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[J.R.] Hello again, everybody, and welcome
to Degeneration X: In Your House.
The Springfield Civic Center is sold out.
Hundreds of fans have been turned away,
and what a night it is going to be.
Four championships will be decided right here tonight,
including Shawn Michaels defending the WWE Title
against The World's Most Dangerous Man, Ken Shamrock.
Hello again, everybody, I'm Jim Ross,
alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler, and King,
we got four titles on the line right here tonight, but that's not all.
That is not all, J.R. We're gonna see two tough guys slug it out
in a four round Tough Man contest.
Talking about Marvelous Marc Mero and Butterbean.
We're gonna see who's the toughest there,
and then the return of Jeff Jarrett.
He's gonna be in the ring.
Phew, but his opponent is gonna be The Undertaker.
Ladies and gentlemen, also joining us tonight, our Spanish broadcast team--
[in Spanish] The WWE, I mean the Light Heavyweight Champion.
Tito Santana, and I am Carlos Cabrera.
Welcome, people, in Spanish, here from Springfield, Massachusetts.
[J.R.] And our French announce team as well.
[man in English] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
is scheduled for one fall with a one-hour time limit
is the final bout in the tournament to determine
who will be the first ever
World Wrestling Entertainment Light Heavyweight Champion.
About to enter the ring from Memphis, Tennessee,
weighing 211 pounds,
Too Sexy Brian Christopher.
[J.R.] Brian Christopher entering the ring in hopes
of becoming the first ever WWE Light Heavyweight Champion.
As the Milton Bradley airship hovers overhead.
We'll show you the road that Too Sexy...
-[King] That's right, Too Sexy. -[J.R.] ...he traveled to get here, King.
[King] Oh, yeah, he's beaten Flash Flanagan.
He's beaten Scott Taylor.
And look, I mean he had some tough opponents, you know?
This Taka Michinoku, I mean, he's faced so many dogs,
he ought to get a job down at the kennel.
[man] His opponent, hailing from Japan,
weighing 202 pounds,
Taka Michinoku.
[J.R.] The light heavyweight limit is 215 pounds,
and certainly most of these young men that competed
in the eight-man single elimination tournament
that certainly had a very international flavor.
Competitors from Japan, Canada, Mexico, and of course
the USA took part in the tournament.
[King] Look at that. That a boy, Brian.
I would've thought you'd taught your son better manners than that, King.
Hey, don't even start that, J.R.,
all this, look at that, look. [laughs]
-That's really classy. -I wish he was my son.
-I'd sure be proud of him. -[J.R.] Like father, like son.
That's what I always say.
[King] I think one day your father
took you aside and left you there.
Come on, Brian.
[J.R.] There you see the Light Heavyweight belt on display.
Referee Jack Doan has been assigned this contest,
the finals of the light heavyweight tournament.
That belt is gonna look around the waist of Brian Christopher.
Look at that tan.
[King] Here's the only thing I'm worried about, J.R.
You said that weight limit is 215 pounds.
Brian has to train daily. He has to diet.
He can't even eat his favorite foods
just to get down to that weight.
Look at Taka Michinoku.
He loses another pound, we'll have to file a missing persons report.
[J.R.] Should be a very fast-paced match-up here.
We expect to see a lot of high-risk offense,
but you never know, and Brian Christopher with a scoop slam.
[King] That's like picking up a feather, wasn't it, Brian?
[J.R.] I think it's safe to say that Too Sexy may be
the stronger of the two athletes,
but on the other hand, many may argue
that Taka Michinoku is the quicker of the two athletes.
[King] Who may argue that? I'd like to see 'em.
I'll argue with 'em all day long about that.
Brian Christopher's lightning fast.
Look at this, he's on the offensive already.
[exclamation] What an arm drag.
[crowd] Jerry's kid, Jerry's kid, Jerry's kid.
[J.R.] Hey, I hear the fans chanting "Jerry's kid."
-Shut up. -What do they think this is, September?
-[King] It's not time for the telethon. -Shut up.
-I know. -Jerry's kid,
[King] Don't worry about it, Brian. They're just jealous.
[J.R.] Taka Michinoku made his WWE debut back in July
against The Great Sasuke.
Wrist lock applied by Brian Christopher,
and you're gonna see a lot of athleticism by these two athletes.
Good counter by Christopher. Hip lock takeover.
[King] He is throwing that kid around...
what do you think Taka Michinoku weighs anyway, about a buck 15?
[J.R.] I think a little over 200.
[King] He's small, let's face it.
You know why Disneyland failed in Japan, don't you?
[J.R.] Why is that, King?
[King] Nobody was tall enough to go on the rides. [laughs]
Go ahead, wipe this guy out, Brian.
Uh...
[J.R.] Brian Christopher thus far has established
a very deliberate pace here.
Taka counters, Irish whip.
[King] Look at this.
[J.R.] Christopher puts on the brakes.
Oh, German Suplex, Taka landed on his feet.
[King] What? Look out.
[crowd screams]
[J.R.] Then a mule kick, then a drop kick.
Taka's showing his quickness here.
[King] Get out of there, Brian.
Oh, not that way. Oh!
[J.R.] Brian Christopher making a very unceremonious exit.
And keep your eye on Taka.
-The youngster taking a chance. -[King] Look out!
A springboard plancha right in the face of Brian Christopher.
Great ovation for this fine young man.
[King] Brian could be hurt.
[J.R.] Taka with the front face lock,
trying to suplex Brian Christopher back in.
[King] He's not strong enough to suplex, look at this.
[J.R.] And uh-oh.
Well, Brian Christopher lifting Taka
-from the front face lock. -[King] Right.
[J.R.] And dropping him right over the top rope.
[King] Watch this, watch this.
Uh...!
[J.R.] Michinoku dropped off the top rope,
but we take one more look
at this high-risk offense of Taka Michinoku.
-[King] Whoa, look at that. -Tremendous hang time.
[King] Jumped right out of the screen, but Brian can do that, too, don't worry.
Look at this, here you go, watch.
-[Brian Christopher now taking a risk. -[King] Oh, maybe.
[King] Oh, no.
[J.R.] Except the security railing,
which doesn't make for a very nice landing.
Michinoku sending Brian Christopher back in the ring.
[King] He's busted his lip.
[King] Yeah, oh, man, beautiful.
[J.R.] Over there... You don't sound too objective here.
[King] Look at this.
Oh, my gosh.
[J.R.] You wanna go check on your boy?
Here's how he hurt.
[King] Oh, he fell right into that steel railing.
Don't worry, that just makes Brian mad right there.
[J.R.] The railing, rather unforgiving.
[King] Ooh, look.
[J.R.] And Brian Christopher now with a right hand.
[King] When he sees his blood, he gets mad,
not to mention when he tastes it.
He goes crazy.
[J.R.] Does that go back to when he was a boy?
[King] Huh?
[J.R.] Hard right hand by Too Sexy Brian Christopher.
The Light Heavyweight Championship of the WWE on the line here.
[King] Show no mercy now, Brian.
-[J.R.] Oh, he's mad. -Ooh, he's real mad.
Look out, oh.
[J.R.] Taka quickly moves out the way.
Nothing there but turnbuckle for Brian Christopher,
and now Taka Michinoku up.
-Front face lock. -[King] No!
[J.R.] Swinging DDT.
Lateral press, this could be all. One, two, three.
Two and a half, it's two and a half.
[King] Oh, he's gonna need stitches.
[King screams]
[J.R.] Hurricanrana, and Brian Christopher again
with his experience advantage getting on the outside.
-[King] He is hurt. -Oh, Taka up.
-He's in no man's land. -[King] Oh, no.
[J.R.] Springboard moonsault.
Oh, my gosh.
What a death-defying move.
[King] You don't have any compassion for anybody.
I have to go check on him, he's hurt. Hang on.
[J.R.] Wait a minute.
Jerry Lawler going to check on his son, I guess.
[crowd screams]
Here, you see The King, and I think it's quite obvious
that the family resemblance there,
and the dropkick by Taka almost got The King.
It certainly got Too Sexy.
Come on, get there and...
Get him, kill him.
The King like a Little League father.
Snapmare takeover by Taka. Dropkick, Brian Christopher,
and a great deal of trouble here,
and another dropkick right to the head.
You gotta watch out for that Michinoku driver.
That's Taka's favorite maneuver.
Taka missed the clothesline.
Nice athleticism, uh-oh.
[King] There you go, come on.
I'm telling you.
-Beautiful. -[J.R.] Full Nelson takedown.
[King] Bust his mouth open.
You gotta see Brian's mouth, busted wide open. 20...
[J.R.] Got something here for you to see while you were gone.
He's gonna need 70 stitches.
-[J.R.] Take a look at this. -What?
-[scream] -Tremendous move.
[King] Oh, I saw it, you idiot.
-[J.R.] Easy, now. -He's cheating.
[J.R.] Boy, you're a little... little kind of crazy here.
Your son, he's in this match.
-He's got the advantage. -[King] Quit calling him my son.
I just think Brian is probably one of
the most promising young athletes in WWE today,
and it'd be a shame to see him get cheated out of
what's rightfully his. There you go, baby.
Look at this move.
[J.R.] Oh, powerbomb.
-[King] Beautiful. -Brian Christopher with
a high-impact move, the powerbomb.
[King] Just pin him.
[J.R.] There's a one, two. Three.
Counter, one, two, there's a long two.
Two, two.
Taka thought he had three on that one.
[King] Come on, Brian.
[J.R.] Elbow to the head of Taka Michinoku,
and again, Brian Christopher seemingly wants to slow
this thing down somewhat.
[King] His mouth is busted open. What do you expect?
[J.R.] I see that.
I see that, Daddy dearest.
[King] Come on, Brian. Oh, beautiful.
[J.R.] Dropkick right on the mark,
right in the back of Taka's head.
[King] Yes.
[J.R.] And again, Brian Christopher has the advantage here.
[King] All right, you think he may be wasting a little time?
Give him one of those piledrivers I taught you.
[J.R.] What? When did you do that, when he was 12
after you taught him to ride a bike or what?
Get up, boy.
[King] Look at this. This is gonna be good, Ross.
[pain sound]
[J.R.] Courtesy of the rocker dropper by Brian Christopher, and he may be...
I think the boy's dead. [laughs]
Hurry up, finish him off, and get back to first aid.
-Shut up. -[King] Hope his teeth aren't chipped.
[J.R.] Spent a lot of Money on those braces when he was a kid, didn't you?
[King] Hey look, you wanna talk about families?
You make me wish your parents had never met.
[J.R.] That was beautiful right there. Backbreaker, cover.
-One, two. -And near fall.
-Come on! -[King] And two!
[J.R.] Taka Michinoku showing a great deal of tenacity.
[King] And that referee showing slow motion counts.
[J.R.] Certainly this is a huge match-up, not only in the WWE
but certainly with the great fans in Japan as well.
[referee] One, two, three, four, come on.
[scream]
And we have a lot of Japanese media here
-covering the event. -[King] Look at this.
Oh, man.
[J.R.] Baseball slide through, right hand by Too Sexy Brian Christopher.
[King] Marc Mero and Butterbean, you can eat your heart out.
Don't wake him up.
He knocked him out and then he made a big mistake and woke him up.
-[J.R.] Oh, his mouth. -One, two.
Taka Michinoku now in deep trouble here
as Brian Christopher back in the ring.
-What you gotta do now, huh? -[King] He can't do anything.
-He's finished. -Come on, boy.
Wowie, slapped the taste out of his mouth.
-[J.R.] What a slap. -Yes.
That may serve to revive Taka.
[King] That's how I slapped Andy Kaufman. Oh, look at that.
You gotta admit, this is pretty exciting.
[J.R.] Brian Christopher may be just moments away
from becoming the first ever Light Heavyweight Champion
here in the WWE and look at Taka fight his way back up.
[excitement exclamation]
No quit in this young man.
-Only 23 years of age. -Get up.
How old is your son, by the way?
[King] What did you say, J.R.? I'm trying to pay attention to this match.
You keep babbling on about sons and fathers and stuff.
[crowd screams]
[J.R.] Hard clothesline by Brian Christopher
-from the left side. -It's almost over, J.R.
You know how great it'll be to have the first ever
WWE Light Heavyweight Championship belt in our,
by all our friends to see.
[J.R.] Lateral press. One, two, and--
-Come on! -Well, that was a real close
-two count, two and 3/4. -Watch the foot stomp.
If nothing else, right hand reminds me of The King.
[King] He does remind everybody of me. He's great.
[J.R.] Another right hand, signature maneuver
of my broadcast colleague here, quite frankly.
[King] You remind me of Taka Michinoku.
You got a black belt in mouth.
Why don't you be quiet and just enjoy this?
[J.R.] I'm trying to do my job.
[King] Look at this. Oh, look out, Brian.
[J.R.] There you go. Very smart counter.
Suplex, Taka landed right on his head.
Taka Michinoku driven headfirst into the canvas
from that German suplex, and the youngster from Japan
is in a real, real bad way here,
and again, in my view, King, not to be argumentative,
but I think that Too Sexy is wasting too much time.
[King] Well, he's just enjoying himself now.
It looks to me like, and I think Brian will agree,
the situation is well in hand.
He knows he's, oh,
he knows he's well on his way to being the champion.
-[J.R.] That ain't gonna get it. -So why not savor the moment?
[J.R.] Leg drop and some semblance
of a cover there by Brian Christopher.
[King] I've been against many opponents
that I could have beaten in 30 seconds, but I drug it out
to let the crowd enjoy seeing me.
-Look at that. -[J.R.] Oh, man.
[J.R.] By the stronger of the two athletes
in this Light Heavyweight Championship match-up.
Okay, this is it. It's all over.
New Light Heavyweight Champion.
Maybe Tennessee Jam time.
[King] Can I go in the ring and raise his hand?
I guess you can. Might as well.
-Go ahead and... -[King] Bingo, oh, no.
Not there.
[J.R.] Brian Christopher drove his spine right into the canvas.
Michinoku driver.
-Noku driver. -[King] No, no way.
Michinoku driver.
One, two, three. It's over.
Taka's the champion. Taka has won it.
[man] The winner of this match,
and new World Wrestling Entertainment
Light Heavyweight Champion, Taka Michinoku!
[J.R.] Taka Michinoku capitalizing on one big mistake
that Brian Christopher made,
able to get his Michinoku driver applied,
and we have the first-ever Light Heavyweight Champion
in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment,
and he is Taka Michinoku.
What a tremendous victory for a tremendous young man.
There you see Pat Patterson, Tony Garea, and Gerald Brisco
presenting Taka Michinoku with the title.
Japanese press in the ring.
I'm sure this will make headlines in Tokyo
in a matter of hours, and a standing ovation
for the 23-year-old that has come to America to live out
his dream, and his dream has come true.
He is the first Light Heavyweight Champion
in World Wrestling Entertainment.
[King] This is a black day for the WWE. I can't look, is it over yet?
Tell me when that moron is outta the ring, J.R.
[J.R.] I'll let you know, King. You wanna look at your monitor,
-we'll show you what happened. -[King] I don't want to see it.
[J.R.] Congratulations to Taka Michinoku,
and the one big mistake that Brian Christopher made
was missing the Tennessee Jam, driving his own spine,
and of course 'The King' can't bear to see it,
and then Taka able to capitalize
with the Michinoku driver right here.
He did not waste any time driving Brian Christopher
headfirst into the canvas,
and we have the first-ever Light Heavyweight Champion, Taka Michinoku.
