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00:00:0030 men are about to compete to see who will be in the main event at WrestleMania 20, King.
00:00:08Boy, look at those 30 superstars.
00:00:10I don't know.
00:00:11Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Goldberg.
00:00:14Who are you going to pick?
00:00:16We're about to find out.
00:00:1830 men get it on next.
00:00:25The 30-man Royal Rumble matchup.
00:00:2815 Raw superstars.
00:00:3015 superstars from SmackDown.
00:00:32That's right.
00:00:33And the winner gets a shot, a title shot, at WrestleMania 20.
00:00:37Who wants to seize the moment?
00:00:39I will not be denied.
00:00:41People attack me, I throw them out.
00:00:44This is my shot tonight.
00:00:45I'm going to throw 29 other superstars right over that top rope and win the Royal Rumble for the first time in my career.
00:00:58The Royal Rumble.
00:00:59The Royal Rumble.
00:01:28Chris Benoit, you will never get another shot at the WWE title.
00:01:45Dean and his partner win the Royal Rumble match.
00:01:47They lose.
00:01:48They can't enter the Royal Rumble match.
00:01:50This is my life.
00:01:51You are the number one entry into the Royal Rumble.
00:01:55And it's going to take a hell of a lot more than Paul Heyman to take away my dreams.
00:02:03This is a big-time moment here on Raw.
00:02:06Who will be the 30th entrant in the Royal Rumble?
00:02:09You'd be the odds-on favorite to win the Royal Rumble if you were the 30th entrant.
00:02:13He's going to throw him out.
00:02:14Goldberg wins.
00:02:15Goldberg has got to be the odds-on favorite to win the Royal Rumble match.
00:02:25Philadelphia, here we come.
00:02:41The road to WrestleMania starts now.
00:02:45Ladies and gentlemen, we are live now here at ringside.
00:02:49I'm excited about this match with you.
00:02:52I've got to tell you up front, I'm pulling for Raw.
00:02:55I'm pulling for SmackDown.
00:02:56I'm a little nervous, Chad.
00:02:57This is my first Royal Rumble match.
00:02:59You've done, what, a million of them, right?
00:03:01Yeah, at least two.
00:03:02We're here in the water, so we're looking like a destruction area here, ladies and gentlemen,
00:03:05as we send you up to the peak.
00:03:09Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the Royal Rumble.
00:03:16What the hell?
00:03:18Rap music can only mean one thing, and that is a-
00:03:21Get out of my ring.
00:03:23You know, I am absolutely confident that tonight a Raw superstar is going to win the Royal Rumble.
00:03:31Do you know why?
00:03:33Because Raw has superior athletes.
00:03:38Because Raw has better entertainers, and in my case, Raw has a superior general manager.
00:03:47Now, I know a lot of you people here may like Paul Heyman
00:03:52because he used to run a couple of rinky-dink little shows in some rundown bingo hall.
00:04:01But the fact of the matter is, Paul Heyman is a joke.
00:04:05While my SmackDown counterpart is having soap shoved down his throat
00:04:11by the superstars on SmackDown, I, on the other hand, have the respect, the admiration,
00:04:18and the loyalty of everybody on the Raw roster.
00:04:26Well, there's the general manager of SmackDown, Paul Heyman,
00:04:31who has obviously heard Mr. Fishhouse's oratory enough.
00:04:35Yeah, yeah, Heyman I know very well.
00:04:37He's my boss, my general manager on SmackDown.
00:04:40And I'm telling you, I know Paul very well.
00:04:42He ain't happy about this.
00:04:43Look at his face.
00:04:48Heyman and Fishhouse have never seen eye-to-eye in any of their previous lives or here tonight.
00:04:58Has Heyman ever lost for words?
00:05:00That's impossible, Gerald.
00:05:02That's not physically possible.
00:05:06What the?
00:05:07Wow.
00:05:08Oh, man.
00:05:09Heyman and Fishhouse.
00:05:11Go get him, Paul.
00:05:12Uh-oh.
00:05:13Oh, my God.
00:05:14I'll tell you what this means.
00:05:16What the hell?
00:05:17Is that a?
00:05:18Sarah Boston is in town.
00:05:20What the hell's going on here?
00:05:22Whoa, whoa.
00:05:23Somebody must be breaking the law around here.
00:05:27It's too cold.
00:05:30People are nuts on Raw.
00:05:31What the hell is going on here, Sarah?
00:05:3617,000 fans on their feet.
00:05:41Paul's strong heartbeat with the arrival of the Texas Rattlesnake.
00:05:49What I don't know is what the hell is going on here.
00:05:55I'm trying to sit back there, get ready for the Royal Rumble.
00:05:58And you guys out here wasting everybody's time like a couple of jackasses.
00:06:04And might I add, in clear violation of the law.
00:06:13I'm talking to you two.
00:06:15So what I want to know is, who started it?
00:06:25Who said who started it?
00:06:28Who started it?
00:06:31Uh-oh.
00:06:33Stunner on Bischoff.
00:06:34Wow.
00:06:35Oh, that's good.
00:06:36At least the Raw GM got stung.
00:06:37That's all good.
00:06:39Well, that's what happens when you start a fight.
00:06:42Stone Cold Pinnacle.
00:06:44No doubt, man.
00:06:45Look at him.
00:06:46He's going to pick a deal with Austin.
00:06:47Oh, that's cool.
00:06:49All right.
00:06:50Cheers.
00:06:51That's all good.
00:06:52Stone Cold Law.
00:06:53Oh, what the hell?
00:06:54Ow.
00:06:55Stunner on Heyman.
00:06:58A stunner on Bischoff.
00:07:00A stunner on Heyman.
00:07:02Stone Cold Law will not be violated here tonight
00:07:06at the Royal Rumble.
00:07:08Stone Cold don't give a rat's ass about anybody.
00:07:11I'm feeling that.
00:07:13The general managers of both Raw and SmackDown
00:07:16have tasted the Stone Cold Stunner from the Texas Rattlesnake.
00:07:23Wow.
00:07:24Explosive.
00:07:26I'll tell you, you don't want to break Sheriff Austin's
00:07:31law in Raw territory.
00:07:41Well, that empty seat right there is earmarked for Mick Foley.
00:07:44He was invited here by Sheriff Austin to ask.
00:07:47Well, you know, JR, correct me if I'm wrong.
00:07:50Didn't you say last week on Raw that if Mick Foley didn't show up here tonight,
00:07:54you would admit that Mick's a coward?
00:07:56Reluctantly, I did say that, yes.
00:07:58Well, Mick Foley's not here, so he's a coward, right?
00:08:01The night's not over.
00:08:03Okay.
00:08:04He's got a little time.
00:08:05Come on, JR.
00:08:06What time?
00:08:07The match is going to start.
00:08:09There's no time.
00:08:10Mick Foley's not coming.
00:08:11Get it through your head.
00:08:12Then he's a coward.
00:08:13So you said it.
00:08:14Yes, I did.
00:08:15There you go.
00:08:16And it hurts me to say it.
00:08:17It hurts me to see it and witness it and hear you say it.
00:08:19Mick Foley's a coward.
00:08:20Now I said it.
00:08:21Okay.
00:08:22I feel better now.
00:08:23I feel better now.
00:08:24Thank you.
00:08:25Well, I know you have some keys to victory in there.
00:08:27Let's take a look at it.
00:08:28I'm digging a sweater vest, by the way.
00:08:30But first off, you've got to try and hide.
00:08:32Get in a corner.
00:08:33Stay out of harm's way.
00:08:34Stay out of the line of fire.
00:08:35Secondly, these matches are known, these Royal Rumble matches, to be long and hard.
00:08:39So stamina's going to be a very important thing.
00:08:42And third and finally, the higher number you have in this draw,
00:08:46the better your chances are to win the Royal Rumble match
00:08:50and go to WrestleMania at a title shot.
00:08:56Ladies and gentlemen, the Royal Rumble match is about to begin.
00:09:02Introducing the individual who received number one SmackDown's Chris Benoit.
00:09:11Well, in the 17-year history of the Royal Rumble,
00:09:15only one man has started at the number one position
00:09:18and has gone coast to coast and won it.
00:09:21That was Shawn Michaels in 1995.
00:09:25That's been a long time ago.
00:09:26Yeah, well, Paul Heyman made Benoit the number one entry.
00:09:31Benoit and John Cena both outsmarting Paul Heyman,
00:09:34and Paul Heyman wasn't happy about it.
00:09:37And here is the number two.
00:09:38Who's this? Who's this?
00:09:40And now, the individual who drew number two,
00:09:45Raw's Intercontinental Champion, Randy Orton.
00:09:51Yeah.
00:09:52Well, the third generation Intercontinental Champion, Randy Orton,
00:09:56starting number two, so certainly one of SmackDown's best
00:10:00against one of Raw's best starting it out here.
00:10:04I agree with that, JR.
00:10:05I like Randy Orton.
00:10:07This kid has got skills,
00:10:09and that's why he's Intercontinental Champion.
00:10:11I'm digging Randy Orton.
00:10:12This should be outstanding to see Benoit and Randy Orton hook it up.
00:10:17That's what's great about the Royal Rumble, man.
00:10:19You see athletes you wouldn't see compete
00:10:21normally against each other on Raw and SmackDown.
00:10:23Go at it right here.
00:10:24It only happens one time a year,
00:10:26and when the bell rings,
00:10:27these men will have 90 seconds to compete one-on-one
00:10:32before our third entrant will have a new title.
00:10:36We'll have a new entrant every 90 seconds
00:10:38until all 30 men have entered the Royal Rumble match.
00:10:42And of course, we know that number 30 is Goldberg.
00:10:46Well, you know, JR,
00:10:47it's obviously not about the Intercontinental title.
00:10:48It's about who wins the Royal Rumble matchup.
00:10:51Number one and two, number two going at it right now.
00:10:54This tradition in the WWE started in 1988,
00:10:57collar and elbow tie-up.
00:10:59And remember, to win the match,
00:11:00you must throw your opponent over the top rope,
00:11:02and that opponent's feet must touch the floor.
00:11:06You know, it could be an all-evolution
00:11:09of Royal Rumble here tonight.
00:11:10I mean, we saw the tag team champions,
00:11:12Batista and Flair, were victorious.
00:11:14I mean, Triple H retained the World Heavyweight Championship.
00:11:18Let's see if they can win the All-New Interstate.
00:11:20Well, Orton's got a long way to go,
00:11:22and so does Benoit.
00:11:23You gotta believe that Orton and Benoit
00:11:24have the shortest odds on winning this matchup.
00:11:29Nice snap suplex
00:11:30by the rabid Wolverine right there on Randy Orton.
00:11:35Orton now trying to spin this way off of Benoit.
00:11:38Benoit doesn't give you much room.
00:11:40No, no, Chris Benoit,
00:11:41he stalks you in that ring.
00:11:42He stays all over you.
00:11:43But this kid, Randy Orton,
00:11:45I mean, he's doing the same thing.
00:11:47He's all over Benoit, not giving him a chance to breathe.
00:11:49Maybe Benoit's going out here.
00:11:50Let's see.
00:11:51Orton trying to elevate Benoit over the top rope.
00:11:53Benoit, that crossface right across the nose.
00:11:56Oh, yeah.
00:11:57He can break your nose with that maneuver in that position.
00:11:59And don't think he won't do it.
00:12:01No, he will do it.
00:12:02Chris Benoit is a vicious, vicious competitor.
00:12:04Here we go.
00:12:05We got the countdown going.
00:12:06Oh!
00:12:07Our third competitor will be out here in less than five.
00:12:10Who's it gonna be?
00:12:11Who is it?
00:12:12Oh!
00:12:16The world's strongest man.
00:12:19And we saw earlier Mark Henry was not happy about his quarter of victory,
00:12:24which is number three.
00:12:26The 400-pound man.
00:12:28Oh, look at Randy Orton.
00:12:29Uh-oh, maybe Randy's going, JR.
00:12:31Mark Henry, the world's strongest man,
00:12:32gotta be considered at least before this three draw.
00:12:35Watch your back, Benoit and Orton.
00:12:38One of the favorites here, Mark Henry at 400 pounds,
00:12:41is gonna be very difficult, Taz,
00:12:43to elevate over the top all the way to the floor.
