[opening theme music playing]
[Jim] The King of Ring is serious business.
[narrator] A fabled history and heralded past.
[commentator 1] I cannot believe this moment right here.
-[commentator 2] The King of the Ring. -[commentator 1] And I'm going to sing it.
[narrator] Kings become champions.
[commentator 3] You win the King of the Ring,
you become an immediate player.
[narrator] And champions become legends.
Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass.
[narrator] Eight men on the verge of superstardom,
only one will be crowned king.
[Jerry] Boy, a lot of emotions running high here tonight.
[Triple H] This is the most important thing in my life.
[Linda] Are you great competitors
going to get sucked into that old divide and conquer strategy?
[Vince] Who the hell do you think you are?
To beat either one of the three of us,
then that person will be the World Wrestling Entertainment champion.
And this could be [inaudible].
You missed this [inaudible], huh?
[Kane] The WWE championship is what I want.
[Undertaker] That belt, it belongs to me.
[The Rock] Just bring it.
[announcer] Six men, one championship.
[Triple H] It will be who wants it more.
[announcer] And now, Subway presents, the WWE King of the Ring.
[dramatic music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] The Fleet Center in Boston sold out in less than five minutes,
much to go on the 2000 King of the Ring.
The 8th King of the Ring is on the air,
the Fleet Center in Boston and Jim Ross,
on my side, Jerry "The King" Lawler.
King, and now King of the Ring will be crowned tonight
but could we have a new WWE champion at night's end?
[Jerry] It's a big possibility. The Rock seems overly confident.
Who knows? We're about to find out.
["You Look Fly 2 Day" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Our first King of the Ring quarter-final match up
with the 15-minute time limit
will feature Rikishi and the Rabid Wolverine, Chris Benoit.
[upbeat music playing]
Rikishi, the new Intercontinental Champion.
And this past Thursday night on Smackdown,
Rikishi won the Intercontinental title against Chris Benoit
during the celebration, King, the Rabid Wolverine would strike again
with a steel chair.
Yeah, the celebration started off fine, but it went south
where Chris Benoit hit the ring with that metal chair.
[bell ringing]
[Finkel] The following contest is a quarter-final match
in the King of the Ring tournament
scheduled for one fall with a 15-minute time limit.
In the ring, weighing 423 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Rikishi.
[Jim] You know, King, some say
that Rikishi winning the intercontinental title
against Chris Benoit maybe the worst thing that ever happened
to Rikishi in his WWE career.
[Jerry] Well, I got to agree with that. We've come up with…
[Finkel] His opponent, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
weighing 229 pounds, Chris Benoit.
[Jim] And you got to wonder where Benoit's focus will be?
Will it be on becoming the King of the Ring as we would suspect
or is this motivation strictly revenge?
[Jerry] Sure. It could be strictly revenge and like I said,
we've come up with terms like the Rabid Wolverine
but tonight, he's got more statement than just that title
and I think revenge is number one on the line.
Oh, look at that.
[Jim] Rikishi has got to use that mass to his advantage at 424 pounds.
Awesome moon drop by Rikishi as Benoit rolls out of bounds.
Rikishi not… Oh, Benoit not wanting any part of Rikishi here.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] First offensive flurry.
Oh, my God, what a contact.
Maybe time to rethink your strategy here, Benoit.
Benoit'd like to avenge
his most significant loss in the WWE at the hands of Rikishi.
All the while advancing in this one fall 15-minute time limit matchup.
Remember, folks, in these matchups, only winners advance.
A double countout or time limit draw will eliminate both competitors.
[Jerry] Don't think Benoit'll have luck getting Rikishi off the ground.
[Jerry] Well, again, can you believe that?
[Jim] Unbelievable leverage and technique by Benoit,
the order of this King of the Ring matches were decided earlier today
in a random drawing.
[Jerry] There's a cover and a near fall. The person of this quarterfinal match.
[Jim] I think that even…
That shocked everybody in the Fleet Center including the referee.
I heard the referee ask Rikishi if he was all right.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Lot of ways to describe the Rabid Wolverine, Chris Benoit,
heartless, cold, uncaring but certainly dangerous.
And look at that strong…
An amazing belly-to-back suplex.
[Jerry] How did he do that? I still can't… That's amazing.
[Jim] Benoit, awesomely strong but he has great technique and leverage.
Even though he may be cold and…
[Jerry] He's going for that Crippler Crossface
from a standing position.
[Jim] Benoit with the Crossface, a modified version of it on Rikishi.
Look at the intensity etched on the face of the former Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd chatter]
Again, only winners advance in the King of the Ring tournament.
[Jim] A double dismount, double count out, double disqualification,
or time limit draw would eliminate both competitors.
[Jerry] I love that face of Benoit.
You're right, that's pure intensity.
He's a wrestler's nightmare but he's one of the guys in his dream.
[Jim] Hard knock fist chops by Benoit
and some could say perhaps that Benoit might be too intense
and too keyed up for this matchup.
After losing his Intercontinental title
this past Thursday on Smackdown to Rikishi here.
[Jerry] Watch it, oh, watch that arm.
Leave that arm exposed, you could be eliminated. He's got him.
[Jim] Benoit has got the Crossface on Rikishi and Rikishi has got…
He's got to find a way somehow, someway out of this.
[Jerry] I know how you can get out of it, tap it, tap out.
[Jim] Single elimination tournament, a tap-out would allow Benoit
to advance into the semi-finals.
This is a quarter final matchup.
[Jerry] I can't believe Rikishi has lasted this long.
[crowd cheering]
Oh, look at that pressure.
[Jim] A 424-pound Rikishi finally into the ropes
and that would assess, and then a break by Referee Jack Doan
and the one thing Benoit doesn't wanna have happened is get…
[crowd cheering]
Oh, Benoit has got a steel chair and that's…
[Jerry] Wait a minute, what is he doing?
He's hot because Rikishi took the easy way out I think.
-[Jim] And… -[Jerry] Look at this.
-Oh, at the face. -[bell ringing]
[Jim] Benoit, right in the face of Rikishi.
And now Benoit wearing Rikishi off with a steel chair.
[Jerry] Good grief.
-[bell ringing] -[Jim] Oh, man, steel,
right on the helpless anatomy of Rikishi.
[Jerry] I believe Benoit lost it when he couldn't believe
that Rikishi didn't tap out from this.
-[Jim] And now, Benoit with the Crossface. -[Jerry] Again.
[Jim] Ripping that neck and the shoulder of Rikishi
is Chris Benoit, the referee signaling for help.
[Jerry] Somebody better get him off.
-He's doing some real damage here. -[bell ringing]
[Jim] Rikishi has advanced via disqualification, no doubt about that
from the damage being done here by Chris Benoit
maybe insurmountable as this night progresses
for Rikishi in the King of the Ring tournament.
[Jerry] Not to mention those chair shots.
-[crowd chatter] -What's Benoit doing now?
[announcer] As a result for the disqualification…
-Oh, look out. -[Jerry] Oh, Benoit.
What is happening, JR? He is completely gone.
[Jim] Benoit making these officials scatter,
with the death-defying leap off the top rope
and right back to the Crossface on Rikishi is this Rabid Wolverine.
[Jerry] That's seven guys in there that can't pull him off.
[Jim] Benoit just lost it here.
Finds himself disqualified but perhaps a bigger story
is that Rikishi has been wounded,
as seriously as he'd been wounded at the hands of Chris Benoit.
[Jerry] We know that Benoit's not gonna advance
and I don't think Rikishi is gonna be able to go much further either.
[rock music playing]
[Jim] Rikishi has advanced. So, ladies and gentlemen, earlier tonight on Heat.
[Jerry] Look at his arm.
[Jim] The CEO of the WWE, Linda McMahon
arrived here in Boston
and Michael Cole caught up with Mrs. McMahon and had this to say.
Michael, I'm here tonight to do something I should have done a long time ago.
I'm here to confront my husband. So, excuse me.
Don't let her get you into something here, all right?
-Just keep it cool. -Linda?
-Yes. -My wife?
-Yes. -Right.
Mom.
She's gonna cause me to lose my cool?
-And don't do anything irrational. -Listen.
Every time she confronts you, we end up in the same situation.
-Now wait, just a minute. -Listen.
Track record being what it is. Yes, I'll admit, okay?
My wife on occasion gets under my skin
only for me to take her, wait a minute, and put her right back in her place.
-Oh, yeah? -I know she's here,
I know what she said. I just want you to know one thing.
-Tonight, I'm gonna keep my cool. -Please.
-Because tonight… -Thank you.
Tonight, I am Joe Cool, all right?
-Joe Cool. -Okay.
Hey, he's not cool.
-He's not keeping his cool. -Well.
-He's not keeping his cool. -Hey, Joe.
Hey, hold up.
[Jim] Moments ago, Chris Benoit getting disqualified
for the blatant use of the steel chair right in the face.
I mean, right in the face of Rikishi.
And I… More vile chair shots
for that steel chair on the helpless frame of Rikishi.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Well, that… Benoit was just completely relentless there.
He wasn't finished yet. He wanted to apply that Crippler Crossface again.
-And then this. -[Jim] And then Benoit,
the referees and officials turned to prevent the dive,
couldn't get it done and again, Rikishi, ripping and tearing at…
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Chris Benoit, you just threw away your chance
to become King of the Ring tonight. Why?
My actions weren't an explanation enough. Let me spell it out for you, Michael,
the world already knows that I'm the greatest technical wrestler
in the history of the WWE.
But what the world and Rikishi found out tonight
is that I do what I want to do when I wanna do it
and no one, no one can ever stop me.
[Jerry] It's bad, JR. Bad omen.
[Jim] Well, Rikishi has advanced into the semi-finals
of the King of the Ring tournament
and will meet the winner of the Val Venis-Eddie Guerrero match
a little bit later tonight, as we have started our quarter-final competition.
And we'll find out who Rikishi's opponent would be in a matter of moments.
[rock music playing]
["Viva La Razza" playing]
[Jerry] Uh-oh, JR. It's time for some Latino heat.
Baby. And I do remember.
[Finkel] The following quarter-final round match
of the King of the Ring tournament,
scheduled for one fall with a 15-minute time limit.
Introducing first, accompanied by the 9th wonder of the world, Chyna,
from the El Paso, Texas, weighing 205 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
Eddie Guerrero!
[Jim] Boy, is that Howard Finkel along with it or what?
Mamacita accompanying Eddie Guerrero to the ring
Thursday night on Smackdown,
Eddie Guerrero defending the European title
against the Big Boss Man and Val Venis took the opportunity.
King Val did know well what he was doing when he assaulted Eddie Guerrero
with the Boss Man's nightstick.
He wanted to damage Eddie but we got to wonder, did Val succeed?
[Jerry] Well, Val knew he was gonna meet Eddie Guerrero
in the first round here tonight.
Thus the attack but I don't know,
I'm looking at Eddie Guerrero, he looks like he's okay to me.
A little bit of an extra tender loving care from Mamacita
-can do wonder for somebody. -[Jim] See?
[Jerry] Look at that, she's cheeky tonight.
[Jim] The winner of this match-up will meet Rikishi.
We'll give you an update on his physical condition momentarily.
[Finkel] His opponent, accompanied by Trish Stratus,
from Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing 242 pounds,
Val Venis.
[Jim] Val Venis with his business relationship with Trish Stratus,
firmly established, as advance to the quarter finals
here at the King of the Ring tournament.
Extra real bunch of steel right there.
[Jerry] Trish Stratus, not a bad [inaudible] either.
How can you just have a business relationship
with somebody who looks like Trish?
[Jim] Val Venis is trying to intimidate Eddie Guerrero
which is not gonna get it done.
Eddie Guerrero, second-generation star, El Paso, Texas, his home.
[Jerry] Look at Mamacita's boots, wow.
-[Jim] Her what? -[Jerry] The boots.
[Jim] Oh, boots? All right.
-[crowd chatter] -[bell rings]
[Jim] Trish Stratus and Chyna
both will be in the outside of this matchup.
Hopefully they will not have an influence
on the outcome of this contest and here we go.
Call an elbow tie-up.
Val Venis, a little bigger, a little stronger than Eddie Guerrero
but Guerrero, as all know, quicker than the hiccup.
[Jerry] And plus he has Latino heat.
[Jim] Indeed he does, and Chyna can make a difference in any contest.
And Val Venis, asserting himself very, very physically
here in the early going and grounding the ultra-quick Eddie Guerrero.
[Jerry] I got to admit. Since the hookup, so to speak,
of Val Venis and Trish Stratus,
he's been strictly business.
Maybe that's what he's talking about, business. All right.
[Jim] A hard Irish flip by Guerrero
and before Val Venis can make his way up, Guerrero dropped the dropkick in.
King of the Ring started in 1993…
with Bret Hart winning the first King of the Ring in '93 Dayton, Ohio.
-Another center for that one. -[Jerry] And then what happened?
[Jim] And then the king from behind framed him.
[Jerry] What do you mean? What do you mean from behind?
[Jim] Val Venis, some right hands on Eddie Guerrero
and Guerrero going up… So, there's look out.
[Jerry] Oh, yes.
[Jim] And as Val Venis goes over the top,
Eddie stopped at the apron so this could be a…
Man, you could hear or feel that one and another chop.
[Jerry] I'm hearing it but I'm glad I don't feel it.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] And, Val, reversing Guerrero
and dropping Guerrero south on the security wall
much to the delight of Trish Stratus.
[Jerry] Look at the smile on that pretty little face.
[Jim] Her Tag Team TNA
will be competing for the WWE Tag Team championship tonight
in a four-team elimination tag title matchup.
[Jim] What a matchup that'll be.
[Jerry] We'll get to see Trish out here,
a bunch of times hopefully. Huh?
[Jim] At least twice.
[Jim] Maybe more if Val wins this match.
[Jerry] Yeah. That's right.
[Jim] Val now going upstairs.
One would think, King, that Val would want to use that ground attack
but that was not to be.
[crowd chatter]
Eddie Guerrero on the top rope with the front face lock.
[Jerry] Mamacita, the best looking cheerleader I've ever seen.
[Jim] And the suplux off the top.
Man, taking its toll on both athletes.
Guerrero knocked the breath out of himself.
Now, he's going for the cover
and Val got his left shoulder off the canvas.
[man in the crowd] I want to see some TNA.
[Jim] Trish shouting words of encouragement to Val Venis
to stay focus, follow the game plan.
Nice European uppercut forearm by Eddie Guerrero.
[Jerry] Look at Latino Heat's new haircut, JR.
And maybe Mamacita did that.
Oh, what is this?
[Jim] I'm sure she made a suggestion that time
to blow [inaudible].
[Jerry] I think this is the move that Eddie and Mamacita practiced.
-[Jim] You think so? -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Jim] Submission move here by Eddie Guerrero on Val Venis.
Venis' back being bent in a direction that was a…
[Jerry] Oh, he's got to give up on that.
[Jim] That is tough right there.
[Jerry] He can't reach the mat to tap out.
[Jim] Referee Tim White.
And a rig to the eye by Val Venis in desperation.
It's the only way you can escape from that.
Guerrero, using Val's own weight against Val on that occasion
taking Val to the turn buckle.
[Jerry] Val's still suffering the effect…
[Jim] Oh, man. Val, pressured earlier on the back
and Eddie Guerrero now the dropkick, right in the mid-back area,
right in the spine of Val Venis.
[Jerry] You can never underestimate Eddie,
like you said, he's not as big, not as strong.
[Jim] Oh, back side, here we go.
[Jerry] And he's not as big or as strong as Val Venis
but he's got so many moves.
So many ways he could hurt him.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Very versatile offense…
[Jerry] That'll hurt you too.
[Jim] …by Eddie Guerrero
and Val Venis stopping Eddie at least momentarily.
Will this give Val enough opportunity to keep this thing
in a methodical pace and not allow Eddie's quickness
to become a factor.
[Jerry] We had a short puppy chance started there, JR.
[Jim] Elbow, lateral press, and another near fall.
[Jerry] You don't think we'll see any puppies in that evening down match
later on, do you?
[Jim] I hope that good lord, we don't.
[crowd chatter]
I wanna put the women and children to bed on that matchup.
[Jerry] How could you?
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Oh, this could crack him right now.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] This is a back cracker's nightmare here.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Trish Stratus is loving it.
So, what do you think their business arrangement actually means, JR?
[Jim] I'm not sure. I'm assuming it's bookings and contracts,
finances and money, and things of that nature.
[Jerry] So Trish handles all that for Val?
[Jim] That's what I've heard.
Nice suplex by Eddie Guerrero regaining the advantage.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] It's not just beauty, she's got brains too, huh?
[Jim] Yeah. No doubt about that.
Maybe [inaudible] splash time for Eddie Guerrero going up top.
[Jerry] This could do it.
[Jim] Val Venis on a bad way and…
[crowd cheering]
Eddie able to break his fall somewhat.
That goes right into the spinebuster by Val Venis
and that's certainly drove all the air out of Eddie Guerrero.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. And then Val is going to the top.
-[crowd cheering] -You know what this means.