[singing in Spanish]
[J.R.] Well, the Los Boricuas making their way
to the ring for six-man tag team action, set to take on DOA,
and certainly last week on Raw,
we had some sort of a train wreck right here, King.
[King] Oh, without a doubt.
I mean, it started out as Chainz against Jesus,
but then it ended up with everybody,
the entire DOA against Los Boricuas,
and then everybody got in there.
It was like a free for all.
[man] About to enter the arena, at a grand combined weight of 908 pounds,
Chainz, Skull, 8-Ball,
The Disciples of Apocalypse.
[J.R.] So it's gonna be Jose, Miguel, and Jesus
of Los Boricuas facing Chainz, 8-Ball, and Skull.
Savio Vega will be at ringside tonight for Los Boricuas,
but thanks to Kane, Crush will not be with us here tonight,
and, of course, Crush, we wish him a speedy recovery.
[King] Well, I can just say this, even without Crush,
it looks like we're in store for another train wreck right here tonight.
Look at the looks on the faces of DOA.
[J.R.] Well, they are not catch as catch can specialists.
-[King] No. -[J.R.] They are back-alley brawlers.
They're bar fighters.
They look like bouncers for a biker bar.
They come to fight, but I think the same can be said of Los Boricuas.
[King] These guys can't usually schedule a family reunion
until a parole board meets.
-Which faction are you talking about? -[King] Both of them.
[J.R.] Well, I don't envy referee Tim White.
He will attempt to maintain some semblance of order.
-Let me stay here. -And what is scheduled to be
a six-man tag team match-up, and it looks like the leader
of Los Boricuas, Savio Vega, is being encouraged
to leave the ringside area.
I'll ring the bell right now.
[King] Now why are they making Savio leave?
He's the leader, he should be able to stay out here.
He's not gonna interfere, he promised.
[J.R.] Oh, I'm sure he would promise, but I think referee Tim White
would feel a little bit better at having six people
to keep an eye on as opposed to seven.
Every little bit helps in this sort of environment.
Still to come, three more championship matches,
plus I can't wait to see The Undertaker and Jeff Jarrett.
[King] And the Boot Camp match.
-[J.R.] Anything goes in that one. -The Boot Camp match.
Sergeant Slaughter and Triple H,
not to mention Marvelous Marc Mero and Butterbean,
in the four-round Tough Man fight.
So much more still to come, and thanks for being with us, folks.
We certainly appreciate you being with us, and it is just like you saw
in the four corners match last Monday.
Miguel and Chainz, two great athletes, no doubt about it.
-A foot to the face. -Oh, man.
Good counter, hip lock takeover.
[King] Look out.
[J.R.] And high impact clothesline and Chainz taking
some liberties with Jesus and Jose.
Chainz is, I guess the saying goes,
hostile, agile, and mobile.
Making a tag to 8-Ball.
[King] Making a tag. You know what his former hobby was,
don't you, well, occupation? Making license plates.
[J.R.] Now I don't know that to be true.
[King] Huh, look at the guy.
You can tell just by looking at him.
[J.R.] 8-Ball, the side headlock on Jesus.
Big size advantage in this match-up for DOA.
[King] Boom, that's how you bring him down to your size.
[J.R.] Kick right to the ear,
and Jesus Castillo, second-generation star from Puerto Rico,
and he gets a big ol' canvas there
and makes a quick tag to Jose Estrada,
whose father in the '60s and '70s competed here
in the WWE, Jose Estrada Sr.
Tag made, 8-Ball makes a slam.
Skull gets the tag and drops a vicious knee
right to the clavicle, reaches back and got a near fall.
[King] It's an unruly crowd here tonight, J.R.
You hear what they're shouting at Miguel?
-[J.R.] No. -Shave your back.
That's not right.
[J.R.] Well, the WWE fans are, they've great at expressing themselves.
We encourage the freedom of speech
with their posters and their signs.
Miguel already burned out two or three electric razors last night.
Uh-oh.
Sidewalk slam.
Nothing fancy about that.
[King] And they're telling me in my, cover, look out.
They're telling me in my headset that Brian Christopher
had to have a massive amount of stitches in his lip.
Could be lawsuit over that.
DOA!
[crowd] DOA, DOA, DOA.
[J.R.] Hear the crowd chanting for the three men in black.
Oh, swinging neckbreaker, great move.
Big-time move there on Jose, and oh, cheap shot by Miguel.
And look at the teamwork by Los Boricuas,
and referee Tim White restraining DOA,
and in the meantime, King, Los Boricuas
really doing a number on 8-Ball.
[King] They're stomping him.
[referee] One, two.
[J.R.] Or is that Skull?
Your guess is as good as mine.
They're both 6'6", over 300 pounds.
I guess it really doesn't matter.
By any name, they're bad.
[pain exclamation]
Jose making a tag.
Here's how the Boricuas gained the advantage.
Boom, right there in the back of the head.
Great teamwork there by Los Boricuas.
Scoop slam by Miguel.
Nice move by Miguel Perez, whose father also competed in the WWE.
All three men in Los Boricuas are second generation wrestlers.
[King] Shave your back chant continues here.
Oh, come on.
[J.R.] Miguel looks like he hurt himself
going off that top rope, may have landed wrong.
Uh-oh.
Broke his shin or twisted an ankle,
I'm not sure, a knee?
[King] Probably hyperextended his knee.
[J.R.] Could have, and right now, it certainly puts
Los Boricuas at a distinct disadvantage...
DOA!
...if Miguel is unable to compete here or to continue.
[King] You show no compassion whatsoever.
Why don't you go around and check on him,
like I did Brian Christopher?
[J.R.] He's not my son, number one.
[King] Oh, listen to you now.
[J.R.] Hard right hands by Skull and tripped by Jesus.
These Los Boricuas are everywhere.
Here's how... let's take a look here at how Miguel landed.
[King] Oh, yeah, there it went. His knee hyperextended.
[J.R.] So it is a 3-on-2 advantage for The DOA.
[King] Well, how about getting
a little medical attention out here, somebody?
[J.R.] Those knife Edge chops by Jesus
having little or no effect on this huge man.
We think it's Skull but we're not positive.
Could be 8-Ball.
[King] Look out.
[scream]
[J.R.] Jesus using some quickness coming off
the ropes for added momentum.
Able to take the big man off his feet and take a timely tag.
[King] Well, right now this is two against three. That's not very fair.
I think Chainz oughta just voluntarily step outta the match.
[J.R.] Why don't you go suggest that to him?
He's that long-haired fellow there at the apron.
[King] Hey, Chainz.
He can't hear me.
-[Jose] You giving up here? -No.
[J.R.] Jose looking for the submission here.
Nothing too exotic in this match-up.
Everything is basically trying to isolate
one member of the other team.
Come on, baby.
[King] Nice flying elbow.
There's such a size difference here, though.
It's gonna take a lot more than just one or two moves
put together for Los Boricuas to get a pin on any of these big guys.
[J.R.] Hard shot as Skull, again, we think.
Wait a minute, here comes Savio Vega out here.
[King] Okay, that's fair, that's right.
[J.R.] Savio Vega acting as if he's going to get in this match.
He's not in the match.
[King] Oh, come on, ref.
He did not sign a contract to wrestle this match.
[King] In the interest of fairness.
[J.R.] And Skull trying to tag 8-Ball.
Tag is, is the tag made?
I didn't, Jesus able to get a cheap shot in there.
Savio's gonna be prohibited from entering the contest.
Whoa.
All the way to the post for Jesus.
Savio, there you see Savio talking to Miguel.
[King] I think the referee ought to do the right thing here.
Savio should be allowed to go in this match.
-Ooh. -[J.R.] Tag was made.
Here comes Chainz.
Chainz and Jose now hooking it up.
[King] If a player gets injured in an NFL game, you get a substitute for him.
[J.R.] Oh, oh, Death Valley driver, that should be all.
Wait a minute, look at Miguel. There's nothing wrong with Miguel.
There's nothing wrong with Miguel at all.
[King] No, he recovered. What a recovery.
[J.R.] Miguel puts Jose on top of Chainz
and the Los Boricuas, this is petty larceny.
[man] Here are your winners,
Jesus, Jose, and Miguel... Los Boricuas.
[King] How resilient is this guy?
[J.R.] I think that Miguel obviously was feigning an injury.
[King] What?
He didn't faint. His leg was hurt.
[song in Spanish]
[J.R.] Well, I'll tell you...
Los Boricuas may have won this match-up,
but this is, you know, you got,
you almost have to believe, King,
-that this thing was a set up. -[King] A what?
[J.R.] A set up.
[King] Wait a minute, can you show me this man getting his knee hyperextended?
Have we got that? Look, okay, watch this, J.R.
Watch this right knee, look at that.
You're gonna tell me that his knee didn't go completely backwards.
[J.R.] Well, it does seem able to heal in a hurry,
'cause right there, the referee's back was turned.
Miguel from the outside. He was an illegal man,
and The DOA have been-- well, they've been
robbed here by Los Boricuas.
Ladies and gentlemen, standing by in the locker area,
there's Dok Hendrix along with Butterbean and his managers.
All right, thank you, J.R.
As you can see, Butterbean is more than ready for competition.
He's flanked by his manager, Art Dore,
his trainer, former IBF Super Middleweight Champion,
Murray Sutherland, and I gotta say,
you're gonna make pay-per-view history here.
Last night you competed successfully on a pay-per-view.
Less than 24 hours later, now you take on
Marvelous Marc Mero, and that should be commended,
but I gotta ask you, do you really think you're 100% at this point?
Even if I wasn't 100%, my adrenaline's gonna push me through it.
Last night was just a warm-up.
Marc Mero's got his hands full tonight.
The way he treats Sable, I'm ready to,
I don't even wanna talk about it.
All right, go out and get 'em, and I'm gonna take it over
to my broadcast colleague, Michael Cole. Good luck.
Dok, I'm here with the lovely Sable.
Plenty to talk about with Sable this evening.
She was in Atlantic City for a Butterbean boxing match last night.
He was on the undercard to the Oscar de la Hoya fight,
and we will get to Sable in just a few moments,
but first we're going to take a special look
at this young rivalry between
Marvelous Marc Mero and Butterbean.
Let's take a look.
Who have you ever beaten, some truck drivers,
some unemployed steel workers?
I'm a five-time New York state Golden Gloves champion.
You beat nobody.
[man] No doubt Mero was a great boxing champion then,
but how will The Marvelous One counter
in a four-round Tough Man contest now?
One of those is the whoa, wow.
[presenter] You see how quick these hands are?
Those are some quick hands, I'll guarantee you that.
-[man] Wow. -Hope you don't miss.
Uh-oh.
I am the greatest wrestler-boxer in the history
of professional sports and at In Your House,
I'm going to knock you out.
You are a nobody. You've beat nobody.
I can knock you out in four rounds or less.
Sable, as we mentioned, you were in Atlantic City last night.
You were a, uh, obviously holding up the belt,
the championship belt for the Butterbean boxing match.
Now people want to know,
they want to know where your heart is.
They wanna know whose corner you will be in tonight.
Will it be Butterbean's or Marvelous Marc Mero's?
Well, Michael, my heart is definitely in the right place.
It is definitely with Marc, I mean Marvelous Marc.
So you will be in Marvelous Marc--
Did I give you permission to do this interview?
Did I even say you could speak?
-No. -This is my moment.
This is about me.
I've been telling you I'm the star of the show,
and stop trying to steal my spotlight,
'cause I'm gonna go out there and knock out Butterbean.
I'm gonna go out there and destroy that fat tub of crap,
and I'm gonna do it right now.
Marvelous Marc Mero, and Sable will be in his corner.
[man] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
is a special Tough Man fight.
This fight is scheduled for four two-minute rounds
and should the fight go the distance,
then the referee in charge will have the sole authority
to render a decision.
And now, introducing the participants.
First, coming down the aisle, accompanied by Sable
and his trainer, Ray Rinaldi, from Buffalo, New York,
weighing 235 pounds, Marvelous Marc Mero.
[J.R.] Marvelous Marc Mero, with an amateur boxing record
of 58-2 with 37 knockouts.
Well, I tell you what, he has a real, he must have a real self-esteem problem.
[King] What do you mean?
He's the guy that does all the work in there.
She just rides along on his coattails,
and everybody thinks she's something.
Speaking of tail, I mean all, you know,
why should everybody care about Sable?
[man] And his opponent, to be accompanied
down the by his manager, Art Dore, and his trainer, Murray Sutherland,
from Jasper, Alabama, fighting out of Bay City, Michigan,
weighing 330 pounds, Butterbean.
[J.R.] Well, he ain't just another pretty face.
I don't know if he has perfected the sweet science
of boxing, but he will darn sure fight you.
[King] That guy, if he gets any bigger,
he'll have to wear a license plate.
-You like this guy, J.R.? -[J.R.] Oh, yeah, good man.
[King] I know, you love him.
You like guys like Refrigerator Perry, too.
You like, because that's what, you wanna think
that people that are shaped like you are still having
a chance to be great athletes.
Look at this guy.
[J.R.] Butterbean with a pro record of 33-1-1 with 23 knockouts.
Jasper, Alabama. Roll Tide.
Butterbean, last night, again,
on pay-per-view in Atlantic City making history.
The tale of the tape, there you see it.
Both men 31 years of age, Mero one inch taller,
but Butterbean at 330 and that may be generous.
Mero 240, each with 78-inch reach.
[King] Well, I would think that that tale of the tape favors Marvelous Marc.
Butterbean has food in his mouth.
-That's a mouthpiece, King. -[King] Oh, oh.
[J.R.] May have a little barbecue later.
I may join him.
[referee] Here we go.
I went over the rules in the dressing room.
Is there any questions?
Okay, listen, I want no low blows.
I want you to break when I tell you to break.
Let's have a clean fight.
Touch gloves, let's get it on.
-Touch gloves, let's get it on. -[man] Alright, let's go...
All right dude, let's do it.
[J.R.] No love lost between Butterbean and Marvelous Marc Mero.
Mero, former New York state Golden Gloves champion.
Member of the US boxing team at one time.
Oh, look.
And Mero finally has the spotlight on him.
Everything he has wanted,
he has now, the opportunity to be the star.
Four rounds of Tough Man fighting.
[King] I would think that Marvelous Marc,
if he was smart, would just kind of stay away
from this big, humongous Butterbean
and let him wear himself out, tire himself down,
and he'd be sweating butter by round three.
-Get it, sweat butter? -[J.R.] I got it.
Yeah, I thought I'd just let it go by.
-[King] Yeah, right. -Mero on the ropes.
[J.R.] Referee Mike Chioda stepping in there,
and he did get a clean break.
Butterbean trying to keep the pressure on Mero.
[King] Marc Mero learned how to do the rope-a-dope from me.
[crowd] Sable, Sable, Sable, Sable, Sable.
-[King] They're chanting "Sable." -[J.R.] They sure are.
[J.R.] This capacity craft, sold out early.
Hundreds of fans turned away here.
Look at Mero.
-Oh, right hand. -[King] What?
[J.R.] Oh, big right hand.
A big right hand by the Bean.
[King] What a cheap shot, though.
Where are the judges? Take away a point.
Hey, take away a point down there.
[J.R.] There are no judges. It's a referee decision.
If this match goes the four rounds, will be final.
I'd still take away a point for that cheap shot.
[King] You do the rope-a-dope, Marc, you're supposed to cover up.
