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00:00Thanks very much, uh, well, ladies and gentlemen, we are just moments away.
00:03The first fall of this two hour free fall match King will be in a street fight.
00:08Oh, you got that right.
00:09I don't know.
00:10I got to think that that favors triple H and then the second
00:13fall will be inside a steel cage.
00:17Well, I don't know.
00:19I got to think that that favors triple H Jr.
00:21And the third fall of necessary, the ladder match.
00:24Let's take you back folks to Survivor Series when this personal
00:27animosity escalated off the page.
00:32The first ever elimination team match is down to two men.
00:36Shawn Michaels and Triple H.
00:37I love it.
00:38These guys hate each other.
00:40Sweet chip music, the cover, the cover, he's got it.
00:44No!
00:45What?
00:45Shawn Michaels, Shawn Michaels is the world champion.
00:50Triple H, how does it now feel to be the one sitting in the hospital bed?
00:57Watching me as the new world heavyweight champion.
01:05You've got something I want, Shawn.
01:07Something that belongs to me.
01:09What the hell is Triple H?
01:11What's he doing here?
01:12What the hell is he doing here?
01:14Two guys, they hate each other.
01:16They're trying to completely destroy each other.
01:18Oh no!
01:18Oh my God, no!
01:19The back breaker on the chair.
01:21Shawn Michaels, look at his face.
01:23My God.
01:24What has Triple H done to our champion?
01:27Hey, Shawn, you put your tail between your legs, you go home because I am going to force
01:34you to admit it to yourself that now I am the man.
01:40That now I am the one that is twice as good as you.
01:44Shawn Hunter, after everything that you two have been through, it's clear to me that your
01:49world title match at Armageddon cannot be just a regular match.
01:55Your world title match at Armageddon will be two out of three falls.
02:01The first fall is going to be a street fight.
02:06The second fall will take place inside a steel cage.
02:13And if it goes to a third fall, well then Hunter, you're going to have a chance to compete
02:18in a match that Shawn Michaels made famous.
02:23A ladder match.
02:25Shawn, Hunter, the end is near.
02:35The end is here.
02:40The end is here.
02:45The end is here.
02:48Hey, Shawn, face back now.
02:51I am the man.
02:53I will cripple your ass.
02:55BK is dead.
02:58You're going to find out, Hunter, that the heartbreak kid is alive and well.
03:02You're going to see a showstopper.
03:06You talk about hatred, pure, unadulterated hate between Shawn Michaels and Triple H.
03:12The end is here.
03:17The end is here.
03:20Time to play the game.
03:25Time to play the game.
03:41It's all about the game and how you play it.
03:45It's all about control and if you can take it.
03:48It's all about your stand and if you can play it.
03:51It's all about faith and who's going to make it.
03:54The following contest is for the World Heavyweight Championship and is scheduled for the best
04:00two out of three falls.
04:02The first fall will be a street fight.
04:04The second fall will be held inside a steel cage.
04:08And the third fall, if necessary, will be a ladder match.
04:13At this time, accompanied by Nature Boy Ric Flair, here is the challenger from Greenwich, Connecticut.
04:20Weighing 272 pounds, Triple H!
04:26Triple H is the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.
04:31The Cerebral Assassin is a calculating career killer.
04:36And tonight, the Game wants to win the World Title.
04:40And he'd love to end Shawn Michaels' career here tonight.
04:45I want to brawl that arm again.
04:47You're right, we've heard it over and over.
04:49The end is near and the game may be the end of Shawn Michaels.
04:54Time to play the game.
05:00It's all about the game and how you play it.
05:03It's all about your growth and if you can take it.
05:06This is such a personal matchup.
05:08Yes, it's for the richest prize in our business as far as I'm concerned, the World Heavyweight Title.
05:14But Shawn Michaels and Triple H, at one time, were best of friends.
05:19They were like brothers.
05:24But those days are long gone.
05:27They've come to an end.
05:30I think I'm cute.
05:33I know I'm sexy.
05:35I've got the looks.
05:37And the drive to go wild.
05:40I've got the moves.
05:42That really move on you.
05:44I'm sexy.
05:46Up and down, backspin.
05:48I'm just a sexy boy.
05:50Let me just say this, JR.
05:52It looks like HBK.
05:54It looks like the Showstopper.
06:00But is it really?
06:03Or is it just Shawn Michaels?
06:06From San Antonio, Texas.
06:09Weighing 225 pounds.
06:11The World Heavyweight Champion, HBK.
06:16Shawn Michaels.
06:19Last week with Shawn Michaels jumping up that semi.
06:24Driving his elbow into the black heart of Triple H.
06:28It was in that dumpster.
06:31I think that answers our question.
06:34Is it going to be Shawn Michaels?
06:36Or is it going to be HBK?
06:38And Senior Referee Earl Henson will be officiating this hugely important matchup.
06:45I don't think it truly answered the question, JR.
06:48That was HBK.
06:50That wasn't the Showstopper jumping off the top of that semi.
06:54But if you ask me, that was Shawn Michaels who had to lay in weight
06:58and hit Triple H with a shovel to get Triple H into that position.
07:03Now what's going to happen when they face each other nose-to-nose tonight?
07:07Only way to find out is to step back and watch this two-on-a-three-fall matchup.