00:12:45Yeah, he's got those big, thick legs,
00:12:47and he just gave a big, thick headbutt.
00:12:49This guy's got a head like a farm animal.
00:12:51It's unbelievable.
00:12:52Well, I agree, JR.
00:12:53I think that Mark Henry could be a favorite.
00:12:55He's so damn powerful.
00:12:57Mark Henry legitimately the strongest man in the world,
00:12:59and Benoit chopping upstairs, downstairs.
00:13:02Mark Henry's so strong,
00:13:03there's not one man in this rumble that Mark Henry can't throw out.
00:13:06Quite frankly, there's very few pairs that Mark Henry can't throw out.
00:13:10Well, I agree with that.
00:13:12What about the Big Show?
00:13:13I don't know.
00:13:14It might be a little tough for Mark Henry.
00:13:15And by the way, Big Show is my pick to win this whole thing.
00:13:19That's a good pick.
00:13:21Biggest man in the rumble.
00:13:23That's that Andre the Giant philosophy,
00:13:25the biggest man in the Royal Rumble.
00:13:27More often than not wins it.
00:13:29It all, I think, depends on the luck of the draw.
00:13:31Benoit trying to chop down Mark Henry,
00:13:33and that's a lot easier said than done.
00:13:35Oh, yeah, but Chris Benoit can get it done, man.
00:13:37He's well conditioned.
00:13:38And here we go.
00:13:39We got seven seconds, six seconds.
00:13:40Who's coming out?
00:13:41Orton!
00:13:42Who's it going to be?
00:13:43Orton!
00:13:44Our fourth infant, Orton, kind of laying low in that corner.
00:13:49Oh, the buzzsaw.
00:13:52Tajiri making his way to the ring.
00:13:55The three-time Cruiserweight Champion, Tajiri.
00:13:58Hey, could you imagine if Tajiri won this thing?
00:14:00Could you imagine?
00:14:01That would be big all over the country, especially in Japan.
00:14:04Oh, yeah, because he's from there.
00:14:06Well, there's those feet.
00:14:07The Japanese buzzsaw kicking all over Randy Orton.
00:14:11Uh-oh, that handspring elbow.
00:14:13Oh, man!
00:14:14Wow!
00:14:15Tajiri knocking down Randy Orton, but Benoit hooking up Tajiri.
00:14:19Front face-off with Tajiri.
00:14:21Nice going behind the stand and switch.
00:14:22German suplex!
00:14:24Beautiful German.
00:14:25It's the handshake coming.
00:14:27There's a huge leap.
00:14:28Benoit blows the three, but he nailed two.
00:14:30Release German.
00:14:31That release German had an ugly landing for Tajiri.
00:14:34Benoit and Tajiri both down as Randy Orton is up.
00:14:38Randy might need some help.
00:14:40He's got that big old Mark Hamill trying to get him out of there.
00:14:42His elbow dropped there.
00:14:44Benoit.
00:14:45Interestingly, the two raw competitors are pairing off against each other.
00:14:49The two SmackDown competitors.
00:14:51Randy Orton!
00:14:53Mark Henry thinks he eliminated Randy Orton.
00:14:56And Orton just got Orton.
00:14:59Mark Henry's attention.
00:15:00Mark Henry took his eye off the ball there.
00:15:02Thought he had eliminated Randy Orton, but it was not to be.
00:15:05Orton's having a hard time getting Mark Henry off his feet.
00:15:08Here we go.
00:15:10Here's that ticker.
00:15:11Our fifth entrant in the ring is beginning to fill up here as number five.
00:15:16Who is it?
00:15:17Who is it?
00:15:19Oh!
00:15:21Oh, boy.
00:15:22One of SmackDown's bad boys.
00:15:24I think business is about to pick up here.
00:15:26This is right down Bradshaw's alley.
00:15:28He's a ballroom brawler.
00:15:30That's a glorified turn for the Royal Rumble.
00:15:33Oh, man!
00:15:34A clothesline from him.
00:15:36Texan on Texan.
00:15:38Thanks for coming with a clothesline.
00:15:40Oh, my God!
00:15:42Bradshaw pulverizing the opposition here.
00:15:45But Benoit showing no intimidation.
00:15:47Stepping right in Bradshaw's face.
00:15:49Oh, Benoit's loaded with intestinal fortitude.
00:15:52Oh, God!
00:15:53A crossface JR!
00:15:54Benoit countered the clothesline into the crossface.
00:15:58Tap it out.
00:15:59Don't matter.
00:16:00Don't tap out.
00:16:01Don't mean squat right here.
00:16:02Got to come over the top, Benoit.
00:16:03Uh-oh.
00:16:04Benoit in a precarious position here.
00:16:06Benoit's going!
00:16:07Benoit's going!
00:16:08Bradshaw!
00:16:09Bradshaw's in!
00:16:10Oh, man!
00:16:12Benoit hanging on for dear life.
00:16:15Eliminating Bradshaw.
00:16:16Benoit had the wherewithal to hang on there.
00:16:19And as you pointed out, Bradshaw out.
00:16:21Shocked Bradshaw went out that quick.
00:16:24Came in with a load of energy.
00:16:26Clotheslined the hell out of everybody.
00:16:28And I thought Benoit was a goner there.
00:16:30He was teetering above the top rope.
00:16:32But great athleticism and agility by Benoit.
00:16:35Great balance to land on the apron.
00:16:37But Bradshaw was not so lucky.
00:16:39Now Mark Henry trying to get rid of Orton.
00:16:42But Orton fighting back.
00:16:43And Benoit looks smart.
00:16:45Benoit going after one of those legs.
00:16:48Wreaking those kicks at the jury.
00:16:49Here's the count again.
00:16:506, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
00:16:53Who is it?
00:16:54Who is it?
00:16:56Our sixth entrant.
00:16:59Man beats Rhino, baby.
00:17:03Rhino can put himself right on the map big time.
00:17:07He's coming, boy.
00:17:08By winning the Rumble match.
00:17:11There's no love lost between Rhino and Chris Benoit.
00:17:14That's for sure.
00:17:16Those kicks by the jury on the world's strongest man, Mark Henry.
00:17:19Coming out of those big thigh muscles.
00:17:22Uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:17:23There'll be a chance for them.
00:17:24That's the biggest damn chance in the world coming.
00:17:27Can't get the powerful legs though.
00:17:29Thigh muscle by Rhino.
00:17:31Oh, Benoit.
00:17:32Man, what impact there.
00:17:34Setting up for Gorgie.
00:17:35Oh!
00:17:36Benoit blew to the floor.
00:17:38The jury's been eliminated.
00:17:41And Benoit trying to get Mark Henry.
00:17:44Be careful.
00:17:45There goes Henry!
00:17:47And Benoit eliminates the world's strongest man.
00:17:50But look at Rhino.
00:17:51Ever opportunistic Rhino.
00:17:53Absolutely good point.
00:17:55Rhino's trying to get in that swamp by Randy Orton.
00:17:58Yet to try and work as a cohesive unit with Rhino.
00:18:00Getting rid of Benoit.
00:18:01Headbutt by Benoit.
00:18:03And Benoit's got to use every appendage he's got,
00:18:06including that headbutt, to save himself there.
00:18:09Whoo!
00:18:10He's so fast!
00:18:12Oh!
00:18:13I didn't even see that.
00:18:14I am.
00:18:15I missed it too.
00:18:16There's so much going on in there.
00:18:17He's missing.
00:18:18And there goes Mark Henry.
00:18:19Wow.
00:18:20Mark Henry temporarily blinded from that.
00:18:21The jury's missed.
00:18:23Got elevated over the top by Benoit.
00:18:25We've got three men now in this match at this time.
00:18:28And-
00:18:29Seven!
00:18:30Six!
00:18:31He's coming out.
00:18:32He's coming out now.
00:18:33This team's been taking on so long already.
00:18:35Who is it?
00:18:36Who is it?
00:18:38Oh, yeah!
00:18:39Oh!
00:18:40Oh!
00:18:41Sensei of magnitude!
00:18:42Whoo!
00:18:43Matt Hardy.
00:18:45Matt Hardy thinks he's-
00:18:47he should have a-
00:18:48a bigger world on the wall.
00:18:50The way you do it is you win matches.
00:18:52And if you win this match,
00:18:53you're in the main event of WrestleMania.
00:18:55I'll tell you what,
00:18:56The One-Eye is going at it right now,
00:18:59slugging down on Randy Orton.
00:19:01Every man for himself here.
00:19:03No friends.
00:19:04Only competitors.
00:19:06Nice dunk on that.
00:19:07Got caught.
00:19:08Side effect!
00:19:09Yeah!
00:19:10Wow!
00:19:11Nice move by Matt Hardy with a goal.
00:19:12It's a goal.
00:19:13You're coming over the top.
00:19:14Uh-oh.
00:19:15Uh-oh.
00:19:16That's for Benoit.
00:19:17Holy cow!
00:19:18Benoit for Matt Hardy.
00:19:19Oh, oh!
00:19:20No, Hardy!
00:19:21Did he touch?
00:19:22I don't-
00:19:23I don't know.
00:19:24Referee Nick Packard
00:19:25smacked down final pitch.
00:19:26He's saying his feet didn't touch.
00:19:27Nick Packard giving the safe signal,
00:19:28meaning that-
00:19:29Right.
00:19:30Hardy is still alive in this match.
00:19:31And a big headbutt by Rhyno
00:19:32on his former SmackDown teammate.
00:19:34And one and two
00:19:35are still swinging down, man.
00:19:36Randy Orton and Chris Benoit
00:19:38still going at it.
00:19:39Number one and number two entry.
00:19:40Oh!
00:19:41Man, Rhyno,
00:19:42that hard shoulder block.
00:19:43Well, Matt Hardy used to be
00:19:44a SmackDown guy.
00:19:45You know that, right?
00:19:46Yeah, I knew that.
00:19:47I actually deemed him
00:19:48the Sensei of Manitude.
00:19:50Well, the Sensei of Manitude
00:19:52would love to win
00:19:53the Royal Rumble match.
00:19:54I tell you,
00:19:55I'm loving it, Jay.
00:19:56I'm loving calling this Royal Rumble.
00:19:57This is my first one ever,
00:19:59and I'm digging it.
00:20:00I love it.
00:20:01Uh-oh, Matt Hardy might be going, though.
00:20:02Matt Hardy is hanging on.
00:20:04That top rope.
00:20:05Orton trying to elevate
00:20:06Benoit on the top.
00:20:07He's gonna go up.
00:20:09Who's gonna come out now?
00:20:11Our next competitor.
00:20:13Buzzer.
00:20:15Oh!
00:20:18Big pop of pop.
00:20:20Big pop of pop.
00:20:22Scott Steiner
00:20:23coming in at number eight.
00:20:25There's only been four men
00:20:26that have thrown
00:20:27a single-digit number
00:20:28that have won the Royal Rumble
00:20:30in the history of the Royal Rumble.
00:20:33Look at the size
00:20:34of the genetic freak.
00:20:36And Scott Steiner
00:20:37Oh, my God.
00:20:38beat Michigan,
00:20:39All-America,
00:20:41with those clotheslines.
00:20:42Those Steiner lines.
00:20:44Oh, there's a T-bone.
00:20:45Nice suplex.
00:20:47Steiner got underneath
00:20:48Randy Orton and grilled him
00:20:49with that T-bone suplex.
00:20:51Yeah, here comes a
00:20:52trapped-on,
00:20:53belly-to-belly suplex.
00:20:55Ooh!
00:20:56Nice chop there by Reino.
00:20:57Bottom line here,
00:20:58you gotta throw somebody
00:20:59over the top rope.
00:21:00You suplex them all you want,
00:21:01and Steiner's great at it.
00:21:03You wanna weaken the man up?
00:21:04There's another T-bone
00:21:05right there modified
00:21:06with a claw on the top.
00:21:07You weaken the guy up,
00:21:08and then you chuck him out.
00:21:10Steiner just shoving
00:21:11the Sensei of Matitude
00:21:12out of the way.
00:21:13Nice go behind.
00:21:14Watch out, watch out.
00:21:15And now Steiner
00:21:16takes the suplex himself.
00:21:17Oh, Ben Wall,
00:21:18throw your man.