Put those jabs in there, Marvelous Marc.
There you go.
Got quite a target, you can't miss.
Just sling leather.
[J.R.] Butterbean now forcing Mero back in the corner.
Mero got a couple left jabs in there,
and there's the bell that ends round one
of a scheduled four-rounder.
-[King] Look at this. -[J.R.] Oh, come on.
[King] Here we go.
Come on.
[exclamation]
[J.R.] Lot of fireworks.
[King] Same thing that happened at Madison Square Garden.
You okay?
Keep your cool, big man, keep your cool.
He can't box, so get in there.
[indistinct dialogue]
All right, all right...
[crowd scream]
[referee] Mero, I want a clean fight.
I'm telling you. I'm warning you, clean fight.
[J.R.] Referee telling Marc Mero, he's warning him,
he wants a clean fight.
[King] Is that what he said?
Huh, huh, let's do it right. Go out there and box.
-[J.R.] Ray Rinaldi. -He's going down.
Move around, man, move around.
[indistinct dialogue]
[King] Look at that one big right hand,
watch the right hand.
Boom, right there.
-[J.R.] And there's the... -[King] Look out.
[J.R.] And Mero, what the heck?
[King] Well, that's fair. All's fair in love and war.
This is war.
[J.R.] Marvelous Marc Mero has taken the tape from his glove
and is choking Butterbean with it.
[King] Pound him.
[J.R.] And now Mero has a big-time advantage.
[King] There you go.
[J.R.] What has come over him?
A hard, hard right hand. Butterbean in trouble.
[King] Come on, Marc, don't let him get his wind back.
[J.R.] Mero has the advantage here.
Oh, here comes the Bean, the 330-pounder.
[King] Watch, he'll break your ribs.
[J.R.] Butterbean won 18 Tough Man competitions
from 1990 through '94,
with a 67-4 record in those tough contests.
[King] I think he's gouging him there so...
-Oh! -[J.R.] Right in the kidneys.
[excitement scream]
What a big right hand.
[King] Guy's hard to knock down, but he can't see.
[J.R.] I think Butterbean caught a thumb to the eye,
and now, this is Mero's round.
Oh, straight right hand by Mero,
and Butterbean having to hold on here.
Break it up, break it up!
Keep your hands up, baby!
[King] It's a matter of time now, J.R.
[J.R.] Mero is sticking and moving here,
trying to ride that jab and his quickness.
-[referee] Come on. Come on. -[King] I think his vision's impaired.
I think Butterbean can't really see right now.
Mero's pretty impressive. You gotta admit.
[J.R.] Well he, you know, he's become a Golden Gloves Champion.
He's got great skills.
And Mero keeps that right hand tough.
And Butterbean now looks to have his faculties back about him.
There's nothing fancy about Butterbean.
He'll tell you he's not a boxer, he's a fighter.
[King] Stay away, Marc. Stay away!
Don't brawl with this guy!
That's it, tie him up.
[bell rings]
Come on. Come on.
[J.R.] That's the end of round two.
[King] Look out!
-[King] He's down, he's down! -[J.R.] Whoa!
[King] He's down!
Whoa!
Butterbean just...
Well, that was a real cheap shot by Mero.
Yeah, but look at Butterbean! Shades of Latrell Sprewell!
He just punched his own Coach there, didn't he?
Man, that's terrible. Are you okay, Bean?
Are you all right?
He kicked you right in back the neck.
Are you all right?
[J.R.] I'll show you that from the eye around here.
Right there. A thumb, the right hand.
No "uh" about it, King. It's what happened.
Can you tell the truth one time?
[King] Wasn't right in his eye.
Bean, don't take your eyes off this guy.
He's not a boxer. So remember that.
One more time.
Do it again, okay?
You gotta knock him out.
[J.R.] Ray Rinaldi talking to Mero.
Rinaldi was Mero's Coach in the amateurs.
You think he taught him to drop-kick guys in the back?
[King] Pretty good coaching.
[J.R.] The punch stat numbers, King,
-wanna analyze that? -Yeah.
[King] Butterbean's thrown 15 and landed four.
Twenty-eight percent, he's not impressing me, but Marvelous Marc
has landed 12 out of 22 for a whopping 52%.
[J.R.] You're regular Larry Merchant... analytically.
Kind of Harold Lederman-like.
[King] You better keep those gloves up there, big boy.
[J.R.] Bean got his hands down.
He may be a little tired from the situation
last night in Atlantic City.
[King] Bean's just telling him, "Hit me with your best shot."
[J.R.] Bean is, he is really challenging Mero.
-[groans] -Watch out. Watch out.
[King] Yeah, Marc. Bean's hot.
[pain exclamation]
[J.R.] With the leather there.
Hard body shot by Butterbean.
A little form in that one.
Butterbean using that 330 pounds to force Mero to the corner.
Now Butterbean's got Mero in the corner.
[King] Time out, Marc!
[J.R.] Mero steps outta the corner.
That's it. He's gone, he's gone.
Marvelous Marc looks a little shaky. A little wobbly.
Mero grabbing a hold into the clinch.
I don't think he's actually holding on.
I think he's just trying to climb Butterbean's
north slope there. How big this guy is.
[King] Punch him! Give him a big uppercut, Marc.
[referee] Come on!
[J.R.] Oh, Butterbean got the jab in.
Following an overhand, right, another overhand right.
[King] They're just slugging that out now.
[J.R.] Mero's standing right in front of Butterbean.
That might not be the smartest thing to do.
That's a big overhand right.
Oh-oh, Marc Mero's in trouble.
[King] Come on, Marc!
[J.R.] Down goes Mero! Down goes Mero!
Mero's on Dream Street!
[bell rings]
And there's the bell.
Mero literally saved by the bell in this match-up.
-Gimme the spit bucket! -For what?
Give it to me.
You wanna spit? Wanna spit?
[exclamations]
[J.R.] Ice cold water.
That'll certainly get your attention.
I'm not letting him spread that way.
[King] Butterbean doesn't want this to be over!
[J.R.] Have another look at it.
Damn!
Watch Mero's head.
Snap.
Marc, look at me. You okay? Let's do it.
[crowd] Mero! Mero!
Mero, Mero!
[J.R.] Our punch stat numbers now.
Butterbean obviously with an advantage here now.
Butterbean has yet to use his dual
that stood up all on George Foreman.
[King] That 14th punch he landed was the big one.
Oh, my God!
[J.R.] Overhand right.
Get up!
Oh!
-[J.R.] Low blow! -[King] I didn't see it.
[J.R.] A low blow!
[King] Look at that!
And Mero now attacking Butterbean
with a...
-We got Marc. -...disqualifications.
Mero was a beaten man!
Mero was a beaten man and went downstairs.
[man] ...as a result of a disqualification...
Butterbean!
[J.R.] Butterbean has won the match by disqualification.
[King] Look out, it's the running of the bulls!
Get away!
[J.R.] Butterbean wants another piece of The Wild Man--
excuse me, of Marvelous.
I don't think there's any doubt in anybody's mind
that Butterbean had this match-up
seemingly won, King. That's my view of it.
[King] Well, I'd like to see things from your point of view,
but I can't get my head up my rear end.
Now if you think Butterbean was ahead
on points, you're crazy.
Marc Mero outshone him for three rounds.
Butterbean got in two lucky punches and that's all.
[J.R.] Here's what happened
in the beginning of the round right here.
Mero there, knocked down.
And Butterbean did not go to a neutral corner
-and it cost him downstairs. -[bell rings]
A blatant, almost seemingly a premeditated shot.
[King] Look at this. Now here's the punch that--
Whoa.
[J.R.] And Mero with that stool.
Breaking that wooden stool
right over the back of Butterbean's head.
[King] Now this is... Right in his stomach.
[J.R.] Oh, come on.
That was... if I ever saw one.
That was way down south in Alabama.
Well the thing about it is,
is that Butterbean has won the match by disqualification.
But I don't think we've heard
the last of this situation in my view.
It may be going on right now in the lock room area.
[alarm]
What? What is that?
[King] What'd you have for lunch?
Oh, Lord.
[King] Oh, my gosh.
-Shut the hell up! -[J.R.] Oh, man.
Shut the hell up!
Is this scheduled?
-Not on my format. -Tonight...
The Artist formerly known as Goldust.
[King] She's pretty in pink.
...wishes to express himself in verse!
[J.R.] She ain't no Molly Ringwald, King.
Maybe Goldust is.
If you will.
This is a little ditty that I...
wrote when I was a child.
I would like to share it with you all.
If y'all could shut up for a minute.
[J.R.] "A little ditty," did he say?
It goes something like this...
I am Sam.
Sam, I am.
[J.R.] I'm sorry, Dr. Seuss.
That Sam I am. That Sam I am.
I do not like that, Sam I am.
Do you like green eggs and ham?
[King] He say he wrote this?
[J.R.] I don't think so.
I do not like them, Sam I am.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
Would you like him here or there?
[King] You think Dr. Seuss is happy?
I would not like him here or there.
I would not like him anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam I am.
Shut the hell up!
[King] That's the part he wrote.
[J.R.] Yeah, we apologize for that, folks.
Would you like him in a house?
Would you like him with a mouse?
I do not like him in a house.
I do not like him with a mouse.
I do not like him here or there.
Oh, I do not like him anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like him, Sam I am.
J.R., I just realized you're the Cat in the Hat.
Would you eat them in a box?
Would you eat them with a fox?
What? What was that?
Come on!
Come on, you scum!
[J.R.] Did she just...
Thank you very much.
[J.R.] Well, I'll tell you what. Let's go back to Michael Cole.
Michael, I hope you're having a better time
than we are out here with these... festivities.
[King] What was that?
Well, J.R., I'm here with The Legion of Doom.
Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk,
and gentlemen, I'm sure you have a lot to say about the travesty,
which occurred two weeks ago on RAW from Fayetteville.
You were defending the belt against The Road Dogg,
and Badass Billy Gunn. Set for the doomsday device,
when Road Dogg came in, and hit Animal with a chair.
They rolled over Hawk, and he picked up,
rolled over Animal, picked up the victory
and they took off out of the arena
with the tag team belt like thieves in the night.
And Animal, I'm sure you have a lot to say.
[Animal] Well, everybody out there in Fayetteville saw!
Ain't no way any athlete here in WWE could beat us fair square.
We've proven that time and time again!
You ran like a couple of sissies!
You high-tailed it out, got in your car,
but you left one thing behind!
We got our spikes back first!
Then you took our titles.
You are lucky to make it here tonight!
We take pride in being the best
that the WWE got to offer!
You two punks are going down!
We're gonna kick your teeth right down your throat!
-Tell 'em, Hawk. -Well, Mr. Dog, Mr. Ass.
You two remind me of a deeply embedded booger
right up my right nostril and my fingertip
and its nail are just a little too short to get to.
But I dig and I dig, and finally
I get that booger, and I get it in here
and I roll it around and I flick it!
Get ready to get flicked!
Because tonight Road Dogg and Mr. Ass,
you are the equivalent of mine and his boogers!
[roar]
What a booger!
[bell rings]
-The LOD... -[man] Please, gentleman...
...one hour time limit is for
the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship!
[crowd scream]
[King] Where did we lose control, J.R.?
[man] ...are the challengers! From Chicago, Illinois,
at a total high weight of 583 pounds.
Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warrior Animal.
The Legion of Doom!
[J.R.] They are indeed American originals.
They have been tag team champions
in every federation that they have competed in.
And tonight at Degeneration X: In your House,
they want those titles back!
[King] Wow. Green eggs, ham, and boogers. What next?
[J.R.] Nowhere to run for Road Dogg and Billy Gunn.
[man] Oh, you didn't know?
Your ass better call somebody!
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome...
to Jurassic Park.
Your tour guides this evening,
will be the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag team champion,
The Road Dogg, Jesse James,
and Badass Billy Gunn!
We will lead you on exhibition after exhibition
to see the scary dinosaurs.
Please, do not feed the dinosaurs!
They can get hostile
and there won't be no T-Rex
on this exhibition.
Just back off. One.
That's all I'm begging you.
And relax when we get good and damn ready,
we'll go--
[J.R.] Oh-oh.
Uh-oh!
Where are they going now?
[King] Well, they talk a pretty good fight.
[man] We're gonna stretch a little more.
Mr. Ass, Are you ready?
Let's-- One, two, three...
Okay. Okay.
[J.R.] Oh, they forgot to do their calisthenics.
[King] Yeah, right.
[J.R.] Well, we saw earlier--
-[fighter] Okay. -I bet I know what they did.
Okay.
They went back to start their car.
Now, we're ready.
We did a little further stretching in the back.
Now we're ready.
World Wrestling Entertainment fans,
It is your privilege
to watch myself,
and the "A"-double-crooked-letter.
Do a good piece of bidness!
-[J.R.] "Bidness." -Oh, here we go again.
They did some stretching in the back.
Can we not even walk to the ring?
There may be some stretching in the front.
We can't even get in the ring.
Because they're scared.
in the roped gridiron, you're scared of us.
[J.R.] Who's scared?
-No! -Uh-oh.
WWE officials are gonna put stop to--
-Mr. Ass is ill! -Delay of the game.
If we could just see a position.
You gotta get back in the ring.
We need to see a position...!
[King] Here we go!
[J.R.] Hawk and Animal, taking matters into their own hands.
Bringing the tag team champions to the ring.
Whoa.
No, no!
[J.R.] So it's Animal and Road Dogg. [exclamation]
And this one may not last long, King.
[King] He kicked him right in the championship belt.
Oh, no!
[J.R.] Kick right to the ribs by Animal.
The WWE Tag Team Championship
now on the line, and The Road Dogg's in for the ride
and knocked down with a clothesline.
Hawk and Animal. The Road Warriors.
Legion of Doom. Whatever you want to call 'em.
American Originals, and they'll come right at you.
No nonsense, nothing frilly.
Hard time right hand by Hawk.
We understand that Marvelous Marc Mero and Butterbean
are conversing on the Superstar Line as we speak.
[King] With each other?
-With Kevin Kelly and-- -[King] Oh, man!
[J.R.] Hawk going upstairs.
And then surprise, surprise Road Dogg is taking the high road.
Or the low road, if you will.
Catching Hawk coming back in.
[King] Well, I saw one of these fans earlier
holding up a sign that said LOD is O-L-D,
and that's the mindset that the new tag team champions have.
Billy Gunn and The Road Dogg.
They think that they're looking at two guys
that are past their prime,
but they may find out a little different tonight.
[J.R.] Our second championship match-up here at Degeneration X: In Your House.
[King] Oh, no.
Has it set and drops with a neckbreaker.
[King] Wow.
[J.R.] Reverse neckbreaker on The Road Dogg.
And it's almost as if Billy Gunn
and The Road Dogg could feel the WWE Tag Titles
literally slipping out of their hands.
Maybe being snatched outta their hands
would be a better way to put it.
[King] Look out! Oh, man.
[J.R.] Double clothesline by Hawk, knocking down the tag champions.
[King] Who does he think he is, Taka Michinoku?
[J.R.] Oh, man, hear the impact of that.
Tremendous contact there by Animal.
A big foot to the face by Hawk.
I'll tell you what, the Tag Champion's getting whooped
like a government mule here by The Legion of Doom.
[crowd] LOD, LOD, LOD.
Does the term red-headed step-child come to mind?
There's a meeting of the minds right there.
It was November 24th when The Road Dogg
and Billy Gunn stole the tag titles from Hawk and Animal,
and they've been bragging about it ever since.