07:12Shawn Michaels, a proud athlete.
07:14The soul of a warrior.
07:16I can't believe that Shawn Michaels had the audacity to talk Nate.
07:20You don't talk Ric Flair.
07:21Get away with it.
07:22He's mocking him.
07:23Get off!
07:24Hey, wait a minute!
07:25Oh, Referee Earl Henson just made the biggest call of the match.
07:31Already the bell hasn't sounded.
07:33Ric Flair been ejected?
07:35Flair can go take a shower.
07:40Ric Flair is absolutely livid.
07:42That is unfair to Flair.
07:44Well, I don't know if it is or it isn't, but as the referees call,
07:47the referees call this final.
07:49Well, what did Triple H do to deserve that?
07:51Or what did Flair do to deserve that?
07:52I don't have any idea.
07:53It doesn't matter.
07:54The call was made.
07:56And this is a first-fallest match.
07:58It's a street fight.
07:59There's no disqualifications.
08:01There's no count-outs.
08:03The match will continue until one man either loses by pinfall or submission.
08:07Anything goes in a street fight.
08:11They aren't exactly wearing their street clothes.
08:14I did hear that HBK used to walk down the street dressed like that.
08:18And again, she swept one side.
08:20Oh, boy, here we go.
08:21It's all legal.
08:22These two men can use anything.
08:25That's right.
08:27I wouldn't be surprised to see Shawn Michaels drive that semi in here.
08:30Up against the ring and try to jump off of it.
08:32Well, stay tuned.
08:33You never know.
08:35Triple H pulling that trash can from around the ring.
08:38Again, it's legal in this environment.
08:40It's Shawn Michaels.
08:42Shawn Michaels, nobody home.
08:44And Triple H able to...
08:46He stepped right out of the way.
08:48And Shawn Michaels, was Triple H just a step quicker than Shawn Michaels?
08:53Whether he was or he wasn't, it's certainly a very smart move from the Cerebral Assassin.
09:00It's just hard to put into words what this comeback for Shawn Michaels has meant for so many of us.
09:06Away from the ring for over four years, King, after severely injuring his back back in 1998.
09:14I realize all that.
09:16But was it a smart decision to make that comeback?
09:19I mean, could it cost him his health in his later years?
09:23I think you're...
09:25Yes, it could.
09:26And it might.
09:27But it's something Shawn Michaels had to do.
09:30Triple H choking away.
09:32Shawn Michaels, it's legal, but nothing the referee can do about it.
09:36Referee in this ball, only here to count the pinfall or ring the bell for submission.
09:41They can stay out of the ring and fight all over that building if you want, right?
09:44That's the way I see it.
09:46That's the way that he...
09:48He can go out in the street.
09:50It's the street fight environment.
09:53I can't believe Shawn Michaels coming back after over four years.
09:57Not only just to be good, but to be great.
10:00Shawn Michaels needs to become the world's heavyweight champion.
10:04And quite frankly, King, I don't know of another athlete in the world that could have done that.
10:08Four years hiatus.
10:09Shawn Michaels, across the body, tried to connect with Triple H, but instead connected with a trash can.
10:16Got that right.
10:18That's a Shawn Michaels move against me.
10:22Triple H, for so long, lived in his view anyway, in the shadow of Shawn Michaels, in the late 90s.
10:31I find it interesting that before Shawn Michaels was injured, Triple H had two title reigns.
10:36When Shawn Michaels got hurt and had to sit down for four years, Triple H has had ten different title reigns.
10:43Well, I think that, what you just said, proves Triple H's point.
10:48Once Shawn Michaels was out of the way, Triple H became the man.
10:54Yeah, but he's got the way Triple H, firmly in his heart, in his heart of hearts, wanted to become the man.
11:01In any event, Shawn Michaels setting his table up.
11:03The one that said Triple H had a black heart.
11:06If that's the case, he don't care how he becomes the champion.
11:09As long as he's the champion, that's a good point.
11:13Wait a minute, a face-off by Shawn Michaels, with that table set up.
11:16The first ball of this two-out, three-ball match, a street fight.
11:21Triple H, the bigger and stronger of the two, is the number one contender.
11:26His size and strength came into play there.
11:28That's why I say,
11:29holy street fight rules favor Triple H in this contest.
11:33I'll tell you something else, King, because as anything goes in this first ball,
11:37in my view, the first ball of this potential three-ball match
11:41is the most important ball of this entire contest.
11:46You think, in your mind, whoever scores this first, whoever wins this first ball,
11:50is going to win this entire match?
11:52I think it's because of a street fight.
11:54Because you've got to believe that whoever prevails in a first ball
11:56is going to punish and pulverize their opponent.
12:00That opponent may not be able to recuperate,
12:03no matter how resilient both these men are.
12:06He's got a good point, but believe me.
12:09Oh, man.
12:11He's a cerebral assassin.
12:13He's big and strong, and he's smart.
12:15He got his foot up, saw it coming,
12:17and shoved that trash can right back in the face
12:19of the world's heavyweight champion.
12:21You've got to hand it to the game.
12:23So far, every one of these big high-risk,
12:25well, these patented HBK maneuvers
12:27has been thwarted.
12:29Thwarted by the game.
12:31Every single one of them.
12:33He's got his feet up in the face of the game.
