WWF German Fan Favorites 2: October 24, 1994

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00:00:30Hello everyone, I'm Gorilla Monsoon for Coliseum Video welcoming you to German Fan Favorites

00:00:462.

00:00:47You know, Fan Favorites 1 was such a hit.

00:00:49You guys out there requested such tremendous matches, they can't take a blockbuster.

00:00:54Well, this one is going to be no exception.

00:00:57We've got some great matches that you, German fans, have suggested and said you want to

00:01:02see again.

00:01:03Well, we've got them for you right here on German Fan Favorites 2.

00:01:07And kicking it all off, what a tremendous match this was.

00:01:11Requested by Alexander Hausstein of Verdun, a 15 foot high steel cage match, Brett the

00:01:17Hitman Hart against his number one nemesis, Shawn Michaels.

00:01:21Here we go.

00:01:22Oh, the bell is gone, the door is closed, and we're underway here.

00:01:35Shawn not wasting any time, he didn't give the Hitman, excuse me, an opportunity to even

00:01:40step through.

00:01:41You alright, Gorilla?

00:01:42Yes.

00:01:43Let's do something about that call for you.

00:01:44You're a little frog.

00:01:45I don't like a big frog.

00:01:46Wow, just like that, this crowd has gone into a hush.

00:01:56This thing is going to turn into a Pier 6 brawl, Gorilla.

00:01:57Well, that's what steel cage matches are all about.

00:01:58The most dangerous of all matches.

00:01:59So many ways to get your career terminated.

00:02:00Nice block there by Brett, and whoa!

00:02:01Blocked again.

00:02:02What a nice response with the elbow there by Shawn.

00:02:03He's quick, he's lightning-like.

00:02:04He's sudden, he's so quick, he's sudden, Gorilla, he's sudden, not Don Sutton, he was a pitcher

00:02:24for the Dodgers.

00:02:25I never liked the Dodgers.

00:02:26Hitman in trouble early on in this one.

00:02:27I was a big Phillies fan.

00:02:28You were?

00:02:29Oh, certainly.

00:02:30Why were you a Phillies fan?

00:02:31Don't worry about it.

00:02:33Oh.

00:02:35Big man.

00:02:37Did you live there, Phillies?

00:02:39No, I just like it.

00:02:41Whoa!

00:02:42Hard into the turnbuckle.

00:02:43Shawn Michael's just walking all over Brett, this ought to be it.

00:02:44This is the quickest cage match I've ever seen, Gorilla.

00:02:45Wow, door wide open, but he didn't make it.

00:02:46Yeah, he didn't make it.

00:02:47He's in trouble.

00:02:48Oh, he's in trouble.

00:02:49He's in trouble.

00:02:50hard into the turnbuckle.

00:02:55Shawn Michaels just walking all over.

00:02:57Brett, this ought to be it.

00:02:58This is the quickest cage match I've ever seen, Guerrilla.

00:03:00Wow, door wide open, but he didn't make it.

00:03:02There he goes.

00:03:03Changed his mind.

00:03:04That would have been the quickest cage match

00:03:06I've ever seen.

00:03:09How many cage matches have you seen?

00:03:11No, millions.

00:03:12Millions, yeah.

00:03:13Oh, nice move there, nice block.

00:03:16Slingshot City coming up.

00:03:20Connecting with a steel cage.

00:03:22Wow, he may be out.

00:03:27If the hitman had a lick of sense to him,

00:03:30he would walk right out the door and be done with it.

00:03:33Out the door, goodbye, it's over.

00:03:34There he goes.

00:03:35He's headed in that direction.

00:03:37And there's no door there.

00:03:38Oh, what a dummy.

00:03:41So now he's not gonna look for the door?

00:03:43I don't get it, Guerrilla.

00:03:45Well, you have to have your opponent

00:03:47in enough of a compromised position

00:03:48to where you think you can make it.

00:03:50Obviously, at the outset he did,

00:03:52but when he found out he was in the wrong corner,

00:03:54the time had elapsed and he was out of time.

00:03:57You know, Guerrilla, I don't think

00:03:58he should be allowed to go out through the door.

00:03:59I think he should have to climb over the top.

00:04:01Going out the door is the weenie way.

00:04:04I think he should be able to have,

00:04:05I think there should be a lock placed on the door

00:04:07and you have to go over the top to escape.

00:04:09Why don't you discuss that with President Jack?

00:04:11President Jack Tunney?

00:04:13Yes.

00:04:13The Prozac World Champion.

00:04:16Jack.

00:04:16Why don't you make a trip to Toronto?

00:04:18I don't want to go to Toronto, it's cold there.

00:04:20It's Canada, I don't even like Canada.

00:04:21I love Canada.

00:04:22Oh, backbreaker, well executed.

00:04:24See, I don't really love Canada, I love Quebec.

00:04:26That's in Montreal.

00:04:28No, Montreal's in Quebec, which is in Canada.

00:04:30Hitman now going.

00:04:32Do I have any idea what I'm talking about, Guerrilla?

00:04:34No, no, no, I just want to just involve you.

00:04:36Hitman with one leg over,

00:04:38but the other leg trapped here by Shawn.

00:04:41He'll have to come back.

00:04:45Doesn't have to.

00:04:46Well, yes, he does.

00:04:48If he wants to keep his leg, he does.

00:04:52You're in a very precarious position.

00:04:54Wow, got rammed right into the back of the head,

00:04:57right into the external occipital protuberance area.

00:05:01The who?

00:05:02Just forget about it, just.

00:05:04You mean the back of the head?

00:05:05Yeah.

00:05:07Back by the cerebellum and the pons and the medulla?

00:05:09That little lump you got back there on your,

00:05:13close to the back of your neck.

00:05:16Whoa!

00:05:17Exchanging right hands here.

00:05:19Nice duck underneath.

00:05:20And oh, nice leverage move there.

00:05:27Such a dangerous match,

00:05:28a match that could terminate the career of either individual.

00:05:33Shawn headed for the door again.

00:05:36No, there's not a lot of give in that steel cage, Guerrilla.

00:05:38Not a lot of give up.

00:05:39There isn't any.

00:05:40Are you kidding?

00:05:45Oh, almost reaching down,

00:05:47almost touching the arena floor.

00:05:48That would have done it.

00:05:50But he didn't make it.

00:05:52All he had to do was touch the ground, Guerrilla,

00:05:54and that would have been it.

00:05:55Well, actually, it's the floor of the arena.

00:05:57To touch the ground may have been even more difficult.

00:06:00Oh, Bret's out!

00:06:02Ooh, he was almost out.

00:06:04There goes Shawn, he's out.

00:06:06Door wide open.

00:06:08Inviting someone to victory here, but no.

00:06:10Close the door, ref.

00:06:13See, Guerrilla, I don't think

00:06:15you should be allowed to go out through the door.

00:06:16I think you should have to go over the top.

00:06:17You think it's easy to go out through the door?

00:06:19You see what these guys are going through?

00:06:20Obviously it isn't, but still,

00:06:22it's much easier than climbing over the top.

00:06:24Well, those are the rules, Johnny Coleman.

00:06:25You want to change the rules?

00:06:27Yes, I want to change the rules.

00:06:29I bend the rules, I break the rules.

00:06:31Now I want to change the rules.

00:06:32Well, put it in writing and submit it.

00:06:34I'm going to get a lobbyist on this.

00:06:37You are a lobbyist.

00:06:39In fact, I may just go out to the lobby

00:06:40for the rest of this match

00:06:41if you're going to be so belligerent.

00:06:42Is that a promise?

00:06:43It's a threat.

00:06:45I'm going to bring you back some day.

00:06:46What do you want?

00:06:47In about a half an hour.

00:06:47Hot dog?

00:06:48I think you had a few.

00:06:49I'd like four hot dogs.

00:06:50I think you've had too many hot dogs

00:06:51as it is, though, young fella.

00:06:53Well, now forsaking the door and going to the corner.

00:07:01Boy, it's taken him a long time to get over.

00:07:03Got one leg out, now the other one out.

00:07:05Holy mackerel, he's just about out of there.

00:07:07Whoa, Hitman catches up to him

00:07:09right at the last split second.

00:07:11And he was literally hung out to dry.

00:07:15You know, if Shawn Michaels had a buzz haircut,

00:07:17he would have escaped.

00:07:18But he had too much hair.

00:07:19He had too much hair.

00:07:21And he won't.

00:07:23Now both men perched up there on that top rope.

00:07:27What a precarious position to be in.

00:07:30You see, you're not going to get out like that, Johnny Polo.

00:07:33You did not have your man compromised.

00:07:35You can't possibly make it.

00:07:37Well, were you ever in a steel cage, Gorilla?

00:07:38Plenty.

00:07:39Gorillas can't climb out of a cage.

00:07:41Gorillas are good climbers.

00:07:44Almost as good as orangutans.

00:07:45They can hang with one hand

00:07:47and beat you with the other three.

00:07:49Three?

00:07:53Not as easy as it looks, folks.

00:07:55In fact, it's-

00:07:55Oh, yes!

00:07:57Holy mackerel!

00:07:58What a slingshot move there by Shawn Michaels.

00:08:02And the Hitman will be singing

00:08:04considerably higher in the shower.

00:08:06He will be a soprano.

00:08:09Maybe even a falsetto.

00:08:11But look at the look on the faces.

00:08:13That tells you what this kind of a match

00:08:15takes out of an individual.

00:08:17Oh, it's brutal, Gorilla.

00:08:18It's brutal.

00:08:19It's br-oodle.

00:08:21A testament to the conditioning

00:08:23of these two great athletes.

00:08:25And the door, once again, wide open.

00:08:28And Shawn Michaels slithering toward it.

00:08:31This ought to be it.

00:08:33Well, Bret Hartley gave it a heck of an effort,

00:08:35but you lose.

00:08:36Like a big, bold constrictor moving ever so slowly.

00:08:41Coach, now why did he just slide out

00:08:43under that bottom rope?

00:08:44Why does he have to get to his feet to get out?

00:08:46I don't understand that.

00:08:48Oh, my goodness!

00:08:53Well, that'll teach him.

00:08:55A little turnabout is fair play, I suppose,

00:08:57you're gonna say now there, Monsoon Boy.

00:08:59You know, the Hitman had an opportunity there

00:09:01to go to the door, but obviously, he's hurt and spent.

00:09:05They're both out, Uncle Gorilla.

00:09:07How many times have we seen the Hitman

00:09:09in all kinds of trouble and has that ability

00:09:12to respond, to rejuvenate, if you will?

00:09:15The man is resilient.

00:09:17But Shawn Michaels is double tough, too.

00:09:20Shawn Michaels is certainly that.

00:09:22He certainly is.

00:09:23But let's face it, Johnny Polo,

00:09:24you know better than anyone else,

00:09:25once you've got that gold,

00:09:28around your waist, you're a marked man.

00:09:30But it's also much easier to keep the gold

00:09:32than it is to get it in the first place.

00:09:34Well, because it's gold,

00:09:36you can't get it in the first place.

00:09:37Well, because of the way the rules are constructed today,

00:09:39that's true.

00:09:41See, that's why you need a manager,

00:09:43like Johnny, oh, beautiful!

00:09:45Everyone needs a manager like Johnny Polo.

00:09:48See, the way my Quebecers first won the belts

00:09:51was because we had Providence of Quebec rules,

00:09:54not Providence, Province of Quebec rules.

00:09:56See, them Steiner brothers used to call it

00:09:57Providence of Quebec and messed me all up.

00:10:00It's Province of Quebec rules,

00:10:01and it states that on a disqualification,

00:10:04you will change hands.

00:10:06So that is why we were able to win

00:10:07one of the Steiner brothers deliberately.

00:10:09Do you think anybody cares about

00:10:11how you stole the tag belts?

00:10:13Because the Steiner brothers deliberately

00:10:15disqualified themselves, so we got the belts.