Hitting and running.
And look at those tremendous kicks right to the rib cage.
[King] Well, it's December 7th now, J.R.,
and it's pretty cold here in Springfield.
I'm just wondering if The Road Dogg
and Billy gun left the heat on in the car.
[J.R.] I wouldn't doubt it.
[pain exclamation]
Knife-edge chop right across the collarbone,
followed with a right hand.
More like a bar fight for Hawk than it is a wrestling match.
And Road Dogg in a lot of trouble, has been unable
-to tag his partner. -[King] Look out, look out.
[J.R.] Look out here.
[King] Hey, come on, man.
Man, you talk about face-first.
I don't think Road Dogg's gonna last much longer, King.
[King] I don't think our announce table's
gonna last much longer if that keeps up.
[J.R.] Hawk tagging in Animal.
Animal with a kick right to the arm.
Road Dogg in a lot of trouble here. Reverses the whip.
[King] Whoa, look at this.
Uh-oh big mistake.
[J.R.] What power by Animal.
Snatching the attempted leapfrog, turning it into a powerbomb.
Will that be enough?
And here comes Billy Gunn, and Billy Gunn interrupted the count,
or I really feel that it would've been over right there.
[King] Well that was called going to the well once too often.
[J.R.] Animal tossing The Road Dogg outside
like a sack of potatoes all the way from Idaho.
Shot by Hawk.
And Road Dogg, he's been battered and deep fried here.
[King] Hey, ref, how about taking a look
-at what's going on over here? -[J.R.] Might be a good idea.
Stinging right hands,
and Road Dogg is in huge trouble to say the least.
-[King exclaims] -And here comes Billy Gunn.
[King] Oh, my gosh, that'll definitely leave a mark.
[J.R.] That's a hell of a way to land, I'll tell you that.
Those stairs are kinda unforgiving.
[King] Oh, he's hurting.
[J.R.] I don't doubt it.
-Road Dogg's beat up himself. -[King] It hurt me.
[J.R.] Now they're looking for a timeout now.
And they may be, there goes Road Dogg.
There goes Billy Gunn.
They're taking a walk, but not very far.
Keep the motor running.
I think it's Animal and Road Dogg,
I think, are the two legal men.
If anybody's keeping score at home.
Boy, the referee has let this thing really--
He's really kinda thrown the rule Book out the window, seemingly.
[referee] One of you has to get in the corner.
[King] Wait a minute. What do we got going here?
Right in front of us, J.R. [exclaims]
[J.R.] A low blow.
That fall of that shot to the back of the head
from that ice bucket, that ice chest.
There goes our soft drinks.
[King] I bet they didn't feel too soft to him.
[J.R.] I bet not.
Road Dogg is the legal guy, but I'm sure he'd love to make a tag.
[King] Ooh.
[J.R.] Well, that was another blatant shot.
If the referee would've seen that,
we would've had a disqualification.
[King] Come on, it's Styrofoam.
[J.R.] Hard knee drop.
Hook of the leg, maybe, no, it's not enough.
Near-fall situation created by--
[King] What a high dropkick, what elevation.
[laughs]
[J.R.] I don't know, all those gyrations, a waste of time in my book.
Come on, let's go, LOD.
[crowd] LOD, LOD.
[J.R.] Now, finally a tag made.
First time we seen Billy Gunn legally in this match,
and a hard shot right to the injured ribs of Hawk.
[King] Don't you like your Tag Team Champions to be flamboyant, charismatic?
[J.R.] Well, they are that, no doubt about it.
-Not too ethical. -Shut your mouth.
Not too sportsmanlike.
One, two.
How much more of this is Hawk gonna take?
Hawk near the Tag Team Champions' corner.
Referee is drawn away, and look at the teamwork here.
One man distracts, the other man cheats, it's that simple
Straight right hand by the four-time
WWE Tag Champion, Billy Gunn.
[King] I just noticed something, you've got your own biased
point of view about everything, J.R.
You didn't call it cheating a while ago
when The Road Warriors, Legion of Doom,
was double-teaming Billy Gunn and The Road Dogg.
-I'll work on that, King. -Thank you.
[J.R.] Because I know that objectivity is extremely important to you.
[crowd] LOD, LOD.
[J.R.] Crowd chanting, "LOD, LOD"
[King] Twist his head around like Hunter Hurst Helmsley twisted
Shawn Michaels' foot around.
Ooh, nice shot.
[J.R.] Knee to the midsection, Hawk almost out of it.
Ouch. [beep]
Hard knee driven right to Hawk's face by Billy Gunn.
There's a cover, leg is hooked, and Hawk powered out.
That may have been all the strength
that Hawk has left in him.
Just enough to power out before the three count.
Look at the isolation of Hawk
in the Tag Team Champions' corner.
[King] There ain't a thing Animal can do about it.
[J.R.] Not a thing.
Ooh, double clothesline, both men go down.
And maybe, just maybe, Hawk will have
the opportunity here to make a tag.
This is the closest, King, that Hawk has been
to his corner in quite some time.
[King] And he happens to be closer than Billy Gunn is to his corner.
Uh-oh, Billy Gunn's got him, though, by the tights.
[J.R.] Billy Gunn holding on for dear life here,
doesn't want Hawk to make that tag.
Animal is well-rested and raring to go.
[pain exclamation]
Sternum-first, and, oh, their heads cracked.
The back of Hawk's head snapped
right into Billy Gunn's face.
Both men are down, referee has a ten-count that he can utilize here.
[King] You know why Billy's down?
LOD's got a hard head, look out.
[J.R.] Animal is in, Road Dogg is in.
[pain exclamation]
Animal now sending Road Dogg for the ride.
[King] Big-time powerslam.
[pain exclamation]
Shoulder block by Animal.
Billy Gunn again sent for the ride.
Another flying shoulder block by Animal of The LOD.
With the tag team titles on the line here,
-The LOD, the challengers. -[King] And look at Billy Gunn.
[J.R.] Teamwork here.
[King] Holding on to the referee.
Or he's trying to use the referee to pull himself into the ring.
[J.R.] Road Dogg is out of it.
This one is academic, wait just a minute.
That's, that's Henry Godwinn.
Oh, did you hear that?
[King] I heard it and saw it.
[J.R.] Henry Godwinn just nailed Animal with that bucket.
[King] Look out!
And now Hawk's got that bucket of The Godwinns.
He's wearing out the tag champions.
[King] He can't do that.
[bell rings]
[man] Ladies and gentlemen,
the winners of this bout, as a result of a disqualification,
and still World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Road Dogg, Jesse James, and Bad Ass Billy Gunn.
[J.R.] Well, The Godwinns' bucket got dented up
and The LOD disqualified.
And it's certainly an unfortunate situation, King.
Hawk and Animal did not bring the bucket to the ring,
but they did get caught using it
after Henry Godwinn struck the first blow.
[King] Well, at least you can be objective and tell the truth.
They got caught using it.
They shouldn't have used it, they're their own worst enemies,
and they're not the WWE Tag Team Champions.
[J.R.] Here's another look at a Henry Godwinn,
who's running down the aisle,
there you see him in the background.
Coming right in here. Listen.
[King] Bang.
Right in Animal's face, and then Hawk gets right after him.
Certainly close doesn't count in this game for The LOD.
No, and you know, you have to wonder
how many times are they gonna come back?
How many chances are they gonna get
to regain the WWE Tag Team Titles?
They had their big shot. They didn't get the job done.
That may be it for LOD.
Folks, we're moments away from our Boot Camp match-up,
and certainly Degeneration X
has disrespected everybody and everything.
[J.R.] You expect to see that here in this next match-up
-with Triple H and The Sarge. -[King] Oh, you don't expect it,
you know it's gonna happen.
The Degeneration X, they are without a doubt,
and self-proclaimed, the dirtiest players in the game.
They will do absolutely anything.
Sarge, get ready.
I know boot camp was tough,
but never have you ever experienced anything
like you're gonna have tonight.
Here's a special look at Sgt. Slaughter.
December 7th, Hunter Hurst Helmsley,
will live with you in infamy.
[narrator] History has dictated that any time-tested leader
has sufficiently supported their tough talk,
usually with a weapon in their arsenal
worthy of swift and severe action.
Now, although shelved for most of this decade,
Sgt. Slaughter has been pressed
to unleash the dreaded Cobra Clutch once again.
[man 2] Going for the dreaded Cobra Clutch.
Does he get it, yes he does.
Sgt. Slaughter cinching in The Cobra Clutch.
The Cobra Clutch!
[man 3] That's that famous Cobra Clutch of Sgt. Slaughter's.
It goes right across that carotid nerve,
and it stops that blood supply and it's all over, lights out.
[narrator] Devastating in its effect,
it was usually thwarted only by aided firepower,
or in numbers.
[man 3] They're trying to get Slaughter off Patterson,
but he won't release The Cobra Clutch.
[narrator] If in fact, Triple H is foolish enough to ignore the past,
he may be condemned to repeat it.
You want this?
[man 3] That's gonna be enough.
Think about it, Helmsley.
December 7th is gonna be
your day of infamy.
I'm here with Triple H and Chyna.
And Hunter Hurst Helmsley, did you think
when you began this disrespect of Commissioner Slaughter,
that it would backfire in your face?
Backfire, you're a bigger idiot than I thought.
Look it, what I got right here
is a special survival kit for Sgt. Slaughter.
I've got all I'm gonna need
to beat Sgt. Slaughter in this bag.
I've got a comb, specially made to comb his hair
so it'll look good when he goes to the ring.
I've got Metamucil.
I've got prunes to loosen the old man up.
And don't worry, Sarge, I've got your back covered too,
'cause I got you some Depends.
Listen up, Slaughter, this is not your generation.
This is not the next generation.
This, and put that camera on me, idiot.
This is Degeneration.
And, Slaughter, remember, X marks the spot.
And when I get done, Slaughter,
there'll be no hard feelings.
As a matter of fact, I might take a swing by your house
and let your old lady take a smoke of the peace pipe.
Back to ringside.
[J.R.] How disrespectful can a human being be?
Degeneration X, absolutely deplorable,
and this is gonna be a rugged one-on-one match-up.
[woman] Are you ready?
[rock music playing]
[man] The following contest is a special Boot Camp Match.
About to enter the ring, accompanied by Chyna,
from Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing 246 pounds,
representing Degeneration X, Triple H.
[rock music playing]
[J.R.] Triple H, the 1997 King of the Ring.
And this will be a Boot Camp Match, come dressed as you are.
There'll be no disqualifications,
no count-outs, anything goes,
and there must be a winner in this match-up.
And The Man that has perfected
the Boot Camp Matches is standing by
with our broadcast colleague, James E. Cornette.
Here's James E and The Sarge.
Sgt. Slaughter, you have had a long and storied career.
You're a former WWE Champion.
Now the commissioner suit is off,
the combat boots are back on. But do you think you're prepared
to fight Hunter Hurst Helmsley here tonight?
Helmsley, you piece a human excretion.
I didn't come here tonight to come out of retirement.
I didn't come here tonight for a wrestling match.
I came here tonight to fight a scum, a slime,
and a maggot that insulted my family.
Helmsley, you puke,
I might be old, but I'm not dead.
And this old jarhead is gonna beat you up
and beat you up bad, and that's an order.
[J.R.] Alright, Sarge is fired up, no doubt about it.
[King] I gotta question the wisdom of Hunter Hurst Helmsley.
He's gotta be supremely confident
in not only the presence of Chyna,
but possibly Shawn Michaels in the back
to come out here and make remarks about The Sarge's wife
right before this big boot camp match.
[J.R.] They don't care.
They don't respect anybody or anything.
Take it away, Fink.
His opponent, hailing from South Carolina,
weighing 315 pounds, Sgt. Slaughter.
[J.R.] Sgt. Slaughter debuted 1972.
That's 25 years.
Although, he's 49 years of age.
He is no longer, at least not tonight,
the commissioner of the WWE.
He had to get a wrestler's license just like everybody else
and be licensed by the State Athletic Commission.
[King] Well, the only thing that I hearken back to
is the fact that the only war
Sgt. Slaughter fought in was Vietnam.
He got his butt kicked there,
and he might get it kicked here, too.
-[J.R.] And here we go. -[bell rings]
Remember, no disqualifications,
you cannot be counted out.
There must be a winner in this match-up.
[King] Sarge using that riding crop right off the bat.
Thinks he's General Patton.
[J.R.] Sgt. Slaughter had a storied career
in the WWE and around the world.
Former NWA Tag Champion with Don Kernodle.
There's a right hand.
NWA US Heavyweight Champ, beat the great Wahoo McDaniel.
They had some great battles in the '80s.
And that riding crop driven
right into the throat of Triple H.
[King] Look at this, whoa.
[J.R.] Slaughter, obviously to say that he
would like to dictate a methodical pace
would certainly be overstating the obvious.
Sarge, at his peak weight, was about 310.
He's a... a little bit more than that right now, I would guess.
[King] Well, I don't think The Sarge cares about any kind of pace.
He's wearing those steel-toed combat boots
and all he wants to do is kick Triple H's butt.
[J.R.] Sarge with a kick right to the midsection.
And Hunter Hurst Helmsley,
who said he used to watch the WWE as a kid,
but who didn't, but he used to watch Sgt. Slaughter.
He didn't mean it as a compliment, either.
-[pain exclamation] -A gut buster by Slaughter.
[King] Triple H said he was four-years-old
when he watched Sgt. Slaughter wrestles.
I believe him, I remember, I was six.
[J.R.] Yeah, right.
Slaughter with those combat boots
right in the midsection of Triple H.
Remember, Chyna is at ringside.
I don't expect to see Shawn Michaels here,
but I could be dead wrong on that, of course, Michaels...
[King] You've been dead wrong before.
[J.R.] I sure have.
[pain exclamation]
Downstairs goes Slaughter.
There's Chyna, 200 pounds at least, she is.
And Helmsley thrown over the top rope
with ease by The Sarge.
Slaughter taking his time here.
And Helmsley just driven face-first into the steel steps.
[King] Are you surprised at Sgt. Slaughter?
Are you amazed at what he's able to do right here?
That's what happens when you OD on Geritol.
Look at Sarge, he's going crazy.
Uh-oh.
-[J.R.] Slaughter with Helmsley up. -[King] No!
[J.R.] And drops him right across the security railing.
And Slaughter seems to be really enjoying dismantling
his much younger opponent, Hunter Hurst Helmsley.
-What is going on? -We got a couple.
At least a 20-year age difference.
[King] What's he doing? Covered him on the floor, right.
It's a Boot Camp Match. You can do anything.
Count him out, ref.
[J.R.] I think that a pin fall has to be secured in the ring,
but I wouldn't wanna bet on it.
I guess that's a referee's transgression.
And Helmsley, well, X does mark the spot
and so do the steel steps.
[King] We may not be paying a visit to anybody's wife tonight.
[J.R.] How disrespectful can a human being be,
talking about someone's wife and their children?
That's what DX is all about. They don't care.
Hard kick right to the ribs.
I guess Slaughter is taking this young man to school,
keeping him after class.
[King] Not to mention what he did to his bazooka.
[man in crowd] Sergeant Slaughter, you suck, man.
Look at Sarge. Uh-oh, what, what, what?
[J.R.] Sarge is gonna extract some more discipline.
[King] Yikes.
[J.R.] Slaughter got it leveled out.
Used to get down in the old woodshed, didn't you, J.R.?
