[intro music playing]
[Cole] And Stone Cold hammering away on The Boss.
[Lawler exclaims]
[Cole] He's stomping a mudhole in The Boss
and walkin' it dry!
[screams]
[Cole] Mr. McMahon crawled under the bottom rope and now Austin
is in pursuit, Mr. McMahon is running from Austin.
[Lawler] Get out there, Mr. McMahon, that's the ladies room.
[Cole] Hey, it's-- It was a trap.
The Corporate Team has ambushed Stone Cold.
[Lawler] He got exactly what he deserved.
[Cole] The Rattlesnake's here.
He commandeered the ambulance.
He's back.
[Mr. McMahon] Stone Cold, I told you there was no chance in hell
of you winning the Royal Rumble.
[Cole] Mr. McMahon has won the Royal Rumble, thanks to The Rock.
[Mr. McMahon] I waived all rights and privileges as the number one contender.
You check yourself out of the Main Event
at WrestleMania and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has been checked in.
[Stone Cold] I will put my right for the WWE title at WrestleMania
If you will face me in a match.
You and me in a cage, for the cage match.
[Mr. McMahon] You're on, you got your match.
[Lawler] This is more important than the WWE Championship,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon going one-on-one.
["Thorn In Your Eye" playing]
♪ It's my life in a box And charred to beat! ♪
♪ Taking chalk in my arms It's the soul of me! ♪
♪ You want fire Ashes see me laying face down ♪
♪ What has caught the thorn in your eye? ♪
[crowd cheering]
[explosions]
[Cole] Hello everybody and welcome to SkyDome in Toronto.
This is history in the making as we get set to kick off Raw
in front of its largest crowd ever,
nearly 43,000 are here.
-[Lawler] Wow. -[Cole] And what a night it's gonna be.
Michael Cole, Jerry "The King" Lawler at ringside welcoming everyone,
watching live throughout Canada on TSN.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] A thunderous ovation for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Lawler] It feels like an Earthquake in Canada.
[Cole] In just six days, a St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
Austin will meet Mr. McMahon in a steel cage, and the Rattlesnake title
at WrestleMania hangs in the balance.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, King, as we learned on Sunday Night Heat,
the stage last night, Stone Cold
is gonna have to face Mankind here tonight.
[Lawler] Another part of the brilliant plan of Mr. McMahon.
He hopes that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Mankind just beat the--
You know what, out of each other.
And quite frankly, I think they will.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" continues]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin!
I know when Vince McMahon
made the non-title match
between myself and Mick Foley,
he was counting on the fact
that we'd be in this ring
beating the living hell out of each other.
[Lawler] What I said.
And that's all fine and well with me because I got all the respect
in the world for Mick Foley
and as far as I'm concerned he is one tough son of a bitch.
[crowd cheering]
But to Vince I'll tell you this,
no matter what happens in this ring,
when I get your ass in that steel cage,
there ain't going to be a damn thing you can do
against "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
except lace up your track shoes real tight
and running down-- Run around the damn cage
because let me tell you something.
You sit there in your office and you think,
"Oh, what can I do next to Steve Austin?
How can I screw Steve Austin?
What can we do to get 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin
out of the World Wrestling Entertainment?"
I tell you this, there ain't a damn thing that you can ever do
to get rid of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and that's all I got to say about that.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] The Rattlesnake laying down the law.
You see, Vince, you're the only person
standing between me
and my title shot at WrestleMania
and it always seems,
it always seems that you're so good at making guarantees.
Well, let me tell you something.
I got a couple guarantees I want to lay on you.
-[Cole] There's that word again, King. -[Lawler] Yeah.
I can guarantee you, number one,
that I will beat your ass up and down
every side of that damn cage.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Cole] He can do it.
The second guarantee I'll make,
is that I will step right over
your limp carcass and walk my ass right into WrestleMania
to the title shot.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] That would put Mr. McMahon in a coma.
The third guarantee I'll make to you, Vince, is…
I will guarantee
in that cage match
there will be bloodshed.
[Lawler yelps]
A lot of bloodshed
and it ain't gonna be mine.
-[Cole] That means McMahon's blood. -[Lawler] No, no way.
[Stone Cold] Vince, this Sunday your ass is mine
and that's the bottom line
-'cause Stone Cold said so. -[crowd] 'Cause Stone Cold said so.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] King, I believe Stone-- -["Wreck" playing]
[Cole] Wait a minute.
He is the most unlikely WWE Champion ever,
Mankind who in six days on pay-per-view
will meet The Rock, King
in the Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship.
But tonight he meets Stone Cold one-on-one, non-title.
[Lawler] And I think Mr. McMahon is interested in seeing who's gonna be
the last, one of these two, standing tonight.
Wait a second, wait a second.
Did I hear you use the word bloodshed?
[Lawler] He did.
[Mankind] You see I'm thinking, Steve
about walking myself down
right next to that cage
and maybe getting a little bit of Mr. McMahon's blood
on my new white shirt.
[Lawler] What's he talking about?
[Mankind] But I want you to remember after this Sunday
when Mankind and The Rock
have the Last Man Standing Match,
I fully intend to be the Last Man Standing
and that means at WrestleMania, you're gonna look into these eyes.
Wait, wait, wait,
let's not forget about tonight 'cause I got the feeling
and I think you feel it too
that about 50,000 Toronto fans
want to see somebody…
[crowd cheering]
[Mankind] They want to see somebody get their ass kicked.
Oh, hey, don't get upset,
it might be you, it might be me,
all I'm saying, Toronto and to a worldwide audience,
is that somebody in this very ring
is going to take one hell of a beating.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] That is tonight.
[Lawler] And Mr. McMahon don't care which one it is.
[Mankind] And I'll just leave you a one last little thought.
I am the WWE Champion
until I'm not.
["No Chance In Hell" playing]
[Lawler] Oh-uh.
♪ No chance Of that's what you got ♪
[Cole] Now fasten your seatbelts, King, an explosive situation here.
Not only Austin and Mankind, but The Corporation.
[Lawler] Yeah.
[Cole] And there's The Rock, who will try to become a three time
WWE Champion this Sunday on pay-per-view
when he meets Mankind in the Last Man Standing Match.
[crowd cheering]
[The Rock] Obviously, there's a strong
need to set both of your candy asses straight.
[Lawler] Lay the smack down, Rock.
[Cole] I'm sure The Rock's gonna be the one to do it.
[The Rock] Mankind, this Sunday,
St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
The Rock plans on making your death wish come true.
And how he plans on doing that,
is dragging your candy ass down
"Know Your Role" Boulevard,
hang that right on Jabroni Drive.
[Lawler] Yes.
But instead of checking you into the SmackDown Hotel,
The Rock figured he just bash your living brains in.
[Lawler laughs]
[crowd cheering]
[The Rock] And after bashing your living brains in,
when it's all said and done,
all the smoke is cleared the millions…
[crowd cheering]
…and millions of The Rock's fans
are through chanting his name,
you'll realize without a shadow of a doubt
why The Rock is the great one,
why The Rock is the chosen one,
and why The Rock is
the best damn WWE champ there ever was.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Look at that look on that idiots face.
If you smell what The Rock is cooking.
[Lawler laughs] Yes.
Now as far as for you Stone Cold jabroni,
Vinnie Mac,
The Rock says set his candy ass straight.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] Nice Toronto reception to The Boss.
May I have your attention, please.
[Lawler] Please show some respect, Canada.
He's more important than the prime minister you, know that, don't you?
[Cole] There's the chant again.
[Mr. McMahon] Austin,
Austin I hope you heard the anthem when The Corporation came out here
because the anthem that was played for The Corporation
is entitled "No Chance In Hell."
And I distinctly remember
giving you that precise chance
is to whether or not you are going to win
the Royal Rumble, I said,
"You had no chance in hell."
I distinctly remember hearing the ring announcer say,
if memory serves me correctly,
"The winner of the 1999 Royal Rumble,
Mr. Vince McMahon."
[Lawler] Yeah. I remember that.
[Cole] Well, he did say it.
Well, thanks to The Rock he was the winner.
[Mr. McMahon] As far as I'm concerned it has a real nice ring to it,
so nice that I would like to hear it again.
I'd like to hear it again
this Sunday night as the result
of the cage match between you and me.
So confident am I
that you will hear the ring announcer announce me the winner,
I'm gonna go you one better, Austin.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[Mr. McMahon] You made certain guarantees,
I'm gonna make you even better guarantees.
You see, Austin,
I'm gonna guarantee you that not one,
not one Corporate member,
not one family member
will ever in any way shape or form,
interfere in my match with you
in the cage this Sunday.
[Lawler] What?
Wait a minute now.
[Mr. McMahon] I know what I'm doing.
And I mean this, Patterson,
Brisco, Shamrock, Test, Shane, Rock,
all of you, Kane, Chyna, Boss Man,
if anyone of you so much as interfere in the slightest of way
in my moment of victory,
my cage match with Austin I'll fire every damn one of you.
-[Lawler] Whoa. -And you'll never again
ever work for the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Cole] He's lost it, King.
Now, Austin, I'll guarantee you something else,
you better heed my words
because, Austin, after the cage match is over
and they're trying to scrub it down,
they're trying to scrape your guts off of the cage,
you're gonna remember these words and that is,
that after the cage match is over, Austin,
the World Wrestling Entertainment for you
will never, ever, ever be the same again.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] What's he talking about?
[Lawler] I don't know. But you're taking to the bank.
And as far as tonight is concerned,
just one other small item to make sure
that we have a guest referee in the match between Austin and Mankind,
to make sure we have someone who will be totally impartial.
Let me announce now that the guest referee
for your match here tonight
will be the winner of the 1999 Royal Rumble,
-Mr. Vince McMahon. -[Lawler] What?
