[dramatic music]
[narrator] The World Wrestling Entertainment,
for over 50 years, the revolutionary force
in sports entertainment.
[narrator 1] What does it mean to be
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion?
For Shawn Michaels, the most flamboyant,
courageous, athletic champion ever,
it undoubtedly meant the world.
Tonight, four men, four superstar athletes consumed
by the quest to become champion,
will battle in one dangerous, no holds barred match,
four men with bitter scores to settle,
four men who, in times of desperation,
were not quite the role models we once adored.
And most importantly, because of a cruel twist of destiny,
they are four men fighting for the title, willing to go
to any extreme to claim victory,
willing to sacrifice it all to become champion.
Tonight, Western Union, the fastest way
to send money worldwide, presents
WWE In Your House, Final Four.
[upbeat music]
[rock music]
[J.R.] Hello, everybody, and welcome to In Your House.
We are live in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
where tonight a new WWE Champion will be crowned.
Hi, again, everybody.
I'm Jim Ross, alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler.
And, King, as the "Wildman" Marc Mero and Sable make
their way to the ring, it'll be the Wildman
and Leif Cassidy one-on-one.
It's a guarantee somebody's leaving
on that Chattanooga choo-choo with a gold around their waist.
Oh, without a doubt.
You heard it said before, Shawn Michaels, the WWE title meant
the world to him, but Shawn Michaels' world as the champion
has come to an end.
But his adversity means opportunity
for four other superstars.
And tonight we're going to find out which one can
cash in on that opportunity.
Well, this is a huge event and it'll be broadcast
all around the world.
As a matter of fact, our Spanish broadcasters,
there you see them, Carlos Cabrera.
[speaking Spanish]
[J.R.] All right, thank you very much gentlemen.
Plus, tonight we're going to be broadcasting in France.
There's Ray Rougeau and Jean Brassard.
[speaking French]
[J.R.] Oh, we've got some fireworks.
And we are all over the world.
Here in the World Wrestling Entertainment,
we're so happy you're with us here on pay-per-view.
[upbeat music]
"Wildman" Marc Mero, one-on-one with Leif Cassidy on a night
where a new WWE Champion will leave Chattanooga,
Tennessee, as the man.
I tell you, King, the Wild Man, known for his high flying
aerial offensive abilities.
Leif Cassidy told me before we went on the air--
there's the beautiful Sable--
that he was going to try to mat Russell, the Wildman.
He was going to try to use some submission maneuvers
on "Wildman" Marc Mero.
I think that's pretty sound strategy.
[King] Well, if he can keep Marc Mero grounded,
it may work, but-- whoa, did you see that?
[cheering]
Leif Cassidy just slapped the taste out of Marc Mero's mouth.
[J.R.] And Mero, the former amateur boxing great,
retaliates here.
[King] Whoa.
[J.R.] Armdrag takedown by "Wildman" Marc Mero.
And, again, Mero, the quicker of the two athletes here.
Mero oftentimes takes inordinate chances,
sometimes unnecessary chances, in his hopes of--
of hitting that home run, shall we say?
[King] Well, you know what?
He ought to take a look at Shawn Michaels right now
and see what that'll get him.
All of these guys would love to dive through the ropes,
dive off the top ropes backwards,
moonsaults, plunges, all of this kind of stuff.
Where's it going to get you?
It's going to get you in a hospital somewhere.
I say stick-- stick to the ground attack.
-Ow! -[J.R.] What's that?
That's a King style.
No doubt about it.
That ground-- ground chuck.
-[King] It's worked for me. -[J.R.] That's right.
Wrist lock applied by the Wildman.
And modified fireman carry takeover
right into the armbar, trying to put pressure on the elbow
joint there of Leif Cassidy.
So thus far, it has been the Wildman
showing us a ground attack.
Remember, three titles on the line here tonight.
And one is a guarantee.
Woo, going to happen.
The most coveted prize in the WWE will be decided tonight.
And the Wildman has been very,
very aggressive in recent weeks.
Little shove of the referee there,
as Leif Cassidy tries to distance
himself from the Wildman.
[King] A little hair pulling from the Wildman.
Get on him, ref.
-Tell him about it. -[J.R.] And look--
[King] Look at that--
there you go.
[J.R.] Leif Cassidy pulling the Wildman outside
and ramming the knee right on the edge of the apron there.
And Cassidy, it looks like he's going
to focus on that left knee of the Wild-- whoa, Sable just--
[King] Hey, is she crazy?
[J.R.] Well, the last time we saw Sable on Superstars,
she had enough courage to kick The Undertaker.
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] And Mero with a double sledge right off the apron,
knocking Cassidy down.
And a hard right hand.
[shouting]
Mero, a former New York State Golden Gloves boxing champion,
pretty handy with his dukes.
[King] Well, ordinarily, I'd say Sable being at ringside
is a major distraction.
But whoa, look out!
[J.R.] Great move there by Mero.
[King] That could be it.
[J.R.] 1, 2, and the first fall of the contest belongs
to "Wildman" Marc Mero.
Little high-risk maneuver coming
over the top with a leg drop.
[shouting]
Well, Wildman lecturing Leif Cassidy not to have
any interaction with Sable.
[King] Well, don't sell Leif Cassidy short.
If Sable messes with him, she'll be wearing
those sunglasses of hers
to cover up her two black eyes.
[J.R.] Well, I would hope not.
I hope he's got a little bit more class than that.
Reversal of the Irish whip. [King] Ooh!
[J.R.] Oh, there's a drop kick right to the knee joint.
[King] Yes, a good move.
[J.R.] A very unique move.
Look it, Mero's limping.
And another dropkick right to the knee now.
[King] That's part of the strategy
that you said Leif Cassidy was going to use tonight.
He's going to keep Marc Mero grounded.
That'll do it right there.
[J.R.] Cassidy now with a kick right to the hamstring,
focusing on the left leg of "Wildman" Marc Mero.
Grounding air Mero, if you will.
[King] Take those legs out from under him,
he won't be able to climb to that top rope.
[J.R.] Cassidy showing that mean streak.
Leif Cassidy, one of the most underrated competitors,
at least in my view, here in the World
Wrestling Entertainment.
[King] Get on him.
[J.R.] Cassidy not wasting any time.
Mero's trying to fight his way out of the corner
with those right hands.
But, again, Cassidy knows exactly what he wants to do,
and that is to incapacitate the knee,
the leg, and destroy the vertical base of "Wildman"
Marc Mero.
[King] And it's working.
Look at this.
-Ooh. -[J.R.] Oh, good move there.
Submission maneuver.
Almost a leg lace, trying to hyperextend
the-- the knee there.
And Mero's in a tough predicament.
[King] Come on, ref.
I think he's giving up.
[J.R.] Look at the position of the ankle, Leif Cassidy using
that as his base and then twisting
on the knee against the grain.
And Mero in the center of the ring, King,
not-- not near enough to the ropes for the Wildman,
one would assume.
[King] Well, watch this. Trying to counter.
[shouting]
[cheering]
Whoa, leg drop of his own there from Leif Cassidy.
[J.R.] Nice move by Cassidy.
And, again, Cassidy being a little preoccupied with Sable.
Well, some view, I guess this would be an upset
if Cassidy wins this one.
Certainly wouldn't be shocking to me.
-And there, again. -[King] Wow!
[J.R.] That's a good move.
Good solid game plan by Leif Cassidy.
No wasted motion.
Focusing on the leg.
Maybe setting Mero up for some sort of submission maneuver.
And, again, Mero using that--
those educated fists, trying to fight his way out
of this predicament.
[King] Well, I think if Leif Cassidy can emerge victorious,
it'll be certainly a feather in his cap
because it's two against one, as it is here.
[J.R.] How do you figure that?
[King] Well, Sable, part Mero.
[applause]
She threw a punch in there.
I think I saw her ball her fist up and hit him.
[J.R.] Nice positioning there by Leif Cassidy.
And-- and "Wildman" Marc Mero, desperately trying to fight
out of this situation.
Again, Mero is like a-- he's like a fast breaking-- oh, my.
There's another leg lace.
[King] Man.
[J.R.] And hooking that ankle and taking that knee as well.
A great submission maneuver here.
[Wrestler 1] Get her back.
[King] Read his lips.
I think he's saying he's giving up.
See, Sable gets the referee's attention,
where he can't-- the referee then
can't hear Marc Mero give up.
[J.R.] Good grappling style by Leif Cassidy.
And Mero desperately holds the rope.
That's going to get a-- the break, but Mero's in trouble.
"Wildman" Marc Mero is in serious trouble.
Hey, Sable.
[J.R.] And Leif Cassidy has shown great focus and--
in this match-up thus far.
[King] Yeah, but he's making a big mistake.
He needs to forget about Sable.
Sure, she looks good, but forget it.
What's the deal with those shades tonight?
[J.R.] I have no idea.
[shouting]
Mero trying to fight back.
The Wildman's not going to quit on you, I tell you that.
Snap Mero takeover.
[King] I guess Sable thinks her future's so bright,
she's got to wear her sunglasses at night.
What do you say, Mero, huh?
You want to give it up?
[King] I'll tell you what, if he continues the pressure right
here on the leg of Marc Mero, he's going to have to give up.
Put the pressure to the knee.
Twist that ankle.
[applause]
I-- Ross, I swear I hear Sable give it up.
He's submitting.
[cheering]
Come on, ref.
[J.R.] Sable trying to encourage the Wildman here.
But Mero, as you can see, clearly in trouble,
dragging his left leg, using the ropes to hold himself up.
Mero kicking with his right leg.
And there's a hard right hook.
[King] Yes.
[J.R.] That found its mark one more time,
the referee admonishing Mero, but to no avail.
And Mero with an attempted enzuigiri
that caught Cassidy high on the shoulder.
[King] Luckily, it didn't get him in the back of the head.
[J.R.] Mero, a former Intercontinental champion.
[King] Look at this.
[J.R.] Nice move by Mero.
Three quarter Nelson into another near-fall situation.
Mero does not have, at this point,
any more of that explosive quickness.
And, again, Cassidy focusing on that knee.
Good game plan.
And now--
[King] Here we go, Figure-Four!
[J.R.] Figure-Four Leglock.
[King] Look at him!
He's screaming, I give, I give, I give!
[J.R.] This move created by "Nature Boy"
Buddy Rogers about four decades ago and has stood the test
of time, putting pressure on seven different
points of the lower anatomy.
And unless Mero can get to the ropes,
I got a feeling he' going to either give
up or have his leg broken.
[King] That'd be neat, wouldn't it?
[laughs] [J.R.] Yes, it would be neat.
[King] Come on, put the pressure.
Then we'd have Shawn Michaels on the shelf, Marc Mero
hobbling around on crutches.
[J.R.] Sable pushing that bottom rope
in to give Mero a little unfair advantage, quite frankly.
[King] What a cheater.
[J.R.] An advantage, nonetheless.
[King] I'm in shock.
Hey, what are you doing?
Come on.
[King] I don't-- I don't blame you, Leif.
I've had enough too.
[shouting]
[J.R.] And Leif Cassidy verbally admonishing Sable.
[King] Wait, never hit a girl with glasses.
Oh!
[J.R.] Oh, boy.
What a-- you can hear that one here at the UTC Arena.
[cheering]
[King] Hey, she-- she started--
[J.R.] Threw the crossbody between the second and
third rope.
[cheering]
Mero and Sable showing a lot of oppression here.
[King] Did you see that?
[J.R.] Wildman fighting back.
[King] This is not fair. Sable set him up.
Did you see that, Ross? [J.R.] I saw it.
Yeah, I saw it.
[King] I can't believe it.
Oh.
[J.R.] Mero now showing some flashes of offense.
It's not high risk.
It's that ground attack.
But I'm not so sure Mero can create any offense off the top.
Oh, my.
[King] Ow.
[J.R.] Leif Cassidy's in trouble here.
[cheering]
His head rammed into the turnbuckle.
