[intro music playing]
[narrator] Brother.
Nemesis.
Traveler.
Each on a downward spiral towards damnation.
[man] "They are among the blackest souls.
A different sin has dragged them to the bottom."
[narrator] One man walks with blood-red fury coursing through his veins,
the other with ice-blue vengeance burning in his soul.
[man] "For here
one must leave behind all hesitation;
here, every cowardice
must meet its death."
[narrator] Like the mythical figures of Dante's Inferno,
all who cross the threshold
into the eight circles of hell will be shown no mercy.
[man] "Within those fires, there are souls;
each one swathed
in that which scorches him."
[narrator] The inferno knows no pity.
The inferno knows no remorse.
[man] "Within the flames they will suffer.
They, who went as one to rage,
now share one punishment."
[narrator] True to Dante's epic saga,
these warriors who pass through the burning gates of Hades
will never return the same.
[man] "There is no exit from the flame.
You are simply transformed
into the language of the fire."
[narrator] And now 10-321 presents
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House,
where The Undertaker will battle Kane in the first-ever Inferno match.
And where tonight, the owner of World Wrestling Entertainment
has promised an event of catastrophic proportions will occur
sometime during Unforgiven.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] WWE Unforgiven: In Your House.
-[rock music playing] -[fireworks popping]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] As over 20,000 fans look on
here in the Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina,
we are ready for Unforgiven.
Hello again, ladies and gentlemen.
I'm Jim Ross, alongside Jerry "the King" Lawler.
We are at ringside, and this should be an epic night.
And, King, what do you think Vince McMahon meant
when he said something catastrophic was going to happen here tonight?
Well, I know what you're thinking, J.R.,
and I know what most of those idiots out there are thinking.
You're all paranoid.
You're thinking that Vince McMahon is simply gonna screw
Steve Austin out of the title.
That's not necessarily what's gonna happen.
Something catastrophic could be--
well, the Inferno match, it could be anything, J.R.
♪ We are the Nation ♪
-["Better Know Your Role" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following Six-Man Tag Team match
is gonna be for one fall with a 30-minute time limit.
Approaching the ring, members of the Nation of Domination,
accompanied by Kama Mustafa,
at a total combined weight of 950 pounds,
D'Lo Brown, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry,
and the ruler of the nation,
and current World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
"The Rock" Rocky Maivia.
["We Are The Nation" continues]
[Ross] Six-Man Tag Team action filled with emotion.
The former leader of the Nation, Faarooq,
will join forces with Ken Shamrock and Steve Blackman,
-"The Lethal Weapon", here, King. -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] A lot of bad blood and animosity in this one.
[Jerry] Right. This could be catastrophic for Faarooq, Ken Shamrock,
and that Steve Blackman.
[Ross] The 10-321 airship hovering overhead.
It may not-- it may be in the line of fire before tonight is all said and done.
[Jerry] That'd be a catastrophe if that'd crash.
-["The Ultimate" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Howard] And their opponents,
at a total combined weight of 750 pounds,
the team of Faarooq,
"The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman,
and "The World's Most Dangerous Man",
Ken Shamrock.
[Ross] Faarooq, Shamrock, and Blackman
will form a triumphant attempt
to derail the Nation of Domination.
Remember, it was Faarooq who formed the original Nation of Domination.
He was unceremoniously ostracized by his own constituency,
-shall we say. -[Jerry] That's right.
[Ross] And let's not forget all the trials and tribulations.
[Jerry] Look at this salute.
What's going on here, J.R.?
[Ross] I guess a show of unity.
Maybe it's just a little in your face to the Nation of Domination.
We certainly cannot forget--
well, we'd never forget the animosity that exists
between the Nation and Ken Shamrock.
[Jerry] Well take a look at The Rock right there.
[Ross] He's the Intercontinental Champion, is The Rock.
He likes to refer to himself as The People's Champion.
[Jerry] And I'll never forget the words he said to me one day, he said,
"King, unless you're the lead dog, diffuse the scene."
-And so he made sure that he became… -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] …the lead dog in the Nation.
[Ross] We expect to have continuity from the Nation,
but this is the first time
that Faarooq, Shamrock, and Blackman have been a team.
And this is a heck of a place to make your debut.
The chips are down again, over 20,000 fans on hand here
in the historic Greensboro Coliseum.
And we welcome you wherever you are.
We're live in North America, we're live in the United Kingdom.
[crowd chanting] Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks!
-[Jerry] Oh. Now, listen to this. -[crowd chanting] Rocky sucks!
Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks!
[Jerry] This is very disrespectful from these--
what do they call them, North Carolinians or what?
-[Ross] North Carolinians. -[Jerry] North Carolinians?
Oh, boy.
This is Tar Heelian, my friend.
[Jerry] Rocky does not suck.
[Ross] They were chanting that earlier this month in the UK.
They were chanting that earlier this month in Germany as well,
as Steve Blackman, "The Lethal Weapon,"
and D'Lo Brown kicking off here.
A shoulder block by D'Lo and Blackman up very quickly.
Blackman, known more for his martial arts skills, King,
than his catch-as-catch-can wrestling expertise.
[Jerry] Yeah, he may get a little wrestling lesson here from D'Lo.
You know, I know you've even admitted it.
D'Lo's gotta be one of the most underrated talents in the WWE.
[Ross] I couldn't agree more with that assessment.
-And D'Lo. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-[Ross] Looking for the right hand -[Jerry] Hey.
[Ross] and he couldn't find the right, but he found some feet of Blackman.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Blackman debuted at the Survivor Series
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[Ross] which has been talked about
-a lot this week. -[Jerry] Ow.
[Ross] Snap suplex by D'Lo Brown.
[Jerry] Right on the top of his head, too.
Look out.
[Ross] And D'Lo couldn't find the mark with the elbow.
One of Blackman's greatest assets, in my view, is his quickness.
Arm drag takedown, he has great balance
from years and years of martial arts training.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Referee Jim Korderas has been assigned this contest.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock,
a man certainly that many consider the king of the octagon.
[Jerry] Hey, don't throw that word, "king," around.
[Ross] I guess Dan Severn,
-"The Beast" may have a different… -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-Yikes. -[Ross] …opinion of that.
Takedown by Shamrock, looking for the submission.
Shamrock has made some of the biggest names in wrestling
tap from his ankle lock submission.
And a little indecision here,
maybe a miscommunication shall we say.
And again, we mentioned this in the early going,
how would the continuity be.
And of course, it was Faarooq who recruited D'Lo
to come to the WWE and join the Nation of Domination.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Faarooq was D'Lo's role model at one time.
Maybe he should be again.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] The insulting slap to the face by the young man
with a certified public accounting degree.
-And he is on a spinebuster-- -[Jerry] Look at this!
-Wait a minute. -[Ross] Faarooq's got his belt.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Faarooq is whipping D'Lo like a government mule.
Faarooq is trying to whip the hide off of D'Lo Brown.
A scoop slam by Faarooq
and this crowd here in Greensboro
showing their approval of Faarooq's manhandling of D'Lo Brown.
[Jerry] I can't believe that, J.R.
He's actually got a leather strap in the ring
and he's just wearing out D'Lo.
What's the referee doing?
[Ross] Front facelock into the snap suplex by Steve Blackman.
And The Lethal Weapon again,
couldn't quite connect on that second move.
And the arm drag takedown.
Sometimes inexperience,
as you well know, King, that second or third move that you're thinking about,
sometimes just doesn't quite come to fruition.
[Jerry] There you go, get The Rock in there.
Uh-oh, no.
[Ross] Mark Henry at 400 pounds,
The World's Strongest Man,
and an Olympian.
Backbreaker,
-look at the strength of Mark Henry. -[Jerry] Whoa,
he just picked him right back up.
[Ross] Blackman is no small man, but he's manhandled like a little baby.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And that is a thunderous elbow drop by the 400-pounder,
the Super Heavyweight Weightlifter in the United States
in the '96 Olympics.
[Jerry] This guy could toss you around like a rag doll.
Look at the power and the strength.
Oh.
[Ross] Well, I tell you what,
Mark Henry have some a big splash here
and Blackman is gonna be squashed like a junior mint.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Look at The Rock.
Guidance, that's intelligence and guidance.
[Ross] Rock says he is the ruler of the Nation.
And D'Lo tagged back in.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Ross] Crossbody by Blackman
and a near-fall.
Neither team able to gain an advantage thus far.
And a modified powerbomb--
[Jerry] I'd say that's a little advantage.
[Ross] Certainly, you're right.
Great counter move by D'Lo Brown.
And now D'Lo finally goes for the cover
and Blackman got his right shoulder off the canvas before the three-count.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And the triad here
[speaks indistinctly] area has been on fire with WWE enthusiasm.
-This is long a -[Jerry] Watch it.
[Ross] NWA stronghold.
And now Faarooq is in, once again pairing up with D'Lo Brown.
[Jerry] Here we go. [laughs]
[Ross] Faarooq lowered his head and D'Lo quick to capitalize.
Who made you… [speaks indistinctly]
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] D'Lo taking a page out of Charles Barkley's playbook…
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[Ross] …in taunting Faarooq.
And now finally with Faarooq at a disadvantage,
The Rock is more than happy to accept the tag and to begin combat.
[Jerry] What a shot from The Rock.
[crowd chanting] Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks!
-[Ross] And The Rock-- -[crowd chanting] Rocky sucks!
[Jerry] Listen to these people. They think that that's gonna--
that's gonna confuse The Rock.
It's only gonna make him madder.
-Look at this. -[Ross] It may motivate him, I'm not sure.
[Jerry] Right, exactly.
[Ross] The Rock is the Intercontinental Champion.
He is the first-ever third-generation superstar
in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Tag now, and The Rock in control,
dominated that particular interval and exchange…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] …and tags in the heavy-hitter.
And when Mark Henry drops that elbow on you,
remember he's 400 pounds.
[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Mark Henry doesn't-- he may not know exactly how strong he is.
And the inexperience, in going for the cover,
certainly paramount right there, King.
[Jerry] Don't worry.
When you're the world's strongest man, you don't have to be very experienced.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, no. Get out.
Get out of there quick.
[Ross] Mark Henry with a 903-pound deadlift,
not doing a lot of good right now, as Blackman is striking quickly
and attempting to keep Mark Henry off-balance.
One would assume that the strategy with Mark Henry
is to get him off his feet.
Uh-oh.
Blackman had a stutter step and hesitation there,
and Mark Henry able to capitalize
and turn Blackman inside out with a powerslam.
[Jerry] Well, that little stutter step was courtesy of The Rock on the outside.
You didn't see that, didn't you J.R.?
[laughs] It was a beautiful move.
[Ross] Mark Henry's methodical style and now D'Lo's quick striking style
certainly keeping Blackman off-balance here.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Ross] And a nice move
and this could be all.
And D'Lo, maybe a little low.
I thought he was a little low on the cover.
It wasn't chest to chest there
and Blackman able to get out before the three.
And we can't forget, we've got Kama, "The Supreme Fighting Machine",
300 pounds,
at ringside offering some immoral support, shall we say.
[Jerry] Some what?
He's just there as a spectator.
I'd wanna see this up-close and personal too.
Hey, look at this.
[Ross] Blackman chopping away at D'Lo Brown.
Irish Whip and D'Lo catches Blackman right on the--
right on the button there with the elbow.
[Jerry] Be careful, D'Lo, he's lethal.
[laughs]
[Ross] Blackman involved in a very controversial situation
last week on Raw,
when he wrestled Dude Love and the match was stopped.
Blackman lost the match via submission,
but he said he never gave up
nor did anyone see him give up, quite frankly.
[Jerry] Well, the bell was-- the bell rang, didn't it?
[Ross] Yeah.
It sure was-- it sure did.
And look at The Rock, well placed kicks right in the heart,
trying to knock the air right out of Blackman
and keep the pressure on with those high-impact blows.
And The Rock better be careful.
He certainly doesn't want to get his team disqualified in this matchup.
[Korderas] You watch it. Hey, you watch it or I'll disqualify you.
[Jerry] Be careful, Rock.
Yeah. Oh.
-[Ross] The Rock… -[Jerry] Hey.
[Ross] …now has to fend off Blackman.
[Jerry] How about disqualifying Blackman for those fists?
No, not yet.
[Ross] On second thought.
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] The Rock back in control,
what a magnificent athlete, a USA Today, football all-American in high school,
but so was that man, Faarooq.
Faarooq played at Florida State, The Rock played football
at Miami for Dennis Erickson, great athletes.
We've talked about Mark Henry's athletic background
before the WWE, also very impressive.
And the thing about these guys is that
there's a lot of youth involved in this matchup.
[Jerry] Ow.
[Ross] So, King, quite frankly, you and I have kind of grown away from them.
[Jerry] What are you talking about? Speak for yourself, J.R.
The last guy that said something to me about my age…
-[Ross] Oh. One -[Jerry] …is still on the respirator.
[Ross] Near-fall.
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] Blackman now sent for the ride. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] And Blackman, quick to apply the inside cradle, and a near-fall.
Wow.
[Jerry] Get him, Rock.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] The Rock very lucky to still be the Intercontinental Champion
in the views of many.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] He lost it to Shamrock
-at the Royal Rumble, the decision -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-[Ross] was reversed. -[Jerry] Here we go.
[Ross] And again, at WrestleMania last month.
-[Jerry laughs] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] They have to love The Rock.
[Ross] As if Rock had Blackman on life support
and then decided at the last moment to go ahead and pull the plug.
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] Remember at WrestleMania,
Shamrock made The Rock tap out
and then Shamrock went absolutely nuts.
He could use some anger management course, I think.
[Jerry] I don't remember that, as a matter of fact.
[Ross] That's why we're talking about that age thing.
First thing to go, King, there you are.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Oh, you're gonna get yours tonight, J.R.
[Ross] You gotta wonder, is Steve Austin,
as many that watched the free for all saw, is very, very obsessed with Vince McMahon
and what he perceives Vince McMahon will do tonight
regarding the catastrophic train of thought that McMahon has.
I still believe that McMahon is gonna shaft him out of the WWE title.
[Jerry] You may believe that, but I'm gonna make a bold royal prediction.
Before this is all over, Steve Austin will do the same thing that you had to do.
-[Ross] What's that? -[Jerry] Apologize to Mr. Vince McMahon.
[Ross] I don't know if rattlesnakes apologize very well.
-[Jerry] You did. -[Ross] I ain't a rattlesnake.
[Jerry chuckles]
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Look at this,
slapped him just a little harder.
[Ross] Wait, D'Lo-- interesting positioning there,
he got his body between Blackman
and Blackman's corner, which was very smart.
That's it. You know what's coming.
[Jerry] You know what's coming, J.R.?
[Ross] Maybe a moonsault.
-D'Lo, near 300 pounds. -[Jerry] Look at this.
-[Ross] Oh, my. -[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Blackman had that spotted.
And now, Steve Blackman would certainly be well sure to make a tag,
as with D'Lo Brown.
D'Lo tags in The Rock and here comes Faarooq.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Faarooq is here to fight.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Faarooq now is manhandling--
-oh, downstairs on Mark Henry. -[Jerry shrieks]
[Ross] Down goes the 400-pounder.
Here comes Shamrock.
All six member-- oh, a DDT by The Rock on Faarooq.
[Jerry] Yes, yes!
[Ross] And The Rock going for the cover, that should be-- no, it's not all.
[Jerry] Come on, Rock, finish him off.
[Ross] Faarooq's gotta reach down here.
They're fighting all over the ringside area,
leaving Faarooq and The Rock, the two legal men,
in the squared circle to finally settle this thing.
[Jerry] Oh, it's being settled all right.
Oh, look out!
[Ross] Intercontinental Champion went for the-- oh, wait a minute.
It's the Dominator.
Faarooq hit the Dominator.
-Yes! -[Jerry] What?
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
["The Ultimate" playing]
[Howard] Here are your winners, the team
of "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock,
"The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman,
and Faarooq.