00:21:19He's got those fingers
00:21:20clasped.
00:21:21Gentlemen!
00:21:23Nice.
00:21:24I'll tell you what,
00:21:25this thing is just
00:21:26a rocket buster,
00:21:27as you would say.
00:21:28A slobber knocker.
00:21:29Taz, for the first time
00:21:30since the inception
00:21:31of the Royal Rumble,
00:21:32there are no former
00:21:33Rumble winners
00:21:34in this match.
00:21:35So we're gonna crown
00:21:36a first-time winner
00:21:37of the Rumble match
00:21:38here tonight.
00:21:39And it might not be
00:21:40Randy Orton because-
00:21:41Uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:21:42He looks like he's going.
00:21:43That's right.
00:21:44Orton inches away
00:21:45from being eliminated
00:21:46by Matt Hardy.
00:21:47Oh, man, he's close.
00:21:48Randy's close.
00:21:49Orton hanging on.
00:21:50Wow.
00:21:51Great athleticism
00:21:52by Randy Orton there.
00:21:55Uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:21:56Another suplex
00:21:57and another incher.
00:21:58Number nine.
00:21:59A big kid, man,
00:22:00right here,
00:22:01Matt Morgan.
00:22:02Big blue chipper.
00:22:03Yes, he is.
00:22:04Almost seven feet tall,
00:22:06over 300 pounds,
00:22:07this young rookie,
00:22:08in his first Royal Rumble,
00:22:10obviously.
00:22:11He's been heavy at times
00:22:12for our general manager,
00:22:13Paul Heyman.
00:22:14And he helps out
00:22:15Brock Lesnar at times
00:22:16to beat the car
00:22:17into somebody.
00:22:18And right now,
00:22:19Matt Morgan
00:22:20got him with a powerbomb
00:22:21from Benoit.
00:22:22Uh-oh.
00:22:23Sit-down powerbomb
00:22:24by Matt Morgan.
00:22:25High impact.
00:22:26Sit-down powerbomb
00:22:27by Matt Morgan.
00:22:28High impact
00:22:29on Chris Benoit.
00:22:30And the Sensei of Manitude.
00:22:32Watch out.
00:22:33Oh, my.
00:22:34Come on.
00:22:35Big right hand
00:22:36to Noah Vail tag.
00:22:37What a big boot
00:22:38by this big Matt Morgan
00:22:40right in Matt Hardy's face.
00:22:42Well, how good
00:22:43is Matt Morgan gonna be?
00:22:44And what would it mean
00:22:45to his career
00:22:46as a rookie
00:22:47if he could win
00:22:48this Royal Rumble match?
00:22:49Suplex by Steiner there.
00:22:52See, Randy Orton's got
00:22:53a big boot
00:22:54stuck in his throat
00:22:55by Matt Morgan.
00:22:57Morgan a big horse,
00:22:58I'll tell you that.
00:23:00Steiner, Steiner.
00:23:01Oh, shoulders right there by
00:23:03into the gut of Orton
00:23:04by Morgan.
00:23:05And now Matt Hardy
00:23:06trying to get Steiner
00:23:07up and over.
00:23:08Morgan nailing Randy Orton.
00:23:09Looks like Reiner's
00:23:10gonna help.
00:23:11Steiner's in trouble, J.R.
00:23:14Double team here
00:23:15and now Matt Morgan
00:23:16came in and
00:23:17and nailed Matt Hardy.
00:23:18I don't know.
00:23:19That was a rookie mistake.
00:23:20Yeah, I agree with you on that, J.R.
00:23:21I don't know why
00:23:22Matt Morgan did that.
00:23:23But you know what?
00:23:24He's in there.
00:23:25He's learning.
00:23:26He's tough, though.
00:23:27He can get it done.
00:23:28Get up, Chris.
00:23:29Reiner.
00:23:30Oh, what a shot by Reiner.
00:23:31Reiner was fat on
00:23:32Chris Benoit,
00:23:33which is a number
00:23:34of class he had.
00:23:35No, that's not nice.
00:23:36He's a Reiner.
00:23:37All that Reiner's do that.
00:23:39Who's next?
00:23:40Who's out?
00:23:41He's coming.
00:23:42Stand back.
00:23:43There's a hurricane
00:23:44coming through.
00:23:45Well, there's your answer.
00:23:47That's the guy you
00:23:48picked by J.R.
00:23:49The weather alert.
00:23:50No, it isn't.
00:23:51That's what my people
00:23:52tell me.
00:23:53He's got green hair.
00:23:54I don't know.
00:23:55He's flying.
00:23:56Oh, my God.
00:23:57He can really fly.
00:23:58Cross-body weather
00:23:59hurricane.
00:24:00The superhero
00:24:01as he likes it.
00:24:02He sizes up
00:24:03Matt Morgan.
00:24:04He better get some of
00:24:05those hollow powers
00:24:06real quick.
00:24:07Oh, that worked.
00:24:08I like that.
00:24:09That's a powerful
00:24:10thumb to the eye
00:24:11of Matt Morgan
00:24:12catching the hurricane.
00:24:13This hurricane's
00:24:14in trouble.
00:24:15He's flying.
00:24:16Oh, he's soaring
00:24:17through the air
00:24:18like a bird and a bee
00:24:19in one of those other
00:24:20sparrows.
00:24:21That's the LA
00:24:23hurricane
00:24:24emphatically
00:24:25from the Royal Rumble.
00:24:26I'm not so sure
00:24:27the hurricane didn't
00:24:28hurt his leg there.
00:24:29I'm not so sure.
00:24:30Oh, Matt Morgan
00:24:32not just smacking his TV
00:24:33but smacking
00:24:34the hurricane around.
00:24:35Uh-oh.
00:24:36Uh-oh.
00:24:37Where's Matt Hardy going?
00:24:38Oh!
00:24:39No!
00:24:40That was close.
00:24:41That was a photo finish.
00:24:42You ain't kidding.
00:24:43Matt Morgan almost
00:24:44illuminating Matt Hardy.
00:24:47Well, now
00:24:48Benoit
00:24:49got a boot
00:24:50across the throat.
00:24:51of Hardy
00:24:52and now Benoit
00:24:53fighting back
00:24:54on Rhyno.
00:24:55Randy Orton trying to
00:24:56retreat to the corner
00:24:57and of course
00:24:58Randy Orton can't
00:24:59go to the top rope
00:25:00the position he's in.
00:25:01One of your points
00:25:02to victory.
00:25:03Find the corner.
00:25:04He's not hiding but
00:25:05Well, you know
00:25:06you got to
00:25:07let's see if the feet
00:25:08touched here on Matt Hardy.
00:25:09Check it out.
00:25:10Let's check it out.
00:25:11Hardy hooking
00:25:12that top rope.
00:25:13That's
00:25:14Did it touch?
00:25:15I don't think so.
00:25:16One of them might have
00:25:17but both got a touch.
00:25:18That was hair away there.
00:25:19That was close.
00:25:21Where's Matt Hardy going?
00:25:22Watch out, Matt.
00:25:23Trying to knock the
00:25:24chop the block down.
00:25:25Matt Hardy trying to
00:25:26chop that leg
00:25:27and a chop block
00:25:28on Matt Morgan.
00:25:30In three seconds
00:25:31we're going to have
00:25:32a new man out here, JR.
00:25:37Well, it's going to be
00:25:38Booker T
00:25:39one of the favorites
00:25:40to win the Rumble Match.
00:25:42I like Booker T.
00:25:44I like when he does
00:25:45that spin of Rudy.
00:25:47Booker T coming in
00:25:48at number 11
00:25:49Bookman.
00:25:51Uh-oh.
00:25:52Steiner got it right
00:25:53for Booker.
00:25:54Steiner and Booker T
00:25:55go the long way
00:25:56back to the WCW days
00:25:58and Booker T
00:25:59knows what it means
00:26:01or what it would mean
00:26:02to win this match.
00:26:03He had headlined
00:26:04WrestleMania
00:26:05against the champion.
00:26:07And that's what it's all about
00:26:08and that's what all these
00:26:09SmackDown athletes
00:26:10and Raw athletes
00:26:11these superstars
00:26:12are going at it
00:26:13tooth and nail.
00:26:15Someone's going to go to
00:26:16WrestleMania
00:26:17match at Square Garden
00:26:18and get a title shot
00:26:19big time.
00:26:20Man, the eliminations
00:26:21have come
00:26:22getting few and far
00:26:23between here.
00:26:24No doubt, no doubt
00:26:25about that.
00:26:26Stakes are high.
00:26:27They couldn't be any higher.
00:26:28You guarantee yourself
00:26:29a hell of a payday
00:26:31and the opportunity
00:26:32for the championship.
00:26:33Beautiful scissor kick
00:26:34by Booker.
00:26:35To compete for the
00:26:36championship
00:26:37at the biggest stage
00:26:38of them all
00:26:39and now Matt Morgan
00:26:40tearing off with
00:26:41Chris Benoit.
00:26:42I don't know if you want
00:26:43to trade shots
00:26:44with Chris Benoit
00:26:45but Benoit's worn down
00:26:46and he was the first
00:26:47the first superstar
00:26:48out here.
00:26:49And Randy Orton
00:26:50the second
00:26:51and both are still
00:26:52alive
00:26:53I don't want to say
00:26:54so well
00:26:55but they are alive
00:26:56in the Royal Rumble match.
00:26:58Now
00:26:59Ryan looks like
00:27:00Ryan looks like
00:27:01trying to get rid of
00:27:02Matt Morgan.
00:27:03Matt Morgan's just
00:27:04a big man.
00:27:05He's just
00:27:06gotta be 6'10",
00:27:076'11".
00:27:09Again
00:27:10those 90 seconds
00:27:11are blowing by.
00:27:12Kidney flied by.
00:27:14The 17th
00:27:15Royal Rumble.
00:27:16Uh-oh.
00:27:17Whoa!
00:27:18Oh my God.
00:27:19He's talking about
00:27:20a fame record.
00:27:21This hideous
00:27:22human being
00:27:23who has the record
00:27:24for the most
00:27:25eliminations
00:27:26Steiner just got
00:27:27eliminated.
00:27:28What did you say?
00:27:29Our business is about
00:27:30to pick up.
00:27:31What did you say JR?
00:27:32You're down right
00:27:33through Hellfire
00:27:34and Brimstone.
00:27:35I hear you.
00:27:36This man has the
00:27:37all-time record
00:27:38for most eliminations
00:27:39in a Royal Rumble.
00:27:4011
00:27:41in 2001
00:27:42as we take a look
00:27:43at Steiner.
00:27:44Steiner gets eliminated
00:27:45by Booker T.
00:27:46This cane
00:27:47just scares the hell
00:27:48out of me.
00:27:49There's Oguzo.
00:27:50Benoit's going up
00:27:51and now he's going down.
00:27:52Chokeslam on Benoit.
00:27:54Uh-oh.
00:27:55And Matt Morgan.
00:27:56Boy, Matt Morgan
00:27:57you can tell how big he is.
00:27:58That kid's gutsy
00:27:59going for a powerbomb.
00:28:00Uh-oh.
00:28:01And cane powered out of it.
00:28:02Backdrop out of it.
00:28:03Uh-oh.
00:28:04Going for Oguzo here.
00:28:05It's 7-footer
00:28:06on 7-footer here.
00:28:07Look at this.
00:28:08And what a chokeslam
00:28:09to hell that was.
00:28:10How powerful
00:28:11side effect.
00:28:12That didn't work Hardy.
00:28:13Matt Hardy just got
00:28:14overpowered there.
00:28:15And cane
00:28:16with a sidewalk slam
00:28:17on Matt Hardy.
00:28:18Right up.
00:28:19No more.
00:28:20No more.
00:28:21The Boar.
00:28:22Orton tried the RKO.
00:28:23Uh-oh.
00:28:24Uh-oh.
00:28:25Uh-oh.
00:28:26Randy Orton's going to get
00:28:27chokeslammed.
00:28:28Uh-oh.
00:28:29High impact
00:28:30chokeslam.
00:28:31And cane
00:28:32is the bull
00:28:33of these here woods
00:28:34right here and now
00:28:35before 17,289
00:28:39in Philadelphia.
00:28:40Oh!
00:28:41What an uppercut
00:28:42right there by cane.