There's a Samoan drop by "Wildman" Marc Mero.
[cheering]
[King] Uh-oh.
[J.R.] He's signaling for the Wild Thing.
[King] Uh-oh.
Yeah, but is his leg capable of making the climb?
[J.R.] Mero's version of the shooting star press.
[King] He misses this, Ross, he'll kill himself now.
-[laughs] -[J.R.] You talk about high risk.
It's all or nothing here.
[King] Leif, move!
-[J.R.] He got it! -[King] Oh, no.
[J.R.] Mero caught it.
[cheering]
And the Wildman wins it.
A hard-fought victory for "Wildman" Marc Mero,
but a victory, nonetheless.
[announcer] Marc Mero!
[rock music]
[J.R.] I tell you, Sable is showing a--
she got her glasses on, a little different look.
[King] Well, I'll tell you what,
if she'd have tried that with me,
it'd have been a different story.
My motto is, though, never hit a woman with glasses on.
Never hit a woman with glasses.
Always use your fist.
[J.R.] We're going to take you back, ladies and gentlemen.
And right here, you see--
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] Leif Cassidy was distracted.
[King] That's where she set him up.
[J.R.] And the Wildman took advantage of the opportunity,
hammered those right hands.
And Mero having a lot of trouble even standing
before Mero could hit that--
that tremendous maneuver off the top rope.
Look at the Wild Thing here, King.
All or nothing.
[King] I was hoping that leg would give out.
[J.R.] Tremendous maneuver by "Wildman" Marc Mero.
And let's take one more look right here.
Look.
[King] Now she's saying, just leave me alone.
Just, look it.
She sucker punched him.
[J.R.] Well, she certainly got Leif Cassidy's attention.
[King] Get her. Oh, man.
-[J.R.] And Leif-- -[King] There's a setup.
[J.R.] --concentration.
And that may have cost Leif Cassidy the match.
What?
That's-- that's the honk-- here comes The Honky Tonk Man.
[King] The Honky Tonk Man!
[laughs]
[J.R.] I have no idea what The Honky Tonk Man is up to.
But one thing I know for sure, we no longer
have a World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
Thursday night.
In a shocking announcement, Shawn Michaels
surrendered the WWE title due to a serious knee injury.
Let's take you back to Thursday RAW!
Thursday.
Over the last couple of months,
there's been a lot of talk of people having bad attitudes
and a lot revolving around this belt.
All I know today is that one thing
that's not going to revolve around
this belt for a long time is--
is going to be Shawn Michaels.
I don't know where I'm at right now.
I have to--
I have to have everything checked.
I may have-- I may be beyond reconstructive knee surgery.
I may or may not be able to fix it.
But if I can't come back and perform at the level
that I performed at before, I can't--
I can't perform.
I can't come out here and just go half ass.
I have to come out here, and I have to romp and stomp,
and I have to get tossed around.
I have to toss people around, and I have to have fun.
I have a schedule over the last year I took on because I didn't
feel like I could say no.
I wanted to do everything.
I wanted to enjoy my life as the WWE Champion.
I wanted to--
I wanted to ride in lear jets,
and I wanted to ride in limousines, and I wanted to be on TV shows,
and I wanted to do autograph sessions.
And-- and I got to do every bit of that.
And if nothing else, I have all of that at stake with me.
But, again-- and I know right now
we're in the middle of a time where
toughness is real big here in the World
Wrestling Entertainment.
And, unfortunately, all I've got right now
for you is a lot of sorrow, a lot of tears,
and a lot of emotion.
I don't have any toughness for anybody.
So I guess, you know, here you go.
-Here's your belt. -[cheering]
And what I'm going to do is go back home and
see what's left for me, whether it be in this ring,
whether it be out of this ring.
I know that over the last several months,
I've lost a lot of things.
And one of them has been my smile.
And-- and I know it doesn't mean
a whole lot to everybody else, but it means a lot to me.
So I have to go back, and fix myself, and
take care of myself.
And I have to go back and I have
to find my smile because, somewhere along the line,
I lost it.
And I don't care, really--
I don't care if it's unpopular.
I don't care if people want to make fun of me
because I'm an emotional guy.
But this is-- this is all I've ever wanted to do.
And over the last year, I got to do it.
And whether you like me or not,
I just want to tell you that last year was the most
wonderful year of my life.
And if I never do-- get to do it again,
it'll be OK because I got to live one
full year as being the number one guy in this business.
And it was the single most greatest year of my life.
And I have you to thank.
And I have everybody here to thank.
And it means a lot to me.
And I'm going to go home now, OK?
[cheering]
[J.R.] What an emotional moment in the history
of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
What a class act is Shawn Michaels.
And then later on Thursday RAW!
Thursday, President Gorilla Monsoon
had no choice but to raise the stakes in tonight's
Final Four match up.
It's a golden opportunity for everyone involved
in the Final Four because, in that Final Four match,
whomever is crowned victorious now
will be the new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[upbeat music]
[Interviewer] Steve Austin, The Undertaker,
the man they call Vader.
Whoever wins knows that tomorrow night,
they have to go right in and, on Monday Night RAW,
face this man.
He looks like he's ready to go right now, Sycho Sid.
A little bit more than 24 hours away.
That's not too much time.
Time!
Time is the word I did not want to hear!
See, time ran out for you, Shawn Michaels!
And, yes, I am sad for you,
but I did not get my chance to get my belt back on Thursday night!
But see, time sometimes turns out to be funny.
This time, it says it's original.
It's something different.
So my time will come on the beginning of a new time
for Monday Night RAW!
So the ultimate price will be paid by the winner
of the Final Four.
You have to meet the man, yeah.
And then it is time.
It is time to give me back what is mine.
For I am the man.
I am the master and the ruler of the world.
♪ Oh, Flash, you are so funky ♪
[J.R.] Wow.
♪ Yes ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Flash ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Flash your back ♪
♪ The way you love your ladies ♪
♪ Make em all feel fine ♪
♪ Ooh, Flash ♪
♪ Get back ♪
♪ There are other ladies waiting ♪
♪ And I'm standing first in line ♪
♪ Flash, it's time To bring your name around ♪
♪ Flash, I told you I'd Have burned it down ♪
♪ Flash Funk ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Flash Funk, Funk ♪
♪ You boogie ♪
♪ Flash Funk ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Flash Funk, Funk ♪
♪ You boogie ♪
♪ Flash, you got the moves that make me crazy ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ When you walk in that way ♪
♪ Walk that way ♪
♪ Flash, you know that I would ♪
♪ Be your one and only baby ♪
♪ Just me ♪
♪ Look my way ♪
♪ Here now, Flash ♪
♪ Flash, it's time To bring your limo round ♪
♪ Yes, Flash ♪
♪ Flash will show you How to boogie down ♪
♪ Boogie down ♪
♪ Flash Funk ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Come on, baby ♪
♪ Flash Funk, Funk ♪
♪ You boogie ♪
[J.R.] What a sizzling entrance by Flash Funk
and the Funkettes.
No doubt Sycho Sid is ready for a war tomorrow night on RAW.
[gunshot]
Flash Funk got a big score to settle,
the Nation of Domination.
[stadium announcements]
We'll talk about that as this match progresses.
But so does Bart Gunn.
[upbeat music]
You know-- you know, King, Bart Gunn several weeks ago on RAW,
you and I were there, took on Faarooq one-on-one.
And you see right here, Bart Gunn
looked as if he had the match won with a Bulldog Headlock.
But look at that-- that gang out there, that pack of dogs.
[King] That's right.
You said the key word, Jim Ross, one-on-one.
When you're dealing with the Nation, it's never one-on-one.
You got to face them all.
And Bart was doing a pretty good job.
[J.R.] And then from behind, from behind, came--
came Faarooq, and then Faarooq with a Dominator.
[King] Oh.
[J.R.] There are strength in numbers.
There's no doubt about that.
[announcer] Accompanied down the aisle by Maivia
from Hollywood, California.
[dramatic music]
Goldust!
[J.R.] Former Intercontinental Champion,
Goldust, whose popularity is--
well, it's-- it's getting to be a little
bit overwhelming in some parts of the country, King.
[King] Yeah, it's not very popular with me.
[J.R.] How about in Memphis?
Is it popular in Memphis?
Are you popular in Memphis?
[King] Yeah, I am, but he's not very
popular around my neighborhood.
[J.R.] Well, Goldust and Crush had quite an encounter
about two weeks ago on RAW.
You know, 25,000 fans in the Toronto SkyDome.
Goldust had this match won.
No doubt about it.
Curtain call, referee did not see Savio Vega's cheap shot,
that spinning heel kick in the back of the head.
And then we see the heart punch.
[King] Oh, yeah, well, when are these idiots going
to wise up and realize, when you're
dealing with the Nation of Domination, watch your back?
Watch your back!
[J.R.] So all three men, Goldust, Flash Funk, and Bart Gunn,
have scores to settle.
[King] Whoa.
♪ We are the Nation of Domination ♪
♪ We're the nation ♪
♪ By Brandon Cutler ♪
♪ Don't diss The band cause we're ♪
♪ going to rush your Mother ♪
♪ Listen what I'm saying ♪
♪ It's for real ♪
♪ Not playing ♪
♪ Faarooq is the man ♪
♪ So hit your knees and start praying ♪
[J.R.] Well, where are they? ♪ We are the nation ♪
[King] Well, I was about to ask you.
[J.R.] I have no idea.
We're looking down the entrance area.
Wait a minute. Where are they?
Here they come down the stands.
[King] Maybe they've had a national-- what?
♪ Cut the power ♪ ♪ Light the band ♪
♪ But quick like the cat ♪
♪ Put two and two together ♪
♪ Feel your bass on the map ♪
♪ You count the stars ♪
♪ While the ref counts three ♪
♪ Hope you like The looking ceilings ♪
♪ Cause that's all You're going to see ♪
[booing]
[J.R.] Quite the entourage here.
♪ Domination ♪
♪ We are the nation ♪
♪ In through the shadows ♪
♪ You want to get dropped ♪
♪ The boys from the hood Are on the M-I-C ♪
♪ Spitting out the lyrics ♪
♪ Jason ♪
♪ It won't be declared ♪
♪ Jason is the boss ♪
♪ He tells the truth ♪
♪ The whole truth ♪
♪ And never tells a lie ♪
♪ We are the Nation Of Domination ♪
[King] There's JC Ice and Wolfie D.
I know those punks personally.
♪ We about to turn it up ♪
[J.R.] They're from a bad neighborhood.
[wrestler 2] The Nation of Domination is in your house!
[wrestler 3] All I got to say for you suckers is hit
your knees and start praying.
[Wrestler 2] Salute the nation of domination!
[J.R.] I think the nation has had a population explosion.
[Wrestler 3] Chattanooga, Tennessee, get on your knees
and salute the man they call Faarooq,
the leader of a nation!
♪ Domination ♪
♪ We are the Nation Of Domination ♪
Always remember, by any means necessary!
♪ Nation of Domination ♪
[J.R.] Well, I don't agree with him philosophically,
but you got to be impressed with the three athletes
that we'll see compete here momentarily.
You people, listen up to the leader of the nation.
[J.R.] We got a great-- a huge crowd here in the UTC Arena.
I've been here many times, King.
[King] Yeah.
[J.R.] I've never seen a crowd this big in the UTC Arena,
the home of the MOCS.
[King] Home of the what?
[J.R.] MOCS.
[King] First time I've ever seen an athletic team
named after Native American footwear.
-[J.R.] Well, Moc-- -[King] Moccasins.
[J.R.] Never mind.
And this should be a very volatile match-up.
The Nation of Domination will be surrounding
the ring, more or less.
Anytime you see a six-man tag match up, it's chaotic at--
at best.
-Wait a minute, he's not-- -[J.R.] Oh, yeah,
the leader now has got something to say.
-He wants his mic turned-- -[King] Look out!
[J.R.] Well, Goldust just said, I think
-we've heard enough talking. -[King] Yeah.
