can retain the title via count-out or a disqualification.
[Jerry] Well, that's the cockiness,
the arrogance that I was talking about earlier.
And the wet behind the ears part comes
because this is not the thing to be doing right now.
This is the move of inexperience.
You stay in the ring. Don't go out there and take a chance.
Like you said, you don't have to-- you don't have to win.
You just don't have-- You just have to avoid losing.
[Ross] Well, the 24 years-- 24-year-old certainly fearless going outside in that,
uh, proverbial no man's land with a man that is--
owns a lot of territory in no man's land, The Game.
And look at those effective forearms,
that's about two or three that's gotten in.
And another one, and is that a tooth?
[Jerry] I hope not.
[Ross] Triple H is barely standing.
Good thing there's ropes.
And this time, The Game getting knocked down, and that one--
[Jerry] That's right. Lifted right of his feet.
[Ross] And those, uh, those lifters, uh--
Those forearm shots and shivers very effective.
And, oh, Triple H, downstairs, and The Game chopping away at that--
the thigh or the knee and Orton-- Orton, who--
I believe Orton may be a little quicker than his adversary.
And if that is the case, a big if,
then certainly that's gonna negate any quickness advantage
-that the champion might have. -[Jerry] Yeah, you're right.
That is a big if.
I don't think they come any quicker than Triple H.
Uh-oh. Watch this.
-[Ross] And-- Oh! -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Man that is, uh-- Orton just--
[Jerry] That's a veteran move. That's a veteran move right there.
[Ross] Orton just outmaneuvered The Game there and that's, quite frankly,
we can't say that's the first time that's happened lately.
Orton has been, uh, one step ahead seemingly of his number one contender
for the last several weeks.
Another right hand, and The Game wanted to debilitate that leg of Randy Orton.
Orton would saw it coming. Nice drop toe hold by Triple H.
[Jerry] There you go. Oh, look at this move, look at this. Oh.
[Ross] The leg grapevine.
-And there Triple H wrenching back on it. -[Jerry] Did you see that, J.R.?
Did you see that entire sequence came about?
Triple H never even laid a hand on Randy Orton, didn't even use his hands.
All of that done with the legs and the-- and the upper body of Triple H.
[Ross] The Cerebral Assassin is certainly an accurate description
for the number-one contender here.
And now there'll be no wasted motion as far as that leg is concerned.
And Triple H, who goes about 260 or 270,
dropping it all on the leg of Randy Orton.
[Jerry] I think he's gonna try it again.
-If at first you don't succeed-- -[Ross] Oh, man.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] And that was unorthodox way
of using the ring post.
And Orton, his leg wrapped around and--
[Jerry] Unorthodox, but very effective.
[Ross] Those outside ligaments really being tested here.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] The flexibility of the--
Of the world's heavyweight champion.
And again, Triple H knows what he's doing.
-[Jerry] Of course he does. -[Ross] From the outside.
[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] We talked about Triple H's ability to physically dissect an opponent.
We've seen him do it on many occasions.
[Jerry] Well--
[Ross] And The Game again.
Orton fought his way up,
not for long as Triple H again executing a perfect chop block,
again focusing on the leg of the world's champion.
Orton showing some guts, pulling himself up.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Ross] And now Orton's leg hanging over that second rope.
Orton trying to fight back on one leg,
and there's not as much power on those right hands on one leg.
And look at this.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] And that knee--
Triple H's own knee into the quadriceps muscle,
the largest muscle in the body, that four-headed thigh muscle.
And Triple H trying to knock that up, again, focusing on the knee joint.
Come on, Orton, huh?
[crowd chatter]
-What do you say, Orton? -[Randy] No!
[Ross] Well-placed elbow.
Again, no wasted motion by Triple H,
and Orton grabbing the hair out of desperation.
[Jerry] And you see, J.R., this--
What we're seeing now is more along the lines of what I thought would happen.
I mean, let's face it, Orton is a young man,
tremendous amount of potential,
but right now, Orton is being taken to school.
He is going to school in that ring right now,
courtesy of The Game.
[Ross] Professor H class is session here,
and he's-- Orton trying to push The Game away
just to get some-- And he does it.
And Orton using his healthy right leg as a weapon there,
right in the face of Triple H and that's a resourceful
yet unorthodox counter, very effective by the champion.
Straight right hand.
Orton, uh, you can see, noticeably having some problems
with his left leg, and obviously and rightfully so.