[Jim] Val Venis maybe looking for his money shot.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] And Eddie Guerrero can see it coming and pulled his knees
so that they were driven right into the lower abdomen of Val Venis.
The money shot just went broke.
There's a cradle, a half Nelson, and a near fall.
Eddie Guerrero shooting a half there as they say,
got a near fall of the pinning predicament.
And he lowered his head little early. That's what he's gonna do here.
And that's Guerrero's…
Nice side drops and legs by Val.
Again going for the cover, then look the…
You almost see Eddie's left shoulder off the mat during the lateral press.
What's the matter with that referee Tim White?
Is he another [inaudible]?
Irish whip reversed by Guerrero. Down goes Guerrero.
And Val Venis, his feet are on the ropes.
His feet are on the ropes
and Val Venis almost got a bargain basement victory there.
[Jerry] What are you yelling at, Ref? You're trying to…
I mean, JR, you're trying to tell the ref or what?
[Jim] Well, he's had too much coffee today.
Again both men trying to leverage for the position.
And Guerrero now beating Val above the head and shoulders.
[crowd chatter]
Well, that would change your entire outlook
for at least for a few minutes.
If he had other than a business relationship with Trish,
it would be over now.
Now, for the top turnbuckle.
And Guerrero.
[Guerrero] Yeah.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] Oh, the hurricanrana by Guerrero
and Val Venis couldn't move.
[Jerry] And what is Trish doing up there? Look at Chyna!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Trish distracting the referee
and Chyna will have no more of that.
But from behind came Val Venis.
-[crowd cheering] -Chyna!
-Val Venis from behind. -[Jim] And Mamacita.
[Jerry] And now Val Venis is manhandling Chyna.
She blocks it. The poor man.
There's the cradle. There should be…
No, it's not. Val able to kick out.
[Jerry] You got to admit, JR, that wouldn't have been fair anyway.
-[Jim] Certainly wouldn't. -[crowd cheering]
Nice reversal by Guerrero but not for long.
Val Venis, fisherman suplex.
That could be and it is.
-[bell ringing] -[Jim] Wow.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Val Venis.
[Jerry] I think Trish is hurt.
[Jim] So, Val Venis will advance to the semifinals
of the King of the Ring tournament to meet Rikishi.
[rock music playing]
[Jerry] Mamacita, can't believe it.
-[Jim] Val is on a roll. -[crowd cheering]
You know, I don't like any of these. I'm stuck, I've got to do that.
I can't help it, you know.
And if I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it right you know, man.
Look at this dress. Undertaker can get into that dress.
That's way too big. Look at this. This is also way too big.
Size six would be perfect for me.
Black I don't like. This is what my grandmother would wear.
I can't take that. I don't know…
What is this? Michael Jackson's miniskirt?
I wonder how many chicken died for that. I need something from Hollywood.
I need something that gonna make me look thin, sexy.
I've got to look better than Brisco. I'm the champ.
Pat, I'm good but I'm no miracle worker.
What are you trying to tell me? What are you trying to tell me?
[Jim] Well, I don't know where Patterson's head was at
but in any event, Eddie Guerrero, Val Venis.
Sees Val Venis advanced for the semifinals.
Two of the final four had been established.
I don't know what kind of condition Rikishi is in
but maybe Jonathan Coachman can find out for us.
Rikishi, after the battle you've already been through tonight,
are you physically gonna be able to go against Val Venis
in your next King of the Ring match?
What I've been through is nothing compared to what I'm gonna do to Val Venis.
So, is the big man able? Oh, yeah. I'm looking forward to it. Right.
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[Jim] Well, as our late friend, Bruno Mancini would say
they're hanging from the rafters in Beantown.
The Fleet Center sold out in less than five minutes for the King of the Ring.
[Jerry] And Subway presents the King of the Ring.
Subway, the way a sandwich should be, JR.
[Jim] No doubt about it, King. We could use one right now.
But one guy that's good enough to keep one down,
I don't think is the Crash Holly.
[Jim] We will see momentarily Crash Holly, a real Cinderella story
thus far here in the King of the Ring Tournament.
-[Jerry] Yeah, that's right. -[crowd cheering]
-[rock music playing] -[bell ringing]
[Finkel] The following contest is a quarter-final round match
in the King of the Ring tournament scheduled for one fall
with a 15-minute time limit.
Introducing first, from Mobile, Alabama,
weighing in in excess of allegedly well over 400 pounds
Crash Holly!
[Jim] Well, Crash had a couple of excellent victories on his way
to the quarter-finals here.
The first against Albert and Crash end with a counter Albert
and that was a huge upset, King.
[Jerry] Right. Not only did I never think that Crash would win this match
I didn't even think Crash would survive.
[Jim] And then in his matchup against his cousin, Hardcore Holly,
we saw blatant appearance by Gerald Brisco
who's got Hardcore Holly disqualified.
[Jerry] Well, you know, Brisco is… He's had enough for Crash.
He would do absolutely anything to keep Crash from regaining that Hardcore title.
[rock music playing]
[Jim] Crash Holly gotta be the dark horse in this tournament.
[rock music playing]
[Finkel] His opponent, weighing 296 pounds.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Finkel] Bull Buchanan.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] He is young, he's 6'8".
Just the shade over 300 pounds legit.
And Crash Holly would have his hand full.
It maybe Crash and burn before this one is said and done.
[Jerry] What do you call this? A Cinderella story?
[Jim] Yeah.
[Jerry] Maybe it's time for Crash to trade in his slipper.
Oh, my God.
[Jim] Bull Buchanan cannot allow himself to become overconfident
in this physical mismatch.
[Jerry] Are you kidding me? If I look like Bull,
how'd I not be overconfident every time I stepped into the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Oh, Crash gotta hit-and-run here.
to say the very least, and this one may not last very long.
[Jerry] Well, Crash got hit. Now, he'd better run.
[Jim] Crash landing on the outside but bouncing right back in.
[Jerry] This is what I call pesky.
[Jim] Crash going out. Goes right back in.
Oh, look at…
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Crash is aggravating, I guess at times for his opponents.
Oh, look at the power here, Bull Buchanan.
[Jerry] Man. Poor old Crash.
I don't know if it might not be a good idea
for Crash to just kind of phone this one in.
[inaudible], you know, those crowns,
you know, they make one small enough to fit on Crash's head anyway.
[Jim] King Crash. Now, let… How would that be?
[Jerry] No, it does not have a good ring to it.
[Jim] You don't like that as good as King Bull?
[Jerry] King Bull?
[Jim] A backbreaker by Bull Buchanan.
[crowd chatter]
17,651 have sold out at Fleet Center here tonight.
And we wanna thank you now for being with us here
at the King of the Ring wherever you may be.
Over 50 countries and territories worldwide
watching us live here tonight emanating from Boston, Massachusetts.
And Bull Buchanan hammering, those body shots.
[crowd cheering, chattering]
[Jerry] And I've got a lot of my royal friends
a lot of royalty in the United Kingdom are watching right now.
-[Jim] Forgot about that. -[Jerry] Hello, folks.
Staying up late with us in the UK.
Thanks for watching us Greece, South Africa, Canada,
among the other great countries.
[Jim] So you said that UK,
that includes Wales, Ireland, and Northern Ireland.
[Jerry] Yeah. Just to make it… I had an uncle that was from Wales
[Jim] Oh, really?
[Jerry] [inaudible] was from normal parents.
[Jim] Get out. There's a suplex and a cover and a near fall.
[crowd chatter]
One fall, 15-minute time limit in this quarter-final matchup.
The time of this increased to 30-minute time limits in the semifinals.
One fall to finish in the final at the King of the Ring.
Oh, man.
-It has been all Bull Buchanan -[Jerry] What do you expect?
[Jim] Here thus far in this match.
I guess he's in shock.
[Jerry] I mean, you can talk about Cinderella stories or whatever.
I mean, actually, if you just look at these…
Crash is lucky to be in the race, lucky to be in wrestling.
He should really be buying a ticket, sitting up in the Lodge somewhere.
[Jim] Crash with that Elroy Jetson look and Elroy Jetson's voice.
I can hear his acceptance speech now.
[Jerry] What? For King of the Ring?
-What would he say? -[Jim] It would be entertaining.
And the coronation of the King of the Ring will be on RAW tomorrow night.
And Bull Buchanan has dictated the pace. He just used his power.
It's been all Bull all the time.
[Jerry] You want me to crown the new king again like I did to Bret Hart?
That was one of the greatest nights of my life.
Except of course for the last Monday.
[Jim] Right hands.
I'm assuming you're going-- you know-- the day of the week?
-On Smackdown. -[Jerry] Smackdown.
Yeah, smack. What did I say Monday?
Well, you're the one that said the coronation's gonna be Monday.
[Jim] You're still euphoric over your Bronco Buster, huh?
I don't think there's any euphoria in the Crash countdown right now.
Crash will fight back up. He's giving this all he's got.
He's a little crashed but not for long.
[Jerry] Come on, Crash. Remember what you told me.
-You're super heavyweight. Hey, wait. -[Jim] It's a cradle.
Oh, a near fall.
And Bull with a bit of a shocked look on his face
came up with a clothesline.
[Jim] I think the last thing you wanna do is make Bull angry, Crash.
-Oh, my gosh. -[crowd cheering]
Crash face first driven into the canvas by Buchanan.
[crowd cheering]
-And Buchanan… -[Jim] Oh, missed it.
[Jerry] He missed the scissors kick.
And Crash with half nelson, the cradle.
-[Jim] And, oh, my God. -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Crash has won it.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Crash Holly.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this. It's a hit-and-run.
He's all the way out of the building.
[Jim] Crash has won and run.
[Jerry] Come back, Crash, you're gonna have to wrestle again.
[Jim] Bull Buchanan cannot believe it.
[rock music playing]
He had this match in firm control.
[rock music playing]
Well, this is what happens when you take your eye off the ball for one second.
Missed the scissors kick. Oh, and that was it.
Bull made one big mistake and it caused him this matchup.
[crowd cheering]
And now, I mean, Crash has advanced. Can you believe this?
Crash is in the semifinals
and will meet either Chris Jericho or Kurt Angle.
[Jerry] Man. Cinderella's still alive.
All right. Good. Okay. I have to call you back.
Well, what do we have here?
My wife has graced me with her presence here in Boston.
And wait a minute, now, is this the same Linda McMahon
who continues to meddle in my business?
Is this the same Linda McMahon, by the way who sometime ago
reinstated "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, after I'd fired his ass, huh?
Is this the same Linda McMahon who indeed wanted Mick Foley
to live his dream at Wrestlemania just before I crushed it?
Is this the same Linda McMahon who,
well, Shawn Michaels is the official spokesperson of the WWE,
I mean, you brought back Dave Hebner,
you resigned The Undertaker, you slapped your own daughter?
Now then, what brings you to Boston?
Well, Vince, I'm here in Boston just about one thing.
What are you doing tonight about the six-man tag?
Are you going to be man enough with Shane and with Triple H
to do straight up or you gonna have to have 12-on-3 again
like you did last Thursday night in order to win the match?
-[Jim] Wow. -Now, wait a minute.
-[Jim] Wow. -Now, this is me you're talking to.
[Jerry] Keep your cool.
-Now… -Right.
Don't look at me that way.
Nobody, nobody, not you,
especially not you,
ever questions my intestinal fortitude, especially not you.
Are you insinuating that Triple H, Shane, and I can't do this on our own?
I have to remind you, it was your idea, okay, little lady.
It was your idea to have this championship provision
put into the match and that's the idea that's gonna ensure victory
for Triple H, Vince, and Shane
because The Undertaker, Kane, and The Rock are gonna fight amongst themselves.
And you know what? It's on your head that they do that.
So, therefore, no, no interference, not like Smackdown, no, not at all.
But in the end, Vince McMahon, just like always
along with Shane and along with Triple H, victorious tonight.
Thank you very much for showing up here in Boston.
[Jerry] He kept his cool pretty much.
-[Jim] How rude was that? -[Jerry] What do you mean that's Joe cool?
[Jim] No outside interference now. You know what that means?
[Jim] Can we take him on his word?
[Jerry] Sure. You what that means, JR?
-[Jim] What? -[Jerry] Vince has a plan.
He's got a plan. He's got some sort of master plan.
["Medal" playing] [bell ringing]
[Finkel] The following quarter-final round match
of the King of the Ring tournament
is scheduled for one fall with a 15-minute time limit.
Introducing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, weighing 229 pounds,
Olympic gold medal winner, Kurt Angle.
[Jim] Our final quarter-final matchup
to determine who will meet Crash in the semifinals here tonight
at the King of the Ring tournament.
Obviously, this is a very special night in the life of your Olympic hero.
[crowd cheers]
-[Jim] True. -We all know.
Because I'm gonna do something in this town
that nowadays, is practically unheard of.
I'm gonna do something that the Bruins could not do.
The Celtics could not do.
The Patriots could not do.
The Red Sox couldn't…
[crowd booing]
Come to think of it, the teams of this town really do suck.
But the point is…
[crowd booing]
The point is your Olympic hero is going to bring home the big one
and that my friends is true.
Or what you people here in Boston would say,
"It's true, I'm fat, I'm unemployed, now get me another beer."
[Jim] Beer? A beer in Boston.
[rock music playing]
[crowd cheering]
["Break The Walls Down" playing]
[Jim] Here comes Y2J.
[Jerry] Man, I hate this guy's entrance. That hurts my ears every time.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, this would have made a great final King of the Ring matchup.
[Finkel] From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
weighing 227 pounds, Chris Jericho.
[Jim] But it's not a final match. It is a quarterfinal match.
One fall, 15-minute time limit. Remember, only the winners can advance.
Kurt Angle, don't sell yourself short
because in my mind, and in the mind of all these Jerichoholics…
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Oh, please, a Jerichoholic doesn't have a mind.
You're already a king.
I mean, you're the king of goofy, ugly ring attire.
[Jim] Wait a minute, that's our country's colors.
You're the king of all the nerds.
[Jim] The nerds?
And most importantly of all,
you're the king of the 30-year-old virgins.
[Jim] I think Jerichoholics need another beer.
And as far as we're concerned,
you're already a royal pain in the ass.
[Jim] Oh, man, get him, Kurt. He wanted it.
And that is true, Jerky.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Jericho never at a loss for words, King.
[Jerry] Got that right.
He may have to eat those words. He should have kept them soft and sweet.
There you go.
[Jim] Right in the face by Kurt Angle on Chris Jericho.
And, uh, Jericho can, uh, skew the venom verbally,
just ask Stephanie McMahon-Hemsley.
[Jerry] You got that right.
I mean, Chris Jericho has said some of the most…
I mean, the most disparaging remarks about pretty Stephanie
-that I've ever heard in my life. -[Jim] Oh, look out.
Oh, man. A German suplex by Angle.
He celebrated and then covers and got a near fall.
Angle, who won the gold medal in the 1996 Olympics
for the United States in the heavyweight division in freestyle wrestling.
A Pittsburgh native… And the young man from Winnipeg
leading his feet with a forearm and a hard chop.
[crowd chatter]
These idiots here in Boston cheer for somebody from Canada
when Toronto just beat the Red Sox today.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Jim] Hear the impact of that kick right to the sternum.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] Jericho…
right agility by landing on his feet on the apron.
-Now upstairs. -[Jerry] No.
[Jim] Missile dropkick.
He caught it in the face, this could be it there.
And Angle able to negotiate a shoulder off the canvas
before the three of referee Teddy Long.
[Jerry] That was close.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] We'll be hearing from Mick Foley,
live at WWE New York, in the heart of Times Square
here in the broadcast. Down goes Angle.
[Jerry] What happened to Nick Foley's hair?
[Jim] He got it cut.
[Jerry] You know what, I would suggest… Oh, look, there it is.
[crowd cheering]
That was a Lionsault. Leg is hooked.
[Jerry] That's got to be. This should be.
[Jim] And Angle got his foot at the very last moment
over the bottom rope.
[Jerry] You know what that's called?
Intelligence, one of the three I's.
How's Jericho with that goofy hairdo?
He looks like he needs to visit Mick Foley's barber.
[Jerry] And Jericho, a springboard dropkick found his mark
and Jericho in control thus far in this matchup.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Angle, probably in his amateur career, more tournament experience
than anyone that has qualified here tonight.
[Jerry] It's one of the reasons he's my personal odds-on favorite
to be King of the Ring.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] I mean, I could just picture…
Guys, I can just picture Kurt Angle walking down the ring.
Look at this, it's beautiful, with a crown on his head.
-Look at this match [inaudible]. -[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Jericho's been introduced to the concrete floor by Kurt Angle.
[Jerry] It's good to be a King, JR.
[Jim] That's what you told me over the years.
I'm beginning to believe you.
Especially after watching Smackdown last Thursday night.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
You always wonder why I wear my tights here at ringside.
-[Jim] And now I know. -[Jerry] Right.
[Jim] Right in front of us here. Oh, that's good.
Looks like Jericho kicking somebody on the boards there.
[Jerry] But it was more painful.
[referee] Back inside, get him back inside, right now.
Come on, Angle, this is my last time I'm gonna tell you.
[Jerry] Take a look at Kurt Angle's chest where Jericho chopped it.