00:10:17Both men headed for the top right now.

00:10:19Shawn Michaels almost got over,

00:10:21but the Hitman right there,

00:10:23and now you've got to hang on

00:10:25and try to fight off your opponent at the same time.

00:10:28Not an easy task.

00:10:29Oh, look at that!

00:10:31Now's the golden chance, oh, no, he fell.

00:10:34He lost his own balance, and he's injured his knee, I think.

00:10:38But he's determined, look at him go!

00:10:42Right to Hitman.

00:10:43Hitman, just about out of there!

00:10:45The Hitman has had more knee injuries

00:10:47than anyone in the sport.

00:10:48He's on the downside right now.

00:10:50Oh, yes!

00:10:51Oh, no!

00:10:53What a save by Shawn Michaels,

00:10:54grabbing that hair.

00:10:57That was sweet, wasn't it, Gorilla?

00:10:59Well, the Hitman was all the way over the top

00:11:01and headed down.

00:11:02Once someone has your hair,

00:11:04you're going absolutely nowhere.

00:11:06Well, you ought to know that better than anybody.

00:11:07Well, it's just like when somebody

00:11:09grabs your fur, Gorilla.

00:11:13What a tough, knock-down, drag-out affair here

00:11:17on Coliseum Home Video.

00:11:18Gorilla Monsoon along with Johnny Polo,

00:11:20as we see the boy toy slap on the sleeper.

00:11:24Well, this could buy him the time

00:11:25that he needs to get out.

00:11:27I'm gonna have to go you one better, Gorilla.

00:11:29It's a knock-down, drag-out,

00:11:30rock-and-roll party in the street.

00:11:34Is that the song title, or what is that?

00:11:35It's a knock-down, drag-out,

00:11:37rock-and-roll party in the street.

00:11:40I could sing pretty good, couldn't I, Gorilla?

00:11:42Hitman failing right now.

00:11:45Got to get to your feet,

00:11:46got to alleviate that downward pressure.

00:11:48He's done that, and now uses that advantage

00:11:53and uses that leverage

00:11:55that just whipped Shawn into the steel cage.

00:11:57I think Shawn Michaels made a crucial mistake.

00:11:59When he had the sleeper on and Bret was going under,

00:12:02before, as he felt Bret coming to his feet,

00:12:04he should have just relinquished the hold.

00:12:06Bret would have had to get his oxygen back,

00:12:08and Shawn Michaels could have scooted out.

00:12:10Instead, Bret Hart used a leverage maneuver,

00:12:13launching Shawn Michaels into the cage,

00:12:15and Shawn Michaels is actually worse off now than Bret.

00:12:18We saw it all, man.

00:12:19But I'm saying, from a technical standpoint...

00:12:22You sitting here, Monday morning, quarterbacking,

00:12:25easy thing to do, Johnny Polo.

00:12:27It's not so easy when you're in there.

00:12:29It's much easier when you're in there.

00:12:31Certainly would.

00:12:33Hitman now, once again, in fact, both men climbing now.

00:12:37Hitman with a little bit of an edge,

00:12:38a little bit more over the top, one leg.

00:12:40I bet I can beat Lurdon for the Hayes in a cage match.

00:12:43Oh, please.

00:12:44And now both men straddling the top

00:12:46of a 15-foot-high steel cage,

00:12:49exchanging right hands.

00:12:50Oh, no.

00:12:52There goes Shawn. Yes, it's over.

00:12:54Shawn's on his way down.

00:12:55Go, Shawn, go.

00:12:57Go, Shawn, go.

00:12:58Shawn is way down.

00:13:02Both men now trying to get advantage.

00:13:04Oh, look at that. What a shot.

00:13:06Oh, look at Shawn.

00:13:07He's hooked upside down into Hitman,

00:13:10down to the floor, and the winner.

00:13:14Here is your winner,

00:13:17Bret Hitman Polo!

00:13:21Oh, my goodness.

00:13:23Shawn Michaels getting all tangled up

00:13:24with a 15-foot-high steel cage.

00:13:26What a tremendous match-up here on Coliseum Home Video.

00:13:31Moving right along here on Fan Favorites 2,

00:13:34what a tremendous match-up.

00:13:35Reza Ramon taking on the ominous, humongous Diesel.

00:13:40This match, of course, requested by...

00:13:43Who did it?

00:13:44Catherine Trede of Vismar.

00:13:46Watch this action.

00:13:47And here we go, ladies and gentlemen.

00:13:48Diesel getting set to square off

00:13:50against the Intercontinental Champion,

00:13:53the undisputed Intercontinental Champion

00:13:55of last WrestleMania, WrestleMania 10.

00:13:58Oh, look at the gold. How appropriate.

00:14:01Yes, take a look at the bad guy.

00:14:07Yeah, look at him.

00:14:08Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

00:14:09Here he comes.

00:14:11Here comes Reza Ramon.

00:14:12Ramon is gonna take him to a Diesel

00:14:14sliding into the bottom rope.

00:14:15He's up.

00:14:16Reza Ramon hammering away on the big Diesel.

00:14:18And another hard right hand kicked in the gut.

00:14:20Reza hammering away.

00:14:22Reza taking it to the 7-foot Diesel.

00:14:24Diesel won't get used to the front of his knee.

00:14:26Right back into the hard right.

00:14:28Unquestionably, Reza Ramon is contemplating

00:14:31what happened to him last Monday night.

00:14:33Look at this. Here we go.

00:14:35It's gonna be over.

00:14:35No, back to the knee drop.

00:14:38And that's from way up above.

00:14:39Started like a house of fire,

00:14:41but it just got put out.

00:14:42Whoa, wait a minute.

00:14:42Missing from the boot, and a clothesline,

00:14:44and Big D is down.

00:14:47Diesel back up on his feet.

00:14:49Reza Ramon, an unbelievable house of fire,

00:14:52and through the ropes to the outside is Diesel.

00:14:54What about all those fists, McMahon?

00:14:55What about them?

00:14:56That guy didn't come here to wrestle a match, did he?

00:14:58He did it with his toothpick in his mouth, too.

00:14:59He just threw it away.

00:15:00Get back, Big D, come on.

00:15:01Get back, Big D.

00:15:02And Shawn Michaels encouraging the 7-foot Diesel

00:15:05to get back into the ring.

00:15:07Again, doing what comes naturally.

00:15:10Reza Ramon hammering away on Diesel.

00:15:13Spins him across the top.

00:15:14Look at this.

00:15:15Oh, my goodness, did you see that?

00:15:17A page from The Undertaker.

00:15:20I certainly did see it, and I know Reza Ramon felt it.

00:15:24And now, Diesel, yes, some momentum.

00:15:27Maybe a lot of them in that clothesline.

00:15:30Diesel, week after week, has been challenging Reza Ramon.

00:15:34Oh, my.

00:15:35And Ramon's been ducking and dodging up till now.

00:15:38We saw what happened earlier on from last Monday night.

00:15:43Diesel and Shawn Michaels trying to soften up Reza Ramon.

00:15:47You know what, I think they got the job done.

00:15:49I think what happened was Ramon tried to come out here,

00:15:51just like you said, like a house of fire,

00:15:53and put on a big front and tried to do in Diesel early

00:15:55because he knew he was feeling the effects from last Monday.

00:15:58Boom.

00:15:59And now it's really starting to hammer.

00:16:01One, two, almost a count of three.

00:16:04Now, Diesel unquestionably whipped the momentum

00:16:06with that near fall.

00:16:08Diesel scooped up Razor like he's nothing.

00:16:10How strong is this guy?

00:16:11Look at this, dropping down in the turnbuckle.

00:16:15Razor just got his Taco Bell run, didn't he?

00:16:18Diesel maybe moments away from becoming

00:16:20Intercontinental Champion.

00:16:21Look at that.

00:16:22We have seen nothing but Diesel continue to pound,

00:16:26continue to pummel, continue to hammer.

00:16:29Here's another cover, almost a count of three.

00:16:32I am so proud right now, McMahon,

00:16:34that I am responsible for putting this match together.

00:16:37You're not, you're not responsible.

00:16:40No, are you kidding me?

00:16:41Reza Ramon will be ducking no one.

00:16:44I had to goad him into this match.

00:16:47I had to trick him into agreeing

00:16:49to face that man right there.

00:16:51Yeah.

00:16:52I wonder, would you want to climb in the ring with Diesel?

00:16:54Definitely not.

00:16:55Look at that face.

00:16:56Unquestionably, this is the first time

00:16:58Razor Ramon has actually defended

00:17:00the Intercontinental Championship

00:17:01against someone larger than he is.

00:17:03And look how much larger Diesel is.

00:17:05Exactly.

00:17:07Razor Ramon is not used to having to look up to somebody,

00:17:10but he's going to be looking up at the lights

00:17:11before this match is over.

00:17:12That's my royal prediction.

00:17:15Diesel and Shawn Michaels

00:17:17want to take the Intercontinental Championship

00:17:19back to the Heartbreak Hotel.

00:17:22But you can never count out Razor Ramon.

00:17:24Never.

00:17:26No matter how badly you think you have him beaten down,

00:17:28you can never count this man out.

00:17:31And look at Diesel, pouring it on.

00:17:33Oh, wait a minute.

00:17:34Razor's starting to make a move.

00:17:37How about that, Shawn?

00:17:38You can feel the momentum building up.

00:17:41You can feel the fans behind Razor Ramon.

00:17:43Wait a minute.

00:17:44Look at this unbelievable field of strength.

00:17:46Diesel can't believe it, and he's ducked on his back.

00:17:49What a maneuver.

00:17:52I can't believe Ramon still had that much strength in his body.

00:17:55It definitely took its toll, however,

00:17:56on Razor Ramon, as well as Diesel.

00:18:00Shawn Michaels beside himself.

00:18:01Come on, Diesel!

00:18:03Shawn Michaels, who lost the ladder match,

00:18:05one of not the all-time great matches

00:18:08in the World Wrestling Federation at WrestleMania,

00:18:10he lost the ladder match to Razor Ramon.

00:18:13He wants revenge.

00:18:16And now, Razor makes his move.

00:18:18The count has been stopped.

00:18:19Get up, Diesel!

00:18:21Razor coming over, falling over, covering.

00:18:25One, two, and three.

00:18:28So close.

00:18:30So close.

00:18:32Diesel back on his feet now.

00:18:34A hard right hand block.

00:18:36Another one, block.

00:18:38Look at this.

00:18:39Now, Razor has his timing down.

00:18:41Razor with the big man, seven feet down.

00:18:43Reversal there to the buckle.

00:18:45And a front right into the midsection.

00:18:48Razor, high-risk maneuver.

00:18:49Look at what he did.

00:18:50Yes!

00:18:51Dumped him on his head, a cover.

00:18:53Referee out of position, and three.

00:18:55Ah, so close.

00:18:58Another near fall.

00:18:59And a scoop and a slam.

00:19:01Where is Ramon getting these rights?

00:19:03One, two, this time he gets it.

00:19:05No, no.

00:19:06Oh my gosh, Shawn Michaels gotta do something.

00:19:08Yeah, he's doing something.

00:19:09He's, oh!

00:19:09Did you see that right hand?

00:19:11Disqualified Ramon.

00:19:13No.

00:19:13He punched Shawn.

00:19:14Keep it going.

00:19:15Uh-oh.

00:19:16Knee lift to the midsection.

00:19:17Collapses Razor Ramon.

00:19:19So devastating is the seven foot Diesel.

00:19:23Wait a minute, from my vantage point,

00:19:24Shawn Michaels on the far side.

00:19:26What's he doing up on the turnbuckle?

00:19:27He's not doing anything.

00:19:28Leave him alone.

00:19:29Shawn Michaels is on the other side of the ring.

00:19:32And reversal, look out, Shawn!

00:19:33Diesel, right into Shawn Michaels,

00:19:35who's knocked, oh my goodness.