[Ross] Faarooq, Shamrock, and Blackman
victorious in their first outing as a six-man tag team.
But I just got a feeling, King,
that as far as Faarooq and certainly Shamrock are concerned,
the war with the Nation has only just begun.
["The Ultimate" continues]
[Ross] And The Rock is doing a lot of talking leaving here.
And he's also leaving, of course, the Intercontinental Champion.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Faarooq, you must be extremely happy
with your victory tonight.
What a win it was.
Oh, you're damn right.
First, I wanna thank Ken,
I want to thank Steve.
Well done. And you know what?
This is just the beginning of a long war
of kicking his ass and the rest of them.
All right. Back to ringside.
-[Ross] All right. -["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The WWE Champion, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
and-- I don't know about you, King.
This is not on my lineup.
[Jerry] He's got no business out here.
[Ross] Well, I don't know about that, but he certainly was not expected.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" continues]
[crowd cheering]
-Get your ass up. -Uh-oh.
Get your ass up and get in the damn ring.
-[Ross] Oh, that's the timekeeper. -That's right, get in the ring
or I'll beat your ass.
[Ross] Mark Yeaton is our timekeeper.
[Jerry] Vince, are you watching this?
Get over here.
Last week-- I said get your ass over here.
Last week--
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Yeah, Team McMahon's hot right now.
Last week, Vince McMahon told you to ring that bell, didn't he?
I said, last week, Vince McMahon told you to ring that bell, didn't he?
I rang the bell when I had to ring the bell.
Put a little bass in your voice because you're starting to piss me off.
[crowd cheering]
If you don't know, bad things happen when people piss me off.
I'm gonna-- I'm gonna tell you just like it is.
If Vince McMahon screws me for this title tonight,
after I get through beating his ass up and down
every single one of this aisles…
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That's a threat.
[Stone Cold] …then I'm gonna drag your little yellow carcass up and down
each one of the same aisles I drag Vince on.
So the only thing that can happen tonight,
if you decide to call this thing down the middle
and don't ring that bell, Vince McMahon just might fire you.
But if he don't fire you, and you screw Steve Austin,
you can always find another job,
but it's gonna be damn hard to find another life
because I'll beat your ass so bad, you'll never work here again.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] And that's a promise, no threat.
[Stone Cold] You got a tough decision to make,
so take your little scruffy ass over there,
and sit in your chair, and you think about it.
[crowd cheering]
And you just remember, I don't mind-- I don't mind one bit
if Dude Love can beat my ass and take that belt,
I really don't care because he was good enough to beat me.
But if you screw me, if Vince McMahon screws me,
you both gonna get your ass whipped and that's the bottom line
-because Stone Cold said so. -[crowd cheering]
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[Ross] And I wanna tell you something.
He means every doggone word he said.
Look at him, he's still threatening.
[bell rings]
[Ross] And it is-- can you-- the tension is building
for the WWE title matchup
now that Austin has been out there, trying to give him some lay of the land.
It's absolutely amazing here in Greensboro.
[Jerry] Well, I feel sorry for that poor little timekeeper, Mark Yeaton.
He said no, but look at the look on his face.
He thought his birth certificate was fixing to expire.
[Ross] Well, he's got a job to do and he's in a tough spot,
there's no doubt about it.
[Jerry speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] There you see the cage lowering.
That will be the home for Chyna.
Or-- and I tell you what,
there's a good reason, ladies and gentlemen,
that Chyna's gonna be in that cage
for this return match for the European title.
Remember last month, on our last pay-per-view, WrestleMania,
Chyna handcuffed to the commissioner, and watch this.
-Watch the bottom part of your screen. -[Jerry] Yeah.
Watch Mr. Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter so engrossed,
wanted to-- tried to interfere in the match.
-[Ross] Come on. -[Jerry] He was gonna reach in there
and try to help Owen Hart,
but Chyna made sure that didn't happen.
Hey, Commish, got something for ya.
-[laughs] -[Ross] Right in the eyes
of the commissioner.
Owen Hart had the match won.
[Jerry] Look at him trying to slap Chyna.
-[Ross] Oh. There's no-- -[Jerry] He did slap her.
[Ross] There's no doubt that Owen Hart had Triple H beat for the European title.
-[Jerry] How do you figure? -[Ross] And watch this. Watch this.
[Jerry] Oh. That's retribution.
[Ross] Yeah, that's an illegal assist.
[Jerry] He hit her first.
[Ross] And then it was academic.
The Pedigree is devastating enough alone,
but with Chyna's help,
-Triple H wins the match. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] But that's not gonna happen here tonight.
[Jerry] Yeah, thanks to Commissioner Slaughter,
she's gonna be locked away like an animal.
[singer] ♪ Are you ready? ♪
-[crowd cheering] -["Are You Ready?" playing]
[singer] ♪ Ay you think You can tell us what to do? ♪
♪ You think you can tell us What to wear? ♪
♪ You think that you're better? ♪
♪ Well you better get ready ♪
♪ Bow to the masters ♪
♪ Break it down ♪
[crowd cheering]
[singer] ♪ Degenerate into somethin' fool ♪
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] The following contest,
scheduled for one fall,
with a one-hour time limit,
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment European Championship.
Approaching the ring accompanied
by fellow D-Generation X member,
Chyna,
from Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing 246 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
"Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
[singer] ♪ Well you better get used To the way the ball bounce ♪
♪ I see what you got It measures in ounces ♪
♪ But that's the breaks boy, yeah ♪
[Ross] It's hard to believe, ladies and gentlemen…
[explosions]
[Ross] …that it has been just under 30 days
since Helmsley took over the lead role
in D-Generation X
when Helmsley assumed that leadership position from Shawn Michaels,
when Helmsley introduced X-Pac,
and when Helmsley brought in The New Age Outlaws to join DX,
and create the most powerful,
the most controversial entity in this game.
[Jerry] That's right. And as devastating as DX was
under the leadership of Shawn Michaels, it's even more so now.
-You gotta admit that. -[Howard] His opponent, the challenger…
-["Enough Is Enough" playing] -[Howard] …from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
weighing 227 pounds,
Owen Hart.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The sole-surviving Hart, Owen Hart from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
And again, we welcome our fans throughout North America
and all of our great fans in Canada for joining us here.
I'm sure you're on the edge of your seat
awaiting Owen Hart's challenge to Triple H.
And folks, it should be one-on-one.
And a lot of people speculate that Owen, as great as his skills are,
he learned them well in the dungeon, his father Stu Hart was a great teacher,
but one-on-one, King,
a lot of people say Owen can beat Helmsley in a fair fight.
[Jerry] Well, I don't think-- I don't think Chyna
is gonna get in that cage and I don't blame her.
Look at Slaughter.
[Ross] Slaughter has-- will never forget
the humiliation and embarrassment that
[crowd chatter]
She is going in the cage.
[indistinct chatter]
That European belt means too much to me.
I can't jeopardize another loss.
[Slaughter] Get her in that cage right now.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Do you think this is right, J.R.?
[Ross] Well, it doesn't really matter what I think.
[Jerry] Forcing somebody to be put in a cage.
And then, as if that wasn't bad enough, they're gonna hoist her up in the ceiling.
[Ross] Well, you know I think-- that's
[Jerry] I had that done to me one time and it's not a very pleasant experience.
I got a nosebleed.
[indistinct chatter]
-Hey, shut up. I'm looking at the cage. -Hey. Hey.
Shut up, I'm looking at the cage.
-[crowd chanting] -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Slaughter is enjoying this, I think.
[Jerry] Well, I guess.
[Jerry] Hey, knock his lights out, Chyna.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] I mean, you got a female bodyguard that deadlifts 400 pounds
and she has the habit of getting involved time after time after time,
I guess drastic times, as old cliché goes, calls for drastic measures.
And, well, maybe she's getting what she deserves here.
Reap what you sow.
-[Slaughter] Don't you worry about this. -[Doan] Don't you worry about this, okay?
[Jerry] Well-- look at the biceps on Chyna.
Look at the traps, look at the shoulders.
If she wants to, she could probably snap that chain.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Look at the smile on Owen Hart's face over there.
[Ross] Well, I think he's happy.
He's finally gonna get a one-on-one opportunity.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah. He's happy.
[Ross] Would you like to wrestle Helmsley, King,
with Chyna roaming at ringside, able to do anything she wants to do?
[Jerry] I wouldn't have to because he and I get along quite well.
I wouldn't mind wrestling Owen Hart, though.
What did you call him, the last of the Harts?
-[Ross] Sole-surviving Hart. -[Jerry] Right.
[Ross] And Owen Hart now
Helmsley was paying more attention to Chyna
than he was his wrestling business.
[Jerry] That's right. And Owen Hart, the cheap shot artist,
attacks from behind.
[Ross] Owen Hart can be very, very dangerous,
there's no doubt about that.
He has great a motivation here for this matchup.
[Jerry] He's a cheater.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] If I'm not mistaken, Ross, the bell has not even rung yet.
Oh, look at this. He's disoriented.
Hey.
[Ross] Owen Hart just nailed Helmsley right on the nose, I think.
And that could be a catastrophe in itself.
[Jerry speaks indistinctly]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Mr. Slaughter is saying raise the--
-oh, my. -[Jerry shrieks]
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Did you hear that, Ross?
Get in the ring, now!
[Jerry] Disqualify him.
-Do something, Slaughter. -Get in the ring.
[man] Suck it, suck it! Suck it! Suck it!
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry shrieks] -[Ross] Oh, my, a suplex
right on the floor, and now Owen's mocking Triple H.
Remember, this is for the European title, Helmsley the champion…
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] …and Hart the challenger.
-[crowd chatter] -Suck it!
[Jerry] Ross, this will be for the championship when it starts,
but the bell hasn't even rung yet.
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] Get him, Chyna.
[Ross] Bell has just sounded. Now we are officially underway.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Helmsley clotheslined, knocks him over--
good lord, right on top of us.
[Jerry] He just got in the ring, now he's back out already.
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] And Chyna now… -[Jerry] Oh, no, no.
[Ross] …ascending to the heavens.
[man] Hey, hey, she got the hots on you.
[Ross] And no one's probably ever said that about her before.
[Jerry] I can't believe they're doing this to Chyna.
-Jeez. -[Ross] Helmsley just getting worn out.
-He is just getting worn out… -[Jerry] What's the matter with you,
-Owen Hart? -[Ross] …by Owen Hart.
Look out!
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Owen Hart has been waiting a long, long time…
-[Jerry] Get him away from here. -[Ross] …for his retribution.
[Jerry] No!
[Ross] Our Spanish broadcast team, Carlos Cabrera and Hugo Savinovich.
[Jerry] I'm not gonna take much more of this.
I'm about to take this kingly coat off and knock Owen Hart out myself.
[Ross] Try to restrain yourself there, you animal.
Backbreaker by Owen Hart and I tell you what,
Helmsley has not gotten out of the blocks, to say the least.
And this one may be over…
-[Jerry] What did you expect? -[Ross] …before the-- it goes very far.
A hard chop.
[Jerry] Look at Chyna up there.
[Ross] You feel sorry for her?
[Jerry] She's probably-- could be afraid of heights like I am.
That's an unpleasant feeling.
[Ross] Our cage cam with a very unique perspective of the surroundings--
[Jerry] I call that an invasion of privacy.
[Jerry] Oh!
-[Ross] And right there, Helmsley… -[Jerry] Yes!
[Ross] …dropped Owen face first into the turnbuckle.
And now, Helmsley perhaps just bought himself some time.
[Jerry] What a move that was!
[Ross] Owen Hart going back up, but he's a little wobbly to say the least.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Come on, Hunter-- oh.
[Ross] The right hand by Helmsley found its mark,
and down goes Owen Hart.
Hart has been the European champion, Tag Champion, Intercontinental Champion.
Owen has just about done it all here in the WWE.
And Helmsley can't connect with a clothesline,
but the knee did catch Owen Hart in the face.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
-Ha! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Helmsley tutored Hart.
[Jerry] You know what that means, don't you?
-[Ross] What's that? -[Jerry] Suck it.
[laughing]
Yeah!
-That was beautiful. -[Ross] That was-- that's not very nice.
I don't think the man that trained Helmsley,
Killer Kowalski, ever did that.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] What about the man that trained Owen?
-[Ross] His father? -[Jerry] Old Stu Hart.
[Ross] He's a wonderful man with a wonderful family.
[Jerry] Yeah, how many kids did he have?
-Owen's the youngest though. -[Ross] Twelve.
[Jerry] Owen was enough to discourage even Stu and Helen.
[laughs] After they had him, decided to call it quits.
[Ross] And look at the big foot of Helmsley
right in the throat of Owen Hart,
right in the windpipe, collapsing it with that foot, shutting off the air.
[Jerry] Is that not scary-looking right there?
[Ross] Cage cam, another WWE innovation.
[Jerry] Look how far she is in the air.
Oh! Look how far Owen was in the air.
[Ross] Good suplex by Helmsley.
Now, Triple H is back in the game, to say the least.
-[Jerry] Oh, yeah. -[Ross] The European Champion
with a knee drop right to the head.
And now, Helmsley with a cover and Owen Hart,
perhaps out of desperation, able to kick out.
[Jerry] There she goes. Look at this.
[Ross] She's-- Chyna's trying to bend those steel bars.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Ross] Good luck.
[Jerry] Making the best of a bad situation.
[Ross] Inverted atomic drop,
-Helmsley driving his knee… -[Jerry] Ooh. Man.
[Ross] …and then knocks down Owen with a clothesline.
-Again, Helmsley going for the cover. -[Jerry] He got him.
[Ross] And the European champ couldn't quite put Owen Hart away.
-[crowd chatter] -[Jerry] Oh.
What do you say? Huh?
[Jerry] He'll give up from that.
Put the pressure on him, Triple H.
[Ross] Triple H putting a great deal of pressure on the neck of Owen Hart.
Look at Owen Hart trying to bridge out of this thing
and relieve a little bit of pressure.
[Jerry] I don't think he's trying to bridge out anything.
I think that's Triple H bending Owen Hart like a pretzel.
Look at Owen. Leave his nose alone.
[crowd chattering]
-[Ross] One, two-- -[Jerry] Get him.
[Jack] Two [speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Owen Hart had to reach down that time.
Helmsley's in control here.
[Jack] One, two-- he's up.
[Ross] Helmsley had his hand-- wait a minute.
-What's she doing? -[Jerry] What?
-[Ross] Look at your monitor, what. -[Jack] One, two.
-[Jerry] What is that? -[Ross] I don't know what it was.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] It look-- is it a file?
[Ross] It looks like a file.
-It did. -[Jerry laughs]
And it wasn't even baked inside a cake.
-[Ross] Oh, man. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] The Irish Whip was reversed, sternum first, went Hart,
and three-- no, two and a half.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] I think she--
I think she dropped-- whatever she had in her hand,
-I think she dropped it. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
Wait, she dropped it!
[Ross] There it is.
It's a saw or something.
[Jerry] Let me go get it and throw it back up to her.
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] Pace quickens, Owen Hart up -[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] and over, sunset flip attempt
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Helmsley with a wide base,
-trying to keep his balance -[Jerry] Tights, tights!
-[Ross] but he can't. -[Jack] One, two.
[Ross] And another near fall.
We understand that Faarooq and The Rock
are on the Superstar line right now, folks.
They'll be covering this event on the Superstar line
on the internet all night long.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Come on, Chyna, just--
I think she could really bend those bars if she really put her mind to it.
[Ross] Nice swinging neckbreaker by Triple H.
Helmsley's very, very skilled.
-[Jack] One, two. -[Ross] One, two--
-and another near fall. -Two.
[Ross] You got to hand it to Triple H.
He's smart. He's going for the cover at every opportunity.
I've seen this maneuver used on other occasions.
It's the first time I've seen Helmsley use it.
[Jerry] Can you imagine how frustrating that's got to be for Chyna?
Look at this.
She's got to be a little bit humiliated hanging up there in the cage,
not being able to help her man.