[J.R.] Let's get to fighting. And that's what we got here.
The fight has started.
All six men in there.
And I don't envy the job that this referee has.
[King] Looks like a little Royal Rumble so far.
[J.R.] Well, the-- the Nation has had a--
a rough and rocky road here getting started.
And Flash Funk--
[King] No, look out!
[J.R.] Oh my gosh!
[cheering] Well, hangtime!
[King] Unbelievable!
[J.R.] Michael Jordan liked hangtime by Flash Funk
and from behind.
Look at these guys.
-They're like ravaged dogs. -[King] I told you.
Watch your back!
[J.R.] ...the outside.
Faarooq hammering away at Goldust.
These men know each other well.
[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] And Faarooq-- look at this.
Look at this, King. Look at the hangtime.
[King] Unbelievable.
[J.R.] Look at the great elevation.
What a way to start this match up.
[King] Took all three of them down.
[J.R.] Flash Funk gets a tag.
He's in there against the--
without a doubt, the leader.
And he is the man in the Nation of Domination.
And oh, uh-oh, spinebuster slam.
Looked like Flash may have been going for a hurricanrana,
but he got caught in mid-air.
[King] Like you said, whether you like these guys or not,
you got to respect their size.
Look how big Faarooq is.
He's a monster.
[J.R.] Savio Vega in.
Savio Vega, the Puerto Rican star
who surprised us all by joining the Nation of Domination.
Ooh.
Folks, you're going to want to listen
to this next double feature.
Oh, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Right here, up on top.
[King] We have a triple feature.
[J.R.] Right.
Off the top.
Crush going for the cover! [King] Look out!
[J.R.] It's over. No, it's not over.
[King] Watch your back.
[J.R.] Crush interrupts the count.
Bart Gunn intercepts the crush.
[King] Oh.
Nice standing dropkick.
[J.R.] Oh.
[King] This Flash can get up in the air, can't he?
What's this?
2.
[J.R.] What?
[cheering]
Great elevation!
What teamwork!
[King] Yeah, but look!
[chatter]
[J.R.] Oh, that was--
obviously not.
It was a calculated risk by Flash Funk
to be elevated right into that pack.
[King] Bart-- Bart threw his partner to the wolves.
Come on, let's go.
[J.R.] Savio Vega disappointed a lot
of folks when he joined the Nation of Domination,
I'll tell you that.
[groans]
[J.R.] Nice elevation in that back body drop.
One would assume that the Nation of Domination
will have the advantage in this match-up
as far as the teamwork and continuity is concerned.
[shouting]
Look at this jailbird.
I mean, look at this Big--
[King] Hey.
[J.R.] I'm sorry, this big 6', 8", 300 pounder.
Belly-to-belly suplex.
[King] Listen to these people chanting jailbird.
-Crush-- -[J.R.] A cover, 1, 2.
[King] Crush has assured me that he
never actually went to jail.
But then one day, we went shopping in the mall
and he tried to pay for everything in cigarettes.
[J.R.] Well, he's--
I don't know if he's ever charged,
but I guess he didn't go into his past.
That's to be left there.
[King] Whatever.
He's paid his debt to society.
[J.R.] Hard right hand by Faarooq, who is an animal.
How about that old country ass hicks?
[J.R.] And what Faarooq has done to Ahmed Johnson,
Ahmed Johnson has been in the hospital
in Lowell, Massachusetts, the last several days thanks
to Faarooq.
Right here is a Southern Black redneck right here, huh?
[J.R.] Very distasteful remarks by Faarooq.
Certainly, his opinion and no one else's.
[shouting]
Ahmed Johnson just hammered with a 2 by 4!
[King] Oh!
[laughs]
[cheering]
[J.R.] That's one of those mama sang bass,
Faarooq sang tenor moves.
[King] It'll be called Faarooq from now on.
[J.R.] Tag made now.
And Savio Vega taking his time.
Certainly doesn't want Flash Funk to make a tag
to Goldust or to Bart Gunn.
[King] Look out.
[shouting]
[J.R.] And look at the double team.
Hey, ref, there's a mugging going on behind you.
They're robbing the bank here.
Spike piledriver should be all.
[wrestler 3] Take him out.
Kick him out.
[J.R.] Well, ref--
1, 2, and Flash Funk gets the right shoulder off the canvas.
[King] You know what, Ross? You need to quit whining.
[J.R.] Whining?
Was I whining?
There's a little bit of a poor officiating there.
[King] Well, yeah, yeah, you're screaming, yeah, come on ref,
look it, there's a mugging going on.
[wrestler 4] Come on!
[King] Be unbiased in your commentary.
[J.R.] All right, I'll try, King, if I can.
[King] Get him, boys!
Oh, what?
What in the world?
[J.R.] What a counter by Flash.
Clotheslines!
[cheering]
[King] What a move!
[J.R.] In stereo, Flash getting funky with Savio and Faarooq.
This match has been continuous offense thus far.
[cheering]
Certainly want to wish our best to Ahmed Johnson.
We'll know more about Ahmed Johnson tomorrow.
Maybe Ahmed will be able to be with us in Nashville on "RAW"
tomorrow night. [King] Wrong corner.
[J.R.] And there's a tag.
[cheering]
That Big Texan got a--
he's got that.
Oh, what a southpaw.
Bart Gunn trying to fight fire with fire, as the old
cliche goes.
And there's a powerslam.
Bart Gunn drilled it.
And a two count.
And Savio Vega interrupts the count again.
[cheering]
[King] Uh-oh.
Got a free for all going now.
[shouting]
[J.R.] Well, all six of them in there.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Crush knocked down by Flash Funk.
Marshall-- [King] Look at this!
Look at this!
Faarooq was going for the Dominator,
but Bart went over the top rope.
Look out!
[J.R.] And the Bulldog off the top!
[cheering]
Bart Gunn's got the match won!
Bart Gunn has got the match won!
-[King] No! -[J.R.] On the back of the head.
[King] You got to watch your back at all times!
[J.R.] What a leg drop from the back of the head!
And the Nation of Domination are going to steal this one.
♪ We are the nation Of domination ♪
[announcer] Here are your winners,
the Nation of Domination.
♪ Domination ♪
[J.R.] Well, the Nation of Domination
have won this Six-Man Tag Team Match match-up.
But somewhere down the road, King,
there's going to be hell to pay when
Faarooq and Ahmed Johnson go one-on-one to settle the score.
Unbelievable.
[J.R.] Oh, he is. He's a great athlete.
There's no doubt about it.
Three titles decided tonight.
Plus, it's a guarantee in the WWE title match up.
And Dok Hendrix is standing by with a man
that many think will be the next WWE Champion.
What you need is to succeed just for yourself.
You don't have any other agendas,
but I would imagine it has to concern you
that all three of your opponents in the Final Four match
you don't hold a clear cut victory over any of them.
So I guess you're going to sit there and tell me the Royal
Rumble wasn't a main event, wasn't a main pay-per-view last
month when I threw three pieces of trash, Vader,
The Undertaker, and Bret "The Hitman"
Hart, over the top rope?
To me, jackass, that constitutes a clear cut
victory, as you want to call it, over those three guys,
I did it once.
I'll do it again.
The whole thing is Gorilla Monsoon says
I didn't win the Royal Rumble.
The whole world saw me win the Royal Rumble
because we don't have the instant replay rule in
effect here.
The bottom line is you work in the office.
You've got a conspiracy against me,
just like Vince McMahon, Gorilla Monsoon, everybody.
It's all a part of the bureaucratic BS and politics
that's held Stone Cold Steve Austin
back for seven long years.
But the bottom line is this, Dok,
I will win the Final Four today,
and I will be the World Wrestling
Entertainment Champion.
And you can count on it, you piece of trash.
All right, well, back-- back to you guys at ringside.
-[classical music] -[J.R.] OK.
OK, Doc.
Well, Stone Cold certainly in the right frame of mind.
And Hunter Hearst Helmsley has got to be
thinking about one thing.
That's becoming the Intercontinental Champion
one more time here.
We're going to take you back to Thursday RAW!
Thursday, folks, and show you how it all happened.
We're here in Lowell, Massachusetts.
A capacity crowd.
It was sold out for days when that young man, Rocky Maivia,
had the opportunity of a lifetime.
And, King, it looked as if, to me,
that Helmsley took this match a little bit for granted.
[King] Well, why shouldn't he?
Rocky Maivia is no big deal.
Look at this.
Hunter handled him with ease.
And-- and I guess that may have been a slight mistake
on the part of Hunter because, you know,
I guess he thought it was going to be a walk in the park.
But the longer the match went, the more-- that more
that Rocky Maivia was able to just hang
on by the skin of his teeth.
[J.R.] Well--
[King] I guess maybe-- maybe Hunter wore down a little bit.
[J.R.] I think Helmsley got overconfident.
I think he's arrogant.
I think he's conceited.
He's a rich guy from Greenwich, Connecticut, that thinks
the world owes him something.
And then you see right here, a good, solid, basic
wrestling maneuver.
Inside cradle, as old as they come.
Great execution.
[King] And look, Rocky Maivia was holding the tights
of Hunter Hearst Helmsley!
I saw it!
[J.R.] He wasn't holding any tights.
He's holding the Intercontinental Championship.
Rocky Maivia of the young one of great heritage.
[upbeat music]
Here, there's Rocky right there.
[cheering]
-[King] I can't believe that. -[J.R.] What an athlete.
[bell rings]
[announcer] Coming down the aisle, from the South Pacifics,
weighing 275 pounds, here is the new World
Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Rocky Maivia!
[J.R.] What a crowd here in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Thanks for being with us, everybody,
on pay-per-view around the world.
This is the World Wrestling Entertainment
in this contest for the Intercontinental Championship.
And, King, is your prediction, you talked to me
about earlier today, that Rocky Maivia
is going to be a short-lived Intercontinental Champion?
You're still holding to your guns?
[King] You're not kidding, Ross.
Flash in the pan, that's what he's going to go down as.
I promise you.
Look at Hunter Hearst Helmsley standing there.
You know, he told me you can improve
your posture by walking around with your nose in the air.
It's worked for Hunter, and he will
be the Intercontinental Champion
in just a very short time. Check your watch.
Put a stopwatch on it.
It's not going to take long.
[J.R.] I'm sure Helmsley will compete
with a little different demeanor
here in this contest compared to what we saw on Thursday
night, on Thursday RAW!
Thursday.
Side headlock by Helmsley.
Helmsley goes about 6' 4."
Maivia, close to 6' 5."
[shouting]
[King] Yeah, I was--
I was appalled sitting there next to you
and Vince McMahon, talking about-- all you wanted to do
was sing the praises of Rocky Maivia.
Big deal.
[J.R.] Rocky-- Rocky missed the drop toehold.
And Helmsley countered a drop toehold of his own.
And look at this.
[King] Right.
[J.R.] Helmsley trying to frustrate, anger, Rocky Maivia,
the young rookie.
And I'm serious, mom and dad, Rocky Johnson
and the missus watching back down in Tampa, Florida.
[King] I think they're one of those couples that's only got
the rabbit ear antennas too.
They'll probably have to have the results phoned into them.
[J.R.] Side headlock by Rocky Maivia,
the grandson of the late high chief, Peter Maivia.
[King] Where is he watching from?
[J.R.] I'm sure in the-- that big arena in the sky.
[King] I bet it's real warm.
[chatter]
[J.R.] Nice counter there. I doubt it.
Nice counter move there by Maivia.
[shouting]
[King] Whoa, look out.
[J.R.] Nothing but RAW power there.
-[King] Or tight pulling. -[J.R.] And goes upside--
upstairs.
[King] Look it!
[J.R.] Arm drag, hairpulling.
Dropkick and then the arm drag.
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] Another little page out of the Helmsley book of etiquette.
[King] Oh, that little punk is making a big mistake right now.
[J.R.] Little punk?
He's 6' 5", 275.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] My gosh.