00:28:43This guy scares the hell
00:28:44out of me, J-O.
00:28:45I'm telling you.
00:28:46He's a dominator.
00:28:48There's no doubt
00:28:49about it.
00:28:50Who's next?
00:28:51Who's next?
00:28:52The man that buried
00:28:53his own brother.
00:28:54What the hell?
00:29:01Uh-oh.
00:29:02What the hell is that?
00:29:03Oh!
00:29:04What the hell?
00:29:05Kamina Lee Wolfang.
00:29:06Yeah, I know.
00:29:07With the blackout,
00:29:08Kamina.
00:29:09Look at him.
00:29:10Look at him.
00:29:11Oh!
00:29:12That is huge!
00:29:13Cane was totally,
00:29:14totally predisposed
00:29:15for that.
00:29:16Wait, what the hell's
00:29:17going on?
00:29:18It's Spike now.
00:29:19Spike.
00:29:20You heard that?
00:29:21Uh-oh.
00:29:22I think cane's thinking
00:29:23that Spike sounded off
00:29:24that gun then.
00:29:25Uh-oh.
00:29:26Oh, my God.
00:29:27Oh, you ain't
00:29:28killing Spike Dunne.
00:29:29Don't do that out here.
00:29:30Oh, Spike.
00:29:31Spike's
00:29:32about to steal.
00:29:33Little Spike Dunne
00:29:34with a splat
00:29:35on the Spike Dunne.
00:29:36Uh-oh.
00:29:37Uh-oh.
00:29:38Uh-oh.
00:29:39Uh-oh.
00:29:40With a splat
00:29:41on the steel rampway,
00:29:42Cane has been eliminated
00:29:43after being totally
00:29:44taken out of his game
00:29:45from the Undertaker's
00:29:46Gaunt,
00:29:47his own brother
00:29:48who came buried
00:29:49in the Survivor Series,
00:29:50and now look what
00:29:51Cane has done
00:29:52to Spike Dunne.
00:29:53Spike is roadkill
00:29:54on that entrance
00:29:55ramp there.
00:29:56Whew!
00:29:57Well, Matt Hardy
00:29:58now really trying
00:29:59to get rid
00:30:00of Matt Hardy.
00:30:01Spike Dunne
00:30:02was...
00:30:03Uh-oh.
00:30:04He was in
00:30:05capacity
00:30:06last week.
00:30:07I'm not so sure
00:30:08Spike Dunne
00:30:09is gonna be able
00:30:10to compete here
00:30:11tonight.
00:30:12Obviously,
00:30:13after what
00:30:14we have seen
00:30:15Cane do to him,
00:30:16Matt Hardy now...
00:30:17Oh, what's with
00:30:18those guys?
00:30:19Don't Undertaker
00:30:20was gonna come out?
00:30:21Oh, my God!
00:30:22Spike's head
00:30:23just...
00:30:24Remember,
00:30:25Undertaker was,
00:30:26as you pointed out,
00:30:27was buried by Cane
00:30:28at Survivor Series.
00:30:29Buried alive.
00:30:30Yes, yes,
00:30:31I know.
00:30:32By his own brother.
00:30:33And that obviously
00:30:34has taken
00:30:35Cane right out
00:30:36of his game.
00:30:37Cane totally
00:30:38distracted
00:30:39when he heard
00:30:40his brother's gone.
00:30:42Well, who's gonna
00:30:43come out now?
00:30:44What else can
00:30:45happen out here?
00:30:46But the team's
00:30:47very opportunistic
00:30:48there.
00:30:49And here comes
00:30:50a man that...
00:30:51Here's another man
00:30:52that's super
00:30:53heavyweight.
00:30:54You ain't kidding.
00:30:55Super heavyweight
00:30:56from the word go,
00:30:57Rikishi.
00:30:58He's got that
00:30:59big bump,
00:31:00that big rear end,
00:31:01but all that weight,
00:31:02damn near 400 pounds,
00:31:03about 350, actually.
00:31:04It's gonna be tough
00:31:05to get over
00:31:06that top rope.
00:31:08Uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:31:09No!
00:31:10Benoit eliminated
00:31:11Rhyno over the top,
00:31:12and now Rikishi's in.
00:31:14I think Rikishi's
00:31:15on a...
00:31:16Whoa, man!
00:31:17He's gonna tip those
00:31:18Toledos about 400 pounds
00:31:20in my book.
00:31:21He's a big son of a gun,
00:31:22let me tell you.
00:31:24Rhyno eliminated
00:31:25by Benoit.
00:31:26Look at this!
00:31:27Stake faced
00:31:28on Matt Morgan.
00:31:29And welcome to
00:31:30the Royal Rumble, rookie.
00:31:31Welcome to
00:31:32Rikishi's ass, rookie.
00:31:35Rhyno just
00:31:36make another look.
00:31:37Here's how Rhyno
00:31:38went out.
00:31:39It was courtesy
00:31:40of the number one
00:31:41infant, Chris Benoit.
00:31:43Benoit's still
00:31:44hanging on,
00:31:45so's Randy Orton.
00:31:46Now Rikishi's singled
00:31:47out Matt Morgan here.
00:31:50Rikishi certainly
00:31:51has the pedigree
00:31:52to win this match.
00:31:53He has the
00:31:54genetics, let's say.
00:31:56Genetics, well,
00:31:57you know, he's got
00:31:58a big ass, he's 400 pounds.
00:31:59How's he gonna get
00:32:00him over the top?
00:32:01I never heard of
00:32:02the word genetics
00:32:03in Rikishi put
00:32:04in the same sentence.
00:32:05That's alright.
00:32:06But then again, Mark Henry
00:32:07got the green mist
00:32:08and he's gone.
00:32:09Yep, yep.
00:32:10Mark Henry's
00:32:11out of his sting
00:32:12and Matt Hardy
00:32:13received a big back elbow
00:32:14by Booker T there
00:32:15a moment ago.
00:32:16Benoit eliminating
00:32:17Mark Henry.
00:32:18Let's see if Benoit
00:32:19can do the same magic
00:32:20on the next big
00:32:21super heavyweight.
00:32:22Rikishi and Benoit
00:32:24hammering at the
00:32:25number two infant,
00:32:26Randy Orton.
00:32:27Matt Hardy and
00:32:28Booker T paired off
00:32:29in the far corner.
00:32:32What's this?
00:32:36This guy could do
00:32:37a posse, right?
00:32:38Rene Fritz.
00:32:39It's the French guy, right?
00:32:40Fritz is 20 years old.
00:32:41He's, uh, we're
00:32:42halfway through
00:32:43the Royal Rumble
00:32:44at entry number 15.
00:32:46He's not to be confused
00:32:47with the other
00:32:48American French guy
00:32:49you guys have on the wall,
00:32:50right?
00:32:51That is Rob Conway.
00:32:52He's an American
00:32:53French guy.
00:32:54Uh-oh, uh-oh, stop.
00:32:55Going for the twist
00:32:56of fate, Matt Hardy
00:32:57was.
00:32:58And Rene Dupree
00:32:59in his first
00:33:00Royal Rumble match
00:33:01at 20 years of age.
00:33:03Ow!
00:33:04He'll make some history
00:33:05here and become
00:33:06the youngest man
00:33:07to win this contest.
00:33:08Matt Hardy hung up.
00:33:09Wow!
00:33:10Man, that was
00:33:11beautiful by Rene Dupree.
00:33:13Oh, his show button
00:33:14coming around.
00:33:15Nice little dance.
00:33:16Rekishi!
00:33:17But it's not time
00:33:18to dance.
00:33:19Oh, oh,
00:33:20Rekishi dances.
00:33:21No dancing,
00:33:22no romancing.
00:33:23And Rekishi
00:33:24taking out Rene Dupree
00:33:25and Booker T
00:33:26trying to capitalize
00:33:27here.
00:33:28It was Booker T
00:33:29who capitalized
00:33:30on King earlier, Taz.
00:33:31Well, that's that
00:33:32veteran instincts
00:33:33of Booker T.
00:33:34He, Booker T,
00:33:35knows what it takes
00:33:36to get it done.
00:33:37Take advantage
00:33:38of an opportunity
00:33:39when you see
00:33:40an opening.
00:33:41That's what makes
00:33:42you successful
00:33:43in this industry.
00:33:44Booker T, the veteran
00:33:45from Houston, Texas,
00:33:46competing in his
00:33:47third Royal Rumble match.
00:33:48Well, kudos, JR.
00:33:49Big-time kudos
00:33:50for Randy Orton,
00:33:51number two,
00:33:52and Chris Benoit,
00:33:53number one.
00:33:54They're still
00:33:55in this bad boy.
00:33:56Number 16.
00:33:57Oh!
00:33:58It's a big man.
00:33:59For SmackDown,
00:34:006'7", 350,
00:34:01the A-Train
00:34:02and the former
00:34:03Pittsburgh University
00:34:04offensive lineman
00:34:05hammering away
00:34:06on Rekishi.
00:34:07And I'll tell you what,
00:34:08I admire A-Train.
00:34:09He went for the biggest
00:34:10man in the contest.
00:34:11No doubt,
00:34:12A-Train did not
00:34:13slow down
00:34:14going after Rekishi.
00:34:15And again,
00:34:16Booker T
00:34:17trying to
00:34:18get some love
00:34:19for Baha'i,
00:34:20but now Rekishi
00:34:21turning the table.
00:34:22Uh-oh.
00:34:23Got caught,
00:34:24got hung up there.
00:34:25And Chris Benoit
00:34:26is down.
00:34:27Booker T
00:34:28and Chris Benoit.
00:34:29He's gone!
00:34:30Benoit again
00:34:31illuminating
00:34:32a much larger opponent.
00:34:34This time,
00:34:35the near 7'9",
00:34:36Matt Morgan.
00:34:37And now look at this,
00:34:38A-Train just getting out here,
00:34:39finds himself
00:34:40in harm's way
00:34:41with Booker,
00:34:42Rekishi,
00:34:43and Benoit
00:34:44trying to get out A-Train.
00:34:45Randy Orton
00:34:46is going to try to
00:34:47Booker T
00:34:48and Rekishi
00:34:49double teaming
00:34:50A-Train
00:34:51as Orton and
00:34:52Benoit
00:34:53square off again.
00:34:54And now Orton in
00:34:55and the break.
00:34:56Rekishi.
00:34:58Wow.
00:34:59Randy Orton, man.
00:35:00I'm digging Randy Orton.
00:35:01Wow!
00:35:02Randy Orton just
00:35:03uh,
00:35:04man, what a pair
00:35:05that they're drawn to.
00:35:06Orton just eliminated
00:35:07Rekishi
00:35:08within seconds.
00:35:09Orton eliminates
00:35:10Booker T.
00:35:11I've heard that J.R.
00:35:12could be an
00:35:13all-evolution
00:35:14Royal Rumble.
00:35:15Randy Orton
00:35:16could win this thing.
00:35:17We had almost
00:35:18a ring full of guys
00:35:19and now we're down
00:35:20to three
00:35:21and the A-Train
00:35:22hammering on the
00:35:23number one entrant
00:35:24Chris Benoit.
00:35:25You're down to three,
00:35:26you're down to four
00:35:27and two of those three
00:35:28are number one
00:35:29and number two
00:35:30that were out
00:35:31coming out here
00:35:32earlier tonight.
00:35:33Who's next?
00:35:34Who's coming out?
00:35:35And Ross
00:35:36in for the ride.
00:35:37Oh!
00:35:43It's Sheldon
00:35:44Benjamin
00:35:45number 17.
00:35:46Got one half
00:35:47of the watch
00:35:48greatest tag team.
00:35:49And Sheldon
00:35:50going right after
00:35:51Randy Orton.
00:35:52I've got a lot
00:35:53of respect for
00:35:54Sheldon Benjamin
00:35:55he may be
00:35:56as good a pure athlete
00:35:57as we have ever seen
00:35:58over his career
00:35:59over in the WWE.
00:36:00I'll start her up
00:36:01I think we lost
00:36:02A-Train in this thing
00:36:03Dorin
00:36:04Dorin now
00:36:05the entrance
00:36:06of Sheldon Benjamin
00:36:07yeah A-Train is gone.