I've had that taste a time or two
from my dear old Daddy. But right there, Slaughter.
I don't think Helmsley has spent too much time in the woodshed.
He probably didn't even have a woodshed.
Probably had a wood duplex.
[King] Did you ever get it from a drill sergeant?
[J.R.] Nope.
Slaughter now...
[excitement exclamation]
Wrapping that belt right around Helmsley's neck.
And Slaughter, tightening it up here.
-Come on, come on. -I don't care.
[King] Something tells me you could choke
Hunter Hurst Helmsley from now till the cows come home,
and you're still not gonna choke any respect into him.
[J.R.] I think you're right about that.
Helmsley, the former Intercontinental Champion
of World Wrestling Entertainment.
[King] I noticed you looking at Chyna, she does look great, doesn't she?
[J.R.] Beg your pardon?
Slaughter with a clothesline.
Did load that cannon that time in Helmsley.
[King] Uh-oh, uh-oh. Cobra Clutch time.
[J.R.] Helmsley is in trouble.
Helmsley has not been in this match yet.
-And Slaughter-- -[King] Whoa, yeah.
[J.R.] Going for The Cobra Clutch,
and Helmsley able to feel Slaughter.
Great awareness there.
Notice a referee is staying on the outside of the ring,
will only go into the ring when there's a--
-[King] Oh. -Look out.
-[King] Look out-- -[J.R.] Slaughter.
-[J.R.] Over the top turn Buckle. -[King] He's dead.
[J.R.] And just slap that the top of the ring post.
[man in crowd] He's dead.
[J.R.] Literally sent Slaughter, 49 years of age.
[King] That took about 12 years off his life right there.
[J.R.] Oh, I tell you what, that's a tough move.
Take one more look here. Look at this.
[King] Oh, Sarge, whoa. Man.
[J.R.] Sarge's left arm wrapped around the ring post,
and now, Helmsley, sending Slaughter to the steel steps.
[King] Da Nang was never like this, was it, Sarge?
[J.R.] Now what do you know about Da Nang?
Good morning, Vietnam.
[King] I used to hear about it when I was a kid watching on TV.
Ever smelled napalm in the morning, J.R.?
[J.R.] No.
[King] Were you a draft dodger? Oh, Sarge.
[J.R.] Sarge, tossed over the railing,
right onto the concrete floor.
And now, Helmsley, what's he gonna do?
Triple H is going over the rail himself.
[King] Make him give you 20 while he down there, Hunter.
Public Sarge, again.
[J.R.] Slaughter, knocked on the outside of the front row,
right back into the ringside area.
[King] You think Sarge will re-up after this?
[J.R.] Helmsley, now choking Sergeant Slaughter.
[King] Ten-hut. Get up, Sarge.
Nobody said, "At ease." Uh-oh.
-[J.R.] Helmsley trying-- -[King] Whoa. Look at this guy.
[J.R.] Grabbing now the ring bell from Mark Yeaten.
-[King] Ooh. -[J.R.] Good God.
[J.R.] What's wrong with him?
What's wrong with Mark Yeaten?
[King] I think he got a fractured skull, maybe.
[pain exclamation] That walk down, Slaughter just scored
with that cannon like clothesline.
But good lord, the timekeeper, Mark Yeaten, has been KO'd.
What a heinous, no-good son of a--
[King] Welcome to boot camp, Mark Yeaten.
That guy's useless anyway. What does he--
get paid to ring a bell?
[J.R.] All right, we could use a little bit of help out here.
[King] Oh, and whoa, speaking of ringing the bell.
[J.R.] Did you hear that right across Slaughter's spine?
Slaughter tossed inside now. Take a look at this.
[King] Look, what is this guy trying to manhandle...
Hunter Hurst Helmsley make him look bad.
-Ooh. Did you hear that? -[J.R.] Yeah, I heard it.
And now, Helmsley using that leather belt--
to lash at Slaughter.
[King] Trying to whip Sarge into shape.
That's what they do at boot camp, isn't it?
[J.R.] And now, Helmsley, choking away.
-[King] No. -There you go.
[King] Look at that.
[J.R.] Helmsley with certainly a version of a Biel,
using the rope around the neck
to send Slaughter from the corner.
Helmsley, communicating with Chyna.
Oh, her...
[King] I think Sarge is AWOL from this match right now, don't you?
-[J.R.] King, does this look familiar? -Yeah.
[J.R.] He's got a chain around his right hand,
-there, you see it? -[King] Smart move.
-[J.R.] It's just legal as a headlock. -Look out.
[J.R.] Yeah, that maybe it right there.
[King] Somebody play Taps. [laughs]
Oh, man.
[J.R.] Helmsley, again with that... His right fist--
-[King] Call the med's unit. -A chain wrecker.
[J.R.] Could be it. There's a cover. Referee now enters the ring.
We've got one, we got two, and that's it this time.
[King] We got the MPs out here.
[J.R.] Poor Mark Yeaten is having to be assisted outta here.
[King] The bell was rung.
[J.R.] Literally.
[King] Look at Hunter, like a sniper.
[J.R.] Slaughter's not gonna quit,
fighting his way back up here.
[King] Oh, Sarge, watch your right flank. Uh-oh.
[J.R.] Slaughter blocks a right, got a right of his own.
Slaughter again, this time knocking down Triple H.
And Slaughter, maybe... the old tank may be near empty,
but I could promise you that Sergeant Slaughter will not quit on you.
He'll fight you as long as he can draw breath.
Helmsley, so much youth, but now,
-Slaughter, he got that chain. -[King] Huh?
[J.R.] I think Slaughter's got the chain...
-[King] What a cheater. -Helmsley brought in the ring.
[King] Look out.
[J.R.] And Helmsley elevates Slaughter back up
and over the top.
[King] Sarge went right down in the foxhole, didn't he? [laughs]
[J.R.] Boy, you worked in that military humor, did you?
[man in crowd] Get up! And that's an order.
[King] Reveille, time to get up.
[J.R.] Slaughter forced back in now by Triple H.
Here's another look right here.
-Slaughter went-- -[King] Whoo.
[J.R.] Slaughter wanted to deliver the big right hand,
but Helmsley was too quick.
And now, Triple H, going up top.
[King] Look at Sarge's gut.
Had a lot of K-ration there. Heavy breathing now, that's it.
-[J.R.] Oh, Helmsley. -[King] Oh, no.
[J.R.] It isn't it.
[King] The boot of Sergeant Slaughter,
right in the face of Triple H.
[J.R.] A military issue of know that footwear,
jammed right into Triple H's face.
[King] I guess Hunter's a foot soldier now.
Come on, Triple...
Uh-oh. Look out.
[J.R.] Slaughter, oh, he can't...
Slaughter tried to slam, couldn't hold Helmsley.
Slaughter's lower back, obviously, has taken a pounding
from the steps, from going over the top rope.
-Helmsley. -[King] Oh.
[J.R.] Looking for a suplex.
-[King] Look out. -Slaughter counters.
[J.R.] Slaughter countered the suplex.
But you gotta wonder just...
Chyna, kind of a somewhat of a concerned look
if you could call it that.
She's rather poker faced as a norm.
What's Slaughter gonna do?
No.
-Wait a minute. -[King] Sarge.
[J.R.] He's gotten the airborne, I don't think.
[King] He thinks he's a paratrooper.
-You're no paratrooper, Sarge. -Uh-oh.
[King] Oh, you're free to fly though. Oh.
[J.R.] Slaughter slammed off the top.
And that took a lot outta Helmsley, as well.
[King] He looked like a Scud missile.
[J.R.] Helmsley going for the cover.
-Referee in, one, two. -[referee] One, two.
-And that's it this time. -[King] Unbelievable.
[King] Talk about the 82nd Airborne or did you see Sarge fly?
Like one of those old B17? Whoa, here we go.
[J.R.] Helmsley with a sleeper.
Helmsley now has it locked in on Slaughter.
[King] I think it's lights out.
[J.R.] Same effect as Slaughter's Cobra Clutch.
Restricting the flow of blood to the brain
via the carotid artery.
[King] That's ironic, isn't it?
When Hunter wins this match, he'll be like Fort Bragg.
He'll be bragging all over the place, won't he, J.R.?
[J.R.] No, no doubt about that, win or lose.
[King] It's over.
[J.R.] Slaughter has almost faded into the sunset.
[King] Sarge can't hear the referee asking if he gives up.
I think his miracle ear has gone dead.
[J.R.] I think he can use your Reveille line here.
[King] Huh?
[J.R.] Jack Doan now, last time.
[King] Ten-hut?
[referee] He's still up.
[J.R.] Slaughter's hand did not drop.
He's holding on with everything he has left.
It's Sergeant Slaughter, and the 25-year veteran...
He's calling for reinforcements.
Helmsley holding on, but the sleeper,
the effectiveness of the sleeper has been relinquished there
-and now, The Cobra-- -[King] Oh, no.
[King] How did he turn it around?
-[J.R.] Slaughter counters. -Look at this.
[J.R.] There's The Cobra Clutch.
Chyna shoves down the referee.
Remember, there's no disqualification.
Chyna just wrecked Slaughter in the eyes.
[King] Hooray for women in the military.
[J.R.] Look at Chyna. She towers over the referee.
She's an Amazon.
-[referee] Get off the ring now. -You wanna fight me?
[Chyna] Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
[King] What are you gonna do about it, ref.
She--Yo.
What a forehand shot and down goes the referee.
Chyna just assaulted the referee.
There are no disqualifications.
Uh-oh, J.R. She's coming this way.
-[J.R.] Well... -Everybody's cleared out now.
They'll let her have anything she wants.
[J.R.] She's got that folding chair, that metal chair
looks as if it's about to come into play here.
Referee is down, Helmsley is down.
[King] Here comes the heavy artillery.
[J.R.] Slaughter is on all fours it was moments ago.
[King] Uh-oh, oh. Look up, Sarge, incoming.
[J.R.] Chyna.
[King] Whoa.
[J.R.] Oh, Slaughter used his powder to Chyna's face.
-[King] What in the... -Right in the eyes.
[J.R.] Slaughter, caught her in the eyes with some powder.
[King] Chemical warfare, chemical warfare.
[J.R.] Helmsley's got his boot off and catches Slaughter right in the head.
Helmsley with that combat boot
caught Slaughter right in the head.
Slaughter down with a knee, he's wobbling.
Misses it this time.
-And Slaughter's-- -[King] No, not again.
[J.R.] Slaughter's got The Cobra Clutch again on Helmsley.
[King] I can't believe that Slaughter sunk that low like Saddam Hussein.
[J.R.] Helmsley, just about out of it.
Slaughter's about to win this thing.
Helmsley is looking for the ropes,
but it wouldn't do him any good.
[King] Chyna is still out, she can't...
-[J.R.] Chyna may-- -Look at Chyna's face.
[J.R.] He's been blinded temporarily by that--
[Slaughter] Yeah.
[J.R.] Powder, referee Jack Doan, checking Helmsley.
Slaughter's got The Cobra Clutch locked.
Helmsley's a move away,
a hand drop away from this one being over.
-Oh. -[J.R.] Dear God.
-Oh. -[J.R.] Did you hear that?
-Oh. -[J.R.] Chyna kicked Slaughter
way south of Pendleton.
[King] Whoa.
[J.R.] You talk about the halls of Montezuma.
Good Lord, did you hear that?
[King] Like a cannon shot.
[J.R.] Slaughter is writhing in pain.
[King] Everybody's writhing in pain. The referee's down.
Chyna's...
[J.R.] Helmsley's got that chair back in the ring.
Uh-oh. See what's coming.
This may not be pretty. Pedigree coming.
[King] On the metal chair.
[J.R.] Helmsley, oh.
[King] Oh, man.
[J.R.] Helmsley just drill Slaughter face first.
He dented that chair with his face.
[King] Helmsley, drills the drill sergeant
and gets the three.
-And three, that's it. -[King] Yes.
[King] He got him.
[man] Here is your winner, Triple H.
[rock music playing]
[J.R.] Degeneration X victorious here.
Helmsley beating Sergeant Slaughter in the Boot Camp Match,
but you can fault Slaughter's effort.
He was in this match, had the match won,
and I really believe, King,
that Slaughter could have certainly won this contest
if it had not been for Chyna's interference.
[King] Well, Sergeant Slaughter should have known
that Triple H, when you're in a war,
you gotta realize your enemy may have allies.
She was right there at ringside.
Anything went, Sarge knew that.
Let's face it, he should have withdrawn like Vietnam days.
He should have pulled out early.
[J.R.] Slaughter got The Cobra Clutch early
on Triple H right here the first time
trying to break it up the first time,
knocking down the referee
and then she wrecks Slaughter's eye.
And then the second time that Slaughter could had it won.
Hard kick below the belt, obviously.
And then with a chair on the mat, Slaughter ate it.
Triple H with the Pedigree,
and Sergeant Slaughter is still down, and no wonder why.
[King] Does this mean we need a new commissioner?
I'll volunteer my services.
-[J.R.] Oh, you do? -Yes.
[J.R.] I think Slaughter had a great accounting on himself,
quite frankly in a losing effort.
I'm with Jeff Jarrett.
Jeff, this is the moment everybody has been waiting for--
your in-ring debut.
But you must admit, you have to be a little bit nervous
taking on The Undertaker.
No, no. Listen, Mark, listen.
Tonight is the night that the cream rises to the top.
-You get that? -Yep.
What better place for a star to start at the very tit top.
And when I bury The Undertaker and put him away
and add him to my list, a long list of defeated opponents,
then I'll be the number one contender.
And it's gonna be just a matter of time
before the world's greatest wrestler, Jeff Jarrett
becomes the WWE champion.
Take a look at this.
Back to ringside, gentlemen.
[J.R.] Okay, thank you very much, Michael and Jeff Jarrett.
Certainly, we'll have to put up--
[King] A star, let's face it. He is a star.
-You know he is. -[J.R.] Yes, he is.
[King] He's not treated properly in World Wrestling Entertainment.
[man] There are the great WWE superstars--
-[King] Sick of hearing that. -...and then there's me.
[bell rings]
[man] The following contest is scheduled
for one fall with a 30-minute time limit.
Approaching the ring, from Nashville, Tennessee,
weighing 233 pounds, Jeff Jarrett.
[Jeff] I'm a star. If you don't believe it, just ask me.
[man] The one, the only,
the world's greatest wrestler, Jeff Jarrett.
[J.R.] Yeah, he's a big shot, all right.
[King] Doing his own ring introduction.
-[J.R.] Oh, yeah. -I like that.
[J.R.] And graphic that, grabs in everything else.
[King] Hey, look, look, look, check out the strut.
[J.R.] Who does he think he is, Jackie Fargo?
[King] Fabulous Jackie Fargo, that's right.
[J.R.] Jarrett's a big shot, got him an agent and everything.
-[King] Oh, yeah. -Oh, yeah. He's a big shot.
[J.R.] He's a big Moneyball player.
If you don't believe it, just ask him.
We're gonna find out what kind of big Moneyball player he is right here.
[King] He looks happy, you must have heard...
-Uh-oh. -[J.R.] This is the man.
Business is about to pick up.
[whistles]
Uh-oh.
[chimes]
[man] His opponent, from Death Valley,
weighing 328 pounds...
The Undertaker.
[dramatic music playing]
[funeral tune]
[chimes]
[funeral tune]
[explosion]
[King] I hate that part, J.R.
[J.R.] I can tell. Good thing you're wearing dark britches.