12:35Jumping across body.
12:37The game trying to, he's trying to roll through.
12:39And another!
12:41No, he got into a fall.
12:43That is that power-strength advantage.
12:45And the Triple H functioning on a bad wheel there, apparently.
12:49That quadricep ball taped up.
12:52Obviously, in a lot of fashion,
12:53obviously in a lot of pain,
12:55giving him a lot of problem.
12:57But that's not going to stop Triple H, believe me.
12:59His mentor and advisor, Ric Flair,
13:01has been ejected from this contest.
13:03Unfairly.
13:05Probably cut Triple H's right leg off at the knee
13:07and he'd still compete here tonight.
13:09Well, we've seen him come back
13:11through great injury.
13:13Now what?
13:15Poor quadricep, the trachea injury
13:17he sustained at Survivor Series.
13:19Oh!
13:21Hard right hand.
13:23Shawn Michaels down.
13:25I can tell right now,
13:27the game has something devious in mind.
13:29Oh, here it is!
13:31Wait a second here.
13:33Two tables set up on the outside.
13:35Shawn Michaels.
13:37He's trying to,
13:39he's trying to counter the game.
13:41He did!
13:43That took a lot out of the champion.
13:45But he folks over.
13:47Oh, look!
13:48They got a near fall out of it
13:50in this first ball street fight.
13:51Back at SummerSlam.
13:53Shawn Michaels' first match in over four years
13:55was a street fight.
13:57It was against the game.
13:59That Hardy raced like high knee
14:01and Triple H lost the match
14:03in a non-sanctioned match
14:05at SummerSlam to Shawn Michaels
14:07in the same basic environment.
14:09I realize that.
14:11Also, look at this.
14:13Where's Triple H going now?
14:15But Triple H has got to be smarter
14:17than just that last move I saw from him.
14:19He's going to have to avoid doing things
14:21like that.
14:23You've got to wonder if Triple H
14:25is able to separate his will
14:27to be the world's heavyweight champion
14:29from his personal animosity
14:31for the man he considers
14:33his best friend.
14:35And that's a shot right to that lower back.
14:37And you've got to wonder, King,
14:39how vulnerable is Shawn Michaels' lower back?
14:41And will Shawn Michaels' back
14:43become a crucial factor
14:45in the outcome of this match?
14:47Well, it looks like it's becoming a target.
14:49That's for sure.
14:51Nobody knows better than Triple H
14:53the damage that HBK
14:55or Shawn Michaels' back
14:57has suffered through the years.
14:59Much of it at the hands of Triple H.
15:01Remember the sledgehammer attack
15:03after Shawn Michaels beat Triple H
15:05at SummerSlam.
15:07Remember what we've seen Triple H
15:09do to Shawn Michaels
15:11using just one of these metal chairs.
15:13And it's all legal.
15:15And it's all legal in a street fight.
15:17And look at Shawn Michaels.
15:19Shawn Michaels countering.
15:20And he'll have that lower back
15:22punished as never before.
15:24Well, that looked like
15:26the showstopper to me.
15:28Shawn Michaels,
15:30we know he can be as controversial.
15:32He can break as many rules
15:34inside the ring as anybody.
15:36And a hard-eyed reflip
15:38right after that backbreaker
15:40on the chair.
15:42And Triple H's lower back,
15:44that huge muscular back.
15:46Another hard shot.
15:48And Michaels giving everything
15:50for a ride with an even worse landing.
15:52For the moment,
15:54the showstopper has showed up.
15:56Let's see if he can stay for the party.
15:58The longer this first fall goes
16:00in this barbaric environment
16:02of a street fight,
16:04and go to the spot of occasion.
16:06And right back on the back
16:08goes Shawn Michaels.
16:10He won't waste any motion now.
16:12But the longer this fall goes,
16:14it's just going to continue
16:16to shorten the career
16:18and take more and more
16:19time for that leg.
16:21I mean, that bandage
16:23on Triple H's right leg
16:25should be just like a big red bullseye.
16:27But that back's got to be
16:29the most vulnerable part of the anatomy
16:31for the game right now.
16:33And you can see it,
16:35you can feel it.
16:37And leave him,
16:39leave the pin of a bullseye
16:41on Triple H's back.
16:43Again, right on that lower back.
16:45And Shawn Michaels,
16:47whose lower back caused him
16:49to suffer for four years.
16:51And now the game can
16:53do exactly how that
16:55whole thing.
16:57HBK!
16:59What a counter by the game.
17:01You can see him music
17:03and then torquing that knee
17:05and twisting the knee,
17:07taking it down with that 265 pounds
17:09right on the knee joint.
17:11I used to never see that happen to HBK.
17:13You'd never see the showstopper
17:15get that big superkick block,
17:17would you JR?
17:18Is that a testament to
17:20he's a half a step slower
17:22or just the Cerebral Assassin's
17:24ability to counter?
17:26Well, it's probably a little bit of both.
17:28And if HBK or the showstopper
17:30is half a step slower,
17:32believe me, the Cerebral Assassin
17:34is going to take every advantage of it.
17:36Oh my gosh.
17:38The game driving that knee
17:40right into the trash can.
17:42And he has to miss.
17:44He has to give up, JR.
17:46First fall would be over
17:48and you know how long then
17:50Shawn Michaels would last
17:52inside that steel cage?