Oh, my God.
-[Cole] McMahon the special guest ref. -Oh, thank you very much.
-[Lawler] Yes, thank you, sir. -["No Chance In Hell" playing]
[Cole] Mr. McMahon, the special guest ref for Mankind and Austin tonight.
I can't believe it, King.
I'll tell you what,
I hope the airbag's deployed, King, because we're gonna need them.
We are on a crash course here at SkyDome tonight.
DX is in the House, X-Pac is gonna take on Kane.
Oh, yeah, that's a David and Goliath situation,
X-Pac-David, Kane-Goliath, my money is on Goliath this time.
How about the interview with Val Venis in his latest queen, Ryan Shamrock.
Oh, The Big Valbowlski has promised to get down and dirty tonight.
The Rock is in action, a tune up perhaps for St. Valentine's Day Massacre
against "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman.
[Lawler] I'm a little worried about that,
The Rock cannot afford to get derailed on his way to the title.
[Cole] And you just heard it folks,
Mankind will meet "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
in a non-title match
and guess who the special guest referee is.
[Lawler] None other than the winner of the 1999 Royal Rumble,
Mr. McMahon himself.
What a Raw it's gonna be in front of 43,000 here at SkyDome in Toronto.
-Whoa. -[Lawler] Hey.
[ululating]
-[Cole] Take a look at this, King. -[Lawler] Oh, baby.
-Let me do that. -[Cole] Whoa.
[Lawler] What--
[Cole] It's Sexual Chocolate.
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[Cole] He's got his eye on Debra.
-He's never gonna learn. -[Lawler] Whoo-hoo.
["Danger At The Door" playing]
-[bell dings] -[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
with a 20-minute time limit.
Making his way to the ring being accompanied
by "Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry
from Chicago, Illinois, weighing in a 265 pounds,
D'Lo Brown.
[Cole] So D'Lo Brown set for one-on-one action
this week here on Raw,
led to the ring by Mark Henry.
And Sexual Chocolate had his problems last week on Raw
with Debra, Owen, and Jeff.
I'm the kind of chocolate that melts to your mouth
-not in your hands. -Ooh.
[Cole] Once again, Sexual Chocolate was smooth talking Debra
and got himself in trouble.
[Lawler] I'm telling you, Owen and Jeff Jarrett
did a number on Sexual Chocolate, he almost melted.
[Cole] So between D'Lo's problems with PMS
and Mark Henry's well-documented problems with Chyna,
PMS and now Debra, women problems for both of these two.
-["Double J" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] And his opponent being accompanied to the ring
by Debra and Owen Hart.
From the great State of Tennessee, weighing in at 240 pounds,
one half of the World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team Champion,
Jeff Jarrett.
[Cole] So Jeff Jarrett set to take on D'Lo Brown.
Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart will defend the WWE Tag Team title
this Sunday on pay-per-view at St. Valentine's Day Massacre
against D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry.
[Lawler] That's right. That's gonna take place in Memphis, Tennessee,
Jeff Jarrett's home State.
-[Cole] And your own town. -[Lawler] Right.
I can't wait.
[Cole] Jeff Jarrett led to the ring by the lovely Debra.
So it should be an interesting matchup here at SkyDome
-in front of nearly 43,000. -[Lawler] Woo!
Give me a good shot of Debra, look at-- Oh, man.
Yeah, Mark Henry, she is something.
I mean Sexual Chocolate is totally infatuated.
[Cole] Look, he's waving at them.
-Debra waved back. -[Lawler] Well, do you blame him?
[D'Lo] Hold up, hold up, wait one minute.
Before we get this party started,
Mark, Mark, Mark…
I know you're looking at Debra
and I know you want exactly what she's got,
but Mark, Mark listen to me, there's one thing that I want
and that's what Owen and Jeff got
and that's the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team titles.
[Cole] And they have a chance to win them this Sunday.
[D'Lo] Now, Mark I know you like looking at eye candy,
I know you like looking at pretty things
but I got someone…
that will do exactly what you want.
I got someone that will do anything when you want it.
-[Lawler] What? -[D'Lo] And Mark, my man,
she'll do it anywhere you want it.
-[Lawler] Woo! -And guess what, brother…
she's all yours.
-So right now… -[Lawler] Sounds like my kind of girl.
…I'd like to bring down Ivory.
-[Cole] Ivory? -["Precious" playing]
-[Lawler] She's-- Whoa. -[Cole] Whoa.
-And look at Mark Henry. -[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Cole] Mark Henry loving life.
[Lawler] I guess, he looks like a kid on Christmas morning.
[Cole] An early Valentine's Day gift for Sexual Chocolate
and she's decked out in Valentine's Day red.
[Lawler] Woo. Look at that.
[Cole] I think I've seen her before somewhere.
[Lawler] She's not your type. She's not inflatable.
-[Cole] I didn't--I didn't mean that way. -[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] So D'Lo presenting Mark Henry with Ivory.
[Lawler] There's a match made in heaven.
I think cupid has shot his little bow and arrow right there,
about six days early.
[Cole] He looks like a teenager who's got his first kiss.
So as Sexual Chocolate
-gets to enjoy Ivory outside the ring. -[bell dings]
[Cole] Jeff Jarrett now goes to work on D'Lo Brown.
It should be a great matchup, former Intercontinental Champion
against the former European Champion.
Jarrett now whipped off the rope, D'Lo telegraphed it.
[Lawler] Oh, watch it.
[Cole] Look out now, missed with attempted clothesline.
Jarrett kicked to the midsection.
Oh, nice maneuver by Jeff Jarrett.
-[Lawler] Yes. -[Cole] King, what in the world
did Mr. McMahon mean when he said
that WWE will never be the same for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Lawler] Whoa. Now, why are you asking me that?
In other words, you think I'm inside Mr. McMahon's head?
I'm telling you, he is the smartest man,
not in the World Wrestling Entertainment, he's the smartest man in the world.
I don't know what he's gotten in store for it
but I can assure you that-- Oh, look at that.
[Cole] Owen Hart from behind grabbing D'Lo Brown
and Jarrett takes advantage going to work on that leg.
[Lawler] I can assure you that when Mr. McMahon says
the WWE is never ever gonna be the same for Stone Cold-- Whoa, look at this.
[Cole] Figure Four, Jarrett hooked the Figure Four-- Jeff Jarrett, look at.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Ivory…
paying immediate dividends for D'Lo Brown.
[Lawler] She's in the ring-- What?
-Whoa. -[Cole] D'Lo, Sky High.
-And there's two. -[Lawler] Wait.
-[Cole] And this one's over. -[bell dings]
[Cole] D'Lo Brown
-has defeated Jeff Jarrett. -[Chimel] Here's your winner,
D'Lo Brown.
[Cole] And Ivory, wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
We may have ourselves a little confrontation here.
-They're gonna have trouble getting all-- -[Cole] Oh.
-[Lawler] There we go. -[Cole] And here we go now.
-[Lawler shrieks] -[Cole] Ivory and Debra.
[Lawler shrieks]
[Cole] Ivory and Debra get into it but I'll tell you one thing, King.
-[Lawler] Whoa, watch it. -[Cole] If Ivory pulls that stunt
this Sunday at St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
we're gonna have new WWE Tag Team Champions.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, King do you know what happen earlier today right here in SkyDome?
[Lawler] Oh, wait a minute. Let me tell everybody what happened.
-[Cole] Oh, you have all the fun. -[Lawler] Yeah, I do.
For the Toronto Blue Jays fan, it was sort of a little bit of deja vu.
If you don't know it, the Toronto SkyDome has a hotel connected to it,
the SkyDome hotel.
And look, our candid camera, you might want to say,
caught The Big Valbowlski in action in his hotel room.
Look, he didn't close the blinds, and look who's with him.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] That is Ryan Shamrock. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Cole] Ken Shamrock's sister with Val Venis.
[Lawler] Oh, I feel like a Peeping Tom. Oh, look at this, whoo-hoo.
[Cole] Adding more fuel to the fire between Shamrock and Val Venis.
-In fact, King. -[Lawler] Oh, look at this.
[Cole] Kissing and telling.
Coming up next, Val and Ryan, tell all.
[Lawler] Whoo-hoo, look at that.
[Cole] We are live in Toronto with Raw Is War
on the banks of Lake Ontario
-and the sign says it all. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] We are live on TSN all across Canada.
-[Lawler] Wow. -[Cole] And folks, inside SkyDome
right here in Toronto tonight, the largest Raw crowd in history.
Forty-two thousand, eight hundred ninety-four people here in SkyDome.
[Lawler] And live this Sunday
at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre on pay-per-view,
it's gonna be Val Venis and Ken Shamrock getting it on
and I'm telling you, Michael, there's a lot of bad blood boiling there
and we're gonna take just a little look at how this all came about.
Hello, Kenny.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Shamrock's sister
in Val's latest flick?
[Val] Kenny, that's one sweet sister.
-[laughs] -[Ken] You don't mess with my family.
That-- That's my sister you're talking about.
This guy is corrupting her mind.
-She's not thinking straight. -[Lawler] Right.
-They were in the shower together. -[Ken] He disrespected my sister
and nobody, nobody gets away with that.
Hello, Kenny, I'm in the zone.
-[romantic music playing] -[Val] I'm about to lose control.
[Lawler] Kenny, do you think that your sister
is actually seeing The Big Valbowlski in person?
[Ken] I promised my sister I cannot lay a hand on him.
-[Lawler shrieks] -[Cole] Shamrock from behind with a chair.
[Lawler] Oh. I knew that was gonna happen.
[Ken] And I'm a man of my word.
[Cole] Shamrock has got a chair, King.
