WWE Judgment Day 2003 - Big Show vs Brock Lesnar (Stretcher Match, WWE Championship)
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00:00Big Show in a stretcher match.
00:03This match is straight-up barbaric.
00:05This is a vicious, violent match.
00:07It's a career-jarring match, and it's for the WWE Championship.
00:11The stretcher match idea all came about with what happened a month ago at Backlash.
00:16The heinous action of the Big Show toward Rey Mysterio.
00:25Mysterio's going for the West Coast Pop!
00:27He's caught in mid-air!
00:29Oh no! Big Show!
00:30Oh no, he's got him!
00:31Big Show may have broken Mysterio in half!
00:34It's over!
00:35And here come the EMTs.
00:37Rey Mysterio landed really hard for about maybe 10 feet in the air.
00:40EMTs are taking no chances here.
00:42Oh my God, Big Show is back.
00:44What the hell is he doing back here?
00:45What's Big Show doing?
00:47No!
00:47Stop this!
00:48No!
00:48Oh no!
00:49My God!
00:51I can't believe it!
00:57The returning Rey Mysterio.
00:59Rey, it is great to have you back.
01:01When can we expect to see you in the ring?
01:03The doctors say I should be cleared to wrestle in a couple weeks.
01:06I never thought I would be able to wrestle again
01:08when the Big Show put me on that stretcher.
01:11You know what went through my mind?
01:14My family.
01:15My family.
01:17You know what went through my mind?
01:20My family.
01:22For the first time in my life,
01:25I felt scared.
01:28Would you ever consider getting back into the ring with the Big Show?
01:35I don't...
01:36I don't think I can answer that right now.
01:39Oh!
01:45Big Show has Rey Mysterio hostage.
01:50Wait a minute!
01:51It's Brock Lesnar!
01:52Brock Lesnar taking down the Big Show!
01:55Big Show, you can run all over the mat.
01:57You can run all over the locker room.
01:59You can come in this ring and bully anybody you want.
02:02But I ain't standing for it!
02:04You want to bully somebody, Big Show?
02:07Try to bully Brock Lesnar!
02:09You calling me out for a fight?
02:11I'm not stepping in that ring
02:13until you put that WWE championship on the line.
02:17You want this title?
02:18Come and get it!
02:19Since the Big Show likes stretchers so much,
02:22why don't we make our title match a stretcher match?
02:27The WWE title is on the line
02:30in a stretcher match, Big Show and Brock Lesnar.
02:33It has been 17 years
02:35since there's been a stretcher match in the WWE.
02:38It takes years off your career in one night.
02:49The object is to beat your opponent senseless
02:52and then wheel him out of the arena.
02:54How the hell is Lesnar going to get Big Show on the stretcher?
02:58Are we looking into the eyes of the next WWE champion?
03:06Ladies and gentlemen, in the following stretcher match,
03:10the rules are there are no count-outs,
03:13no disqualifications.
03:15The only way to win is to place your opponent
03:18on the stretcher and wheel him past the yellow line.
03:26Well...
03:29Here we go!
03:31Here we go!
03:39For the first time in 17 years,
03:42the WWE has sanctioned a stretcher match.
03:55My man, the Big Show has been on a cast.
03:58He's been kicking ass and taking names
04:00that take no prisoner at first.
04:02The first stretcher match is for the WWE Championship.
04:06In the ring, the challenger, weighing in at 500 pounds,
04:11The Big Show!
04:14How can The Big Show lose this match?
04:17I don't know. I've been thinking that all week, Colt.
04:19I don't know.
04:21I don't know how The Big Show can lose this match.
04:24I mean, look at The Big Show.
04:25He's a giant compared to the stretcher he's got in the ring.
04:27I love that about him.
04:29The biggest man in sports entertainment.
04:33Well, here comes the pain!
04:38And from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
04:41weighing in at 295 pounds,
04:44the WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar!
04:48Is the champion in over his head?
04:51There's no stretcher big enough for Brock Lesnar
04:55to put The Big Show on!