00:36:08A-Train putting up
00:36:09a good fight
00:36:10but
00:36:11I was so focused
00:36:12on Benjamin
00:36:13coming in
00:36:14I apologize folks
00:36:15I missed
00:36:16the A-Train
00:36:17going over the top.
00:36:18Come on you son of a bitch.
00:36:19And look at
00:36:20Sheldon
00:36:21is measuring up
00:36:22Randy Orton here.
00:36:23This guy
00:36:24can't believe
00:36:25he's been catalyzed.
00:36:26Benjamin went for
00:36:27the big kick there.
00:36:28This Randy Orton
00:36:29is impressive
00:36:30as the S.O.B.
00:36:31out here.
00:36:32Wow.
00:36:33Back to the
00:36:34first two men
00:36:35that started
00:36:36the Royal Rumble
00:36:37match
00:36:38were over
00:36:39halfway through
00:36:40number one
00:36:41and number two
00:36:42entrance
00:36:43Benoit and Orton
00:36:44respectively
00:36:45are still alive.
00:36:46How impressive
00:36:47look at his
00:36:48back suplex
00:36:49how impressive
00:36:50is this?
00:36:51Over 26 minutes
00:36:52Orton and
00:36:53Benoit have been
00:36:54in there
00:36:55knocking heads
00:36:56smash mouth style.
00:36:57Wow.
00:36:58Head's plucked.
00:36:59Head's plucked.
00:37:00Head's cracked
00:37:01there indeed.
00:37:02Orton and
00:37:03Benoit
00:37:04both down.
00:37:05What comes out
00:37:06is going to have
00:37:07a great opportunity
00:37:08to capitalize.
00:37:09Yep capitalize.
00:37:10Absolutely.
00:37:11Somebody's got
00:37:12a big break here
00:37:13with
00:37:14the hell
00:37:15the hell is this?
00:37:16Oh that's the
00:37:17cat.
00:37:18Ladies and
00:37:19gentlemen
00:37:20Ernest
00:37:21the Cat
00:37:22Miller.
00:37:23That's Lamont
00:37:24that's the cat's
00:37:25little friend.
00:37:26Hey hey hey yo
00:37:27can somebody
00:37:28call my mama
00:37:29it's about to
00:37:30get funky up in here.
00:37:31Let's see if he
00:37:32can capitalize on
00:37:33What's up with
00:37:34Lamont?
00:37:35Oh the cat
00:37:36cat's putting on
00:37:37a good foot.
00:37:38Oh he's going to
00:37:39do a little dance
00:37:40out of here.
00:37:41Well you know
00:37:42somebody better
00:37:43call his mama.
00:37:44Somebody call
00:37:45my mama.
00:37:46Come on Cal.
00:37:47He can't call
00:37:48his mama
00:37:49but he can't
00:37:50dance his way
00:37:51in with feet.
00:37:52He's got to
00:37:53fight his way in
00:37:54and I hear this
00:37:55guy's like
00:37:56Somebody call
00:37:57my mama.
00:37:58Somebody call
00:37:59my mama.
00:38:00Come on Jay
00:38:01you're not even
00:38:02helping out.
00:38:03Well I'm not
00:38:04he's an
00:38:05entertaining guy
00:38:06I'll have to admit
00:38:07that.
00:38:08Look at him
00:38:09he's dancing
00:38:10he's nutty
00:38:11silly
00:38:12he's got the
00:38:13Elvis pants
00:38:14on
00:38:15he's nutty
00:38:16look at him
00:38:17Lamont
00:38:18he's a
00:38:19monster.
00:38:20There's not
00:38:21nothing extreme
00:38:22like that.
00:38:23Oh
00:38:24what the hell
00:38:25Lola.
00:38:26The wig's
00:38:27eliminated.
00:38:28The wig
00:38:29eliminated
00:38:30then Lamont
00:38:31then the cat.
00:38:32Good
00:38:33enough with
00:38:34the dancing
00:38:35I'm sick
00:38:36of the dancing.
00:38:37Well we're
00:38:38back down to
00:38:39where we
00:38:40started.
00:38:41We'll continue
00:38:42the wrestling
00:38:43portion of the
00:38:44Royal Rumble
00:38:45match.
00:38:46Somebody better
00:38:47call his mama
00:38:48and call him
00:38:50Randy Orton
00:38:51eliminating the
00:38:52cat after Ben
00:38:53Wilde took care
00:38:54of Lamont
00:38:55who I don't
00:38:56think was
00:38:57officially even
00:38:58in this match
00:38:59and now Randy
00:39:00Orton
00:39:01needs to make
00:39:02hay while the
00:39:03sun is shining
00:39:04so to speak.
00:39:05What the hell
00:39:06does that mean
00:39:07Jay?
00:39:08I'm from
00:39:09Brooklyn.
00:39:10It means
00:39:11don't waste
00:39:12any time.
00:39:13Oh I
00:39:14got you.
00:39:15Well here's
00:39:16a man that
00:39:17guaranteed
00:39:18Kurt
00:39:19Angle's
00:39:20in the ring.
00:39:21Kurt Angle has
00:39:22never won the
00:39:23Royal Rumble
00:39:24match but he
00:39:25knows what it's
00:39:26like to hit on a
00:39:27WrestleMania.
00:39:28He didn't just
00:39:29guarantee the
00:39:30victory.
00:39:31Kurt Angle
00:39:32dedicated the
00:39:33victory he's
00:39:34going to have
00:39:35tonight to the
00:39:36armed forces.
00:39:37The men and
00:39:38women of all
00:39:39fighting armed
00:39:40forces.
00:39:41And we have
00:39:42seen some great
00:39:43matches including
00:39:44last year at the
00:39:45Rumble between
00:39:46Angle and
00:39:47Stella.
00:39:48No doubt.
00:39:49And while
00:39:50the chomping
00:39:51away on the
00:39:521996 Olympic
00:39:53gold medal
00:39:54winner in
00:39:55freestyle wrestling
00:39:56Kurt Angle
00:39:57scored that
00:39:58close one.
00:39:59And oh man our
00:40:00fans in the UK
00:40:01joining us for
00:40:02some Tanta
00:40:03sports for the
00:40:04first time.
00:40:05Gotta be loving
00:40:06this action.
00:40:07Kurt Angle is
00:40:08the only ever
00:40:09gold medal winner
00:40:10in the WWE and
00:40:11SmackDown's got him
00:40:12Jay.
00:40:13I'm very
00:40:14respectful of
00:40:15Kurt Angle and
00:40:16I love him.
00:40:17I mean we
00:40:18had a plan.
00:40:19Can we?
00:40:20You know what?
00:40:21He can wrestle
00:40:22man he can wrestle.
00:40:23No doubt.
00:40:24Kurt I've
00:40:25wrestled him.
00:40:26I know it.
00:40:27And right now.
00:40:28Uh oh.
00:40:29Uh oh.
00:40:30Look at this.
00:40:31Benoit is about
00:40:32to get out of
00:40:33here.
00:40:34Benoit is
00:40:35hanging on.
00:40:36Benoit has
00:40:37been so close
00:40:38on so many
00:40:39occasions and
00:40:40he's trying to
00:40:41hold on.
00:40:42No doubt.
00:40:43How much
00:40:44more does
00:40:45If Rico, look at Tomei, wow, that jack, imagine if Rico won this thing.
00:40:49Don't judge that book by its cover.
00:40:50I know, he's a tough cat.
00:40:51Rico's a lot tougher than he would like for people to believe.
00:40:55I'll tell you what, to wear pants like that, you better be tough as hell.
00:40:58Oof, oof.
00:40:59That gets your ass whipped in Muscovy, Oklahoma, let me tell you.
00:41:01That gets your ass whipped in Brooklyn, too.
00:41:03But he is a tough guy, it's Rico, former Las Vegas cop.
00:41:07He's a multi-level commercial artist.
00:41:09Well, right now, Kurt Angle, he's got Benoit caught in it.
00:41:15What's Rico gonna do?
00:41:16Nice, right across the face.
00:41:18Rico with Randy Orton there.
00:41:19A stranger, wow, Rico, that kick.
00:41:23Elevating to that second rope, scoring with a kick.
00:41:26And what stranger things have happened in the Royal Rumble in the 17-year history.
00:41:30And Orton looks to be out of it.
00:41:32Yeah, it looks like Rico's going for the cross.
00:41:35So Randy and Randy with that back elbow getting out of it.
00:41:38Then it splits German.
00:41:40And the RKO by Orton on Rico.
00:41:42Look at this beautiful textbook second German suplexes.
00:41:46Those German suplexes right on Kurt Angle, the backless head and neck and shoulders.
00:41:51And now Orton, after the RKO, is gonna displace Rico.
00:41:55Wow.
00:41:56Down to three now, left.
00:41:58And as this match continues.
00:42:00And remember, Benoit just backed suplexed three times on a man with a surgically repaired neck.
00:42:05And that made his Kurt Angle play impossible.
00:42:08Angle, now what a rush of adrenaline was Angle playing possible one of the two.
00:42:14Trying to get Benoit out.
00:42:15And a sense of urgency here.
00:42:18But Benoit on the top rope.
00:42:22Oh, this big cat from Raw test.
00:42:25Here's another big man that can do some damage here.
00:42:30All right, the hell is it?
00:42:31Is he invisible now?
00:42:34I don't know where he is.
00:42:35Oh, nice.
00:42:36RKO, yeah.
00:42:37Orton got the RKO on Kurt Angle.
00:42:41Where the hell's Test?
00:42:42I have no idea.
00:42:43You know, he had just a quickness.
00:42:45Wait.
00:42:48Maybe he could play his music.
00:42:49I don't play his music.
00:42:49We're waiting on Test.
00:42:50Have anybody-
00:42:51I don't know.
00:42:52He looks like he's knocked out.
00:42:53I don't know.
00:42:54He's got a trainer in here.
00:42:55I need a trainer.
00:42:55Let's get a trainer.
00:42:56Trainer.
00:42:57He's knocked out.
00:42:58He's been knocked out.
00:42:59You gonna make it to the rumble or not?
00:43:00I don't think so.
00:43:01I don't think he is.
00:43:02The hell are you doing?
00:43:05That's my number 21 injury, you son of a bitch.
00:43:07All right, now, you're number 21.
00:43:10Get your ass to the ring.
00:43:11No, we'll train him.
00:43:12No, no, now.
00:43:15Trainer.
00:43:15Get to the damn ring.
00:43:17Who in the hell is Austin talking to?
00:43:19I don't know.
00:43:19Test has obviously been knocked out by someone.
00:43:23And whoever knocked Test out is going to be the 21st entrant, according to Sheriff Austin.
00:43:32Oh, what the hell?
00:43:34Oh, my God.
00:43:36You don't tell me.
00:43:38No.
00:43:39It can't be.
00:43:40Randy, what?
00:43:40I'm shocked.
00:43:41And some of them are dead.
00:43:42Oh, they're dead.
00:43:43Oh, man.
00:43:44It's Mick Foley.
00:43:45Mick Foley is here.
00:43:47And Orton can't believe it.
00:43:50I'm shocked.
00:43:52Mick Foley.
00:43:52Whoa.
00:43:53His ass off.
00:43:54He's fighting his ass off.
00:43:55He's beating the hell out of Randy.
00:43:57Look at this.
00:43:58No.
00:43:59Mick Foley.
00:44:01By God, he's got a counter.
00:44:04Foley fighting for all he's got here.
00:44:07It was Foley, apparently, who took out Test.
00:44:10And look at Foley.
00:44:11Look at this.
00:44:12And the floors for the pretty face of Randy Orton.
00:44:15And this arena, Philadelphia, is exploding at the Royal Rumble.
00:44:21Mick Foley is shocking.
00:44:23What the hell?
00:44:23I can't believe this.
00:44:26Mick Foley obviously took out Test.
00:44:29And Foley.
00:44:30Whoa.
00:44:31Foley eliminated Randy Orton and himself.
00:44:34And himself.
00:44:35He eliminated himself.
00:44:36But Foley doesn't give a damn.
00:44:41But why did you eliminate yourself?
00:44:42I don't get that.
00:44:45I don't understand.
00:44:46Foley's a complex man.
00:44:48I don't know.
00:44:49I have no idea why Foley did this.