[King] What?
[J.R.] 6'10" 1/2, 328 pounds.
There you see him, the phenom.
Certainly been under so much stress.
Thanks to his younger brother, Kane.
[King] All that stress is well and good, J.R.,
but he better get his mind off Kane.
Better not be worried about his younger brother.
He better be worrying about Jeff Jarrett tonight.
[J.R.] All the great legends in WWE history.
I don't think any will ever, ever surpass that man,
The Undertaker, of all of them.
Everybody that claims to be an icon
and claims to be something special,
and maybe they were in their day,
none will ever, ever surpass The Undertaker, in my view.
[crowd boos]
And Jeff Jarrett obviously not extremely popular
-here in Springfield, Massachusetts -[bell rings]
with this capacity crowd.
[King] What do you expect? He's from Tennessee, like me.
These Yankees up here in the north just don't seem
to like us talented southern boys.
-[King] Jeff Jarrett. -Nobody likes you anywhere.
-Second generation wrestler. -[King] Whoa.
[J.R.] And Jarrett's got a big quickness advantage here,
and Jarrett got a right hand in and The Undertaker now,
almost how do you like to be stalked there, Mr. Jarrett?
And Jarrett again with a stinging right hand.
He's gotta hit and move.
Jarrett is a magnificent athlete, a 12-year pro.
[King] There you go.
Even though he's only 30 years of age.
[King] Tell 'em about it.
[J.R.] Jarrett's gotta be quick, get on that horse and ride.
Undertaker stalking Jarrett, trying to back Jarrett
to the corner and The Undertaker
with the big right hand hasn't found his mark,
as stinging rights by Jarrett.
Uh-oh, Jarrett did not want this.
[King] Oh, yeah.
Rights, lefts, rights, and lefts.
Big-time right hand, and Jarrett is on Dream Street.
[J.R.] Get outta there, Jeff.
[pain exclamation]
Headbutt by The Undertaker on Jarrett.
Jeff Jarrett finally making his WWE in-ring debut.
I guess he got his Perrier water and all the green M&Ms
-taken out of his. -[King] Evian, Evian.
-Well, whatever it is. -[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Clothesline, knocked down by The Undertaker.
Undertaker, a two-time WWE Champion.
On top of Jarrett, and Jarrett able to kick out.
Can certainly say that The Undertaker would like to be
the WWE Champion again would be a major understatement.
We haven't seen The Undertaker on pay-per-view
since Badd Blood: Hell in the Cell,
and what a war in St. Louis that
The Undertaker had with Shawn Michaels.
[King] Yeah, and I remember you saying that very night,
"The Undertaker may never be the same,"
and he may not be the same here tonight.
You may see history in the making.
You may see Jeff Jarrett, who everybody looking at right now
thinks, just look at the size difference
and Jeff is a tremendous underdog,
but I got a feeling, I got faith,
I got confidence in Jeff Jarrett.
Something special's gonna happen here tonight.
[J.R.] Well, the skill of wrestling is based
on technique and leverage.
Jarrett certainly is well versed in that.
As we said, he grew up in the game.
[J.R.] His dad, Jerry Jarrett, a man you know very well, King.
[King] Yeah.
[J.R.] Very intelligent strategist,
and look at the agility, this is amazing.
[King] Oh, no, that'll break your arm.
[J.R.] Undertaker walking the top rope like he was
a light heavyweight, like the new
Light Heavyweight Champion, Taka Michinoku.
[King] Don't throw that in my face, Ross.
[pain exclamation]
[J.R.] That huge right hand...
[referee] One, two, three.
...right around the throat of Jarrett.
I'll tell you what, Jarrett's doing great
when the pace is quick, whenever he can hit and run,
dart and move, but boy, when this slows down, King,
The Undertaker can have his way.
[King] But I'm gonna tell you something about Jeff Jarrett.
He's resilient. He can take a lot of punishment.
Look at that, he can dish it out, too.
No, oh, no.
[J.R.] Jarrett got caught, and The Undertaker.
Well, Jarrett good strategy, going for that knee
of The Undertaker, and The Undertaker counters
with a couple of right hands.
-Undertaker misses a big boot. -[King] Whoa, look at that.
[J.R.] And Jeff Jarrett with a chop block-like maneuver,
trying to take out the knee of The Undertaker,
and now Jarrett quickly seizing the moment.
[King] You gotta realize that's a smart move.
I've heard you say it 100 times.
[J.R.] It's a very, very strategic move,
wrestling a man the size of The Undertaker.
[King] That's right.
[J.R.] Destroy the vertical base and you eliminate
a great deal of the offense of any athlete,
including The Undertaker.
Jarrett trying to Charley horse that thigh muscle,
stomp on the insertion point at the knee.
[King] I can feel it, Ross, I can sense it.
I told you we're gonna see something special
here tonight from Jeff Jarrett.
[exclamation]
[J.R.] Jarrett taking a shortcut here.
A very sound strategy by the controversial young man
from Hendersonville, Tennessee.
[pain exclamation]
Hard kick right to the leg.
[King] Aquinas College, where Jeff Jarrett
-went to college. -[J.R.] An honor student.
Good strategy by Jarrett, whether you like him or not.
-[King] I love it. -Get off, get off.
[pained exclamation]
[J.R.] Well, he won't sprain any ankles where he landed,
but Undertaker able to get that leg outta the way,
and Jarrett came back with a right hand.
Should have gone back to the leg.
Undertaker-- Boy, what a right. What a right.
Oh, another one, and Jarrett is in big trouble.
-[King] No, no. -Backbreaker.
Oh, Jarrett almost went limp right across the leg.
-The Undertaker now... leg drop. -[King] Oh!
-One, two. -[J.R.] And three, no, not three.
A very impressive Jeff Jarrett able to kick out,
and you gotta hand it to the guy.
Yeah, he's a little arrogant, no doubt about that,
but he's a heck of an athlete, but he just got knocked down,
that foot right to the face.
[King] Don't count out Jeff Jarrett yet.
-[J.R.] I'm not counting him out. -Whoa.
[J.R.] But look where he is. He's stationary.
[crowd scream]
-[King] What is this? -[J.R.] I don't know.
[J.R.] I got a feeling it's-- Oh, no...
[funeral tune]
[King] As you like to say, Ross, business just picked up.
[exclamation]
[J.R.] He's walking straight down Main Street from hell.
The Undertaker's brother, the monster.
The one-eyed monster Kane and that hideous Paul Bearer
and is this gonna be the night that Kane
and his brother get it on?
The Undertaker said he would never ever fight his brother.
[King] He may not, he may have no choice tonight.
[J.R.] The last time we heard from The Undertaker, he told Kane,
-"I want you to come." -[King] He's in the ring.
[J.R.] "As my brother, meet me as my brother,"
and look at Jarrett encouraging Kane to take care
of Jarrett's business.
Oh, wait, Jarrett going for the ride.
-Choke slam, choke slam. -[King] What?
[bell rings]
[King] What is this?
[J.R.] Referee has called for the bell.
Kane is bigger than The Undertaker.
They're looking face to face for the first time...
in years and years. This-- Wow!
And a slap right to the face.
Kane is daring his brother to fight him.
The Undertaker, what must be going through his mind?
What must be going through his soul?
[exclamation]
[dramatic music playing]
What restraint.
[King] The Undertaker didn't do anything.
[J.R.] The Undertaker said he would never fight his brother.
He would never ever do it.
Paul Bearer conning The Undertaker.
[King] They just, they cost The Undertaker the match.
-[J.R.] God, that man is scary. -Look at this.
[J.R.] Oh, Jarrett now going downstairs on The Undertaker, but this match is over.
This match is officially over.
[King] And Jarrett has won it.
[J.R.] Jarrett signaling, I think, for the figure four leg lock.
What are you doing?
[J.R.] Uh-oh, there's a counter.
That's quite the counter for the figure four.
[King] No.
[J.R.] Jarrett's going for another ride...
[King] Look at The Undertaker. He wouldn't hit his brother,
but look what he does to Jeff Jarrett.
[chimes]
[J.R.] The Undertaker, look at the look on his face.
He is so perplexed.
It's almost as if he's heartbroken, as is evidenced.
No one has ever put their hands on The Undertaker
without paying one hell of a price until tonight.
[dramatic music playing]
What a shocking turn of events.
Kane face to face with his brother,
that man, The Undertaker.
With The Undertaker somehow with enough restraint to not attack his brother.
[King] I don't think it was restraint. I think it was fear.
I think for the first time tonight we saw fear
in the eyes of The Undertaker.
[man] The winner of this bout, as a result of a disqualification,
Jeff Jarrett.
[King] What a huge victory.
[J.R.] Well, he wants to go one more time, yeah.
Well, Jeff Jarrett's debut in the record Book will say
he returned to the WWE and defeated The Undertaker.
[King] Yeah, that's all that matters.
[J.R.] Jeff Jarrett with a victory, arguably tainted,
but a victory, nonetheless,
and I could not believe, let's take you back,
when Kane came to the ring,
looking at his brother face to face.
[King] And look at the face of The Undertaker.
[J.R.] And then what?
[King] I say that's fear.
[J.R.] Kane literally, physically challenging his brother
to fight him, but it was not to be.
Well, folks, let's take you over to Michael Cole.
Well, Jr, I am here with the world's strongest man, Mark Henry.
I'm in the Milton Bradley rooting section,
and Mark, who are you hanging out with out here tonight?
I'm hanging out with all the Milton Bradley
people up here in the section.
One of the kids right here, the main guys up there.
The big wigs.
I'm talking about the cream of the crop guys and Mark Stark.
-Man. -All the heavy hitters
are in the arena tonight, Mark Henry.
We'd like to thank Milton Bradley for helping us
put on this great event, Degeneration X.
All the fans wanna know, Mark, when are you gonna be back
-in the ring here in the WWE? -It should be a week or so.
I'm trying to get back as soon as possible.
You know, it's, you know, I see all this stuff
going on without me and I, it makes me hurt inside.
-I need to get going. -Final question.
Intercontinental title match-up coming up.
Who do you like, Stone Cold or The Rock?
Oh, Stone Cold. Stone Cold all the way.
-That's my man. -[Cole] That's coming up.
Let's go back to ringside.
[J.R.] Okay, thank you very much, Michael,
look forward to seeing Mark in the ring
in the next few weeks here in the WWE.
-Capacity crowd out there. -[King] Speak for yourself.
[J.R.] As we said, fans turned away here, we're sold out
and one of the reasons the fans are here,
as we take a look at the Milton Bradley Karate Fighters airship.
[King] By the way, I should be up there with the Milton Bradley bigwigs.
You know, I'm leading in that big tournament.
-Yeah, I know. -I'm quite the karate fighter.
And best of luck to you, and ladies and gentlemen,
Stone Cold Steve Austin wants his property back.
Austin is the Intercontinental Champion,
-but Rocky Maivia is. -The Rock.
Okay, I'm sorry, The Rock may be in for a long night.
That's my opinion.
[King] That's your opinion, and opinions are like noses.
Everybody's got one, but everybody's entitled to my opinion.
My opinion is this, that Rock,
The Rock is gonna take care of Stone Cold.
It's gonna be a shock to all of you people.
You're gonna be surprised, but you're gonna see it.
Ladies and gentlemen, let's take you back and show you
some of the events that have led to
this upcoming confrontation.
[narrator] Rocky Maivia's rapid rise to glory in the WWE was unparalleled.
[narrator 2] Now there's gonna be The Man right there,
that blue chipper right there.
[narrator 3] Rocky ended up--
Wins the Intercontinental Championship.
[narrator] This overnight fame went straight
to Rocky's head and The Rock became enamored
with his own persona and celebrity status.
The Rock fell in love with himself.
[The Rock] You know, The Rock is a lot of things.
You're looking at the real Intercontinental champion.
The Rock is calling all the shots on this one.
Why? I'm a world-class athlete, a highly intelligent man,
and I'm just better than the rest.
I'm gonna show you exactly what The Rock is all about.
You people wanted The Rock?
Well, The Rock has answered your call.
Thank you very much.
[glass breaking]
[narrator] Stone Cold Steve Austin has always known who he is.
Stone Cold doesn't want you to cheer for him,
doesn't care if you cheer for him.
[narrator 4] He doesn't give a damn.
[narrator 5] Austin's an animal,
Austin is not afraid of any odds.
[narrator 4] He's sending him to the penitentiary!
They're cuffing Austin.
Austin is going directly to jail.
[narrator] Stone Cold belongs to no nation, no faction, no brotherhood.
He cares about one thing, and it's reflected in his creed.
Austin 3:16 says, I just whipped your ass.
[narrator] Stone Cold has force fed this doctrine to Rocky
and the entire Nation with a barrage of Stunners.
[J.R.] Rocky Maivia with the challenge.
[King] Look at this, it's a Stunner.
[J.R.] Stone Cold Stunner.
[King He got it.
[J.R.] Stone Cold, Stone Cold.
[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] Stunner, Stunner.
That's Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[King] What is he doing here?
[J.R.] Austin with a Stunner.
Steve Austin has just Stunnered Kama
right out of his boots, and we've got a hell of a fight on the outside.
Austin striking him with the Rattlesnake.
Stunner.
-[bell rings] -[King] ...Stunner.
D'Lo Brown got it again,
and Austin is raising hell.
Steve Austin, come hell or high water,
one way or another, I'm gonna be wearing
my Intercontinental Title.
[J.R.] The Rock is stealing the Intercontinental belt.
Rocky Maivia has Austin's Intercontinental Championship belt.
[crowd] Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks.
Come on, McMahon.
[narrator 6] And you don't blame Rocky.
You don't suck because these people say you suck.
You suck because Stone Cold said so.
[Stone Cold] So when you're walking through the airport
and your beeper goes off, you look down and it says 316,
you know your ass belongs to Stone Cold.
[J.R.] Rocky's beeper just went off.
Stone Cold is opening a can of whoop ass on Rocky Maivia.
[The Rock] Stone Cold Steve Austin...
Bro, all the people know who the real jackass is.
[King] Well, this is a first for good ol' J.R.
I have never seen anybody drive a pickup truck into the arena,
and The Rock doesn't like it.
This is unbelievable.
[J.R.] And Austin wants The Rock.
[Stone Cold] It ain't a race thing, it ain't a color thing.
It's a me kicking your ass thing, and can't nobody stop it.
[King] These guys want each other bad.
[J.R.] What a match-up on pay-per-view it's gonna be.
Rocky Maivia, earlier tonight you made a very boastful statement.
You said you would not only beat Stone Cold Steve Austin.
That's right.
But you would also embarrass Stone Cold.
Now considering he's one of the most dangerous competitors
in WWE, don't you think you're--
Lemme cut you off right there, Dok.
First of all, it's The Rock, and second of all,
as far for him being the most dangerous this and that,
hey, I am the most dangerous Intercontinental Champ, okay?
So let's get that straight right now,
and not only that, it's time for The Rock
to represent as the people's champion.
As a matter of fact, the best damn Intercontinental Champ there ever was.
All right, J.R., King, here comes The Nation with The Rock.
[bell rings]
[man] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
scheduled for one fall with a one hour time limit,
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Intercontinental Championship.
[rhythmic music playing]
About to enter the arena, accompanied
by fellow Nation of Domination members
Farooq, Kama Mustafa, and D'Lo Brown,
is the challenger...
weighing 270 pounds,
The Rock, Rocky Maivia.
[crowd] Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks,
Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks.
Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks,
Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks.