[Lawler] Kenny, no, no, no. Oh.
[Cole] Shamrock just snapped.
[Ken] He disrespected my sister.
[Val] Shamrock is gonna freaked out.
[Ken] His head is gonna explode.
[Cole] Shamrock is freaking out.
Val is toast, payback time.
I wouldn't want to be Val Venis, no, thank you.
Oh.
[man] She loves him?
[Cole] Oh, wrong words, that is the worst three words you can hear
being a big brother, "I love him," ew.
-["Hello Ladies" playing] -♪ Hello, ladies ♪
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Accompanied by Ryan Shamrock,
ladies and gentlemen, Val Venis.
[Cole] Well, King, in six days on pay-per-view this Sunday,
St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
Val Venis will meet Ken Shamrock with the Intercontinental Championship
and I'll tell you what, it takes the-- Well, big one to be coming out the ring
with Shamrock's sister so close to the pay-per-view.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
I mean this is gonna put Shamrock in and out and in and out of the dome.
He's gonna be snapping like a-- Like Rice Krispies.
I can't--I can't believe him and what about that footage we saw.
What do you think Shamrock's thinking when he sees her sister,
Ryan playing tonsil hockey with the Valbowlski?
-[Cole] Well, this Sunday on pay-per-view… -[Lawler] Oh, look at this.
[Cole] …not about the title for Shamrock,
it's about revenge on Val Venis.
Ken Shamrock telling us last week on Raw
and he doesn't want Ryan dating Val.
He says, Ryan doesn't know what she's doing.
Val is bad for her.
I think Ryan is old enough to make up her own mind.
[Lawler] I don't know. Look, she's obviously got stars in her eyes.
[Cole] She loves him. You heard her say it, King.
Val, it's pretty obvious you and Ryan are quite the item.
Really isn't this just your way of trying to get a rise out of Ken Shamrock?
[Lawler] A rise?
First of all, I don't need to get a rise out of Ken.
You see, I'm too busy with Ryan getting a rise…
-out of me. -[Lawler shrieks]
[crowd cheering]
Secondly,
let's take a look at things through Ryan's eyes.
-[Lawler] Look, look. -[Cole] Wait a minute.
-Wait a minute. -[Lawler] Oh, my God. Look out.
-[Cole] It's Shamrock. -[Ryan screams]
[Cole] Shamrock attacking Val Venis now.
[Lawler] I knew this was gonna happen. I don't blame him.
[Cole] Shamrock doesn't wanna wait for Sunday.
[Lawler] You can't blame him.
[Cole] Intercontinental title on the line or not,
-it's not about that for Shamrock. -[Lawler shrieks]
His poor little precious baby sister.
She's been--she's been shamed.
-Oh. -[Cole] Shamrock's had enough.
He's had enough of the hotel rooms.
Oh, no. He just clobbered referee Tim White.
And here comes referee Mike Chioda.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[Cole] And Chioda gets it.
More officials down in the ring.
[Lawler] I told you Shamrock could snap.
[Cole] Yeah, he snapped all right.
There's senior official, Earl Hebner now.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[Cole] And Shamrock with a headbutt.
-This is ridiculous. -[Lawler] Look at this.
[Cole] Shamrock has lost control again.
[Lawler] He headbutted Earl Hebner.
[Cole] Shamrock got the ankle lock, King, on Jimmy Korderas.
[Lawler] What is he-- Look out.
[Cole] Shamrock has lost control yet again.
Ken Shamrock is out of control.
How are they gonna be able to control Shamrock this Sunday?
[Lawler] I can't believe he headbutted Earl Hebner.
[Cole] We're back on Raw and Ken Shamrock has done it again,
during an interview with Val Venis and Ryan Shamrock, Kenny's sister.
Shamrock came in from out of nowhere and snapped on Val Venis.
[Lawler] Well, who can blame him? I mean, you know,
how can you sit back there and watch his X-rated Romeo--
I mean humiliate your sister and then look at this.
He's doing a number on all of the referees,
every single referee and official that came down.
He either suplexed or-- He actually headbutted Earl Hebner.
-I can't believe that. -[Cole] Once again
the referees the brunt of a Shamrock attack and
is now back in the locker room.
I know he's your brother…
I know he's your brother,
but it's gotta stop or I'm gonna end it tonight.
I've had enough.
-A little further down, further. -[Cole] Well, King,
-Val Venis isn't gonna wait for Sunday. -[crowd cheering]
["Gold-Lust" playing]
[Cole] Well, Goldust heading to the ring, but this Sunday it is gonna be a war,
Shamrock, Val Venis for the Intercontinental title
on pay-per-view.
But you just heard the words from Val Venis,
saying he's not gonna wait.
He's gonna end it tonight.
What's he talking about?
[crowd cheering]
-[bell dings] -[Chimel] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall with a 20-minute time limit.
In the ring from Hollywood, California,
weighing in at 260 pounds,
Goldust.
[Cole] Well, King, St. Valentine's Day Massacre six days away
this Sunday on pay-per-view,
Goldust with a jig so to speak with Bluedust.
That should be an interesting matchup.
[Lawler] That should last about 30 seconds.
I spoke with Goldust.
He has had it up to here with this moronic ECW reject, Bluedust.
[Cole] And with-- And wait a minute.
-Oh. -[Lawler] What?
[Cole] Some blue roses and blue candy were just delivered to Goldust
and Goldust didn't take it too kindly.
-[Lawler] Man. -[Cole] Not in a Valentine's Day mood.
[Lawler] I used to think candy was dandy.
[Cole] Let's go out on a limb here
and where do you think the blue roses came from?
Don't eat the chocolate.
They were meant to Goldust, please.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
-That strawberry is good. -[Cole] Is it-- is it good?
[Cole] So Goldust set for one--
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
-[man] You're up, Gillberg. -[crowd cheering]
-[dramatic music playing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler exclaims] Look out. -[Cole] Here we go, 43,000.
[Chimel] And his opponent, he weighs in at 213 pounds,
Gillberg.
[Cole] Forty-three Thousand in SkyDome, King,
-chanting Gillberg. -[Lawler] I don't know about that.
I see one guy over there, and he didn't put-- Look at this.
[Cole] You know, Gillberg is 0-2, who will be first?
The count continues.
[Lawler] Watch it, you'll knock yourself out.
[Cole] And, King, out of more serious note,
we understand that senior referee Earl Hebner has a statement to make
concerning Ken Shamrock immediately following this matchup.
[Lawler] Well, that doesn't sound good.
[Cole] So it's Goldust versus Gillberg.
Gillberg looking for his first victory here in the WWE.
[Lawler] Do you think he might find it over, you know, Goldust?
[Lawler] I don't think so.
[Cole] And King, I'm still wondering what Mr. McMahon meant…
-[Lawler] Listen. -[Cole] …when he said that…
[Lawler] I hear the-- Now, wait a minute.
Look around me, Michael.
I hear the chant but I don't see any lips moving.
[Cole] It sounded like 43,000 people but nobody is saying a word.
He's having this piped in to SkyDome.
[Lawler] Ah. Now, look out.
[laughs]
[Cole] Well, as Gillberg heads to the ring, King, I still wonder
what Mr. McMahon meant earlier on
when he said the WWE will never be the same
for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin this Sunday on St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
[Lawler] Well, I'm wondering that myself, but whatever it is I can assure you
it's gonna change Austin's life forever.
[Cole] And later on tonight Mankind, Austin, one on one,
Mr. McMahon the special guest referee.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] The great thing about that is you can tell on the fact
that Mr. McMahon will be impartial and it's just very fair.
That's hard to find these days in a referee.
[Cole] You know, it's deafening in here.
[Lawler] Oh, watch yourself. Enjoy your trip.
[Cole] So Gillberg getting in the zone so to speak
as he gets set for action against Goldust
and could Goldust beat number one
for the man they call Gillberg?
[bell dings]
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] And here we go now
as Gillberg poses Goldust watch,
this should be-- Well, not a joke but fun.
I slipped there a little bit.
[Lawler] Watch yourself.
[Cole] Well, he went to spear him
and Goldust took advantage and there's a clothesline.
He almost decapitated him.
[Lawler] Oh, watch it, Gillberg.
[Cole] Goldust, kick to the mid-section on Gillberg.
-[Lawler] Oh, look out. -[Cole] Oh, look at this.
I ain't-- You're right. This could last 30 seconds.
[Lawler] Poor Gillberg. I'm afraid he's gonna be looking for number one.
Here we go. Curtain Call time.
[Cole] Curtain Call time, King. You never know what you're gonna…
[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. Oh.
[Cole] …see here in the WWE but this really takes the game.
-["Gold-Lust" playing] -[Lawler] What do you see
-at the end of the-- Uh-oh. -[Cole] Wait a minute. He hasn't won yet.
Playing this music a bit early here.
[Lawler] He didn't pin Gillberg.
-What? -[Cole] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] It's Bluedust.
[Lawler] Look, that idiot.
[Bluedust] Yes.
Yes.
[crowd cheering]
[Bluedust] Goldust…
-[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. -…you will definitely
never forget the name of…
[inhale, chokes]
…Bluedust.
[Cole] I'm gonna get sick.
[Lawler] It's revolting.
[Cole] Wait a minute. Gillberg rolls up Goldust.
-[Cole] It's over. -[bell dings]
[Cole] Goldust dispersed.
-Gillberg has won. -[Lawler] What?
Wait a minute.
-[Cole] Gillberg… -[bell dings]
-[Cole] …has beaten Goldust. -[Lawler] No. Wait, that's not fair.
I don't-- I…
[Cole] Well, he's gonna pay for it now.
-[Lawler] Ah. -[Cole] With Shattered Dreams.