I think his chest is actually bleeding.
[Jim] Angle's got huge whips on his chest
from those knocked-fist chops of Chris Jericho.
-[Jerry] Don't take that, Kurt. -[Jim] Really laying them in.
-Suplex. -[crowd chatter]
Roll over, and the leg is up.
A beautiful technique and a near fall by Kurt Angle.
[Jerry] It's right on his chest where that Olympic gold medal hangs up.
It's kind of gonna bother and been irritating for weeks.
[Jim] Oh, Angle with the left grapevine and the reverse chinlock
has Jericho all tied up and Jericho's gotta figure a way out of this.
Then the good news here is Jericho's left shoulder
is a long way from the canvas.
But he could have a submission.
[Jerry] Do you know what these people are saying?
Angle does not suck. What's wrong with you idiots?
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Jericho backed up, fighting his way back into this thing.
You win, you advance. You lose, you go to the shower.
Oh, no!
Both arms, underhooked and then the backbreaker.
[Jerry] Let's get the ropes.
[Jim] And now near the ropes, Angle too near the ropes.
You could almost see that one coming,
that Jericho had Angle positioned too near the bottom ring rope.
[Jerry] Oh, man. Another shot into that already bruised chest of…
Angle and nobody there for the dropkick.
[Jim] Beautiful.
[referee speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] More intelligent. Show some intensity.
[Jim] Angle has shown confidence going into this tournament.
-He's gonna win this… -[Jerry] My, God! Look at this.
-[crowd chatter] -[Jim] Catapult.
Angle thinks he's gonna win this tournament
and meet Triple H next month at fully loaded,
in Reunion Arena in Dallas for the WWE title.
There's another cover and Referee Teddy Long
got a long two count.
[Jerry] I think that's exactly what's gonna happen.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Angle is almost been in television in recent weeks, almost,
as a Matter fact, that he's gonna win this tournament
and then beat Triple H in the WWE title.
[Jerry] He even told Stephanie that.
[Jim] Well, the look on her face!
[Jerry] That was a great reaction.
[Jim] And a knockdown by Angle, very aggressive here tonight.
Keep the pressure on, another lateral press
and again Jericho having to extend a great deal of energy to kick out.
[Jerry] Teddy Long, I'm afraid
all of these referees have been hypnotized again tonight.
That's the slowest count in history.
[Jim] I didn't notice it being extraordinarily slow.
He's somewhat deliberate.
[Jerry] It was extraordinarily slow.
-It was extraordinarily slow. -[referee] One, two, three, four!
[Jerry] Let me you ask with this question, JR.
-[Jim] Go ahead, King. -[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] You mentioned the way you'd dressed,
but what's wrong with Kurt Angle's ring attire?
If you ask me that's a snappy-looking outfit.
[Jim] I wouldn't find anything wrong with it, quite frankly.
That'll be Jericho's taste but I don't think…
[Jim] Oh, beautiful German suplex with a bridge and three…
-No, it's not three. -Oh, man.
-Come on. -What?
[Jim] Angle getting frustrated here. He can't do that and advance.
[Jerry] It's a slow count too.
[Jim] I think the count has been very consistent.
Come on, man, it's right there, that's over.
[Jim] Oh, another right by the Olympian.
[referee] Come on, Kurt. Hey.
[Jerry] Now we're seeing that intensity going.
-You don't keep that man in the corner. -I'm gonna make it…
[Jerry] Why is the referee picking on Kurt?
First, he gave him the slow count, now he's reading the right out.
[Jim] Takedown by Jericho as Angle was talking to the referee.
-Took us off the ball there somewhat. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
-[referee] Pull him out there. -[Jim] What?
[referee] Come on, that's enough.
[Jerry] Kurt's hurt so badly. He's bleeding.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Good. -[crowd chatter]
That'll hurt a little bit, too.
[Jim] Jericho full speed, run right in the boot.
-Look out. -[Jim] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Angle got dropkicked right in the gut.
[Jim] Help him, ref.
What? A hurricanrana.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Shades of Eddie Guerrero earlier.
Kurt Angle just got hurricanrana right off the top by Chris Jericho.
[Jim] Same move, worked twice in a row tonight.
[crowd chatter]
Jericho unable to capitalize after the big offensive move.
[Jerry] Hitting Kurt.
[Jim] Oh, no.
Jericho beating Angle to the punch. Coming with the right hands.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Jim] And a nice reverse elbow well-placed by Jericho,
knocking down Kurt Angle.
I feel the momentum changing here a little bit.
This is not good.
[crowd chatter]
Reversal. And the spinning heel kick.
-[Jerry] This is not good. -[Jim] This could be it.
[Jerry] Oh, man. And that was a quick count.
[Jim] Somehow, Kurt Angle able to kick out before the three
as now Jericho has regained the offensive momentum
in this matchup.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Oh, man, come on, Kurt.
[Jim] Our final, quarter-final match.
[Jerry] Oh, that was beautiful.
[Jim] Angle out of the corner his eye, had that been well-scouted.
Going for another cover, both legs… No!
[Jerry] JR, you gotta be kidding me if you think that's a consistent count.
[Jim] One of it's slow, it's been slow every time.
[Jerry] Except when Kurt's shoulders were down.
[Jerry] And it has been slow every time. Well, there you go.
[Jim] Downstairs and Angle, looking for that Olympic slam.
-Countered by Jericho. -[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Jim] Jericho'll go for the submission move,
-the walls of Jericho.
[Jerry] Oh, no, Kurt, do something.
[Jim] Into the center of the ring…
-[Jerry] Intensity. Hey. -[Jim] …is Jericho.
What in the world? Stephanie McMahon, what's she doing here?
[Jerry] She's an owner. She can do anything she wants.
[Jim] Look at that, Kurt Angle's tapping out.
Kurt Angle's tapping out. Get on it.
[Jerry] Stephanie complaining about that slow count.
[Jim] Angle gave up but the referee was distracted by Stephanie.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] She's telling him about how slow his count has been all night.
Now, what?
[Jim] Up from behind came Angle.
Jericho got the tap out.
But Angle but… Now, what is Stephanie doing?
[Jerry] Now, Jericho's knocked the ref down, he is a true idiot.
The wife of Triple H, the women's champion.
-She just hit Kurt Angle. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, this is flexible, I think it'll be all right.
[Jim] Stephanie! Referee is down.
And Stephanie finds herself all alone
in front of 17,000 in the world…
[Jerry] Unhand her! Look at this.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] My, God.
[Jerry] What? What is he doing? Has he lost his mind?
[Jim] Jericho just kissed a married woman.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] That's an assault. -[Jim] Angle back up.
He just pressed Jericho with an Olympic slam.
Now with a ref, legs are hooked, will this be…
-Yes, it is. -[bell ringing]
-[crowd cheering] -["Medal" playing]
[announcer] Here is your winner, Kurt Angle!
[Jerry] Stephanie, get some Listerine.
Go, wash your mouth out.
[Jerry] I hope this kiss was worth it, Jericho.
But it caused you your shot at being the king.
[Jim] Oh, please. So Kurt Angle has advanced for the semi-finals
of the King of the Ring tournament,
but not without an assist from Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
Check this out.
I don't know if Listerine or Lavoris or…
[crowd cheering]
…anything that can take that taste out of Stepahnie's mouth.
That's the wife of the WWE champion in here.
But the distraction cost Jericho. Boom.
-[Jerry] He got [inaudible]. -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Kurt Angle…
-by hook or crook… -[bell ringing]
…by any means necessary has advanced…
Would you get dressed now, please?
You know, come on man, you didn't keep your cool.
You said you're already keep your cool.
And now there's no interference in the match.
Thursday worked beautiful. All those guys coming down. Wham wham.
I take The Rock, Kane, that was perfect. Now, there's no interference.
You said you to keep your cool. You didn't keep your cool, Pop.
I'll get ready for the match in a moment, okay?
I'll get out of my duds.
But I did keep my cool because she ended up making a difference.
Come on, I mean, she thinks she's got something.
She didn't have anything. Let's face it.
Rock, Undertaker, and Kane, they couldn't order a lunch together.
Much less
compete together when each one wants to be the WWE champion.
They're gonna be adversarial to each other.
-You're right. -I'm telling you, Shane.
Don't worry about it. Where is your confidence?
-Remember your last name. -All right.
It's not my confidence I worry about. Not at all. I'm worried about Triple H's.
-That's a good point. -Yeah.
Well, certainly McMahon's strategizing regarding the main event tonight
-And Vince says he's gonna keep his cool. -He's Joe Cool, he's Joe Cool.
-Well, yeah, right where you… -Of course, he said, he told Shane.
"Where's your confidence? Remember your last name."
McMahon's always have a master plan, especially Vince.
Well, knowing him, he probably does.
Folks, we're gonna take you live now to Times Square in New York City.
Of course, the WWE New York is in the heart of Times Square,
the top entertainment complex in the Big Apple, no doubt about it.
The party place to be. And what kind of party could you have in the WWE?
-If you look inside… -[Jerry] Look inside, look at this!
[Jim] …of a jam-packed WWE New York.
Over a thousand fans have joined that man.
-[Jerry] That man? -[Jim] Hey, Mick, there's Audrey.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Audrey's in the bar, look at this.
[crowd cheering] Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley!
-[Jim] Mick, it's JR, can you hear me? -Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley!
-[Jim] How are you, Mick? -Yeah, I'm doing great.
It's a little something in here. The fans seem to really be enjoying themselves.
-[Jim] How have you… How are you… -Hey, Mick, I have your beer here.
[Jim] How have you found your party at the entertainment complex?
[crowd cheering]
Well, JR,
as you know that 15-year wrestling gig I had [inaudible].
So I'm looking at some different things.
I got a business meeting in Connecticut tomorrow
when I heard that the WWE New York
was gonna be broadcasting King of the Ring, well…
I had this little idea that I'd be welcomed here.
And I gotta be honest, the fans here seem to love my new haircut.
-[crowd cheering] -Yeah. Thank you.
[Jim] Mick Foley, it's always great to see you
and we'll never forget the '98 King of the Ring,
one of the big highlights, your Hell in the Cell match with the Undertaker.
Oh, yeah, that's definitely was a highlight.
I guess for a lot of fans. To be honest with you,
I don't remember that much of it. I mean, I've seen the videotapes.
I guess I'll go down in history.
Probably that's the match that I'll best be known for.
But who knows, maybe someone will have an even more memorable
King of the Ring moment tonight.
Maybe Kurt Angle, my personal favorite.
[Jerry] Hey, Kurt Angle, he's my personal favorite too, Mick.
Finally, Mick Foley and I agree on something.
Hey, Mick, could you tell me where you got your hair cut
because I don't wanna go there by mistake.
[Jim] Mick, thanks very much and good luck.
-All right. -[Jim] And have fun tonight.
All right, have a nice day.
[upbeat music playing]
Mick Foley, he looked good with the haircut like that, King.
Well, what a wild scene in WWE New York. I was there last night.
It's great, it's fantastic. It's a place to go in New York.
They've even got a little throne room there for me.
-It said, MEN on it, right? -Oh, come on.
-How was the groceries? -Oh, delicious. It was great.
Ladies and gentlemen, our semi-finals have been established here
at the King of the Ring.
The final four competitors now that Kurt Angle has defeated Chris Jericho.
You see the final four.
It'll be Kurt Angle against Crash, and Rikishi meeting Val Venis
a little bit later here tonight in our semifinals,
leading to a new King of the Ring being crowned.
[Jerry] Come, on, Kurt Angle.
["You Think You Know Me" playing]
WWE Tag Team title's on the line in a 4-team elimination tag match.
-[upbeat music playing] -[bell ringing]
[Finkel] The following contest is a 4-team elimination match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship.
Introducing, in the ring, at a combined weight of 462 pounds,
Christian and Edge.
[Jerry] Edge and Christian are former Tag Team champions.
Would love to regain the gold here tonight in Boston at the King of the Ring.
And, man, are these two guys full of themselves?
Greetings to all of our fans in Beantown.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Beantown. Have a beer.
You know this city has some pretty good sports memories.
Whether it's Larry Bird bringing home numerous NBA titles.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] What? I don't remember that.
Or whether it's Bobby Orr bringing home the Stanley Cup.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] That's about 50 years ago. -Or even this year,
Nomar Garciaparra flirting with 400.
It is so made the decision for this pose difficult
-But in the end… -[crowd chatter]
[Jim] What's this? Mets?
We decided to stick with the classics.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, get your camera out.
So for the benefit of those with flash photography…
we decided to call this five-second pose,
the single greatest moment in the history of Boston.
-[Jerry] Remember this, JR. -[crowd chatter]
-[Jim] Well, I… -[Jerry] Was his name Buckner?
[Jim] Yeah. Bill Buckner.
[Jerry] Right through the legs, I saw it go.
[Jim] And the World Series, right? -[Jerry] Yup.
[Jim] The curse of the bambino continues…
-with these two knuckleheads. -[Jerry] Wow.
["Emergency" playing]
[Jim] Got a shot of that.
Picture's gonna be worth a fortune.
[Finkel] To be accompanied by Trish Stratus,
at a combined weight of 629 pounds,
Test and Albert, T & A.
[Jim] T & A, the second of 14 to compete for the WWE Tag Team titles.
Trish has already seen success tonight
with Val Venis advancing into the semi-finals
of the King of the Ring tournament.
Can she do it again with her Tag Team combination?
-["Loaded" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Finkel] To be accompanied by Lita, from Cameron, North Carolina,
with a combined weight of 432 pounds, Matt and Jeff, the Hardy Boyz.
-[Jerry] Lita, lovely Lita. -[Jim] The risk-takers
the hot wires, the Hardy Boyz from North Carolina.
The home of SummerSlam this year in Raleigh, North Carolina,
just a few miles from Cameron where the Hardy Boyz grew up.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Here we go. Get down, get up.
[Finkel] And at a combined weight of 429 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team champions,
Grand Master Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Too Cool.
[Jerry] And then what [inaudible] but…
-[Jim] I'm sure you weren't. -[Jerry] These guys are…
I gotta admit, they're probably my favorite Tag Team here in the WWE.
[Jim] First, on that statement, King, I'd only saying one thing,
that's to stay away from full-length mirrors.
[Jerry] What's that mean? Hey, King of the Worm. Wait a minute.
[Jim] This is a tough road to hold for the Tag Team Champions across,
they could be eliminated in the early going here.
The last team remaining
will be the WWE Tag Team champions.
[Jerry] Thinking of a tough road to home.
I know you're pretty good with play by play, man.
But good luck on this match, JR.
-We got tag teams everywhere. -[bell ringing]
[Jim] Two man legally are supposed to be on the ring at once.
Two opponents. Two opponents, I should say.
[Jerry] Yeah, supposed to be is the key word there.
You know, this could degenerate into something really ugly and really quick.
[Jim] And the decision is rendered that the defeated team
must return to the locker room.
And speaking of really ugly, let's get a close-up of Jeff Hardy's hair tonight.
Well, Jeff's certainly an individual that rainbow-colored hair is Jeff Hardy
and the prince, the prince from here, the Boston area
played football at the University of Pittsburg [inaudible].
And look at the power here. He's 6'7" about 335.
[Jerry] Any other statistics you know about this guy?
-Oh my, God. -[Jim] And there's elevation.
Oh, the prince is a big, young, monster.
Awesome strength and power of the Hardys.
-Look at this. -[Jim] Nice counter.
[Jerry] Downstairs with a drop kick came from Hardy,
who landed it momentarily ago on his feet.
[Jerry] Prince Albert didn't expect that.
-Hey. -[Jim] Oh, Jeff Hardy now.
He's outsmarted the prince with that tag. Albert got…
Now Matt Hardy is the legal man now. And so now the Hardys…
[Jerry] Double teaming, what about this, JR?
[Jim] That was illegal.
The guy gotta count to five to get out of there.
Oh, the double team
And there's the cover, amount of power.
-Albert's got about a ton of power. -[Jerry] And the Ref just allows that.
[Jim] All he can do is count, use his count, King.
[Jerry] Well, you know, looking at Albert and Test go…
Now watch this, watch the ref, now.
-[grunts] -[thuds]
[Jim] And a knockdown by Albert after the distraction by Trish from the outside.
[Jerry] Can you really think that Mr. McMahon
can maintain his composure tonight with his wife here?
[Jim] All the pressure, I mean, Vince is one that really laid out this match
but frankly, he may blame it on his wife, Linda, but come on.
[Jerry] You know, I think maybe when Vince laid it out,
he had something similar to last week in mind with…
When there was a lot of help from the men in the locker room but now…
-[Jim] No interference. -[Jerry] Yeah.
-[Jim] By Vince's own words. -[Jerry] I guarantee you.
This isn't what Vince had in mind.
[Jim] This is not exactly what Matt Hardy had in my mind out there with Test,
with all those right hands in his face.
[Jerry] Why didn't Linda just stay home where she belongs?
[Jim] What do you mean where she belongs?
Do you realize she's the CEO of this company?
-That's Chief Executive Officer. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] What are you doing? -[Jim] Oh my.