00:19:37He's knocked A over T.

00:19:40To the buckle, no, right back into it.

00:19:43And look, there's no turnbuckle.

00:19:44That was raw steel in the back of Razor Ramon.

00:19:48Michaels removes the turnbuckle pad.

00:19:50Oh no, the jackknife.

00:19:52Razor Ramon's been jacked in.

00:19:54He got him!

00:19:56He got him!

00:19:57Oh no!

00:19:58Ha ha ha!

00:19:59Why didn't I tell you?

00:20:01We got a new champion, McMahon.

00:20:05I can't believe it.

00:20:09I did it!

00:20:11I did it!

00:20:12And Diesel did it!

00:20:13And Shawn Michaels did it!

00:20:14A new champion!

00:20:18Diesel, apparently.

00:20:21Look at this!

00:20:23Look at that, Michaels didn't even know

00:20:25if Diesel won the championship or not.

00:20:32Diesel, the new Intercontinental champion.

00:20:37Moving right along, folks,

00:20:38here on German Fan Favorites 2.

00:20:40Well, the action is just gonna get better and better

00:20:43as this tape goes on.

00:20:44You know, we were so flooded with letters and cards

00:20:48from you guys out there requesting all these matches.

00:20:50It would have taken a tape 100 hours long

00:20:52to fulfill all your wants and needs.

00:20:55But you keep writing in and we'll keep doing these tapes

00:20:58and you'll keep enjoying them, I'm sure.

00:21:00Right now, coming up though,

00:21:01requested by Vanessa Schutz of Hamburg,

00:21:04what a matchup.

00:21:05Double J, Jeff Jarrett taking on Lex Luger.

00:21:08Here we go.

00:21:11Jeff Jarrett will face exclusively here on Coliseum

00:21:14the man made in the USA, the renegade, the rebel,

00:21:19Lex Luger.

00:21:20Look at that strut.

00:21:21This guy is just, I mean,

00:21:23if you looked up cocky in the dictionary,

00:21:25you'd see a picture of this guy right here.

00:21:27You know what he does?

00:21:28That strut reminds me of the late, great Buddy Rogers.

00:21:31Oh yeah.

00:21:31Former champion here at the World Wrestling Federation.

00:21:34The nature boy, Buddy Rogers.

00:21:36But he could back it up.

00:21:37I'm not too sure about this guy.

00:21:40Double J does possess some wrestling skills,

00:21:43but I'll tell you what,

00:21:45I'm not sure if his skills can back up his mouth.

00:21:48Let's put it that way.

00:21:49Oh, we'll find out in a hurry.

00:21:52Yes, we certainly will.

00:21:53Look at this guy here.

00:21:55Oh my, what a tremendous physique.

00:22:00This guy is in tremendous physical condition.

00:22:03He spends at least an hour a day

00:22:05doing the cardiovascular workout,

00:22:07rides the bike, does the treadmill,

00:22:10obviously a very, extremely strict diet.

00:22:13And of course, many, many hours every day pumping the iron.

00:22:18You know, Stan, I used to look like that

00:22:20in my younger days of my career,

00:22:21but I couldn't make a dime,

00:22:22so I just let myself go to what I am today.

00:22:25Which is what you are today is about 6'6", 400 pounds.

00:22:29But you know, I mean, as big as you are,

00:22:31you don't need all his muscles, you know?

00:22:33Boy, oh boy, what a body possessed by Lex Luger.

00:22:38Very, very few people in the World Wrestling Federation

00:22:41even can come close.

00:22:42Of course, this isn't bodybuilding

00:22:44we're talking about here, it's wrestling.

00:22:45But the man made the USA

00:22:47with a tremendous wrestling background as well,

00:22:49so he can definitely back up those muscles.

00:22:53Look at Double J jawing already.

00:22:56If they gave out awards for running your mouth,

00:22:59Double J would be the champion, wouldn't he?

00:23:00He definitely would, hands down.

00:23:01Him and his father both.

00:23:04Did you ever hear his father run his mouth?

00:23:06Yeah, a few times.

00:23:08Speaking of running, his father has run off, hasn't he?

00:23:11Boy, he certainly has.

00:23:12He went back south of the Mason-Dixon line,

00:23:14probably never to be heard from again.

00:23:16Collar and elbow lockup here, test of strength.

00:23:19Double J, I think, grabbed a little bit of hair

00:23:21for extra leverage and drove Lex Luger

00:23:23back into the corner.

00:23:24Referee calling for a clean break

00:23:26and surprisingly got one from Double J.

00:23:29But you know, Double J is lucky

00:23:31because his dad shelled out all that money

00:23:33while he was here.

00:23:34You know, bought and paid for that bogus imprint

00:23:38of Double J's picture on that Country Western magazine.

00:23:41Yeah, but yeah, was that too much or what?

00:23:42Gee.

00:23:44Double J on the cover of Country Beat magazine.

00:23:46Only we found out later it was a farce.

00:23:50Side headlock by Lex Luger.

00:23:52This gives you cauliflower ears and a heartbeat, Gorilla.

00:23:54You know, I was lucky, Stan.

00:23:55All through my career, never once had a cauliflower ear.

00:23:58I didn't either.

00:23:59I had a couple of broccoli ears, but never a cauliflower.

00:24:02Look at this here, top wrist lock, test of strength.

00:24:04No way for Double J to win that.

00:24:07Not a chance.

00:24:09Lex Luger much stronger than Double J.

00:24:11Double J is gonna have to try

00:24:12to take Lex Luger off his feet,

00:24:14get him down to the mat

00:24:15and possibly try to out arrest him on the mat

00:24:17because he's not gonna match the man

00:24:19made the USA string for string.

00:24:20Oh, God.

00:24:21Whoa, what a shot.

00:24:22Whoa, he just got mowed down like a lawnmower.

00:24:25Third man in the ring, referee Mike Chioda

00:24:27wisely staying out of the way here.

00:24:30You do not want to get in the way of Lex Luger

00:24:32when he has a head of steam built up like that.

00:24:35Oh, listen to this.

00:24:37Come on, what a cry baby.

00:24:39Give me a break.

00:24:41Jeff Jarrett complained of a hair pull

00:24:43that nobody in the entire arena saw,

00:24:45including Gorilla and myself.

00:24:48Hey, sit down there in the first row.

00:24:50Give me a break.

00:24:51Right in front of us.

00:24:53At least you could have did was bring a hot dog

00:24:54or something.

00:24:55These guys are loaded now, popcorn, pizza.

00:24:59Double J driving a series of knees

00:25:01into the well muscled midsection of Lex Luger.

00:25:05Look at those abdominals.

00:25:07It's like a washboard.

00:25:08You could do your wash on them.

00:25:10Wow.

00:25:11That's having a little bit of an effect, but not much.

00:25:14Look at this.

00:25:15Double J trying for a beal out of the corner,

00:25:17blocked effectively by Lex Luger.

00:25:19Now, reversal.

00:25:20Oh, sent him over for the ride.

00:25:22What a powerhouse indeed Lex Luger is.

00:25:25Can stop a lot of moves with pure strength alone.

00:25:29Not too many guys are going to be able to do that,

00:25:31but Lex is capable of doing that

00:25:33and bringing a lot of things to the table.

00:25:35Yes, he certainly is.

00:25:38Once again, Double J complaining.

00:25:41He is a consummate complainer here

00:25:42in the World Wrestling Federation.

00:25:44If there's a fault in Lex, I think I know what it is.

00:25:48What's that?

00:25:49He doesn't get fired up quick enough.

00:25:51Yeah.

00:25:52It takes too much to make him bent out of shape.

00:25:54Yeah.

00:25:56Yeah, a little slow out of the blocks.

00:25:58You know, perhaps he's pacing himself,

00:26:00but then again, it may be that-

00:26:02When you're in his kind of shape,

00:26:04you don't have to pace yourself.

00:26:05Yeah, exactly.

00:26:06You can go from now till tomorrow morning at eight.

00:26:08Exactly.

00:26:10Yes, Lex Luger, you know, I mean,

00:26:12I know he has the competitive fire,

00:26:14but sometimes it doesn't start burning brightly,

00:26:17quickly enough.

00:26:19What can we do to light that fire sooner?

00:26:21That's the key.

00:26:22Nice series of moves here by Double J

00:26:24at the armbarred.

00:26:25Windmilling it now, cranking on it.

00:26:28Driving an elbow into the tricep muscle of Lex Luger.

00:26:32That ample tricep muscle, I might add.

00:26:35Oh, got him draped over the rope now.

00:26:37See, and Luger's still, he just,

00:26:39he doesn't seem to respond.

00:26:40He doesn't get hot, you know.

00:26:44Obviously thinking, the wood burning, you can smell it.

00:26:47Well, tremendously strong

00:26:49and tremendously intelligent wrestler.

00:26:51University of Miami made the good grades in school.

00:26:55Well-educated.

00:26:57Perhaps he's thinking a couple of moves ahead here.

00:27:00Planning some strategy.

00:27:02Tucked under a elbow there.

00:27:04Look at, oh, look at this.

00:27:05Whoa, what a power display here.

00:27:06Oh my.

00:27:08Yes, sirree.

00:27:11Wow, he hoisted up Double J.

00:27:13Did not even use, did not need to use his leg strength.

00:27:16That was just arm and shoulder musculature alone.

00:27:19Look at Double J begging off down the corner.

00:27:21Maybe Lex could spend a few nights

00:27:23down in the barrio with the Razor Man.

00:27:25Yeah.

00:27:27Look at that, Double J being sent for a ride

00:27:29to far termicles.

00:27:30Here comes Lex.

00:27:32Wow, ran headlong into that boot.

00:27:35Took him about one and a half steps too long to get there.

00:27:37He also just took a clothesline.

00:27:40Look at Double J posing.

00:27:42Boy, he wastes a lot of time.

00:27:43Yes, he does.

00:27:44Valuable time.

00:27:45He finally makes one good move

00:27:47and he has to pose for five minutes

00:27:50because he's so proud of it.

00:27:52Constantly patting himself on the back.

00:27:54You want to talk about atrocious outfits,

00:27:57check out the outfit of Double J.

00:27:59Where'd he find that?

00:28:00In a rummage sale?

00:28:03Double J just measuring Lex Luthor now

00:28:05and pumping him.

00:28:06Oh, look at that.

00:28:08That was about a 40 yard field goal right there.

00:28:09It certainly was.

00:28:11Right through the uprights.

00:28:13Right in the rib area of the man made in the USA.

00:28:17As long as you do not use the point of the boot,

00:28:20those kicks are legal.

00:28:21He used the instep.

00:28:23Very sloppy snap there by Double J.

00:28:30That wasn't.

00:28:30Yeah, it certainly wasn't.

00:28:32Boy, that was clean and precise and right on the money.

00:28:35Got a cover here.

00:28:37He came off the middle rope for added leverage

00:28:39way up high in the air and came down

00:28:41with tremendous force right across the bridge

00:28:43of the nose of Lex Luthor.

00:28:44And now this is just nothing more than a blatant choke.

00:28:46Gonna take a lot more than that to put away Lex Luthor,

00:28:49I'll tell you.

00:28:50Come on, referee, step in there.

00:28:54Lex Luthor, I'll tell you what,

00:28:56he said he's slow out of the blocks in this matchup

00:28:58and he certainly has proven that.

00:28:59He needs to.

00:29:00He doesn't have any fires, man.

00:29:01He's getting fired up here.

00:29:03He's getting hammered right now by Double J.

00:29:06A man who weighs about 30 pounds less than he does.

00:29:09Not nearly as tall nor as strong,

00:29:11but Double J taking the title battle to Lex Luthor.

00:29:15Oh, double ax handle there.

00:29:17Right between the eyes.

00:29:20You know, you never know.

00:29:21I mean, it's easy for us to sit here at ringside

00:29:23and you know, and.

00:29:25Now wait a minute, it's not all that easy.