17:54About 30 seconds.
17:56I don't like his chances
17:58if that were to occur.
18:00Well-named Cerebral Assassin
18:02focusing on that left knee
18:04from Shawn Michaels.
18:06That was a typical
18:08in his weight class.
18:10It was countered into
18:12a quick screw-like takedown
18:14by the game twisting
18:16and turning on the knee joint
18:18and I know what you've got to realize.
18:20If there's anybody
18:22anybody in this game
18:24that knows the moves of Shawn Michaels
18:26it is the game.
18:28It's Triple H.
18:29Well, there's no doubt about that.
18:31They travel together.
18:33They train together.
18:35They strategize together.
18:37And one time they were virtually
18:39acceptable and a chop block
18:41by the game.
18:43Oh, no, no, no, no.
18:45Again, asking Shawn Michaels
18:46if he can.
18:48Triple H focusing on that
18:50one body part.
18:52I want to tell you what.
18:54Shawn Michaels had a
18:55advantage.
18:57It certainly will nullify it.
18:59It is a worthy, smart
19:01tactic
19:03by the number one contender.
19:05You know, Triple H seems to me
19:07that he needs
19:09to be the world's heavyweight champion
19:11to exist in the WWE.
19:13He needs it.
19:14Shawn Michaels say that.
19:16Shawn Michaels certainly believes that.
19:18That's what this is all about.
19:20From Nature Boy.
19:22He's enjoying this right now.
19:24I'm sure he's watching on the monitor.
19:26In your four-leg lock-up
19:28by the game on Shawn Michaels.
19:30Boy,
19:32there's handiwork
19:34coming to the front here.
19:36Obviously, Claire is
19:38about to spring maneuver
19:40to Triple H.
19:42Michaels, I'm sure, came in here
19:44with his back,
19:46not thinking perhaps
19:48that his knee may be the focus now
19:50from Triple H.
19:52And you think back on the strategy
19:54with Michaels having all that speed
19:56and quickness.
19:58And the pain's got to be
20:00shooting through Shawn Michaels'
20:02body from the top of his head
20:04to the tip of his toes.
20:06You can't imagine, JR.
20:08I've had this applied to me many times.
20:10You can't imagine the pain
20:12that you feel from this.
20:14Especially when you consider
20:16what happened preceding
20:18this figure four.
20:20The figure four alone is bad enough.
20:22The trash can,
20:24the leg takedown,
20:26and Shawn Michaels trying to
20:28crawl on his back,
20:30trying to get to those ropes,
20:32which would at least cause a break.
20:34He's not referring to Shawn as HBK.
20:36He's not referring to him
20:38as show stuff.
20:40He's calling Shawn Michaels
20:41Come on, Shawn, tap.
20:43Triple H sliding back
20:45to the center of the ring.
20:47Great position of Shawn Michaels.
20:49Shoulders are down.
20:51So much pain.
20:53You almost forget the shoulders
20:55are down.
20:56They're down again.
20:58And he got another near fall.
21:00Triple H, I don't think I can
21:02recall someone remaining
21:04in this figure four
21:06for this length of time.
21:08Let me tell you something.
21:10I don't think Triple H
21:12just wants to beat Shawn.
21:14I don't think he wants to drag
21:16this thing out.
21:17I don't think he wants to
21:19humiliate him in the process.
21:21Shawn Michaels trying desperately
21:23to turn it, reverse the pressure
21:25here.
21:26Shawn Michaels reversing
21:28the figure four in the game
21:30quickly.
21:31Gets himself unhooked
21:33before the pressure
21:35becomes so great on his knees.
21:37He'll be in the same position
21:38for a quickness advantage here.
21:40The game back up to his
21:42vertical base with that weapon.
21:44Scrambled brain.
21:46Who is smarter than Triple
21:48H?
21:49Where did you think?
21:51This has got to be in here.
21:53Shawn Michaels.
21:55Where did you think and where
21:57did everybody in this arena
21:59and where did Shawn Michaels
22:01think that Triple H was going
22:03to hit Shawn with that
22:05in the knee, right?
22:06I would have guessed that.
22:07Look at that shot.
22:09This is a trash can.
22:10Listen to this.
22:12Wow!
22:14Scrambled brains and eggs,
22:16let me tell you.
22:18That shot right to the head
22:20and now they're on the outside
22:22and again in this first fall
22:24the street fight.
22:25Can't be disqualified.
22:26Can't be counted out.
22:27Shawn Michaels currently
22:29able to stand in his
22:31bigger, stronger, more
22:32powerful adversary.
22:33The game now.
22:34Imposing his will
22:36I don't know why the referee
22:38bothers to tell them to get
22:39back in the ring.
22:40They can go anywhere they want now.
22:42Shawn Michaels' exercise heart
22:44cannot be measured in inches
22:46and pounds, but he is still
22:48a human being.
22:49And when your body starts
22:51falling, when the pimp's
22:53dismembered and dismantled
22:55as Triple H is doing here,
22:57he's still a human being
22:59and I can't see Shawn Michaels
23:01being able to survive
23:03in this street fight much longer.
23:04Oh, wait a minute.
23:05That guy's about to go.
23:07Oh, man.
23:08Let's see where Shawn's going.