-[Jerry] He swung at Trish. -[Jim] And there…
Lita with a clothesline,
knocking down the blonde bombshell from Toronto with a clothesline.
Test, there you go. And now Test grabbing a handful of Lita's hair.
-[Jerry] How about that? -[Jim] Now, he gets to nail Test.
[Jerry] Oh, the twist of fate.
[Jim] Matt Hardy with the twist of fate and Albert had to interrupt the count.
-[Jerry] What is Lita doing now? -[Jim] Oh, my gosh.
Albert's got Lita up.
And downstairs with Matt Hardy's dropkick.
-[Jerry] Lita landed right on Albert. -[Jim] He didn't face him too much.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Test with a powerslam.
Uh-oh. Test got the powerslam. Look out.
-[crowd cheering] -The Swanton off the top by Jeff Hardy.
[Jim] [inaudible]. Albert teetering. And he's out.
-Matt's on top. -[crowd cheering]
-And T & A had been eliminated. -[Jerry] Trish.
-[Jim] Now the three teams… -[Jerry] This is what Lita did.
[Jim] Look at this clothesline. Lita that was not fair at all.
And then Albert picking up Lita, he got the go.
[Jerry] Dropped right on him.
[Jim] Down at three teams now for the WWE Tag Team title.
Scotty 2 Hotty here for the first time.
It's Scotty 2 Hotty and Jeff Hardy.
Last team standing,
last team remaining will be the Tag Team champions.
[crowd cheering]
Not in a good mood here tonight. Gonna keep your eye on the ball.
[Jerry] See how well he can go without losing his lids.
[Jim] Right hands by Scotty 2 Hotty. One half for the Tag Team champions.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Jim] Interesting tag down by Scotty 2 Hotty, lifts up.
There with the lid. And lost his lid.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That was Jeff Hardy on the lower half.
Some interesting hairdos in there, aren't they, JR?
[Jim] And now the tag was made. Christian tags himself in.
Scotty's got to leave.
Which is really now a bad strategy
for Too Cool to hang-out there on the apron.
And let these other two teams take each other apart.
[Jerry] Yeah, but you can't win if you're not in. You can lose but you can't win.
[Jim] Well, that's an arguable point quite frankly.
It's going to be hard to pin Too Cool on the apron here.
[Jerry] Don't argue with me, JR. I'm the King.
[Jim] Uh-oh. Oh, snaps.
Leg drop from the second rope by Matt Hardy.
He covers Christian and he hook the leg.
but wasn't enough body on body perhaps, near fall and another exchange.
Jeff Hardy now in with Christian.
[Jerry] I wanna give a special thanks, you know, the WWE went out of their way
to name this Pay-Per-View after me and I appreciate it.
[Jim] I'm sure you'll get a large royalty check out of it.
Okay. Double team. Nice suplex.
[Jerry] Who should I talk to about that royalty check?
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] Linda McMahon.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that shirt.
[Jerry] Shirts are coming off, they are risk-takers.
-Hey! -[Jim] Outside and back inside,
that's a quick deal.
Christian, getting the advantage on Jeff Hardy.
[referee] You got to tag! Get out there.
[Jim] And Jeff now in a bad way, gotten nailed on the outside.
[Jerry] Lita out there, she's in a little trouble, man.
-Going for the cover and out. -[referee] Two!
-[Jim] And a long two-count. -[Lita] Come on, Jeff.
[Jim] What do you like most about Lita?
-[Jerry] [inaudible] shoulder tattoo? -[Jim] Yeah.
Those little halter tops.
Nothing that accentuates a nice shoulder tattoo like a halter top.
[crowd chatter]
Both men down, Edge and Jeff Hardy.
Christian in with a cheap shot and here comes…
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Jim] Here comes Matt Hardy
to get some of Christian.
-And Matt [inaudible] the referee. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, Lita. Lita!
-Look at that! -[Jim] A hurricanrana.
-[Jerry] How could she… -[Jim] From the top by Lita.
-[Jerry] Is she in this match or what? -[Jim] It looks like there's the cover.
Oh, and a near fall.
And the referee was positioned just right not to see Lita come off the top.
For this athleticism, I'm impressed.
[Jerry] But she really got no business in this match.
[Jim] Well, you're right about that but she is an amazing athlete and…
High impact move there by Matt Hardy!
And for Christian, I mean, that was a double up
rather deliberate counts. That could be considered one as well.
[Jerry] If there's any doubt, I have the benefit of flash photography.
I got a shot of Lita in the ring. I'll show it to the referee later.
-[Jim] Maybe too late. -[Jerry] If things don't go right.
-[Jim] Matt Hardy -[Jerry] Oh, another one.
[Jim] And the twist of faith on Christian.
And there's the cover
and Edge pulled Matt right out of the ring before the three.
Now Jeff Hardy on top. Jeff Hardy going up but wait a minute.
[inaudible] by Edge.
And that's gonna take Jeff out of running here for a moment.
And Matt looking for another twist of faith.
-He got a twist of that faith. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jim] And the Hardys have been eliminated. Leaving us there with two teams.
[Jerry] He's got ladies here in Beantown.
They are not happy that the Hardys are gone.
This has got to hurt, man. Watch this.
[Jim] Face first and goes, boom, Matt Hardy.
Wow, we got a real conveyor on the canvas on that one.
So now we're down to two teams for the Tag Team title.
All the eye candy's gone from ringside.
[Jerry] Got a lot of Too Cool strategy.
[Jim] I bet the other three teams do most of the work here in this matchup.
Grand Master Sexay in the ring for the first time.
Oh, man, neck breaker.
That Too Cool is a fresh team here.
Too Cool the Tag Team champions with the Tag Team titles on the line.
[Jerry] Get down. Get down. Oh, baby. Got that.
[Jim] Wonder what Grand Master's Mom and Dad think of that little move.
[Jerry] Why don't you ask 'em sometime?
[Jim] I'm sure they're proud of him. Scotty.
-[Jerry] Look at that! -[Jim] Scotty 2 Hotty.
[Jim] And Grand Master with a double team on Edge.
[Jerry] Man.
[Jim] Referee somewhat leaning for this count.
One of Too Cool's got to go.
Well, the referee just uses his count like you say.
-And Christian in. -[referee] One, two…
-[Jim] What's this gonna be? -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Man, they let Christian join them there.
[Jim] Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master having a good time
defending their Tag Team titles.
Shot right to the back by Christian and Scotty 2 Hotty
distracted long enough to get shot in the face there by Edge
who lifts the tag to Christian quickly.
[Jerry] It's almost like Too Cool wasn't taking this match real seriously
up to now.
[Jim] I don't think that Grand Master and Scotty'll be smiling now.
[Jerry] Right. Look at this dance.
-[Jim] I think that Christian's all… -[Jerry] What the…
[Jim] Mocking the Grand Master a little bit.
And Master spit some gum right to the face of Christian.
Nice leg sweep.
Another two count.
As Christian and Edge look to win the Tag Team titles here.
[Jerry] You gotta be careful when you grab Scotty's hair. It's almost
porcupine like.
-[Jim] I'm sure they're prickly. -[Jerry] Yeah, something like a paper cut.
[Jim] Nice double-team attack. And there's a cover.
-Another near fall by… -[Jerry] Scotty.
[Jim] Edge on Scotty 2 Hotty.
-Scotty wormless thus far in the matchup. -[Jerry] Wormless? I like it.
[Jim] Irish whip coming up. Far side.
Double flip.
[Jerry] A skull on the elbow this time.
And the clothesline.
[Jim] Christian now regretted that he used the Irish whip.
He got punished more than the [inaudible].
[crowd cheering]
They all started clapping their hands over here.
I'm trying to remain unbiased.
I just thought a breaking move, busting move or breaking move
or busting breaks up, and I don't know what it is.
-[Jerry] Bust a move. -[Jim] I don't know.
[Jerry] If you bust a move, you will break something.
[Jim] I'm sure I will. And there's a tag. Here comes Edge.
Here comes Grand Master Sexay.
Grand Master taking care of some business here.
-[Jerry] Oh, yeah. -[Jim] Bit of a dropkick.
And Edge tied up with the ropes and nowhere to go.
[Jerry] Look at this. It's the "Thriller".
What do you think you'd break if you busted a move?
-[Jim] Well, I don't know. -[Jerry] Wind?
[Jim] I don't know. Yeah, wind might be something.
I broke that earlier today.
[Jerry] And look out [inaudible].
[Jim] Christian turned his back. Cardinal sin. There's a roll-up.
Very close.
[Jerry] Here we go.
[Jim] Irish whip in.
Grand Master, and he is owning Edge and Christian right now.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, boy. Look at this. It almost knocked Edge's pants off.
[Jim] You're going to see plumber's crack. Like Edge [inaudible].
Atomic bomb.
[referee] Come on.
[Jim] Christian, lucky he was right there in front of Edge
and Grand Master to interrupt that count over and over.
[Jerry] Oh, man, oh, man. Hey.
[Jim] Flapjack.
[Jerry] That's not what Grand Master had in mind when he went into the rope.
-Where's Scotty? -[Jim] A midnight express Latin maneuver
and now Edge and Christian mocking Too Cool.
[Jerry] Wait minute. It's a double worm comes up.
Scotty 2 Hotty dropped in.
[crowd cheering]
And the uni driver. The original of the worm.
They want you to show up your worms, Scotty.
-Here it comes, the dance. -[Jim] He's not wormless.
[all] Time it. W-O-R-M.
[Jerry] The big worm, the big worm.
[crowd chatter]
[all] Whoo-whoo-whoo.
Man, oh, man.
[Jim] I don't think I personally heard that before.
And Christian got one of the tag title belts.
He didn't have that advantage for long.
[Jerry] I was watching The Worm. Where did he get that championship belt?
[Jim] On ringside here from that timekeeper's table.
[Jerry] What's the timekeeper doing over there?
[Jim] Keeping time.
[Jerry] Howard Finkel was in charge of the belts.
[Jim] Oh, wait a minute, contact.
Take off.
Grand Master with the tower.
There's a cover. Referee's got to get Scotty 2 Hotty out of here.
-And wait a minute. -[crowd cheering]
Christian with a shot to the back of the head.
That's not right. Come on.
-[Jerry] What the heck. -[bell ringing]
[Jim] Christian and Edge have done it.
-[Finkel] The winners of this belt… -[Jerry] We got new champions!
[Finkel] …and new World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team champions, Christian and Edge.
[Jerry] Those of you with the benefit of flash photography, take pictures.
-It's a Kodak moment. -[Jim] Edge and Christian once again
are the Tag Team champions of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Jerry] Look at Scotty's face. He can't believe it.
[Jim] I don't know if they can be proud of the way they won the titles.
But they are the champions.
[Jerry] This would put the biggest smile ever on the face of Edge.
He's got a lot teeth to smile with too.
[narrator] The courage to risk it all.
The determination to be the best.
The desire to raise the gold.
The will to triumph.
Some wish it would happen
but a true champion makes it happen.
WWE fully loaded, presented live by Twix, Sunday, July 23rd
exclusively on Pay-Per-View.
Crash Holly, can you believe you made it to the semi-finals
of the King of the Ring tournament?
Why it's too hard to believe I've gotten this far, Michael, huh?
Look, I've always been an overachiever. I held that Hardcore belt for a long time
until those dirty old men in their stinky dresses
and their mascara and their make up.
They're gonna get theirs.
As far as for Kurt Angle, well, it goes…
He's in big, big, big trouble, mister.
[Jerry] What'd he know about big?
[Jim] I know one thing, he's right. He is an overachiever to get…
The Cinderella story will continue here tonight.
But right now, Rikishi…
[inaudible] while Rikishi makes his way to the ring,
-here's what happened earlier tonight. -[bell ringing]
Chris Benoit, in the first quarterfinal matchup
was disqualified for the blatant use of that steel chair
right in front of the referee.
And it was Benoit that just wore out Rikishi with that steel chair
and then the head butt off the top rope, the crippler Crossface.
[Jerry] Boy, oh, boy. Benoit came for revenge and retribution.
And he got it. He got eliminated from the tournament but…
[Jerry] There's no way Rikishi could be 100% right now.
-[Jim] He's not. He can't be. -[bell ringing]
["You Look Fly 2 Day" playing]
[Finkel] The following contest is a semi-final round match
in the King of the Ring tournament,
scheduled for one fall with a 30-minute time limit.
In the ring, Rikishi.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He loved it--does she love the sound of his voice or what?
[Jim] What a huge bruise on the right arm of Rikishi.
He got that from Benoit on SmackDown. I'm sure that has been aggravated.
Shoulder and arm are gotta be hurting him. Rikishi has to got to suck it up here.
["Hello Ladies" playing]
And here is the man that has established a very aggressive rivalry with Rikishi,
Val Venis.
[Finkel] His opponent, accompanied by Trish Stratus, Val Venis.
[Jerry] I guess Rikishi also had to console
on Too Cool a little bit back there.
[Jim] All I can say the first couple of times
that Rikishi and Val Venis' paths crossed.
We saw Rikishi get busted open.
He lost a lot of blood in both outings confrontation
that he had with Val Venis.
As a matter of fact, let's take you back and look at some of the confrontations
involving Val Venis and Rikishi before tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Yeah, you remember when Rikishi not only knocked Val off that stage
but then went through with all of 400 pounds right on to him.
Slamming right through our announcer table one night.
[Jim] Rikishi busted open there by Val
as we watched three weeks ago in SmackDown.
So, as we said, a very intense aggressive rivalry already exists
between the Intercontinental champion, Rikishi, and Val Venis.
[Jerry] I mean, these two guys have literally tried to destroy each other, JR.
[Jim] This match should end early for, I think, for Rikishi to be successful.
-Remember he's 424 pounds. -[Jerry] Who could forget that.
[Jim] And he is also not physically at a 100%,
thanks to the Rabid Wolverine.
[Jerry] What's telephone companies thinking about giving his butt cheeks…
Two area codes.
How big they are.
[Jim] Rikishi on the outside here.
Remember both these men were disqualified
and they would be eliminated from the tournament.
The winner of this match, assuming that there will be a winner,
will advance into the finals against either Kurt Angle or Crash.
[Jerry] Look at Rikishi, he looks already like he's been through the ring. Oh, man.
[Jim] Val Venis trying to put his hands up and break his fall there,
which is a smart thing to do, that steel steps coming at you.
You know, the cardiovascular conditioning of a man the size of Rikishi
has to be a huge factor in a tournament of this nature.
Rikishi may have hit the home run right there.
[Jerry] What are you saying?
You think Rikishi's got like an enlarged heart or what?
[Jim] No, I just think it's carrying all that weight around.
[Jerry] He's certainly got an enlarged butt. Look out!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] And he's using it, as Rikishi, to his fullest advantage.
[grunts]
And Val Venis, arm bar takedown. Again, focusing on that injury…
-[Jerry] That right shoulder. -[Jim] …that Benoit caused earlier.
A matter of fact, you go all right back to last Thursday
when Rikishi won the Intercontinental title.
You gotta think he was dinged and dented there by Chris Benoit.
[Jerry] I don't have to think it. I know it's a fact.
[Jim] Val Venis now trying to wear Rikishi down with right hands.
How much gas is left in the tank of Rikishi?
Val Venis, the thorough breed. He's lean.
[Jerry] Don't talk about Rikishi and gas at the same time.
[Jim] And right around the ring post.
Val Venis took the arm of Rikishi, putting a torque on that shoulder,
punishing the arm and now focusing on the upper arm,
the bicep and the triceps area.
[Jerry] You know, Trish has a lot of stake in this match too.
I think the world's longest stink face was delivered to poor Trish Stratus
by that man right there, Rikishi.
[Jim] I'm not so sure she's ever gonna recover from that.
The emotional scars may be too much for her to overcome.
-[Jerry] I know. -[Jim] In addition to the old one.
[Jerry] Her breath…
[Jim] And both men exchanging right hands.
And Rikishi getting the better of the situation.
Not good strategy by Val Venis quite frankly.
[Jerry] Trish's breath was almost unbearable for about two weeks
after that stink face.
-[Jim] How do you know that? -[Jerry] Speaking of bad breath.
What about poor Stephanie McMahon?
How long would she have to brush
to get the stench of Y2J's kiss out of her mouth?
[Jim] I'm l trying to figure out why Stephanie was even out here.
Heaven knows where Chris Jericho's mouth had been.
Rikishi down and Val looking again to hit that money shot.
And Rikishi back up.
And Val… Val got caught…
-[Jerry] Val. -[Jim] …and suplex.
Oh, good belly-to-belly. That's gonna be all!
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] Wow, I can't believe it.
-[Jim] Rikishi uses that weight. -[announcer] Here is your winner, Rikishi.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jerry] Does this put Rikishi in the finals?
[Jim] Absolutely.
[Jerry] Oh, no. He's not… I don't know. A king material.
[Jim] Trish Stratus just mounted Rikishi.
[Jerry] Trish, what are you doing?
That's not a good idea, Trish. What are you…
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] That's one way to get her off of you.
-Oh, no. Come on. -[Jerry] Not again. Please.
-Oh, no. Trish is not goofy. -[Jim] Has. Oh, my God.