Come on, Chyna.
[Ross] On other occasions,
it's the first time I've seen Helmsley use it.
Let me tell you one thing.
She is right where she belongs.
You get what you deserve…
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] …sometimes in this world.
Helmsley talking a lot of trash to Owen Hart.
I picked up some of it, taunting him.
[Jerry] You get what you deserve.
[Ross] And now Owen Hart, driving those shoulders
right into Helmsley's midsection.
And this time-- oh, nobody there.
As Chyna looks from about 20 feet up in the air,
Owen Hart found nothing but the steel ring post.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Oh, man.
Good lord, that's a lot of velocity.
Sternum first, chest first,
driving the air out of the challenger for the European title.
[Jerry] A quick stop too. [laughs]
-[Ross] And this time, Helmsley. -[Jerry] Ooh.
[Ross] Wow, what a face breaker that was.
-And Hart's motionless. -[Jack] One, two
[Ross] Helmsley, with a modified cover,
but he didn't cover Owen Hart's right shoulder
and it came up before three.
[Jerry] He didn't break his face enough either.
[Ross] Owen Hart has had a tumultuous ride in the WWE,
especially since the Survivor Series in Montreal in November.
And, again, Helmsley going right back
to this new maneuver that he is using.
[Jerry] And again, Chyna-- I just can't help but feel sorry for her.
Look at her up there.
She's so frustrated.
I think she cannot bend those bars.
[Ross] Owen Hart now-- look at the strategy here.
Owen Hart having to carry the weight of Helmsley.
-It's very hard in a-- in a-- -[Jack] One, two--
[Ross] One, two-- and another near fall--
in a fatigued-- fatiguing situation,
where you got to carry not only your weight but your opponent as well.
Plus, with Helmsley lying on Owen Hart's chest
-[Jerry] Right. -[Ross] Owen Hart is not able
to get all the air that he needs,
short breaths of air.
And look at the bridge by the black Hart.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Helmsley's jockeying for position here.
[Jerry] Oh, come on. Watch this, this should be good.
Uh-oh. No.
-[Ross] Hart up and over -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] German suplex one, two, three--
-no, a two-count again. -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] We've had several near falls in this matchup.
It is, again, for the European title,
Triple H the champion, Owen Hart the challenger.
And again-- look, I don't believe that.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] Good God.
[Jerry] She's doing it.
[Ross] Chyna has bent that steel bar.
-[Jerry] I knew it. -[Ross] Owen Hart just hit the suplex.
[Jerry] I knew she could do it.
[Ross] That cage is swinging now, back and forth, a little bit.
Chyna has, literally, ladies and gentlemen,
bent one of those bars.
Oh, the enzuigiri.
Remember what Owen Hart did to Shawn Michaels with that hold.
-Helmsley barely… -[Jerry] No!
[Ross] …got a shoulder up and maybe just instinctively.
[Jerry] Chyna has-- she succeeded to get the bars bent,
but now what does she do?
[Ross] She still way 20 feet up in there.
Heel kick by Owen Hart. One, two
-[Jerry] No! -[Ross] And another near fall.
-[Jerry] Whoa! That was close. -[Ross] And we've had six arrays
two and a half in this matchup.
A lot of near falls here.
Piledriver!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Come on, Hunter.
[Ross] Owen Hart scores with a piledriver and now,
maybe the emotion of Owen Hart taking over.
-That should have been enough. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And Owen with the elbow off the top.
[Jerry] Look at Chyna. Look at Chyna.
[Ross] Chyna found her way
on the outside of the cage now.
-She bent the bar. -[Jerry] She's out.
But what are you going to do?
[Ross] Owen Hart knocked off the apron by Triple H.
She's gotta be 20 feet up in the air.
And with a concrete floor beneath her,
she certainly wouldn't jump.
-Would she? -[Jerry] Ow.
[Ross] Owen Hart
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] with a flying headbutt.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, Hunter's leg is trapped.
-[Ross] Helmsley is hung up in the ropes. -[Jerry] Look at Chyna!
[Ross] Chyna is trying to get down.
-[Jerry yells] -[Ross] She's hanging for her life.
[Ross] She's way up there, folks.
-There's no pads and-- -[Jerry] Get a net.
Get something.
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] Chyna is hanging for dear life. -[Jerry] What is she--
[yells]
-[Ross] Triple H-- -[Jerry] What is she gonna do?
[Ross] I have no idea, but…
she's hanging on.
And Owen Hart with a DDT.
[Jerry] Oh, no. Chyna.
[Ross] Owen Hart now going for the Sharpshooter.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Chyna's--
she is down to one hand. Get
What do you say? What do you say?
[Ross] Wait a minute. The cage is coming down.
[Jerry] They got to, she's gonna fall.
[Ross] The cage is coming down.
Why is the cage coming down?
[Jerry] She was gonna fall.
[Ross] Who lowered that cage?
[Jerry] Look at Owen Hart now.
[Ross] It was-- it was Road Dogg.
We're told-- Road Dogg.
DX commandeered…
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Helmsley now from behind.
Get off. Get off.
[Ross] DX has commandeered the controls for the cage.
[Jerry] I think Slaughter's got Chyna in a bear hug.
[Ross] Owen counters the Pedigree.
A catapult got Helmsley right on the ring post.
-Chyna-- -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Chyna is being restrained.
The Pedigree, his own move.
Wait a minute. No ref-- there's X-Pac.
X-Pac with a fire extinguisher.
[Jerry] Yes.
-[Ross] X-Pac-- -[Jerry] Get that camera away from him.
[Ross] Oh, come on.
-No, no, no. -[bell rings]
["Break It Down" playing]
[Ross] That's not right.
[Howard] The winner of this bout and still
World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
Triple H, Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
♪ That's the breaks, little man ♪
[Ross] Owen Hart had the European title in his grasp,
there's no doubt about it.
The Outlaws provided the diversion,
commandeering the controls of the cage,
-just started lowering it. -[Jerry] Uh-huh.
[Ross] The referee was diverted, we all were diverted,
and here came X-Pac.
[Jerry] You said it yourself, J.R.
Sometimes in life, you just get what you deserve.
Obviously, Triple H deserves to be the European Champion.
♪ But that's the breaks, boy, yeah ♪
♪ That's the breaks, little man ♪
[Jerry] Look at X-Pac.
[Ross] Well, again, Owen Hart…
absolutely--
we're gonna take another look here, ladies and gentlemen,
the events that lead to the downfall of Owen Hart.
Owen Hart used Helmsley's own hold, the Pedigree.
-And how humiliating would that have been? -[Jerry] Right.
[Ross] Owen Hart, before he could get the one, two, three,
we got X-Pac.
-No referee in sight. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] X-Pac with a darn fire extinguisher.
And it's gonna get hot, all right.
♪ That's the breaks, boy, yeah ♪
♪ That's the breaks, little man ♪
Owen, another loss to Triple H.
Another loss to Triple H. It looks like DX has your number.
♪ D-Generation X ♪
You wanna know what I got to say?
Enough is enough.
I've had it up to here.
This bullshit has got to stop.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -Enough is enough.
-And it's gonna stop. -[Ross] All right. All right.
Things are gonna have to change around here.
[Ross] Right.
Well, he may be delirious, ladies and gentlemen.
We apologize for that, ladies and gentlemen.
[Jerry] I'm glad I'm wearing this watch. It's shock proof.
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
we have just begun here at Unforgiven here tonight.
And we're happy to announce that this historic facility,
21,427 fans,
this is a Greensboro record for any wrestling event.
And there has been some great ones here.
I've had the privilege of being a part of any of them,
but none have ever had this many folks.
[Howard] Mr. NWA, James E. Cornette.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] Well, I don't get this.
There was speculation that we may have a bonus match tonight.
It's been speculated on all day.
And Cornette-- Certainly the site of many of Cornette's greatest battles,
and some of his greatest triumphs and tragedies have been in this facility.
[Jerry] And once again, these Carolinians, that's what they're referred to…
-You know… -[Jerry] …show no respect.
…you are still the ugliest bunch of people
I've ever seen in my life.
-[Jerry] Right. -[crowd booing]
I guess there's some idiots here
that think that the greatest tag team in wrestling
is still The Rock 'n' Roll Express.
[crowd booing]
[Cornette] Well, I got news for you,
we are gonna spoil The Rock 'n' Roll Express's homecoming
right here tonight at Greensboro.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I present the second coming of a great tradition.
They are every mother's nightmare and every school girl's dream,
Bombastic Bob, Bodacious Bart,
the new Midnight Express.
["The Chase" playing]
[Ross] Well, there you see Cornette's newest version
of The Midnight Express and…
[Jerry] So what are they saying?
We're gonna get a match between these guys and The Rock 'n' Roll Express?
[Ross] Well, you know, there have been--
this is the third incarnation of The Midnight Express.
Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton were the first.
Stan Lane then replaced Condrey.
And now it's Bombastic Bob
and Bodacious Bart, for heaven's sake.
Their opponents in this NWA World Tag Team Championship title match
and challengers,
at a total combined weight of 443 pounds,
Ricky and Robert,
The Rock 'n' Roll Express.
[Ross] Let me tell you this, ladies and gentlemen,
the first time that The Rock 'n' Roll Express
ever met The Midnight Express was in January of 1986.
It was a great rivalry that went all through the South,
the Mid-South, up in Oklahoma,
down the Superdome, the Omni in Atlanta,
all over the country.
The Rock 'n' Roll had a lot of success in this arena, King.
[Jerry] Big deal.
I hope you don't think they're gonna be successful tonight
if they are gonna indeed take on the new Midnight Express.
[Ross] Well, they may be classic rockers nowadays…
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] …but they still
have got the skills in the tag team competition
-to get it-- to get it done. -[Jerry] Classic rockers?
Are they back there right with the Eagles and stuff like that, huh?
[Ross] There's nothing wrong with Eagles.
[Jerry] I bet you got every album the Bee Gees ever made too, don't you?
[Ross] I never was a big Bee Gees fan. I gotta like the Eagles though.
[Jerry] You're lost somewhere in the generation gap yourself there, J.R.
[Ross] Yeah, I know it.
Side headlock by Robert Gibson on Bombastic Bob.
My God, that's an announcer's nightmare, these names.
[Jerry] What? Bombastic Bob, Bodacious Bart, easy for me to say.
-Whoa. -[Ross] Hard tackle and outside
goes Bombastic Bob
at the feet of their erstwhile manager, James E. Cornette.
And oh, what a-- what a comforting site.
Dean Smith never gave that to Michael Jordan in this building
even though they competed here many times.
Many longtime Rock 'n' Roll fans
remember The Rock 'n' Roll winning the NWA tag titles here in Greensboro,
beating Ole and Arn Anderson on Thanksgiving Night 1986.
Good armdrag takedown by Robert Gibson.
Now, Morton and Gibson maybe a half a step slower than they were
-in their heyday, in their prime. -[Jerry] Half a step?
[Ross] But they still have great skills, great instincts…
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …and can still produce
some great tandem offense as well.
[Jerry] Why don't you browbeat us
with some more of your useless statistics about them?
I don't know. Don't waste no time.
[Jerry] I'd rather talk about something-- let me ask you this.
This is-- well, a lot more important than this.
What color of panties you think Sable is wearing tonight?
-[Ross] I don't know. -[Jerry] Huh?
[Ross] My mama's watching in Westville, Oklahoma.
I'm gonna speculate on another woman's panties?
-[Jerry laughs] -[Ross] I don't think so.
[Ross] But I got a feeling--
[Jerry] Mamas don't wear panties, they wear bloomers.
[Ross] But I got a feeling we're gonna see them tonight.
[Jerry] Oh.
You know, panties aren't the greatest thing in the world,
-but they're next to it. -[Ross] All right.
I beg your-- why, Jerry Lawler.
-[Jerry] What? -[speaking indistinctly]
-Him! -Don't worry about it.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Bombastic Bob now, backing Morton into the corner.
[Jerry] Look at this, cheating.
[Ross] And-- well, Gibson brought in with a snapmare right over the top.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Another meeting of The Midnight Express.
Cornette has got to call another conference.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Cornette has been feuding with The Rock 'n' Roll Express
since early 1984.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And now Bombastic and Bodacious
and beefy are having a conference.
[Jerry] Hey, beefy?
Just because he's a nutritional overachiever,
you have to refer to him as beefy?
[Ross] Yeah.
Well, Congressman Dan Burton called our president,
our lovable president, a scumbag and refused to apologize
and I think Cornette is a scumbag,
-in my opinion. -[Jerry] Well, that…
[Ross] And look at the unfair advantage there,
atomic drop or-- excuse me, abdominal stretch.
What are you doing over here?
-[Jerry] Who, what? -[Ross] You're doing a lot of…
And again, the unfair advantage, Bart and Bob, and the referee Tim White,
that time he did a good job officiating,
saw what they were doing.
[Jerry] That Congressman Dan Burton that called President Clinton a scumbag.
I'll tell you what, Congressman, I bet that scumbag buys
this pay-per-view to watch this Evening Gown match tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Did I say Dan Burton or Larry Burton?
I don't remember.
And now look at him. Uh-oh. Here--
-[Jerry] Oh, he's mad. -[Ross] He's ready to fight.
-[Jerry] I don't blame him. -[Ross] Oh, yeah.
He's ready.
Oh, look at him. Good lord.
He'll have another asthma attack any moment.
He's about to come out of his clothes.
-Look at that girth. -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
-[Ross] He wants the referee. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Timmy White, the fighting Irishman.
[Jerry] Get away, get away, get away.
You can't beat him, run.
[Ross] Well, Cornette, he may be hoping he wore dark pants, he's so scared.
[Jerry] Oh, come on.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] If that's not trying to get the ref in your back pocket,
I don't know what is.
Talking about conspiracies.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Ross] Look at Cornette, he's trying to relive his heydays.
That dummy has got his coat on backwards, inside out.
Bless his heart, he's flabbergasted and flustered.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Morton now far side, Cornette trying to trip him.
-[Jerry] Oh, there you go. -[Ross] And Bomb--
no, it's Bodacious Bart.
And look at Cornette, oh, Cornette with a--
-[Jerry] Beautiful. -[Ross] With a right hand.
I don't know if it'll unhinge a jaw,
but it certainly is annoying for Ricky Morton.
[Jerry] That could break the skin.
[Ross] On his hand.
Backbreaker by Bart.
Bart, big strong, six-five, 270-pounder
and Morton a game competitor.
I don't think Morton has ever been in a match that I can recall
where he was the biggest man on the match.
[Jerry] Right, he's a shrimp.
[Ross] And you were there in Memphis when Ricky Morton got his career started.
-[Jerry] Right. -[Ross] There's the cover.
-One, two. -[Jerry] Thanks to me.
[Ross] His father was an outstanding referee there in your area for many years.
[Jerry] Paul Morton "The Bald Eagle."
What are we talking about all that old news for?
Let's talk about that Evening Gown match a little bit.
You're shaving that fact that we're gonna see somebody naked, aren't you?
[Ross] Oh, I never did call a match like that before.
[Jerry] Nothing's wrong with being naked.
-I was born that way. -[Ross] Oh, powerslam.
That could be it. I would suspect that's--
Morton kicks out again and Bart getting a little frustrated.
[Jerry] Is your mama really listening?
[Ross] Oh, yeah, she's watching.
[Jerry laughs]
I can't wait to see-- tell me what her face looked like
during that Evening Gown match.
[Ross] And a slam.
And now look at Bombastic Bob.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] Oh.
He was looking for one of the Bob Eaton signature moves,
the Alabama Jam, nobody there, but a hard canvas.
And Morton tags in Gibson.
Gibson and Bart should be the only two men
in the ring right now,
and Gibson doing quite well defending off The Midnight Express.
Morton is back in.
[crowd] One, two, three, four, five, six
[Jerry] What about this, J.R., now they're cheating.
[Ross] Well, what do you gonna do about it?
[Jerry] You go up there and fight Timmy White.