-Triple H sent for the ride facebuster. -[Jerry] Look out there.
[Ross] Orton made a big mistake there, may cost him the title.
The cover, and the hook of the leg, and Orton able to kick out.
The Game thought he would have three there.
I'll tell you what, Randy Orton is gonna have to make a miraculous offensive,
uh, comeback here to get back in this thing.
[Jerry] Look out, look out. Oh, man.
[Ross] Triple H driving the knee of Randy Orton right into the canvas.
[Jerry] Randy Orton has made a few mistakes already in this match.
The biggest if you ask me, was when he spit on Triple H early on.
[Ross] Again, The Game dropping that 260-plus
right on that leg of Randy Orton.
[Jerry] Somewhere along the lines in this match…
[Ross] The trifecta.
[Jerry] …Triple H will get the opportunity to knock the spit out of Randy Orton.
[Ross] Oh, wait, wait, wait a minute.
[Jerry] This may be it right here.
-This may be it. -[Ross] Can you believe this?
The Game is using Ric Flair's figure-four leglock.
[Jerry] Sure.
Evolution's always on the same page,
except for Randy Orton.
See, if he had stuck and stayed in the fold,
everything would've been fine.
[Ross] Triple H created Evolution,
and now he's borrowing Flair's figure-four.
And this one may be academic.
I don't see how Randy Orton's gonna be able to survive the punishment on that leg
especially in this figure-four in the center of the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Referee in great position.
Orton, you heard him say no when asked if he wanna give it up.
[Jerry] You could tap out, Randy.
You were champ for a while.
[Ross] Orton gonna try to counter.
The counter is rolling The Game to his-- The Game's abdomen.
[Jerry] Oh, that's not good. No, don't turn him.
[Jerry] Don't let him turn you, Triple H!
Don't let him turn you!
He'll reverse that pressure.
[Ross] Oh, look at this.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] And, uh, what a--
Triple H, as the veteran, using the ropes.
Two extraordinary athletes here, The Game--
[Jerry] Ask him, ref. I think Orton's ready to give up.
[Ross] Gaining an unfair advantage.
[Jerry] I think Orton's ready to give up.
[Ross] Two amazing athletes in a game of human chess, as it has been termed.
And The Game, using those ropes, knew exactly where the referee was.
And even as experienced as Hebner is, The Game was able to manipulate
a, uh, unfair advantage behind the referee's back.
[Jerry] Cerebral-- -[Ross] But the issue here
is that Orton has been in this figure-four leglock
-for an extremely long time. -[Jerry] This is debilitating.
Oh, right here.
Why don't he just tap out?
Quit trying to turn Triple H.
Don't try to reverse that pressure. Just tap out.
[Ross] Because Orton is a-- He's a-- He's the world's champion.
He's got guts, and he-- And look at Triple H again.
[Jerry] He tapped. Did he tap?
[Ross] And referee sees the--
Triple H in the ropes, and the hold will be broken now.
Get off the ropes, I'm telling you, that's not the way to win.
-[Triple H] What is your problem? -I'm telling you.
-[Triple H] What is your problem? -I'm telling you don't hold the rope.
-Knock it off. Knock it off. -[Triple H speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Triple H got to be careful there because he cannot win the world title
via disqualification.
He gets disqualified, speaking of the number-one contender,
and right back to that leg,
and Orton will, uh, retain the world heavyweight title.
It's what we refer to as a championship advantage.
[Jerry] You're right. Triple H has to be very, very careful…
not to get disqualified.
That would-- Oh, my gosh. That--
Can't think of anything that would be worse for Triple H.
[Ross] Triple H is, uh, mocking, uh--
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh. Uh-oh.
And look at him. And Orton countered.
Orton countered there, sent Triple H right to the, uh, to the corner,
and I'm not so sure The Game's head didn't bounce off that ring post.
Man, Orton is not able to capitalize.
Orton is not even been able to think about or start to pull himself up.
-And look at-- -[Jerry] How long was--
How long was Orton in that figure-four?
-[Ross] That's what I said ear-- Yeah. -[Jerry] Oh, you're right.
Triple H's head did bounce off that turnbuckle.
[Ross] Triple H-- Man, Triple H has got a deep-- his eye.
You can see that deep laceration,
and we don't wanna be so graphic, but that's just the fact.
-[Jerry] This is bad. -[Ross] Right over his eye,
he's been-- He's been busted open.
And now Orton back up.