Oh, no. No. No. Wait a minute. That's too much.
I may have to go back in the ring again.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Jim] Can you imagine? This will destroy Trish.
-Oh, caught with a low blow. -[Jerry] Speaking of destroying…
[Jim] Val Venis with a low blow.
And then just drives Rikishi off the second turnbuckle.
Trish. What is… Val Venis has lost the match.
But what a low blow
and now those steel steps been tossed into the ring by Val.
-[Jerry] He's lost more than the match. -[Jim] Come on.
Oh, right in the shoulder. Right into that injured shoulder.
Rikishi with the steel at the hands of Val Venis
who has gone ballistic here.
[Jerry] What is Trish…
Chair?
[Jim] Trish bringing another weapon to Val Venis.
Across the arm.
Get out of here now.
[Jim] Rikishi's arm across those steps and then hammered by the steel chair.
-[inaudible]. -[referee] Get out!
[Jerry] And broken his arm.
[Jim] Rikishi may not be able to continue here.
[crowd chatter]
This may have ended Rikishi's quest to become the King of the Ring.
[referee] Are you okay?
[Jerry] When they get knocked out of the King of the Ring tournament,
they turn angry.
-Watch this stair shot. -[Jim] Right in the shoulder.
Perfect placement by Val Venis
and then Trish brought the steel chair for Val to use.
And watch this. Oh, man.
[crowd chatter]
-I don't know if that is ripped and torn. -Get out of here!
[Jim] But Rikishi having to be helped out of here.
So Rikishi has advanced to the finals of the King of the Ring tournament
but will he be able to go and meet the winner
-of the Kurt Angle-Crash matchup, King. -[Jerry] That's a good question.
Rikishi's definitely damaged goods right now. Wow.
Jerry, tonight you have a chance to win your Hardcore title back
but you have to do it in the first-ever Hardcore title evening gown match.
You think that's funny I gotta dress like a woman?
You think that's funny I gotta go out in front of all these people in a dress?
Let me tell you, the only emotion I have running through my head right now
is the emotion of revenge.
Hey, Jerry, revenge isn't an emotion.
Shut up, Coach, and listen to me.
Pat Patterson stole my Hardcore title under the guise of friendship
but I guarantee you one thing,
Patterson is gonna find out tonight that I'm all man.
[knocking on the door]
Mr. Brisco, your evening gown and pumps have arrived.
Would you like the regular panties or the crotchless kinds?
[crowd chatter]
-Oh my. -[Jerry] Crotchless?
[crowd cheering]
You only got two weeks to live, Katherine.
Oh, my.
[upbeat music playing]
[narrator] WWE.com the re-launch. Expect the unexpected tomorrow.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] The all new WWE.com, tomorrow.
[crowd cheering]
Check it out and see why over 200 million hits a month
are logged on to WWE.com, it's all new. It launches tomorrow.
[Jerry] 200 million hits a month.
[Jim] Yeah, that's a business, doesn't it?
-[Jerry] You got that right. -[Jim] Next that'll be Crash…
[Finkel] The following contest is the semi-final round match
in the King of the Ring tournament
scheduled for one fall with a 30-minute time limit.
Introducing first, Crash.
[Jim] The Cinderella story continues.
But will the glass slippers
or the black boot fit for Crash Holly?
Who has dodged bullet after bullet
to make it to the semi-finals of the King of the Ring tournament.
["Medal" playing]
[Finkel] His opponent, Kurt Angle.
[Jerry] Well, Crash, at RAW, you may have dodged bullets
but you can not dodge the Olympic gold medal winner,
the true American hero, Kurt Angle.
You can run but you can't hide from him.
[Jim] Kurt Angle with an indirect assist earlier from Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
defeated Chris Jericho.
[Jerry] That was the most disgusting thing I think I may have ever seen.
-[Jim] What? Stephanie's interference? -[Jerry] Yeah.
-[Jim] I agree with that, King. -[Jerry] Oh, give me a break.
Chris Jericho with that nasty mouth of his,
planting a big wet sloppy kiss on Stephanie.
-[Jim] An open mouth kissed her, I think. -[Jerry] I don't think so.
[Jim] Crash Holly now.
You haven't seen one of those in a while, have you?
[Jerry] Well, I remember last year.
[Jim] Kurt Angle was shocked, I think or that's too strong a word.
Surprised at least that Crash Holly starting out this quickly.
Crash has gotta lot of heart, his heart may weigh 400 pounds
and Crash's gotta be around 200-pound mark.
-[Jerry] He says he's a super heavyweight. -[Jim] I know what he says.
-[Jerry] You ain't buying it, huh? -[Jim] Ain't buying into his…
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] On a takedown.
-One, two… -[Jim] Into the cradle into another
pinning combination by Angle.
And Crash Holly with a powerslam.
And this could be enough right. It was stopped.
[Jerry] Man, Kurt, Referee Jack Doan got a two-count out of it.
[Jim] Crash Holly upset Bull Buchanan earlier tonight
here at the King of the Ring.
[Jerry] Yeah, this would be a huge upset. Crash beats Kurt Angle.
-[Jim] In that matchup. -[Jerry] There you go.
Overhead suplex.
[Jim] Bull Buchanan on Crash.
Bull Buchanan made one mistake in the entire match
and it cost him the contest.
[Jerry] And you know how many mistakes Kurt usually makes during the match?
Zero. Zilch. Nada.
That's why he'll be the next King of the Ring.
[Jim] Angle doesn't want to be disqualified here.
And we'll reiterate, the only winners advance who will meet Rikishi.
Get him out of there.
[Jim] Can you imagine this match with the time limit draw?
If both men are counted out, if both men are disqualified,
we'll have Rikishi automatically becoming the King of the Ring.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] That'd be his style. Back into the championship to be the King.
You think, JR, he'd be back into it?
-[Jim] I got it the first time around. -[Jerry] Oh, just checking.
[Jim] You are one of the sharpest knives in the [inaudible]
-there's no doubt about it. -[Jerry] Thank you.
[Jim] Nice suplex by Angle. Great technique.
-That's two. That's two. -[Jerry] And you, JR.
-[Jim] And me what? -[Jerry] You're not chop liver either,
you know, keep up the good work and you might be working for the XFL.
-[Jim] That wouldn't be bad. -[Jerry] What?
[Jim] Until next February when the kick-off commences
for some slobber-knocking football.
And Crash Holly trying to do some slobber-knocking here
but not for long as Angle reboot quickly
and came back with the knee into the abdomen.
Except for the quarry of offense in the early going in this matchup.
Angle has really been in control of Crash Holly.
[Jerry] Well, come on, what do you expect? It has been a Cinderella story but…
-[Jim] It's almost midnight. -Come on, off the eye.
[Jim] Well, that's actually only about 25 past the hour.
-[Jerry] No, I meant for Cinderella. -[Jim] Figure of speech, I'm talking here.
And now Crash reversing the table between…
[Jerry] Sometimes I get those fairytales mixed up.
Cinderella had the glass slipper or the ruby slippers?
[Jim] I think the glass.
-Ruby slippers was Judy Garland. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
What does that have to do with the damn thing about this match?
[Jim] Well, you keep referring to Crash as Cinderella.
[Jerry] I didn't do it, you did it.
[Jim] I'm not trying to affect his manhood or anything.
It's just that he's the underdog.
And he just nailed Angle down on Angle. And now Crash will take a chance here.
[Jerry] How is Cinderella the underdog?
-Look out. -[Jim] I'll tell you later.
[Jerry] Missile drop kick, the leg is hooked.
-Oh, my God. -[Jim] Oh, my.
Two.
[Jim] That was very, very close for a Crash Holly-Rikishi,
King of the Ring final.
[Jerry] Hot-shot. And there it is. The Olympic Slam by Kurt Angle.
-One, two, three. -[Jerry] Got him.
[bell ringing]
["Medal" playing]
[announcer] Here's your winner, Kurt Angle.
[Jerry] He just turned into a big pumpkin.
["Medal" playing]
Is Crash crying already?
[Jim] I don't know, I think Angle may have a tear in his eye.
-He's got his rooting section here. -[Jerry] Look at that.
[Jim] So there's where those comp tickets went.
Angle has advanced to the finals of the King of the Ring tournament.
-[Jerry] King Kurt. -[Jim] It will be King Kurt
or King Rikishi.
[Jerry] Now, come on, which one has the better ring to it?
[Jim] I can't even pronounce King Rikishi.
[Jim] Ladies and gentlemen, last night in New York City,
it was a 14th consecutive sellout in Madison Square Garden for the WWE.
-[Jerry] And who was on hand? -[Jim] I know you were there.
[Jerry] Right. [Jim] And the King had caught up,
ladies and gentlemen.
An old friend mine.
The guy I used to loan money to every now and then.
-[Jerry] Oh, you did. -[Jim] He didn't pay me back yet either.
Check it out. Donald Trump, the Donald, right here.
[crowd cheering]
Of course, other than seeing me,
what brings you out here tonight to the Garden?
Well, I'm a great friend of Vince, who's done an amazing job and we love it.
-We really love it. -Who's your favorite superstar?
Well, I think other than you, I'd have to go with The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
I think that was a really a stirring interview.
Now, is this the same thing you had last night on the Garden?
No, I've got several of these, JR. Come on. What's the matter with you?
-I thought you might. -Man, what about you? Give me a break.
-Same hat I wore last week. -What about Donald though?
-Hanging around with the King. -Nice looking young lady with him too.
Oh, yes. Donald should not run for president.
-He should run for king of New York. -He's got a weird hair though.
But I didn't wanna get into it now. Michael Cole standing by, folks.
We'll take you back to the locker room area.
Kane, tonight you're teamed with The Rock and The Undertaker.
And although it's a Tag Team match, it's about one thing, the WWE title.
What The Rock and my brother need to understand
is it's always been about one thing.
And that one thing is me
becoming the WWE champion.
Undertaker, you just heard what your brother had to say.
-Your response. -Well, it doesn't take a brain surgery
to figure out that Kane wants to be the WWE champion.
Hell, he's no brain surgeon, that's for sure.
It's the most coveted prize in our game today
but there's only one man who can wear that title
and I didn't come to Boston to lose.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Jerry] Wow. It isn't gonna be good. -[Jim] I'll tell you. This is gonna be…
-[Jerry] Not now. I don't know about that. -[Jim] This is gonna be different.
Ladies and gentlemen, don't adjust your sets.
Pat Patterson is the Hardcore champion,
he will defend against another great wrestling veteran Gerald Brisco.
Put up the heat in drag. Here's how this one came about.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] Brisco with a 2-by-4. [Jerry] I can not believe this.
We got a new hardcore champion and Gerald Brisco…
-I'm so proud of you. -My boy.
-You love me? -Oh, I love you.
-Do you love me? -Yeah.
-Tell me you love me. -I love you, man.
You love me. Do you love me?
-Greatest champion of them all. -Hey, Pat, you burned my eye.
What do you mean I burned your eyes? You think I've burned your eyes.
-Well, take that. -[Jerry] Oh, good God.
-Yeah, come on. -One, two, three.
-[Jerry] Patterson covered Brisco. -Who's the champion, huh? Yeah.
-[Jerry] Well, I'll be damn. -Raise my hand. Raise my hand.
[Jerry] And now Patterson is the hardcore champion.
[upbeat music playing]
Where are you, Patterson? I know you're in here.
Patterson, I know you're in here somewhere. Where are you?
Could you spit that out, please?
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, have I got news for you.
What do you want, Finkel? What do you want?
Jerry, I know exactly where Pat Patterson is right now.
[laughing]
What are you laughing at?
That no good Patterson stole my championship,
and I'm gonna get it back, no matter what it takes.
[upbeat music playing]
Hey. Brisco, Brisco.
Hold it. You told me you love me.
[upbeat music playing]
[screaming]
What the hell are you doing? What is the meaning of this?
-He's crazy. -He stole my Hardcore match!
This Sunday in the King of the Ring, we're gonna have a first.
We're gonna have our first Hardcore evening gown match.
-No. -Now get out of here.
-No, Mr. McMahon. -Now get out of here. I'll see you Sunday.
Wear a nice dress, Brisco, you too, Patterson.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jerry] Oh, well, it's come to this, has it?
[upbeat music playing]
Patterson and Brisco gotta come out here dressed like ladies.
All the men dressed like Lady Godiva. Oh, my God.
Oh, at least he shaved the underarm. I think.
[Jim] That's Gerald Brisco, the challenger.
[Jerry] Oh, she didn't shave the underarms. Oh, God.
[Jim] It's a long way from Blackwell, Oklahoma
to be dressed like that. I'll tell you.
Brisco's wife is proud right now.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jerry] Oh, look at that. Brisco, oh.
[bell ringing]
[Finkel] Following contest is the first ever Hardcore evening gown
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Hardcore championship.
Entering the ring, the challenger, Gerald Brisco.
-[Jerry] Hey, are those real? -[Jim] What?
-He's a real American, brother. -[Jerry] Look at those heels.
-Oh, boy. -[Jim] A sad, sad commentary.
For a once proud athlete from a great state of Oklahoma,
the brother of the legendary Jack Brisco. They end up here in Boston.
-Oh, for the love of… -[Jerry] Oh, boy.
Here comes the champ, JR. He's looking… Well, all right.
[Finkel] The World Wrestling Entertainment Hardcore champion,
Pat Patterson.
[Jerry] He looks a lot like Moolah. Look at him.
[Jim] Patterson's locker room just disguised as a closet.
-What's he got in there? -[Jerry] Hey, treats for the kiddies.
[upbeat music playing]
You know what Pat Patterson told me what he got
-in that ridiculous looking outfit? -[Jim] Please tell me.
[Jerry] He was talking about Brisco. He said, "I'm more of a man
than he'll ever be and more of a woman than he'll ever get."
[Jim] You're talking about that the WWE's odd couple.
Brisco comes to the ring with a 2x4 and Patterson's bringing a pillow
and Charmin and a teddy bear.
[upbeat music playing]
[crowd jeering]
This will pretty much end the relationship with Patterson and Brisco.
[Jerry] Patterson's still got the tag on that nice evening gown.
Patterson's part-time job would be a…
do that rear-end work down at the body shop.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Jim] Oh, my God!
[Jerry] He just slipped the tongue right into Finkel's ears.
All right. Stop the music. Look at you.
You look like an old drag queen.
[crowd jeering]
Now, let me talk to you, Brisco.
Just calm down a little bit. Just calm down a little bit.
-I need to talk to you. -[Jim] Check out Patterson, she is…
Every time that you're defending your championship,
I was always at your side, was I not?
-Yeah, you are. -Am I your friend or not?
I was always your friend.
[crowd jeering]
Now, you know, all of these people, they want you and I to go at it real bad.
But I've got a better idea, man. Hold on, hold on.
[Jerry] Remember when he said he love him? Brisco said that.
If it's the belt that you want, if it's the belt you want real bad
I'll show you what kind of friend I am.
I will lay it down in the middle of the ring.
-[Jim] Oh, no. -You can get on top of me.
-[Jerry] Oh, please. -The referee will count one, two, three
and the good friend that I am, I will give you the championship belt.
-How's that? You like that? -[Jerry] She likes it.
[Jim] And Patterson's gets his body shop job back down in Tampa.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Jim] And a low…
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] Right in the… There is it.
[Jim] My God, Geraldine Brisco is wearing pantyhose.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Jim] Where has our business come to?
-[Jim] What's he gonna do with that? -[Jerry] What is that?
-It's a banana. -Brisco, here's your banana.
-There's your banana, Brisco. -[Jerry] What the heck?
You like that, Brisco?
[Jerry] Put an eye out with that thing, probably!
-Be careful, Pat, don't slip on that peel! -[Jim] Don't tell him where it's been.
-[Jerry] I didn't see where it came from. -[Jim] With Patterson now.
How do you like that, Brisco?
[Jim] It's like Ray Stevens took a walk out in heaven and had a smoke!
[Jerry] Oh, no, don't pull. Not another stinky face from…
-[Jim] What in the world? -[crowd cheering]
-What is that? -[crowd cheering]
For the love of…
[Jerry] I think it's one of those big, huge maxi pads.
-[Jim] It's a sanitary napkin. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Jim] This is hideous.
[crowd jeering]
This is hideous, King.
[crowd jeering]
[Jerry] Momma. Oh, my God.
[Jim] Somebody said, I won't say it. This ain't wrestling.
They're saying this ain't right!
[crowd jeering]
And now they're… Patterson firing back up.
[Jerry] Yeah, come on. Get down girls.
[Jim] Wait a minute.
Brisco's a Southpaw, if that matters.
[Jerry] No. Wait, he danced up first.
[Jim] Oh, Bronco Buster.
Well, that's just how it would be if Brisco wants the title back,
the Hardcore title.
[crowd jeering]
[Jerry] It's the war dance!
[Jim] Brisco's a proud Native American! and I could not--
And he got to strip the opponent down to their bra and panties.
[Jerry] Bra and panties, bra and panties.
[Jim] King, you think there's gonna be a puppy sighting?
[Jerry] You know what, I'm just wondering what Vince McMahon thinks.
He's the one that made this match.