[Ross] I don't think I want any part of Tim White.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Dropkick. That all be it.
That all be the old signature Rock 'n' Roll Express.
And-- oh, wait a minute.
Cornette comes waddling in the ring.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Ross] Look at her.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] I mean, look at him.
He-- oh, he tried an elbow drop, for goodness's sake.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] The most unathletic human being
on the face of the earth.
And now Gibson, he's got Bob rolled up.
This should be over right here.
-Wait a minute. A bulldog. -[Jerry] Yes.
[Ross] A bulldog headlock.
And one, two, three and that's all of it.
-[bell rings] -[Jerry laughs]
["Chase" playing]
[Howard] The winners of this bout and still NWA
-World Tag Team Champions… -That's what it's all about.
[Howard] …The Midnight Express!
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Well, it was a piece of nostalgia as far as the heritage
of The Rock 'n' Roll-Midnight, Cornette rivalry.
We hope you enjoyed that.
But ladies and gentlemen,
we are not too far away from an Evening Gown match.
[Jerry] Yohoo!
We are moments away from the first ever Evening Gown matchup.
The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust, more importantly, Luna.
Someone tonight will get stripped of their dignity.
Someone will get stripped of their pride.
And to put it quite frankly,
someone will get stripped of their clothing.
I am here for one reason
and one reason only,
and that is to strip
every piece of clothing
from Sable's grotesque body.
Sable, Sable.
[growls]
You are gonna be left in the ring like a newborn.
[Jerry] Go, Luna.
I'll tell you what, they're headed to ringside
and I'm gonna be following them.
I wanna see this up close.
[Jerry laughs]
["Gold-Lust" playing]
[Ross] Well, this is the first for your old pal, J.R.
I've seen Tuxedo matches with the gentlemen,
but I've never seen an Evening Gown match with the ladies.
[bell rings]
[Howard] The following contest
is the special Evening Gown match.
Entering the arena and accompanied
by the Artist Formerly Known As Goldust,
from Hollywood, California,
Luna!
[Jerry] You're right about one thing, J.R.,
there's been a lot of eve-- there was-- this is the first Evening Gown match
but there's been a lot of Tuxedo matches taken place between two men.
And when those matches are over and all the tuxedos and clothing
has been ripped off, it's easy to see who the best man was.
Tonight, we're gonna get to see who the best woman is.
[Ross] Well, one of these ladies may end up with a black eye like Madonna.
But it won't be their-- allegedly their… [speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] What a beautiful dress Luna is wearing.
That dress would look great on the floor next to your bed, wouldn't it, J.R.?
-[Ross] No, sir. -[Jerry] Huh?
[Ross] I'm a very happily married man.
[Jerry chuckles] That wasn't I heard from your wife.
[Ross] Yeah.
["Wild Cat" playing]
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[Howard] And her opponent…
[Jerry laughs] Look at this.
[Howard] …from Buffalo, New York,
Sable!
[Jerry] I Hope that dress is not on very long.
[Ross] That's a heck of an ovation.
You'd think that Ric Flair or somebody walked out here.
That's a heck of a pot as they say.
That's a nice dress too, King.
[Jerry] Yeah. What do you think is under it?
[Ross] We may find out. I don't know.
[Jerry] Oh, oh, oh. Oh, baby.
[Ross] No Marc Mero. He said he was too embarrassed to be a part of this.
That Sable had humiliated him.
-So it's-- -[Jerry] He's probably playing
in that greater Greensboro Classic too, today.
You know, he won the masters cup a week ago.
[Ross] No, that's Mark O'Meara.
[Jerry] Oh, never mind.
[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable! Sable! Sable
[Jerry] Why are these morons yelling for Sable?
Luna! Luna!
[Ross] Yeah, you'll get that chant started real quick.
Well, here they go.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
I've been waiting for this all week.
[Ross] Probably won't see any fireman carries
or any collar-and-elbow tie ups.
Probably you don't have to worry about somebody regaining their vertical base.
[Jerry] I don't wanna see any fireman carries,
I wanna see tomatoes, globes, cantaloupes, baby.
-[Ross] Oh, stop it. -[Jerry] Headlights.
I wanna see the dairy farm.
Yahoo! Come on.
-Here we go. -[Ross] Remember this match
will continue until one of these ladies
has been stripped to her bra and panties.
[Jerry] Whoa. Wait a minute.
[Ross] And looks like Sable is gonna try to take Luna apart
piece by piece, stitch by stitch.
[Jerry] And down just became sleeveless.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] These two had quite the mixed tag match
last month at WrestleMania.
Luna with a lot more in ring experience from a fighting Vachon family.
[Jerry] Take your time, Luna.
The best part of getting a present is unwrapping it. [chuckles]
[Ross] You're like a little kid with an unlimited Toys "R" Us gift certificate.
[Jerry] Woo! Woo! Woo! Wohoo!
[Ross] Uh-oh. Good God.
-[Jerry] Yahoo! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, Daddy.
[Ross] Well, there you have it.
-[Jerry] That ain't it. -[Ross] I know it ain't it.
[Jerry] I wanna see her like she was in that Raw magazine,
when she was wearing-- in that centerfold
wearing nothing but a staple.
[Ross] I reckon this one's about half over.
[Jerry] Let me see some birthday suit.
Oh, hey, look at those boots.
[Ross] Oh, you must be a lonely guy.
[Jerry] What are you talking about?
Sex is the most beautiful natural thing that money could buy, J.R.,
-so don't worry about-- look at this. -[Ross] Oh, man.
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Come on. Look-- whoa, look at that shot.
[Ross] Look at those kicks.
Martial arts kicks by Sable.
And now Mero is back.
What's he doing out here?
Harmless Marc Mero.
And he's distracting Sable and that--
he's got such an ego problem.
-[Jerry] What do you mean? -[Ross] It's all about me--
it's all-- uh-oh, well, there's your winner.
[bell rings]
[Jerry] Look at-- whoa, Daddy.
[Ross] And Marc Mero cost Sable that match.
But I can't say as I'm broken-hearted about it.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Uh-oh. Wait a minute.
Sable Bomb, is that what we're gonna see
-[Jerry] No way. -[Ross] in bra and panties?
Yeah!
A Sable Bomb.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] And now Sable is gonna strip Luna.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Maybe to her birthday suit.
[Jerry] You beat her to death.
[Ross] Where are they going?
[Jerry] Oh, no.
-Luna-- -[Ross] Luna went under the ring
and Sable went after her.
[Jerry] Hold my headset, J.R. I'd better go.
[Ross] Yeah, you better go check this out.
This situation needs a man like the King.
[Jerry] What do you think is going on under there?
[Ross] I don't-- I don't reckon they're making friends.
[Jerry] I think after this,
they should keep Sable and Luna apart for a while.
They're saying too much of each other. [laughs]
[Ross] Here comes somebody with something.
Oh.
Oh, Sable has brought with her Luna's undergarments.
[Jerry] What?
-How is she gonna get out? -[Ross] So I think that means
that Luna is under the ring butt naked.
[crowd cheering]
["Wild Cat" playing]
[Ross] Well, she lost the match, but she don't look like no loser to me.
No tan lines either.
[Jerry] Good grief.
[Ross] But what about-- Luna's in--
[Jerry] I'm speechless.
[Ross] King, go in there and help Luna.
She's in there-- she's got no clothes on and she got to get out from that ring.
[Jerry] Okay.
[Ross] Goldust trying to help here.
Goldust has got his robe--
his robe around the--
an otherwise nude Luna.
[Jerry] My gosh. Oh, my gosh.
Come on, come and get it.
Come on.
Come and get it.
[Jerry] Did she say come and get it?
[Ross] About right here is where to start hitting that pause button on the tape.
-[Jerry] Hold me back. -[Ross] Fast forward, rewind,
-pause, fast forward. -[Jerry] Hey, J.R.,
speaking of that, I'm ready for some replays.
How about you?
[Ross] Well, even though… [speaks indistinctly]
we might as well look at them.
-[Jerry] Holy moly. -[Ross] You go ahead and call it, King.
-[Jerry] Well -[Ross] You like this.
[Jerry] this is when it really started getting good, right here.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And right here is where my heart started palpitating.
[Jerry] And then, whoa! Oh.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] Well
Well, Sable wasn't gonna stay down long.
The Sable Bomb got Luna
and then Luna gets her dress ripped from her
and Luna trying to get out there with her hide.
Not to mention her clothing.
Luna trying to escape underneath the ring and that's kind of what was left of Luna.
[Jerry] Woo!
[Ross] King, you can have that for a souvenir if you like.
How can you think about stuff like that after what we just saw--
-[crowd booing] -Well, speaking of edge.
He has an edge.
He's been over it in my view with all--
-with all due respect of course. -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] The owner of World Wrestling Entertainment,
Vincent K. McMahon.
[Jerry] Maybe he's coming out here to have you apologize to him again
a little more heartfelt, a little more sincere than that last one.
[Ross] Uh-huh.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Austin out here earlier kind of interrupted proceedings
and threatened our timekeeper, Mark Yeaton, within an inch of his life
and of course Vince never travels anywhere
without his assistants,
Jerry Brisco who has been in this building many times
and his brother, Jack, and of course Pat Patterson.
-[Jerry] They're Hall of Famers. -[Ross] Oh, yeah.
-[Jerry] You don't think-- -Something catastrophic
is going to occur here tonight.
[Jerry] You mean we haven't seen it yet?
[Ross] Certainly not.
[Vince] Now, that can mean anything.
After all, this is World Wrestling Entertainment,
and anything can happen.
[crowd chatter]
There's some sort of speculation,
some sort of conspiracy theory going around
that the reason I am here
is to screw "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
out of the WWE Championship here tonight.
[Jerry] It's not true. I guarantee you.
[crowd chatter]
Well, let me tell you the real reason I'm here.
The real reason I am here is that, not that many years ago…
[man] Wooo!
…at Moore County Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina,
my mother had the pleasure of giving birth to me.
That's right. I'm a native North Carolinian.
[Ross] That's the truth as far as the native North Carolinian.
And it's kind of nice to be back home.
[Jerry] These people should be proud.
[Ross] Well, he ain't exactly Dean Smith.
-And as far as this… -[Jerry] Who?
…conspiracy theory is concerned,
am I gonna screw Stone Cold out of the WWE title?
The very thought
that something like that would occur is beneath my dignity.
And quite frankly…
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Jerry] Oh, come on.
Show some respect for the most famous man
that's ever come out of North Carolina.
[chanting continues]
And quite frankly, I will not dignify
that with a response.
However, let me say this about that.
I will not be held responsible
for what happens in this very ring here tonight.
And no way will I accept any responsibility at all
if Stone Cold screws Stone Cold.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Yeah. What about that, J.R.?
[Ross] Time-honored tradition or something, I reckon.
Oh, yeah, Brisco said, "Let me take the microphone."
Oh, he's changed.
[Jerry] What do you mean?
You wanna be apologizing to Jerry Brisco next?
[Ross] I'm kind of disappointed in Jerry Brisco,
as a matter of fact. Been more speculation on what's gonna happened here
as far as catastrophe is concern
than the final episode of Seinfeld, for goodness sakes.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
let me tell you something as Vince McMahon leave,
there you see Sable with Kevin Kelly on WWE Superstar Line.
You know, we're interviewing all the winners and losers,
I think after every match.
[Jerry] She's a loser. I'm glad.
[Ross] And certainly you can call us in the States, in Canada,
and of course, in the United Kingdom as well.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Just make sure that you're either 18 years of age
or you have your parents' permission before calling.
Of course, the specific charges will apply for this.
[Jerry] Kevin Kelly tried to wipe that drool off your chin.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Well, it'll be interesting to hear what Sable has to say
and of course and we'll be keeping you updated on the Superstar Line
and the internet as well throughout Unforgiven.
["Oh, You Didn't Know?" playing]
[Road Dogg] ♪ Oh, you didn't know? ♪
[Jerry chuckles]
[Road Dogg] ♪ Your ass better call somebody ♪
Cut the music.
Cut my music.
[Ross] "Cut my music."
"I'm a star. Cut my music."
You know--
[crowd chatter]
You know, it's a very special night here
in World Wrestling Entertainment.
And so The New Age Outlaws
representing that D and rolling on that X
would like to give you all a special treat.
So a personal friend of all of yours
and a personal friend of mine
has come out of retirement
-to coach myself and Mr. Ass… -[Jerry] Huh?
…to one more victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together
and give us a warm North Cackalacky welcome
to Dean Smith.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Dean Smith?
[Ross] The former North Carolina basketball-- oh, yeah.
[Jerry] Dean, you never looked better.
Thank you, Dean. Thanks for coming out.
[Ross] Blow-up doll. No respect.
[Jerry] You recognized that right away, didn't you? Blow-up doll.
Now, we wrestled these old muscles
time and time again.
Outcome always is the same. Us on top, them on bottom
and no, that's not my sexual preference.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages,
D-Generation X proudly brings to you
the World Wrestling Entertainment
tag team champions of the world,
the "Road Dogg" Jesse James,
the "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn,
The New Age Outlaws.
[Ross] That boy brings a lot of pride to the Armstrong Family.
Now, pipe down for just a second, all you idiots.
I believe Mr. Ass has two words for you.
Suck it!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry chuckles]
Dean Smith looked like he lost a little weight.
[Ross] Very extensive vocabulary from these brain surgeons.
["What A Rush" playing]
[Jerry] Although Dean does look a little blown up. Whoa!
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Their opponents and challengers
in this WWE Tag Team Championship match,
accompanied by Sunny, from Chicago, Illinois,
at a total combined weight of 592 pounds,
Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warrior Animal,
L.O.D. 2000.
[Ross] The new look Legions Of Doom, L.O.D. 2000
and their motivator, Sunny.
I guess she's the-- our answer to the spice girl.
A little Xena warrior costume thing.
[crowd cheering]
["What A Rush" continues]
[Jerry] Sunny looks like she was already in the evening gown earlier tonight.
[Road Dogg] This tag team you called dinosaurs were extinct.
[Jerry chuckles]
[Ross] That was Road Dogg sharing the mic with King.
WWE tag titles on the line.
L.O.D. looking for revenge.
No team has ever affected the Legion Of Doom,
the Road Warriors like The New Age Outlaws,
of all the great teams that the L.O.D. has faced, many in this very facility.
["What A Rush" continues]
[Ross] Remember Hawk's Mohawk? Cut…
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Ross] …unceremoniously by The Outlaws.
-[Jerry] An improvement I might add. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Animal's back injured.
Thrown through an announcer's table.
Tag titles lost in this very state
on November the 24th in Fayetteville
for WWE Raw's last night
with another sell-out crowd on hand.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] So North Carolina in recent times
has not been kind to the Legion Of Doom
and it will be Billy Gunn--
oh, and Animal starting it out here.
Nice tights. Mr. Ass.
[Jerry] Yeah.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] So what's my point, right?
[Jerry] You're making a fashion statement there.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Maybe that Mr. Blackwell's ten worst dressed.
[Jerry] Well, Sunny won't make that list.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Billy Gunn and Animal now. Side headlock by Billy.
He can't hold it for long and the extremely powerful Animal
knocking down Billy Gunn and knocks him down again.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] You think that's what Sunny sees in these Legion Of Doom guys,
their big physiques, their big muscles and stuff?
-[Ross] I don't know, maybe money… -[Jerry chuckles]
[Ross] …fame, notoriety.
[Jerry] I bet she goes to the gym and watches them do
all of those lifting the weights and anything.
[Ross] Oh, what a hard clothesline.
And a cover, and Road Dogg in to interrupt that count.
The Outlaws now double-teaming Animal and--
-[Jerry] And oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Outlaws, the Tag Champions
ate a big old mouthful of canvas there.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] And thus far,
The Outlaws are spending more time on the canvas than Rembrandt.
[crowd chatter]
Oh, no [speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] A lot of power, no finesse.
[Jerry] Rippling muscles, all that strength
and hours in the gym every day.