23:10What are you doing?
23:12Metal wall.
23:16Triple H's thinking about
23:17something here.
23:18I don't know.
23:19He's got an evil mind, JR.
23:21If I were you, Shawn,
23:23I would stumble, stagger,
23:25do whatever, crawl if you have to
23:27and get away from that fire.
23:29Uh-oh.
23:30That's two by fours.
23:32That's barbed wire.
23:33Uh-oh.
23:35Triple H has got a two by four
23:37loaded with barbed wire
23:39and he's going to hit Shawn
23:41Michaels right in the face with it.
23:43What the hell is he waiting for?
23:45I don't know.
23:46His second thoughts?
23:48Is he showing that he's got a heart?
23:51He does have a heart.
23:53Oh, wait a minute.
23:56Maybe he's just got a better idea.
23:58The hell is...
23:59He was just mesmerized
24:01by that fire.
24:07Oh, no.
24:09You've got to be...
24:10Oh, my God.
24:12A two by four is on fire.
24:14It's a run in barbed wire.
24:16And the cerebral assassin
24:18with a sight set on becoming
24:20the world's heavyweight champion.
24:22He did it in his own sick mind.
24:24Triple H had a better idea.
24:26Shawn Michaels scored the kick.
24:28It may have been long,
24:30but maybe not.
24:32In any event, Shawn Michaels...
24:34Wait a minute.
24:36Now, Shawn Michaels
24:38has got that...
24:40Oh, my God!
24:42My God!
24:44Shawn Michaels has hit the game
24:46right in the face with that barbed wire.
24:48The flaming barbed wire.
24:50The flaming barbed wire
24:52wrapped around a two by four.
24:54That was sick.
24:56It was damn sick.
24:58And Shawn Michaels...
25:00Not only did he want to rip
25:02Triple H's face off,
25:04he wanted to set him up.
25:05Look at him.
25:06Uh-oh.
25:07You see the blood?
25:08Look at this.
25:09This is...
25:10Oh!
25:11That is heinous.
25:12That is heinous.
25:13And that's how high the stakes are.
25:15And the game has been busted open
25:17with the hands of a two by four,
25:19the burning two by four,
25:21and that barbed wire.
25:23And now I've got to face a fact here.
25:25Shawn Michaels would never
25:26do that to the HBK.
25:28This is definitely the showstopper now, JR.
25:30Shawn Michaels,
25:32he did it to the game
25:34before the game could do it
25:36to the champion.
25:37And straight round hands
25:39by Shawn Michaels.
25:41He's bad back.
25:43His knee has got to be killing him.
25:45And look at the game
25:47trying to create a little distance.
25:49The game said,
25:51I don't know if I want any more of this.
25:53And that barbed wire
25:54has got to be killing him.
25:56Come on!
25:57Triple H's head
25:59bouncing off that steel ring
26:01post like a basketball.
26:03And the bloody number one contender now
26:05who had a distinct advantage.
26:07I can't tell.
26:09Can you see if you can get a close-up?
26:11Has Triple H's face been burned?
26:13If his eyes or his face has burned,
26:15that could be worse than the blood.
26:17Oh!
26:19Shawn Michaels,
26:21that trash can lid again.
26:23You're right.
26:25Whoever wins this first ball
26:27after this abuse they've both been put through
26:29is going to have a huge advantage.
26:31I say that because of the straight fight rules
26:33in this first fall.
26:35And you see what these two men
26:37are taking out of each other,
26:39out of themselves,
26:41out of their body and soul
26:43in this first fall alone.
26:45Trying to absolutely destroy each other.
26:47Oh!
26:49Oh!
26:51Jesus!
26:52A drop toehold in Michaels' face
26:54crashing into that steel chair.
26:56He's out.
26:58He doesn't have a clue where he is.
27:00The game with a thunderous DDT
27:02taking down the world's
27:04heavyweight champion
27:06in this street fight,
27:08this first fall
27:10of a potential three-fall match
27:12continues.
27:14Neither one of these guys
27:16lasts three falls.
27:18Triple H's losing a lot of blood.
27:20Oh!
27:22One more look,
27:24and Shaw's head bounces off that chair.
27:26Oh!
27:28A sickening thud
27:30of a man's skull
27:32against a steel folding chair.
27:34This doesn't sound
27:36any nastier than that.
27:38And here come the pedigree.
27:40Oh!
27:42Oh!
27:44A legal low blow in a street fight.
27:46You're right.
27:48The game going for that pedigree.