[Lawler] Well, Goldust was distracted by the idiot Blue--
-Uh-oh. -[Cole] Wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] What the hell is gonna happen now?
[Lawler] I don't like this.
[Cole] A blue hue has filled SkyDome.
That looks like Goldust and Gillberg still going at it.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] Another psychological play perhaps for Bluedust.
[Lawler] Oh, look out.
-[Cole] Hey, that was-- -[Lawler] Goldust, watch yourself.
Watch your back.
[Cole] That was Bluedust from behind.
[crowd chatter]
[Lawler] I can't see anything.
Oh, my gosh.
[Cole] It's a blue bath.
He's covered in blue.
[Lawler] It's like the Brood, it's like the-- It's a-- It's the blued.
[Cole] Bluedust with the takeoff on the Brood.
Goldust suffers a blue bath.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Oh, my. -[Lawler] I guarantee you--
I guarantee you, Goldust is not--
See, one for the humor in this.
[Cole] Let's go to Kevin Kelly with senior referee Earl Hebner.
Mr. Hebner, I understand you have a statement to make regarding Ken Shamrock?
Kevin Kelly,
as senior WWE official I've decided that none of my refs will officiate
Ken Shamrock's title match against Val Venis this Sunday.
-So in other words-- -In other words,
if nobody volunteers to officiate this match,
Ken Shamrock will forfeit his title to Val Venis's Sunday and that's it.
-["Are You Ready?" playing] -♪ Are you ready? ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ You think you can tell us what to do? ♪
♪ You think you can tell us what to wear? ♪
♪ You think that you're better? ♪
♪ Well you better get ready ♪
♪ And bow to the masters ♪
♪ Break it down ♪
♪ Degenerate into something fool ♪
[Cole] Forty-three thousand strong in SkyDome
awaiting D-Generation X.
Last night on Sunday Night Heat, King.
We learn that Triple H and X-Pac will meet Kane and Chyna
this Sunday on pay-per-view.
[Lawler] I'm telling you that was a shot of a lifetime.
Chyna is gonna jump right in there and tie it up with DX.
[Cole] Plus the Road Dogg with action at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
against Al Snow.
Hardcore Championship series continues.
♪ Break it down ♪
♪ D-Generation X ♪
[Cole] Triple H fresh off from his victory last week
on Raw over Kane in a Steel Cage Match.
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[Cole speaks indistinctly] the X-Pac.
[Lawler] What kind of mood you think that's gonna put Kane
in for X-Pac tonight?
[Cole] X-Pac with a date with Kane a bit later on.
And Triple H I'm sure has plenty to say
as he gets ready for Sunday.
St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Chyna, you wanna be a man?
You wanna play in a man's world?
Well, here's your big chance, baby.
The only problem is Chyna, you're stepping up to the plate
but you're not carrying a bat.
[Lawler exclaims]
-[crowd cheering] -As a matter of fact,
you can't even draw a walk
because you're not playing with any balls.
[crowd cheering]
Chyna,
you think you're my equal?
Well, at St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
let's find out whose arrow hits the mark.
[Lawler] Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] I still think-- I still say The Blue Jays would draft Chyna.
For those of you
who didn't happen to see Raw last week,
I slammed the steel cage door
into Kane's head and made him bleed like a pig.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] The biggest mistake you ever made.
[X-Pac] Well, it just so happens tonight
it's gonna be Kane and X-Pac right here on Raw
and I ain't got a problem with that one bit
because I'm not afraid of nobody, Kane.
[crowd cheering]
And as for you Shane McMahon,
my friend, if you seriously think you can kick my ass
to steal a line from a good old friend of mine,
don't sing it, bring it.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] X-Pac with pointed words to one of the owners.
-[Lawler] No respect. -Now then, Toronto…
[crowd cheering]
…let's kick it for them one time
doggy style, shall we?
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages,
D-Generation X proudly brings to you
its former Tag Team Champion of the World,
the "Road Dogg" Jesse James,
"The Badass" Billy Gunn,
The New Age Outlaws.
[crowd cheering]
My message is short and sweet.
Al Snow, you know what they say
that two out of three ain't bad.
But there will be no third game for you
and your bodiless bizitch.
Because in Memphis, Tennessee
at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
The D-O-G-G is gonna walk a mud hole
in your ass
and I'm gonna a moonwalk it dry.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Road Dogg, Al Snow this Sunday pay-per-view.
[crowd cheering]
Well, gee whiz, guys,
looks like all you guys got matches at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
I don't think that's fair.
I thought I was the number one contender for the Intercontinental title.
I got--I got to figure out some way to get into it.
Well, I know, hold on a second.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Whoa.
-[crowd cheering] -Oh, I got it.
You're gonna apply for a job at the footlocker?
[crowd cheering]
No. Dumb ass.
Kenny, Val,
happy Valentine's Day
because at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
you're looking at your ref.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Wait a minute.
-Can he do that? -[Cole] He can do what he wants.
Now, if you're not down with us
-we got two words for you… -[crowd] Suck it!
-["Are You Ready?" playing] -[Cole] So this Sunday on pay-per-view,
Triple H, X-Pac against Chyna and Kane.
Road Dogg, Al Snow,
Hardcore Championship series continues
and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn
will be the special guest ref, Val Venis, Shamrock,
Intercontinental title on the line.
[Lawler] And look at this.
[Cole] Mr. McMahon, special guest referee,
Austin, Mankind in the ring
on Raw in SkyDome, next.
["No Chance In Hell" playing]
♪ No chance of that's what you got ♪
[Chimel] Ladies and gentlemen, the special guest referee,
Mr. McMahon.
[Cole] Well, tonight he's the special guest referee
for Austin, Mankind but, King,
in a cage in six days on pay-per-view,
he meets "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
He's trying to provoke The Rattlesnake for weeks now.
Will Austin take the bait tonight?
[Lawler] Look at that, would you?
Oh, man.
Oh, yes.
I'm telling you, as good as he looks, I got to be concerned
because we heard the word from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Stone Cold is not gonna be content until he sees Mr. McMahon into a body bag.
I mean, let's face it, Austin is a sicko.
He's a sadist.
He won't be satisfied until he sees Mr. McMahon's blood.
[Cole] And, King, the reason this match is on now
as the warzone begins is simple,
Mr. McMahon wants to give Austin and Mankind plenty of time.
["Wreck" playing]
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[Cole] To kill themselves tonight.
[bell dings]
[Chimel] The following non-title contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring and weighs at 287 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Mankind.
[Lawler] What an advance, Michael Cole, for an individual like Mankind
to be the Champion of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
I mean, he's carrying the richest prize in all of sports today
over his shoulder and look at that.
I mean, it's just totally embarrassing.
[Cole] I'll be honest perhaps the most unlikely champion ever
with but the bottom line is no one is more deserving.
He's a two-time champion and in six days on pay-per-view,
he meets The Rock in a Last Man Standing Match.
But if him and Austin get it on here tonight,
and if they go out there and they destroy each other,
there's no way Mankind is gonna be 100% on Sunday.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Good thinking there, genius.
You're finally starting to catch on to Mr. McMahon's plans, I guess.
-["Hell Frozen Over" playing] -[Lawler] Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] And his opponent, from Victoria, Texas,
weighing at 252 pounds,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Cole] Stone Cold, that's the way, just six more days
to get his hands on Mr. McMahon inside a steel cage.
[Lawler] Oh, he doesn't have to wait.
He can get his hands on Mr. McMahon right here tonight.
And if he touches him, he'll be fired.
Look at this.
[Cole] He can't touch him.
If he touches him without provocation, he's fired.
-[Lawler] Right. -[Cole] And, King, keep in mind
this match, Mankind, Austin, is a non-title matchup.
The reason is Mr. McMahon thinks Austin
will never ever get a shot at the title.
Well, that's of course, if he can Mr. McMahon on Sunday.
[Lawler] Boy, how brilliant is Mr. McMahon to have come up with this plan.
As the official in this match, let's get this together. Come on.
I want some action.
[Lawler] What a ref. You got to admire him.
[Mr. McMahon] This is no ordinary wrestling match.
I don't wanna see any handshakes.
[Lawler] Right.
Throw the rulebook out the window.
[Lawler] Who could ask for more?
Eye-gouging… perfectly legal.
[Lawler laughs]
The use of chairs, tables,
and assorted other furniture,
quite acceptable.
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[Cole] Right up Mankind's alley.
-Kicks to the groin… -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
…quite frankly would be appreciated.
[Lawler laughs]
[Cole] King, please.
-[Lawler] What? -[Mr. McMahon] So therefore…
let's get this thing on and I want you to show the world, both of you
exactly who I know you are,
a bunch of Neanderthal animals.
Now, let's get it on.
[Lawler] Yes.
-[Cole] So here we-- -Uh, basically…
basically what you're saying is…
you want somebody here to get their ass beat,
is that clear?
I want somebody in this-- I want somebody's ass kicked.
[crowd cheering]
Well, that's exactly what's gonna happen, Vince, but I'm gonna tell you right now…
I'm not gonna get my ass kicked,
Mankind ain't gonna get his ass kicked.
-[Lawler] What? -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
So I guess that means it's you that's gonna get your ass kicked.
[Lawler] What's he talking about?
[Cole] Stone Cold can't touch him or he's fired.
Come on.
[Lawler] Listen.
-[speaking indistinctly] -[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Hey. -No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
No. No.
I'm not gonna kick your ass.
Mankind ain't gonna kick your ass.
He's gonna kick your ass.
-[Lawler] Oh, no. -[Cole] Socko.
Socko.
Mr. Socko in the gullet of Mr. McMahon.
[Lawler] Get help. Get help.
[Cole] And here comes The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Stone Cold takes out The Rock.