04:58Good point, Colt. Brock might have been on more than he can chew.
05:01Brock Lesnar always focused, always in a rage
05:04when he gets near that square circle.
05:09Lesnar looks great.
05:11Oh!
05:1417 years ago, Andre the Giant and Killer Khan
05:18met in a stretcher match.
05:22Oh, no, no, no!
05:30Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
05:33Oh, man!
05:36That's that thick, heavy fiberglass.
05:39Wow!
05:43Yeah, Brock has got some momentum, Colt.
05:46The task is for Brock Lesnar to knock The Big Show down.
05:49Oh!
05:51They put The Big Show on a stretcher
05:53and wheel him to the yellow line
05:55and over the yellow line in the entranceway.
05:58And there's the seven-footer, the 500-pounder,
06:00taking him to the champion.
06:02That's the size, the difference.
06:04Brock is 99.9% of the time bigger
06:07than all athletes he faces except The Big Show.
06:10He's the longest man in sports entertainment history.
06:13Big Show has defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE title,
06:16albeit with the help of Paul Heyman,
06:18but it did happen at Survivor Series last year.
06:21Can Big Show get it done again here tonight?
06:24Big Show looks pretty confident, Colt.
06:26He's been this way since when he did to Rey Mysterio.
06:29Big Show is in, and he's got that gaze in his eyes.
06:32He's focused, and he's dangerous.
06:34And keep in mind, look at Big Show.
06:36Oh, man, oh, man.
06:38Big Show bounces off the stretcher, then the post headfirst.
06:41You see the stretcher.
06:42Mysterio was taken out by The Big Show.
06:44Ben Wall would have been a victim of that stretcher
06:46if not for Brock Lesnar.
06:48Will Lesnar be the next victim?
06:49Well, here's the stretcher right here.
06:50Let's see.
06:51Let's see if...
06:52Oh, man!
06:53The teeth of The Big Show
06:55may have been driven down his throat.
06:57That steel around that stretcher on those wheels.
07:00Brock using the stretcher as a weapon.
07:03Smart strategy by the champion.
07:05Here's some history for you.
07:06Almost 40 years to the day.
07:08May 17th, 1963,
07:10the WWE title was founded.
07:13Oh!
07:14Will Brock Lesnar,
07:15the youngest champion in WWE history,
07:17retain it?
07:18Oh, man!
07:19But not if The Big Show continues assaults like that.
07:23The Big Show just being, making that size of his body
07:27and his power the difference maker against Brock Lesnar.
07:30I mean, Brock's a 300-pound athlete, Cole.
07:32He's not exactly, you know, a cruiserweight athlete.
07:35And he looks kind of small next to The Big Show.
07:37Well, he's outweighed by 205 pounds.
07:41And Big Show again with that stretcher
07:43and hand across the kidney.
07:45Wow!
07:46How ironic, Cole.
07:47I mean, the last stretcher match 17 years ago
07:49was Andre the Giant against Killer Khan.
07:52Andre was a giant.
07:54And now The Big Show, another giant,
07:57in a stretcher match.
07:58Unbelievable.
07:59Big Show tossing Brock Lesnar back into the ring.
08:01Listen to this.
08:03Oh, my God!
08:05And Andre the Giant won that match against Killer Khan.
08:07Let's see if this giant of this day and era
08:10can beat Brock Lesnar.
08:11But Brock Lesnar is a proud champion.
08:13Brock Lesnar is a gallant champion.
08:15And Brock Lesnar trying to get back into The Big Show.
08:18But Loser's in the ring!
08:20Now can Big Show pick up the champion,
08:24put him on a stretcher,
08:25and wheel Lesnar over that yellow line?
08:27Come on, Cole.
08:28Geez, I mean, come on, show.
08:29Big Show just picked up Brock when he was
08:31with one hand and chokeslammed him.
08:33You're damn skippy.
08:34Big Show could get Brock on that stretcher.
08:36The stretcher tossed back into the ring.
08:38The Big Show could be moments away
08:40from winning the WWE title.