[King] Hey!
[J.R.] Wow, what a slap.
Well, it is-- to me, it's clear as the nose on Helmsley's face.
[King] Hey.
[J.R.] And all Helmsley's trying to do is get Rocky Maivia so
upset that Rocky forgets the basics,
that he deviates from his game plan.
[King] Now, let's quit talking about Hunter's nose.
You and McMahon always do that.
So it's a little large.
So he makes Pinocchio look like a cat.
That's no big deal.
That has nothing to do with his athletic ability.
He's great.
[J.R.] Knee to the midsection.
These guys--
[King] As I've told you before, all great men
down through history have had prominent proboscises.
You ever seen George Washington?
[J.R.] Proboscis.
[King] Oh, proboscis.
[J.R.] But why-- don't worry about the details.
Oh.
-[J.R.] Hard off-fence chop there. -[man] Let it out.
-Come on. - Ooh.
-[King] Oh, yeah. -[J.R.] Another one.
[King] Look out.
[J.R.] Irish whip's going to be reversed.
Oh, my.
And a high back body drop.
[cheering]
Maivia with a great counter there.
Arm drag takeover.
Shades of Rocky Johnson, former WWE Tag Team champion,
was this young man's father.
And Helmsley, who had a wrestling
tutor at the age of five--
[King] Right.
That's right. His parents supported him with all the best.
You know, he's got so much money,
he takes taxi cabs to drive-in movies?
-[J.R.] I did not know that. -[King] Yes.
[J.R.] You're so informative.
[King] Well--
[J.R.] Good shoulder block by the former Miami
Hurricane defensive lineman.
[King] Look at that.
[J.R.] Oh, Rocky going up over the top rope to the floor.
But now--
[King] That's what his tutor taught him.
[J.R.] That'd be elimination in the Final Four match-up.
Not so in this Intercontinental title contest.
And Helmsley.
[King] Ooh.
[J.R.] Face fall-- oh, Rocky's head.
Just bounced off the security railing.
[King] That's the double whammy.
[shouting]
[chatter]
[J.R.] Helmsley in control here.
3!
[King] Ooh!
-[J.R.] Slam on the outside. -[King] Nice.
-[cheering] -Very nice.
[shouting]
You're the best!
[cheering, chanting]
[J.R.] Helmsley certainly--
[King] Has manners.
[J.R.] Well, yeah, he's--
he's very refined, all right.
[King] The blue blood.
[J.R.] We understand the Nation of Domination
and some of their adversaries, including Bart Gunn.
But the Nation of Domination on the Superstar line.
Don't forget about the Superstar line, folks.
[King] Watch this.
[J.R.] And Helmsley measuring Rocky Maivia.
And that elbow and forearm certainly finding its mark.
[shouting]
Helmsley trained by WWE Hall of Famer, Killer Kowalski.
So Helmsley learned from one of the toughest men
to ever wear tights.
Uh-oh.
Slingshot.
Look out.
[King chokes]
Very rough on the vocal cords.
You can stand a move like that or two, Ross.
[J.R.] I'll pass.
I like my seat right here.
These two guys in great shape, certainly
indicative of the direction that the WWE
is going with these young athletes
and magnificent conditions with their careers ahead of them.
[King] Ooh.
Yeah, except for Shawn Michaels.
[laughs]
[J.R.] Well, we-- we don't know that his career is over.
We'll know more about that tomorrow
night after Shawn sees Tucker Andrews tomorrow.
And there's a slew pex.
-[King] A what? -[J.R.] A suplex.
[cheering]
[King] I could have sworn--
I could have sworn you said slew pex.
[J.R.] I might have said that. I'm a little excited.
[King] Yes!
[J.R.] Oh, hard knee right to the head.
Lateral press. It's not over.
[King] Come on, ref.
[J.R.] Shades of Thursday night when Rocky Maivia, in all sorts
of jeopardy, just would not give up, continued to compete,
continued to get that shoulder off the canvas
no matter what it took.
[King] And then he finally emerged
victorious, no matter what it took, by pulling the tights.
[applause]
[J.R.] Well, you're the only person that's seen that.
[King] I might ought to be refereeing then, shouldn't I?
[J.R.] Yeah, we could probably arrange that.
I'll talk to Monsoon for you.
He's looking for a few good men.
Helmsley with the unfair advantage.
Helmsley with a very basic chinlock.
But when you get that leverage advantage,
it turns it into an entirely different ball game, King.
[King] I think his tutor taught him that too.
[shouting]
Put the squeeze on him.
[J.R.] Got to wonder what's going through the minds
of a Bret Hart, Stone Cold, The Undertaker, Vader
right now, knowing that they're going to be
competing for the WWE title.
One of them will definitely leave here as the WWE Champion,
and that's good officiating.
[cheering]
[King] Any more of that, and I will
get up there and snatch that black and
white shirt off of him.
[J.R.] Earl Hebner made a good call right there.
Pace quickens here.
[King] Look it!
[J.R.] Helmsley cannot find his mark, but he found that one.
A knee right to the jaw.
It could be over here.
Helmsley, lateral press.
And Maivia is just too strong and too resilient
and will not stay down.
[King] Helmsley had two strikes on him,
but he hit a home run on the third one.
Come on, put him away.
[J.R.] Looks like Helmsley is getting a little bit
-frustrated to me, King. -[King] What?
[J.R.] Wait a minute. Right there it is!
One more time! One, two!
-[King] No! -[J.R.] Did he get-- no!
Oh, half a count away.
And I don't think Helmsley can believe it.
[King] I don't think he can believe that he got away
from the grip that-- that Rocky Maivia had on Helmsley, tight.
[J.R.] Vicious kicks to the head by Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
[King] --serious.
There you go.
Let your hair down, brother.
[J.R.] Looks like he needs a haircut to me,
but that's another story.
[King] Yeah, speaking of haircuts, look at Rocky Maivia.
[J.R.] Backbreaker.
[King] Where do you think he gets his haircut?
At a pet store?
[J.R.] And a lateral press right there.
Hard backbreaker.
Look at Helmsley.
He's got to be thinking, what in the heck
do I have to do to pin this young man?
[King] Come on, he's playing with him.
Listen to these idiots now, Rocky, Rocky.
[audience chanting] Rocky.
[King] Shut up.
[J.R.] Helmsley, if he's playing, then he's not very smart.
And he's a very smart athlete.
[shouting]
[King] What does that expression tell you?
I want my daddy.
[J.R.] Rocky Maivia said it many times in the early part
of coming to the WWE, he wants to make it on his own,
stand on his own feet, cast his own shadow.
The big kid's back up and--
in for a fight!
1, 2.
Not a near-fall.
[shouting]
Irish whip.
And, oh, Helmsley saw that one coming.
Just like good old Western Union, the fastest
way to send money worldwide.
[King] Yeah, wait till I show you what my mom
got me for Valentine's Day.
And I wired her some money, Western Union.
[J.R.] Helmsley went for the knee.
He wanted to drive it right into the face of Rocky Maivia,
but found canvas instead.
[King] It's all right.
He recovered.
Grab that hair.
I think Maivia is a big kid and play fan, don't you?
[J.R.] Ooh.
[King] Starting to look just like him.
Oh, you don't know who they are, do you?
[J.R.] What's that have to do with anything?
[King] His hair.
Ooh.
[J.R.] Uh-oh.
Helmsley tried to go downstairs,
it would seem to me, but I think Rocky
caught it on a clothesline.
[King] Good move!
[cheering]
[J.R.] Helmsley showing a distinct advantage
in experience and seasoning here.
[King] Right.
I can feel that belt slipping away from Rocky Maivia
right now.
It's headed back around the waist
of Hunter Hearst Helmsley, where it belongs, I might add.
Look at this. Oh!
[J.R.] Oh, man.
-[cheering] -[King] Oh, I hate it when that happens.
-[J.R.] Maivia-- -[King] Come on, Hunter!
[J.R.] Maivia drove the right hand deep into the abdomen.
[King] No!
[J.R.] Inverted atomic drop.
How do you do, Hunter?
And-- and The Rock hammering away.
Maivia's right hands finding their mark.
[King] Get away.
Get away.
Oh!
[J.R.] Helmsley upside down, lands on his head.
Hard right hand.
Maivia building up the momentum here.
The Rock defending the Intercontinental title.
The young man so thankful for his opportunity
to compete in the WWE.
[King] No!
[J.R.] Helmsley with a power slam.
[shouting]
Oh, Rock, don't waste any time.
[King] He's hot dogging now.
It's going to cost him.
[cheering]
What's he going to do?
[J.R.] Well, Rocky may be making a rookie mistake here.
Going up top.
Look at his balance.
He's 6' 5."
3!
-[King] Look out! -[J.R.] --body.
He hit it!
And he got-- no, he didn't get three!
-I can't believe it. -[King] I can't either.
But let's sing the praises of Hunter Hearst Helmsley now.
[J.R.] Absolutely.
[King] How great is he to be able to kick out of that?
[J.R.] Helmsley is showing a tremendous, tremendous resolve.
[King] Uh-oh. Come on, ref!
Come on!
[audience chanting]
Oh!
[cheering]
[J.R.] Straight south, where rocky Maivia, this one is over.
Helmsley's feet are on the ropes.
And--
[King] What?
[J.R.] Maivia kicked out.
I'm not so sure the referee didn't see that anyway.
-[King] Take a look at this. -[J.R.] Go ahead, King.
[King] Unbelievable height.
Unbelievable-- whoa, that hit you like a train.
But what was more impressive was that Hunter Hearst Helmsley
kicked out.
[J.R.] 6', 5", 275.
He was flying.
[King] Look at this!
Oh!
[cheering] Oh!
His neck!
[J.R.] Counter into a DDT by Rocky Maivia.
[King] I think the ref's checking.
He may be completely out.
[shouting]
[J.R.] Rock with a cover.
And Helmsley, I'll tell you, this is a tough match-up.
The stakes are high.
The Intercontinental title on the line.
[shouting]
[King] Uh-oh.
He's wanting to go for the shoulder breaker,
but Helmsley is unbelievable.
[J.R.] Well, he got a thumb in the eye.
That's what happened.
That's a good counter.
[King] Yeah, like--
[J.R.] Reversal of the whip.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] The Rock lowered his head and paid for it.
Rookie mistake.
[cheering]
Backbreaker.
Wait a minute. Where's Goldust?
[King] What?
[J.R.] We know Goldust and Helmsley despise each other.
-There is total disdain-- -[King] Get him out of here!
[J.R.] --between Goldust and Helmsley.
[King] What's he doing?
I told you I was right about him.
[cheering]
Look!
[J.R.] Oh, Helmsley better look out.
[King] No! No!
[J.R.] And might be with a suplex,
and a bridge, and a victory!
[King] No!
[bell rings]
[dramatic music]
[announcer] The winner of this bout,
and still World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental
Champion, Rocky Maivia.
[King] Unbelievable! Wait a minute!
Come on, Ross.
Get the telephone.
Get-- get Gorilla Monsoon out here!
You got to make a decision on that!
That can't stand!
You know that can't stand! [J.R.] Well, Marlena--
[King] Earl Hebner!
Earl Hebner, what's wrong with you?
Did you not see that?
[J.R.] Nothing illegal, King.
There was no contact made.
[King] I don't care.
[J.R.] It's Helmsley's fault that he broke his concentration.
Helmsley got some problem with Goldust.
Helmsley tried to put the moves on Marlena,
and she didn't go for it.
So in essence, it looks to me like Goldust has cost Helmsley
the Intercontinental title.
[King] You're exactly right! And that's not right!
[J.R.] That's my take on it.
[King] Get him in there, Helmsley.
[shouting]
[J.R.] Let them fight.
Let's go.
-[shouting] -[King] He's like his head.
He's yellow.
He won't get in there.
[shouting]
Uh-oh.
He may get in there.
I wish he would.
Get him, Hunter.
[J.R.] Who the hell's that?
Who is that? [King] What in the world?