[Lawler] Shane, look out.
[Cole] Shane McMahon at ring side.
Here's Shamrock, Test,
Boss Man, Chyna, Kane, The Corporation.
-Stunner! -[Lawler] Stunner on The Rock!
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Mr. McMahon's plan has backfired big time.
[crowd chattering]
[Lawler] Where is Mr. McMahon?
Oh, he's hurt. He's hurt bad.
[Cole] King, Austin and Mankind have outsmarted Mr. McMahon
and now The Corporation's getting it.
[Lawler] It's not possible they outsmarted Mr. McMahon.
I can't believe this is happening.
Look out. Oh.
[Cole] King, Austin and Mankind want immediate WrestleMania
for the WWE title.
-[Lawler] No. -[Cole] Stunner.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] They both wanna be in 100% this Sunday
on pay-per-view to make that dream possible.
[Lawler] Look out.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] The corporate team has been thwarted
by Austin and Mankind.
[Lawler] Mr. McMahon is gonna have to--
is gonna have to go back to the drawing board
and come up with a new plan.
He can do it though. He can do it.
-[Cole] We're back-- -[Mr. McMahon] I certainly hope
that you're all satisfied.
[crowd booing]
You see…
I'm sure… [clears throat]
-[Lawler] He's hurt. -I'm sure that Austin and Mankind
think they got the best of yours truly.
Austin, you're gonna rue the day,
not just this Sunday in the cage match,
in that very ring here tonight, Austin,
you're gonna be in action, Stone Cold.
-[Lawler] What? -And you know what you're gonna do,
Austin, with the only exception
of the next WWE Champion,
Austin, you're gonna face each
and every member of The Corporation.
Austin, you're gonna run the gauntlet.
-[Cole] What? -Until somebody's pinned, Austin.
So put that in your pipe and smoke it, Austin.
[Lawler] Run the gauntlet?
[Cole] That's suicide, King, suicide.
[Lawler] Yeah. For Austin.
[Cole] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has already thwarted one plan
of The Corporate Team tonight but I'll tell you what,
how in the world is he gonna get out of this one?
-I mean, this is suicide. -He's not going to.
I told you, Mr. McMahon is brilliant.
This is another part of his plan.
If one part doesn't work, he'll come up with something that does.
Austin's gonna run the gauntlet and he ain't gonna make it.
Austin against all members of The Corporate team tonight.
["Speak Softly, Love" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[bell dings]
[Chimel] This contest is scheduled for one fall with a 20-minute time limit.
Making his way to the ring from New York City
weighing in at 310 pounds,
The Godfather.
[Cole] Easy, King.
[Lawler] Whoa.
[Cole] Well, it sure looks like fun.
[Lawler] I wouldn't mind running that gauntlet.
[Cole] So Mr. McMahon has decreed that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
to run the corporate gauntlet tonight.
Each member of The Corporate Team against Austin
until somebody is pinned and, King,
there's no way The Rattlesnake is getting out on this one.
[Lawler] I couldn't hear you.
I was, uh, I was blinded by passion.
[Cole] Get your mind back in the game.
So The Godfather is set for a one-on-one action
in front of 43,000 in SkyDome.
And all of you watching at home, all across Canada on TSN.
Thank you, Canada, for what's been a tremendous Raw thus far in Toronto.
[Lawler] Whoo!
[crowd chattering]
[Lawler chuckles] Look at The Godfather.
It's time once again
for everybody to come aboard the Ho Train.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Whoo-hoo. Can you dig it?
And if you like what you're looking at,
and I'm sure you do,
man, I wanna hear you from the top of this building to the front row
and everybody in between,
turn this mother out and say, "Pimpin ain't easy."
-[crowd] Pimpin ain't easy. -[Lawler] Pimpin ain't easy.
-[Cole] Hey, not you. -[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] So The Godfather is set for action.
["Gut Punch" playing]
[Chimel] And his opponent,
he's a member of the Ministry of Darkness
and being accompanied by Mideon.
He weighs in at 500 pounds,
Viscera.
[Cole] So over 500 pounds of Viscera is set for action against The Godfather.
He is one of the members of the Ministry of Darkness
under the mind control of The Undertaker.
And what about the shot last week, King,
when The Brood joined The Ministry?
[Lawler] Unbelievable. Look at this.
"Accept the purity of evil?"
[Cole] So Viscera's set for action against The Godfather and…
[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. Look at the-- Look at those eyes.
[Cole] Well, looks like we're gonna be joined by Mideon here.
Uh…
Welcome, Mideon.
Thank you very much.
Uh, what have-- what have you brought along here?
This is my friend.
-[bell dings] -Well, who's your friend?
Oh, I can't tell you his name but I can tell you this.
He sees everything.
[Lawler] Who's he looking at?
[Mideon] Well, he might be looking at you, he might be looking at The Godfather,
he might be looking at The Boss Man.
-[Cole] Oh. -[Lawler] Oh, my gosh.
[Cole] So Viscera now action on the way against The Godfather.
Folks, we understand that Val Venis is in the locker room area
looking for Ken Shamrock and when we--
When Val finds Shamrock, if he does, we'll bring it to you.
We have cameras back there.
[Lawler] Mideon, you might let him use that eyeball if he's looking for it.
[Mideon] Oh, I couldn't give this up, Lawler.
I couldn't give this up, this is a special present
from The Undertaker-- Oh, maybe I shouldn't have said his name.
[Cole] Oh, where is The Undertaker?
[Mideon] Oh, don't you worry about where The Undertaker is right now
because his power is everywhere.
It's inside me, it's inside you, it's inside all of us.
[Cole] Here's a cover now and a kickout.
[Mideon] It's inside all of us.
Jerry Lawler, I can feel him running through me right now.
And all you must do--
-That's a real eyeball. -This is what I--
Come on, King.
All you have to do is allow the Lord of Darkness as your savior
and accept the power of evil to guide you.
[Cole] Well, the power of evil is trouble now.
Godfather's taking into the 500 pounder Viscera.
[Mideon] Viscera is never in trouble. Let me tell you that.
He is just lulling The Godfather to a false sense of--
-Oh, my God. -[Cole] Oh.
-[Mideon] Excuse me. -[Lawler] What is it?
[Cole] So Viscera in trouble now and…
-[Lawler] What's he doing? Look at this. -[Cole] …Mideon now in the ring.
And here we go. Mideon and Godfather going at it.
[bell dings]
[Cole] Godfather's outweighed, outnumbered,
and The Ministry on the side of Mideon and Viscera.
[Lawler] I better go take care of the hose, what do you think?
-[Cole] King… -[Lawler] They need…
-[Cole] This is bad. -[bell dings]
[Lawler] Look at Mideon. I mean…
-[Cole] Oh. -[Lawler] Oh. Oh.
[Cole] Five hundred pounds across the chest of Godfather.
[Mideon] Did you see that? Did you see that?
-[Lawler] Yeah, we see him. -[Mideon] He's everywhere.
[Lawler] Look out. Oh!
-[Cole] Again. -[bell dings]
[Lawler] I started to say what's gotten into Mideon,
but you know what's gotten into him.
It was The Undertaker's blood.
That's what's gotten into him.
I mean, I think it's affecting his brain.
[Cole] And look at the eyes of Viscera. Look at those eyes.
The Undertaker's mind control over Viscera, Mideon,
The Acolytes, The Brood, entire Ministry of Darkness.
[Lawler] And Sunday on pay-per-view, it's Mideon and The Boss Man.
Boss Man, you see what you got in store for you.
Let me get that night stick ready.
[Cole] For the first time this Sunday at pay-per-view,
St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
Mideon and the Big Boss Man, Corporation…
-[Lawler] Oh, look. -[Cole] …versus Ministry of Darkness
and what the hell is that?
[Lawler] That's the eyeball that was in the jar that Mideon had.
It's a real eye.
[Cole] The Godfather's been dismantled, folks, and wait a minute.
Look at Mideon and Viscera.
Viscera, he looks possessed.
[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] And wait, back in the locker room,
-Val Venis and Ken Shamrock. -Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen.
Hey, hey, hey, you, guys, cut it out.
-Hey, hold on. -[Cole] And there is Billy Gunn.
Cut it out. Cut it out.
[Cole] Oh, wait. Billy Gunn now involved.
Is this what's-- is this what's gonna happen this Sunday?
[all speaking indistinctly]
[Cole] And, King, there are officials in there.
They've lost their hands to this-- To Val Venis, Shamrock this Sunday.
["Make Some Noise" playing]
♪ Make some noise! ♪
♪ X-Pac! ♪
♪ You think you can tell us what to do? ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ You think you can tell us What to wear? ♪
♪ You think that you're better ♪
♪ Well you better get ready To bow to the masters ♪
♪ Degenerate into something fool ♪
♪ I just got tired Of doing what you told me to do ♪
♪ But that's the breaks… ♪
[Cole] And here he comes, the European Champion, X-Pac,
set to take on Kane.
But, King, this is a non-title match.
Mr. McMahon ordered, this be a non-title match,
but I got to wonder what that's all about.
You figured he'd want Kane if he'd in some gold.
[Lawler] I'm telling you, Mr. McMahon works in mysterious ways.
You can't always understand what he's thinking because he's so smart.
♪ Make some noise! ♪
♪ D-Generation X… ♪
[Cole] Well, I tell you, X-Pac and Shane,
the son of the owner of the WWE had a problem two weeks ago.
The rivalry continues.
X-Pac had offered Kane…
a place on D-Generation X.
Kane responded big a no way.
[Shane] Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay.
[Lawler] He followed Shane McMahon's orders
and then Shane McMahon got to ride on bucking Bronco.
Uh-oh.