08:43If we talk about The Big Show,
08:44he might not wheel Brock Lesnar out.
08:45He may carry Lesnar out of here.
08:47That's right, Carl.
08:48Now Brock's on the stretcher.
08:50Now Big Show's got to get him out of the ring
08:52and pass that yellow line in the entranceway.
08:54Oh, look at that.
08:55Oh, the big leg!
08:57Brock Lesnar bouncing two feet in the air
09:00as that 500-pounder connected.
09:02Right across the mush.
09:03Man, that'll numb your whole face,
09:05neck, and head, chest area.
09:07And Big Show...
09:08Here we go, here we go!
09:09...now dragging the champion out of the ring.
09:11Well, it's going to be a lot tougher to lift Brock
09:14on this stretcher than it was wearing the stereo.
09:16And Brock's a big stud.
09:17And Big Show...
09:18He's going to put him up there.
09:19He has to put him on there and wheel him out.
09:21Again, you've got to wheel your opponent
09:23past the yellow line, which is near the entranceway.
09:26Think you've got enough stretchers out here?
09:27The WWE title is on the line.
09:30Brock Lesnar's brain is in serious jeopardy.
09:33Yes, no doubt Brock's in trouble.
09:35And Big Show has got Brock Lesnar positioned on the stretcher.
09:39All Big Show has to do...
09:40This is it, Cole.
09:41...is wheel the stretcher out.
09:42That's it!
09:43Big Show's close to the yellow line,
09:45probably about 20 feet, 10 feet, whatever that one is.
09:47You see the yellow line in the background.
09:49There it is.
09:50Big Show, perhaps 25 feet away,
09:52becoming the champion.
09:54And Brock Lesnar trying to kick out Brock Lesnar
09:57in a close...
09:58Oh, my God!
09:59Wow!
10:00And Brock Lesnar crosses the yellow line,
10:02but not in a stretcher.
10:03But the big pinch of heel is the way Brock landed
10:05after taking that clothesline right in the back of his head.
10:08Maybe that's not a plus carpet out there.
10:10No, it ain't.
10:11Good point.
10:12Oh, my God!
10:13And a stretcher across the back again
10:15of the champion Lesnar.
10:17And Big Show is putting on a clinic
10:19in a stretcher match here tonight.
10:21We've been saying how violent it is
10:22and how barbaric this is.
10:24Look at that!
10:26I mean, in this match,
10:27it's giving you that.
10:28The championship is on the line.
10:30Brock wants to retain.
10:32Big Show wants to be the WWE champion.
10:34Big Show has made a career
10:35out of putting people on stretchers.
10:37Brock Lesnar trying to battle back
10:39with a right-hand left,
10:40but the champion has been overwhelmed
10:43by a giant here tonight.
10:45Well, the sprawling power and size of Big Show
10:48catching Lesnar here.
10:50Showing some signs of life.
10:52The champion.
10:53The champion begins to battle back.
10:55Oh, what a shot!
10:57When it comes to Lesnar, Cole,
10:59Lesnar trying to take care of the names
11:02on that stretcher in the back of Big Show.
11:05Now Brock Lesnar is bringing that stretcher,
11:07the Big Show, to his knees.
11:09He got him down.
11:10Brock's got Big Show down.
11:11This is legal.
11:12No disqualification to the matchup.
11:14Cable to the legs and a camera or something.
11:16Lesnar using the cable as a weapon.
11:18Trying to choke out the Big Show.
11:19Brock's trying to choke him out.
11:21And if he can choke the Big Show out,
11:22if the Big Show passes out,
11:24Lesnar wheels him onto a stretcher.
11:26But how does Brock get Big Show's
11:30big, massive body on the stretcher?
11:32Well, we may find out
11:33because the Big Show is fading.
11:35The Big Show is fading.
11:36Brock Lesnar taking the breath away
11:39from the Big Show.
11:40And look at the intensity in the eyes of the champion.
11:43Brock is giving his best effort.