And Orton, somewhat unsteady, but connecting on those right hands,
and there comes that uppercut again, the right hands, and right to the leg.
Triple H going right to that damaged leg,
misses the clothesline, and Orton with a powerslam.
Orton with a powerslam.
-He's got-- Oh, gosh. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Jerry] And Triple H able to kick out,
but I'm telling you, this is bad for Triple H.
It's got to be a huge momentum boost for Randy Orton
to see Triple H's blood.
[Ross] Maybe that's the case.
Maybe Orton's been motivated by what he's seeing, those right hands.
[Jerry] Hebner's gonna have to step in there--
[Ross] And the thing about it is Orton gets disqualified,
he may lose the match, but he would not lose his world title.
Triple H trying to connect with that clothes--
Oh, Ric Flair-like thumb to the eye, Evolution 101.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] And a dropkick, Orton.
That was instinctive, the dropkick.
Not-- It was ill-advised in the condition of Orton's knee.
Orton still going for the cover.
Will he get-- No.
Two.
[Jerry] You're right. That dropkick came purely from instinct,
but it did some damage to Orton's left leg.
[Ross] And, uh, you got to wonder, the longer--
Triple H begging off now, would like a timeout.
There's no timeouts when you're fighting for the world heavyweight title.
Triple H back in the corner for one reason.
He needs the ropes to pick himself up.
And a shot to that leg, and Orton's got to protect that left leg,
if there's any way that he can, easier said than done.
DDT!
[Jerry] That's a way to protect it right there.
[Ross] Oh, the DDT, and that may do it.
The DDT may do it.
The hook of the leg here, and the referee coming down for a three.
Orton about a-- just about a heartbeat away
from retaining the world's heavyweight title.
-[Jerry] Hmm. -[Ross] And this has, uh, certainly, uh…
deviated from wrestling.
It's more of a fight, and now--
[Jerry] Now there's a-- There's a nice wrestling hold.
Put him to sleep.
[Ross] Triple H very proficient at this sleeper hold.
[Jerry] Oh, not now.
-[Ross] And Orton counters. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Orton counters.
Triple H quickly countering back.
-[Jerry] Look at that. -[Ross] Into the suplex.
[Jerry] That's why he's The Cerebral Assassin, J.R.
[Ross] That was a great counter by both men.
Both men with almost… textbook in their counters
and their offensive attack but--
[Jerry] I'm worried that that blood is hindering the vision.
[Ross] Well, the other thing about that, the longer this match goes,
the more blood Triple H loses,
-the weaker he's gonna get. -[Jerry] Well, I know. I know that.
I'm surprised that Triple H didn't--
Hasn't put Randy Orton away a long time ago.
-[Ross] And-- -[Jerry] Oh, no, no.
-Orton's foot! -[Ross] Orton saw that coming.
A great instinctive move by the third-generation superstar.
You can't teach that.
You either have those instincts, those gut instincts, or you don't.
Orton does.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Well, what's on Orton's mind now?
Do you agree with this, J.R.?
[Ross] Well, I don't--
-[Jerry] I don't. -[Ross] If it works,
-it's a-- If it works, it's a great move. -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] But Orton is, uh, on that bad leg, somewhat unsteady.
[Jerry] High-risk move coming up.
I don't know what, but I think it's ill-advised.
[Ross] It may be all or nothing.
This could be the turning point in this match right there.
And Orton with a crossbody.
-[Jerry] He hit it. -[Ross] Can Triple H kickout?
The cover. And, oh, man, oh, man.
I couldn't see how close.
All I could see was the referee's hand coming down.
[Jerry] Well, Orton certainly thought it was a three--
He held up three fingers himself, but not to be.
Oh.
[Ross] The momentum in this match has clearly shifted
into the favor of the world's heavyweight champion,
24-year-old Randy Orton from St. Louis, Missouri.
[Jerry] I can't believe it. And speaking of momentum,
Orton knocked Triple H over those top ropes,
and Triple H's momentum took him head first
right to that retaining wall out there.
-[Ross] You know what, Orton now may-- -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] He can win this match via count out.
I don't know if The Game could get back in the ring or not.
I have no way of knowing,
but Orton certainly looking to prove a point
that he is the better man here in this one-on-one match.
-Triple H is bleeding profusely… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …and that is not going to help
that gaping laceration above the eye of the number-one contender.
[Jerry] No, it's not.
[Ross] Orton now not content with perhaps winning by count out.
Shoving The Game back into the ring,
and now Orton, what's he-- How can he capitalize?