27:50It's all legal, Shaw Michaels
27:51bloody face and the world's champion the number one contender are both down
28:00Shawn Michaels nipped up in the game another chop block right on that bad knee
28:04and now the game
28:08Donnie with a pedigree
28:12the winner of the first ball how big is that they are how huge is that it's very
28:23big we've always talked about Shawn Michaels
28:26toughness his resilience he's a fearless competitor but now he's got a bad
28:32wheel the second ball will be contested inside the steel cage
28:41to win the ball you must win it by either pinfall or escape through the
28:49door or over the top in either case of escape both feet must touch the floor so
28:57they can't get any rest they don't get any recover the only time now the only
29:02time they're going to arrest us as this cage is lowering pinfall or escape as
29:07the rules as you heard when looking triple H how smart is he he's loading up
29:12this ring with weapons that he can use during this this cage match and this is
29:17going to be another bloodletting if you ask me Shawn Michaels on one leg now
29:22down one fall triple H may make it two out of three and triple H's finest hour
29:28was a little bit close to two years and to be two years in February when he
29:33beats Stone Cold Steve Austin two straight balls in a three-fall match
29:42this whole thing now they may be academic team but that first ball taking
29:46so much out of both men well the game is obviously hurting but nothing compared
29:51to Shawn Michaels who is down and has a decision on trying to fight this match
29:56on one leg you're right Shawn Michaels is here with us now no
30:01doubt about that HBK and the showstopper have left the
30:04building well I wouldn't say that I left with that pedigree they are just like I
30:09told you well we'll see about that it's not over yet somebody's got to win two
30:13balls and right now the game is up one ball to none well I told you if you'll
30:19remember back that the street fight that first ball being a street fight
30:22favorite and now the cage favors triple H Sean Michaels beat the game in that
30:28elimination chamber back at the Survivor Series that was a little different that
30:32wasn't a cage match oh look out Eric Bischoff our general manager adaptation
30:38of a cage and let's face it Shawn Michaels head right into the steel cage
30:46it's over he's history triple H of an amazing competitor he lined up my
30:52Shawn Michaels is now busted open as well John Michaels has been lacerated
30:57it's okay it'll rip you worse than that barbed wire if you're not careful well
31:02too late Shawn Michaels up for that
31:07braces sure those braces that's because he's a cerebral attack they are thanks
31:14Shawn Michaels now
31:19let's watch his head go right into the cage here
31:25and a shot now at the face and triple H is a he's a breath or two away from
31:30taking this thing two straight balls and becoming once again the world's
31:34heavyweight champion how could even Shawn Michaels regroup
31:45he's greater you're leaving Shawn Michaels epidermis all over that cage
31:51what that's a skin the outer layer
31:58Shawn Michaels it's a shame to see this
32:03Carmichael's who dominated the WNP 1998 was HBK that was a showstopper
32:10this is Shawn Michaels we knew this was gonna happen JR no we his we got a mouse
32:15in your pocket I didn't we I didn't know what's gonna happen I don't I'm not
32:20counting Shawn Michaels out yet I still believe I still believe Shawn Michaels
32:24his heart is beating
32:27the soul of a warrior he's not gonna quit these fans they're dreaming they're
32:31hoping that HBK can come back sorry folks we thought it would be Shawn
32:38Michaels back being the big factor in this match that has not been the case
32:43oh and Michael the step off he's been beat up he's been battered he's been
32:48fried
32:50okay okay still got a little bit left
32:56coming back to the coming the world for the great stories of all time in the
33:01WWE and him retaining it here perhaps would even top that after what we have
33:08seen in the first fall
33:11Shawn Michaels now with straight right hands on the number one contender for the
33:16plate and vintage HBK I gotta admit vintage showstopper but you wouldn't
33:21ordinarily see HBK just get flipped off like that after that
33:26he's gonna get out
33:28Triple H trying to escape
33:30Triple H goes over the top
33:32and both feet hit the floor
33:34it's over and the game wasn't too straight
33:36Shawn Michaels trying to bring
33:38Triple H back in the ring
33:40and man he's talking about no man's land
33:42these two on that top rope
33:44and Michaels sliding right down the cage
33:46losing more skin and more hide
33:48he's the world's champion
33:50Shawn Michaels has got to stop the game
33:52or it's over
33:54he's got to bring the game back into the cage
33:56or it's over
33:58Triple H's body is out but Shawn got a hold of his hair
34:00Triple H's both feet have got to touch the floor
34:02and Shawn Michaels
34:04hey look
34:06look who just
34:08look who just showed up back at ringside
34:10that's Ric Flair back at ringside
34:12but the focus is on the top of this cage
34:14man
34:16whoever
34:18if somebody falls to the floor
34:20and obviously both feet would touch
34:22this one's over
34:24Shawn Michaels
34:26his other knee now getting
34:28getting twitched there
34:30getting twisted in that cage
34:32Shawn Michaels trying to pull himself back up
34:36what is
34:38Triple H directing traffic
34:40he's telling what the hell is Flair doing
34:42he's doing what he's told to do
34:44by Triple H but I don't know what Triple H
34:46told him to do
34:48I know that
34:50Harry Triple H told Flair to get some tables
34:52out but Shawn Michaels
34:54Shawn Michaels now he escapes
34:56he wins his second ball king
34:58Triple H's got a handful of hair
35:00Triple H's holding on
35:02what is this? holding on again
35:04and now pulling Michaels
35:06what is Flair doing?
35:08he's setting up a third table
35:10JR
35:12but what happens if
35:14if the game
35:16if the game goes up on top of the cage
35:18and goes through those tables
35:20he wins this match
35:22it's escaping
35:24if he escapes the cage and both feet touch the floor
35:26it's over
35:28that's an escape
35:30maybe the game's trying to figure a way to
35:32break his fall
35:34if he crawls down and climbs down on those tables
35:36Michaels has got the game back inside the cage now
35:38Flair's set up three tables
35:42that's not what Flair wanted to see
35:44it's not what Triple H
35:46wanted to feel
35:48look at this Earl Hebner is living
35:50Flair's back out here but I don't think there's a thing
35:52he can do about it as long as he's inside that cage
35:54Flair's got bigger fish to fry here now
35:56he's trying to
35:58communicate this contest
36:00what now?