00:29:27And talk about, you know, Lex Luthor not being fired up,

00:29:30but perhaps, I mean, any number of things

00:29:32can be in focus here.

00:29:35I mean, you know, Lex could be sick.

00:29:37He could be injured.

00:29:37He could be coming off a, say, a European tour or something

00:29:41and just be tired.

00:29:41You never know.

00:29:43That's very possible.

00:29:44I know that feeling.

00:29:45I resemble that remark on many occasions.

00:29:48Sometimes the schedule can be grueling here

00:29:51in the World Wrestling Federation.

00:29:53All over the world, we go to Singapore, Taiwan,

00:29:56Europe, everywhere.

00:29:57A lot of air miles.

00:29:59Could be some jet lag, but right there,

00:30:01Lex Luthor coming up a little bit.

00:30:03Drove a right into the breadbasket of Double J.

00:30:06And now Irish whip.

00:30:09Whoops.

00:30:10He tried that before and paid the price,

00:30:12and once again, nobody home.

00:30:15Oh.

00:30:16That was nice.

00:30:17Nice suplex there, belly-to-back suplex.

00:30:20Not looking too good, Lex.

00:30:23Better get it together.

00:30:24Not looking very sharp on Coliseum video.

00:30:28Whoa.

00:30:29Powered out of that, though.

00:30:30Boy, he certainly did.

00:30:32That was just like a 240-pound bench press.

00:30:37Double J driving the boots into the back now of Lex Luthor.

00:30:40Freshest head to turnbuckle.

00:30:43Boy, Luthor is just staggering all over the ring.

00:30:46There we go.

00:30:48Blocked effectively by Lex Luthor there.

00:30:51Just raked the face to Double J of Lex Luthor.

00:30:54Double J tenacious.

00:30:56Oh, look at that sleeper.

00:30:58He's up on the back of Lex Luthor.

00:31:01Uh-oh, this could be it, Gorilla.

00:31:03Well, if he holds on here

00:31:05and he can stop that blood flow to the brain,

00:31:07the lights will go out for Lex,

00:31:09and he'll have to look at this one as a loss.

00:31:13Boy, would that be devastating.

00:31:14Certainly would.

00:31:15We talked about the sluggishness earlier of Lex Luthor.

00:31:17This sleeper hold will definitely make you sluggish.

00:31:20It will put you to sleep.

00:31:22Lights out.

00:31:23He needs to make it to the ropes to call for a break here.

00:31:27Not only is he enduring the sleeper hold,

00:31:29he's also supporting the entire body weight of Double J.

00:31:35Lex almost reaching that top rope.

00:31:39Uh-oh, he's down to his knees now, Gorilla.

00:31:41Boy, he's fading fast here.

00:31:42He certainly is.

00:31:44Wow.

00:31:45I would consider this a big upset if Double J can beat Lex.

00:31:49Luthor may be headed to Salmanek City here.

00:31:52Look at this.

00:31:53Referee will step in and check here shortly.

00:31:56Oh no.

00:31:58Would this be a horrifying defeat for Lex

00:32:00right in the middle of the ring,

00:32:01going to sleep at the hands of Double J or what?

00:32:03Hey, check his arms, ref.

00:32:05It's not a submission hold, you know.

00:32:09Referee trying to talk to Lex Luthor.

00:32:12There's still movement.

00:32:14When the movement ceases,

00:32:15then the referee will check three times.

00:32:20Oh, Double J has got it cranked in.

00:32:22A lot of leverage.

00:32:24It's not a pinning combination.

00:32:26Lex in no jeopardy here of being pinned with this hold.

00:32:30Unless, of course, he falls asleep, Gorilla.

00:32:32Well, that's possible.

00:32:33You know, when you fall asleep, anything can happen to you.

00:32:35That's right.

00:32:35But he does have the right shoulder up off the mat now.

00:32:38Like your eyebrows could be shaved

00:32:40and a countless number of other things could happen to you

00:32:43while you're in a state of suspended animation,

00:32:45so to speak.

00:32:46Well, you got that right.

00:32:48Lex Luthor.

00:32:49I'm surprised at the lack of offense here.

00:32:54Well, that's one time they dropped.

00:32:55If they drop three times, it's over.

00:32:57One more time.

00:32:58This is your last chance, Lex Luthor.

00:33:01There we go.

00:33:02Oh, yes.

00:33:03There we go.

00:33:04There is still life in that tremendous body of Lex Luthor.

00:33:08Perhaps now he will realize,

00:33:10I mean, he's been as close as he can possibly get

00:33:12to defeat here.

00:33:14He needs to fire up.

00:33:15He needs to light that Bunsen burner in his gut.

00:33:20Fuel the fire here and get Double J off his back.

00:33:24Well, that attempt won't do it.

00:33:26One more time.

00:33:27Oh, that did it.

00:33:29But Lex Luthor's definitely in a weakened state here.

00:33:32Can't believe that took a whole lot out of Double J

00:33:35and he's not,

00:33:37he's not bringing it to him like he should here.

00:33:40Well, Double J had that sleeper

00:33:42cranked in there for a long time

00:33:43and that will definitely expend a lot of energy

00:33:46trying to pressure that hold.

00:33:48Look at this.

00:33:50Into a backslide.

00:33:52Will he have the strength to get Double J over?

00:33:54Yes.

00:33:55Shoulders are down, but no.

00:33:57Slipped out the back door, Double J did.

00:34:00And right back on the attack.

00:34:01Yes, he is.

00:34:03Overhooking the arm now.

00:34:05Suplex coming up.

00:34:06No, blocked.

00:34:07Lex Luthor great body in the near leg

00:34:09and blocking that effectively.

00:34:11And now Lex Luthor, he got him up.

00:34:13Gorilla.

00:34:14Oh, held him up there.

00:34:16High vertical one.

00:34:18And now both men are down.

00:34:19Referee counting now.

00:34:22They will count to 10.

00:34:23Who will make it to their feet before the 10 count?

00:34:26If they don't, it'll be a double count out.

00:34:28Another tremendous matchup here

00:34:30exclusively on Coliseum Home Video.

00:34:32How on earth did they do it?

00:34:34I know, an unbelievable.

00:34:36We're in Syracuse, New York,

00:34:38and this match approaching the 15 minute mark.

00:34:42Taking a lot out of both competitors here.

00:34:44Boy, not very far from my hometown, Stan.

00:34:46I might have to just hop over there later.

00:34:49I'll bring Step-by for a little bite to eat.

00:34:49Boy, you're welcome.

00:34:51Just don't bring Yokozuna with you.

00:34:53He will definitely eat you out of house and home.

00:34:58Uh-oh, look at here.

00:35:00Look at this move here.

00:35:01Double J taking a big shot.

00:35:03Lex Luthor blocked it.

00:35:03Oh, atomic drop.

00:35:04Atomic drop, found the mark right on the coccyx.

00:35:08Oh, Double J reversal here.

00:35:13In for the ride.

00:35:15Tried for a roll up there.

00:35:16Look at Double J.

00:35:18Is he stupid or what?

00:35:19You don't turn your-

00:35:20He's stupid.

00:35:20You got it right.

00:35:21You don't turn your back to Lex Luthor.

00:35:22Oh, look at that.

00:35:24Lex Luthor gearing it up here.

00:35:26Got the motor revving up.

00:35:27Now Double J after sustaining two clotheslines.

00:35:30He wants timeout, Stan.

00:35:31I'm proud to call it timeout.

00:35:32Not in this sport, my friend.

00:35:35What's this gonna be here?

00:35:37Oh, a big elbow.

00:35:40Well, finally, Lex Luthor appears to be firing up.

00:35:44Something gave him a wake up call.

00:35:46He's ready now.

00:35:47Power slam.

00:35:48Not all that well executed by Lex.

00:35:52He's saying, let's see the backbreaker.

00:35:53I'll show it to you.

00:35:54He calls this the Rebel Rack, if he can get him up.

00:35:57Oh, he got him.

00:35:58He got him.

00:35:59It's over.

00:36:00Forget about it.

00:36:01There's no escaping from this submission hold.

00:36:05Wow.

00:36:06Lex Luthor out of nowhere.

00:36:08Finally, dug way down deep inside

00:36:11and came up with the effort

00:36:13to snatch Double J in that Rebel Rack.

00:36:16Double J gave it up, Jor-El.

00:36:18Well, just another tremendous attestment

00:36:20to what it can do for you when you're well conditioned.

00:36:24Because that's what literally saved Lex in this match.

00:36:27Well, you got that right.

00:36:29Now, he was beaten down.

00:36:30He was worn down almost to the very edge of the cliff.

00:36:37He was teeter-tottering on going over and losing this match.

00:36:39And then, out of nowhere, that conditioning came into play

00:36:43and Lex Luthor, the man, made the USA successful here

00:36:47on Pelasium Home Video.

00:36:50Octoon, everyone.

00:36:51Pay attention.

00:36:52Get your vino schnitzel out of the oven

00:36:54and get ready for this one.

00:36:56Coming up right now, Tatanka taking on Crush.

00:36:59Who requested this match?

00:37:01Christian Sutrup of Deuceburg.

00:37:03Can you believe that?

00:37:06The action, ready, ladies and gentlemen.

00:37:08To get hot and inny tonight on Monday

00:37:10for all the lumberjacks surrounding the ring.

00:37:12Yes, it's gonna be Native American Tatanka against Crush.

00:37:15Only one man will qualify, Randy Savage.

00:37:17And that's the way it should be.

00:37:19My wish got granted.

00:37:20Lumberjack match get elected on Monday.

00:37:22Hulk Humpster.

00:37:24All right, and there you have it, ladies and gentlemen.

00:37:25The last lumberjack to be introduced.

00:37:27What a matchup.

00:37:28This is gonna be just like game seven last night.

00:37:30The New York Knicks against the Indiana Patriots.

00:37:33Congratulations to the Knicks.

00:37:35I mean, come on, Randy Savage.

00:37:37Who's it gonna be?

00:37:38Will it be Kona Crush?

00:37:40Or will it be his opposition here, Tatanka,

00:37:44that will make it to the King of the Ring?

00:37:45And there he is.

00:37:46There's the man who took Tatanka to the limit last week.

00:37:50And we're gonna do it all over again this week.

00:37:52You know, I'm surprised that Tony didn't bring

00:37:55Patrick Ewing down here to be one of the lumberjacks.

00:37:57The way he was all over the Pacers.

00:37:59Well, congratulations to the Pacers as well.

00:38:01That was a seesaw battle back and forth last night,

00:38:04just as last week's first matchup

00:38:07between Tatanka and Crush.

00:38:09No doubt about it.

00:38:10And I hope the referee and the officiating in the WWF

00:38:14is not comparable to the NBA last night

00:38:16with the Knicks and the Pacers with that flagrant foul.

00:38:19And here he comes, my favorite.

00:38:21Well, there could be a number of flagrant fouls here tonight,

00:38:24considering the 20 lumberjacks

00:38:27encompassing the square circle.

00:38:29Tatanka against Crush.

00:38:31No doubt about it.

00:38:31And everybody trying to stay strong in the WWF.

00:38:33I like how Tatanka's going after IRS.

00:38:35Look at this.

00:38:36From behind, Crush attacking.

00:38:38Get IRS out of there.

00:38:39Wait a minute, Bam Bam's here.

00:38:40This might be the way it's gonna be.

00:38:42No, no, wait a minute.

00:38:42Everybody's getting into the ring.

00:38:44Everybody's gonna go out of here.

00:38:45There's only supposed to be two men in the ring.

00:38:48The rest of those lumberjacks

00:38:49are supposed to be on the outside, not the inside.

00:38:52Things aren't always the way they're supposed to be, McMahon.

00:38:55Especially in the WWF.

00:38:58And in life, too.

00:39:00Get a hold of things here.

00:39:01Now, come on, that's it.

00:39:02The ref taking control.