[Ross] Hawk without the Mohawk.
[Jerry] You know how I impress girls at the gym?
-[Robert] How? -[Jerry] By doing pull-ups.
-[Ross] Yeah? -[Jerry] Yeah, pull up in a Corvette,
pull up in a Cadillac.
Pull up in a Mercedes.
That impresses the dames.
[Ross] Powerslam by Hawk.
[crowd chanting] L.O.D! L.O.D! L.O.D!
[Ross] Crowd chanting for the Legion Of Doom.
[Jerry] Wasn't it Mr. Ass that shape up that Mohawk, Ross?
-[Ross] Yes, sir, it was. -[Jerry laughs]
[Sunny] Good job, Hawk. Come on.
[Jerry] You got to love that name, Mr. Ass.
[Ross] And look at poor old Road Dogg.
Looking for some solace in this corner.
[Jerry] They're buddies, they really like each other.
Look out-- oh, what in the world.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And there's one way to come in.
[Jerry] Right on his… [speaks indistinctly]
-Oh, shit! -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Back body drop.
And Billy Gunn in a certain of degree of chagrin there.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Hard shoulder block
and Hawk staying on his feet, but unfortunately for The Outlaw,
Billy Gunn he goes down and he went down hard.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] That was perspiration,
-Hawk's slip off. -[Jerry] Didn't had that grip.
[Ross] Yeah, did lose his grip there.
He didn't lose it that time.
[Animal] Cover him.
-[Ross] Shoulder lock… -One, two--
[Ross] …and lateral press, near fall,
-and another cover. -One, two--
Oh, come on, ref. One, two, three
[Ross] Billy Gunn having to exert a lot of energy.
Two covers, two kickouts.
[Jerry] Oh.
-[Ross] Tag made, Animal in. -[Jack] One, two
[Ross] Billy goes for the ride, double elbow
-and another quick cover. -One, two--
[Ross] Referee Jack Doan got two out of it.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And now the power of the Legion Of Doom
absolutely bringing this match to a standstill…
-Come on, give it up. -[Ross] …not allowing The Outlaws
to use their quickness,
-so it's slow down and it's power. -[Jerry] Look at Sunny.
-[Jerry] Got another shot of Sunny. -[Sunny] Give it up, Billy.
What do you say?
[Jerry] For that, could we see some replay of that evening gown match again?
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Road Dogg looking for the tag.
And again, I understand the locker room
is a very tense place to be.
Not only preparing for the Inferno match,
the ring will be surrounded by fire here.
Watch the eye.
[Ross] The Undertaker and his brother Kane,
but what's gonna happen?
Vince McMahon sitting out here-- and another Powerslam.
-[Jerry] Oh, man! -[Ross] That'll be-- one, two.
Well, that would been all. You got to think
and I think the Road Dogg thought that as well.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Hawk just waylaying, put knots on old Billy Gunn's head,
The Outlaws get to know each other a little bit better.
Let's go.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Come on, guys, you can't let DX down.
[Ross] Uh-oh.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Devastation Device and a chop block.
[Jerry] Yes.
[Jack] Come, on. Let's go.
[Ross] Road Dogg was in position
to get put away in the Devastation Device.
[Jerry] He got his leg taken it out from underneath, didn't he?
[Ross] That knee is a delicate thing, a lot of injuries.
Big part of the anatomy in this game.
And look right here
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Ross] Where the--
Billy Gunn holding the leg.
The Road Dogg with a real aggressive streak,
to put it politely, coming in and focusing right on that injured knee.
[Jerry] That's right. They found the weakness
and they're gonna after it, you paint a bull's eye on that knee now.
Animal's done for.
[Ross] And a toehold.
Shades of the Fabulous Dory Funk Jr. in a spinning toehold.
His brother Terry used that move a lot and effectively.
[Jerry] Well, when they finish him off here,
he can always get a job down at Disney World
and stand around Animal Kingdom. [laughs]
People come by and look at him on his gimp leg.
Oh.
[Sunny speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Right now, Animal has been-- like the weakened lamb,
has been separated from the herd.
[Jerry] Yeah, lamb. That's good, that's an animal.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] He's a lamb now. [laughs]
[Ross] The focus is nothing but that left knee.
Very disrespectful-- oh, my--
and Animal's leg wrapped around the post again.
Animal, the strongest man in this match, there's no doubt about that.
Oh, should certainly negate the strength when you're-- you got a bad wheel
and you can't stand.
[Jerry] Speaking of disrespectful. What about these ignorant Carolinians?
-[Ross] What? -[Jerry] Vince McMahon announces
that he's from-- this is his home state, North Carolina, and they boo him.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Uh-oh. Animal's leg buckled on him there.
-Oh. -[Jerry] Ow.
[Ross] Did you hear the impact of that kick?
Now, trying to knot up the hamstring, the quadriceps certainly a--
[Jerry] Did you ever watch Wild Kingdom?
Remember them big old dumb wildebeest?
[Ross] Yeah, yeah. I watched Marlin Perkins.
[Jerry] Yeah, big, old, dumb, slow wildebeest,
that's what Animal looks like right now.
Those little jackals or wolves,
or lions, or tigers
they'd always get that leg.
Once they got that leg, down goes the wildebeest.
Not very long before he's history.
[Ross] That, ladies and gentlemen, from Marlin Perkins.
Tag made.
Billy Gunn in.
[Jerry] Who's Marlin Perkins?
[Ross] He's on the Wild Kingdom, King.
[Jerry] God, way before my time.
[Ross] Knee down to the--
-[Jerry] I watched A&E. -[Ross] Knee on knee.
[Sunny speaks indistinctly]
-[Ross] Sunny with a… -[Jerry] Look at that.
[Ross] …distressed look on her face.
Hawk anxiously standing on the apron,
would love to make the tag.
-And if The Outlaws have their way. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] There will be no more tags for the Legion of Doom in this matchup.
[Jerry] Worst thing that could happen would be for The Legion of Doom
to become the Tag Team Champions. Now, Sunny loves gold.
She loves those titles. She loves belts.
If these guys were to win the titles, she'd be locked in with them for good.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Outlaws now tagging in and out.
-[Road Dogg] Come on! -[Ross] Great deal of frequency.
[Sunny] Animal, come on!
[Ross] Timely tag. Look at Animal, barely able to stand.
-And he is in a bad… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …bad spot, is Animal.
[Ross] As far from his corner as he can possibly be.
And here comes Hawk.
That's not really gonna do his partner any good quite frankly.
[Jerry laughs] That's a dumb thing to do.
[Ross] Well, I don't know about dumb, but it's certainly a--
an emotional thing that--
[Jerry] Kick him right now.
-[Ross] Look at this. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] The Outlaws got a main streak. There's no doubt about that.
They are the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions.
[Jerry] And they are members of DX.
-So what else do you expect? -[Ross] They-- well, they certainly are.
We've already seen DX
really take advantage of the situation with Owen Hart earlier.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Rocker Dropper.
Face-first down goes Animal.
And again cockiness may cost--
-However, the Outlaws cover. -[Jack] One, two. Two.
[Ross] And Animal, there was no kickout. He just got his shoulder up.
He wasn't able to get his legs under him and power out.
[crowd chattering]
[Sunny] Animal, come on. I know you can do it.
[Jerry] Not much power left.
[Ross] L.O.D.'s return surprised us all last month at WrestleMania.
They won a 15-team Battle Royal
to earn the right to meet The Outlaws
in this WWE Tag Team title match.
[crowd chattering]
[grunts]
[Jack] Get him out of there.
[Ross] Billy Gunn almost made cardinal mistake there.
[Jerry] Whoa, he almost let him--
[Ross] From not keeping his body between Animal and Animal's corner.
[Jack] Two, three.
[Ross] Oh, hard kick to the ribs.
[Jack] Come on. [speaks indistinctly]
[Ross laughs] Well.
[Jerry] Look at this. Oh!
Now, that was nice!
[laughs]
Hey, you got better moves than Mark Miller and Sawyer Brown.
[Ross] We're gonna see Sawyer Brown,
of course, they'll be backing up Double J here tonight in a concert.
[Jerry] Oh, and I know you're so excited
-about that. -[Ross] One, two-- oh,
and Animal with that bench press strength, he's a 500-pound bench presser
and he had to reach down and power out.
[Jerry] You're a big country music fan, aren't you, J.R.?
-[Ross] I kind of like it. -[Jerry] Oh, boy.
-[Ross] Sawyer Brown is great. -[Jerry] Yeah, they're great.
But that country music is some of the dumbest songs I've ever heard.
Do you ever heard "Drop kick me Jesus through the goalposts of life?"
-[Ross] No, I missed that. -[Jerry] A real country song.
[Ross] Oh, look Animal power out again.
Elevating Billy Gunn.
Animal didn't make the tag. That could be a mistake.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] A leg drag.
[Billy] Oh, shit! [grunts]
[Jerry] Billy's hurt.
[Ross] A leg whip.
We've seen several wrestlers in the Orient use that one,
maybe Animal picked it up there.
[crowd chanting] L.O.D! L.O.D! L.O.D!
L.O.D! L.O.D!
[Jerry] Come on, Billy.
Tag, tag, tag!
[Ross] Billy does make the tag to the Road Dogg.
And Animal makes a tag to Hawk.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Hawk is taking care of business here
with The Outlaws
with the tag title on the line.
And Animal backed up barely able to stand.
Come on, hey. Come on. [speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Billy Gunn knocked outside.
L.O.D., that's Hawk with a slam on the Road Dogg.
[Jack] You need to go. Come on.
[Ross] And Hawk upstairs.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out! Oh, no. -[Ross] Big splash.
What a-- oh, Billy Gunn with that belt right in the back of the head.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Ross] He got him on the back
-of the head and-- oh, no! -[Jack] One, two--
-[Ross] It's not over. -[Jerry] No.
[Ross] I thought it was over.
And Billy Gunn thought it was over.
[Jerry] This will do it though. Good night!
-[Ross] Oh! -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry screams] -[Ross] Suplex.
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
["What A Rush" playing]
[Ross] We got new WWE Tag Team Champions.
The L.O.D. are back on top of the mountain.
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
the winners of this bout and still
-World Wrestling Entertainment… -[Ross] What?
-What? -[Howard] …Tag Team Champions,
The New Age Outlaws.
["Oh, You Didn't Know?" playing]
[Jerry] I think.
[Ross] I thought that--
-[Jerry] I think the ref-- -[Ross] I thought--
I thought the Road Dogg's shoulders were down.
What's the deal?
[Jerry] I think the Road Warrior's shoulders were down.
[Ross] Well, apparently, they were.
[Jerry] I think all their shoulders were down
if you wanna be honest about it.
Well, apparently, he counted up the shoulders
for the Legion of Doom.
[Ross] I'd like to see this again.
There's the happy DX.
["Oh, You Didn't Know?" continues]
[Ross] And, boy, is Hawk
giving referee Jack Doan a peace of his mind.
[Jerry] He gave him too much, he ain't got much to spare.
Hey-- oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Sunny.
[Ross] Wait a minute.
Hey, this referee was doing his job! [speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] No way.
[Ross] He's a referee. He's a referee!
[crowd cheering]
["Oh, You Didn't Know?" continues]
[Ross] You're talking about getting in trouble
and taking it over the line.
[Jerry] They got to be through.
[Ross] Well, this is over the edge as it can be.
Referee made a controversial call.
Well, I don't think you wanna beat him up.
And these referees are now scurrying for their-- for their lives.
The L.O.D.--
[Jerry] That's the same move that broke the neck of Henry Godwinn.
-[Ross] Sure was. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] They tried to break that referee's neck.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Legion of Doom thought they have won the tag title.
It was not to be. Here comes the commissioner
and some other officials.
The EMTs are here.
Referee Jack Doan is motionless in the center of the ring.
Let's see, we got-- we think we have the angle
that the referee was looking at on our-- on our replay.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Right here, this lead to the suplex.
Right here.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Ross] Hawk with a suplex.
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell rings]
[Jerry] He was looking right at Hawk
and he counted his shoulder, and rightfully so.
[Ross] Well, I tell you what,
this is a hell of a thing that happened to the L.O.D., folks.
Well, this is catastrophic.
I'm sure it's not what McMahon was talking about.
But this is awful.
Let's take one more look, ladies and gentlemen, of this-- the replay here.
And look where the referee was focusing on.
[Jerry] Okay.
Hawk had already taken an unfair advantage of the Road Dogg--
[Ross] Well, Road Dogg-- look where the referee is looking, folks.
-[Jerry] Right. -[Ross] That's a key thing here.
He's looking right at Hawk's shoulders
and it's obvious that the Road Dogg's shoulders
are as flat on that canvas as you could get.
No doubt about that.
-[Jerry] Oh? -[Ross] So in any event,
this 21,427 here in Greens--
[Jerry] So you think that was justified? Is that what you're trying to say?
[Ross] No, I'm not saying that at all.
I'm saying the referee may have made a bad call.
We did not get a good look at Hawk's shoulders.
Obviously, the referee saw them down.
It was obvious that the Road Dogg's shoulders were down.
[Jerry] Yeah. Well, come on.
Let's tell like it is.
How many times you see umpire make a bad call in a baseball game?
A guy's safe, he calls him out.
The guy don't go over and get a bat and hit the umpire with it, does he?
Well, I-- well, I understand that. I'm not condoning their actions, King.
-Read my lips. -Get rid of them.
Well, anyway, ladies and gentlemen,
we're just about ready for our somewhat of a mini concert.
Double J has been wanting to sing a long time
and he has the best to back him up.
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
introducing Tennessee Lee.
[crowd cheering]
World Wrestling Entertainment
in conjunction with Tennessee Lee promotions
are very proud this evening to introduce to you
the country band of the '90s.
Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Sawyer Brown!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Sawyer Brown.
They'll be singing backup this evening
to not other than the most versatile performer in the whole of the world today.
That's right ladies and gentlemen,
it's J-E-F-F
J-A-R-R-E-T-T.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Double J.
It's Jeff Jarrett!
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] Ain't he great?
[Tennessee] Oh, ain't he great?
[Jerry] What a promoter that Tennessee Lee is.
[Ross] What do you think Double J's daddy is doing right now?
You think he spins in his big old chair?
-[Jerry] Smiling.. -[Ross] "That's my boy."
"My boy is gonna sing."
[Jerry] He'd be proud of him too.
[Ross] Well, I've always been proud of Jeff Jarrett's ability in the ring,
-but I'll let-- -[Jerry] Now you're fixing
-to really be proud. -[Ross] Well, maybe so.
[Jerry] I just wish he was singing something other than country music.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Her teeth were stained, but her heart was pure.
That's another country song.
Double J, are you ready?
[Jerry] What's he gonna sing?
Let's kick it, boys.
["Some Girls Do" playing]
♪ She turned up her nose As she walked by my Cadillac ♪
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Yeah.
♪ From the corner of my eye I saw you and you laughed ♪
[Ross] All right.
♪ You were sitting on the swing On your front porch ♪
♪ And painting your nails Like you were bored ♪
♪ And you yelled "She was sure impressed with you" ♪
♪ Well, I ain't first class But I ain't White trash ♪
♪ I'm wild and a little crazy too ♪
♪ Some girls don't like boys like me ♪
♪ Aw, but some girls do ♪
[Jerry laughs]
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] What do you think, J.R.?
♪ I yelled and asked If you would like a ride ♪
♪ When we pulled out Of your yard, I balled a tire ♪
♪ You was laughing at me I was doing James Dean ♪
♪ You was the purtiest girl I've ever seen ♪
♪ When you rolled your eyes And twirled my pink fur dice ♪
♪ Well I ain't first class ♪
♪ But I ain't White trash ♪
♪ I'm wild and a little crazy too ♪
♪ Some girls don't like boys like me ♪
♪ Aw, but some girls do ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Well, good ol' boys Don't get no breaks ♪
♪ And rich boys think They got what it takes ♪
♪ But there's someone For each of us, they say ♪
♪ Well I ain't first class ♪
♪ But I ain't White trash ♪
♪ I'm wild and a little crazy too ♪
♪ Some girls don't like boys like me ♪
♪ Aw, but some girls do ♪
[Jerry] J.R., they're great.