[Cole] But last week, X-Pac got revenge slamming the steel cage door
into the head of Kane in helping Triple H win.
♪ You can't read boy ♪
♪ D-Generation X… ♪
[Cole] That happened last week in the war zone.
X-Pac, the cage door into Kane
helped Triple H pick up a huge victory.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] I hate that.
[Lawler] Look at this.
This is where good ol' JR would usually say,
"Hell, fire, and brimstone."
I'm telling you, Michael, last week, Kane lost a lot of blood
because of that man right there, X-Pac.
And you could see, by the way, Kane is going into the ring.
He's got one thing on his mind.
We're talking about revenge and that's what Kane has wanted.
[Cole] This Sunday on pay-per-view,
St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
[Lawler] Cover your ears.
-[explosions] -[Cole] Oh.
This Sunday, Kane will team with Chyna…
-[Lawler] Look at this. -[Cole] …to take on X-Pac and Triple H.
If X-Pac gets out of this one.
With these 210-pounder, doesn't know the two words "I quit".
And here we go now, X-Pac and Kane.
The martial arts expert off the ropes, ducks underneath Kane.
-Obviously, the quickness… -[Lawler] Look at this.
[Cole] …at X-Pac's favor, but the strong in Kane's favor.
[Lawler] X-Pac was out there screaming.
"He is not afraid." "I'm not afraid." He's too stupid to be afraid.
He's got more guts than brains. That's his problem.
[Cole] Normally, that woman there Chyna
would have been at ringside helping X-Pac out.
Tonight, she's in Kane's corner.
[Lawler] Yeah. You hear X-Pac, "Don't sing it, bring it."
"Don't sing it, bring it." Who cares?
He's bringing it right now, ain't he, X-Pac?
[Cole] Chyna's saying, King, she joined The Corporation for two reasons.
She wanted some of the spot light.
She wanted some money, bottom line.
This Sunday, Kane, Chyna against X-Pac, Triple H,
that should be interesting.
[Lawler] Oh, you're not kidding.
Just take a look at-- look at Chyna standing there.
I'm telling you, all that's on her mind right now,
she's just watching X-Pac and she just licking her lips.
She can't wait until this Sunday on pay-per-view.
Oh. She gets to get her a little bit of him.
[Cole] What a clothesline by Kane.
I'll tell you what, still to come tonight, King,
how in the world is Stone Cold gonna survive the corporate gauntlet?
[Lawler] He's not. Come on, face it.
I know you wanna be like the rest of these Canadian morons
and believe in Stone Cold, that he's invincible,
that he can somehow rise to every occasion.
But tonight, he is not gonna be able to overcome the gauntlet.
-Look out. -[Cole] The 330-pounder tossing X-Pac
out of the ring, and the European Champion,
he's in trouble.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] This guy is a monster.
-[Lawler] Oh, man. -[Cole] Dropping X-Pac
on the barricade outside of the ring.
[Lawler] You think the Toronto Argonauts could use Kane?
He could be their whole offensive line.
[Cole] The Toronto Raptors could use him at center.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] And Kane now…
[Lawler] Uh-oh. This is it for X-Pac.
[Cole] This is ridiculous.
-Steel stairs. -[Lawler] Look out.
[Cole] And X-Pac moves out of the way.
And X-Pac back in the ring.
Referee continues to count on Kane
and there now the quickness of X-Pac.
Kick to the mid-section again and what a kick by X-Pac.
-[Lawler] Oh, no. -[Cole] Face first to the barricade.
[Lawler] I'm gonna tell you this though.
If X-Pac is really smart, he's gonna have to start going downstairs.
That's his only hope.
You got to take the legs off from under Kane.
You're not gonna do any good working up top there, X-Pac.
-Look at this. -[Cole] There's the quickness of X-Pac.
-Kick again to the mid-section… -[Lawler] Uh-oh. Oh, no.
[Cole] …goes to the legs, drop kick to the knee cap.
And there you go, King, working low and Kane's in trouble.
[Lawler] Do you think he heard me?
[crowd chattering]
[Cole] Wait a minute, Chyna from behind.
[bell dings]
[Cole] Oh. And this Sunday, those two who are standing,
Chyna and Kane, will meet X-Pac and Triple H.
[Lawler] Look at this. Look at this.
[Cole] The Ninth Wonder of the World with a slam of X-Pac.
[Lawler] She slammed him like a feather.
[Cole] Come on, now.
[Lawler] Look at those boots Chyna's wearing.
[crowd chatter]
[Lawler] Wait, what's she doing?
[referee] That's enough.
[Cole] Chyna calling Kane off.
[Lawler] I think she wants to take care of this light work herself.
Oh, no. Oh, no.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] This is the Pedigree, King.
[Lawler] Oh, Triple H, where--
-There he is. Look out. -[Cole] And there is Triple H.
-Triple H. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] And there now Triple H goes to work on Kane.
-[Lawler] Get up, Chyna. -[Cole] Double team by D-X.
[Lawler] Get up.
[Cole] And there goes Kane.
[Lawler] Oh.
-[Cole] Wait a minute. -Come on.
[Cole] Chyna wants both of them.
[Lawler] What?
[Cole] Chyna wants Triple H and X-Pac.
Missed with the clothesline and Kane--
Luckily for Chyna, gets her out of there.
[Shane speaking indistinctly]
[Cole] We hear Shane, this Sunday, Chyna will have her chance,
Chyna, Kane, Triple H, X-Pac, at St. Valentine's Day.
[Lawler] It's a good thing Shane intervened.
He's gonna have to make her wait until Sunday.
[Cole] We're back at the war zone and, King,
this happened just a few moments ago.
Chyna, wanted both Triple H and X-Pac.
[Lawler] I'm telling you. Look at the look in her eyes.
Brother, she was ready to go but Kane grabbed her,
pulled her right out of the ring and then of course Shane intervened.
Let's go. Save it this Sunday.
[Cole] Well, Triple H and Chyna.
♪ What does everybody want? ♪
["What does everybody want?" playing]
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Cole] Al Snow and he's got scheduled to work here tonight.
-[Al Snow] ♪ What does everybody need? ♪ -[Lawler] Right. We don't need you.
[Cole] But he is scheduled to go to work Sunday
at St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
-[Lawler] Okay. -[Cole] Against the Road Dogg
in the second match in the best two in three series
for the Hardcore Championship.
[Lawler] All right. This is on Sunday. Get him out of here.
What's he doing here?
Look at this, the whirling dervish.
[Cole] We know last week the rivalry between Al Snow and Road Dogg intensified
when Road Dogg blamed Al Snow for leaving him high and dry.
[Lawler] I would too.
[Cole] In that Hardcore Tag Team match against The Ministry's Acolytes.
[Lawler] Listen.
We've come to Toronto to prove a point.
"Road Dogg" Jesse James, we respect you.
-We really do. -[Lawler] We?
[Al Snow] You're tough, you're Hardcore
but you're not the crown Prince of Hardcore.
That belongs to me.
-[Lawler] Oh, boy. -And this Sunday
at St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
I'm coming to take my title.
Number two out of three.
-You stabbed us in the back, Jesse. -[Lawler] Us?
And we are a man of our word.
And to show you just how Hardcore we are, we're not gonna wait until Sunday.
No. I don't think so.
I'll tell you why.
I think I've got some toys in underneath here.
-[Lawler] Oh, no. -[Cole] He's wacked.
[Lawler] No kidding.
[Al Snow] I'll tell you what.
No sense in waiting until Sunday!
Let's have a Hardcore match tonight.
So if somebody out there has just got the guts,
let's do it right now!
[Cole] What did he pull from out under the ring, King?
[Lawler] Look, there's a broom, a fire extinguisher,
a table and a pan of a bunch of cookies.
Give me one of those cookies.
[Al Snow imitates buzzer] I guess nobody's back there.
[Lawler] Are you gonna hurt with a cookie?
But like I said, we are men of our word.
-[Lawler] Who's we? -Since nobody will have
a Hardcore match with us,
I guess I'll just have one by myself.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Oh. Oh.
Al Snow is in a Hardcore match against himself.
[Lawler] Oh, come on. I told you…
[Cole] This guy is nuts.
Metal pan into the head into the announce table.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] Somebody get some help.
Whoa!
-[Lawler] You idiot! -[Cole] King, put the cookie down.
[Lawler] Look at that.
[Cole] Al Snow just sprayed himself with a fire extinguisher.
[Lawler] Right to his mouth.
Look at that. Watch-- Oh.
[Cole] Somebody bring out the white coats, please.
Have you ever seen anything like this?
[Lawler] No. And I hope I'll never see anything like it again.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] King, stop.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Stop throwing-- Will you stop?
[Lawler] He's an idiot.
What is he gonna do now?
[Cole] He is setting up a table in the middle of the ring.
Al Snow is in a Hardcore match against himself
as he gets ready for this Sunday.
[Lawler] Al Snow has lost that little mind he ever had.
What is he-- What are you doing?
[Cole] He's certifiable.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] What?
-No. Look at-- -[Cole] Oh, man!
Al Snow went through a table on his own.
[Lawler] I hope he's crippled.
He's laughing.
[Cole] The referee doesn't know what to do.
-What are you doing? -[crowd chatter]
[Cole] And now Bob Holly out to the ring, another member of the J.O.B. Squad.
Don't touch me.
And Al Snow doesn't want anything-- Any part of it.
[Lawler] Get him out of here, Holly.
[Cole] He's got a Hardcore Championship match in six days
and he's brutalizing himself.
[Lawler] Look at this. That's how Al Snow treats his friend.
-[Cole] Hey! -[Lawler] What's he gonna do
to his enemies? Look at this idiot.
[Cole] Al Snow just walled Bob Holly.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Watch it.