11:45All the power in Brock's body,
11:47his mind, his spirit
11:49to choke out the Big Show
11:51and put him on that stretcher
11:52and wheel him out of here.
11:53Look at the Big Show.
11:54His face is down.
11:55He hasn't moved yet.
11:57Lifeless.
11:58Big Show's lifeless.
12:00The Big Show may be out of it.
12:02Well, the oxygen pump
12:03probably cut off to his brain.
12:05I think for Brock now
12:06and Lesnar,
12:07it's a good measure.
12:09One more for the road right there.
12:10Another shot with that stretcher.
12:12It was one thing to choke the Big Show out.
12:14The tough part is going to be
12:16hauling this 500-pound carcass
12:18onto the stretcher.
12:19Well, that was smart.
12:20Brock just lowered the stretcher
12:21so he doesn't have to lift Big Show higher.
12:23I think that stretcher ain't big enough
12:25to pull Lesnar down.
12:26Right.
12:27Brock almost looks like
12:28putting two pounds of bologna
12:29in a one-pound bag.
12:30Well, Big Show's on the stretcher.
12:31Brock Lesnar has gotten
12:32the Big Show on the stretcher.
12:33Brock Lesnar is trying to-
12:34Oh, here we go.
12:35Brock's going to do it.
12:36The challenger out of the arena,
12:37but Big Show is saving grace.
12:39Maybe that camera cable.
12:41It's like down there hunger.
12:43Oh, my.
12:44Big Show pulled off the stretcher.
12:47Wow.
12:48You got to wonder
12:49what's left in Big Show's mind.
12:51But how ironic is that?
12:52The cable used to knock the big man down
12:55and choke him out
12:56may have saved the Big Show the smack job.
12:58Brock put that cable
12:59around the Big Show's throat
13:01and his neck so tight,
13:02couldn't get it off himself
13:03how to pull it off.
13:04Using the stretcher
13:05with a clubbing blow.
13:06And Big Show,
13:07now with the right hand,
13:08tries to battle back.
13:09Brock Lesnar is-
13:12Oh, look at this.
13:13Nice.
13:14Smart, innovative right there
13:15using the-
13:16Wow.
13:17Driving the shoulder
13:19into the ribs of the Big Show.
13:21Straight up tackle right there, man.
13:23What a shot.
13:24What a hit by Brock Lesnar.
13:26Both men have absorbed
13:28a tremendous amount of punishment.
13:29See how fast they are in this matchup.
13:31Brock was trying to just move it down
13:33and now how fast is Lesnar?
13:35Is he being a middle linebacker?
13:36Maybe the Panthers
13:37could get some points from him.
13:38Oh, look at this.
13:39Look at this.
13:40Powerful.
13:41The 400-pounder lifted a big pole.
13:43Too big to land on the stretcher.
13:45I mean, how much did that take out of Lesnar?
13:47Lesnar, you see,
13:48just falling to his rear end.
13:50Brock Lesnar's back
13:51lifting that 500-pounder up.
13:53I like him doing it.
13:54It's dead weight.
13:55Like lifting a small,
13:56falling doll off the ground.
13:57You know what I mean?
13:58I mean, Big Show's a monster.
13:59Again, the predicament for Lesnar
14:01is how do you keep
14:02the big giant down long enough
14:04to then get him onto the stretcher
14:06and then wheel him out
14:07past that yellow line?
14:08What's your strategy?
14:09What the hell would you do?
14:10I don't know.
14:11I'm not in the match.
14:12I don't know.
14:13I don't know what I would do.
14:14And the stretcher used as a weapon again.
14:16I wouldn't mind doing that.
14:17That's smart.
14:18And Big Show
14:19and Brock Lesnar
14:20with a tug-of-war
14:21with this stretcher.
14:23A tug-of-war.
14:24Tug-of-war.
14:25Tug-of-war right here.
14:26And Lesnar's right into the apron.
14:28Overpowering Big Show.
14:29Overpowering Lesnar.
14:30Right in the gut again.
14:31And again, the shot to the ribs.