36:02HBK
36:04now that's a showstopper move
36:06okay I'll give him that
36:08he pulls one out every now and then
36:10he reaches way down deep
36:12and pulls one out
36:14but see this is part of HBK
36:16Hosanna
36:18that is not good
36:20he's wasting time
36:22Flair doing it
36:24that son of a bitch does not belong in that cage
36:26he has no business
36:28being in there at all
36:30Shawn Michaels now
36:32damn it
36:34two against one
36:38Triple H escapes
36:40out the door
36:42Triple H was halfway out the door
36:44and now Flair's got a kick
36:46a chair
36:48and Shawn Michaels took Flair
36:50oh my god
36:52it's one against two and one's winning
36:54Shawn Michaels just went deep
36:56on two occasions
36:58to the opposite field on Flair
37:00look out
37:02Flair just got
37:04just exactly what he deserved
37:06oh no watch it
37:08that's Flair
37:10the former 16 pound champion
37:12has gotten too close to the fire
37:14and he'll realize
37:16you better not hook Flair
37:18what you can't kill
37:20oh this is bad
37:22come on referee do your job
37:24get Flair out of there
37:26Flair is a bloody mess
37:28Triple H disqualified
37:30in a cage match
37:32and the game
37:34just got back to his feet
37:36he won the first fight with a pedigree
37:38Triple H
37:40Shawn Michaels counters a pedigree
37:42in the back body drop
37:44to sleep 10 music on Flair
37:46it's a handicap match
37:48he got the shot in
37:50to sleep 10 music on Triple H
37:52it's a handicap cage match
37:54you gotta cover Triple H
37:56he wants to inflict some punishment
37:58he wants to humiliate Triple H
38:00this could be a huge mistake
38:02for Shawn Michaels in this cage match
38:04there's no doubt
38:06he can pin Triple H right here
38:10Shawn Michaels gonna do here
38:12Michaels down one fall to none
38:14in this potential three fall match
38:16we're in the second fall
38:18in this cage match
38:20well just as the game
38:22wanted to cripple
38:24Shawn Michaels
38:26to put the showstopper back in the wheelchair
38:28this is not smart
38:30why don't you just go ahead
38:32climb out of the ring
38:34win this fall
38:36take your chances on the third
38:38try to remain the champion
38:40but no, HBK has to show up
38:42the showstopper has to please the people
38:44he's got to defy it all right here
38:46this is
38:48right through the table
38:50right through the black heart
38:52the winner of this fall
38:54evening this bout at one fall apiece
38:56Shawn Michaels
38:58and now
39:00and now it's a ladder match
39:02we've said if necessary it's just become necessary
39:04and I said that
39:06I said that the street fight favored
39:08Triple H and I said the cage match
39:10and now the third and deciding fall
39:12will be contested as a
39:14ladder match
39:16shut up Howard Finkle we know that
39:18the second fall the cage match
39:20favored Triple H but
39:22even I have to admit
39:24the ladder match favors Shawn Michaels
39:26Shawn Michaels had the first
39:28ladder match my god look at Flair
39:30he's a wreck
39:32his face is a crimson mask
39:36hospital time
39:38get his ass out of here
39:40my god this is amazing
39:42this is scary
39:44what kind of internal injuries
39:46could that move
39:50on both men
39:52on both men is right but
39:54Shawn Michaels able to immediately
39:56hook the leg of Triple H
39:58and get the pin
40:00and the world's heavyweight championship
40:02as Ric Flair being escorted back to the locker room
40:04he's going to need some medical attention
40:06Shawn Michaels
40:08bringing that huge ladder in the ring
40:10Michaels has been bloodied
40:12so has the game
40:14we are down to the final and deciding fall
40:16and to determine who will be
40:18and look JR
40:20the world heavyweight championship belt
40:22is being hoisted up in the air
40:24high up in the air
40:26get that belt up there
40:28before Shawn gets it
40:30he gets it now it's over
40:32Shawn Michaels stacking that ladder in the corner
40:34Michaels in the game
40:36it is a true gut check
40:38here deep deep in the fourth quarter
40:40of this world heavyweight championship match
40:42fourth quarter
40:44third fall JR
40:48and that ladder
40:50as we have said that steel
40:52the steps the posts the cages
40:54the ladders so unforgiving
40:56the steel doesn't give a damn
40:58about an individual's anatomy
41:00well believe me
41:02Shawn Michaels doesn't give a damn about Triple H's anatomy
41:04and vice versa
41:06these two men have proven
41:08their ineptness
41:10and Michaels
41:12ramming that ladder right to the head
41:14of the game
41:16it's not like getting hit by a car I would think
41:18oh man
41:20look out
41:22that ladder right on the game
41:24adding insult to injury
41:26the game is still bleeding profusely
41:28the number one contender
41:30almost like a junkie
41:32needing that world heavyweight championship
41:34to simply survive
41:36in his life
41:38that's Shawn Michaels
41:40assumption
41:42look at this
41:44this is going to be ugly here
41:48Triple H trying to
41:50twist his body away from that ladder
41:52but to no avail
41:54that probably made it worse
41:56his side ladder right on the edge of that ladder
41:58now Shawn Michaels
42:00he's got a one leg
42:02he's done everything he could do
42:04physically and mentally