00:44:51I have no idea why Foley has made us all think that he was a coward.
00:44:56Well, Mick Foley can't stand Randy Orton, right?
00:44:58Because Randy Orton's calling himself the new hardcore legend.
00:45:01So we know why Mick Foley wants to tear the face off of Randy Orton.
00:45:05That's pretty obvious.
00:45:06Randy Orton's head bouncing off the steel steps.
00:45:09And Mick Foley.
00:45:12Foley is stalking.
00:45:13What's he going to do?
00:45:13Foley's got an ugly look in his eye.
00:45:15I'll tell you something.
00:45:15Mick Foley can be dangerous.
00:45:19Look at this.
00:45:19The camera wire across the front and eye area of Orton.
00:45:23Mick Foley took the life out of Randy Orton.
00:45:26Both men have been eliminated with a rumble match.
00:45:28Benoit and Angle have been left in the ring.
00:45:30Got a match going on here.
00:45:35Christian.
00:45:39Christian will be the next entrant.
00:45:41But Orton is getting the hell beat out of him.
00:45:44Keep talking about a kid getting taken to the woods again.
00:45:49Oh, there goes Orton.
00:45:53Foley out.
00:45:54Mick Foley's got the steel.
00:45:56Yep, Randy Orton's in trouble.
00:45:57Don't do this.
00:45:59Mick, it ain't working.
00:46:00Oh, my God.
00:46:01Oh, my God.
00:46:03Oh, my God.
00:46:05Another shot.
00:46:06A fire show.
00:46:08Jesus.
00:46:09God almighty, stop it.
00:46:10That is sick.
00:46:11We've got officials down.
00:46:13Foley even hit the head right in the skull.
00:46:16You can't play Orton, no.
00:46:18Out of nowhere.
00:46:19Mick Foley wasn't scheduled for that.
00:46:21He wasn't scheduled.
00:46:22And he attacked Orton.
00:46:23And now Orton's beating the hell out of him.
00:46:24How personal is this between Foley and Orton?
00:46:29Officials trying to stop Orton, but casually, he's there.
00:46:35Well, you want that?
00:46:36I've seen some chair hits and shots in my day.
00:46:39Randy Orton, oh, like a baseball bat across the face of Foley.
00:46:45Well, you can check Foley's name all you want.
00:46:47I don't think Foley's gonna-
00:46:48Oh, no.
00:46:49Foley's brain's about to just go loose.
00:46:52Downstairs with Foley.
00:46:53The right hand.
00:46:54And Foley now fighting back.
00:46:56That's Mick Foley that we know.
00:46:58That's a Mick Foley that comes to fight, not bite.
00:47:01Socko?
00:47:02What the hell?
00:47:04Foley pulling out Mr. Socko.
00:47:07That thing's still alive?
00:47:09I think that Orton's gonna taste it.
00:47:11The Mandible Claw.
00:47:13Perfected by Mick Foley.
00:47:15Someone's coming.
00:47:18Nunzio.
00:47:19Oh, jeez.
00:47:21Foley puts a claw on Nunzio.
00:47:23Wrong place, wrong time.
00:47:27Right in the groin with a kick by Orton.
00:47:29Well, never the opportunist.
00:47:31Big up to Randy Orton for what he just did there.
00:47:35Smart.
00:47:36Smart.
00:47:36Orton bought himself enough time to get the hell out of here.
00:47:39Orton saw his life, his career, flashed before his very eyes.
00:47:43Uh-oh, Kurt Angle's in trouble out there.
00:47:45But Mick Foley still stalking after Randy and Mick-
00:47:49Kurt Angle's in trouble, JR.
00:47:50Christian and Benoit.
00:47:52Trying to put Kurt Angle out.
00:47:55Oh, Kurt's gonna go.
00:47:56Hang on, Kurt.
00:47:57Angle, hold on.
00:47:58Hang on, man.
00:47:58Angle's got a front face lock on a second turnbuckle.
00:48:01I mean, he had that eye injury on SmackDown too,
00:48:03but Kurt, so tough, he's still out here fighting.
00:48:06Christian would like to get in the-
00:48:08Ow!
00:48:08And to hunt for the big dogs at the Man of the House at WrestleMania.
00:48:12He's got the chance that he can win the Royal Rumble match.
00:48:15And Benoit is still in there, JR.
00:48:19God, big time toughness.
00:48:21Uh-oh, uh-oh, German suplex coming.
00:48:24Man, talking about folding your body up like an accordion.
00:48:27Angle can do it.
00:48:28Look at this.
00:48:28First Christian, and now Benoit.
00:48:30To a SmackDown finest going at it right now.
00:48:34Benoit has been in this match, ladies and gentlemen, at this point, 38 minutes.
00:48:41And Nunzio doesn't-
00:48:42Yeah, yes, Nunzio, JR, by the way, just to keep recounting,
00:48:45he has not been eliminated yet.
00:48:47He hasn't even been in the ring yet.
00:48:48Well, that's one way not to get eliminated.
00:48:50Well, that's part of my keys to victory.
00:48:51You hide when you can hide.
00:48:53And look at this.
00:48:53Christian's in trouble.
00:48:54Christian wish he could hide right now.
00:48:56Christian holding on the bottom rope, but his feet touch the-
00:48:58No, they're not gonna touch this time.
00:49:00That's a long-ass legs, though.
00:49:01He's got pink tights.
00:49:03Who's coming out now?
00:49:04Frank D'Anito's in more pink tights, but that's another story.
00:49:06That's a good point.
00:49:07But that was then, this is now.
00:49:09Who's coming out?
00:49:11Oh, not pink!
00:49:14Yeah!
00:49:14Now, this is big business.
00:49:16I got to pick up.
00:49:17Bodies are gonna fly, my friend.
00:49:20Oh, boy!
00:49:22The largest athlete in sports entertainment,
00:49:25the largest athlete in the world, is on his way to the ring.
00:49:28And he's number 24, perhaps even more importantly.
00:49:32There's no one in the NBA, in the NFL,
00:49:35that's done an athlete in the world as big as this man.
00:49:37Over seven feet, over 500 pounds.
00:49:40He's entrant number 24.
00:49:42You talk about a perfect draw to win this thing.
00:49:46The big show is there.
00:49:48I'm telling you, that's my pick.
00:49:49How dominant, oh!
00:49:51How dominant at the end of SmackDown this past week.
00:49:54What's the big show?
00:49:56Chucking Bim over the top rope.
00:49:58Chucking John Cena over the top rope.
00:50:00The dominant big show's on a tear.
00:50:02I'll tell you what, I can remember back at John Studd won the 89 Royal Rumble at entrant 27.
00:50:08Yokozuna, another huge man, won at 93 at entrant number 27.
00:50:13Big Show comes in at 24.
00:50:15You know, there's a little karma there.
00:50:17The big guy's getting those late numbers.
00:50:19Again, and that's, to my case, the victory, the higher you draw,
00:50:23the better chance you have to win.
00:50:24And I'll tell you what, Trish needs a small army real quick.
00:50:28A big catcher's mid-sized hand by the big show.
00:50:34Big Show just toying around in there.
00:50:36Just chucking Trish around, chucking everybody around.
00:50:38Big Veal, a Frank Veal, Fred Veal.
00:50:41Oh, jeez.
00:50:48Well, the king of the world is here.
00:50:50Yeah, I like Jericho.
00:50:52Former Undisputed Champion, Chris Jericho.
00:50:56And Jericho going right for Kurt Angle.
00:51:00Oh, don't doubt Jericho going right after Kurt Angle.
00:51:03And Jericho used to be a SmackDown guy.
00:51:05Why are you guys stealing all our guys for, anyway?
00:51:08Off the hand.
00:51:09No, I'd rather not.
00:51:10Anyway, Christian and Jericho joining forces.
00:51:14They've been tag team partners on occasion, but they're both head-butted.
00:51:18The 7-10 split picked up by that massive head of the Big Show.
00:51:21Yeah, no gutter balls here.
00:51:23Well, that's not a head, that's a melon, a watermelon.
00:51:26Those chops might be stinging.
00:51:28They might hurt, but they're not gonna limit the Big Show with an offense.
00:51:31The typewriter-like head of the Big Show.
00:51:34Oh!
00:51:36Oh, Christian's relentless.
00:51:38Still trying to get the Big Man out of this.
00:51:41Jericho.
00:51:41Christian trying to mount the Big Show from behind.
00:51:43Oh, now, now, now.
00:51:44That's the idea right there.
00:51:45Yeah.
00:51:45That's the odd way that John Cena lost.
00:51:47Right, because two SmackDown guys are helping.
00:51:49Big Show's in trouble now.
00:51:52Every man trying to get the Big Show elevated over the top rope.
00:51:56In this match, it's usually every man for himself,
00:51:58but let's get the largest guy out.
00:52:00That's my pick.
00:52:01Don't get rid of him.
00:52:02Big Show fighting his way out of here.
00:52:04He is not an ordinary man.
00:52:07He is extraordinary.
00:52:08Just take a look at him.
00:52:09Look at Vin Wall down.
00:52:12Christian down.
00:52:13Angle and Jericho hammering the hell out of each other.
00:52:17Oh, here comes Charlie Haas.
00:52:22I knew that when the show came out, when I heard the music.
00:52:25The All-American from Seton Hall University.
00:52:28Boy, he's got a chance to elevate his career right here.
00:52:30Oh, yeah, no doubt.
00:52:31No doubt.
00:52:31And Charlie Haas has got the skills.
00:52:33And Jericho with that attack from behind on Haas.
00:52:38Somewhat obvious that Jericho and Christian are working in a tandem here.
00:52:42Double suplex.
00:52:43To my point, yeah.
00:52:45The best person doesn't always win this Royal Rumble.
00:52:49Sometimes it's the smartest person.
00:52:50It's who's king.
00:52:51I told you about smart.
00:52:53Nunzio sitting out there.
00:52:54That's pretty smart.
00:52:55Absolutely.
00:52:56And it's the luck of the brawl.
00:52:57You got to have some luck on your side to win the Royal Rumble match.
00:53:01There's no doubt about that.
00:53:03And part of it is a drawing a high number.
00:53:05Oh, there goes Vin Wall.
00:53:06Oh, God, that was close.
00:53:09Oh, how close was that?
00:53:10Vin Wall over the top rope.
00:53:12But he made a U-turn.
00:53:13There goes Jericho.
00:53:14Look at this.
00:53:14Christian trying to pose right now.
00:53:17Christian trying to pose.
00:53:18I can't.
00:53:19Oh, man!
00:53:21And Jericho has eliminated Christian.
00:53:24Look, I think that's the second year in a row that Jericho has eliminated his
00:53:29wink-wink good friend Christian.
00:53:31And they're friends.
00:53:32Like I said, every man for himself.
00:53:34You want to go to Mania and get a title shot.
00:53:37That's the big one, baby.
00:53:39Jericho now hooked by Mate, the Big Show.
00:53:44Big Show picking up a block out of the sun.
00:53:46Jericho's still alive.
00:53:48Jericho on the apron.
00:53:49Oof!
00:53:50Angle's still throwing.
00:53:51Billy Gunn!
00:53:55The return of Billy Gunn!
00:53:58Billy Gunn, man!
00:53:59He's back!
00:54:00Thank God for a few months.
00:54:02A 10-year prospector in the WWE.
00:54:05Oh, famous!
00:54:07Billy Gunn coming in at number 27.
00:54:12And Billy Gunn on fire here with those right hands.
00:54:15Billy Gunn looking sharp as a tack.
00:54:17You know Billy Gunn used to be married to a guy, right?
00:54:19Yeah.
00:54:20You've been married a bunch of times.
00:54:21You haven't been married to a guy?
00:54:22No.
00:54:23Oh, man!
00:54:25Famouser on the Big Show!
00:54:27That's impressive.
00:54:28Took the Big Show down, but that was the wrong direction.
00:54:30Yep, yep.
00:54:32Billy Gunn coming in at number 27.
00:54:34Billy Gunn trying to get Jericho out.
00:54:37Haas trying to get Benoit out.
00:54:39Four men have won the Royal Rumble drawing number 27,
00:54:42the most of any other number in the draw.
00:54:44Let's see if Billy Gunn can get through that shrinkage.