-[Jim] This ain't a cat fight. -[crowd cheering]
-These two are tom-cats. -[Jerry] Those aren't puppies!
I've seen bigger lumps in my own heel! Look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Oh, hey. Wait a minute. That's Crash Holly.
-Crash Holly. -[Jerry] And he's got a referee with him.
[Jim] Crash Holly's hitting Brisco over Patterson to stop the two.
Brisco. Crash brought that trashcan in the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, please. Look at it.
-[Jim] Oh, good lord. -[Jerry] We got stop it, look at Brisco.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Look at Pat and he…
[crowd cheering]
-Look at Patterson's tan. -One, two, three.
-[Jim] We got a new… -[bell ringing]
[upbeat music playing]
[Finkel] The winner of this bout and new Hardcore champion, Crash.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jim] Thank goodness. -[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
[Jim] For two reasons this match is over and Crash is the Hardcore champion again.
Patterson's body looks like he just had a litter of pups!
[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
-[Jim] God almighty. -[Jerry] He's got serious hangover.
-[Jim] Well, he is 58 years old. -[Jerry] Oh, my.
So much for that fun at WWE youth movement.
[Jim] I think they don't get prettier in closing time.
-[Jim] Get out! -[Jerry] The good thing about it, Pat,
they're going to let you keep your wardrobe!
What about Brisco, you think he wanna keep his?
[Jim] I don't think so.
[upbeat music playing]
Oh, man.
[Jerry] Brisco. Now, look out.
[crowd cheering]
-Brisco taking down Patterson. -[Jim] Oh, God.
Hey, come on.
[Jim] Do we have a shot of the outside of the building?
Can we look at the skyline?
[upbeat music playing]
[Jerry] There it is. Thank goodness.
[Jim] If I weren't a happily married man, I'd be changing jerseys!
There is the skyline in a beautiful Beantown in Boston.
-King, the city will never be the same. -[Jerry] Tell me.
Subway presents the King of the Ring.
Subway, the way a sandwich should be.
[Jim] I lost my appetite even for a good old Subway right now.
Are you ready for tables and dumpsters?
-I'm ready for anything. -Oh, my brother.
Tonight, forget about the King of the Ring
because this is the hour to save the Dudley Boyz
because D-generation X along with Tori
will know why they should not mess with the Dudleys.
-Oh, testify. -Don't worry, my brother.
I've got her our name written all over it. Let's go.
This one escalated, folks, at Judgment Day.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] What is Jezebel doing in there?
Tori… She was gonna slap Bubba Ray.
Tori's gonna get some serious blood tonight.
[Jerry] You mean there's enough tables for Tori?
[Jim] Good God Almighty.
[Jerry] The Dudleys gonna break her in half.
Brisco to save Tori, look at this.
I'm gonna snap out of it.
I promise you
Tori will know our name and we will testify.
[Jim] Tori's gonna be next on Bubba's hit list.
-Jezebel is on the top. -[Jerry] Tori, Tori, Tori.
-[Jim] Oh, my God. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Jim] Covered on body right big Bubba Dudley.
The Dudleys are never gonna forget or forgive DX and Tori
for what they have done here tonight.
[Jerry] The Dudley Boyz want revenge on DX.
[Jim] The Dudleys and DX have some unfinished business
started from Judgment Day.
[Jerry] DX is strapping the Dudleys in that dumpster. This is sick.
Wait a minute. No, no, no. Don't dump them off the stage.
[Jim] DX, Road Dogg and X-Pac,
they may have just ended the career for the Dudleys.
[Jim] And now the Dudleys have not forgotten that dumpster ride!
Pouring kick on the ribs here by Bubba Dudley.
King of the Ring, we want those damn Dudleys.
In the interest of fairness,
let's make this a handicapped,
table, dumpster matchup.
In the interest of fairness.
Dudley Boyz, you will knock and I repeat knock
with my woman to a table.
I can guarantee you that.
[Jim] It's a handicapped table dumpster match.
Road Dogg, X-Pac, Tori against the Dudleys
Sunday on Pay-Per-View at King of the Ring.
[upbeat music playing]
And we are back live, ladies and gentlemen.
Are you ready for another first from the World Wrestling Entertainment?
[Jerry] Not if it's anything like that last first.
[Jim] Good point. I don't think you're gonna worry about that, King.
["Run D.M.C." playing]
Playing Run D.M.C. in the background
from the World Wrestling Entertainment aggression album.
The CD on sale everywhere as you know.
And there you see the dumpster.
For DX to win this match,
they have to put both Dudleys in a dumpster and close the lid.
For the Dudleys to win,
they must drive all three members of this DX team
and that includes Tori through tables.
So the question is this, King,
is Tory going to get some wood tonight?
[Jerry] I certainly hope not. Come on. Look at her.
She's been called everything. You've called her evil.
She even called a green monster. I guess everything you can think of.
[Jim] But I think she's beautiful.
[Jerry] I didn't say she wasn't beautiful.
I didn't say she wasn't sexy. She's a Jezebel.
[Jim] And if you like Jezebel then who knows.
[Jerry] I don't even know what a Jezebel is.
Cut the music.
["Run D.M.C." playing]
[Jerry] Is that like from the Bible or something?
[Jim] Yeah.
Boston, Massachusetts, welcome to the Dogg house.
[crowd jeering]
Well, you know it's me. It's me, yes, I'm D-O-double G
marveling once again with the X to the P to the A to the C
and by his side as always is the green goddess Tori.
Now then, what we're about to do is whoop some Dudleys' ass.
So I say if you ain't down with that, two tears in a bucket
and I got two words for you.
[crowd cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
[Jerry] We got incoming. I do mean incoming.
[Jim] DX has their dumpster ready.
And here comes Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley with their table.
[crowd cheering]
And it really got that Tori's name on it.
[bell ringing]
[Finkel] The following contest is the handicap table-dumpster match.
Introducing at a combined weight of 556 pounds,
D-Von, Bubba Ray, the Dudley Boyz.
[Jim] Tables around the ring.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh, look out. -[Jim] And here come the Dudleys.
And DX they're gonna put retreat as three versus two,
Bubba Ray and D-Von versus Road Dogg, X-Pac and Tori.
Pinfalls don't count. Countouts don't count.
There's no disqualification.
Somebody's either gonna go in the dumpster,
either both Dudley's or all three members of DX.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Jim] Are gonna go through wood.
[Jerry] Tables all over the place. This is scary.
There's a table, a table over there.
-And, JR, we're sitting at a table? -[Jim] Don't give him any ideas.
[crowd jeering]
The Dudleys are sure still sore from two weeks ago
when they took that dumpster ride off the stage.
[crowd jeering]
[Jerry] I think that reminds me of that movie, The Jerk.
Maybe the Dudleys, they just hate tables.
-[Jerry] They're nuts. -[Jim] And, Bubba, focused on Tori.
and you know that the Dudleys would love to drive her
as hard and as aggressively as they could right through that table here tonight.
-[Jerry] And you tell me that's not sick? -[Jim] It is sick.
We're talking pain sick.
And nobody there for Bubba.
A shot onto face of the Road Dogg by Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Jerry] Yeah, Bubba with the clothesline.
[Jim] All they care now is to wear the teams down
and get them in a weakened state
Come on, boy.
[Jim] Finalize your business here tonight in this matchup.
Come on, boy.
[Jim] I'll tell you what, we know the Dudleys are sick.
But DX, they're not exactly… You know, their chimneys are a little clogged too.
-[Jerry] I agree. -[Jim] We like to do so some weird things.
[Jerry] What do you think is in that dumpster?
[Jim] I don't know. I never thought of that.
[Jerry] I guarantee you there's some really strange stuff in there.
And once they put the Dudleys in that dumpster,
what do you think they're gonna do with them?
[Jim] Oh, I surely would think what they're gonna do with them.
[Jerry] Believe me, I guarantee, they got some evil intentions.
[Jim] D-Von, nice shoulder block knocking down X-Pac.
We got the tag for the Road Dogg.
X-Pac, great athleticism avoiding the contact.
And the youngster from Minneapolis.
-Oh, look at that another clothesline. -[crowd cheering]
Going to cover now and knock down by D-Von Dudley.
-D-Von Dudley, Bubba Ray's half-brother. -[Jerry] Hey, Ray!
[Jim] Wow, what a right hand by D-Von
and I think that's a nice right foot by X-Pac.
[crowd cheering]
X-Pac taunting Bubba Ray but X-Pac's know what Bubba Ray wants.
-We know what Bubba Ray wants to do. -[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute.
He wants his hands on Tori, who we have yet to see in this matchup.
Now, look out. They're gonna get them both in the dumpster, right?
[Jim] Yup, that's exactly right.
And all three members of DX got to go through tables.
And with D-Von now on a…
And the DX corner, Tori gets the tag.
Look at that dumpster. If I were DX…
Tori trained in a Japanese ladies dojo,
knows how to throw those kicks right through the ribs
and she got her licks, made the tag and gets right back out.
-[Jerry] Trained in a dojo? -[Jim] That's right.
Come on, D-Von!
[Jim] You knew that. You did your preparation.
[Jerry] What is a dojo?
-[Jim] I'll tell you later. -[Jerry] There's no wrestler named Dojo.
[Jim] It's a training facility.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Why don't they call it a training facility?
[Jim] They do in the States. Tag made.
I forgot, we're broadcasting to about 50 good countries.
Trying to be bilingual here somewhat., Oklahoma and a couple of more words.
Oh, Bubba, full Nelson into the atomic drop.
That's gotta hurt That will jar your spine.
-Suck it! -[Jim] What?
[crowd cheering]
-Bubba talking trash to X-Pac. -[Jerry] Is that…
-[Jim] Scoop slam, a hard one. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
-[Jim] No disqualifications. -[Jerry] What about this, ref?
[Jim] No disqualifications, it doesn't matter.
You knew that. Scoop slam by Bubba.
And now look at that. And X-Pac gets it.
[Jerry] No disqualification, it doesn't matter if you see that, ref.
-[Jim] No disqualification. -[Jerry] No, no, wait a minute. You…
-Tori going downstairs. -[Jim] What the heck.
-And he's blocked. -[Jerry] Hey.
[Jim] Bubba with a slam.
-[crowd cheering] -My turn, my turn. No, don't do that.
-D-Von going… -[crowd cheering]
Wow. Well, D-Von is knocking himself out.
-That's quite a hostile. -[Jerry] He's unconscious.
[Jim] Tori's lower extremities had been punished.
Shall we say enough said?
Hey, wait a minute. That's probably the Road Dogg
-looking [inaudible]. -[Jerry] Where are they going?
[Jim] I think they're headed to Worcester.
-Maybe heading to the airport. -[Jerry] Where's Tori?
[Jim] Tori is right in here in front of us.
Go help her, King. She's probably sore.
[Jerry] It may mean to me to rub that booboo.
[Jim] She may need that booboo rub, I don't know.
Right now the Dudleys are taking care of some DX booboos on the outside.
Tables surrounding the ring.
Oh, there you go.
DX reversing the Dudleys right into that metal dumpster.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Listen to these sick old binos here. They want tables.
[Jim] D-Von face-first into the dumpster.
Again, D-Von's one more time on the dumpster.
[Jerry] We want dumpster.
They can go in the dumpster through the top or the side.
[Jim] That's why you're the best clutter man in the business, folks.
[Jerry] Hey. Hey, look. Oh, look out, look.
[Jim] It got dumpster can.
[Jerry] Dumpster can. They went in, it's over.
[Jim] Well, the Dudleys are in. If the lid's shut, this is over.
And the lids are better shut, this one is over.
[Jerry] Right, the match is over.
[Jim] There is the referee, he's over here.
-[Jerry] Bring them back. -[Jim] He's attending to Tori.
[Jerry] Hey, ref, it's over.
[Jim] And there's D-Von and Bubba.
[Jerry] It's my job to tend to Tori, get in the ring and do your job.
[Jim] The Dudleys have just come out of the dumpster.
I don't think DX is aware of it
but the Dudleys are no longer residents of the dumpster.
[Jerry] This ref is an idiot.
[Jim] Oh, look at D-Von and Bubba Ray are coming to the ring.
[Jerry] What? This is not right.
-The Dudleys came together in the ring. -[Jim] Look out.
Oh, my gosh. [inaudible] on steel chairs.
[crowd cheering]
-And the… -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Jim] 17,000 plus coming to their feet in anticipation
of the Dudleys throwing DX to the tables.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. It's tables not stairs, Bubba.
And Bubba almost land in the Road Dogg. He don't care. He's an idiot.
[Jim] Well, that's obvious. The Dudleys don't care.
The Dudleys have got some payback here.
They've been on the short end of the rivalry.
[Jerry] What are they doing? Are these guys nuts?
[Jim] My God, they're… The Dudleys are stacking two tables up.
Yeah. And…
-[Jerry] Oh, no, wait. -[Jim] This doesn't look good at all.
Oh, no.
The Dudleys getting their housekeeping in order.
Now, wait a minute.
[Jerry] This isn't the way you're supposed to put someone through a table.
Oh, my God.
[Jim] The Dudleys… Road Dogg up. This is gonna be bad.
My god. Two tables.
Two tables, one DX went through the table,
two more to go.
[Jerry] [inaudible], you're in big trouble! Tori get up.
Get them to the dumpster, do something.
Road Dogg is finished. Look at this, JR.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Unbelievable.
X-Pac just got Bubba Ray from behind.
X-Pac for the suplex on Bubba Ray Dudley but D-Von's back in with another table.
[Jerry] There you go.
Spinning heel kick by X-Pac back in control.
[Jim] Well, if X-Pac can pull this out, that would be a miracle.
[Jerry] What's he gonna do?
[Jim] Look at this. This is how X-Pac got Bubba from behind with that suplex.
Bubba didn't miss it. X-Pac setting the table up for one of the Dudleys.
-[Jerry] Talking about fair play, JR. -[Jim] Bubba Ray is down.
D-Von lying now on the table. The elbow to the throat.
[crowd cheering]
Here we go. X-Pac going on top.
Wait a minute. Bubba is up. Oh, no.
Knocked X-Pac off his balance.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jim] Oh, my God. No, no. -[Jerry] D-Von, no, no.
[Jim] D-Von did suplex X-Pac right through the table.
And now, Bubba has his eyes on Jezebel.
She's terminally evil.
[Jerry] She's hovering and shivering
Well, get out of there and save yourself. Ref, do something.
[Jim] Tori's nowhere to go.
Nowhere to run.
-What is she doing? -[Jerry] Hey.
[Jim] Tori hiding from the Dudleys in the dumpster.
I don't know how bright that is.
X-Pac and Road Dogg are down.
The whole place is getting pimped.
-Tori right on the trash. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jim] And the DX with those chairs.
And then the Dudleys knocked to the dumpster.
[Jerry] Get the lids closed.
Close it. That's it.
-[Jim] It's over. -[bell ringing]
DX has done it.
[upbeat music playing]
[announcer] Your winners, Road Dogg, X-Pac and Tori.
[Jim] Road Dogg and X-Pac survived two hellacious rides
through the tables, to overcome the Dudleys [inaudible] steel chair.
[Jerry] X-Pac not knowing that Tori is in the dumpster.
She's in the dumpster.
-[Jim] Oh, no. -[Jerry] X-Pac you should go back here.
She's down there.
[Jim] Look out.
The Dudleys bringing Tori out of the dumpster with them.
[Jerry] Road Dogg, X-Pac, look at this.
[Jim] DX has won the match.
Bubba Ray and D-Von.
Look at her, looks like her shoulder maybe hurt.
[crowd cheering]
3D.
The Road Dogg is here. Thank goodness.
-The Road Dogg reversed. -[Jerry] No, no, no, no, 3D!
[Jim] Road Dogg 3D'd just like the X-Pac.
We're back on where we were moments ago, look at Bubba's face.
[Jerry] No, no. Tori, you got to get out there.
-Oh, my gosh. -[Jim] What was that? A lizard?
[Jerry] That looked worse than Pat Patterson in that dress.
That look like he got Freddy Krueger tongue. Oh, no.
[Jim] The table with Tori's name on it
has been brought into the ring by D-Von Dudley.
Tori's own personal table.
X-Pac and Road Dogg has been 3D'd.
And laid to the side.
[Jerry] Tori's hurt. She's can't even move her right arm.
[Jim] What more are they gonna do? No, no.
[Jerry] Bubba Ray is… Oh, no, she put…
Tori! Look out, Tori.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] And the Dudleys did it.
[upbeat music playing]
This is disgusting. Those damn Dudleys.
Bubba Ray and D-Von finally brought Tori to the table.
They got all the DX. Somebody pass Bubba a smoke.
[Jerry] That's sick. Look at Road Dogg.
-I've never seen anything like that. -[Jim] Two tables.
[Jerry] And then for X-Pac suplex through the table.
-[Jim] DX won the match. -[Jerry] But then this. Tori.
Oh, my God, JR, look at this again.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Tori just broken in half by the Dudleys.
And the King of the Ring matchup is a heartbeat away.
And here's Michael Cole with Kurt Angle.
Kurt Angle, you are one win away
from becoming the first King of the Ring of the new millennium.