[J.R.] Is that a-- is that a woman?
[shouting]
Security is taking that lady away.
Good grief.
I knew something was over there.
[J.R.] We want you to have a good time, folks,
but that may be taking a little bit overboard.
She was just sitting there with her--
[King] I should have done that.
[J.R.] Oh, King, stop.
This is not funny.
[King] Well, no, I'm not making a joke about it,
but I mean, everybody in here is upset.
That wasn't right for him to come
out here and distract anybody.
[J.R.] Fans should have a good time,
but that lady got a little overzealous.
[coughs]
[J.R.] To say the least.
[coughs]
Throw her in jail!
[J.R.] Well, that--
[King] It's where you ought to be too.
[J.R.] You know what?
She'll have charges filed on her.
I can guarantee you that.
That's a little bit--
Marlena having trouble breathing.
[audience] Give her mouth-to-mouth.
[J.R.] Marlena was choked out by this--
this lady. Look at this.
We don't condone this, ladies and gentlemen.
[King] Jeez.
[J.R.] That lady just trying to choke Marlena out.
There you see the security doing a good job.
I have no idea what this is about.
Other than-- other than it's unnecessary
and it just can't happen.
Well--
[King] It did happen.
[J.R.] Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Kelly will defy the odds.
When he talks to Vader, he'll defy
the odds when we come back.
A new man will be crowned World Wrestling
Entertainment Champion.
And Paul Bearer thinks it's going
to be his man, Vader, tonight.
[laughs] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
you've done let that Canador, that gator butt,
get that canary mouth in trouble, brother.
The best there is.
The best there was.
The best there ever will be.
I don't think so, Mr. Hart.
Undertaker, rest in peace.
Oh, yes.
Being the businessman as I am, the bottom line is very clear.
My Vader has already destroyed your Undertaker.
My Vader has already destroyed Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
My Vader has already destroyed "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And tonight, you're looking at the new WWE Champion,
and then you'll know, what time is it?
[laughs] It's Vader time!
[Paul] Yay.
[J.R.] That match up still to come
here, ladies and gentlemen.
[stadium announcements]
It's going to be something.
[announcer] It's for the World Wrestling Entertainment,
Tag Team Championship.
In the ring, all the challengers.
At a total combined weight of 486 pounds,
Doug Furnas and Philip Lafon!
[rock music]
[J.R.] Very highly regarded team.
And Doug Furnas and Philip Lafon, the talents
for Tag Team Gold.
[stadium announcements]
[upbeat music]
[announcer] At a total combined weight of 480 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team
Champions, the Slammy award-winning Owen Hart and
the British Bulldog.
[J.R.] Well, it's obvious to me that Owen Hart's
got an ego problem as it relates
to the British Bulldog, King.
I know you don't-- I know you don't agree.
[King] What are you talking about?
[J.R.] There's dissension.
At our last pay-per-view in San Antonio, remember the one that
over 60,000 fans are on hand?
Owen Hart eliminated his brother-in-law,
the British Bulldog.
[King] Unintentionally.
[J.R.] It was not unintentional.
Yes, it's every man for-- for himself.
But Owen denied even doing it.
Look at him.
He's-- Owen lied to his own brother-in-law.
[King] I don't think so, Ross.
It's people like you and McMahon, once again, I got
to say, that are causing this.
There's no real-- just look at them.
They're brother in-laws.
[J.R.] Well, there's-- there's been
a lot of problems since then.
Owen Hart inadvertently hit the Bulldog with a Slammy
on RAW here a while back.
There's had-- they've had problems with, I understand,
a locker room.
A couple of times, they've had to be
separated by WWE officials.
[King] Oh, who told you that?
[J.R.] Well, King, I--
I work here all the time.
[King] Some more of that stuff you put on the Superstar line.
Always spreading rumors.
[J.R.] It's Owen Hart and Doug Furnas starting it out here.
Furnace, no stranger to the state of Tennessee.
Played football at the University of Tennessee.
[chatter]
Played for the Volunteers.
[King] I'd like to know what their record was that year.
[cheering]
[J.R.] Also, junior college All-American from my home
state of Oklahoma.
Side headlock by Owen Hart.
Slammy award-winning Owen Hart.
This is for the WWE tag team championship.
[King] Look at the speed.
[J.R.] Ooh, good hiplock takeover.
And an arm drag.
Furnas, a former world class powerlifter, King,
and a great, great natural athlete.
[King] There you go again.
Sing his praises, Ross.
You love him.
Let's talk about Owen Hart a little bit.
I can't wait for the Slammys this year.
I bet Owen will win five or six Slammys this year.
[J.R.] Well, he could. He's a great athlete.
[King] I think I'm probably going to take on a few more too.
3. [King] How about you, Ross?
You ever won a Slammy?
[J.R.] Never won one in my life. Philip Lafon tagged in.
[King] Oh.
[J.R.] Knife edge chop by Lafon.
And Owen Hart reverses the Irish whip
and monkey flips Lafon.
[King] Oh, yeah. [J.R.] Nice move there.
And a counter.
1, 2.
[King] Whoa.
1, 2.
[J.R.] Wow.
Serious near-falls here.
Owen Hart, those rabbit punches right to the back of the head.
[groans]
[J.R.] Lafon trying to go for a hiplock.
[King] Hiplocks.
[J.R.] Drops down, grabs the leg.
Into the leg lace.
[King] That's Owen's sore knee too.
[J.R.] Yeah, there's a little bit of debate
whether or not Owen Hart really has had an injured knee
in the last couple of weeks that we've seen him,
or if he's just been feigning an injury to--
to retain the title. [King] Wait a minute.
Hold it. Hold it.
[J.R.] That's what I've heard.
[shouting]
[King] How come when Shawn Michaels
is out with a knee injury, nobody says he's fainting?
But all of a sudden, Slammy award-winning
Owen has a big knee injury, which
could be career threatening, and all of a sudden,
he's fainting.
[J.R.] Shawn Michaels has had an MRI.
[King] What does that mean anyway, fainting?
[J.R.] He'll have another one tomorrow.
Owen Hart has not even seen a doctor.
[King] Owen had an ABC--
[J.R.] A what?
[King] ...a DEF, and an XYZ.
[J.R.] There's a-- a little sunset
flip there by Philip Lafon, originally from Paris, France.
[groans]
[J.R.] And a front facelock, a little test of strength here.
Bulldog will win that.
Elbow by the Bulldog.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] And Lafon catches the Bulldog with a martial arts
kick and a near-fall.
[King] See, there's really no dissension on this team
between Owen and the Bulldog.
Watch this.
[J.R.] Oh, come on, Owen.
[King] They work like a well-oiled machine.
A successful tag team.
[J.R.] Well, a double team.
[King] That's right.
It's sort of like a bust.
You got to have a driver, and then you, like, got somebody
that sits in the back. And let's face it--
[J.R.] You sound like Bill Parcells,
talking about bus drivers.
[King] Hey, Owen knows that he's the driver of this team.
He's the brains and--
[J.R.] He's the Ralph Kramden of the team.
[King] Wait a minute. He's the brains.
Bulldog's the brawn.
[J.R.] And look at that.
Again, the referee being distracted.
Furnas not helping his cause here.
And Bulldog and Owen taking advantage
on their side of the ring.
Take a look at this again, King.
[King] Yeah, this is very nice.
[J.R.] Watch this, cheating.
[King] Ow.
[J.R.] Right in the kidneys.
Rodney Ahmed Johnson.
[King] Speaking of Parcells, he might
want to-- after seeing that, he might
give Owen a job as a punter.
[J.R.] Owen Hart, oh, what great athleticism.
-[King] Uh-oh. -[J.R.] Lafon.
And a 2 and 1/2.
And a rake of the eye by Owen Hart.
That'll stop some offense for you.
-[shouting] -[King] Good move.
Keep it clean, Owen.
[shouting]
[J.R.] Gut wrench to the salto.
Lateral press.
And Lafon with left shoulder up.
Tremendous match up here.
Ardis and Lafon-- well, there's another backbreaker.
This could be all.
Owen Hart, well, he can't quite find that pinning combination.
And he tags in the Bulldog.
[King] And I want to see if the cameraman can find
or get a shot of--
I understand Helen and Stu Hart are here tonight.
[J.R.] Oh, I haven't--
I haven't seen them.
[King] Well, you know--
[J.R.] Right there.
[King] You know they always--
they always show up whenever Bret Hart has
a chance to win the WWE title.
And see, the reason--
Bret always gets preferential treatment from--
from Stu and Helen.
I even overheard Helen once say to Owen,
I love you as if you were my own.
[shouting]
[J.R.] What do you mean by that, King?
[King] I don't know.
What do you think she meant by that?
[J.R.] I don't know.
I don't even-- there's a sunset flip right there.
And-- - Hey!
-[J.R.] Hey, ref. -[King] Look at Owen.
-See? -[J.R.] Come on.
[King] See?
Owen right there, saving the Bulldog from getting beat.
Get up!
[J.R.] You knew that was going to happen.
[King] Woo.
[J.R.] Well, oh, what a clothesline.
Bulldog ran-- just ran right through Lafon.
And look at the athleticism of this amazing athlete.
[King] Ooh.
[J.R.] Former Intercontinental Champion, current Tag Champion.
[King] But watch this.
Watch this now.
[laughs]
[J.R.] Oh, here comes that sharpshooter
[King] Yes, what he taught his brother, Bret.
[J.R.] Lafon kicks out of it.
We just got this report, ladies and gentlemen, that Marlena
is going to be OK.
She's a little bit shaken up.
The lady, I use that term loosely,
that attacked Marlena has been ejected from the UTC Arena.
And I personally hope that she gets prosecuted for her actions
here tonight.
King, I guess the big news from Cornette and Sonny.
[King] Oh, yeah, Rocky and Hunter,
Rocky Maivia and Hunter, are both on the Superstar line
right now.
Give me a phone.
[J.R.] That should be an interesting conversation.
[King] I want to hear what--
[J.R.] I wonder what Sonny's asking
these people, and Cornette.
[King] I don't know, but-- woo, look at that.
Come on. Come on.
-[King] I didn't like how close. -[J.R.] Come on.
[Wrestler 5] Come on, hey.
[King] Here we go.
Here we go.
[J.R.] Well, good teamwork here.
[King] Look at this.
Look at this, Ross.
[J.R.] From the--
[King] Beautiful!
[J.R.] With a crossbody!
Tremendous double team!
[King] Got it.
[J.R.] And, oh, Lafon is--
[King] Oh, come on.
[J.R.] I tell you, it's got to be so frustrating
for Owen Hart and the Bulldog.
[King] Right, because they've--
[J.R.] Lafon has been-- he's been folding
and unfolding like a dishrag.
[banging]
And he still is a--
he still hasn't been able to--
to be pinned.
Inside cradle.
Well, I don't believe this.
[King] What?
[J.R.] Oh, where the hell--
I don't know what the referee's doing.
-Wait a minute. -[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] The reversal, that's the way it started.
-1, 2. -[King] No, no, no.
[J.R.] --take-down by Owen Hart.
[shouting]
My gosh.
[King] This is serious.
[J.R.] Uh-oh.
[King] Look at this!
[cheering]
[J.R.] Oh, and the Bulldog start--
[King] See what you started, Ross?
[J.R.] I didn't start a darn thing.
Owen Hart started it, in my book.
And the Bulldog tripping on the outside.
[shouting]
And now Bulldog and Owen with more double teaming.
And there goes-- oh, the kick!
[cheering]
What a mistake by Owen Hart.
1, 2.
[King] Foot on the ropes.
Foot's on the rope.
[J.R.] I thought Owen Hart was a legal guy.
[King] This referee is in a state of confusion.
[shouting]
[J.R.] Oh my gosh.
[King] What are they doing?
[cheering]
[J.R.] The Bulldog just clotheslined
over Hart out of his boots!
There's a cover!
There's a count!
And we-- no, we don't.