00:54:47Let's see how the brains of the FBI.
00:54:49He's a Goomba from Brooklyn.
00:54:50You know what I mean?
00:54:51He's snot.
00:54:53He's got a lot of stats.
00:54:54He's got a lot of stats.
00:54:55Laying in the weeds out there, eh?
00:54:57I won't have weeds in Brooklyn.
00:54:58We have cement.
00:54:59He's got shoes.
00:55:00He's got a snap.
00:55:02Perfect.
00:55:03Angle from behind.
00:55:04Caught from behind.
00:55:06Nice suplex by Jericho and the Big Show.
00:55:09The Big Show was in a normal situation and a precarious one.
00:55:12But he's a long way from the top rope.
00:55:14You've got to get him up to get him over.
00:55:15Yes, and that's tough to do.
00:55:17Ah!
00:55:17Suplex.
00:55:18Wow, he suplexed your brains.
00:55:20Oh, he'll just keep throwing you.
00:55:22Where's next?
00:55:24The Rock knocked down.
00:55:25The Doctor, baby!
00:55:27Doctor with thunder knocks!
00:55:30Boy, this is an amazing in-athlete right here, I'll tell you.
00:55:36John Cena wearing that late-Tubman bra jersey.
00:55:41Well, Big Show is pouring a hole in his eyes.
00:55:44Look at those eyes.
00:55:45Into Cena.
00:55:47Big Show and Cena certainly have developed a hell of a rivalry on SmackDown.
00:55:52Big Show, the U.S. Champion, but this is not about the U.S. Championship.
00:55:56Look at that.
00:55:57Cena just spotted.
00:55:59I think Nunzio's tenure in the Witness Protection Program has just come to an abrupt end.
00:56:04But you can't see me, Shane.
00:56:05See?
00:56:06Oh, man.
00:56:07Cena is interjecting Nunzio into this match.
00:56:10Look at Nunzio, like a pickle.
00:56:13Nunzio, he's a tough guy, I'll tell you that.
00:56:16Well, the biggest and smallest man on the Doctor of Thunder knocks right now.
00:56:20And look at Big Show.
00:56:21Big Show would love to eliminate John Cena.
00:56:24I mean, in this match, and permanently, from the WWE.
00:56:28And Nunzio, I don't think that's gonna work.
00:56:30Nunzio, you gotta dribble a bit more to stretch out.
00:56:33Oh, not on the knee.
00:56:34Would've shot in the back of the jaw.
00:56:38That'll move your spine in places it's not supposed to go.
00:56:40It'll shift your ass cheeks, too.
00:56:42And look at Cena now.
00:56:43Cena's firing up on the big man on the Big Show.
00:56:46And Cena- Look at Cena.
00:56:47Trying to get on the Big Show.
00:56:48The little big one might be going.
00:56:50Meanwhile, Teetering on the floor side.
00:56:53There's help on the way for-
00:56:55Cena needs help.
00:56:56Cena and Jericho.
00:57:07Van Dam.
00:57:08Number 29, Rob Van Dam.
00:57:12We know who's next.
00:57:15Well, you might want to give Van Dam the home field advantage here.
00:57:20With his past, with his history from ECW.
00:57:23But that might not help him against the Big Show here.
00:57:25But Van Dam looking good.
00:57:28Van Dam, an amazing athlete.
00:57:29Jumping spin kick there.
00:57:31Absolutely amazing athlete.
00:57:32Maybe the greatest wrestler to ever be the World's Heavyweight Champion.
00:57:36That could be.
00:57:37That could be.
00:57:38Reversal.
00:57:39Jumping, yeah.
00:57:40Leg, spinning leg lariat there.
00:57:42Ugly, ugly move.
00:57:44That loosens some teeth.
00:57:46And Cena pugnaciously right back in the midsection of the Big Show.
00:57:51Look at the pugnacious there, dog.
00:57:52Look at the little pugnacious.
00:57:55Nunjil ought to be invisible.
00:57:57Well, look, he was invisible for quite some time.
00:58:02Billy Gunn.
00:58:03Straight right hand on the Big Show.
00:58:06Van Dam might be getting thrown out there for a moment by Benoit.
00:58:09And Benoit and Nunjil trying to take Benoit RVD out.
00:58:14Uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:58:15Maybe an FU.
00:58:16Maybe an FU by Cena on Angle.
00:58:18FU!
00:58:20There it is.
00:58:21Cena's FU on Kurt Angle.
00:58:24And remember, Angle guaranteed a victory tonight.
00:58:27And dedicated it to all our fighting men and women.
00:58:32Well, we're down to number 30.
00:58:33And that's no mystery.
00:58:35The odds-on favorite.
00:58:41Mathematically speaking, the odds-on favorite,
00:58:45Goldberg, number 30.
00:58:48Putting the number 30
00:58:50on the top rope challenge.
00:58:52That's the way going wrong.
00:58:53Yep, that's the-
00:58:54Oh!
00:58:55Spear!
00:58:55Spear!
00:58:56That number 30's a trump card!
00:58:58And that spear's a trump card!
00:59:00Turn to this impact.
00:59:01Come on, Angle!
00:59:02Oh, well, maybe not.
00:59:04Oh, Goldberg.
00:59:05Jericho walked right into a hard right hand.
00:59:08And Goldberg, smack-smacking his way.
00:59:10Oh, man!
00:59:11Haas just got power slammed.
00:59:12And this is-
00:59:13Goldberg is on fire.
00:59:14Nunzio melting Goldberg from behind.
00:59:18Nunzio, jump up!
00:59:19Oh, that was swung by Goldberg to throw at Haas
00:59:21while Nunzio's trying to choke him.
00:59:24Can't believe that Goldberg's here.
00:59:25Charlie Haas,
00:59:26or Nunzio,
00:59:27or Goldberg.
00:59:28Boom!
00:59:28And that's a big-time snapmare, let me tell you.
00:59:30A lot of power.
00:59:31Nice kick to the dome
00:59:33by Van Dam on Goldberg.
00:59:34A whole herd of snapmares.
00:59:36Reload.
00:59:38Oh, Nunzio.
00:59:40Geez, someone better call the cemetery.
00:59:41He's made a sternum shatter.
00:59:43Julie Gunn, number 27.
00:59:45Gunn!
00:59:46Goldberg's clear of the field.
00:59:47Please help Nunzio!
00:59:49He's done enough!
00:59:50Leave the kid alone!
00:59:52Good God, look at the strength.
00:59:53Oh, God, power!
00:59:54You've got the neighborhood power!
00:59:56Goldberg eliminating Nunzio.
00:59:58Look at this-
00:59:58These spears!
01:00:00Look at this impact!
01:00:01Goldberg came in and I-
01:00:03Oh, that spear was sick.
01:00:06Goldberg, he's about to tackle the University of Georgia.
01:00:09There's no way.
01:00:10What the hell's Goldberg doing?
01:00:11He can put him in this-
01:00:13Wait a minute!
01:00:14Brock Lesnar!
01:00:15Brock Lesnar!
01:00:17F5!
01:00:18F5's coming!
01:00:19Yeah!
01:00:20Brock Lesnar!
01:00:21Yeah!
01:00:21Goldberg!
01:00:22What the hell is this about?
01:00:23I'm feeling that, baby!
01:00:25Lesnar's not in the Royal Rumble match!
01:00:27Goldberg deserving!
01:00:29Big ups to Lesnar!
01:00:31Plant his ass with an F5!
01:00:34Brock Lesnar!
01:00:36Goldberg had never saw it coming!
01:00:39That's the idea!
01:00:42Brock Lesnar will get you from behind!
01:00:45Your least expected Lesnar attack!
01:00:47Least expected!
01:00:47Goldberg!
01:00:48And Lesnar has words heard here!
01:00:50You're next, you son of a bitch!
01:00:52And I think he saw that!
01:00:54Goldberg just called Lesnar a son of a bitch!
01:00:56Well, Lesnar is a tough son of a bitch!
01:00:59And that's all!
01:01:00Kurt Angle, yeah!
01:01:01Kurt Angle has eliminated Goldberg!
01:01:07Jericho trying to get into Angle!
01:01:10Oh, the SmackDown guys!
01:01:13Man, I can't believe this turn of events!
01:01:15Goldberg came out, was so dominating,
01:01:17until he was assaulted by a man that's not even in the Rumble match!
01:01:21Brock Lesnar!
01:01:22Well, Goldberg picked a fight, in my view,
01:01:25at the Survivor Series months ago!
01:01:27And earlier tonight, they had words!
01:01:29Lesnar and Goldberg!
01:01:31Well, they're the Big Bro-
01:01:32Uh-oh!
01:01:32And look at this!
01:01:34Back to the match at hand, we have no more entrance!
01:01:36One of the main event at WrestleMania,
01:01:39one of the half of it's gonna be one of these men!
01:01:41Oh, my pick is gonna be gone!
01:01:42This ain't good!
01:01:43Every man trying to get the Big Show out!
01:01:45Smart strategy!
01:01:47Jericho, Benoit, Van Dam, Cena,
01:01:50all trying to get rid of-
01:01:52The two referees!
01:01:52The Big Show!
01:01:53And the Big Show!
01:01:54The Big Show's summoning all these men down!
01:01:57Watch out, don't be the first!
01:01:58Nothing but overpowering mass and strength
01:02:01from the 7 foot, 500 pound plus Big Show!
01:02:07Huge head!
01:02:08And-
01:02:08What is Cena-
01:02:09I thought Cena was gonna-
01:02:10Uh-oh!
01:02:11Oh!
01:02:11Oh, Angle flipped the leg of Big Show!
01:02:13Yeah, that'll tear your knee right up!
01:02:15Angle-
01:02:15Uh-oh!
01:02:16Oh!
01:02:16Look at this!
01:02:17Jump and slide, and leg drop there!
01:02:19Break point!
01:02:20Oh, moonsault!
01:02:21The Lion's Salt right by Jericho!
01:02:23Uh-oh!
01:02:24Van Dam up on the top rope!
01:02:25It'll be a five star Fox split!
01:02:28Big time in Philadelphia!
01:02:31Every man focusing on the Big Show here!
01:02:34You see the five knuckles shuffle!
01:02:36You can't see me!
01:02:38Every man in the match trying to eliminate the Big Show!
01:02:41Hit the Big Show with all the headbutt!
01:02:42Benoit still flying headbutt!
01:02:45The headbutt by the first entrant, Chris Benoit!
01:02:49How the hell is Benoit still in this match?
01:02:51Over 52 minutes, Benoit has competed!
01:02:55Kurt Angle playing the part of Lee to say,
01:02:57let's go!
01:02:58Big Show's gotta go!
01:03:00Kurt Angle trying to orchestrate the Big Show's exit here!
01:03:03He might need a backhoe or something.
01:03:06Yeah, a winch, forklift.
01:03:10Some kind of tugboat.
01:03:11He's dead weight!
01:03:13Dead weight!
01:03:14That's a lot of weight!
01:03:15I don't know.
01:03:16They're trying to-
01:03:17Well, Kurt Angle and Jericho, Van Dam, and Cena
01:03:21just trying to get him towards the ropes!
01:03:24Tell you what, Big Show don't want to go!
01:03:25He don't go!
01:03:26And Big Show, I don't know, these men are trying to get-
01:03:31Well, be careful!
01:03:31Big Show up.
01:03:32He could be playing possum, and he is!
01:03:35Big Show laying in the weeds here!
01:03:38Oh my God!
01:03:39Big Show eliminated John Cena!
01:03:40Who may have ripped his knee!
01:03:42Yeah, he tweaked his ankle and knee there!
01:03:44Dr. Duggan Malmich is gone!
01:03:47And Van Dam trying to get a foot there!
01:03:50To no, it was blocked!
01:03:51The shoulder block!
01:03:52Careful, be careful, Van Dam!
01:03:54Go for a monkey flip!
01:03:55That bit him in the ass!
01:03:56Wow!
01:03:57Van Dam's monkey flip did not work on the Big 8!
01:04:01We're down to the final four!
01:04:03Uh-oh, Big Show, there's my guy!
01:04:04In the 2004 Royal Rumble!
01:04:06Skidding the cat, though!
01:04:07Jericho's gonna touch!
01:04:08Nope!
01:04:09He's gonna try and skid the cat!