-I'm doing fine. Look out. -[Cole] Oh!
Bob Holly from behind.
[crowd chattering]
[Cole] And Bob Holly now and Al Snow into the stands at SkyDome.
[Lawler] Look at this.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] What the hell is going on?
[Lawler] I don't know.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] First, Al Snow is in a Hardcore match with himself
and now he's battling Bob Holly.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] I'm telling you this is bad.
Al Snow should've never--Al Snow should've never been out here tonight to begin with.
Uh-oh.
-[Cole] Wait a minute. Oh! -[Lawler] I told you. Look out!
-[Cole] Holly and Snow going at it. -[Lawler] Come on, guys.
I'll be honest with you, Al Snow should've never have been to WWE.
-What's that… -[Cole] Oh!
[Lawler] Oh, man.
Well, it seems he's not looking too bright right now.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] Snow with the chair to Holly.
[Lawler] Oh, baby.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] There's cookies and metal flying everywhere.
[crowd chatter]
-[Cole] Wait a minute, King. -[Lawler] Oh, look out. Oh!
[Cole] Holly bent that metal chair across the head of Al Snow
and Al Snow's laughing.
Al Snow has a smile on his face.
This guy is wacked.
[Lawler] Watch it. Oh.
Oh.
[Cole] King, can you believe he is laughing?
[Lawler] Yeah, because he's an idiot.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Al Snow-- -[crowd chatter]
Yeah, baby!
[Cole] Al Snow, like, I guess he's warming up for Sunday.
[Lawler] He should move to Canada because he fits right in
with the rest of these morons.
[Cole] Hey, Bob Holly now in control.
I guess we got a Hardcore match going on although it's not official.
-Officials are now in. -[Lawler] Maybe they'll--
maybe they'll beat each other into oblivion.
[Cole] King, what is going on?
[Lawler] Stop that hand, somebody.
[Cole] You see that broken table in the background,
Al Snow did a backflip off the top rope through the table on his own.
[crowd chatter]
[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] And Al Snow is laughing.
[Lawler] Is it stopped?
Look at Holly.
Bob Holly comes out here to try to help Al Snow.
To try to keep him from mutilating himself
-and now look what the thanks he gets. -[referee] Come on. Let's go. Let's go.
Come on.
[Cole] Officials now pulling Al Snow and Bob Holly apart
and head is-- Looks like heads out Cold in the corner.
[Lawler] Good.
[Cole] Bob Holly's had enough.
Al Snow is nuts. Folks, The Rock is coming up next.
Droz, I've got to ask you about some really rude behaviors lately from you,
especially when it concerns The Oddities.
Everybody loves The Oddities.
Why do you have such a problem with them?
Wait a minute, Kevin Kelly.
You're the one that's always asking questions.
I have a question for you.
Do I look like a punk?
-No. -Okay.
Do I act like a punk?
-No. -All right.
Then why last Sunday night, did you call me a punk?
-Well-- -Did I do something to offend you?
-No, but I-- -What's the reason?
-I apologize. I was… -You know…
-…caught up in the moment. -…I could kick you--
I'm not even gonna bother…
Oh, Jesus.
-I got to punk you right here. -Oh!
Yeah. Huh? What's up, Kevin, huh?
-Yeah. -Oh!
Get the hell off of him.
It doesn't involve you!
You wait now.
Are you all right, man?
[crowd chatter]
-King, what-- -["Monsoon Classic" playing]
[bell dings]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
with a 20-minute time limit.
Making his way to the ring from Annville, Pennsylvania,
weighing in at 246 pounds,
"The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman!
[Cole] I guess the moral of story is, don't call Droz a punk.
[Lawler] Wait a minute. Did you just say Droz was a punk?
-[Cole] I said don't call Droz as… -[Lawler] No. I-- Oh, oh, oh,
don't try to correct me.
I think you just called Droz a punk.
[Cole] Why do you always got a start?
So, "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman's set for action,
and what a tremendous opportunity tonight.
But will opportunity knock for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
He still has to run the corporate gauntlet coming up in the war zone.
That is career suicide for The Rattlesnake.
[Lawler] Yeah. But what we're fixed to see is the next WWE Champ. Let's hear it.
[The Rock] Do you smell what the rock is cooking?
-[Lawler] Yes. -["Hollywood" playing]
[Chimel] And his opponent from Miami, Florida,
weighing in at 275 pounds,
The Rock!
[Cole] Mixed reaction from the 43,000 in SkyDome
to the two-time WWE Champion, The Rock.
And he hopes this is warm-up match tonight
for Sunday's Last Man Standing Match.
[Lawler] And look at-- look at that sign.
That's up in the SkyDome, oh, now.
It's-- I thought it's-- That's now the SmackDown Hotel.
[Cole] That's where we saw Val in the SkyDome Hotel earlier
with Ryan Shamrock.
But King, this Sunday at pay-per-view,
St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
The Rock, Mankind,
for the title, Last Man Standing,
and how can they top what happened at the Royal Rumble?
[Lawler] Well, I'll tell you how that man right there--
Look at that Corporate Eyebrow.
I'll tell you how The Rock will top it.
He will leave Mankind horizontal.
[Cole] How can they top Halftime Heat?
Mankind, winning the title with a forklift.
Unfortunately for you,
The Rock is gonna have
to kick your roody-poo candy ass.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, The Rock better not get too overconfident here.
He's taking on "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman.
Blackman's not intimidated and a tremendous opportunity,
if Blackman could upset, could knock off The Rock tonight.
What a career boost.
[Lawler] And that would certainly be a downer for The Rock
going into St. Valentine's Day Massacre pay-per-view this Sunday.
[Cole] I'd like to thank everyone across Canada,
joining us on our great affiliate TSN
and the 43,000 strong here in SkyDome in Toronto.
As The Rock goes to work on "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman.
-[Lawler] Wow. -[Cole] This Sunday, Last Man Standing.
It's simple, when you can't get up, you lose.
Bottom line.
[Cole] Here's Rock, now whipped into the corner
and Steve Blackman, martial arts expert.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[Cole] What quickness by the 248-pounder.
[Lawler] See, this is what I was worried about.
[Cole] There's another right hand by Blackman.
[Tim] Hold on, hold on, hold on.
[Lawler] This is not good for The Rock.
I'm afraid he might be looking past Blackman
and let his guard down here a little bit.
[Cole] Six days at St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
last man standing will be the WWE Champion.
[crowd chattering]
[Cole] Blackman's on a big-- Been on a big role here in the WWE, King.
He's taking care of "The Beast" Dan Severn.
And again, what a huge upset this would be tonight against The Rock.
And Rock with the right hand.
[Lawler] Don't count Blackman's chicken before they hatch now.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky…
[Lawler] Listen to this.
Maybe these Canadians aren't as dumb as I thought.
They're chanting The Rock.
[Cole] Blackman whipped into the ropes now,
Rock misses with the clothesline, there's the quickness again of Blackman,
kick to the midsection, goes to work with the right hands,
combination of kicks and right hands now.
Rock off the ropes, and what a chop to the throat by Blackman.
[Lawler] This is not good.
[Cole] I still don't know how Stone Cold
is gonna get the corporate gauntlet coming up next.
[Lawler] You're an eternal optimist, aren't you?
You don't how he's going to get through it?
Why don't you just say, "Stone Cold is not gonna be able to get through it?"
[Cole] Rock ducks underneath
and plants him with the DDT.
-[Lawler] Hoo-hoo. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] And look out.
The crowd knows what's coming.
[Lawler] That was a difference maker right there, wasn't it?
-[Cole] And King, I wanna know… -[Lawler] No. Hey, look at…
-Oh, great. -Look at…
Take it out. Give him--give him your headset.
Now, what The Rock has just done is show that roody-poo candy-ass
give him a big Rock-wich
with a little bit of extra Rock sauce on the side if you smell it.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Why does he never take your headset off?
[Lawler] Are you kidding?
I love it when he comes over here
and shares a little bit of The Rock's wisdom with us.
-Uh-oh. -[Cole] Blackman now, nice counter,
-nice suplex by Steve Blackman. -[Lawler] What?
[Cole] And The Rock who lets his mouth get carried away sometimes
is in trouble here.
Blackman, elbow to the…
the teeth that time.
[Lawler] Come on, Rock.
[Cole] Blackman has nothing to lose.
Beautiful shoulder block, Rock has everything to lose.
He can't go into St. Valentine's Day Massacre with a loss
-and hope to beat Mankind. -[Lawler] Look at this, oh.
[Cole] Nobody home, Blackman off the top rope.
[Lawler] Uh-oh, look at The Rock now.
[Cole] Blackman may have ripped his hamstring.
Look out, here it comes, Rock Bottom time.
-[Lawler] Yow. -[Cole] Planted him.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] There's no doubt he's a great athlete.
There's no doubt he's a tremendous sports entertainer.
[Lawler] Shut up. I'll take over now. Let me do this.
There it is, for all of you idiots here in Canada,
most electrifying move in wrestling today
the Corporate Elbow, woo-hoo.
[Cole] The elbow's planted, a hook to the leg,
and The Rock is going to St. Valentine's Day Massacre
-on a major roll. -[Chimel] Here's your winner,
The Rock.
[Lawler] And he will be…
[The Rock] Do you smell what The Rock is cooking?
[Lawler] …the last man standing and he will be the next WWE Champion.
[Cole] This time at pay-per-view,
this Sunday, St. Valentine's Day Massacre
from the sold-out Pyramid in Memphis,
The Rock, Mankind, Last Man Standing.
The Rock hopes three time's a charm
as he goes for his third reign as title holder.
["Do You Smell It?" playing]
[Lawler] Hey, is that him, Michael? There he is, The Rock-- Uh-oh.