14:33The stretcher.
14:34The Big Show
14:35using the stretcher as a weapon.
14:37The challenger, again,
14:39has turned the tables
14:41on the champion.
14:42Oh, man.
14:43Oh, man.
14:44Oh!
14:47Well, Big Show's getting in front of that stretcher
14:49right in Brock Lesnar's face.
14:51And Brock Lesnar trying to pull himself up to the apron.
14:55Big Show positioning the stretcher now.
14:57The champion, Brock Lesnar,
14:59the youngest champion in WWE history
15:02is in danger of losing to Big Show for the second time.
15:05Oh, man.
15:06And did you see Brock Lesnar's
15:08the back of his head
15:09bang off that steel post?
15:11Big Show is making a living
15:13taking out victims left and right
15:15using that ring post and the stretcher.
15:17What is Big Show looking for?
15:19Watch the head.
15:20That's what I was talking about.
15:21I couldn't see. Let's see here.
15:22Look at that.
15:23Oh, my God.
15:24That's a steel ring post, ladies and gentlemen.
15:27Holding up a ring.
15:28How tough is Lesnar?
15:29He's up.
15:30But, oh, no!
15:31If Lesnar could make it to his feet,
15:34he'd have a chance.
15:36But again...
15:37Check this out.
15:38Just watch Lesnar's head.
15:40You hear that sickening thud.
15:42That'll cause a concussion.
15:43That's what we're saying.
15:44This kind of matchup...
15:45Oh!
15:46Just picks apart your body,
15:49which picks apart your career.
15:51I mean, I'm telling you,
15:52this just picks an athlete apart.
15:53We knew this matchup was gonna be brutal.
15:55We knew it was gonna be barbaric.
15:57Both these athletes understand the parameters
16:00when they came into this matchup.
16:02That's what Brock wanted,
16:03and Big Show was down with it.
16:05You see Brock Lesnar...
16:06Oh, man!
16:07Knocking Big Show...
16:08No, not quite knocking Big Show off.
16:10And again, Big Show!
16:12Oh, my God!
16:13The chaser bounced off to the floor below.
16:17Again, Brock,
16:18Big Show so massive,
16:19just fell off,
16:20and Brock can't believe it.
16:21Well, can Brock Lesnar take advantage?
16:23Brock Lesnar having a tough time getting to his feet.
16:26Perhaps that blow to his head
16:27knocked him off a little bit.
16:29Well, you think.
16:30I mean, getting to the back of the head
16:31and ramming people with steel posts.
16:32Big Show may be out.
16:33Can Brock Lesnar take advantage here?
16:35Well, now what?
16:37Now what's Brock gonna do?
16:38Now you gotta pick up this big freakin' monster.
16:41He's 500 pounds.
16:42You know what I mean?
16:4340 years ago yesterday,
16:44the first WWE champion was crowned.
16:47Brock Lesnar hopes to hold on to that title tonight
16:50at Judgment Day.
16:51Where is Brock going, Cole?
16:52I don't know.
16:53Forget about the 40 years ago.
16:54Where is Brock going?
16:55Brock Lesnar's gotta have some sort of plan.
16:57But what it is, I have no idea.
16:59The champion is walking out of this arena.
17:01This might be a mistake by Lesnar.
17:03Now that Big Show's getting to his feet.
17:05I don't think Big Show has a clue where he's at.
17:08I don't know what to say.
17:10Where the hell's Brock?
17:11The champion has left the arena.
17:13Keep in mind, there are no count-outs in this match.
17:15Can't get counted out.
17:17Wait a minute!
17:21Could it be?
17:22Nah, it's stupid.
17:24Who is he?
17:25I have no clue.
17:26Mysterio's in the ring!
17:28Rey Rey is in the ring!
17:29Rey Mysterio behind Big Show!
17:31Big Show!
17:33Big Show!
17:34Big Show into his feet!
17:37Payback from Mysterio!
17:40Here comes Mysterio!
17:41Oh my God!
17:42There goes Mysterio.