The Bulldog saved Owen Hart.
[King] What is he doing?
[J.R.] What is going on here?
There's a--
[King] He's knocks him down, then saves him.
[J.R.] Furnas in.
There's a dropkick.
1, 2, and a half.
[King] Owen saved himself there, I might add.
[J.R.] We're going to see a new champions crown.
I can feel it.
[King] Oh, god. [J.R.] What a suplex.
[King] Oh my gosh.
[J.R.] What a suplex.
It should be over.
And, again, the Bulldog in.
[King] Bulldog's obviously come to his senses.
[J.R.] Furnas makes the tag.
Lafon, the legal man.
-[King] Oh my gosh! -[J.R.] Double team.
Back body drop. 1, 2.
2!
[J.R.] And another near-fall.
Both teams on Northern Lights suplex.
-Good move there. -[King] Look out!
2.
[King] Ross, you have started so much stuff out here,
I'm going to have to call the Superstar line.
Get-- get Cornette to come back out
and get this team back together!
2, 3.
[J.R.] Another double team.
Another tag made. And--
[King] Oh, no.
[J.R.] Come on.
1, 2.
[King] Get in there, Bulldog!
[J.R.] I don't-- the ref for this--
this match has lost control.
There's no more control in this match up
for the WWE Tag Team titles.
[King] Look at this!
What in the world!
Oh, no.
[J.R.] Session of offense.
The DDT, the leg drop.
1.
And Owen Hart kicked out on his own.
[King] He is the greatest!
[J.R.] I don't know what the heck you got to do.
[King] Get another Slammy out here for him right now.
[J.R.] A great effort and desire by Owen Hart.
[King] You can't beat him.
[J.R.] Yeah, oh!
Oh, what an enzuigiri.
[King laughs]
[J.R.] And we know how effective that can be.
[King] [laughs]
[J.R.] Remember what that move did to Shawn Michaels?
[applause]
It put Shawn Michaels on the shelf.
[King] Listen, listen.
-Man. -[J.R.] And there's a tag.
-Bulldog-- -[King] Get in there again.
[J.R.] --tagged in.
[King] Hold up your end of the bargain, Bulldog.
[J.R.] Lafon tagged in. And the Bulldog with that running drop
kick right in the face.
[groans]
[J.R.] Yes!
Great power by the Bulldog.
Another hard Clothesline. Oh, what a magnificent athlete.
[King] Why didn't you say that about-- about Owen?
[J.R.] Owen is a great athlete too.
He is awesome.
[King] Not-- not magnificent, though, huh?
[J.R.] Nice move by Lafon.
[King] What?
[J.R.] And Owen Hart makes the save.
[King] Good move, Owen.
[J.R.] Well, I tell you what, both teams have--
[King] I think the problems are over.
Oh.
[J.R.] Uh-oh.
Face-to-face.
Owen and the Bulldog.
1, 2.
[Referee] Shoulders up!
[J.R.] Shoulder up, the referee says.
And this is hard whip.
Man.
[King] Oh.
[J.R.] Oh, the-- that's power.
[chatter]
Owen's got that Slammy in his hand.
[King] Here we go.
[J.R.] Hart in the ring with a slam.
-Come on! -[wrestler 6] Ring the bell!
[J.R.] Ring the bell. It's over.
Owen Hart--
[King] What?
[J.R.] Bulldog thinks he's won it with his power slam,
but Owen Hart causes the disqualification, that Slammy.
[King] Slammy cutoff!
[J.R.] And the Bulldog can't believe it.
Nor does he like it.
[announcer] The winners of this bout,
as a result of a disqualification,
the team of Doug Furnas and Philip Lafon.
[King] That's all right.
Owen and them still got the belts.
Look at Owen.
No problem.
[J.R.] Well, the Bulldog and Owen Hart,
still the WWE Tag champions.
But the Bulldog especially can't be very proud of the way
-the titles were retained. -What are you doing?
[J.R.] Players going to have to do some litigating here.
For what?
[J.R.] Well, Clarence may have to have a sidebar or something.
-It doesn't matter. -Huh?
He's still got a belt.
[King] He's still got the belt. That's right.
[shouting]
-What? -Come on.
[King] What's Bulldog doing?
[cheering, shouting]
Hey, look.
[J.R.] We saw this a couple of weeks ago,
the Bulldog throwing the belts down.
[shouting]
Come on.
[J.R.] But, obviously, the Bulldog did not like the way
that the match turned out as far as he had--
he thought he had the match won with his-- his power slam.
[King] Come on, Cam. Hey!
[J.R.] Whoa. [King] Get in there, Clarence.
Plead his case.
[J.R.] He just broke--
[shouting]
-You-- you hit him with it! -[King] He dropped the Slammy!
You shouldn't have hit him!
I had him beat!
Don't do that. Come on.
Don't do this.
You shut up!
[King] What's this?
[cheering]
[J.R.] Uh-oh.
[chatter]
[King] Don't bite the hand that feeds you, Bulldog.
You're going to get a big lawsuit slapped on you.
[chatter]
Come on.
You got to go.
[King] Look at Owen.
[claps] He's willing to forgive the Bulldog even after Bulldog
broke his Slammy.
[booing]
[J.R.] Well, there's trouble in paradise, to say the least.
Take you back and show you how this really came unhinged
in this match-up, King.
[King] Trouble started with you, Ross.
Always constantly bickering.
[shouting]
[J.R.] And right-- right here--
[King] Watch.
Watch.
[J.R.] Bulldog-- if Bulldog hit Lafon up for that power slam,
it would have been over, in all due respect to Lafon.
I had him beat.
He hit him on purpose.
[King] So what?
You still got your belt.
[J.R.] Ladies and gentlemen, Dok Hendrix will
talk to The Undertaker live.
Undertaker, we are moments away
from the Final Four match-up.
A new champion will be crowned.
Earlier today on Sunday morning Superstars,
you said you've rediscovered your edge.
That's big time trouble for your other three opponents.
Truer words have never been spoken.
Yes, I have rediscovered my edge.
Not all of it, but it's coming to me.
The force that dominated the World
Wrestling Entertainment in the early '90s is not far away.
This spells doom for one Vader, one "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
and, yes, even The Hitman.
There's nothing you can do about it, gentlemen.
So accept it and hope that I spare your lives
because the World Wrestling Entertainment title will
be mine by hook or by crook.
Get in my way and I will annihilate you.
Vader, I've got a score to settle with you anyway.
It's not when and it's not how.
You can rest assured that it will happen and happen
in just a few minutes, Dok.
Rest in peace.
[J.R.] And it is a guarantee, ladies
and gentlemen, tonight here on pay-per-view,
a new WWE Champion crown.
I know our-- our colleagues, our Spanish colleagues,
Carlos Cabrera, along with Hugo Savinovich,
are excited about it.
And to their-- to their great audience and, of course,
our broadcast in French as well,
Ray Rougeau on your right, Jean Brassard on the left,
broadcasting in French.
And, hey, King, I'll tell you something.
[King] What does [Lucha Libre mean?
He keeps saying Lucha Libre.
-[J.R.] Rough wrestling. -[King] Oh.
[J.R.] Worldwide interest in this match-up.
And, of course, it all started, ladies and gentlemen,
just about a month ago in San Antonio,
Texas, at the Alamodome, 60,525 fans on hand.
Five men were left in the match up right when Bret Hart
eliminated Stone Cold.
[King] No, no, you can't say that for sure.
-You never saw-- -[J.R.] Right there, his feet.
[King] No, he's got one foot up!
I was sitting right at ringside.
He was hopping around like hopscotch.
[J.R.] Well--
[King] One foot was up at all times.
[J.R.] Right here, you see Stone Cold--
[King] Watch this.
[J.R.] Who was eliminated from the match.
-Eliminate Vader-- -[King] Both feet are down.
[J.R.] and The Undertaker.
[King] You see both their feet are down.
[J.R.] King, there's no argument there.
[King] What do you mean? [J.R.] There's no argument there.
But Stone Cold shouldn't have been in there.
Now Bret Hart was eliminated.
[King] Let's check Bret Hart's feet out.
They were both on the ground.
Anyway, I'm trying to--
I got to pull double duty.
I got to sit here by you and-- and try to make you look good.
And I'm also having to control the Western Union airship
here tonight.
I'm flying-- I bumped it into some people's
heads a while ago, though.
But anyway, Western Union, that's the fastest
way to send money worldwide.
Move over, Ross.
I'm going to try to land this thing right over here by us.
[J.R.] OK, all right.
All right.
[Announcer] --this match becoming
the new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[Vader] With time!
It's time!
It's Vader power!
[announcer] Introducing the participants,
coming down the aisle with Paul Bearer.
From the Rocky Mountains, weighing 458 pounds,
the man
they call Vader.
[rock music]
[J.R.] All right, ladies and gentlemen,
remember the rules of this very special match up.
First of all, all four superstars will be in the ring.
They start all in the ring.
[King] There are no countouts and no disqualification.
[J.R.] A superstar is eliminated when
he is thrown over the top rope and both feet land
on the floor, or by submission, or by pinfall.
[King] The last superstar standing is going to be
declared the new WWE Champion!
And look at this, Vader is going nuts out here!
[J.R.] I don't understand this.
Vader is out of control.
[King] He's psyched.
[J.R.] Oh, he's psyched, all right.
[King] He's ready.
Woo.
[glass breaks]
[J.R.] Here's out of control for you.
[rock music]
[King] What, that guy?
[announcer] From Victoria, Texas,
weighing 252 pounds, "Stone...
[King] Oh, yeah.
[announcer] ...Cold" Steve Austin.
[King] What's the deal?
Stone Cold has been here all day.
Now, when the music starts for his match, he's not here.
[J.R.] Well, he got here early this morning.
He was on WWE Superstars early this morning.
He was the first man here.
And he wants to be the last to lead,
to lead the ring in this match up with a WWE title
around his waist.
Is it time for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to stand
on top of the mountain?
No disqualifications.
Right down Austin's alley.
[King] Is it his time?
Or is it Vader time?
Uh-oh, look at this.
They're nose-to-nose already.
Whoa.
[cheering]
[J.R.] Well--
[King] I guess they think each other's number one.
[J.R.] Yeah, we apologize for that, ladies and gentlemen.
It's uncalled for.
[dramatic music]
[cheering]
[King] Uh-oh.
Whoa!
[announcer] Weighing 328 pounds,
The Undertaker!
[J.R.] Oh, ladies and gentlemen, there is only one Undertaker.
There is only one phenom.
There is only one World Wrestling Entertainment.
I wish you could all be here to experience this feeling
that we are having at this very moment.
[J.R.] This is going to be absolutely amazing.
Kevin Kelly is standing by with the living legend himself,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
Yes, I am standing by with Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
Bret, your opponents are in the ring.
The time is now.
The challenge is upon you.
Can anything stop you from winning tonight?
No, I don't think so.
And we're going to find out in just a couple of minutes.
I don't take anything away from any of these guys in the ring.
Stone Cold's tough.
Vader's tough.
Undertaker, he's tough.
But, you know, I got experience, I got heart,
I got everything going for me.
And I don't want any excuses.
Whoever walks out of this thing tonight
should be rightfully the World Wrestling
Entertainment Champion.
And the way I look at it, may the best man win.
Me.
[rock music]
[King] And some of these people, Ross,
they're going down!
[announcer] Alberta, Canada, weighing 234 pounds,
Bret "Hitman" Hart!
[J.R.] Well, all four are in the ring.
And, yes, we've got fireworks.
Yes, we have emotion.
And, yes, we will have a new World Wrestling Entertainment
champion right here tonight.
It will be decided, guaranteed, in this ring
in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
I'll tell you, I've been to the seventh game
of the World Series.
I've attended Super Bowls.
And, yes, I've been to WrestleMania.
But I have never felt anything like this, well, four--
four of the greatest superstars ever in the WWE
in this history-making match.
[King] The tension is unbelievable, Ross.