♪ Well, I ain't first class ♪
♪ But I ain't White trash ♪
♪ I'm wild and a little crazy too ♪
♪ Some girls don't like boys like me ♪
♪ Aw, but some girls do ♪
♪ I said some girls do ♪
♪ Like boys like me ♪
[Jerry] Man.
♪ Some girls do ♪
[Jerry] Look at that.
Come on.
Yeah.
Oh, yes, sir.
[crowd cheering]
I just got three words.
Ain't I great?
-[laughs] -[crowd cheering]
Tammy Wynette, that one was for you.
You are the queen of country music.
But now…
-[Ross] She can't hear you. -…you're looking…
-[Jerry] Hey. -…at the new king of country music.
[Jerry] It takes a king to know a king. Do another one.
-[Ross] Hey, wait a minute. -[Jerry] Oh!
-[Ross] There's Steve Blackman. -[Jerry] What the--
[Ross] Blackman and Double J have had a lot of problems…
-[Jerry] What is he doing? -[Ross] …as our fans know.
And Blackman going for that submission right there.
Blackman gonna try to break Double J apart.
-Oh, good God, did you hear that? -[Jerry] Yes. Yes!
[Ross] Tennessee Lee just assaulted
The Lethal Weapon with that guitar.
[Jerry] Good.
[Ross] Man, what a shot to the skull.
And now, Double J with Blackman helpless
is gonna apply the figure-four.
[Jerry] That's what he deserves.
[grunting]
[Ross] Look at Tennessee.
-[Jerry] Good. -[Ross] That's not what a promoter does.
[Jerry] Mark Miller, give him a few shots, too.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] We can use a little help out here.
[Jerry] Hit him with the drums!
[Ross] Double J trying to break Blackman's leg with that figure-four.
[crowd chanting]
[speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what,
Double J using the figure-four…
[Jerry] They want an encore. These people want an encore.
[Ross] I quite frankly enjoyed the song.
I thought that was surprisingly excellent, quite frankly.
Yes.
[Jerry] Not quite as good as, "Get your tongue out of my mouth
'cause I'm kissing you goodbye," but he was great.
[country music playing]
[Ross] Well, Steve Blackman's first ever loss
in the WWE was at the hands of Double J.
Blackman has not been pinned since.
[Jerry] That's worse than being pinned, right there.
He got crowned.
[Ross] Take another look right here.
Look at this guitar shot right to the head.
Watch this.
[Jerry] Good.
[Ross] Man, oh, man, that echoed
throughout the Greensboro Coliseum.
And, you know, Tennessee means business
and so does Double J.
Double J seizing the moment
-with Blackman helpless. -[Jerry] Well, I figure
Blackman just didn't like country music.
Double J is gonna make-- he's gonna make a fan out of him yet.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you one thing,
I was again very surprised that Double J's singing ability
was very good, quite frankly, but there's gonna be heck to pay
as far as Double J and Blackman are concerned.
Okay. Let's get ready for it, J.R.
-The Inferno match, folks. -Right. I've been waiting for years
for you to spontaneously combust out here sitting next to me.
But we're gonna have some serious combustion, so let's get ready for it.
Here. [laughs]
-Oh. -Are you ready?
-[Ross] You're making a lot of this? -[Jerry] Huh?
[Ross] This is not-- this is not humor.
-Milton Berle or Henny Youngman. -[Jerry] What do you mean?
-[Ross] This is… -[Jerry] No, I know.
-[Ross] …a little bit serious here. -I know, somebody's gonna catch on fire.
-Exactly. -And I think it's gonna be The Undertaker.
-And I'm gonna cook with him. [laughs] -Folks, the heated rivalry
between two brothers with a fiery past,
take a look.
[Paul] Goodbye, Undertaker,
goodbye!
[narrator] The Undertaker was leading a life of quiet desperation.
The reemergence of his brother
fueled the flames of memories that burned.
[Undertaker] You are flesh and blood,
my flesh and blood,
and I will not, tonight or any other night,
fight you.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] Paul Bearer seized the opportunity to manipulate The Undertaker
by twisting The Phenom's tormented soul.
[Paul] All the agony that we cause
and all the souls that we destroy
will be your fault
and for that,
you'll pay in the fires of hell!
[narrator] Paul Bearer and Kane's devastation spread like wildfire
until The Undertaker's smoldering fury took flame.
[Vince] Oh, my God [speaks indistinctly]
[narrator] Despite beating Kane,
WrestleMania XIV was a physical and emotional scorching
for The Undertaker.
And Paul Bearer's torture began its spiral towards insanity.
[dramatic music playing]
I had a dream.
I saw the ring surrounded by fire.
What we have are desperate men resorting to desperate actions.
-[Paul laughs] -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Oh, no.
A desecration.
He's desecrated his own parents' grave.
[Paul] Step into the fire and face your brother.
[narrator] Kane's defamation of their parents' grave
sparked the ferocity in The Undertaker.
[Jerry] What the hell is he doing?
[Ross] I think The Undertaker is taking this too far.
These two guys had nothing to do…
[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Ross] …with the desecration
-of The Undertaker's parents' grave. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[narrator] The hatred delivered us into unknown, terrorizing territory.
You are so worried
about what your dead mommy and daddy think
about what you're doing,
you can fight your brother
right on their damned grave.
[narrator] Pandora's box was opened, battling brothers exchanged evils.
Their war torched outside the known boundaries of flesh and blood.
-What happened to them? -I don't know.
Where did they go? Huh?
[Paul] They burned, burned, burned, burned.
Yeah!
[laughing]
Rest in peace with your damned mama.
[Ross] This arena has turned into a crematorium.
[narrator] The Inferno match is something birthed in hell.
It has never been witnessed
and is difficult and frightening to envision.
Two brothers will be surrounded in walls of fire,
and at least one man will ignite.
[Undertaker] Whether there's fire around the ring, fire in the ring,
fire on me,
when you're looking up at your brother
and your body is set on fire,
it will truly be the beginning
of your eternal damnation.
[crowd chatter]
[crowd cheering]
["Burned" playing]
-[explosion] -[Ross] Oh!
["Burned" continues]
[bell rings]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
it is now time
for the first ever Inferno match.
The ring will be surrounded by fire
and the match will continue
until one of the contestants is set on fire.
Introducing the contestants,
first accompanied by Paul Bearer,
weighing 326 pounds,
Kane!
["Burned" continues]
[Ross] The rules of this match, ladies and gentlemen,
the first person to set his opponent on fire…
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] …will win this match.
No disqualifications, obviously, no pinfalls, no submission.
The first ever Inferno match.
["Burned" continues]
[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] The powers of Kane rivaling that of his older brother, The Undertaker.
This man, Kane, has injured Vader, and he dominated his brother
at WrestleMania before going down.
[crowd chatter]
-["Graveyard Symphony" playing] -[Jerry] This has gotta be something--
-uh-oh. Whoa. -[crowd cheering]
["Graveyard Symphony" continues]
[Howard] His opponent, from Death Valley,
weighing 328 pounds,
The Undertaker!
[crowd cheering]
["Graveyard Symphony" continues]
[Ross] Paul Bearer can feel the power
of the one, and the only,
"The Phenom," The Undertaker.
[Jerry] Well, that's a very impressive entrance.
It might strike fear in the hearts of most men,
but I don't think it's having any affect whatsoever on Kane,
who like you said, has proven that his powers
are equal to The Undertaker's.
I would ask you this question, J.R.
How do you like your Undertaker, regular or extra crispy?
-[Ross] It's not even funny? -[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] This ring could be up to 200 degrees or more,
we were told earlier today.
[Jerry] Well, let me tell you something--
[Ross] We're sitting a few feet from it.
This is gonna be hotter than hell, I'll tell you that.
[Jerry] Right. Well, let me tell you something.
Kane has already felt the flames courtesy of his brother.
He's lived through the life of being scarred by fire,
thanks to The Undertaker.
Now, the tables are gonna be turned.
[Ross] Or so Paul Bearer says.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Look at this.
Look at this.
Oh, my gosh.
[Ross] This is amazing.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Whoa.
[bell rings]
[Ross] Well, here we are.
The ring is surrounded by fire.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] And here we go.
The Undertaker trying to gain the early advantage,
much like he did at WrestleMania against his brother, Kane,
but The Undertaker took a tremendous amount of punishment,
more than he has ever, ever received by anybody at WrestleMania
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] by his own brother.
[Jerry] J.R., do you feel the heat out here?
[Ross] Oh, hell yeah, I feel the heat.
[Jerry] What do you think it feels like in that ring?
[Ross] Undertaker hammering away
and Kane is still standing.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Undertaker plants his brother in the corner.
We first saw Kane in October, 20,000 on hand
like we have here tonight in St. Louis, at Badd Blood.
And Kane cost The Undertaker, in the views of many,
the WWE title in the infamous Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] And look at The Phenom.
-[Jerry] What is he doing? -[Ross] At six-ten-- oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Those flames exploded, J.R.
[Ross] It went up several feet.
[Jerry] Ten feet.
[Ross] I don't know how high it was, but you talk about right in your face, folks.
[Jerry] I think my eyebrows are singed.
[Ross] We are only about six or eight feet away from the ring sitting here.
[Jerry] Oh, he's gonna throw him out on the fire!
[Ross] Undertaker dropped face-first.
Yes, he could have gone over the top right into the fire.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] What is Kane gonna do?
Is he gonna try to get The Undertaker's face in the fire?
[Ross] Take another look here.
Watch this-- watch this flame burst, left side of your screen, folks.
-Look at that. -[Jerry] God.
[Ross] Shooting above the ring ropes and it-- let me tell you, obviously,
it is hot sitting here at ringside
literally and figuratively.
Undertaker knocked down.
Before The Undertaker was barely able to prevail at WrestleMania,
-he, uh, was-- -[Jerry] Look at that.
[Ross] He was battered and he may be battered and fried
here tonight at Unforgiven.
[Jerry] Yeah, battered and fried, fried Undertaker.
I have never in my life seen anything like this, J.R.
This is great.
Put his head down there.
-Get him-- like Cajun Undertaker. -[Ross] Oh, come on.
[Jerry] Blackened.
Sear him.
[Ross] Oh, kick right to the heart on The Undertaker…
-[Jerry] Watch your arm. -[Ross] …by his brother, Kane.
Undertaker dangerously close
-to those flames. -[Jerry] His arms are about one inch
from those flames.
[Ross] Undertaker right in the corner, he's--
[Jerry] I think his hair is on fire.
[Ross] I thought his hair-- well, I'll tell you what,
I think you-- I thought you were right.
-Oh, whoa. -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Ross] Man.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Who causes that?
[Ross] Undertaker again, his face inches away from fire.
The Undertaker--
The Undertaker is holding on
into-- oh, he's countered now, his brother.
[Jerry] Look at his bad eye.
Look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Undertaker with that-- his finger right in the-- in his brother's eye.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Two big bulls.
Nobody will be won by points.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Gosh, it scares me.
[Jerry] Do you feel that, J.R.?
[Ross] Yes, King, I feel that.
-Oh, powerslam again! -[Jerry] Yeah.
Paul Bearer, you better stay away.
You know what they say, "Hell hath no pizza."
So, you don't wanna go there. Look at this.
[Ross] Flames are again reaching the heights
of the top ring rope at times.
Whoa.
[Jerry] I mean, if you're anywhere but right in the center of the ring
when those things--
when those things rise up and explode like that,
you're gonna-- whoa, just get him over near the ropes.
[Ross] We thought at one time, these two men…
-[Jerry] Here it goes. -[Ross] …would never ever meet.
The Undertaker said he would never fight his brother.
[Jerry] Hey, look at this. Look.
[Ross] Paul Bearer threw in a chair.
You noticed, there's no referee in the ring, no need for one.
Paul Bearer has thrown a chair.
Oh, shot, a shot-- a shot right to skull.
[Jerry] Put him in the fire.
[Ross] You talk about Concussion City,
Kane just leveled his brother.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] And at 326 pounds,
-that chair had some velocity. -[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Undertaker has beaten everybody he's ever been in the ring with.
Beginning with Hulk Hogan seven years ago for the WWE title,
-he's beat them all. -[Jerry] Oh, it's hot.
[Ross] But he has never been challenged as he is with his brother, Kane.
And yes, Paul Bearer, as many of us are, sweating profusely.
[Jerry] Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Undertaker fighting back, but here comes Kane.
Kane, hard right hand right to the temple
and a kick, trying to cave in the ribs of The Undertaker.
[Jerry] This is unbelievable.
Feel my coat. Feel how hot it is.
[Ross] I'm not-- I ain't feeling nothing on you, as a matter of fact.
[Jerry] Paul Bearer, you could see your dreams of revenge
go up in smoke if you're not careful.
Gotta be ready to do something.
[Ross] And again, The Undertaker's face dangerously close--
-dangerously close to that fire. -[Jerry] Yes.
[Ross] Undertaker keeping a watchful eye on the-- on this inferno
and I'll tell you what.
[Jerry] Whose idea was this match anyway?
[Ross] This is hell on earth.
[Jerry] Oh, whoa.
[Ross] Oh. Uh, the heat is unbearable, folks, I'm telling you.
Again, The Undertaker is taking a real pounding from his brother.
Will he be able to prevail as he did at WrestleMania?
'Cause I'll tell you, I thought Kane--
I'd have bet a river-bottom farm in Oklahoma
that Kane was gonna win that match at WrestleMania.
[Jerry] And look at this now. You said it yourself.
Kane gave The Undertaker the beating of his life
and he's starting to do it again.
It's starting to look like WrestleMania all over again.
[Ross] Hard Irish whip into the corner
and The Undertaker's body
has gotta be ravaged from the--
-[Jerry] Listen to those flames. -[Ross] From head to toe.
Undertaker has sustained a tremendous amount of punishment…
-[Jerry] Look at that face. -[Ross] …for the last several minutes.
And I am sweating like crazy here.
[Jerry] I think your roll-on has rolled off.
Come on, Kane, finish-- oh, oh, oh, oh, no.
-[Ross] Oh, Undertaker into the ropes. -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Downstairs,
a Russian leg sweep by The Undertaker
through hellfire and brimstone,
The Undertaker is coming back.
[Jerry] This is insane, Ross.
Somebody's gonna get set on fire.
[Ross] The Undertaker will walk through hell to fight his brother.
And we are here now.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Oh, Kane sat up.
Two devastating offensive moves by The Undertaker,
but Kane sat up.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Whoa.
[Ross] They both got their hands on each other's throat.
Kane gains the advantage.
Oh, look out. Chokeslam, Chokeslam.
[Jerry] Look at those flames.
Roll him into 'em.
You got him now. Just roll him.
[Ross] How can you be so sadistic?
[Jerry] I wanna get this over with.
[Ross] And God they--
[Jerry] This may be end of The Undertaker.
[Ross] Kane Chokeslammed The Undertaker
into his own mother's casket last week.
The grave site of their parents was desecrated
by this heinous human being, Kane.
[Jerry] Look.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Undertaker now will fight back.
Yes, Chokeslam, Chokeslam, Chokeslam.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And The Undertaker can't believe it.
-[Jerry] He's up. -[Ross] His brother just sat up again.
[Jerry] Kane is up.
-Oh! -[Ross] Oh.
They both scored with boots to the face.
[Jerry] Paul?
[Ross] Two nearly seven feet athletes--
two athletes almost seven feet tall, excuse me,
325-plus pounds each
ran together like two semi-trucks.
[Jerry] Look at Paul Bearer.
He's sweating gravy. I mean, do something, Paul.
[Ross] There's a-- both men trying to fight their way back up.
-They're back on their feet -[Jerry] Get it, Kane.