[J.R.] Not a real warm reception for The Rock.
[King] To say the least.
[J.R.] And The Rock's got a lot of backup here.
Okay, finally, the time has come for The Rock
to defend his Intercontinental Title.
[J.R.] Yeah, right.
You gotta beat Austin first before you're the Intercontinental Champion,
and I'm not so sure you can get it done, but I might like.
Maivia's chances here-- Uh-oh.
[rock music playing]
[man] His opponent, from Victoria, Texas, weighing 252 pounds,
The World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[King] What?
[rock music playing]
[J.R.] Stone Cold Steve Austin is driving his pickup truck right up to ringside.
[King] I can't believe it.
[J.R.] And there's the Intercontinental Champion.
There's the Rattlesnake, there's the toughest SOB
to ever lace boots in the WWE, and the fight is on.
Austin.
[King] Look at this. Look at this!
[J.R.] Here comes The Nation.
This match hasn't, the bell hasn't sounded.
Three on one.
[King] They got The Rattlesnake down.
[J.R.] I'll tell you what, it takes a gutsy son of a gun
to step into the lion's den with The Nation,
four guys on one, and The Nation, these big monsters
are doing a number on Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Nothing a referee can do because this match has not started,
but what it does, the Intercontinental Title.
Wait a minute, here comes D'Lo.
-[King] Look out. -Oh, good God!
[J.R.] D'Lo Brown backdropped on that truck.
[King] Oh, my God.
[J.R.] And then he's up, and the Stone Cold Stunner
on the top of the truck.
[King] Did you see that?
[bell rings]
[J.R.] And there's the bell, and now we're ready to go.
The Rock, with a right hand on the Intercontinental Champion,
Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[King] What will Stone Cold do next?
I mean, he just...
He'll fight.
He'll fight with everything he's got.
Austin came to fight.
He didn't come to wrestle.
[J.R.] Lou Thesz Press and right hands by Stone Cold.
Counter by The Rock and a near fall, and a near fall by Austin.
Reversing the whip.
Austin sent over the top rope to the outside.
And here comes Farooq.
Farooq and Kama
just assaulting Austin.
[crowd] Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks!
[King] Well, I know Austin's pickup truck was assaulted.
Ooh.
Wait a minute.
Farooq holding, oh, come on.
-Kama. -[King] Ah!
[J.R.] Oh! Goodnight, Farooq.
Ooh, Kama.
What velocity deep into the quarter panel of that truck.
The windshield is out, Austin's back in the ring.
[King] The hood is bashed completely into the engine.
That truck's a total loss.
[J.R.] Austin has damn near dismantled The Nation.
And his truck.
[crowd] Austin, Austin, Austin!
Here's another look, ladies and gentlemen.
Watch this, back drop
and then the Stunner on the roof of the truck, boom.
Then watch Farooq.
Chair shot. The bottom of the chair
caught Farooq right over the temple, it looked like.
So now, Farooq, Kama, and D'Lo are incapacitated.
That was a cheap shot by The Rock.
Austin hasn't even been able to take his doggone vest off.
This has not been a wrestling match.
We didn't think it was gonna be a wrestling match.
-[King] It's a Demolition derby. -Yeah.
[J.R.] Not using trucks, they're using human bodies.
[crowd] Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks!
[J.R.] Maivia with a right hand.
Austin, what a gut check.
It's literally been four on one since this whole thing got underway
but Austin damn sure will not quit.
The Rock with a right hand.
The odds are against Stone Cold.
The deck has been stacked.
Austin's truck has been demolished.
Austin now fights back. Hard right hand.
[King] Look out.
[J.R.] The Rock with a scoop slam.
Going for that elbow, and Rock drove the elbow right into the sternum.
-Cover. -[King] No.
[J.R.] And a kickout.
Oh, man, this crowd is buzzing.
[King] Almost all of The Nation,
I mean they're like Austin's truck, they're demolished.
[J.R.] Farooq trying to get back up.
I don't know the whereabouts of D'Lo Brown.
Kama's made his way back up.
[King] We need to call a wrecker for D'Lo.
[crowd] 3:16, 3:16, 3:16!
[King] AAA or something for that truck.
[J.R.] Side headlock applied by Maivia.
Downstairs goes Austin.
Austin knew he was gonna step into a fight
when all four Nation members were gonna be out here.
Hard shoulder block by Austin.
Austin building some momentum here
and The Rock buries a knee right into the abdomen,
the lower abdomen of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[King] There's D'Lo...
back in the bed of that truck.
[J.R.] Licking his wounds. He's hurt.
Rock with a slam on Austin.
And Rock has taken off that elbow pad,
and now he's really giving Austin a verbal shot.
[crowd] Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks!
And no! Maivia drove his unexposed elbow right into the canvas.
Austin with a right hand right to the face and another one.
Remember, Austin's Intercontinental Title is on the line.
And Stone Cold is opening a can of whoop-ass on The Rock.
-[J.R.] Austin downstairs. -[King] Uh-oh.
[exclamation]
[J.R.] Thought Austin was gonna go for the Stunner.
[King] Oh, wrong man.
Now you stunned the wrong, he stunned the referee.
[J.R.] Austin thought the referee was Maivia.
Austin inadvertently has stunned the referee,
and Maivia has got some brass knucks on that right hand.
This will be it if he connects.
Austin with the Stunner on Maivia.
There's another referee, one, two, three.
-[King] Wait, what? -It's over.
[bell rings]
[rock music playing]
[J.R.] Stone Cold Steve Austin has fought the entire Nation.
The Rattlesnake has done it.
He has overcome all the odds.
Tougher than a government mule.
He stunned D'Lo on the truck.
He stunned the referee.
He watched as Kama...
knocked out Farooq
and then he finally stunned The Rock.
Stone Cold Steve Austin walking tall,
standing above the crowd in the WWE.
Austin.
I'll tell you what, Austin--
Not taking away from the referee,
referee is still down from Austin's Stunner, King.
Pretty controversial move there.
Hey, wait a minute, we got...
We're gonna take you back, Austin, the referee.
[King] How we gonna get this truck outta here?
[J.R.] Right here.
[exclamation]
Referee from behind, Austin thought it was Rocky Maivia.
Austin even went for the cover.
There's Maivia with the brass knucks
trying to connect, and boom.
Second referee comes in and gets the three count.
And this crowd erupted, and The Rock was not
and is not and may never be the Intercontinental Champion.
At least, that's my opinion.
[King] Unbelievable.
Look at that truck, J.R.
Nobody will be driving that home tonight.
Somebody's gonna win it at the Royal Rumble.
[King] Huh?
[J.R.] Well, it may have some repair.
Stone Cold Steve Austin, a controversial winner.
[King] Well, I think The Rock was the winner.
Stone Cold used that truck as a weapon.
[J.R.] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
let's take a very special look at the challenger
and The Man that may be the next WWE Champion.
The intensity of Ken Shamrock.
Oh, Shamrock is in the zone.
-[King] He's snapping. -Look at those eyes.
[J.R.] Look at those eyes.
Get outta my way!
[narrator 7] This is not gonna be pretty.
[exclamations]
I'm not afraid of pain, I'm afraid of failure.
[narrator 8] Shamrock is a submission specialist.
[narrator 9] Shamrocks got the got ankle,
[narrator 10] Shamrock's got Bret's ankle and Bret's tapping out.
[narrator 11] Shamrock with the submission hold.
[narrator 12] Michaels is quitting. Michaels tapped out!
[narrator 13] He's got the hold on, he's got the submission move on Vader.
[J.R.] The ankle submission, he's got it.
Shamrock has the submission and Savio Vega is tapping out.
Shamrock has been dominant.
[man] The World's Most Dangerous Man, Ken Shamrock!
Ken Shamrock,
you live and die
by the ankle submission hold.
So what I have done with the help of Chyna and Triple H,
I have been in that gym training these legs
and my pain tolerance is at an all-time high.
-Hunter? -That okay?
I'm good, keep going.
I'm in the zone, brother, I'm in the zone.
I can't feel nothing, I'm in the zone, brother.
-I gotta go, go. -Here we go.
Okay, now I really mean it now.
I really want you, seriously now,
I really want you to turn it.
Really, I mean really crank on it, Hunter.
-Come on. -I got it good.
-Come on. -[groans]
I don't know that I can take too much more.
I don't know that.
I'm just about reaching my pain threshold.
-You all right? -I'm cool, good.
-[groans] -[growls]
Once again, ladies and gentlemen,
Degeneration X Shows that we are always
a leg up on the competition.
[narrator] Degeneration X's antics
continued to degenerate when later that night, they attacked
Jim The Anvil Neidhart after a match against Triple H,
Hunter Hurst Helmsley.
[J.R.] I cannot believe the absolute audacity of Degeneration X.
-Something's gotta change here. -[King] Oh, whoa!
[J.R.] Neidhart is fighting with one arm,
one arm handcuffed, but Neidhart still wants to fight.
[King] Shawn Michaels jumping in, oh, look at this.
-[J.R.] Here comes the Commissioner. -It's The Sarge.
[J.R.] Slaughter being attacked by DX.
Slaughter being knocked down.
-Wait a minute. -[bell rings]
-Wait a minute. -[King] Look out.
[J.R.] Here comes Shamrock.
-Shamrock. -[King] Ah!
[J.R.] Suplexes the champion.
-[King] He's got-- -Ankle lock, the ankle lock
-and Michaels is submitting. -[King] Look at this.
-[King] Look at The Cobra Clutch. -[bell rings]
Sarge has got The Cobra Clutch on Triple H.
[J.R.] Is this a preview of this Sunday on pay-per-view?
Michaels has given up.
Will Shamrock be the next WWE Champion?
[bell rings]
Well, Ken, you're no stranger to pay-per-view.
You've got a lot of experience in high-pressure matches,
and, believe me, I know that you're prepared
to get in your zone, but Shawn Michaels
has the experience in WWE Title situations.
This is your first WWE Title match on pay-per-view.
How are you gonna counteract Michaels' better experience?
Well, it's like this.
I do have a lot of experience,
a lot of experience in pay-per-view fights.
That's what I am, I'm a fighter.
Shawn Michaels, you're a good wrestler.
You have great experience and good conditioning.
But I tell you this, when I get in my zone,
there'll be a lot of hurting going on
and there's one thing that you can count on tonight.
You will be squealing like a baby.
Back to you.
[J.R.] Wow.
[suspense tune]
[rock music playing]
[bell rings]
[man] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest scheduled for one fall
with a one hour time limit
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
Approaching the ring is the challenger,
from Sacramento, California.
Weighing 235 pounds,
the World's Most Dangerous Man,
Ken Shamrock!
[J.R.] Well, it's no marketing slogan.
ABC Television named Shamrock
"The World's Most Dangerous Man"
after seeing him compete in the Ultimate Fighting world,
but this is not the Ultimate Fighting world.
This is the WWE, and the top man
in the WWE is the WWE Champion,
the incomparable Shawn Michaels.
Boy, Shamrock looks to be in great shape.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the WWE Champion Shawn Michaels is standing by, and Shawn,
I know that certainly recently,
you haven't been respecting many things,
but how can you not respect Ken Shamrock?
What do you mean I don't respect things, you fat tub of goo?
Oops, oh, sorry about that.
Degeneration X, this is obviously our pay-per-view.
Hunter couldn't even break wind with Sergeant Slaughter.
Thank goodness he just farted, so he broke wind now.
But the fact of the matter is
how do I deal with Ken Shamrock?
It's easy, I go out there
and show him why I am exactly what you just said.
It was miserable for you to have to spit it out
but the number one man in World Wrestling Entertainment.
The number one man in this industry is The Heartbreak Kid
Shawn Michaels and I'm gonna show you why
in just a couple of minutes,
Girth Brooks, you fat tub of goo.
-[J.R.] Thanks a lot. -Sure, anytime.
Lot of class.
[suspense tune]
-[staff man] Good luck, fellas. -[Shawn] Get outta my way!
[Triple H] Don't you know who's coming?
Tell you something, lady.
[Shawn] Come on, get outta the way.
Come on.
You ready to go, kids?
-[Triple H] Yeah, I'm ready. -Here we go.
-[Shawn] Ready now? -[Chyna] Yep.
[Triple H] Amen? Oh, yeah.
-[Shawn] We're all there. -[Triple H] We on a roll, let's do it.
[Shawn] We're good.
[woman] Are you ready?
[rock music playing]
[man] His opponent, to be accompanied down the aisle
by fellow Degeneration X members, Triple H and Chyna,
from San Antonio, Texas, weighing 227 pounds,
the WWE European Champion
and World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels!
[rock music playing]
[J.R.] The World Wrestling Entertainment Championship on the line momentarily.
The referee for this match-up is Earl Hebner.
No stranger to controversy,
no stranger to big match environments
and certainly neither is Shamrock,
a man that arguably many people feel
is the toughest Ultimate Fighting Champion of all time.
[King] I'll buy that, Ross.
He may be the toughest Ultimate Fighter ever,
but there's never anything to equal
what he's gotta be feeling right now.
The World Wrestling Entertainment Title on the line.
There's nothing that can equal that, J.R.
[J.R.] Our fans throughout the United States,
throughout Canada and certainly live in the United Kingdom
are staying up late with us in the UK especially
to see this match-up.
[bell rings]
And Michaels must be able to use his speed
and experience to stay away from the power of Shamrock.
And let's not overlook, yes,
we know Shamrock is a submission specialist,
but if Shamrock can nail the belly-to-belly suplex, King,
I predict it's gonna be all over for HBK.
[King] Come on, J.R. How many times do you think,
you think HBK has never been suplexed before?
Look at this.
[J.R.] Not by Shamrock.
Not in Springfield, Massachusetts on December the seventh.
Shamrock missed a clothesline, misses another,
and catches, oop, Michaels up and over.
[groans]
Shamrock held on.
[groans]
Oh, Shamrock scored with a kick.
What a kick, and Shamrock just temporarily, at least,
shut the mouth of the arrogant and conceited WWE Champion,
Mister "I got an attitude."
Shamrock's martial arts kick
clocked Michaels right in the solar plexus.
[Shamrock] It doesn't hurt here, it doesn't hurt here
-but right here. -[J.R.] Right there.
-[Triple H] Right in that area. -Right.
[King] Right in that area, right below the pectorals,
right above the, whatever that is right there.
[J.R.] And I would say to you, I could care less.
[King] Huh?
I know you'll say it to me, but you won't say it to HBK.
[J.R.] Well, I don't have time right now.
Why would you want to waste your breath?
Shamrock gotta stay calm and collected here.
Yeah, we know when Shamrock snaps
and he goes into that zone, he's an animal.
But you gotta somehow maintain some sort of composure here
and not let Michaels talk Shamrock into snapping.
[King] I'm so sick of hearing about zones.
Let's talk about some other kind of zone.
How about a no parking zone or a loading zone
or what about a hospital zone, huh?
That may be where Ken Shamrock winds up.
[J.R.] Michaels with a wristlock,
now trying to knot up the tricep of Shamrock.
Uh-oh, Shamrock reaching for the throat
and Shamrock overpowering Michaels.
Hard body shots, tremendous shots to the body
-and Shamrock-- -[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Peeling Michaels right out of the corner.
Shamrock obviously the stronger,
-the more powerful of the two. -[King] Oh, man!
[King] Michaels in another time zone.
What a back body drop.
[J.R.] Oh, tremendous velocity.
The WWE Champion in big trouble here.