00:39:03That makes me laugh that the ref is trying

00:39:05to take control right there with 22 guys like that.

00:39:08And Crush hammering away into Native American Tatanka.

00:39:13Now, remember, if either individual

00:39:15accidentally falls through the ropes,

00:39:17or if they leave the ring intentionally,

00:39:19or if they're thrown over the top rope,

00:39:21as Crush hammers into it.

00:39:23Oh, come on, get in there.

00:39:24That's not allowed.

00:39:25Come on.

00:39:26Then the lumberjacks on the outside

00:39:28will pick up whomever is outside and hurl them back in.

00:39:32It's not only 20 lumberjacks on the outside.

00:39:34They've got 40 arms and 40 legs, too.

00:39:37And Tatanka was just hurled over the hip on Crush.

00:39:40Gotta remember that every kind of personality

00:39:42is around the ring, McMahon.

00:39:43And some of them have some grudges, no doubt of that.

00:39:46IRS has a big-time grudge with Tatanka.

00:39:49Tatanka firing off.

00:39:50Tatanka coming up now.

00:39:52A series of chops.

00:39:53Crush with his own right hand.

00:39:55Just about to say that Tatanka looks good early,

00:39:56but Crush, he's holding him off.

00:39:58And there he goes.

00:39:59Oh, wait a minute, there he goes.

00:40:00We gotta see what happens right here.

00:40:02This'll be a telling part.

00:40:03Gozuna's out there.

00:40:04Double J, Jeff Jarrett, look at them all.

00:40:07Owen Hart, the rocket is there.

00:40:09Yeah, but not everybody's coming around.

00:40:11IRS just got, he got in a cheap shot on Tatanka.

00:40:14He just got in a cheap shot on the kidney

00:40:16and threw him back in.

00:40:16One, two, and it's out.

00:40:18No, it's not.

00:40:18That's a very bad sign.

00:40:21And again, Tatanka, unfortunately, on the outside,

00:40:25sustaining damage, notwithstanding

00:40:27what Crush did and is doing now.

00:40:29Crush is trying to be the Iron Man.

00:40:31He's trying to get it all in the WWF.

00:40:33And if he takes over on Tatanka right here,

00:40:35it pins him right in the middle of this Lumberjack match.

00:40:38He could make it happen.

00:40:40Yes, and then it would be Crush

00:40:42against the Rocket, Owen Hart.

00:40:44What a matchup that would be.

00:40:46And Bam Bam, big smile on his face.

00:40:49There next to Razor Ramon.

00:40:51Too much.

00:40:52Personality's new class.

00:40:55And look on the far side.

00:40:57We've got Mabel, who earlier on was on the back

00:41:00of the USS Intrepid, as was Bam Bam earlier on

00:41:03in the D-Day Challenge.

00:41:04More on that later.

00:41:05Right now, Tatanka back up.

00:41:07Tatanka firing off an elbow, a series of them now.

00:41:10And Crush, look at the power of Conor Crush.

00:41:13No room for the meek and the shy here.

00:41:16A scoop.

00:41:17What's he gonna do?

00:41:18And a slam with authority.

00:41:21Look at Crush looking around.

00:41:23Is that even going for the pin right now?

00:41:25And, oh, now missing with a knee.

00:41:27Don't hesitate.

00:41:29Tatanka, now with Crush with a bad wheel and a chop.

00:41:34And another one.

00:41:36Tatanka, working upstairs.

00:41:38You would think he would go after that knee.

00:41:39Perhaps now setting him up.

00:41:41Crush up the rope.

00:41:42Crush on the far side now.

00:41:43Oh, yeah, beautiful Mexican arm drag.

00:41:46You know, if Tatanka beats Crush,

00:41:47it's gonna be a major feather in the headdress

00:41:49of Tatanka right here.

00:41:51Tatanka and Crush going at it.

00:41:53Lumberjack style here tonight on Monday Night Raw.

00:41:56A drop kick.

00:41:57Crush to the rope.

00:41:58No, Crush to the outside.

00:41:59On the floor.

00:42:01Crush out there with a one, two, three kick.

00:42:04Big Mabel on smoking guns, trying to get the big man up.

00:42:07William and Irwin are shysters up there as well.

00:42:09Razor them up.

00:42:10Look at this.

00:42:11They did their job.

00:42:12They did what they were supposed to do right there.

00:42:13Covering one, two, three.

00:42:16It's spectacular all the way.

00:42:17Unpredictable and unbelievable.

00:42:19And the people are electric.

00:42:21We're gonna find out who's who and what's what.

00:42:24No doubt about it.

00:42:25Imagine Crush if you would.

00:42:27Crush trying to make WWF history.

00:42:29Crush, on the one hand, being part of the tag team effort

00:42:33with Yokozuna to defeat the tag team champions

00:42:36of Head Strikers at the King of the Ring.

00:42:38And at the same time, if Crush qualifies here tonight,

00:42:41he will attempt to be the King of the Ring

00:42:43at the same night.

00:42:45Imagine that.

00:42:46Crush needs a reality check and an attitude adjustment.

00:42:49Maybe Tatanka can help him.

00:42:51And of course it was Crush several weeks ago

00:42:54eliminating Lex Luger.

00:42:55Interfering in the Lex Luger-Double J matchup.

00:42:59Many tough fish here to Lex Luger.

00:43:01Won't defeat Double J, but Crush came down and interfered.

00:43:03And then from there,

00:43:05you saw Jerry The King Lawler several weeks ago.

00:43:07His guest was Lex Luger.

00:43:08He was taunting Lex Luger.

00:43:10And Crush came down.

00:43:12Remember Randy Savage with his arm on a swing

00:43:15attempting to do more damage to Lex Luger,

00:43:17but that one backfired.

00:43:19Speaking of the King's court,

00:43:21you know who Jerry Lawler's guest is gonna be tonight?

00:43:24I can't believe it.

00:43:25Rowdy Roddy Piper.

00:43:27I've gotta admit, McMahon,

00:43:29I've got respect for Lawler facing Piper

00:43:32two weeks before King of the Ring.

00:43:34He's gonna do it here tonight.

00:43:35I can't believe it.

00:43:37I'll believe it when I see it.

00:43:38But then again, anything can happen in the WWF.

00:43:41The WWF itself is unbelievable.

00:43:44Okay, quick question, McMahon.

00:43:45Where's Lex Luger?

00:43:46Tell me something.

00:43:47Lex Luger not allowed.

00:43:48He's not allowed a ringside according to Jack Tunney.

00:43:51Jack Tunney, that is, chose the 20 Lumberjacks

00:43:54and Lex Luger not among them.

00:43:55But if he could be here, he would be there

00:43:57because maybe, just maybe,

00:43:59Crush would be thrown out of the ring next to Lex Luger.

00:44:01And I dread to think what would happen

00:44:04if that were the case.

00:44:05Maybe be the patriotic day

00:44:07he's out doing something red, white, and blue.

00:44:09He's always doing something red, white, and blue.

00:44:11It's Ataka trying to make a move here on Crush.

00:44:14Both men trying to qualify for that last position.

00:44:16Here the King of the Ring Tournament

00:44:18is less than two weeks away.

00:44:20Look at the excitement in these Lumberjacks

00:44:21around the ring.

00:44:22They know what this match means.

00:44:25Many of them as well have already qualified

00:44:27to be a part of the prestigious

00:44:29King of the Ring Tournament.

00:44:30Cover here, one, two, and a kick out.

00:44:32That's it almost.

00:44:33You need a win to qualify in the King of the Ring.

00:44:36That's what you need.

00:44:38Crush with another cover.

00:44:39One, two, and another kick out by Tatanka.

00:44:42That was a close one.

00:44:46Crush continuing to use his 300 plus pounds

00:44:49to his advantage.

00:44:50Crush and Yokozuna who is one of the Lumberjacks,

00:44:53the two of them at the King of the Ring

00:44:56will attempt to be tag team champions.

00:44:58And Crush as well the same night

00:45:00will attempt to be the prestigious King of the Ring

00:45:04if he can qualify, if he can defeat Tatanka here tonight.

00:45:07If, this is a big word, you know what I would have done

00:45:10if I was Tony?

00:45:11I would have put 20 referees out there

00:45:13and even they couldn't do the job.

00:45:15Jack Tony last week making an unprecedented decision

00:45:19ladies and gentlemen, after both men had been counted out

00:45:22after the match officially was a draw.

00:45:24Jack Tony said they were gonna do it again this week.

00:45:26And are they ever?

00:45:27Can you believe that Owen Hart wanted a bye?

00:45:29Hey, I can believe that.

00:45:30Clothesline and down goes the Big Crush.

00:45:32That's got him.

00:45:33Referee out of position, but no.

00:45:34Can you imagine what a big clothesline that was

00:45:36to take Kota Crush down?

00:45:38Indeed a hard fought battle.

00:45:40Not too sure that these two participants

00:45:41have recovered from last week.

00:45:43Elbow right into the chest.

00:45:45Was that a chop?

00:45:46One, two, yes.

00:45:47Oh my, seesaw matchup just like last week.

00:45:51Got another question.

00:45:51Where's Team J's stronghold?

00:45:53Fuji's not around the ring.

00:45:55Well, I guess they're only 20.

00:45:56Look at this.

00:45:57Oh no.

00:45:58Reverse atomic drop.

00:46:00And Crush not going for the cover.

00:46:02What's the matter?

00:46:03I don't know.

00:46:03I think maybe tiredness.

00:46:06Yes, exhaustion for sure.

00:46:07He might've bit off a little bit more than he could chew.

00:46:09One, two.

00:46:10No, check it again.

00:46:11See, if he would have covered him just a little earlier.

00:46:13I like being a Monday morning quarterback.

00:46:15Well, it's quite a bit easier than being

00:46:17inside the squared circle, which is exactly what Bam Bam

00:46:19Bigelow's been doing the whole night.

00:46:21Bam Bam's been jaw jacking to the ref.

00:46:23Bam Bam's been jaw jacking to Razor Ramon.

00:46:25Sort of reminds you of Spike Lee in the Pacers' Nick series.

00:46:28Except Bam Bam's doing a little bit more

00:46:30trash talking than Spike Lee did.

00:46:32I don't know about that.

00:46:34I would take some.

00:46:35And there you go, with the Bushwackers on the far side,

00:46:37along with 17 other competitors, yes, all of whom

00:46:43are considered lumberjacks here tonight on Monday Night Raw.

00:46:47This match is at a fever pitch.

00:46:49I know my temperature's about 114 right now.

00:46:51Not normal for you.

00:46:53Oh, thank you.

00:46:54And in addition to that, ladies and gentlemen,

00:46:55Randy Savage brought up the whereabouts of Lex Luger.

00:46:58He is unquestionably here.

00:46:59A little consultation going on there.

00:47:02And you bet Lex would like to be listening into that one.

00:47:05I'm trying to put my ear a little closer, too.

00:47:07And Tataka firing up.

00:47:10Clinch fist.

00:47:11Tataka.

00:47:12Showing some energy.

00:47:13Going after R-1-R and Shyster.

00:47:14Shyster must have said something.

00:47:15Leave him alone, Tataka.

00:47:17Worry about the match at hand.

00:47:19You can hurt him even more by being king of the ring.

00:47:21Behind him.

00:47:22And Crush attacking Tataka.

00:47:24Tataka distracted.

00:47:25But that can happen.

00:47:26It can happen very easily in a lumberjack match.

00:47:28Devastating, Sabatke.

00:47:29That was right on the money right there.

00:47:32But Tataka sits up and just shakes it off.

00:47:34I think he's OK.

00:47:35I'm not sure.

00:47:37Shyster will face the Rockin' R-1-R.

00:47:38Another cover.

00:47:39One, two.

00:47:40Oh.

00:47:42Did you ever see so much interest in just one match

00:47:45right here, two weeks away from the king of the ring?