[Ross] in this hellacious fight continues.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Kane reverses the whip.
-Undertaker ducks the clothesline and -[Jerry] Oh!
-[Ross] oh [speaks indistinctly] -[Jerry] Is he-- is he in the flames?
[Ross] Undertaker is just inches away
from-- well, just inches away from that fire.
Here's a Chokeslam on the left side of your screen.
The Undertaker thought he was under--
had everything under control, but Kane sat right up.
[Jerry] Look at this. Wow.
[Ross] Sidewalk slam
and this Kane is a monster,
a one-eyed monster.
[Jerry] What's he gonna-- look at this.
-Look at this. -[Jerry] What is he doing?
Kane right above the fire.
Kane now, the seven-footer up on the top rope
and-- oh, The Undertaker brought him down.
[Jerry] He's in the fire!
[Ross] Right hand, headbutt, another right hand.
[Jerry] Get your feet out of the fire!
[Ross] There's a fire all around Kane,
-and now The Undertaker and Kane… -[Jerry] No way. No way.
[Ross] …stands up there at the mouth of hell.
[Jerry] This is gonna cause that fire to blow through the roof.
[Ross] Front facelock.
-Kane's coming down. -[Jerry] Oh, whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Undertaker and Kane
have just beat the hell out of each other.
[Jerry] Look at this. Kane is the first one to his feet.
[Ross] There's another look at it.
Watch the flames.
And look at Kane.
My God, what must The Undertaker do to subdue his brother?
[Jerry] Burn him like he did with the other guy!
[Ross] Oh, Undertaker threw Kane over the top rope.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Kane has been thrown outside.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] What's Paul Bearer doing?
How is he gonna get back in?
[Ross] I have no idea. Kane is now on the outside and-- wait.
Kane is headed--
it looks like Kane's headed to the house.
Kane is headed back to the locker room.
-The Undertaker still-- -[Jerry] The Undertaker, he can't get out.
Look at this.
[Ross] Every time The Undertaker moves through the ropes--
-oh, no, there's Vader. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] There's Vader.
Vader and Kane, Vader and Kane.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Vader trying to fight Kane back toward the ring.
[Jerry] Where did Vader come from?
[Ross] Wait a minute. There's The Undertaker. Oh, my God.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry screams]
[Ross] My God, what a move.
The Phenom was airborne.
He went right through fire.
He went over the top rope.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And now they're on the outside.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Undertaker now is starting to build the advantage with
-[Jerry] Look at that. -[Ross] Oh.
-Uh-oh. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Uh-oh.
I think business is gonna pick up right here.
-[Jerry] Oh, God. -[Ross] Oh, boom.
Wham, God.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Undertaker has just knocked his brother--
-[Jerry] He's out. -[Ross] I mean, my God,
what a vile shot with that chair.
Paul Bearer is trying to grab the chair from The Undertaker.
And The Undertaker has been waiting a long time for this.
With Kane down,
Paul Bearer is the object of The Undertaker's…
-[Jerry] Yeah -[Ross] …anger.
[Jerry] It's a bad time to be Paul Bearer.
Get away, Paul.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Paul Bearer is being stalked.
Paul Bearer is being stalked by The Undertaker.
The Undertaker taking his time,
he's letting Paul Bearer think about it.
[Jerry] In the meantime, this ring is still blazing.
It's hellfire and brimstone.
[Ross] Wait a minute.
That's Sawyer Brown's, uh, instruments there.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] What song is that?
And the mic stand,
Paul Bearer wearing a drum
and The Undertaker driving the mic stand
right in Paul Bearer's heart, if he has one.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, my. Oh, my.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Where's he going now?
He's coming back for Kane.
[Ross] Paul Bearer has been decimated by The Undertaker.
-[Jerry] He's bust-- he's busted open. -[Ross] Paul Bearer is bleeding,
that drum set busted him open, that drum did.
[Jerry] Something has gotta be done to stop The Undertaker.
Kane, where are you?
[Ross] The Undertaker has done his damage to Paul Bearer
and now it is time for Kane to pay the price.
Kane back up now with that-- with that steel chair.
Undertaker catch it right in his hand.
Oh, Kane back in the fire.
Kane is on fire.
-Kane is on fire. -[Jerry screaming]
-[Ross] Kane is on fire. -[Jerry] Look at that.
-[Ross] He's burning. -[Jerry] Put him out.
-Put him out. -[Ross] He's burning in Undertaker hell.
[bell ringing]
-["Dark Side" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Undertaker has done it.
The Undertaker has won the first ever Inferno match.
Kane is on fire.
Paul Bearer has been just busted open.
[Jerry] We've seen history repeat itself for the second time,
The Undertaker has set his own brother on fire.
["Dark Side" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, there he is, ladies and gentlemen.
[Howard] Here is your winner,
The Undertaker.
[Ross] He is the greatest Phenom
in the history of this organization.
That man, that man…
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …has walked through hellfire and brimstone
to put his brother in his place.
But will it be once and for all?
Wow.
["Dark Side" playing]
[Ross] This was absolutely an amazing, extraordinary contest.
[Jerry] Never seen anything like it. It's not over.
[Ross] The wrestling was--
[Jerry] The ring is on fire, look at the turnbuckle.
[Ross] I see it.
All I'm telling, I've never seen anything quite like this.
A lot of unique matches in my time, but nothing ever like this one.
I guarantee you, folks, watch this move.
-[Jerry] Oh, The Undertaker. -[Ross] A flying body,
6'10" and 300-plus, to execute that move.
The Undertaker didn't give a damn.
He was born over the fire.
He was getting to his brother and that was the official outcome.
Kane is on fire.
The Undertaker has won this match.
The Phenom lives.
["Dark Side" playing]
[Jerry] Where's that fire extinguisher that X-Pac had out here?
["Dark Side" playing]
[Ross] Well… [speaks indistinctly]
-I think I've been singed. -Talk about hot.
I think your sweater has burned.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'll tell you,
hot is not the word for the way it is right here.
We don't have any more of those matches, no more of those.
But, uh, as hot as that was,
literally, figuratively,
our next encounter is just as intense.
Steve Austin will defend the WWE title for the first time on Pay-Per-View
since winning it last month at WrestleMania against Dude Love.
That in itself is a huge story, why Dude Love,
but since winning the WWE title,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin has been a corporate nightmare
for the WWE front office and Vince McMahon.
[Vince] If Austin becomes WWE Champion as we know him now,
that would be a public relations corporate nightmare.
[commentator] Austin, he got it.
The Stunner.
Mike ties it in.
Austin is the champion.
Stone Cold.
No longer will "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
be considered a beer-swilling,
hand-gesturing, trash-talking,
blue-collared WWE Champion.
[Ross] Uh, what?
[Vince] Give it up, ladies and gentlemen,
for this extraordinary attire,
the new and improved,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a new look.
[Jerry] Yes.
[Ross] The corporate makeover is not getting a big ovation. There is it.
[Stone Cold] The new Stone Cold wants you to take this camera
and get the film developed,
because this is the absolute last time
you will ever see "Stone Cold" Steve Austin run
a ridiculous suit like this son of a bitch. Check it out.
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] Well, I knew it.
I knew it. I knew it.
Rattlesnakes don't make corporate pets.
[Stone Cold] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin don't change for nobody
and that's the bottom line
-because Stone Cold said so. -[crowd] Because Stone Cold said so.
[commentator] Tensions between WWE owner Vince McMahon
and, quote-unquote, "his champion" Steve Austin
consequently culminated in the unthinkable.
If you wanna see Austin and McMahon,
give me a hell yeah.
[crowd] Hell yeah!
[Jerry] Here we go, baby.
Here we go.
-[Ross] Oh, my God. -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
You said you could beat Vince McMahon
with one arm tied behind your back.
[crowd cheering]
[Dude] There's only one cat who can bring peace to the war zone
and that's Dude Love.
[Ross] Oh, Vince, he just shut Dude Love down.
[Jerry] What? Get him out of there.
[Ross] Dude Love is trying to put the Mandible Claw…
-[Jerry] Just get in there. -[Ross] …on Vince McMahon.
What the hell?
Oh, no. He got the Claw to Austin.
Dude Love has assaulted the WWE Champion and why?
Why?
[commentator] The only thing more confusing than the reason
why Dude Love attacked Stone Cold was the sudden announcement
that Dude was now the number one contender for the title.
But if you ask "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, it's been a conspiracy
between Vince McMahon and Dude Love all along.
I would suggest that Mr. Austin has been watching
too many Oliver Stone movies.
Hell, if you think it was a conspiracy, give me a hell yeah.
[crowd] Hell yeah.
That's exactly what I thought.
[Ross] I'll tell you what, Vince, you're gonna raise a lot of eyebrows,
you're gonna sit at ringside during the title match
with Austin and Dude Love.
He's only done that one at a time and that was at Survivor Series
when someone else got screwed out of the title.
[Ross] Here comes Stone Cold.
And Stone Cold is gonna get Vince McMahon.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] He's kicking the owner of the WWW’s head.
Is Vince McMahon gonna screw Austin out of the title this Sunday?
I humbly apologize.
And I'm sorry for the misunderstanding
and for the problems that my remarks may have caused.
Is that what you wanted?
If you screw Steve Austin, Vince,
you're gonna get your ass whipped in front of the world
and that's all I got to say.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
-["Dude Love" playing] -[singer] ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
[Howard] Coming down the aisle is the challenger,
from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico,
weighing 287 pounds,
Dude Love.
-["Dude Love" playing] -[singer] ♪ His name is Dude Love ♪
[Ross] Well, there he is, ladies and gentlemen,
Mrs. Foley's baby boy from Long Island.
He is the, uh, surprising and unlikely number-one contender
for the WWE title.
And, uh, I don't know,
this is one of Mick's more bizarre personas.
He has, uh, also been Mankind
and of course his most famous persona, Cactus Jack.
[Jerry] He's pretty hip, daddy. He's pretty cool.
[Ross] Cactus Jack said a goodbye a few weeks ago,
and Dude returned.
Try to figure that one out.
[Jerry] See the looks on some of these female faces out here.
This Dude Love is a real chick magnet.
[Ross] Yeah.
-In his dreams and yours perhaps. -[Jerry] What do you mean?
[Ross] You sound like Jerry Sp ringer
instead of Jerry Lawler for goodness' sakes.
-[Jerry] Who does? -[Ross] A chick magnet.
I'm really disappointed in the--
I'm really disappointed in Dude, if you will.
[Jerry] Oh. Hey, I'm disappointed in you, Ross.
[Ross] Okay. Why?
[Jerry] Because, I mean, you're not just two faced.
You got more faces than Mount Rushmore.
First of all, you come out here,
you knock Vince McMahon, then you apologize.
First of all, you love Cactus Jack, now you don't seem to like Dude Love.
[Ross] I said I was disappointed in him.
That's all I said. I'm disappointed in his actions recently.
[Jerry] I bet you wouldn't say that to his face.
-[Ross] That I'm disappointed? -[Jerry] Yeah.
-[Ross] Is that an insult? -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] Look at him, huh?
Real, uh--
[Jerry] Real cool. It's cool.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Now where is Austin?
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute. You know what may have happened?
[Ross] What's that?
[Jerry] McMahon might have already got Steve Austin.
He might have already got him.
[Ross] Is 21,427 a Greensboro Coliseum record?
I don't think it would stand for that.
[Jerry] What could they do about it?
Vince McMahon could buy this whole building if he wanted to.
[Ross] I guess he's Mr. North Carolina now, huh?
-[Jerry] Right. -[Ross] He's more famous than Jesse Helms
-for goodness's sakes. -[Jerry] A lot richer, too.
Who else do you know that has Perrier on the-- Uh-oh.
-[crowd cheering] -["Hell Frozen Over" playing]
[Howard] His opponent, from Victoria, Texas,
weighing 252 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
["Hell Frozen Over" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Tremendous ovation for The Rattlesnake.
-His first Pay-Per-View title defense. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And Dude Love attacking Austin from behind.
As Austin was handing over the title belt to referee Mike Chioda.
[Jerry] The bell has rang, the match started.
[Ross] What an opportunity here for Dude Love
and The Rattlesnake turns the table.
Right hands, right feet, kicks in the heart.
[Jerry] Get away, Dude.
[Ross] Austin, the elbow and outside goes Dude Love.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Austin black boots, black tights, black heart.
Can you believe a wrestling administrator
-once said Austin… -[Jerry] Run, Dude.
[Ross] …would never make it in black tights?
[Jerry] What a dummy.
[Ross] Lou Thesz Press. Lou Thesz Press,
right hands, right hands.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Right and left fingers.
[Ross] I guess Dude is the number one in Austin's heart right now.
He still got those beads and Dude's got a new hairstyle,
he's got his hair frosted,
he's really into this Dude Love persona.
I'll tell you what-- and look at Austin.
[Jerry] Oh. Hey.
[Ross] He is aggressive to say the least.
Austin surprised us all earlier
and certainly surprised our timekeeper, Mark Yeaton,
with a-- the words of warning
and look, there you see the timekeeper.
[Jerry] Look, he was warned, but he's got his hand off the hammer to ring the bell.
[Ross] Double-hand pickup by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And Austin with a vicious elbow
right into the collarbone of Dude Love.
[Mike] One, two.
-[Jerry] Where's McMahon? -[Mike] Three, four. Come on.
[Ross] Absolutely a tremendously aggressive Stone Cold here.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And again, I don't know where--
you know, Vince McMahon said
he was gonna be sitting out here at ringside.
The owner of the WWE, we heard from him earlier,
but he left with his entourage and has yet to return.
[Jerry] Well, I think maybe the catastrophic event
with poor Kane getting set on fire.
[Ross] Might have been. That's a pretty darn catastrophic.
Of course, there was catastrophe in the eyes of some at Survivor Series
when Vince McMahon was certainly the blunt of controversy
and what some people thought would change the course of wrestling
which is a rather over dramatized statement.
[Jerry] Hey, I think what may have been catastrophic was what
like they did to Double J's concert.
-Look at this. -[Ross] Oh, a clothesline.
Austin with the running start,
just took Dude Love's head almost off his shoulders.
[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Austin is amazing.
The popularity that this man brings is unmatched.
I've never seen anything like it.
Now they're up-- where they at, in the bandstand?
Oh, yeah.
Nobody can break a fall on that.
-Watch this. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Impact. Impact.
And Austin at a dead run.
[Jerry] That bandstand has been a popular place tonight.
[Ross] And there ain't nowhere to fall there that feels good.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
A hillock in the bandstand to the concrete floor.
That is concrete.
A human body has just smacked concrete.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh, amazing.
My God, look at this, folks.
-Tell me he broke his fall. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] I don't think so.
[Jerry] Maybe he broke his back.
[Ross] And now Austin is gonna kick Dude Love all the way back to the ring,
hands and knees.
[Jerry] Dude already has broken ribs.
It's a miracle he's even being able to participate in this match.
[speaks indistinctly] …the number-one contender.
[Ross] I could tell you one thing,
Dude Love in any incarnation can take a lot of punishment.
-[Jerry] And this-- -[Ross] And-- oh, Austin
lower back right into the edge of the ring.
But he comes back, Austin fired back.
Clothesline in the face.
[Jerry] These idiots in North Carolina love Steve Austin
and a couple of guys behind him even got their heads shaved.
[Ross] A lot of people here have got their head shaved.
[Jerry] Bald-headed on the inside too.
Come on, Austin. No.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Austin dropping Dude straight south over the security railing.
The WWE title is on the line.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
He's a great champion, isn't he?
He's one you can really be proud of, isn't he?
Shooting the bird.
Hey, no. No.
[Ross] Austin off the apron, again hammering Dude Love.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And we are seeing some chaos here.
Paul Bearer busted open.
Kane set on fire.
Owen Hart really shafted out of the European title, thanks to DX.
L.O.D. robbed of the tag titles.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Sable lost the Evening Gown match,
but again, as I said earlier, she didn't look like no loser to me.