Remember, the RKO can be hit virtually from,
well, at any time, and both men are up.
[Jerry] Well, don't count out the Pedigree.
That can be hit at any time, J.R.
[Ross] Oh, I agree. You're right.
-Triple H misses. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
-Oh, oh, no. -[Ross] And the torque on the neck,
and Orton holding his knee, but the torque on the back of the neck.
And there's a cover and that--
Oh, Orton.
You could tell by the cover that Orton just made
how much pain he's in with that knee.
[Jerry] And what about the pain that Triple H was just put in?
-I mean, his back-- -[Ross] I think--
I think that speaks for itself.
[Jerry] When he dropped there across Randy Orton,
it hurt both men, but I'm sure it hurt Triple H worse.
[Ross] I'm just trying to be objective here.
The-- Orton's cover was un-Orton-like.
He did all he could to make a cover.
And Orton now motioning The Game
-to stand up. -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
Wait, J.R., look at this.
I think that-- I think that Orton may be trying to set up The Game for an RKO here.
-[Ross] The Game on-- -[Jerry] He is.
-[Ross] And looking at-- Oh. -[Jerry] Oh.
Oh, my God. Triple H just shoved Orton right into the referee.
And referee Earl Hebner went sailing.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] And The Game now…
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[Ross] …going downstairs.
[Jerry] I knew it would-- Oh.
[Ross] And Orton, RKO.
-And it's over. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Orton, out of nowhere, countered the Pedigree.
[Jerry] Well, it can't be over, J.R.
-There's no referee. -[Ross] Right.
[crowd chatter]
Orton realizes that now.
-[Jerry] Hey, hey, hey, look at this. -[Ross] Oh, come on.
[Jerry] He'll act as the referee.
-Oh. -[Ross] Oh, but Flair,
another member of Evolution.
[Jerry] Well, he's obviously come down here
to try to referee this thing.
[Ross] Well, he's got caught-- Oh, wait a minute.
-[Jerry] Batista can referee? -[Ross] Evolution's Animal,
Batista in here now.
What the hell is--
This is supposed to be one-on-one here.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. Oh, look out. -[Ross] Oh, Batista
went to deliver the goods on Orton,
got the ring post instead and may have separated his shoulder.
[Jerry] Now who's gonna referee?
[Ross] Orton, no doubt, had this match won.
And referee's still on the outside.
Oh, got a low blow.
And if the referee had seen that, this match would be over.
But obviously, our referee is still down on the outside.
[Jerry] And our two volunteer referees that came down to try to help things out--
-[Ross] Oh, come on. -[Jerry] They're down as well.
[Ross] Volunteer referees.
Don't be ridiculous.
-[Jerry] Who's this? -[Ross] What?
Coach.
What the hell is-- Oh, come-- No! No!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] What do you mean, "no"?
Eric Bischoff must have-- Must have made Coach the referee.
[Ross] Well, that's the stupidest decision I've ever heard of.
[Jerry] Well, desperate times call for desperate measures.
[Ross] Well, what is this, a collusionary effort?
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] I thought this was
a one-on-one match.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Oh, Orton just knocked Coach,
turning his back.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
My God, what a spinebuster.
A scintillating spinebuster by Evolution's Animal.
Oh, don't tell me this is how Triple H is just gonna win the title.
This is disgusting.
-No, this is not right. -[Jerry] Whoa.
-[Ross] Yes! Yes! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No, what--
[Ross] Orton able to kick out.
[Jerry] Can't you count to three, Coach?
[Ross] Well, Coach would have counted to three
and would have been ecstatic to do so.
[Jerry] Well, you're right about a man's eyes.
Both of these-- Both of these athletes are-- eyes are glazed over,
but I got a bad feeling about the look in Triple H's eyes.
[Ross] How many bullets can Orton dodge?
Flair, Batista, now an inept referee.
"Inept"? What do you mean?
[Ross] Oh, God, Pedigree coming.
This is Pedigree time.
-[Jerry] This is it. -[Ross speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] What in the world?
-[Ross] An RKO to the Coach. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] My God, Orton.
How did he get out of that predicament?
Orton counters the Pedigree and in one motion RKOs Coach.
[Jerry] Flair's gonna have to referee.
Oh, no.
[Ross] Well, the thumb to the eye.
Orton caught Flair with a thumb to the eye.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] RKO on Flair.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] But Batista's back in.
He's the difference-maker, folks.
[Ross] Oh, my God.