What do you think these guys are thinking?
There's the bell.
Here we go.
[J.R.] And let's see how the strategy unfolds.
It's every man for himself.
He can be defeated by submission, pinfall,
or over the top rope.
[King] Here we go. Here we go.
[J.R.] The Undertaker and Vader, Stone Cold and Austin.
[cheering]
[King] Nobody wants to make that first mistake.
That's the big thing.
Oh!
[cheering]
[J.R.] Vader knocked off his feet by The Undertaker.
[King] That's the first statement made.
[J.R.] And look at The Undertaker.
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] Hammering Bret Hart from behind.
[King] He's hammering everybody!
[J.R.] This is a dangerous environment to compete in.
Can it get any more dangerous?
You don't know where the attacks are going to come from.
[King] Watch your back!
[J.R.] Somebody can take your knee, attack you from behind.
Who knows what's going to happen?
[cheering]
And The Undertaker ascending to the heavens.
[King] Knock him off there!
Knock him off and you'll win!
Knock him out!
[J.R.] Uh-oh.
[cheering]
[King] Ooh.
[J.R.] Hard right hand by Bret Hart on The Undertaker.
And Vader with a belly-to-belly suplex
on the man from the dark side.
[King] Pin him and you win!
[J.R.] Uh-oh.
Undertaker is setting up
as Bret Hart tries to kick the life out of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And now Vader and Undertaker on the outside.
There can be no countouts.
There can be no disqualification.
And you must go over the top rope, not between the ropes,
but over the top rope to the floor to be eliminated.
[King] Yeah, had a mild cardiac error.
I thought it was over for both of those guys immediately.
But you're right, you got to go over the top.
Look at this! Finkel's just got thrown.
Get out of the way, you little idiot!
[J.R.] Oh.
[J.R.] Vader with that steel chair.
And Bret Hart, sternum first into the turnbuckle.
Vader picking that chair up again.
[King] Uh-oh. Look out. Here comes Vader.
[J.R.] Austin, Hammer, and Bret.
[King] Oh, no!
[J.R.] The Undertaker just kicked that steel chair
right back in Vader's face!
Vader eating the steel!
[King] Look at the smile on the face of Finkel.
[shouting]
Ooh!
[J.R.] Hard elbow by Austin, going for the cover.
1, 2.
[King] Come on, Stone Cold.
[J.R.] Bret Hart, one count away from elimination.
And Vader, my god.
[cheering]
[King] Gee.
[J.R.] No disqualification, to say the least.
And Vader--
[King] He's busted.
[J.R.] Vader's bleeding.
Undertaker has busted Vader's eye open.
[King] I don't know if that-- if the punch did it
or when he threw him into these metal steps.
[shouting]
[J.R.] Less of this impact.
[King] Watch-- this is what got Vader's face right here.
Watch his face.
[J.R.] Oh.
[shouting]
And this is a war.
These men may never be the same.
Hard right hand by Vader.
Going for Undertaker's face.
Those sledgehammer blows--
[King] He wants to bust him.
[J.R.] Bret Hart's got the sleeper on Austin.
[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] And the Jawbreaker counters.
There's a cover by Austin.
1, 2.
They've got two referees out here.
I think that's a good move.
[King] We need a doctor.
[J.R.] Uh-oh.
[cheering]
The Undertaker going to take Vader for the ride.
Time!
Chokeslam!
[cheering]
[King] But look at Vader!
He's up!
Ooh.
[J.R.] A modified Stone Cold Stunner on The Undertaker.
Vader now.
Well, Austin got a--
Austin got a 2 count on the undertaker.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] And Vader using that 450 pounds
of mass and almost had Bret Hart wrapped up for a 3 count.
[King] I think you can see that Vader feels
the urgency of the moment.
He realized-- look at Vader's eye.
[shouting]
[J.R.] You can hear the impacts!
You can feel the impact!
[King] But Vader realizes time is of the essence.
The longer he goes, yeah, he's going to have
to pull out all the stops!
[J.R.] Vader just went downstairs on Bret Hart, a low blow.
[King] Look at Vader's eye!
It's opened up bad!
[shouting]
This is where a boxing match said, stop it.
Vader would be out of here, but he's still going.
Oh!
[J.R.] Austin, the neckbreaker on The Undertaker.
[King] Oh, my god, look at this.
Yes, do it, Vader!
Do it, baby!
[J.R.] Vader using that steel chair as a weapon!
And it's legal in this match up!
My god, what will they do next?
[King] Ooh, look at that.
[J.R.] Undertaker just gave Vader a heck of a wake
up call a little earlier.
Vader's-- he's come out of that.
He's come out of that grizzly bear, came out of hibernation.
And now Vader's got Bret Hart in the corner.
The Undertaker and Steve Austin on the floor.
[shouting]
There's no countout.
[King] And no DQ.
[J.R.] And there's no mat to land on.
[King] He got him-- he got him-- no!
-[cheering] -[J.R.] Austin!
Oh!
Oh, Austin on the concrete!
[King] Dead man walking!
Dead man walking! Get away!
[shouting]
[J.R.] Clothesline by Bret Hart!
And down goes a battered and bloody Vader!
[shouting]
Look at this.
[King] Yeah, get him, Undertaker!
[J.R.] He's-- ooh.
I can't-- this crowd is electrified!
[King] He just blindsided-- blindsided The Hitman!
[shouting]
[J.R.] Oh, Undertaker.
Suplex with Bret Hart in.
No one has been eliminated!
Right now, Bret Hart is gone!
No, he's not gone!
-He's not gone! -[King] Look at this crowd.
Everybody is on their feet.
Everybody's standing.
Oh, no!
[shouting]
Ooh.
[J.R.] Face first.
Are you not going to mess up that--
he doesn't have those matinee idol good looks.
He's bleeding like a hog.
Look at-- look at Austin now.
Those steel steps.
[King] You're going to kill somebody!
[J.R.] Man, the WWE title at stake!
These men are doing everything they can to their anatomies!
[shouting]
[King] He got Bret Hart!
[J.R.] Bret Hart got a shoulder up.
I knew it was going to be tough.
[King] Ross, you're going to have to watch two guys
and I'll watch the other two.
[J.R.] I knew it was going to be chaotic, but I swear to you,
I never, ever dreamed it was going to be like this.
[shouting]
Bret Hart going downstairs on the knee
joint of The Undertaker.
Bret Hart trying to knock the pins out
-of the man from the dark side. -[King] What's this?
Look at this over here!
Ooh.
[J.R.] Steve Austin face first into the security railing.
[shouting]
[King] Vader's left eye is closed.
This is unbelievable that he's doing this with one eye.
Not again!
Look out!
[J.R.] Good gosh, Vader off--
look.
Vader avoided the stairs.
That was a--
Oh, and he got hit with a belt. He didn't
want to get the belt that way!
Austin's beating up Vader with the WWE title belt!
[shouting]
[King] Telling people to stay back,
don't let anybody else get involved in this!
[J.R.] Right in front of Monsoon.
Monsoon-- Monsoon can't do anything about it.
There's no disqualification.
There's no countout.
Now the bell has been tore up.
[shouting]
[King] Terrible bell.
[J.R.] Clothesline by The Undertaker.
[King] These guys are unreal.
[J.R.] Bret Hart is just barely able to hang on.
-Now the-- -[King] Look at this.
[J.R.] Look at Vader. He's--
[King] What's he doing?
[J.R.] He's like a grizzly bear, dragging
Bret Hart to the outside.
Elbow to the face.
[King] Bust him open.
I'd love to see that.
[J.R.] Oh.
Austin straddling the top.
[cheering]
And now Bret Hart, who has been, I mean,
just beat to the-- beat to heck, take him down the aisle,
-where-- -[shouting]
Get him up!
[King] How bad do these guys-- look at this!
How bad do these guys want the WWE title?
[shouting]
[J.R.] Bad enough to put their own careers on the line.
[King] Look at this!
[shouting]
[J.R.] Vader over the top!
We got a cover in the ring and a near-fall!
Austin almost hit the ground.
[King] Get the camera there!
[J.R.] Now, Vader and Bret Hart fighting
beyond the security railing.
[King] Get back in there, Vader.
[audience] You suck!
[shouting]
[J.R.] I tell you, this is amazing.
[King] Paul Bearer hit him with the urn.
[shouting]
[audience] What's up, dawg?
[shouting]
[King] Austin, oh.
[J.R.] Bret Hart, face first right into the steel.
The battered and mangled bodies of these four athletes.
[King] And then Stone Cold, Stone Cold's almost out!
[J.R.] Remember--
[King] He's over the top!
[J.R.] He's on the apron, so he's still in.
He's still legal.
He still can compete.
And off to the clothesline.
Knocks down The Undertaker.
Austin going for the cover.
There's Sycho Sid, for Sycho's Sid's a man
that-- a winner, a WWE Champion,
will meet Sycho Sid tomorrow night on RAW.
[shouting]
What kind of shape is the new WWE Champion going to be in?
[King] Right.
Sycho Sid will take on whatever's left,
not whoever's left.
[shouting]
Who do you think he should be rooting for right now?
Who could he be hoping is the new champion?
[J.R.] Wait a minute.
Vader-- Vader had a sharpshooter.
Bret Hart's own maneuver on Bret.
The cheap shots by Austin.
If you can really call it a cheap shot.
Is it really a cheap shot if there's no disqualification?
[King] No, anything goes! Ooh.
[shouting]
[J.R.] Oh, Austin and Bret hate each other.
You can feel the hatred.
[King] Everybody hates Bret Hart.
[J.R.] Well, that's not true.
[King] His own brother hates him.
[J.R.] Headbutt.
Bret Hart with a headbutt on--
on Austin.
Come on.
[J.R.] And now The Undertaker.
And Bret Hart double teaming Stone Cold.
Look at those body shots.
[King] Vader, where are you? Yes.
[cheering]
Ooh, yes.
[J.R.] Now, Vader grabbing-- oh, oh.
[King] Right in his eye!
[J.R.] What a right hand by the Deadman.
[King] Look at Bret Hart.
There's gratitude for you.
[J.R.] Bret Hart feeling that headbutt from The Undertaker.
Vader missed a clothesline.
[groans]
[J.R.] Move fast press and right to the fist.
[King] Oh, no!
[J.R.] Stone Cold.
[King] Cover your eye!
[J.R.] Right hands right to the face.
A bloody mass of Vader being hammered by Austin.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Oh.
This looked like a car wreck on I-75.
This is a war.
[King] Oh my god.
[J.R.] This is-- this is all for the WWE title.
How bad do they want to be champion?
What price will be paid?
[King] Look out!
[J.R.] Bret Hart right on him, the mid-back there
of Stone Cold.
There's a whip.
-[King] Look at this! -[J.R.] Oh, man.
[King] Man.
-[J.R.] That is-- -[King] Oh!
[J.R.] What a pile driver.
[King] Oh, that's it for Austin!
He's done! Down to 3!
[J.R.] Ah!
2.
No! No!
[shouting]
Well, Vader has The Undertaker in position for a Vader Bomb.
-Or will it be a moonsault? -[King] Don't try it!
You can't see!
[cheering]
[J.R.] Paul Bearer says to go up one more level.
Go to the top floor.
[King] No, he can't see!
Objects may be closer than they appear right now!
Look out!
[J.R.] Nobody there for Vader!
[cheering]
Vader may have gotten some bad advice from Paul Bearer.
And Hart and Austin are just fighting it.
I mean, they're-- they're battering each other.
Vader's hurting.
Vader missed the moonsault.
[King] Yeah, get out and take a break.
Clear your-- can they wipe his--
I can't-- can't Paul Bearer do something to clear
the blood out of his eye?
[J.R.] Vader downstairs.
[King] Ooh, good shot.
[J.R.] Oh, The Undertaker's taking Vader to those cables--
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] As Austin stomps away moments ago at Bret Hart.
[King] Ross, how long-- look at this.
[J.R.] Man, this crowd is standing.