[Cole] Stone Cold will have to run the Corporate Gauntlet.
Mr. McMahon rallying the troops.
[Lawler] Oh, I feel sorry for you Stone Cold.
This is one time you're not gonna be able to make it, son.
[Cole] It's next.
["No Chance In Hell" playing]
♪ No chance of that's what you got ♪
[bell dings]
[Chimel] The following corporate match will be decided by pinfall or submission.
Being led to the ring by Mr. McMahon
and Shane McMahon,
Corporation members, the Big Boss Man,
Test, Ken Shamrock,
Chyna, and Kane.
[Cole] So, the corporate team set to make Stone Cold run the Corporate Gauntlet.
And King, it's simple, this match will only end
when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
beats one member of The Corporation.
And how in the world can Stone Cold survive,
so close to meeting Mr. McMahon at St. Valentine's Day?
[Lawler] I'm gonna tell you something right now.
Let me smart you up.
This is not about wins and losses, you idiot,
this is about making sure
that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin don't make it to Memphis.
[Cole] Earlier on, Mr. McMahon said
that at St. Valentine's Day Massacre this Sunday,
the WWE will never be the same for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] And their opponent, from Victoria, Texas,
weighing in at 252 pounds,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Cole] We just saw NBA Superstars Ray Allen and Ray Traylor
enjoying the fight among 43,000 here in SkyDome
in Toronto tonight.
Stone Cold is not gonna have fun in this one.
It's gonna be Ken Shamrock
starting The Corporate Gauntlet against Austin.
And as we saw earlier, King, Shamrock is not in a pleasant mood.
[Lawler] Oh, that's right. He's in a foul mood to say the least.
[Cole] Wait a minute. Stone Cold…
-[Lawler] Look at this. -[Cole] …from behind.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Going to work on Ken Shamrock.
[bell dings]
[Cole] Again, this match only ends
when Austin can beat one member of The Corporation.
[Lawler] There you go. Pay attention, Shamrock.
If Austin beats you, it's over for the home gauntlet.
[Cole] Shamrock now whipped off the ropes.
-[Lawler] Oh, yeah. -[Cole] Austin telegraphed it,
caught a foot to the face, and there's the clothesline.
This--
[man] That's it, Ken. That's it, Ken. Yeah.
-[Cole] Earlier this evening, King-- -[man] That's it, Shamrock.
[Cole] Look at this now. Stone Cold hammering away on Shamrock.
Earlier this evening, Mr. McMahon tried to set up Austin
in a match against Mankind but that one backfired.
-[Lawler] Oh, you think it was a set up? -[Cole] It was a setup.
[Lawler] Of course it was and a beautiful setup at that.
[Cole] Austin off the ropes, Shamrock with an elbow.
Here's a cover now, here's two, and Austin with the shoulder up.
Pay-Per-View this Sunday, that man there you look over his shoulder,
Mr. McMahon, will be in a steel cage with Stone Cold
and you heard earlier tonight,
Mr. McMahon has barred any member of The Corporation
from interfering in that match.
[Lawler] Yeah, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin said that
he's not gonna be content until Mr. McMahon is a bloody mess.
[crowd chanting]
[Cole] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin must run the corporate gauntlet in this one.
It only ends when he can defeat one member of The Corporation
by pinfall or submission.
-And Shamrock now, ankle lock. -[Lawler] Oh, yes, break it.
Break it. [laughs]
He'll never be able to climb out of the cage with a broken leg.
[Cole] Shamrock is locked in the ankle lock on The Rattlesnake.
This is career suicide for Austin who broke the ankle lock.
-[Lawler] No. -[Cole] Stunner. Stunner.
It's over. He got him.
Here's the hook to the leg and Test--
[Lawler] Oh, how smart was it?
[Cole] That should be a disqualification right there.
Shamrock's been tossed out of the ring
but now Test is an ex-member of The Corporation.
Shamrock's been disqualified so now with Test,
The Corporate team's hired gun against Austin.
[Lawler] This is what's called running the gauntlet. I love it.
[Cole] And here Austin now in control of the six foot six, 280 pound Test.
Kick to the lower extremities.
[Lawler] We got a look of concern on the face of Mr. McMahon.
Don't worry. He's got a plan.
[Cole] Stone Cold has a plan as well.
Beat the hell out of one of these members of The Corporation,
get out of this gauntlet, still standing, still in one piece.
Austin whipped into the turnbuckle now.
Test misses with the right hand. Austin--
-[Lawler] No. -[Cole] It's over. It's over.
Stone Cold has succeeded and Kane now.
-Damn it. -[Lawler] What?
[Cole] And Test has been disqualified.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Finally.
What is it, like a vale lifting in front of you, Michael Cole,
or like a cloud parting there, and then you see the sunshine?
You finally realize what Mr. McMahon's plan is now?
[Cole] Yes. His plan is to beat down Austin.
-He doesn't care about winning this thing. -[Lawler] Right.
[Cole] He wants Austin destroyed before Sunday.
[Lawler laughs]
What a Sherlock Holmes you are.
[crowd chatter]
[man] Let's go, Kane.
[Cole] It's not about wins or losses, King.
It's about crippling Stone Cold before the Steel Cage Match
against Mr. McMahon on Sunday.
[Lawler] So what? What's wrong with that?
[Cole] Well, no wonder, Mr. McMahon has barred the corporate team
from the cage on Sunday. He's not gonna need them.
-Austin may not be able to walk. -[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] Lou Thesz Press and here comes Austin.
Austin has the big man down.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[Cole] Oh, elbow.
The Rattlesnake is fighting for his life.
Whipped into the ropes now.
Big boot to the face and Austin's in trouble.
[Lawler] Beautiful.
[Cole] Again, this match only ends
when Austin beats one member of The Corporation.
-[Lawler] Mr. McMahon… -[Cole] Chokeslam time.
-[Lawler] …can always count on Kane. -[Cole] Chokeslam, got him.
[crowd chatter]
-[Lawler] That should do it. -[Cole] And Kane now.
And Austin somehow gets the shoulder up.
[Lawler] What?
[Cole] Kane delivered a chokeslam and Austin is still surviving.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
-There's a finishing-- Oh, no. -[Cole] Austin counter.
-[Lawler] No. -[Cole] Stunner, it's over. It's over.
-[Lawler] It's not over. -[Cole] The Stunner on Kane.
[Lawler] Would you shut up? It's not over.
[Cole] And Chyna now.
[Lawler] Now, it's over.
[Cole] A low blow by Chyna and Kane's been disqualified.
[Lawler] Look at this. Chyna's taking on Stone Cold.
-Oh, Chyna taking on-- -[Cole] Stunner.
-[Lawler] Stunner. -[Cole] Stunner.
And now Boss Man in the ring.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
[Cole] And it's Boss Man now hammering away at Austin.
[crowd chattering]
[Cole] How much more of this can Austin take, King?
[Lawler] I hope not much more.
[Cole] Boss Man is the last man in the gauntlet, the last man.
And Boss Man making Austin pay.
Can Austin survive?
[Lawler] I hope not. Surely, he can't take much more of this.
[Cole] Boss Man, the last member of The Corporation.
-Stone Cold. -[Lawler] No. No.
[Cole] He's got him with the sleeper, sleeper hold on Boss Man.
[Lawler] What are we gonna do now?
[Cole] And Boss Man and Stone Cold couldn't get
that top hand up over the forehead.
-And Boss Man capitalizes. -[Lawler] Look at this.
[Cole] And now a nightstick, come on.
Mr. McMahon tossed a nightstick into the ring.
[Lawler] I didn't see that.
[Cole] McMahon doesn't wanna face Austin on Sunday. Period.
[Lawler] A little hard time now for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Cole] Mr. McMahon wanted him in the cage.
[man] Annihilate him!
And Boss Man now with the nightstick
into the throat of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[Lawler] Yes. -[Cole] King, wait a minute.
[Lawler] What?
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] Mr. McMahon now barking out orders on the apron.
[Lawler] It looks like he's ordering the whole Corporation
and Shane's saying no.
[Cole] Stone Cold has nothing left.
The breath being drawn out of him by Boss Man.
[crowd chanting]
[Cole] And what's-- Austin can't defend himself.
He got hit a number of times in the head by that nightstick.
He's out of breath, choked out of him by Boss Man.
[Lawler] Oh, look at this. I get it now. Oh.
[Cole] What in the world is Mr. McMahon doing?
[Lawler] He wants Stone Cold with the Coup De Grace.
He wants to put the finishing touches on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin himself.
He's walking and he is talking, woo-hoo, yes.
[Cole] He's gonna run the gauntlet with Austin.
McMahon, McMahon has covered Austin.
One, count him again.
-[Cole] No. -Count him again, you son of a bitch.
[Cole] No, damn it.
-[bell dings] -[Cole] What a disgrace.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] Mr. McMahon defeats Steve Austin.
[Chimel] The winner of this match by pinfall
over "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
Mr. McMahon.
[Cole] Oh, come on.
[Lawler] Look at this.
[Cole] McMahon is making a mockery of Austin
and now The Corporation adding insult to injury.
Will Austin--
How in the world is Austin gonna get into a cage this Sunday?
[Lawler] Don't worry about the cage, he ain't going nowhere right now.
[Cole] But look at the fight of The Rattlesnake.
Look at the fight.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] Austin is irate.
Look at the look on his face.
[speaking indistinctly]
How does that feel, huh?
Let me tell you, never, ever, ever again-- Get him off throat.
-Never, ever-- -Come on. It's over.
-God damn it. -Never be the same.
-[referee] Let's get out. -Never be the same.
Never be the same you son of a bitch.
Never, never, never.
[crowd chatter]
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
[indistinct chatter]