Both fists below the belt.
[Jerry] Look at this, Orton.
[Ross] Orton fighting for his life,
fighting for the world's heavyweight title.
[Jerry] Fighting for his life, he's destroyed Coach, Flair and Batista.
-[Ross] Triple H with that-- -[Jerry] Well, The Game--
[Ross] With that steel chair… with a referee not even in sight.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, my God.
What a sickening thud.
The young world's champion just got his brain scrambled
by the number-one contender with as vile a chair shot
as you'll ever feel, ever see, and especially ever hear.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Orton motionless.
Oh, God this is--
Are you telling me this is what's gonna--
[Jerry] There's no referee. We got to get a referee.
[Ross] Is this how Unforgiven is gonna end?
With Triple H scrambling Orton's brains?
And now what?
-[Jerry] I don't know. -[Ross] Hell, this has turned
into a handicap match, King,
-sanctioned by the general manager. -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, look at this.
-I think Triple H wants to put… -[Ross] Oh, no.
-[Jerry] …an exclamation point on him. -[Ross] Oh, no, don't do this.
-Don't-- Oh, my God. -[Jerry] Yes.
The Pedigree on the steel chair.
Orton's head driven viciously into that steel chair,
and Triple H getting rid of the evidence, but there's still no referee.
[Jerry] Here's the ref.
[Ross] Batista throws Hebner in the ring.
Orton's been pedigreed with a chair.
Kickout, kickout.
-[Jerry] It's over. -[Ross] Oh, my God,
-I can't believe this. -[bell ringing]
-[Jerry] It's over. A new world champion. -["The Game" playing]
[Lilián] Here is your winner,
and the new World Heavyweight Champion,
Triple H.
[Ross] The actions of Evolution were absolutely criminal.
This turned into a damn handicap match.
Flair, Batista, the referee,
and look at Triple H.
-[Jerry] The man of destiny. -[Ross] He can't--
[Jerry] No, he's the man of destiny, J.R.
It was Triple H's destiny to win here at Unforgiven,
to become once again-- nine-time world champion.
[Ross] Oh, cut the-- King, come on.
For God-- You got to be realistic.
Think about this.
Bischoff sending Coach down.
-[Jerry] Right. -[Ross] That was wrong.
Ric Flair getting involved, Batista getting involved.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Ross] Triple H shoving Randy Orton
into referee Earl Hebner to take him out.
[Jerry] All of those things happening, combining, means one thing, J.R., destiny.
It was Triple H's destiny to win.
[Ross] Uh, destiny-- destiny my Oklahoma ass!
-[Jerry] Hey, hey, hey. -[Ross] Triple H did not win
-the world heavyweight title here tonight. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Triple H stole the world heavyweight title
here at Unforgiven.
And, by God, I don't think Triple H can beat Orton one-on-one.
It sure as hell wasn't one-on-one tonight.
[Jerry] Well, I don't know if I'd say that, J.R.
Look at that, that's a beaten man if I've ever seen one.
[Ross] And there's the three reasons why.
Evolution saved The Game's ass.
-Triple H did not win this world title. -[Jerry] No, you're wrong, no.
[Ross] He did not win his ninth world title.
[Jerry] No, you're wrong.
He is the champion.
He's the man. It's destiny.
[Ross] We're about to make three world title belts
and give one to everybody in Evolution,
because it took all of Evolution to beat Randy Orton here tonight.
Orton did everything he physically could.
This was absolutely obscene.
What a repulsive turn of events.
What a way for Orton to lose a world title,
-get it stolen from him. -[Jerry] Let me-- Let me show you
how it's the big league of destiny, J.R.
-[chair thuds loudly] -[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
Orton was destined to have his brain smashed in
by Triple H tonight.
-[chair thuds loudly] -[Jerry] Listen to that.
And then, as if that wasn't enough…
[Ross] On the chair.
[Jerry] Oh, it was destiny.
It was destined to end this way after the spit in the face,
the face in the chair.
[Ross] Batista throwing the referee in the ring.
I don't know if the referee could even see the shoulders.
-[Jerry] Oh, yeah, he saw the shoulders. -[Ross] Oh, yeah, you know that.
-Sure you would. -[Jerry] And it was destiny
that Triple H would be crowned the new world champion tonight.
[Ross] This is absolutely unpardonable.
Evolution has stolen
the world heavyweight title from Randy Orton.
The title's been stolen.
God Almighty.
["The Game" continues] .