[Jerry] Yeah. I would think-- oh, yes.
[Ross] Austin got tangled up in the ropes there.
[Jerry] There you go, you corporate nightmare, you.
[Ross] Dude Love had that move well-scouted.
Mick Foley is no dummy.
-This personification… -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] …this characterization of Dude Love is a little bizarre,
but the man that's wearing the tights is a-- is a great strategist.
[Jerry] Look at this.
Yes.
I like to see it up in titan towers up in Stamford, Connecticut right now.
Three or four-hundred executives in those Armani suits
and they're cheering for Dude Love,
pulling for the Dude.
[Ross] There is an ample amount of corporate butt-kissers out there,
-I'll tell you. -[Jerry] Hey, hey.
[Ross] Dude Love trying to-- he's back up and he will find that elbow.
Dude Love will put his body on the line
as we have seen so many times,
a guy that has wrestled in barbed wire,
-on thumbtacks… -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] …everything else, he's trying to--
he's trying to find his groove, I guess.
[Jerry] Looking a little slow now, though.
[Ross] Right hand. Austin in trouble with his WWE title on the line
for the first time on pay-per-view since winning it at WrestleMania.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin
[Jerry] The timekeeper has his hand on the bell,
ready to ring it at a moment's notice.
[Ross] And thanks to the WWE hierarchy,
Austin only found out he was gonna wrestle two weeks ago.
-[Jerry yells] -[Ross] And a knockdown by Austin.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Austin and then of course Dude at one time were tag partners
and Tag Champions.
[Jerry] Yeah.
That's why no better-- nobody knows Austin better than the Dude.
He knows his weaknesses.
Oh. And there's that neck.
That's his weakness, that neck.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Both of these guys have a lot in common
and as much as they are students of the game,
they have toiled hard in perfecting their craft
and both have received as many or currently
a lot of disrespect in other organizations overlooking their ability.
-[crowd booing] -What do you say, Austin?
[Jerry] How long do you think Vince McMahon has toiled
to make the World Wrestling Entertainment what it is today?
[Ross] Well, 25 years or more.
[Jerry] His whole family, 50 years.
Do you think he wants to see it headed up by that jerk right there?
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, the beer-swilling,
blue-collared, trash-mouth,
finger-showing--
[Ross] Oh, and Vince-- wait a minute.
-[crowd booing] -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Austin is in trouble and now look who's coming to join us.
[Jerry] Finally.
Finally.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] Vince McMahon flanked by Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco.
And Patterson carrying a chair.
[crowd chanting]
-[Jerry] Wait, what is that? -[Ross] Patterson will as usual
clean out the place for McMahon to sit.
Oh, yeah.
You've done your job now. He's safe.
He's-- will sit there by himself.
Doesn't need your security.
[Jerry] He's got the best seat in the house, doesn't he?
-[Ross] He sure does. I agree. -[Jerry] Well, rightfully so.
[Ross] He's looking at the timekeeper, King.
Vince just had eye contact with the time-- with Mark Yeaton right there.
[Jerry] He's enjoying it. Is he smiling?
[Ross] Austin is trying to counter the body scissors,
shades of Joe Stretcher.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] Set for 1900,
that's a flashback with elbows to Dude's face.
[Jerry] I think-- oh, yes. He just saw Vince McMahon at ringside.
-[Ross] Oh, there's Austin -[Jerry yells]
[Ross] and Dude Love.
There's a cradle. He's got-- no.
-[Jerry] Get him. -[Ross] No. Oh, two and a half.
Oh, my. Oh, my.
[Jerry] McMahon came out of his seat on that one, didn't he?
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Ross] Hear that kick?
Another knockdown by the champion.
[Jerry] That don't sound right,
by the champion "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Ross] He is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[Jerry] Don't get out there and get in McMahon's face.
You'll be making a big mistake.
[Ross] And Dude Love just wrapping--
he just got his leg wrapped around the ring post.
He may be grounded for a while.
And undaunted, the owner of this company,
looking right in the face of disaster
and the blue eyes of Stone Cold with a look of disdain.
I hope I'm not overstating that.
[Jerry] Of course, you're not. There is disdain.
[crowd chatter]
One, two, three, four.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Uh-oh. McMahon and Austin dangerously close to each other.
I think that this may not make Mr. McMahon very happy.
Our executive producer may be looking for a job tomorrow,
but I think we got some interesting footage here.
Let's look at-- look at the timekeeper.
There's Mark Yeaton looking right at his boss.
And look at the nod right there,
they gained eye contact.
[Jerry] I think you're making a little too-- I didn't see any nod.
Oliver Stone? You-- you're making a little too much out of this.
-[Ross] Dude Love. -[Jerry] Paranoid.
-Everything is conspiracy to you. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin is just kind of opening one of those cold--
ice cold cans of whoop ass on Dude Love.
[Jerry] Oh, you're right down there with him, potty mouth.
Right in there with old Austin. You probably love him.
This is for you.
-[Ross] Uh-oh. -[Jerry] Look at this.
-[Ross] Dude -[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] Dude Love back dropped Stone Cold, the elevation…
-[Jerry] Good. -[Ross] …right on the concrete floor.
[Jerry] Good.
[Ross] And Vince seemed to enjoy that for some reason.
[Jerry] Get a better look, Vince.
[Ross] "Get a better look, Vince."
"Give me a raise, Vince."
"I need another bonus, Vince."
[Jerry] What are you talking about?
[Ross] Good lord. What a kiss-up you are.
You should work at Stanford with the rest of them.
[Jerry] You go-- you're the one that apologized
and you can be replaced, you know.
Me and Vince have done a lot of broadcast together.
[Ross] Yeah. But the ratings have never been this good,
so for what that's worth.
Austin is hurt.
That's worth a lot.
And now the vile, the aggressive streak of Dude Love
perhaps will take over.
They're in no man's land--
-[Jerry] Hey, look, look, look. -[Ross] What is Vince doing?
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] What's he doing?
-[crowd chatter] -[Vince speaking indistinctly]
Get in the ring. Let's go. Get back in the ring.
[speaking indistinctly]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] All right.
Stone Cold is backing down the owner
and from behind is Dude Love.
Was that a setup?
Was that-- could that have been premeditated?
[Jerry] How do you figure? Austin's--
McMahon was telling him, get back in the ring.
Be a fighting champion.
Don't try to save your title by getting counted out.
[Ross] That's like George Liechtensteiner walking to center field
and emasculating Bernie Williams.
[Jerry] What's wrong with that? Bernie needs it.
George is not about doing it. I don't blame him.
You pay somebody the big bucks, you're the boss.
[Ross] Austin trying to get back in the ring, Dude Love is there.
[Jerry] You can't-- you can't let the tail wag the dog.
[Ross] Dude trying to-- uh-oh.
Austin trying to block the suplex.
-Austin trying to counter and -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] Dude's 300 pounds.
Austin can't get him over.
And a neckbreaker right off the top rope by Dude Love on Stone Cold.
The WWE Champion…
-[Jerry] Look at Vince. -[Ross] …is hurt
and in danger of losing his title.
Get back in the ring. Be a man, come on.
Get back in the ring.
-Don't count him now. -[Mike] two
No. Come on. Don't be-- don't count him out.
-three… -What are you doing?
-He's going to save his belt. -…four…
-No! Don't count him out. -[Jerry] Better listen to him, ref.
-[Mike] …five… -[Jerry] It'll cost you your job.
[Ross] McMahon told Austin to be a man and get back in the ring.
[Jerry] Right.
[Ross] Austin has never-- he's always been a man.
He's all man.
[Jerry] And everybody knows you can't lose a title on a count out.
[Ross] And-- look at McMahon,
he's telling the timekeeper to ring the damn bell!
[Jerry] Hey.
[Ross] Vince McMahon is on his knees.
[Jerry] Ring it.
[Ross] And now, Austin has reversed the abdominal stretch.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Dude Love with a hiplock.
It looked to me like Vince McMahon
was telling the timekeeper to ring the bell…
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] …for a submission.
[Jerry] I saw him saying, "No, no, don't ring the bell."
[Ross] Well, I totally disagree with that.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] If that timekeeper had gained eye contact,
we'd have a new champion right now.
-[Jerry] You think? -[Ross] At least that's what I--
that's what I think. Austin blocked that thing.
Keep his face from going to those steps.
[crowd chanting] Stone Cold! Stone Cold! Stone Cold!
[Ross] What's Dude gonna do with Stone Cold?
He's got him in a front facelock.
[Jerry] Suplex him on that rail.
[Ross] Austin trying to counter, oh, God almighty.
My God, my God!
The man is broken in half!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, Lord.
-[Jerry] Broke his leg. -[Ross] He's got to break something.
-What the hell is-- -[Jerry] Where is he going?
[Ross] Oh, Dude's trying to get out of here.
-Dude Love's trying to get out of here. -[Jerry] He's hurt.
[Ross] Stone Cold's gonna go after him. The fight is on.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Rights and lefts and rights and lefts.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin now, bringing Dude back in-- inside, back in.
[Jerry] No wonder-- no wonder Vince can't stand Austin,
he's a bar-room brawler.
[Ross] He is the toughest SOB in the WWE.
[Jerry] He's a nut.
-[Ross] Watch this. -[Jerry] Look at this.
-[Ross] Watch Dude. -[Jerry] Oh, God.
[Ross] Oh, he broke his fall.
My butt.
Neckbreaker, big move.
Big, big move there by Dude Love
and again, that's gonna buy him some time.
[Jerry] How is he even able to do anything after taking that--
taking that-- those stairs,
those metal stairs right into his legs?
He really is the number-one contender. Dude is great.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you.
I've never ever questioned Dude Love's
ability or his desire,
but I am disappointed in what I perceive to be his motivation.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look.
[Ross] Sweet Chin Music.
And-- oh, Austin blocked.
[Jerry yells]
[Ross] Oh.
Dude went for the clothesline and nailed Referee Mike Chioda.
Oh, my God. Anything can happen now.
There's no referee.
The WWE title is on the line.
[Jerry] McMahon better call another referee down here.
Oh.
[Ross] Oh, Austin downstairs.
Oh, looking for the Stunner.
-Oh! That's the Mandible Claw! -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] The Mandible Claw!
Dude Love with a Mandible Claw on Austin.
And Austin seems to be fading.
He is fading.
[Jerry] What's McMahon doing? He's over right in front of us.
[Ross] Austin trying to fight out of it.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Dude Love downstairs.
Oh, this match is taking its toll.
And McMahon now, trying to revive the referee.
Austin is down. Austin is out.
We're gonna have a new champion.
[Jerry] Wake up, reference, or you're gonna get fired!
[Ross] We're gonna have a new champion.
[Jerry] What are you gonna do, Vince?
[Ross] The referee is out.
He is out of it.
[Jerry] So is-- so is Austin.
[Ross] Hell, I'm surprised that McMahon hasn't assigned a referee this match
the rest of the way.
[Jerry] Well, he should.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh. Oh.
[Ross] Austin now, he backdropped Dude over the top.
Oh, what a physical match.
My God, the WWE Championship.
The most coveted title in this game on the line.
[Jerry] Oh no, look at this.
[Ross] McMahon trying to get that chair from Austin.
They're fighting over the chair.
Dude Love just sent the chair back in Austin's face.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh, Dude's a dangerous man with a steel chair in his hand.
And back in his face it went.
[Jerry] No.
[Ross] Back in his face it went again.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] McMahon trying to help "Stone Cold" Steve Austin--
or help Dude Love.
[Jerry] No, Vince.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Oh, my God!
No, no, no!
[Jerry yells]
[Ross] McMahon is down. McMahon is out.
Austin, that's-- what a catastrophic occurrence.
A Stunner.
No ref. One, two, three.
-[crowd cheering] -["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[Ross] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
has leveled everybody in the match!
The referee is down. Dude Love is down.
But Vince McMahon has been struck in the face
by Austin with a chair.
-["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Rattlesnake has struck
and the toughest SOB in the WWE
is still the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] I cannot believe that he hit Vince McMahon,
the owner of the World Wrestling Entertainment, right in the face,
right in the head, with that metal chair.
He could've fractured Vince's skull.
He may have. Look at this.
Oh, my God, they got medics.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what.
This may cost Austin big-time.
[Jerry] His job.
[Ross] You know, I don't-- you hate to see anybody injured.
I don't care who it is.
[Jerry] Especially Vince.
[Ross] And the owner of the company just got struck in the face
by Steve Austin.
I don't know if it was inadvertent, I don't know if it was intentional.
[Jerry] Inadvertent?
Do you think he was swinging at Dude Love or something?
[Ross] All I know is that the owner of this company has not moved
since he was struck in the face with that steel chair.
I think Austin has really stepped over the line.
-[Jerry] Is he bleeding? -[Ross] But the big story here
is the welfare of the owner of this company,
struck right in the face with that chair.
[Jerry] He's not moving.
[Ross] And official Gerald Brisco is talking to Howard Finkel
about something here.
Man, he's giving Howard the riot act. He's told him to do something.
Strip him of the title. [speaks indistinctly]
[crowd chatter]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin has been disqualified
for hitting a WWE official,
and the winner of this bout via disqualification,
Dude Love.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] Gerald Brisco came over and told ring announcer Howard Finkel,
I couldn't see what he was saying, but obviously, Howard has repeated it.
Brisco apparently instructed Finkel to make the announcement
that Austin has been disqualified for striking a WWE official.
And you all-- again,
we're gonna take another look here, ladies and gentlemen,
what we-- watch this chair shot.
-Was it intentional? -[Jerry] Yeah.
Oh, what do you think?
[Ross] He may have been swinging at Dude Love.
[Jerry] Oh, come on, give me a break.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Man.
And then we see the Stunner.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Austin counts his own fall down.
The referee had been taken out by Dude,
-Austin counts his own fall. -["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[Ross] Austin walks out of here with the WWE title but--
[Jerry] Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no.
Mm. Mm-mm.
[Ross] Well, Vince McMahon has had a history,
as many that follow the game know, of neck problems.
He had a severe neck surgery…
[Jerry] A lot worse than Stone Cold's.
[Ross] …a couple of years ago.
McMahon has not moved his arms or legs that I can see since--
now, they're turning him over.
[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] He still seems to be unconscious here.
And I'm sure that he will be--
these EMTs here, the ambulance out back.
I'm sure he will transported to the hospital.
Again, you can only speculate
how badly injured is the owner of this company.
He has not moved.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Ross] This is very serious.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] I'd like to be able to hear what Patterson and Brisco are saying right now.
[Jerry] I heard Pat Patterson just a few seconds ago screaming,
"Strip him of the title."
[Ross] That could happen.
It could happen.
[Jerry] It should happen.
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] A lot of-- -[Jerry] Come on-- come on, J.R., face it.
Look at this.
I mean, there's the man that owns the company.
Somebody that works for him has just blasted him
-[Ross] I'm not-- -[Jerry] with a chair.
Let's bring it down to a common denominator.
Suppose you work at a gas station like most of these morons do
and the boss comes in
and you don't like something that the boss says,
are you're gonna go hit him over the head with a wrench
and knock him out? What would you do?
You'd be fired immediately.
-[Ross] Well, whether Austin is-- -[Jerry] And locked up too.
[Ross] Whether Austin is fired or whether he is stripped or whatever,
that's for another time.
We're-- we still have to be concerned about a man who has a family,
he owns this company, and whether we agree with all this--
[speaking indistinctly]
[man] All right, guys. It's okay. We got this.
[Jerry] He hasn't moved at all.
[crowd chatter]
[man] Look at you. You suck.
[crowd chatter]
[man] You shouldn't have been out here… [speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] Well, he is-- he is still unconscious.
This is a very grave situation.
The owner of this company struck by the WWE Champion.
You know there's gonna be huge repercussions.
Did he or did he not intend to do this?
Did Austin-- watch this.
Was he swinging for Dude or swinging for Vince McMahon?
Folks, thank you very much for being with us.
Goodnight, ladies and gentlemen. ing with us.