00:47:47This is where you get down to the nitty gritty.

00:47:49Indeed, you do.

00:47:50What kind of a hold is this, Rich McMahon?

00:47:52I've seen all different kinds of holds,

00:47:54but I don't know the name of this one.

00:47:55Somewhat of a body scissors in the part of Crush.

00:47:58Again, just trying to wear down Native American Tataka.

00:48:01Watch that forearm slip up underneath the chin.

00:48:03It'll be a choke hold.

00:48:04It's almost like he's got a sleeper

00:48:05on two at the same time.

00:48:07Crush.

00:48:09Trying to put him out.

00:48:10And a shoulder to down.

00:48:12Almost a count of three.

00:48:13How can he see his other shoulder from there?

00:48:15I think he's got to get in the other position.

00:48:16I think McMahon said that.

00:48:17Jaw jack with Razor Amon.

00:48:20This thing could break out into a pure six-ball at any time.

00:48:23Well, we saw it at the top.

00:48:25Anything can happen at any time in the WWF.

00:48:28Wild and wooly complete mental insanity.

00:48:31Crush versus Tataka.

00:48:32Who will be in the position to be king of the ring

00:48:35against Owen Hart?

00:48:36Last year's king of the ring, the World Wrestling

00:48:39Federation champion, currently the Hitman Bret Hart,

00:48:43fought not once, not twice, but three times.

00:48:45And ironically, against one of the men on the outside,

00:48:49Bam Bam Bigelow, who took it to the finals.

00:48:51And look at this.

00:48:52Tataka's taking it to Crush.

00:48:54Look at Crush.

00:48:55He looks like he's hanging onto the ropes a little bit.

00:48:57I think Tataka's got him a little worse for wear.

00:48:59And a snap.

00:49:01Crush, the man responsible for Lex Luger's elimination

00:49:04in the double chain matchup.

00:49:05Cover him.

00:49:05Wait a minute.

00:49:06Tataka's going to eliminate Crush, too.

00:49:08And oh, no.

00:49:09Oh, what a chop.

00:49:10And Crush still on his feet.

00:49:11Broke my eardrum.

00:49:12Bam Bam even felt that one on the outside.

00:49:14Another one.

00:49:15And look at this.

00:49:16You've got the big red tree ready to fall.

00:49:18He got hooked up right there.

00:49:19Take it to him, Tataka.

00:49:20Don't worry about the referee.

00:49:21Stay on him.

00:49:22He's all locked up.

00:49:23Crush is.

00:49:23Tataka taking full advantage.

00:49:25And the ref may disqualify.

00:49:27No, wait.

00:49:28Wait a minute.

00:49:28He's trying to get Crush out.

00:49:29He's going to get the ropes in.

00:49:30There he goes.

00:49:30Stay on him right now.

00:49:31Take him.

00:49:31Hook him.

00:49:32Pin him.

00:49:33And again, we saw that same move.

00:49:35Reverse atomic drop.

00:49:36Got to give credit to Crush.

00:49:37He stays right on Tataka.

00:49:38This is a match-up that's a continuation from last week.

00:49:41We'll see where it goes.

00:49:43Crush would like to face The Rock and Owen Hart

00:49:46in the opening round of the King of the Ring tournament.

00:49:50And then from there, look at that.

00:49:51Oh, look at this.

00:49:53Oh, the second rope, and the forearm lands in the chest.

00:49:56This could be it.

00:49:57And Bam Bam.

00:49:58Wait a minute.

00:49:59Bam Bam.

00:49:59Bam Bam put a counter toward Tataka.

00:50:01Tataka, six stanchion kicked out.

00:50:04Did you see that?

00:50:05Yes, the referee was nowhere around.

00:50:07Incredible.

00:50:08That just proves that Tataka's got his head in the match.

00:50:11And so does Bam Bam Bigelow, who's

00:50:13out there next to Razor Ramon.

00:50:15And Bam Bam and Razor Ramon, they

00:50:17will lock it up as well in the opening round

00:50:21of the King of the Ring tournament.

00:50:23I know these guys are working hard,

00:50:24but I'm in complete sweat.

00:50:27Unbelievable what's going on here.

00:50:30Just who will qualify?

00:50:32Another cover.

00:50:32One, two.

00:50:34No.

00:50:35Tataka will not give up.

00:50:37Congratulations to both guys.

00:50:38Trying to go for the pin, though.

00:50:39I like it.

00:50:40Competitiveness right here in the WWF.

00:50:44You think that Crush is second guessing himself right now,

00:50:46trying to go after the tag team championship

00:50:48and the King of the Ring now?

00:50:49No, I don't.

00:50:50Not at all.

00:50:51Crush's ego is just too big to imagine.

00:50:54Almost as big as IRS.

00:50:56I still think that he thinks that he would have

00:50:58taken Tataka out by now, though.

00:51:00And Crush and Yokozuna, as we said before,

00:51:02will team up, just as they will, for the first time

00:51:05on WWF Superstars to lock up with the Smoking Guns.

00:51:09And they, too, of course, are surrounding

00:51:11the ring at this moment.

00:51:13Well, just make sure that they team up on Superstars

00:51:15and not here now.

00:51:17Let them beat Tataka versus Crush.

00:51:19But as we said before, anything can happen.

00:51:21Razor and Bam Bam having some words in the background

00:51:24there, just as they have all the way through this Lumberjack

00:51:26matchup.

00:51:27Anything can happen.

00:51:28Crush was thrown to the outside by Tataka earlier,

00:51:31just as Tataka was by Crush.

00:51:34And both men, I think, especially Tataka,

00:51:36got a little beaten up as a result.

00:51:38Look at this.

00:51:39Hey, this is a telling time.

00:51:41Right up there by Yokozuna.

00:51:42I suspected that.

00:51:44Almost 600 pounds on him.

00:51:46Just hammering away.

00:51:47You don't think that Crush knows that Yokozuna's tag team

00:51:49potting in the big job?

00:51:50Yeah, IRS has got it in a cheap shot as well.

00:51:53Look at Bam Bam.

00:51:53Bam Bam and Razor going at it.

00:51:55Just what we suspected.

00:51:57All hell's breaking loose right now.

00:51:58Look at it.

00:51:59Look what's going on outside the ring, on one side,

00:52:03on the other side.

00:52:04On the inside.

00:52:05What's going on?

00:52:06Catamonium.

00:52:07Life's broken loose here tonight.

00:52:09Look at this.

00:52:09By Monday Night Raw.

00:52:11Look at the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase,

00:52:13standing on the outside.

00:52:14He's protecting himself and his money.

00:52:15Wait a minute.

00:52:16That's not fair.

00:52:17They hammered off Tataka.

00:52:18They beat him up.

00:52:19And now the cover.

00:52:20No.

00:52:21Oh, no.

00:52:22He kicked out.

00:52:23Almost in the middle of nowhere, Tataka got pinned.

00:52:25He kicked out.

00:52:26That's not right.

00:52:27Give credit to Tataka.

00:52:28Look at that.

00:52:29And Bam Bam, only receiving it of a hard right hand

00:52:32by Billy Gunn.

00:52:34Look at Crush looking around like he

00:52:35didn't cause this to begin with by taking Tataka

00:52:37and throwing him out the Yokozuna.

00:52:39There we go.

00:52:40Look, Crush taking it.

00:52:41Wait a minute.

00:52:42Razor's going after Bam Bam again.

00:52:43These two will clash at the King of the Ring.

00:52:46Look at Reza doing the trash talk to Bam Bam.

00:52:49He's definitely, he's definitely put some bad lip on him.

00:52:53Bam Bam Bigelow, along with Adam Baum, double J IRS.

00:52:56Who's going to have the final spot for King of the Ring?

00:52:59Crush and Tataka.

00:53:00What a hard fought match up.

00:53:03What's the time limit on this match?

00:53:04What happens if it goes the distance of Raw in the air?

00:53:07I don't know.

00:53:07That's another Jack Tunney decision.

00:53:10Look at this.

00:53:11Crush hammering in the midsection.

00:53:12Now right back up above.

00:53:14And I must say, this referee is allowing a lot of latitude

00:53:17here as far as rules and regulations are concerned.

00:53:19We could put him for the New York Knick in the Houston

00:53:21Rockets game.

00:53:23Certainly we've not seen very much

00:53:25in the way of scientific knowledge displayed here.

00:53:28This is a Rolpem Stompem style match.

00:53:30A hammering, chopping type of a match.

00:53:33Look at this.

00:53:34Size and power starting to take its effect on Tataka right now.

00:53:39And Crush setting up the Native American.

00:53:41From the right, up in the air.

00:53:42Now suplex coming.

00:53:44Oh, definitely.

00:53:46Good cover.

00:53:46No, there's no cover here.

00:53:48Crush drops the leg.

00:53:51That should do it.

00:53:52One, two.

00:53:53No, but a kick out again.

00:53:54Crush in his own way showing respect for Tataka,

00:53:57realizing that vertical souffle couldn't do it alone.

00:54:00Crush and Tataka.

00:54:01Who is going to win this thing?

00:54:03Come on.

00:54:04Wait a minute.

00:54:04Crush thrown to the outside.

00:54:05Good move by Tataka.

00:54:08And Crush out there with a Lumberjack.

00:54:10He needs to be out there with a ball.

00:54:12What power.

00:54:13Crush handling himself quite well,

00:54:15but he won't dare with Mabel.

00:54:16Let me tell you something.

00:54:17I've thrown Crush's power before, and he's incredible.

00:54:20He's taking out all the Lumberjacks right now.

00:54:22Crush going at it on the outside.

00:54:23That's a stupid maneuver.

00:54:25He should just get back in there.

00:54:26Do Koshy over there, the newcomer.

00:54:28It's a good thing for Tataka because he's

00:54:30on his back in the ring.

00:54:31Crush has lost it.

00:54:32Crush should be jumping back in on the ring.

00:54:34Where's he getting the energy?

00:54:36Look at this.

00:54:36Look who's coming in.

00:54:38Lex Luger has arrived on the scene.

00:54:41Luger spins Crush around.

00:54:43Luger hammers him.

00:54:44Luger measures him.

00:54:45Oh, no.

00:54:47Straight up with that elbow.

00:54:49And Crush.

00:54:51The infamous elbow.

00:54:53Crush is knocked out.

00:54:55Crush rolled back in the ring.

00:54:58And Tataka's out as well.

00:54:59Both guys are out.

00:55:01What's going to happen here?

00:55:04What sort of decision move can he make now?

00:55:07I don't know, but the referee is pretending like he's-

00:55:09Don't tell me nobody wins this thing again.

00:55:10This is incredible.

00:55:11Is this allowed or what?

00:55:13Tataka starting to make a move.

00:55:16Come on, Tataka.

00:55:17Turn around.

00:55:18If I get any more on the edge of my seat,

00:55:19I'm going to be falling.

00:55:20Tataka covers Crush.

00:55:22One, two, yeah.

00:55:24It's over.

00:55:25It's over.

00:55:27And Lex Luger-

00:55:28It's just three.

00:55:29The first man in the ring.

00:55:31And I think it's only poetic justice

00:55:34that since Crush was a man unquestionably responsible

00:55:36for Lex Luger's count out in his qualifying matchup

00:55:40with Double J, Jeff Jarrett, that Lex Luger himself

00:55:44would be unquestionably the reason why Crush would not

00:55:48advance in this qualifying matchup

00:55:50with Native American Tataka.

00:55:52And just now, Tataka goes on to the king of the ring

00:55:56and faces The Rock.

00:55:57More fan favorites coming up in mere moments.

00:55:59Hope they've reinforced the ring for this one.

00:56:02Bam Bam Bigelow, 360 pounds worth,

00:56:05will be taking on The Undertaker.

00:56:08What a fantastic match.

00:56:09Marco, Marco Henricks of Dusseldorf,

00:56:12glad you requested this one.

00:56:14I want to see this one myself.