One win away perhaps the greatest moment of your career.
You know, Michael. You have no idea what this tournament means.
What this tournament has done for winners of the past.
I mean, this is King of the Ring.
This is the most important tournament of the world
which is why I am going to win this tournament.
No, no, no, you know what? I have to win this tournament.
Rikishi is great, he certainly is. There's no doubt about that.
If you like dancing and rubbing your butt in people's faces,
pardon my French, but this is King of the Ring
which is why I am going to win this tournament.
And when I do, I am going to beat Triple H for the title, the WWE title.
And Rikishi, the party is over.
And that my friend more than anything else in the world is true.
[Jim] Earlier tonight, ladies and gentleman.
Val Venis after losing to Rikishi
really opened up on the intercontinental champion.
The man will meet Kurt Angle momentarily.
It was Benoit earlier that did the damage to Rikishi.
And then look at this, Trish Stratus bringing him the chair, King.
-And it was more damaged. -[Jerry] Absolutely.
Val Venis was not finished until he had completely decimated Rikishi.
Rikishi, it appears that your opponent isn't taking you seriously at all.
Will I go through this if King of the Ring wasn't important to me?
What Captain America doesn't realize is that all the Wheaties in the world
ain't gonna stop this ass from backing up. Right.
[Jim] The King of the Ring is serious business.
[narrator] A fabled history and heralded past.
[commentator 1] I cannot believe this moment right here.
[commentator 2] The King of the Ring.
[narrator] Kings become champions.
[commentator 3] If you win the King of the Ring,
you become an immediate player.
[narrator] And champions become legends.
Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass.
[narrator] Eight men on the verge of super stardom.
Only one will be crowned king.
Boy, a lot of emotions running high here tonight.
[soft music playing]
-["The Medal" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] And then there were two.
Only one that can be.
[bell ringing]
[Finkel] This is the final match to determine the King of the Ring
is scheduled for one fall to avenge.
Introducing first, Kurt Angle.
[Jim] It was four years ago that Kurt Angle won a gold medal
representing the United States in the Olympic games.
Now, tonight he could be a king.
I'll be proud to place the crown on the head of Kurt Angle.
Angle is a tournament-tested as we have said.
["You Look Fly 2 Day" playing]
And Rikishi bandaged up, a gut check for the Intercontinental champion.
He's one victory away from becoming the King of the Ring.
[Finkel] His opponent, Rikishi.
[Jim] Oh, look at his arms, bruised and into Kurt Angle.
Got on here in Rikishi's face.
I don't think that was a good idea for Kurt to go out and Rikishi's back in.
This match's one fall to finish.
The bell sounds, we are officially underway.
No time limit in this matchup.
And I would say that Kurt Angle, the longer this match goes,
the more advantage that Angle may have.
[Jerry] No, that ain't gonna work. Kurt, you will strain your back.
[Jim] And Rikishi nicely scooping up Kurt Angle.
Who will be the King of the Ring?
The official coronation would be tomorrow night on RAW live.
[Jerry] Look at Rkishi, he's still got enough in that right arm of his
to be able to follow those big clotheslines through there.
-Uh-oh. -[Jim] Oh, wait a minute.
What do you think Rikishi is thinking about now?
Backing up.
-Well, that is one big old ugly butt. -[Jerry] No, no.
-Oh, Kurt! -[Jim] Get away.
Thank goodness. Now, that's intelligent.
And that was certainly resourceful.
Starting this matchup has the opportunity
for the winner to elevate another level just like Bret Hart did.
Just like "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-Triple H. -[Jerry] No doubt about it.
[Jim] Triple H was the King of the Ring in 97.
defeated Mankind in the finals, the birth of the game.
In '96, the day of the attitude was born in the WWE.
The day that Stone Cold became the King of the Ring four years ago.
[Jerry] Don't forget 1994, Owen Hart was crowned King of the Ring.
[Jim] None of us will ever forget Owen Hart
or that night that he was crowned King of the Ring.
Mr. Ass, the King of the Ring last year.
[Jerry] You know what I love about Owen, he wore the King's crown
every night to the ring and a robe.
-[Jim] Well, maybe he loves being a king. -[Jerry] Right. It's great to be a king.
[Jim] It's a great honor quite frankly and in all seriousness
to be the King of the Ring here in the WWE.
And again if you look back at the guys that have the opportunity
to be the King of the Ring,
all of them have reached varying levels of success, but some superstardom.
[Jerry] And Rikishi's body gonna be one big bruise.
[Jim] I'll tell you what I admire Rikishi, 424 pounds, you know,
that this is not his ideal format.
A tournament where you compete multiple times in one night.
It is right down Angle's alley.
Rikishi seem clenching his fist
to try to get the feeling back into that right arm.
-He's hurt. -[Jerry] No doubt about it.
-Nice [inaudible]. -[Jim] Now he's having to use the left.
And that is his offhand, he is a right-handed competitor.
Here's Rikishi, and even though those lefts are stinging,
they won't pack the impact that his right hand normally does.
[Jerry] There's an impact for you, come on.
Angle stayed focused,
having some words with referee, Tim White.
[Jim] And those are no friendly taps Marks of pun there
from Tim White. Those right hands.
Rikishi, he hurt himself there and Samoan drop.
-[Jerry] One handed. -[Jim] Rikishi with a one-arm Samoan drop.
But he got most that 400 pounds
dropped into the ribs and the torso of Kurt Angle.
Watch this.
Neckbreaker.
-[Jerry] He can do it. -[Jim] Rikishi holding his knee.
That's not gonna get it done. Rikishi's in so much pain.
The only way that he can get a cover was using his back.
[Jerry] I'm telling you everything that Rikishi does,
he hurts himself as much as he does Kurt Angle.
[Jim] Is that the stink face?
Angle propped up in the corner.
Is that the second time he got the opportunity?
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh, Kurt. -[Jim] Come on.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Jim] Oh, man.
[Jerry] Come on. Get off him. Come on.
[Jim] This has planted in some degradation for an American Olympic hero.
That's worse than a body odor from that Iranian in the '96 Olympics.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] Oh, Kurt.
-[Jerry] Did you see that? -[Jim] Olympic slam, my God!
Angle with the Olympic slam. Will that be…
-Rikishi kicked out. -[Jerry] What?
[Jim] The big man reached down with whatever he had left
and was able to kick out
and I don't think I've seen anybody that I can recall
kicked out of Angle's Olympic slam.
[Jerry] I don't think Kurt Angle's ever seen it either, he's in shock.
-He don't know what to do now. -[Jim] Rikishi going on with one arm.
Uh-oh, oh, look out.
-[crowd cheering] -Oh, he's in the back now.
That's got to be all.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No. Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] And Tim White telling us how close it was,
but still the bottom line is it was two-count.
[Jerry] Well, JR,
that's the great Olympic spirit right there being shown by Kurt Angle.
[crowd cheering]
-Go ahead and admit it, JR. -[Jim] Admit what?
[Jerry] That was great Olympic spirit shown by Kurt Angle.
[Jim] Well, it wasn't. It was a gut check.
It was intestinal fortitude.
[Jerry] He was in the jaws of defeat.
[Jim] Rikishi… Talking about high risk. He's 400 pounds.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] You know, 400 of those pounds just came down on the family jewels.
[Jim] Kurt Angle shooting those forearms in the lot injured shoulder of Rikishi.
My God, what's Angle thought he's gonna do here?
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. This ain't gonna happen.
[Jim] Rikishi is 424 pounds.
[Jerry] Kurt, if he falls on you, it'll be history.
-[Jim] There's no way Angle can suplex. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
-[Jim] Oh, my God. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Angle with the belly-to-belly suplex.
[Jim] He's got him.
On a 400-pound man right off the top turnbuckle.
-[Jerry] Try to cover him. -[Jim] Angle's got the leg hooked.
One, two, three.
[Jerry] He got him.
-Oh, my gosh. -[Jim] He did it.
-[crowd cheering] -["Medal" playing]
-Kurt Angle did it. -[announcer] The winner of this bout
and new King of the Ring,
Kurt Angle.
[Jim] Look at the emotion. This is the greatest day of his life.
Kurt Angle won the Olympic gold medal four years ago,
and with the unbelievable belly-to-belly suplex
on a 400-pound man
has become the 2000 King of the Ring.
[Jerry] It takes a king to know a king, and I know that Kurt Angle
will be a great King of the Ring.
This is terrific I can't wait, JR. I can't wait until tomorrow night on RAW.
The coronation should be fantastic.
[Jim] This is unbelievable. I don't believe this.
-[crowd cheering] -Angle thrusting,
using strength and leverage, technique.
He locked his hands.
[crowd cheering]
And that drove all the air out of the injured Rikishi.
Oh, what a celebration, but who will celebrate later tonight?
-Just relax. This is the deal. -I know the deal.
-Yeah. I know the deal. -Way to go.
-Yeah. -One more time, way to go, Joe Cool.
-Don't let her back you in a corner. -I'm not in the corner.
You're not in the corner.
-Hey. -We're going out there with victory,
because they can't get it on together.
-No interference. -I don't care what my wife says.
No interference, we're gonna stay together, you understand?
This is crystal clear focus we have to have now, deadly focus.
-This is it. Let's go do this. That's it. -One more time [inaudible].
One more time, [inaudible].
-Come on, come on. -Let's do this. Come on.
-Nobody back me into anything, pal, okay? -Would you hurry up? Let's go.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] Well, here comes Kane. It certainly would not appear that
the McMahon-Helmsley faction are on the same page.
[Jerry] That's still a little scary.
I'm a little concerned. Except, Vince has got to have some sort of plan.
He's got… Oh, my God.
[Jim] There's The American Badass, the Undertaker.
He said it earlier tonight, he didn't come to Boston to lose.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] And there is the people's champion
who has guaranteed earlier tonight on Heat that he would be the WWE champion.
[upbeat music playing]
Ladies and gentlemen, earlier today, check out the newspapers.
It's on the US Saturday magazine section.
On the cover, The Rock and Mike Piazza,
it's WWE versus baseball.
And, King, some are saying that the WWE is becoming the national pastime.
[Jerry] Yeah, what's wrong with saying that?
-[Jim] Nothing. -[Jerry] I agree,
The Rock and Mike Piazza.
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
[Jim] Here come the McMahons, at least two of them.
Vince and his son, Shane.
Mr. McMahon, I guess, I should say.
[Jerry] Yeah, you should always refer to him as mister.
He is invincible.
[upbeat music playing]
He's got the swagger.
But remember, if Vince or Shane lose a ball, Triple H loses the WWE title,
keep that in mind.
This could be a horrible night for Triple H.
[Finkel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
in the six-man match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment championship.
In the ring, introducing Vince McMahon
and Shane McMahon.
[Jim] Last year at the King of the Ring,
the Tag Team of Vince and Shane McMahon were victorious
in a handicap ladder match over "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
So, the McMahons have had some luck on their side
at this King of the Ring events.
[Jerry] And you know the old saying, history repeats itself, JR.
["My Time" playing]
[Jim] Here comes The Game.
[Finkel] To be accompanied to the ring by his wife
the World Wrestling Entertainment world champion
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley,
weighing 260 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment champion
Triple H.
[Jerry] I'm just thinking, JR,
this could turn out to be a horrible night for Triple H.
I mean, if he were to lose his WWE championship here in this match
and early on Y2J ran his tongue down Triple H's wife's throat,
this is awful.
[Jim] Why was she even out here then?
-[Jerry] What do you mean? -[Jim] That's pretty self-explanatory.
[Jerry] Have you not been watching the match?
Watch my lips. Why was she, sign language, even out here tonight?
Now, she didn't have to explain her actions,
she's the owner of this company.
[Jim] Well, all I know is that
if Stephanie's daddy or her brother lose in this matchup,
Stephanie's husband will lose the WWE title.
And we have heard Triple H say
that the WWE title is the most important thing in his life.
-[Jerry] Even more than Stephanie? -[Jim] That's what he'd said.
Maybe he doesn't consider her a thing.
[Jerry] You don't consider your wife like a possession?
-[Jim] Are you kidding me? -[Jerry] Of course not.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] He was a happily married man, I'll have you know.
17,651 sold out this arena,
and four and a half minutes to be exact.
[Jerry] Four and a half minutes?
[Jim] That was without even knowing what was going to be in the cards,
other than it was the WWE, other than it was the King of the Ring.
[Jerry] I'd like to see those ticket sellers, they got the fast hands.
[Jim] Anybody with a brain knows,
nobody does Pay-Per-View like the World Wrestling Entertainment.
We're worried about the faction.
[Jerry] They're backing a plenty of decision here.
With The Rock, the Undertaker and Kane tonight.
Yeah, but I think they're decision in the faction.
-[Jim] I think you're right. -[Jerry] It's Joe Cool, Joe Cool, Vince.
[Jim] Joe Cool.
Vince is thinking of one thing that The Rock, the Undertaker and Kane
are not going to get along tonight.
[Jerry] Oh, my, gosh!
I'm thinking on fact that Vince must have some sort of master plan.
He got to have something on off his sleeve.
[Finkel] Introducing, weighing 326 pounds, Kane.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] 326 pounds of damning destruction,
the Big Red Machine wants to be the WWE title.
He wants to be the champion.
The faction's got to hope the Big Red Machine
has ignition problems tonight, he can't really get started.
This guy's a menace.
["Burned" playing]
Stephanie, be careful.
For the faction's sake, I hope when the bell rings,
that they find themselves on the same page because I do believe…
that Kane…
…will walk through hellfire and Brimstone,
his brother, The Undertaker, and The Rock.
-[Jerry] JR, Did you hear that? -[Jim] No, what?
[Jerry] Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley just corrected you.
[Jerry] Her name Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
♪ Dead man walking ♪
♪ You've done it now ♪
♪ You've gone and made a big mistake ♪
♪ And I can't allow ♪
♪ You don't think that You can just walk away ♪
♪ So turn around ♪
♪ And face the piper you're gonna pay ♪
♪ 'Cause the end is now ♪
[Finkel] Weighing 348 pounds,
The Undertaker.
[Jim] The Undertaker's already playing games holing up on his arrival,
here he comes through the side entrance.
Oh, my God, and he is a monster, real dangerous.
♪ Nice guys It's said they always finish last ♪
♪ But badasses ♪
♪ Always kicking asshole's ass ♪
[Jerry] He'd love to run… he's tried to run over Vince several times, you know
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] The Undertaker knows [inaudible] as does his brother Kane
to be the WWE champion.
♪ You're gonna pay ♪
[Jim] Kane has one goal that's to leave here with the WWE title around his waist.
The Undertaker says, "I didn't come to Boston to lose."
And The Rock has predicted has guaran-damn-teed victory tonight.
♪ You're gonna pay, you're gonna pay ♪
♪ No more chances, no more excuses No lies ♪
[Jim] This place has just gone crazy for The American Badass,
The Undertaker, they're on their feet in Boston.
[Jerry] Why is that? I think I'm crazy for this guy?
[Jim] Respect, admiration.
♪ Always kicking asshole's ass ♪
[Jim] What he made of his own brother…
♪ If you smell what The Rock is cooking ♪
[Jim] Talk about going crazy.
[Finkel] [inaudible] The Rock!
[Jim] The Rock enters the ring as the people's champion.
But will he leave as the WWE champion
as he has guaran-damn-teed.
[Jerry] Yes, but you got to remember,
The guy that's standing right in front of you and I right now is the man that pinned
The Rock, Vince McMahon.
[Jim] That was repulsive, that was pathetic,
that was humiliating and embarrassing.
♪ The Rock says, The Rock says ♪
[Jerry] Look, Vince is smelling…
You know, what The Rock's cooking right now, I think
Turned his nose up at it.
[crowd cheering]
Where is Linda McMahon? Is she watching this?
[Jim] Linda joined us earlier tonight on Heat
says she was here to confront her husband.
I hope Vince sent her home.
We saw that confrontation where Vince, in my view, was somewhat rude.
And then Vince is the one that guaranteed that there'll be no outside interference
[Jerry] Linda, you should go home right now.
And when Vince arrives later on in a big chauffer-driven limousine victorious,
you should have him like a little midnight snack prepared.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] Interesting that senior referee Earl Hebner
who was reinstated by Linda Mcmahon is the referee here.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jim] Look at King of Ring drinking some milk there.
[Jerry] That's how you celebrate a real king.
[Jim] Yeah, it does the body good.
If Triple H and The Faction are successful tonight
then Kurt Angle will meet the WWE champion in July.
Hold it. Wait a minute. Do we have an argument already?
-[Jerry] At fully loaded? -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Is the Faction arguing already?
[Jim] I think they're trying to just decide who's gonna start.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That's a no-brainer. Well, in this course is…
-Triple H. -[Jim] That's what I'd say.
You start with the best you got and Triple H is the best in the business.
Triple H is The Game.
[Jerry] I think Vince wants to start.
[Jim] I think Joe Cool wants to see some action.
He wants to prove a point to his wife Linda.
He thinks he's teenager now.
[Jerry] A what?
[crowd cheering]
Fans here are letting Shane know what they think of him and Shane…
He's The Giant Killer.