17:44No disqualifications in this matchup.
17:46Mysterio with payback on his mind.
17:48But the Big Show just floored Mysterio.
17:51And there is the look in the eyes of the Big Show again.
17:54Remember the last time, Mysterio, Big Show and a stretcher were in a ring at Backlash.
17:59On a pay-per-view, that's right.
18:01Oh, here it goes!
18:05The primal scream!
18:09Wait a minute!
18:10Brock Lesnar's got a damn forklift!
18:12Brock's on a forklift and he's going nuts!
18:15What the hell is going on?
18:16Brock Lesnar's driven a forklift into this arena!
18:18Look at Mysterio!
18:20Look at Mysterio!
18:22Mysterio's hanging on for the Big Show!
18:25Brock Lesnar's on top of the forklift!
18:27What the hell is going on?
18:29Mysterio's got the Big Show!
18:31Look at Lesnar!
18:32What the hell is Lesnar doing?
18:34There goes Mysterio!
18:35Look at my God!
18:38Lesnar with a crossbody at the top of the forklift!
18:42Oh man, here comes the pain!
18:44Here comes the pain!
18:46The baddest man on the planet has exploded!
18:50Reverse duck!
18:52Lesnar with a shot to the gut!
18:54No way, no way!
18:55Reverse suplex!
18:56Suplex to the 500 pounder!
18:58How freaking strong is Brock Lesnar?
19:01Unbelievable!
19:02It is unbelievable!
19:03Lesnar off the charts, stalking the Big Show!
19:07I can't believe what has transpired here tonight!
19:10You can feel the momentum shift to pieces!
19:12It's been picked up!
19:13What is Brock getting on with that forklift?
19:15Shot to the midsection!
19:18Look at how powerful!
19:21And he connects!
19:24But how much did it take out of Lesnar, Paul?
19:27Lesnar can only win this match by putting Big Show on a stretcher
19:31and getting the hell out of this arena past that yellow line!
19:35Shocked when Mysterio showed up here!
19:37Brock coming battling for the arena on a forklift!
19:41Big Show's F5!
19:44And Brock Lesnar, look at this!
19:47Brock Lesnar placing that stretcher on that pallet on that forklift!
19:52And perhaps we're beginning to see what Lesnar had in mind!
19:57He's dragging the carcass of the Big Show toward the forklift!
20:01Big Show's out, Cole!
20:03He's out!
20:04That F5 just took out the big man!
20:06Perhaps there's not a stretcher in this arena big enough to haul the Big Show out!
20:10You think the forklift?
20:11Perhaps the forklift's big enough!
20:13Brock figuring it out!
20:15Big up to Brock!
20:17Big Show rolled onto this homemade stretcher, so to speak!
20:22A stretcher with an engine!
20:24A lot of horsepower!
20:26The Big Show is out on a stretcher, on a pallet, on a forklift!
20:31I don't see any signs yet, I don't...
20:34The Big Show...
20:35Now Brock Lesnar's gotta back this thing up and move the Big Show past that yellow line!
20:40Referee right there, I mean...
20:42Oh, he's lifting him higher!
20:44The forklift can do it!
20:45Look at this!
20:46Oh my God!
20:47This homemade stretcher is back at it's own call!
20:50Brock Lesnar!
20:51He did it!
20:52Has retained the title!
20:54This is surreal!
20:57Here is your winner and still WWE Champion...
21:02Brock Lesnar!
21:04Is it a high Big Show pitch?
21:06Brock did it, Cole!
21:07How innovative!
21:08And this is how the champion did it!
21:11Brock Lesnar!
21:12Pulling out all the stops!
21:14Using a forklift to bum rush the ring!
21:18Using it as a homemade stretcher and a launching pad!
21:22For an unbelievable Brock's body to knock down the Big Show!
21:28There's your champion!
21:30I'll tell you what, Brock Lesnar was not only victorious, retained the champion,
21:34but survived the brutal battle!
21:36Lesnar pulled out all the stops and remains champion!