00:56:15Roll it, please.

00:56:18And here is your winner,

00:56:21the man down the line,

00:56:23at the point,

00:56:25in the ring,

00:56:26weighing 320 pounds,

00:56:30and here from Jackson Valley,

00:56:34here is

00:56:36The Undertaker!

00:56:43What a fantastic match.

00:56:46For whom the bell tolls,

00:56:49perhaps we shall lose.

00:56:52This one should be a very

00:56:55physical matchup, no doubt about it.

00:56:58As the Gomez Adams of the WWF,

00:57:01Paul Bearer leads The Undertaker to the ring.

00:57:06Without a doubt, The Undertaker,

00:57:08not only one of the most gifted,

00:57:11but one of the most popular athletes

00:57:14to compete here in the World Wrestling Federation.

00:57:19He has certainly built a tremendous following.

00:57:24Of course, the brain is scared to death of The Undertaker,

00:57:27and everything that he represents.

00:57:30Sooner or later,

00:57:32you gotta pay the piper.

00:57:35Rest in peace,

00:57:37the, uh,

00:57:39symbol of the urn.

00:57:43This is a very complex individual, The Undertaker.

00:57:476'10"...

00:57:48And a gifted, very gifted athlete.

00:57:50Yeah, really.

00:57:516'10 and a half, 325 from, uh,

00:57:54Death Valley, appropriately enough.

00:57:59Where else would he be from?

00:58:03And he is a, uh, very morbid-like individual.

00:58:08And Bam Bam Bigelow,

00:58:10normally very aggressive,

00:58:12he almost seems...

00:58:14Kind of laid back.

00:58:15Yeah, a little bit, maybe a little bit intimidating.

00:58:19Maybe it's that smell of formaldehyde in you.

00:58:24Uh-oh.

00:58:25Now, Bigelow's a big man,

00:58:27but look how The Undertaker towers over him.

00:58:30The Undertaker, renowned for his high threshold of pain,

00:58:37catches Bigelow with a big uppercut right hand

00:58:40that rocks the 400-pounder.

00:58:45Bam Bam does not want to change,

00:58:47exchange right hands with The Undertaker.

00:58:49He found that out in a hurry.

00:58:52Landed two of them, and it didn't do him any good.

00:58:57Whip to the, uh, go left to right here.

00:59:01And The Undertaker caught in the face by Bigelow.

00:59:06Bigelow tried to take the big man off his feet.

00:59:08Good drop toehold.

00:59:11Nice wrestling move by The Undertaker.

00:59:15Well, he's got all that stuff in his basket,

00:59:17no question about it.

00:59:18If he cares to use it against a guy like Bam Bam,

00:59:21not a bad idea.

00:59:25The Undertaker,

00:59:27a former WWF champion,

00:59:30may have made a mistake there

00:59:32as Bigelow was waiting on him as he came back in.

00:59:37Suckered him into that move.

00:59:42The Undertaker and Bam Bam Bigelow.

00:59:48And look at The Undertaker.

00:59:51And look at this agility.

00:59:52This is simply amazing.

00:59:54Oh, boy.

00:59:55Walking to top rope.

00:59:58And remember, he's 16 and a half, 325.

01:00:03Undertaker pointing him, uh, pointing,

01:00:05or I should say Paul Bearer pointing him

01:00:07in the right direction.

01:00:14And, uh, Bam Bam Bigelow drives The Undertaker

01:00:17face first into the, uh, apron of the ring here.

01:00:21Oh, rams him into the ring post.

01:00:24But The Undertaker still won't go down.

01:00:26And took a trip right to the, uh, steel steps

01:00:30that lead up into the ring.

01:00:33Well, both men are in danger, Gorilla Monsoon,

01:00:35to be counted out here.

01:00:36Well, referee's laying the count on both of them.

01:00:38Undertaker rammed that right knee

01:00:40right into those steel steps.

01:00:41And now, oh, once again, the forehead

01:00:44and nose perhaps jammed in

01:00:46as Paul Bearer comes over

01:00:48and sticks that urn in the kisser of The Undertaker.

01:00:51That's where he derives that power,

01:00:52that whether it's inspiration or supernatural,

01:00:55we don't really know.

01:00:58But he's back in there.

01:01:00Undertaker back in the ring.

01:01:03And he's been sternly tested here

01:01:05by the beast from the east,

01:01:07quite an Irish whip.

01:01:11This is one of those irresistible forces

01:01:13meeting the immovable object type matches.

01:01:17Headbutt by Bigelow.

01:01:19Another one.

01:01:20Well, that should be all.

01:01:23The Undertaker looks to be out of it.

01:01:27Bigelow, whoa, Bigelow can't believe

01:01:30what he's seeing as The Undertaker

01:01:32just literally rose from the grave.

01:01:35And Bigelow slams him

01:01:36with a tremendous amount of authority.

01:01:40And Bam-Bam with that headbutt.

01:01:42Airborne Bam-Bam.

01:01:45Bigelow driving that 400 plus.

01:01:48Bigelow with this.

01:01:51He doesn't know how to deal with this.

01:01:53Look at him.

01:01:55Talk about sticking a pin in your balloon.

01:01:58Bigelow a little bewildered to say the least.

01:02:03Well, if he'd done his homework,

01:02:04he shouldn't be.

01:02:06And the fans here in Worcester, Massachusetts

01:02:09having a hard time comprehending

01:02:11what's going on as well.

01:02:13They've gotten very quiet.

01:02:16Look at this.

01:02:19And nobody there.

01:02:21Bigelow trying to put The Undertaker away,

01:02:23but nobody there.

01:02:27And The Undertaker with a tremendous

01:02:29flying clothesline.

01:02:32And Bigelow rolls right out of bounds here.

01:02:36He might be thinking about the locker room.

01:02:38Yeah, he does.

01:02:40He wants out of here.

01:02:42Bigelow threw everything

01:02:44that The Undertaker could think of.

01:02:48Is Bigelow going to head?

01:02:49Is he going to stay in the locker room?

01:02:52Well, there's Tatanka,

01:02:55one of Bigelow's biggest rivals.

01:02:59Well, Tatanka appearing out of nowhere,

01:03:02blocked the pathway of Bam-Bam

01:03:04towards the locker room

01:03:06and forced him back into the ring

01:03:07where The Undertaker is waiting.

01:03:09Well, I'm surprised the referee

01:03:10didn't disqualify The Undertaker

01:03:13for outside interference.

01:03:15He's got Bigelow pinned,

01:03:17and The Undertaker beats Bam-Bam Bigelow

01:03:21with a little assist from Tatanka.

01:03:24Should be a little asterisk in the win column.

01:03:28Here is Roman The Undertaker!

01:03:34That says, see Native American.

01:03:40Tatanka happy to be restrained here.

01:03:45But it will go down as a victory.

01:03:48A classic. Coliseum has done it again.

01:03:51Matches just keep getting better and better, don't they?

01:03:54Well, you guys are a great judge of talent out there.

01:03:57You know who's good here in the World Wrestling Federation,

01:04:00and you know what you want to see,

01:04:01and that really makes my job very, very easy.

01:04:04And who wrote that in?

01:04:06Oh, Daniel Gerber.

01:04:07Oh, not of the famous Baby Food Gerber family.

01:04:10Yes, Daniel Gerber of Althausen requested this match.

01:04:14What a matchup it was.

01:04:16At that time, WWF champion, the big guy, Yokozuna,

01:04:20put his title on the line

01:04:21against Bret the Hitman Hart.

01:04:23Action coming at you right now.

01:04:25Wrestling Federation champion, Yokozuna!

01:04:30Yokozuna.

01:04:33Uh-oh, here we go.

01:04:37The land of the rising sun.

01:04:43Take a look again at Yokozuna.

01:04:48And now Yokozuna will split off against the Hitman Bret Hart.

01:04:52What kind of condition physically is Bret Hart in?

01:04:55What kind of condition mentally is Bret Hart in?

01:04:59And that may be the key there.

01:05:01Right, physically, you know,

01:05:03he's probably been in worse shape before,

01:05:05but mentally and emotionally, never.

01:05:08He's got to be at his lowest point of his entire career,

01:05:12and that is what's going to spell doom for Mr. Bret Hart.

01:05:18Yokozuna unquestionably is a monster.

01:05:22Jim Cornette best sums up the skills

01:05:25of this 568-pound WWF champion.

01:05:30And his opponent,

01:05:33can the Hitman do it?

01:05:36Can he do it?

01:05:40Head challenger from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,

01:05:46weighing 234 pounds,

01:05:49and in my opinion,

01:05:51one of the greatest athletes in wrestling today.

01:05:54Oh, listen to that.

01:05:56Bret the Hitman Hart.

01:06:00Look at this.

01:06:01Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

01:06:04Ring the bell, he said.

01:06:10And Yokozuna wasted no time at all.

01:06:13They didn't even wait to get Burt Reynolds out of the ring.

01:06:18Yokozuna taking it to the Hitman Bret Hart.

01:06:22And Bret Hart has waited all his life for this moment as well.

01:06:27But Bret, in the opening match,

01:06:30was defeated by his brother Owen.

01:06:35It's taken the heart out of Bret Hart.

01:06:38Taken the heart out of that whole family.

01:06:40And Yokozuna, you saw him earlier with Lex Luger.

01:06:43Yokozuna knocked unconscious by Lex Luger.

01:06:47However, Yokozuna doesn't seem to be any worse for the wearer.

01:06:50That's right.

01:06:51If you remember back to last year,

01:06:53I saw Yokozuna destroy Bret Hart at WrestleMania.

01:06:57Oh, wait a minute.

01:06:58What you saw was Mr. Fuji keeping the salt in his eyes,

01:07:01as you will recall.

01:07:02No, no.

01:07:03I saw it with my own eyes.

01:07:06That man right there, Yokozuna, squashed him.

01:07:09Squashed Bret Hart.

01:07:10Rowdy Roddy Piper admonishing Yokozuna.

01:07:14However, Mr. Perfect did the same thing, if you will recall.

01:07:19And the first matchup with Lex and Yokozuna.

01:07:23Only for Mr. Perfect.

01:07:24Look at this.

01:07:25Dropkick by Bret Hart, and Yokozuna is wobbling a bit.

01:07:28Uh-oh.

01:07:29Why wasn't Piper saying anything about those illegal fists Hart was throwing?

01:07:33Well, Rowdy Roddy Piper will let these two men go at it,

01:07:36I'll tell you that.

01:07:37Because you remember Piper's style.

01:07:39His style in the squared circle, just about anything would go.

01:07:48Yeah, I remember a couple of years ago, Roddy Piper fought Bret Hart at WrestleMania.

01:07:53Indeed, as a matter of fact, look at this.

01:07:55Piper counting Yokozuna right off.

01:07:57Roddy Piper lost to the Hitman Bret Hart.

01:08:01And you wonder.

01:08:02Yeah.

01:08:03Whether or not.

01:08:04Come on, get in there.

01:08:13A bit of a shouting match with Roddy Piper,

01:08:15and that's one Yokozuna won't win, I'll tell you right now.

01:08:18You got five, one, two, three, four.

01:08:28Roddy Piper is all over Yokozuna.

01:08:30Wait a minute.

01:08:32What?

01:08:33Cornette.

01:08:34Whoa, whoa.

01:08:35Cornette.

01:08:36What is wrong with Roddy Piper?

01:08:38Pay attention to the match.

01:08:39Roddy Piper is doing his job.

01:08:42He's showing favoritism is what he's doing.

01:08:45Uh-oh, look at this.

01:08:46Yokozuna coming out, Finn.

01:08:47Uh-oh.

01:08:48That's a good thing for Petty.

01:08:49He got out of the way of that.

01:08:51One, two, three.

01:08:56Roddy Piper.

01:08:57Four, five.

01:09:00Putting the count on both men.

01:09:02And both men appear to be coming back up.

01:09:04He's back up.