[Jerry] Why did Shane wind up starting?
[Jim] Oh, yeah, he never saw a cup of coffee he didn't like,
he's caffeined up here.
That boy needs some [inaudible].
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Kane and Shane.
[Jim] Hey, it's got a ring to it.
Kane inviting Shane to have a free shot.
[crowd chatter]
Kane says, "Just bring it."
[Jerry] That's what Rock says. Kane says…
[Jim] Hope we can understand that.
[Jerry] Yeah, he got a free shot.
Ouch.
[Jim] Kane standing his ground from that right hand.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] One more, give him one more, look out.
[Jim] Kane to the last.
[crowd cheering]
What's that saying, he can't get anymore.
Kane approached the fist of Shane, the king of sting.
[crowd chatter]
Remember if Shane were to give that or lose a fall,
whomever the victim will become the WWE champion.
Look at the concern on the face of Vince McMahon.
-[Jerry] Oh, Shane. -[Jim] Shane trying to escape to no avail.
-Kane has Shane cornered. -[Jerry] Kane has Shane.
[Jim] Well, there Shane is [inaudible].
[crowd chatter]
Just get back.
[Jim] And The Undertaker tossed him, Shane right back into battle.
Shane goes for the ride, Kane can't connect.
[Jerry] Look at Shane.
[Jim] Great athletic ability there by Shane.
-[Jerry] Shane is down! -[Jim] He just got his head taken off
by The Big Red Machine.
I don't look to see a lot of tags
between Kane, The Undertaker, and The Rock.
[Jerry] You're right. Whoever is in there wants to be one that gets the pin.
-[Jim] That's military press. -[Jerry] What the heck?
[Jim] That is freakish strength by Kane.
And it looks… Shane landed around on his shoulder.
And he may land on something else here in a minute.
Because Kane just… He may take Shane for the ride.
-[Jerry] There you go. -[Jim] And Vince…
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute.
[Jim] Vince and Shane, here comes Triple H.
[Jerry] You're gonna have to do that, Triple H,
you're gonna have take matters in your own hands.
Hey, double team. McMahons double teaming…
-[Jim] Kane with a knockdown. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Daddy dearest and his boy Shane just got knocked on the back.
-[crowd cheering] -And The Rock tagged himself in.
[crowd cheering]
That didn't make Kane very happy.
[Jerry] And Triple H trying to get a cheap shot in.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] The eyes of The Rock.
That will tell you the story of this.
[Jerry] Triple H, I think if I were you, I just been out there in the corner
and if anybody tries to cover Shane or Vince you got to make the save.
[crowd cheering]
-Just bring it. -[Jim] That's what The Rock is signifying.
"Just bring it."
I think he's talking to you, Triple H.
[Jerry] Well, I think The Rock is thinking if he pins Triple H,
there will be no excuses, there will be no alibis
The Rock will the WWE champion in the world.
But right behind Kane, Shane McMahon from the outside
and Triple H got the clothesline and down goes The Rock.
Advantage to Faction, at least for the time being.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] And Shane, at the ring they call him the Giant Killer.
[Jim] They're not body shots, right to the ribs of The Rock.
[Jim] Shane impersonating his…
Insulting The Rock.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Jim] Rock taking Shane to the woodshed.
-[Jerry] Shane. -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Shane [inaudible] pulled over all the way to the floor.
[crowd chatter]
And now the Undertaker just nailed The Rock.
I think that was a very aggressive tag.
[Jerry] And a knockdown by The Undertaker who came to become the WWE title.
Boy, I think The Undertaker senses that Shane's in a bad way
just go in there and pick up the pieces.
Pin Shane and that will be it.
[Jim] Shane has had a taste of all three of his adversaries here tonight.
You wanna go over here?
Hello, Mr. Turnbuckle. Sit your ass over there.
[Jim] And now, Undertaker beating Shane up, he's marinating him as he goes.
He's introducing him to Mr. Turnbuckle.
That's some a hard shot to the body, right to the temple.
And this must gonna over
before Triple H and Mr. McMahon break the sweat.
[Jerry] Oh, Triple H, he's just got to be ready in a moment's notice
to get in there and pull whoever's covering Shane off.
And don't you think The Rock and Kane would do the same thing?
[crowd chatter]
Oh, well, that's what Vince is banking on.
[Jerry] He's banking everything on that.
-Shane. -[Jim] There's to Shane, chokeslam.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. Now, how was that? -[Jim] Chokeslam in the larynx.
This one is over. This baby [inaudible].
Oh, The Rock.
[crowd chatter]
The Rock just pulled The Undertaker off of Shane.
And look at The Game now.
-[Jerry] I knew Vince was a genius. -[Jim] The Game didn't make a tag.
The referee's showing some degree of leniency here.
Triple H now, no tag but for the sake of argument, who's the legal man?
[Jerry] Look at damn Hebner. Yeah, knock him down.
[crowd chatter]
Oh, no.
[Jim] The Undertaker overtiring the WWE champion.
Huge body shots. The reverse elbow.
Triple H staggered in the corner, with the WWE title on the line
in this six-man match.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Jim] High elevation.
And the Undertaker is back, body drop.
-[Jerry] Man, did you hear that contact? -[Jim] Yes, I did.
That was some serious impact there.
Look at poor Stephanie, I think even she felt that.
And a kick right to the face, right on the nose of The Game.
There's a cover and Triple H, he just barely,
and I'm talking barely kicked out.
Triple H's legs just barely left the canvas on that kick-out.
[Jerry] I didn't see anybody come to the rescue then. Look out.
-The DDT. -[Jim] A big one!
A huge DDT, that should be all.
And now Kane tossed The Undertaker off of the game.
[Jerry] See?
[Jim] Mr. McMahon says, "I'm right all along."
[Jerry] How about that, he said.
-What are you doing? -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jim] All three men, The Undertaker, Kane, and The Rock want to be champion.
The Rock tagged himself back in.
[Jerry] I like to send a little message to Linda McMahon, are you happy now?
-What are you thinking now, Linda? -Hey.
[Jerry] Are you glad [inaudible] on the CEO?
Get in here. Get in here. Get in your tag.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Shane doesn't want to accept the tag.
[Jerry] Oh, no, man.
[Jim] And The Rock banged Shane in, whether the Boy Wonder likes it or not.
[Jerry] It's the son of the CEO and the owner.
Oh, my, gosh, a right hand. That smack being laid down.
[Jim] And Vince knocked off here.
[crowd chatter]
Triple H knocked off the apron by The Rock.
Nobody is being…
[crowd chatter]
Oh, look out.
The Rock being bridged.
-[Jerry] Oh, my, gosh. -[Jim] And now the McMahons
and a triple team here on The Rock.
Here come The Undertaker.
Kane coming around the other side.
[crowd chatter]
Right hand by Kane. Knocking down the chairman of the WWE.
The Undertaker nailing Shane on the other side.
Kane manhandling Mr. McMahon.
-[Jerry] Oh, this is bad. -[crowd chatter]
The Rock tearing off on The Game and into the table that go.
Our amigos.
-Hey, wait, The Rock what are you doing? -Hey, The Rock don't.
-Please. -Wait a minute.
[crowd chatter]
-Hey, Rock, no. -We got…
Rock don't…
I think it's time for you and I to have the stage fright.
Don't you just…
I don't like the looks of this at all.
-[crowd chatter] -I mean…
[Jerry] They've taken our monitors out.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] That means we can't even see what's going on here.
[crowd chatter]
I can see Triple H and The Rock tearing off in the ring.
WWE title is on the line here, The Game just got…
A neckbreaker from The Rock.
[crowd chatter]
-Pedigree. -[Jerry] Oh, The Pedigree.
[Jim] And there's a cover.
And Undertaker makes sure that there wasn't a three-count.
[Jerry] Oh, my, gosh.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Right hand by The Undertaker on the outside
letting the WWE champion.
The Rock in a bad way back in the ring.
[Jerry] Triple H in a bad way, his face first right into that ring post.
[Jim] Vince and Shane may have already been disseminated
by The Undertaker and Kane.
And The Undertaker just rolled The Game back in the ring.
-Kane back up on the apron. -[Jerry] Vince and Shane are both…
-[crowd chatter] -[Jerry] They're both down.
[Jim] Undertaker and Kane poised for a tag.
[crowd chatter]
Mr. McMahon barely able to stand.
Shane on dream street.
And holding himself up on the corner of the ring.
[Jerry] But The Rock didn't want to tag out.
He wants to stay in and take advantage.
He's gonna do with either the Undertaker or Kane if ever.
-Look at this. -[Jim] The Rock times out.
Remember the last time he's in this match.
Triple H with the thunderous clothesline, knocking down the people's champion.
[Jerry] Boy, just think what would happen to The Rock
if Triple H were to kill The Rock,
what do you think Kane and Undertaker would do to The Rock?
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Good question, King. I don't know.
-Two, three! -Yeah, choke him!
[Jerry] That'll figure The Rock cost him the chance to be in the WWE champion.
Look at Vince go.
[Jim] McMahon choking The Rock in the corner.
And Shane, for sure can't… Right to the heart, right to the face.
Right to the solar plexus of The Rock.
[Jerry] Cat-like, he's cat-like.
Shane-o-mac, The King of Sting, The Giant Killer.
[Jim] Nice elevation reverse elbow by Shane McMahon.
[crowd chatter]
He maybe arrogant and cocky, but he is a hell of an athlete.
[crowd chatter]
For someone that only wrestles part-time.
[Jerry] What a shot. He's juking, he's jabbing, he's dancing.
-Stinging left by Shane McMahon. -[Jim] Look at the footwork.
[crowd chatter]
Rumble, young man, rumble.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Right, oh, got the right. -[Jim] Oh, from behind…
The Rock was building some momentum and Triple H got the cheap shot
and another one, and a knockdown.
The Rock's been on handled here, he's been manhandled
and punished by the Faction, and now, Mr. McMahon…
[Jerry] Here we go. Joe Cool tags in.
[Jim] Oh, Joe Cool got the tag, all right.
He also got the pin
Thursday night on SmackDown over The Rock, if you can believe that.
[Jerry] You're gonna smell the la, la, la, la, la, la, what Vince is cooking.
[Jim] I can smell what he's cooking, and it's very pungent, that stinks.
[Jerry] I think Vince might be the real American Badass if you ask me.
[Jim] I don't recall asking you that question,
but in any event Triple H has got the tag.
[Jerry] Oh, man. Good suplex for The Game, the WWE champion now in control.
[Jim] Oh, this is poetic here.
[crowd chatter]
The Rock just got that knee right to the forehead.
that should be all and The Rock able to kick-out.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] How did he do that? -[Jim] Undertaker and Kane poised
to come in the ring and pounce on The Game before the three,
but The Rock was able to kick out.
-Two, three -[Jerry] Triple H is going to diving.
He wants to finish… Oh, no!
The Rock buried the right hand deep, deep into the abdomen.
[Jim] The Game reverses and The Rock with the clothesline,
but found a neckbreaker instead.
This could be all. Kane over the top.
And Kane a kick right to the ribs of Triple H
interrupted the count of Triple H with no doubt a pin to The Rock there.
Well, Kane wants to keep this match going because if it's over,
he has no chance to be the WWE champion.
[Jerry] Here comes The American Badass again, JR.
It's Mr. McMahon swanning around, his chest is swelled out.
-Kane. -[Jim] Big right hand by the chairman
of this organization.
We'll see Bill Gates do that in Microsoft.
[Jerry] Bill Gates, what the heck?
[Jim] And Vince is taunting The Undertaker and Kane.
Wanting to slap Kane.
[Jerry] There you go, baby.
The Rock got the right hand.
[crowd chatter]
And Mr. McMahon with a low blow, McMahon with a low blow.
-This could be all. -[Jim] He's done it again.
[Jerry] I can't believe it.
Well, I thought it was déjà vu all along.
-That would have shocked the world. -Finish him off.
[Jerry] Now, Vince telling his son-in-law to finish him off
against these things that he single-handedly soften up The Rock
or Triple H to finish him off, but The Rock with the right hand.
[crowd chatter]
-Oh, man. -[Jim] What a hard right
for these two got an unnatural, unbelievable rivalry.
And The Rock, get the veteran, right hands, right hands by The Rock.
[Jerry] Oh, boy, stop.
-[Jim] Smackdown. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] The Rock lands a smackdown on The Game.
He reverses, and The Rock, Samoan drop.
Shades of his grandfather, The High Chief.
And Shane interrupted again.
[Jerry] Yes, Shane. Shane taken outside by The Undertaker.
Kane now, knocking down Vince… Mr. McMahon.
[crowd chatter]
Oh, no. This is bad now.
[Jim] The Rock and Triple H have been left in the ring here…
in a six-man match for the WWE title.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Shane is in big bad trouble. He's down, he's hurt.
And Undertaker showing absolutely no mercy on Shane.
And The Rock left alone with The Game.
And The Game with the face buster.
Just as you think The Rock might be able to build some momentum,
The Game reasserts himself as no one else can.
-And Kane, look at Kane. -[Jerry] What was that?
[Jim] Kane wants to be the WWE championship so bad,
but he took his own brother out of it.
-[Jerry] That's what Vince wanted. -[Jim] And a Spinebuster by The Rock.
King, this is almost over.
We're gonna see the most electrifying move in…
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Kane. -[Jim] Look at this.
It's over. It's like everyman for himself now.
-[Jerry] Oh, no, no. -[Jim] Kane just chokeslammed The Rock.
[Jerry] Don't you realize what his is, JR?
This is Vince's master plan. I guarantee you.
This is Vince's doing.
[Jim] Well, if that is, it's a hellacious plan.
[Jerry] We got Kane back in the fold.
[Jim] Triple H has got smile on his face.
[Jerry] What a faction we have now. Look at the smile.
[Jim] I guess it was, and McMahon planned it all along.
For Kane, he nailed his brother and he nailed The Rock.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jim] Hey, wait. -[Jerry] Hey, hey, wait a minute.
-[crowd cheering] -Kane has got The Game on.
-What is this? -[Jim] Tombstone, Tombstone.
-Looks like we got a new champion. -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Jim] And The Undertaker pulled his brother out of the ring.
[Jerry] What in the hell is going on here?
[Jim] The obsession to become the WWE champion is uncontrollable.
This is got to be what…
[crowd chatter]
Undertaker taking the King's chair.
[Jerry] He didn't take it, I gave it to him.
-[crowd chatter] -And he just got… My God.
[Jim] The Undertaker retaliating on his brother.
[Jerry] I knew he'd do that.
I gave you that chair, here's The Rock.
-[crowd chatter] -Wait a minute.
[Jim] My God, what's he gonna do here?
He got Shane McMahon on the top turnbuckle.
-Don't do it, don't do it. -[Jerry] No.
-[crowd cheering] -Oh, man, for the love of God!
[Jim] The Undertaker has broken Shane McMahon into a hundred pieces.
-[crowd chatter] -Oh, my, gosh.
My God. The American Badass has destroyed Shane McMahon,
but now Vince…
Vince's got The Rock now.
No, wait, The Rock is up.
Rock Bottom, Rock Bottom, Rock Bottom.
-The chaos! -[Jerry] Oh, my, gosh. Wait a minute.
[bell ringing]
-The Rock has done it. -[Jerry] The Rock did win.
[Jim] The Rock for all ages has done it.
[Jerry] I hope you're happy right now, Linda.
[Jim] The Rock is the WWE champion.
[upbeat music playing]
The Rock pinned Vince McMahon to win the WWE title.
[Jerry] Oh, my, gosh. It's unbelievable.
[upbeat music playing]
My God, I can't believe it.
[announcer] The winner of this bout
and new World Wrestling Entertainment champion,
The Rock.
[Jerry] Look at Triple H, he is going ballistic.
[Jim] Triple H can't believe it. Triple H lost the WWE title.
And wasn't even involved in the decision.
The Game wasn't pinned. His father-in-law was.
Joe Cool lost the WWE title for his son-in-law.
The Rock is back at the top of the mountain.
[Jerry] Oh, my, gosh.
I can't believe there's things that could have gone more wrong.
Shane is lying here right at our feet, JR, I'm trying to help him get some help.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] That's completely [inaudible].
Hemsley Faction, The Rock is the WWE champion.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jerry] Oh, it's not gonna stay well with The American Badass.
He said he owes The Rock one, what Undertaker just did.
[Jim] It was chaotic
for the Tag Team chemistry, disintegrating.
Kane turning on The Undertaker,
The Undertaker turning on Kane,
with one thing in mind to become the WWE champion.
But it was not to be.
[upbeat music playing]
[crowd chatter]
The Rock pinning Vince McMahon.
-Let's take another look. This is ungodly. -[Jerry] Absolutely
[Jim] The Undertaker chokeslamming Shane right through our announcer's table.
And all the casualties on the outside.
The Rock sucked it up caught Mr. McMahon in the right corner,
to once again become the WWE champion.
[crowd chatter]
Oh, insult to injury.
[Jerry] We're smelling what The Rock is cooking.
[Jim] The Rock is the new WWE champion
and he is damn sure fully loaded in Boston.
Subtitle translation by: Aparna Iyer oston.