01:04:10Yes, he is!
01:04:12Changes Tom Mackle's in 95!
01:04:14And then Jericho-
01:04:15Oh, the Big Show!
01:04:16The Big Show teetering!
01:04:18Jericho trying to-
01:04:19The Big Show!
01:04:20No!
01:04:20Hang on, Show!
01:04:21Hang on, Big Man!
01:04:22Jericho's relentless, trying to get rid of the Big Man!
01:04:26Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh!
01:04:27Go!
01:04:28And, oh, Jericho landing on the apron!
01:04:30That's about the fourth time in this match that Jericho's been able to do that!
01:04:34Shows how important JR getting a title shot at WrestleMania is!
01:04:38Look at the effort these men are putting into this!
01:04:41Jericho raked the eyes, and now goes downstairs to the knee!
01:04:44Nobody home there!
01:04:47Here's Jericho going, Bulldog!
01:04:49Bulldog by Jericho, Jericho's got the-
01:04:51Bulldog by Jericho, taking the Big Show down!
01:04:53Four men left!
01:04:54The final four in the 2004 Royal Rumble!
01:04:58We are deep in the fourth quarter, too, my man!
01:05:01Here we go for that-
01:05:03One of these four will be in the main event at WrestleMania!
01:05:07The balls of Jericho!
01:05:09Bishop tapping!
01:05:10That tap out don't need squat!
01:05:11A minute pain!
01:05:13You gotta be eliminated only one way!
01:05:15Be coming over the top rope!
01:05:17Both feet touching the floor!
01:05:19Kurt Angle's still got some pepper behind those punches, JR!
01:05:22Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, and the Big Show!
01:05:24The four men remaining!
01:05:26Kurt's trying to hang on!
01:05:28Oh my god!
01:05:30Big Show, he just, man, that's exactly all it was!
01:05:32It was an ugly slam by the Big Show, effective for the 500-pounder!
01:05:38Uh-oh! Uh-oh!
01:05:40Jericho's gonna get choked, slammed right through this damn ring!
01:05:43And look at the-
01:05:44Oh, no!
01:05:45No!
01:05:46Oh, no!
01:05:46Oh, the power of one arm choked slam over the top to the floor!
01:05:53I'm telling you, man!
01:05:54We're down to three!
01:05:55That's my guy!
01:05:56Big Show's gonna win!
01:05:59Kurt Angle now trying to nail the Big Show.
01:06:01He's doing that with the right hands!
01:06:03Oh, got caught, got caught!
01:06:05Yeah, sidewalk slam by the 500-pounder!
01:06:07Damn near six-foot drop in that sidewalk slam!
01:06:10The average man, it's like a three-foot drop!
01:06:13Big Show's so humongous!
01:06:15Oh, Big Show, he's gonna eliminate him!
01:06:19Oh, Peck will put up a hell of a fight, JR!
01:06:21Been in here for so long!
01:06:24Uh-oh, he can't!
01:06:25I gotta be kidding!
01:06:26Angle in the waistline!
01:06:27Oh, Angle's done it before!
01:06:29But not on this, not this time!
01:06:31Yeah, not tonight!
01:06:31Not, maybe not this night ever, because this could be the Big Show's moment to shine here!
01:06:37Oh, yes!
01:06:39The winner of this match will face the champion in the main event!
01:06:43And that's it, the main event at WrestleMania!
01:06:46And that's Angle Slam!
01:06:47Angle Slam!
01:06:49Power!
01:06:50Great technique!
01:06:51And so deep into this match, minutes-wise!
01:06:54Benoit, somehow, he fights his way back in it!
01:06:56Look at the conditioning of Benoit, sick!
01:06:58How insane is the conditioning!
01:07:00Benoit gets the Angle Slam!
01:07:02That wasn't Angle Slam, he modified it a little bit, Angle did!
01:07:05That Wolverine wrestling machine just tasted the Angle Slam
01:07:09by the Olympic gold medal winner!
01:07:10And this wraps up every day!
01:07:12Guaranteed victory!
01:07:13Yes, for the American troops!
01:07:15He was dedicated to victory!
01:07:17By the looks of things, it looks like Kurt Angle is the man that's gonna be in the main event at WrestleMania!
01:07:22Kurt Angle might do that!
01:07:24Big Show might go-
01:07:25Oh!
01:07:25Oh, Angle!
01:07:26Don't!
01:07:27Angle went after the Big Show and-
01:07:29Roll through!
01:07:30This is coming to Angle, look!
01:07:32Yeah, I've seen Kurt do that before!
01:07:34Beautiful switch counter right there!
01:07:36The Angle off the Big Show tapping, but again!
01:07:39It's a midpoint!
01:07:40He only can be eliminated one way!
01:07:42But Angle will break your ankle!
01:07:44That's right, you use that submission to injure that huge man!
01:07:49So Big Show's a one-legged giant out there!
01:07:52I like this strategy of Kurt Angle!
01:07:54Even if you get to the ropes, it don't matter, you can't break the hold!
01:07:57A one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest, 500 pounds or not,
01:08:00and Angle is just about to snap that ankle of the Big Show,
01:08:04who is writhing and screaming in agony!
01:08:07And Kurt Angle will tear the ligament straight out of that leg!
01:08:11That large leg of the Big Show!
01:08:13Big Show being tortured here!
01:08:14Kurt Angle!
01:08:16Kurt Angle eliminated!
01:08:17But Big Show is not!
01:08:19We are down to two!
01:08:20The leg strength!
01:08:23Angle can't believe!
01:08:25Angle cannot believe!
01:08:26That was a big- Kurt is so disappointed in himself!
01:08:31Angle cannot believe after the ankle of the Big Show!
01:08:34Well, Kurt Angle doesn't usually wear his emotions on his sleeve,
01:08:37but he's hot right now!
01:08:38Look at the leg power right here!
01:08:41Kurt Angle getting outmaneuvered by the Big Show!
01:08:45That's impressive and rad!
01:08:48Now we're down to two, my man!
01:08:50We are number one!
01:08:51Benoit against number 24, Angle, the Big Show!
01:08:55Look at this!
01:08:56Oh my God!
01:08:57A big bad break for Benoit because the Big Show came back in the ring!
01:09:00He didn't go to the outside!
01:09:02A bad break for Benoit!
01:09:03Good pick-up, good call!
01:09:06But a big-time sacrifice move by Benoit, and I respect that!
01:09:10You've got to sacrifice sometimes and put your-
01:09:14put your balls on the table to try and win this match,
01:09:16and that's what Benoit did there!
01:09:18Benoit is 90 seconds short of being in this conflict for one hour!
01:09:23Imagine being the number one guy out here,
01:09:25you're in there fighting every superstar on the roster,
01:09:27and you find yourself in the end of this bad boy
01:09:29with the largest athlete in the world!
01:09:31That's not fun!
01:09:32I don't know that that's the fate of Chris Benoit!
01:09:35Uh-oh!
01:09:36Benoit's been so close, but I think his chances just ran out!
01:09:39Look at this counter!
01:09:40Counter!
01:09:41Crossface counter!
01:09:43The crossface by- by Benoit!
01:09:46Again!
01:09:46Third time in a match, Big Show's tapping!
01:09:48Now Big Show tapping out, but to no avail for Benoit,
01:09:53but Benoit can damn sure weaken the 500-pounder,
01:09:56ripping and tearing that shoulder after Kurt Angle applied the ankle lock!
01:10:00Great point, but Benoit's gonna have to keep that thing on for a long time
01:10:03to level the playing field from the amount of, you know,
01:10:07stamina that Benoit's gotta be lacking from how long he's been out there
01:10:11and the size difference between both athletes.
01:10:14Benoit has never cared, as you know, Taz, about the size difference.
01:10:18Yes.
01:10:18He could give a damn.
01:10:19No, he don't give a rat's ass.
01:10:20There's no doubt about that.
01:10:21It's a power!
01:10:21But it is what it is!
01:10:23Yes.
01:10:23And when you got a 500-pound man that, with one arm,
01:10:26just manhandled a man that's been in this match approximately one hour,
01:10:31and the record is- the record is past the hour mark, I am told.
01:10:34The record is 64 minutes held by Ric Flair in 1992.
01:10:39This has got to have been pure torture for Chris Benoit.
01:10:43And you hear the people here in Philadelphia getting behind this,
01:10:46showing respect for what both men have done.
01:10:49How do you feel about either one of them?
01:10:50Shows how much respect you gotta have with what these guys are doing out here.
01:10:55The Big Show has been tortured by some of the most deadly maneuvers in the game.
01:11:00And now look at the second rush of adrenaline there.
01:11:03It's a shame to say it, JR, but Chris Benoit, as great as he is, as impressive as this is,
01:11:08Big Show- Chris Benoit is not a giant.
01:11:11He is not the Big Show.
01:11:13Benoit has been close on so many occasions.
01:11:17He has gone almost the distance against, now, a 500-pound man
01:11:22who is so hungry to be in the main event at WrestleMania.
01:11:25And that's no pun intended.
01:11:26I'm not joking about that.
01:11:27That's the reputation Benoit has.
01:11:29Close but no cigar.
01:11:31Can Benoit win the Big One?
01:11:33I don't know.
01:11:33I don't like his chances right now.
01:11:35He's going.
01:11:36That's it.
01:11:37Hell of a fight, Benoit put up.
01:11:38Great job.
01:11:40Where do you go from here?
01:11:41You go to the outside.
01:11:42Uh-oh.
01:11:42And Benoit fighting.
01:11:44Look at this counter.
01:11:45Front head look like maybe a dragon.
01:11:46Oh, front headlock.
01:11:48Oh, a front face lock in that chancery position.
01:11:51And Benoit-
01:11:52Oh, he got it.
01:11:53There he goes.
01:11:53He's going.
01:11:54Benoit, little Benoit.
01:11:56Benoit's hanging on to that head like a damn lock in a pitfall right there.
01:11:59Benoit's holding.
01:12:00And holding.
01:12:01He's holding.
01:12:02The Big Show teetering.
01:12:04Oh, my God.
01:12:04He's going to go.
01:12:05JR.
01:12:06The Big Show.
01:12:07Can he do it?
01:12:09Hang on, show.
01:12:10John's teetering.
01:12:11Hang on, show.
01:12:12Benoit's going.
01:12:13Yes.
01:12:15Benoit.
01:12:16Benoit has done it.
01:12:18Here is your winner of the 2004 World Rumble Match, Chris Benoit.
01:12:27Benoit's going to WrestleMania, JR.
01:12:29And he's getting a title shot.
01:12:31Chris Benoit, for over one hour of hell, has won the Royal Rumble Match before 17,289 fans.
01:12:41And yes, Chris Benoit's dream to headline WrestleMania has come true.
01:12:48Chris Benoit has worked his ass off for 19 years.
01:12:52And the day has come.
01:12:54He earned it.
01:12:55Got to give the man credit.
01:12:56Got to respect what he did.
01:12:58Nobody has earned this opportunity.
01:13:01And what's harder than there's the Rapid Wolverine from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
01:13:07Chris Benoit, write it down.
01:13:10Sunday, March 14th, WrestleMania 20.
01:13:13Benoit will meet the champion in the main event.
01:13:18Let's take a look at this amazing ending here of this battle.
01:13:22This Royal Rumble.
01:13:23Benoit hanging on to that front face rock.
01:13:27Benoit never let go.
01:13:28He would never give up.
01:13:29He would never give up.
01:13:30He was relentless.
01:13:32He was focused.
01:13:33God, he was hell-bent.
01:13:34That's impressive.
01:13:35Benoit would not take no for an answer.
01:13:38Wow.
01:13:38I wouldn't try to pressure him.
01:13:40Jeez, he did it.
01:13:42Hey, you know what?
01:13:43I said Benoit never won the big one.
01:13:45He did it.
01:13:46Benoit did it.
01:13:47And his reaction, the expression on that athlete's face, tells a better story than we ever could.
01:13:55Chris Benoit has done it.
01:13:58Chris Benoit will be in the main event at WrestleMania.
01:14:02He won the big one, JR.
01:14:03Benoit is going to WrestleMania.
01:14:06He did it.
01:14:06He finally did it.
01:14:07To meet the champion.
01:14:09Benoit has done it.