Michaels with his sidekick, his buddy, Triple H.
Why...?
-Answer this question for me. -[King] Okay.
[J.R.] Why are Helmsley and Chyna--
Why do they happen to be at ringside for this match?
[King] It's a Generation X, a DX thing.
You know what I'm talking about?
-[J.R.] No. -[King] I knew you wouldn't.
[J.R.] This is 1997, that's why you don't know.
Oh, they're huddling now.
All three of 'em are huddling.
[Triple H] Come on!
-[J.R.] Michaels-- -[King] Hey, look at this.
[J.R.] Shamrock, you gotta take-- She's not the Champion, Michaels is.
-Oh, the-- -[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] Right hand by Shamrock.
[groans]
Michaels is making a U-turn.
Says "I'm too smart."
Oh, Michaels just spat right on Shamrock
and now Michaels peppering Shamrock with some right hands.
The WWE Champion up on that second rope hammering away
at the World's Most Dangerous Man,
and Shamrock pie-facing Michaels and Michaels
as pugnacious as he can be, right back on the attack.
[crowd] ...four, five.
[J.R.] And again Shamrock
using that upper body strength, [exclamation]
and then he caught Michaels coming in with the elbow.
[pain exclamation]
[J.R.] Boy, what a body shot that was.
[King] Well, you didn't say anything about those
headshots that Shawn Michaels was throwing a minute ago,
obviously about to close the eyes of Ken Shamrock.
Well, you know what?
Love Shawn Michaels or hate him, you gotta give him credit.
He's done one good thing for the WWE.
He's gotten rid of the entire Hart Foundation.
-[J.R.] What do you mean by that? -[King] Well I mean,
he got rid of Bret Hart. He's gone South, right?
He's got the British bulldog on the injured list.
He's probably never coming back.
He got rid of Jim The Anvil Neidhart last Monday night.
[J.R.] Yeah.
[King] And Owen Hart's somewhere packed up.
[J.R.] Who knows where he is?
An insane asylum, something like that, I don't know.
Well, can't really argue with that, King.
[King] Right.
[J.R.] Michaels has made an impact on the entire Hart family,
and many people would say that is sad to say.
Michaels now getting hammered.
You know, Michaels has gotta use
all that speed and quickness and again,
we said earlier, the experience.
-[King] Oh, look at this. -Don't you come at me!
Shamrock, back off!
You're in the wrong zone now, Shamrock.
Hey, come on, no!
[J.R.] A little meeting of the minds, so to speak.
I think Helmsley's nose may have penetrated Michaels' forehead.
[King] Look at this.
[J.R.] Michaels, with a rake of the eye, comes back with a right hand.
Michaels slides underneath.
Michaels extremely resilient.
Very, very resourceful to say the least
and the Irish Memphis reverse,
Michaels up and over.
Shamrock blocks the sunset flip
and comes back with a right hand, oh, boy.
[groans]
And the RAW power of Ken Shamrock.
Shamrock is an animal.
He's mauling the WWE Champion.
-[King] Oh. -[J.R.] Michaels
turned averse to the top turnbuckle.
-Watch the boot! -[King] Oh, God!
-[King] Whoa. -[J.R.] What impact.
[J.R.] What a kick.
That'll give you a nice little ride.
Maybe that'll change Michaels' attitude.
[scream]
X marks the spot, indeed.
Oh, there it is, there it is, suplex.
Michaels latches onto the referee.
Oh, a low blow.
Michaels with that mule kick downstairs...
in the zone.
-[King] Look at this. -[J.R.] Oh, he's a great athlete.
Maybe the greatest athlete
I have ever seen in a wrestling ring.
[King] And combine that with the fact
that he's the dirtiest player in The Game and you got a winner.
[J.R.] And the fact that he's got his buddies here
like Helmsley with all those cheap shots.
[King] Yeah, that don't hurt anything, either.
[J.R.] It don't hurt nothing.
Don't hurt nothing.
Michaels up on top.
-Michaels. -[King] Man.
[J.R.] Michaels with that plancha.
Big-time cross-body.
I think Michaels could have broken a rib there.
Shamrock tried to catch Michaels.
Michaels jumping off the top turnbuckle.
Was that a move, a strategic move,
King, or a move of desperation?
[King] Well, I think it started out to be a strategic move.
It just didn't wind up like Shawn Michaels thought it would.
He thought his force would take him right onto Ken Shamrock.
But Shamrock tried, although not successfully, look at that.
[J.R.] Baseball slide right on through by Michaels.
Michaels' foot connected right into Shamrock's jaw.
[King] And Shamrock had tried to catch Shawn Michaels on that dive off the ropes,
and Shamrock's shoulder was driven right into the ribs of Shawn.
[J.R.] Michaels is, well... His resiliency is off the page.
-Oh. Shamrock. -[King]This-- Oh...
[King] Lefts and rights, hard body shots and now to the head.
-[King] Whoa. -[J.R.] There goes Triple H
and Chyna from behind shoving Shamrock
right into the ring post.
-[King] Man. -[J.R.] How in the hell
is Shamrock supposed to beat three people?
[groans]
And look at this.
Michaels has the referee distracted.
Helmsley now doing a number with Chyna on Shamrock.
-[King] Look at Chyna. -[J.R.] Oh, come on.
[King] Man.
She has no respect for men.
[J.R.] Yeah, you could tell that by who she hangs around with.
[King] Hey.
[J.R.] Shamrock in a heck of a bad way here,
-and Michaels got a-- -[King] Ooh, man.
[J.R.] Big splash.
A splash off the apron right to the floor.
Michaels, he got some much-needed rest,
able to suck some oxygen in those lungs and reinvigorate himself
while Helmsley and Chyna do the dirty work.
[groans]
Shamrock face-first into the security railing.
Helmsley tossing Shamrock back in the ring.
Double axe handles right to the spine,
that injured spine of Shamrock.
Michaels now, second rope.
Elbow right to the kidneys.
The point of the elbow driven right into the kidneys,
and Michaels with the flat of the foot
right to the face of the challenger.
[King] Can you get ABC on the phone?
Ask them how dangerous Ken Shamrock looks right now?
[J.R.] I'll get right on that, King. I'm a little bit busy right now.
-[King] Right. -[J.R.] Dropkick by Michaels.
The WWE and European Champion scores,
hooks the leg, lateral press and a near fall.
[Triple H] Come on, ref!
[J.R.] I'll tell you what, a lot of folks may have doubted
Michaels' toughness going into this thing.
-I may have been on that list. -[King] Yeah.
[J.R.] I'm beginning to change my mind.
-[King] Glad to hear you admit it. -From that respect.
[J.R.] I can admit when I make a mistake,
-you oughta try it. -[King] You thought Shamrock--
-[J.R.] It's very cathartic. -If I ever make one, I'll admit it.
[King] You thought that Shamrock was gonna waltz through Shawn Michaels.
-[J.R.] Not waltz through. -[King] Yeah, you did.
-[J.R.] Okay, Carnac. -World's Most Dangerous Man.
[King] I can read your mind.
Well, the print is kind of small, but I can still read it.
[J.R.] Shamrock raked over the second rope now,
being choked by Michaels and while the referee
pushes Michaels back, look at Helmsley again.
Triple H of Degeneration X.
-[King] Got 20 shots there. -[J.R.] Yeah.
[J.R.] And a big right hand.
Shamrock is barely, he couldn't even move.
Shamrock is laying right across
that second rope in a helpless state.
-[King] Oh. -[J.R.] Shamrock counters Michaels.
[J.R.] Michaels again driven face-first into the turnbuckle
and Shamrock again, hard body shots,
-trying to bust some ribs. -[King] Look at Shawn.
[J.R.] Shamrock rolled through. He rolled through.
-He got it, no, he didn't. -[King] No, no, two.
[J.R.] And Michaels quickly back up
with a look of amazement on his face,
comes back and rakes the eyes of Shamrock
and I don't care who you are,
when you're blinded, man, that is the equalizer.
That stops everything.
Snapmare takeover and Michaels with a reverse chinlock.
I thought he might be going for a sleeper
around that massive neck of Ken Shamrock.
[King] And when you cut off your air supply,
that's a pretty good equalizer, too,
and that's what Shawn Michaels is doing right now.
[J.R.] Michaels the only man in WWE history
to win the WWE Title, Intercontinental Title,
European title, and Tag Team Title,
-and when you say he's-- -[King] Grand Slam, Grand Slam.
[J.R.] Absolutely the Grand Slam,
that covers a lot of ground, folks.
He's a future Hall of Famer, there's no doubt about it.
As I said, and you may argue this point,
I think he's the greatest athlete I have ever seen in this sport.
But his attitude is deplorable.
His conduct is reprehensible.
But right now, he is using great strategy
to ground his stronger challenger.
[King] You got quite an attitude yourself there, J.R.
[J.R.] Shamrock is going downstairs, trying to cause some separation.
-[King] Uh-oh. -[J.R.] Shamrock's got...
Shamrock has got a pinning combination.
[King] Whew, that was close.
[J.R.] And Michaels again, the quicker of the two, back up.
Able to score with a clothesline.
Shamrock told me earlier today he really wanted
to beat Shawn Michaels at Michaels' own game,
and that was with a wrestling hold.
-[King] Good luck. -[J.R.] I think Shamrock thought
that Michaels was gonna prepare primarily for the ankle lock submission
and there's Michaels with a sleeper.
[King] You know what I think?
I think Shamrock should stop thinking.
[J.R.] Michaels with a sleeper.
[King] He should have thought to bring a few extra of his buddies here
at ringside like Shawn Michaels thought to do.
Maybe he doesn't have any buddies.
[J.R.] I don't think that's the case.
I think he's a man's man.
He got here by himself, he wants to win it by himself.
Michaels...
using leverage and technique in this sleeper
to crimp the neck,
again restricting the flow of blood to the brain.
It causes unconsciousness.
Referee Earl Hebner now, Shamrock's shoulders are down
in the sleeper position and Shamrock,
perhaps hearing the reverberation
of the pounding on the mat, able to get a shoulder up.
[King] Reverberation.
[J.R.] Michaels holding on like a pit bulldog
with a sleeper trying to keep Shamrock grounded.
Michaels doesn't want this powerhouse
Shamrock back on his feet.
[King] Uh-oh, too late.
Not only is he on his feet, he's got Shawn off his.
[J.R.] Shamrock showing great power,
driving Michaels back in the turnbuckle.
Got a little relief just for a split second.
[King] No damage done, look out Shawn, oh.
[J.R.] And Michaels right back to the sleeper.
Michaels not gonna give up.
He has been in the ring, has Michaels,
with bigger men than Shamrock and came out victorious
and Shamrock with an elbow.
Left shot, right hand, left shot to the body.
Right shot to the body.
Oh, man, nowhere to go for Michaels.
Hard whip, and Shamrock is owning
the WWE Champion in this offensive exchange.
-Oh, back body drop. -[King] Whoa.
[King] Uh-oh.
I think that zone thing you're talking about is out.
[J.R.] Reverse elbow by Shamrock
caught Michaels on the jaw, maybe the collarbone.
-And Shamrock. -[King] Ooh!
[King] On a roll, there's a powerslam.
There's two and a half, two and a half.
-[J.R.] Man. -[King] Two and a half.
Shamrock, hurricanrana.
Shamrock with a hurricanrana.
[King] Where did that come from?
-Uh-oh. -[J.R.] And now Shamrock
is gonna try to beat some respect into Shawn Michaels.
You can't waste any time here, challenger.
And Michaels counters, crucifix.
Sunset flip. Countered again.
-No. -[referee] Two.
-[King] Whew. -A vertical press
by Shamrock got a near fall
and a Michaels with a thumb to the eye.
How about that?
[pain exclamation]
Wow, his head snapped
-right through that top rope. -Two, three, come on.
Well, it's gut-check time now for Shamrock.
Shamrock barely able to stand
and Michaels going for a hurricanrana,
but it's countered, powerbomb, we got a new Champion?
-[King] No. -Two!
[J.R.] Somehow, some way,
Michaels was able to get a shoulder up.
[King] Man.
[J.R.] I don't know if another human being
could have withstood that but Shawn Michaels.
-Wait a minute. -[King] What?
Chyna and Helmsley pulling Shamrock outside.
Michaels has the referee detained.
Good God almighty, how much more can Shamrock take?
[King] They are putting the finishing touches on Ken Shamrock.
[J.R.] Ken Shamrock has taken on the entire DX
and now Michaels perhaps moments away.
Michaels going up top and nobody,
if he delivers this elbow, nobody does it like Michaels.
-And he got it. -[King] He got him.
-Ho, ho. -[J.R.] Sweet Chin Music.
Can you hear that familiar tune?
[King] Yeah, welcome to Shawn Michaels' zone.
[J.R.] Michaels getting ready to deliver the goods.
But Shamrock, wait, wait, yes, yes, yes!
Suplex, it's over, it's over.
Shamrock going for it.
But there's Helmsley and Chyna.
-[bell rings] -Michaels was about to lose
the title and Helmsley and Chyna saved it for him.
[bell rings]
Helmsley and Chyna now doing a number on Shamrock.
Shamrock had the damn title won.
Michaels is lucky that he's even walking.
Come on.
I can't believe the audacity.
The dastardly attack.
When Shamrock had the title won,
Helmsley and Chyna were poised to strike.
It was seemingly premeditated.
Wait.
Michaels knocked off the apron.
My God, it's Owen Hart.
-It's Owen Hart. -[King] What?
[J.R.] Owen Hart has attacked Michaels.
[exclamation]
Owen Hart has attacked Shawn Michaels.
[whistles]
Owen Hart going through the crowd.
They're right behind us here.
Good God almighty.
My God, it's chaotic.
Owen Hart attacking Shawn Michaels.
Michaels has retained the WWE Title.
His nose is busted, thanks to Owen Hart.
[man] The winner of this bout as a result of a disqualification,
Ken Shamrock!
[J.R.] Oh, there'll be another day for Shamrock but King, Owen Hart.
[King] I'm in shock.
[J.R.] We heard so many rumors about Owen Hart,
from undergoing psychiatric care...
[scream]
...to being completely incommunicado, but Owen Hart was here.
[man] Ladies and gentlemen,
despite the disqualification,
still World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels!
[rock music playing]
[J.R.] Well, I got a feeling that Payback
is gonna be hell for Shawn Michaels and DX.
Where did Owen Hart go?
[King] He went through the crowd.
[J.R.] And who can deny
that Ken Shamrock doesn't deserve a rematch?
[rock music playing]
[King] Unbelievable.
[J.R.] Wait a minute.
[rock music playing]
[King] J.R., Shawn Michaels looked like
he had everything under control but suddenly,
Ken Shamrock delivered the big suplex.
[J.R.] That would've been all, the match was over
and right there, Michaels in the ankle lock.
Michaels about to tap out but Helmsley and Chyna
purposely hit the ring and got Michaels disqualified.
Michaels celebrating and then, out of nowhere,
Owen Hart shoving Michaels, and there you see Owen Hart.
Owen Hart...
assaulting Michaels.
Here's another angle of it.
The actions of a deranged man.
Owen Hart, I can't believe it.
No.
[rock music playing]
Well, ladies and gentlemen, what a night it has been.
[King] I would think it's safe to say
we have not seen the last of Owen Hart.
[J.R.] Absolutely not, or Degeneration X.
Ladies and gentlemen,
for Jerry "The King" Lawler, I'm Jim Ross.
Thanks for being with us, and so long, everybody. en.