None of us have ever witnessed anything quite like this.
[King] I think The Undertaker is a true Undertaker.
He can-- he can feel.
He can sense somebody's demise.
That's why he's zeroing in on--
on Vader.
But it may be a big mistake.
Look at Vader.
[J.R.] Well, Vader trying to choke the life out
-of The Undertaker. -[King] Look at--
[J.R.] Bret Hart eliminated!
Bret Hart.
[King] Get him out!
Get him out!
[J.R.] He's teetering on elimination.
-Bret Hart holding on. -[King] Do anything!
Drop kick him, Stone Cold!
Do anything!
[cheering]
Come on, Vader!
No, no!
Help Steve Austin!
I don't think anybody's going to help anybody, are they?
[J.R.] Absolutely not.
Not when the stakes are this high for the--
for the vacant WWE title.
One of these men, come hell or high water,
will be the WWE Champion.
I don't know what kind of shape they're
going to be in tomorrow night, but they're going
to have the gold tonight.
[shouting]
[King] Count him!
Count him!
[shouting]
[J.R.] Vader with a near fall on The Undertaker.
And Bret Hart just kicks.
I mean, just kicked Steve Austin as hard as a human being
can kick somebody.
[King] Look!
Come over here, Austin!
Get this metal chair and take it in there with you!
Ooh.
[J.R.] Bret dropping the elbow.
Bret got the cover. And Austin--
[King] No.
[J.R.] Austin just barely, barely able to kick out.
[King] Undertaker drove his big elbow right into that messed
up, mangled eye of Vader.
[J.R.] Vader now.
Oh, good move by Austin.
The count of Bret.
Austin now rolls up Bret Hart.
He has-- no, he doesn't have.
[King] Come on, ref.
[J.R.] Oh, I thought he--
I thought Austin had--
had what he was looking for there.
Nice roll up.
[King] Look at Taker.
I think he likes it.
I think he senses that blood there
and he just wants to take advantage of it.
5!
[J.R.] And I'll tell you something,
this ain't about walking and talking.
[shouting]
This ain't about over the hill.
This is about the WWE.
When the stakes are so high, these men are in the prime.
They are prime.
They are ready.
Look at Vader take those shots.
[King] Unbelievable.
[J.R.] And Bret Hart fighting back against the man
that outweighs him 200 pounds!
-But then on the other side. -[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Oh, my.
[cheering]
[King] Oh my god.
[J.R.] And no disqualification.
[King] Poor Vader is like chum in the water full of
-sharks. -[shouting]
Oh!
[chatter]
[King] Watch this.
What did I tell you about Bret Hart?
[J.R.] Anything to win.
[King] Oh, no!
[J.R.] And that's legal in this match.
[King] Vader now.
[J.R.] Vader won't stay down.
Austin stomping away at The Undertaker.
[King] Paul Bearer's standing here by the ringside,
clutching his heart.
Give him that urn to hit him with, Paul Bearer!
Let him hit him with the urn! Do something!
[J.R.] Undertaker is trying to put Austin out!
Undertaker may have Austin-- no,
Austin landing on the apron.
Austin is still-- still in this fight.
And it is a fight.
Vader now trying to go for a submission with that--
that arm bar.
[King] Look at that.
Look at that.
[J.R.] Vader trying to hyperextend Bret's elbow.
[chatter]
Is Bret Hart going to give it up?
[chatter]
How much more can The Undertaker and Steve
Austin take?
The Undertaker now on the verge of elimination.
-[shouting] -[King] Get him!
He got him!
He's over!
[J.R.] Remember, your feet have to touch the floor.
[King] Back in.
[shouting]
Ross, I cannot say enough about Vader.
Look at the condition he is in right now.
But he keeps battling.
He keeps fighting.
He keeps plugging in.
He's got the upper hand. Whoa!
[J.R.] What a--
What a right hand.
[King] A knockout punch.
Sugar Ray Leonard, watch this.
Woo!
[J.R.] It's a good-- oh, what a move.
What an athletic move by Austin.
Austin held on.
I thought Austin was gone.
I guarantee you if that Sugar Ray Leonard-Camacho's fight
is anything like this, they got a ways to go.
[King] Well, if either one of them looked like Vader,
it'd be stopped, I promise you.
But there's no-- no stopping here when-- not
when it's for the WWE title.
[J.R.] 2.
And Vader, I tell you, Vader kicked out again.
The Undertaker has tried everything in the world
to put Vader down.
This hasn't worked yet, but that-- you can say that
for all four of these guys.
[King] Yeah, but look at him, Ross.
It's taking a toll.
These guys have taken a tremendous amount of abuse.
[J.R.] You may not-- they may not be your favorites,
they may be your favorites, but you
got to respect all these guys for what
they're doing here, for our viewers at home, for the
fans here.
They're giving you all they've got, folks.
[King] Those rules Ross stated, the last Superstar standing
will be declared the title holder.
And-- and ah!
[J.R.] Austin's gone!
-Austin's gone! -[King] Oh my god!
[J.R.] Austin's gone!
[King] Oh my god!
[cheering]
[J.R.] There are three men left!
[King] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
has been eliminated from title contention by The Hitman!
[J.R.] Austin went out and the referee saw it.
Unlocked the Royal Rumble.
And the referees and the officials
are here to get Steve Austin out of here.
Three men are left.
The Undertaker, he's--
Undertaker's-- wait, he's smart.
Undertaker is getting a breath.
Undertaker is trying to get it back
together while Bret Hart is getting
hammered by the both of them.
[shouting]
[King] I'm in shock.
[audience chanting]
[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] Vader in trouble.
There's a replay right here.
You'll see the elimination.
Both feet hit the floor.
And referee right there made a great call.
And now The Hitman and The Undertaker.
Two men, two proud athletes, they want to be WWE Champion.
And they're hammering each other, folks.
[King] And I guarantee you, Ross,
a lot of people around the world are in shock right now.
I, for one, thought Steve Austin was going to be the man.
But, obviously, he's not.
Look at this!
[J.R.] Oh, downstairs!
What a-- a chop block-like maneuver.
Sycho Sid, remember, tomorrow night on RAW,
will meet the champion.
Sycho Sid will meet one of these three men
tomorrow night on RAW from Nashville for the WWE title.
[King] Uh-oh, look at this.
[J.R.] Undertaker, he's not eliminated by that.
He's got to go over the top to the floor.
This is going to give The Undertaker
an opportunity to maybe get a second wind,
if that's possible.
[King] Reversal!
Oh!
Look at this!
[J.R.] Vader took off that bloody mask.
And this is a war. [King] Oh my god.
Oh!
[J.R.] Oh, Paul Bearer just hit The Undertaker with that urn!
[King] I didn't see that.
[J.R.] Well, it was right in front of us, King.
-Don't lie. -[King] Well--
[J.R.] Blatantly lie. Come on.
There's a suplex by Vader.
The Undertaker has been KO'd by Paul Bearer and
that darned urn!
[King laughs] Anything goes.
You said it yourself.
[shouting]
Oh, wait a minute.
Cut this off.
Ooh.
[J.R.] What a dastardly attack by that--
that hideous Paul Bearer.
Now, Vader, he's up on top.
That's a 450-pound man up on top!
[King] Ow.
[shouting]
[J.R.] Not a superplex.
[King] Impossible!
[J.R.] Bret Hart to the top!
[King] He's an idiot!
[J.R.] Oh my god.
Oh, there's no way he can do it!
Bret Hart can't--
Vader's 450 pounds!
[King] Oh!
I can't believe it!
[J.R.] It sound like a midair collision between two 747s!
[cheering]
[King] Oh my gosh.
[J.R.] The Undertaker's back up on the outside!
[King] The Undertaker's got to be the favorite now!
Look at this!
He's clearing the cobwebs!
[J.R.] Undertaker--
[King] And Bret Hart's back up too!
No way.
[J.R.] Bret Hart going for the Sharpshooter.
[King] No way!
[J.R.] Bret Hart trying to apply the Sharpshooter
on this Colorado Rocky Mountain monster.
[groans]
[King] Oh, he got it over!
[J.R.] He's got it!
Will Vader give up?
And-- ooh.
Well, that was unorthodox, unusual, and unexplained.
[King] I'm telling you, Ross, nobody's helping anybody.
[J.R.] Wait a minute.
Here comes-- Steve Austin's back out here.
Damn it.
[King] Look at this!
[shouting]
Stomp a mudhole in him!
[J.R.] Bret Hart being assaulted.
He's official.
[shouting]
Good gosh.
Oh, Bret Hart, face first!
Bret Hart, face first into the steel.
[shouting]
[King] There's no stopping Steve Austin!
[J.R.] There's nothing anybody can do about it because there's
no disqualification!
[shouting]
Steve Austin's got to be restrained!
Austin's going to cost Bret Hart this match!
Austin's done his damage.
And now Austin throws Bret right back into the wolves.
[cheering]
[King] Look at this!
In the meantime, The Undertaker may be down for the count!
Whoa!
[cheering]
He's out, Vader!
Oh!
[J.R.] And Vader's gone!
Vader's gone!
It's not Vader time tonight!
[King] The building is shaking, Ross!
[cheering]
[J.R.] It's down to Bret Hart and The Undertaker!
Austin is just crazy!
Austin's got to get out of there!
It's down to two men!
It's down to two!
The Undertaker or Bret Hart will be the next WWE Champion!
[cheering]
Oh my!
It's over!
[King] [laughs]
[J.R.] Undertaker is going to do it!
[King] He got him!
[cheering]
[J.R.] What a chokeslam!
The Undertaker is one move away from being the WWE Champion
for the second time!
[King] Look at Austin!
He's still trying to get in there!
He still wants to do more damage than Bret Hart!
Leave him alone, Austin!
He's finished!
[J.R.] Undertaker going for the tombstone.
[King] What's he doing?
[J.R.] Austin is obsessed with the-- with Bret Hart!
Austin is obsessed with Bret Hart!
[shouting]
[King] Ooh.
[J.R.] That's one way to get Austin out of this thing.
[cheering]
And Bret Hart rolls up The Undertaker!
And, no, he didn't-- did he get it?
No, he didn't!
[King] Somebody get Austin out of here!
[shouting]
[J.R.] Undertaker knocks Austin down.
And there's a clothesline!
Bret Hart did it!
Bret Hart's a champion!
[King] No!
[J.R.] Hart has done it!
[rock music]
[King] No!
The Hitman, The Hitman, The Hitman!
[announcer] And new World Wrestling Entertainment
Champion, Bret "Hitman" Hart!
[J.R.] Oh, The Undertaker had it.
The Undertaker had it.
Folks, don't go away!
We're not going to leave you now.
[King] I can't believe it!
[J.R.] Bret Hart is the new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion!
Bret Hart, for the fourth time, is wearing the gold!
Don't you go away!
[narrator] Every great athlete aspires
to perform on the ultimate stage,
a place where men defy mortal boundaries and emotions pour forth unrestrained,
a place where dreams become reality
and memories are indelibly etched in the annals of time.
And when you succeed at this level,
they don't just call you great,
they call you legend.
There's only one WrestleMania and it only happens once a year.
[rock music]
[J.R.] What a celebration for Bret "The Hitman" Hart,
four times the WWE Champion.
-What? -[Sycho Sid's theme music plays]
Uh-oh.
Oh, come on.
How much more can we take?
We are not done yet.
[cheering]
Sycho Sid, The man that Bret Hart
will meet tomorrow night on RAW, two huge hours
from Nashville, Tennessee.
[rock music]
He's got something that's mine!
-And I'm here to take it! -[J.R.] What kind of shape is Bret Hart
going to be in tomorrow night?
[King] Did you hear what Sid said?
He said, "He's got something that's mine,
and I'm here to take it!"
Look at his face!
[J.R.] Well, this-- this doesn't look--
Bret Hart's got to be fatigued.
His body's got to be ravaged with pain.
Ladies and gentlemen, we-- we got to leave you now.