42:06to survive the first two falls
42:08of this slobber knocker
42:10of slobber knockers tonight
42:12what's he going to do
42:16King who do you think showed up here
42:18tell me is it Shawn Michaels or is it the showstopper
42:20alright alright
42:22well he arrived late
42:24but showstopper is here now
42:26you're damn right he's here
42:28and his heart is beating stronger than ever
42:30and Shawn Michaels what is he doing
42:32he can't reach that title belt
42:34from there
42:36I'm telling you
42:38maybe he wants to
42:40right up
42:42no look out
42:46and the game able to
42:48barely and I mean by inches
42:50avoid most of the contact
42:52and that may come back
42:54and haunt HBK
42:56he had the chance
42:58if he had only
43:00taken that same amount of time
43:02look at this one more time
43:04oh that's like
43:06the Wiley Coyote
43:08what an abrupt
43:10stop
43:12just landed with a splat
43:14Shawn Michaels carcass came
43:16and now the game
43:18and got his pedigree again
43:20a bloody challenger
43:22with the world's heavyweight title
43:24I told you it was Shawn Michaels that was here tonight
43:26I told you all along
43:28you didn't say that
43:30you changed your mind more than an old lady
43:32look at this now
43:34this is what Shawn Michaels should have done
43:36just a few moments ago
43:38if he had taken that same amount of time
43:40and just set that ladder up instead of trying to
43:42do that huge splash on Triple H and grab that championship belt
43:44he'd still be the world heavyweight champion
43:48Triple H is not going to waste any time
43:50he's going right after the prize
43:52Triple H has got that ladder right under the world's heavyweight title belt
43:54this is the third and deciding fall
43:56we're all leaving that one fall to peace
43:58here at Armageddon
44:00here's the contender now
44:02slowly on that bad leg
44:04well what do you expect
44:06you think he's just going to be able to climb up that ladder with ease
44:08I'm surprised neither of these guys can stand up
44:10I am too
44:12I wasn't complaining
44:14it's Shawn Michaels now
44:16trying to grab both feet of the game
44:18Shawn Michaels holding on
44:20to what may be the last step
44:22before losing the world's heavyweight championship
44:24if he can't get the game off that ladder
44:26he got the game off the ladder
44:28Shawn Michaels jerking the number one contender down
44:34what a shot
44:36this has got to be over now
44:38Shawn Michaels sweet chin music
44:40takes the game to the outside
44:42does he have enough left
44:44does HBK or the showstopper
44:46have enough left
44:48to get up now that Triple H is incapacitated
44:50we've talked for years about
44:52Shawn Michaels resiliency
44:54his will to win
44:56the supreme test
44:58is here and now
45:00with a bad will
45:02losing blood
45:04having the healthy doubt of him in that street fight
45:06Shawn Michaels is just
45:08three or four steps away
45:12from getting to the top of the ladder
45:14Shawn Michaels he's going to do it
45:16can you believe this
45:18the comeback after four years
45:20was extraordinary
45:22three more steps
45:24he's going to do it
45:26Shawn Michaels is going to do it
45:28he's touching his top
45:30oh my god
45:36Shawn Michaels taking off that ladder
45:38going through three tables
45:40the table set up
45:42by Triple H's advisor Ric Flair
45:44he's breathing
45:46I don't think he's breathing
45:48Shawn Michaels has crashed and burned
45:50thanks to the game
45:52in that 12 foot ladder
45:54I don't think Shawn is breathing
45:56Triple H doesn't give a damn
45:58if Shawn Michaels ever takes another breath
46:00if he ever holds his child
46:02if he ever
46:04sets foot in a wrestling ring as long as he lives
46:06the game only cares about
46:08himself and being the world champion
46:10and that's all he wants to hold
46:12and there he goes
46:14and the game has started
46:16my god
46:18your winner and
46:20new world heavyweight
46:22champion
46:24Triple H
46:26it's the paramedics
46:28it's the helpers for Shawn Michaels
46:30both these men may never be the same
46:32Triple H is bleeding profusely
46:34both these men may never be the same
46:36and look at the game embracing
46:38the world's heavyweight title belt
46:40like it was a
46:42life-saving organ
46:45my god I'll tell you what folks
46:47you got your
46:49you got your dollars worth here tonight
46:51out of this event
46:53unbelievable
46:55the game has lost the blood
46:57he may have taken months off his career too
46:59and we see this again
47:01this is what changed the whole thing around
47:03Shawn Michaels thought he had it
47:05now he's trying to hold on for dear life
47:07but no
47:09and look he's won it the second time
47:11off the top of that ladder
47:13he's won it again
47:15that may have ended
47:17Shawn Michaels career
47:19and it would have done
47:21if the hands of the game came
47:23but the hands of the game are able to
47:25grab the biggest prize
47:27in the game
47:29he's the world heavyweight champion JR
47:31and what an amazing performance
47:33by both men
47:35but tonight Triple H is the world's
47:37heavyweight champion once again
47:39and tonight ladies and gentlemen
47:41Shawn Michaels armageddon
47:43Triple H's job
47:45that feels good