01:09:09Bret with a hard right hand.

01:09:11And another one.

01:09:13Bret backing up.

01:09:14Yokozuna.

01:09:15One fist after another.

01:09:18Headbutt by Bret Hart.

01:09:20That's the hardest thing you can hit him with.

01:09:24And Bret Hart.

01:09:26Look at Yokozuna go.

01:09:28Whoa.

01:09:29Whoa.

01:09:32He's dazed.

01:09:33He's dazed.

01:09:34Yokozuna with a kick to the head.

01:09:38And I would suggest to you that as long as Bret Hart's-

01:09:43Uh-oh.

01:09:45Look at this.

01:09:46Yes, Yokozuna goes down.

01:09:48If Bret Hart-

01:09:50I think Bret just hurt his own leg with that move.

01:09:53If his leg is in good shape, the longer this match goes,

01:09:56the more it favors Bret Hart.

01:09:58His leg is definitely not in good shape.

01:09:59You know that.

01:10:03His leg's in bad shape.

01:10:07Bret Hart kicking Yokozuna in the chest.

01:10:10Yokozuna to the midsection.

01:10:11Benji Miller right hand.

01:10:14Bret Hart hammering away.

01:10:15And Yokozuna strikes back.

01:10:17See, you gotta question Bret Hart's thinking ability now.

01:10:20He had a bad leg.

01:10:21Would you kick a brick wall with it?

01:10:23And coming up.

01:10:24But Bret is hammering away.

01:10:27Normally, Bret, the excellence of execution when it comes to

01:10:30the scientific maneuvers.

01:10:31But Bret is hammering.

01:10:33And it looks like his tactics are working.

01:10:35His tactics are working.

01:10:37Come on, Cornette.

01:10:38Get him up.

01:10:39Get up.

01:10:40Get up.

01:10:42Oh, watch this quick now.

01:10:43One, two.

01:10:44There you go.

01:10:45Did you see that?

01:10:46You can't be doing that.

01:10:48No.

01:10:49My goodness.

01:10:50Wait a minute.

01:10:54Jim Cornette distracted Rodney Piper.

01:10:57And Piper just leveled Cornette.

01:10:59He's out.

01:11:00Right in front of Rodney.

01:11:01How much favoritism can he show?

01:11:04That's not favoritism.

01:11:06That's taking care of business.

01:11:09And the Hitman Bret Hart is down.

01:11:18This capacity crowd hoping that Rodney Piper doesn't turn out

01:11:22like Mr. Perfect did in the first WWF Championship matchup.

01:11:27But you never can tell what's going to happen.

01:11:32Will Yokozuna retain the title?

01:11:35Bret Hart become the World Wrestling Federation champion.

01:11:38Shoulders down.

01:11:39No.

01:11:40Yeah, see there?

01:11:41Look at that.

01:11:42Shoulders were down.

01:11:43No.

01:11:44Perfect turned out to be a pretty good referee.

01:11:45And so far, Piper's not.

01:11:49And the Hitman Bret Hart.

01:11:50Wait a minute.

01:11:55Cornette is still in over here, not goofy.

01:11:57And now he wants to hit Yokozuna.

01:12:01And no.

01:12:02No.

01:12:03Whoa.

01:12:04Oh, wow.

01:12:08Now you know about that, isn't it, Piper?

01:12:12Yokozuna coming down on the head of the Hitman Bret Hart.

01:12:18And Yokozuna back up on his feet now.

01:12:23Yokozuna bowing over to Mr. Fuji.

01:12:30Now that is a gentleman.

01:12:31And now Yokozuna is tossing the Hitman Bret Hart.

01:12:34Allowing him to get back to his feet.

01:12:38Yeah.

01:12:39I'd be quite honest with you.

01:12:40I wouldn't let him do that.

01:12:42I'd go ahead and finish him off.

01:12:46Look at Cornette.

01:12:47He's knocked his tooth out.

01:12:50Yokozuna with the Hitman Bret Hart.

01:12:52Sets him up over the top of the Hitman to the outside.

01:13:01Uh-oh.

01:13:02Here we go with the count.

01:13:08Count of five and the Hitman Bret Hart's not going to make it back in.

01:13:13What a shame.

01:13:14The match ending on a count out.

01:13:17Now wait a minute.

01:13:18He's back in.

01:13:19Piper sets up a muscle.

01:13:21I could have counted to 30.

01:13:27Yokozuna continuing to attack.

01:13:30Bret, the Hitman Hart.

01:13:35I think Owen Hart should come out here and volunteer his services.

01:13:38Yeah, right.

01:13:39Get rid of Roddy Piper.

01:13:40Sure.

01:13:41That's right.

01:13:43Yokozuna.

01:13:46Look at this.

01:13:50And this monster of a man.

01:13:53Is just second by second, piece by piece, taking it out of Bret.

01:13:59The Hitman Hart.

01:14:00That's right.

01:14:01What little bit there was left.

01:14:03Here he comes.

01:14:04Here he comes.

01:14:06Yokozuna's fixing to take the rest.

01:14:11No, maybe not.

01:14:12Maybe Bret, maybe-

01:14:13Get out of the way.

01:14:14Hold on.

01:14:15Maybe Bret, maybe he can do it.

01:14:17Somehow, maybe Bret Hart can do it.

01:14:20Bret Hart, turns him around.

01:14:22Two, three.

01:14:25No.

01:14:26No.

01:14:27No.

01:14:28For a moment, for a split second,

01:14:30he just felt like maybe Bret could do it.

01:14:33He might do the impossible.

01:14:35Bret, driving the forearm now.

01:14:38Bret-

01:14:39That's a quick count.

01:14:40Boom.

01:14:41No.

01:14:42And again, the left shoulder comes up on Yokozuna.

01:14:47Roddy Piper showing no favoritism at all.

01:14:51Bret Hart on his feet and hammering away into Yokozuna's massive head.

01:14:56I'd say Piper's letting him use the fist.

01:14:58Oh, look at that.

01:15:02Right after the clothesline and Yokozuna's down.

01:15:05For this match, and the first one was on, took its toll.

01:15:09One, two.

01:15:11No.

01:15:12No.

01:15:13No.

01:15:19They're coming from all over the world to Madison Square Garden, ladies and gentlemen,

01:15:23to witness WrestleMania X in the hopes that perhaps Lex Luger would defeat Yokozuna.

01:15:30Or with the hopes that perhaps the Hitman Bret Hart would defeat Yokozuna.

01:15:35Bret Hart is almost finished, but I gotta admit,

01:15:38I've never seen Yokozuna in this condition.

01:15:43And now, Bret Hart.

01:15:45Oh.

01:15:46Belly to belly.

01:15:51What a move.

01:15:52This is it.

01:15:53He's gonna finish him right here.

01:15:56He's tried with him long enough.

01:15:59Get out of the way, Piper.

01:16:02Here it comes.

01:16:03Here comes the bonsai drop.

01:16:05Yes.

01:16:07Greg, that broken down piece of garbage over there.

01:16:11Finishing.

01:16:15Yokozuna going up.

01:16:17This is it.

01:16:18Yokozuna's going up.

01:16:20The Hitman Bret Hart is not moving.

01:16:26Wait a minute, he's losing his balance.

01:16:29He just lost his balance on the rope.

01:16:31What?

01:16:32Yokozuna lost his balance.

01:16:34He's in his hand.

01:16:35He hit his hand.

01:16:36One, two, three.

01:16:38No.

01:16:39No.

01:16:41No way.

01:16:43We have a new champion.

01:16:45No way.

01:16:46No way.

01:16:49Yokozuna can't believe it.

01:16:54And new World Wrestling Federation Champion,

01:17:00Bret

01:17:01The Hitman

01:17:03Hart.

01:17:04Bret Hart somehow has done it.

01:17:07He is the new World Wrestling Federation Champion.

01:17:17Yokozuna looking at Ronnie, Ronnie Piper.

01:17:22Piper's out of here.

01:17:25Ronnie Piper looking back at Yokozuna and saying,

01:17:28one, two, three.

01:17:29Oh, no.

01:17:30Yokozuna coming after Piper.

01:17:33Yokozuna running after Ronnie Piper.

01:17:37But it doesn't matter.

01:17:38All that matters, ladies and gentlemen,

01:17:42is that this capacity crowd

01:17:45has come to Madison Square Garden.

01:17:48I cannot believe.

01:17:49They have witnessed WrestleMania 10.

01:17:52I cannot believe that

01:17:53they have seen.

01:17:54Hart is the champion.

01:17:55New World Wrestling Federation Champion crowned.

01:17:59No.

01:18:00They are witnessing, ladies and gentlemen,

01:18:02a brand new era.

01:18:05They are witnessing the blast-off

01:18:07of the next decade in the World Wrestling Federation.

01:18:12Somehow,

01:18:14The Hitman Bret Hart has done it.

01:18:26Unquestionably, feet on the side

01:18:29of Bret The Hitman Hart.

01:18:31Wait a minute, wait a minute.

01:18:32Lex Luger, wait a minute.

01:18:33Lex Luger is in the ring.

01:18:37Lex Luger's in the ring.

01:18:41What are they gonna do?

01:18:44Lex Luger, who could have been the WWF champion,

01:18:46had it not been for Mr. Perfect.

01:18:51How about that?

01:18:54Ronnie Piper back in there.

01:18:58Fan favorites, too, wouldn't be complete

01:18:59without some kind of tag team action, folks.

01:19:02And we've got it for you.

01:19:03Head Shrinkers taking on the Quebeckers,

01:19:05requested by Tim Osterhaus.

01:19:08Tim, where are you from?

01:19:09Una?

01:19:10Maybe Dos?

01:19:11Maybe Tres?

01:19:12Who knows?

01:19:13Let's go with tag team action.

01:19:24Yes, indeed, it is the Quebeckers

01:19:25who are forced to put the title on the line.

01:19:28Bear in mind, now, they didn't want to do this.

01:19:31Indeed, they have been forced to do it,

01:19:33ordered by Jack Connie last week

01:19:35to lay the title on the line.

01:19:36This all started about six weeks ago, Randy Savage.

01:19:39You're right.

01:19:40They laughed at Lou Abano.

01:19:41Now we're going to find out

01:19:42if they're going to be laughing

01:19:43at the end of this match or not.

01:19:45The Quebeckers are survivors,

01:19:46but the Head Shrinkers, they're a little tough.

01:19:50They are tough, no doubt.

01:19:52Abano issued a challenge

01:19:53to the Quebeckers six weeks ago.

01:19:55Quebeckers backed out of that challenge.

01:19:57However, a lot has happened since then.

01:19:59Wait a minute, what's this?

01:20:00Hey, the lights could go off in the Quebeckers

01:20:03just like they went out in this arena right now.

01:20:05And here they come, the challengers.

01:20:09And I must say, Captain Louis Abano

01:20:12has been through the weeks

01:20:13filibustering and lobbying Jack Tony up in Toronto.

01:20:18And finally, Tony last week made his decision.

01:20:21This is a tremendous opportunity

01:20:24for Samu and Fatu to be the tag team champions.

01:20:28But as you've stated many times before,

01:20:30the Quebeckers are survivors.

01:20:32If anyone knows how to win at all costs,

01:20:35it's the Quebeckers.

01:20:36You're right about that.

01:20:37But let me tell you about the head strength.

01:20:39They got a very high tolerance of pain.

01:20:42They're rugged, they're fearless,

01:20:44and they got raw, savage talents.

01:20:46Yeah, no pun intended, of course.

01:20:48Louis Abano, back in action as the advisor.

01:20:53Of course, Afa the manager.

01:20:54Afa had one time himself a co-holder

01:20:56of the tag team championship

01:20:58along with his brother Sika.

01:20:59And they were led to the title by Louis Abano

01:21:03just as he led the Moondogs

01:21:05as well as the Yukon Lumberjacks.

01:21:07He's led so many teams, some 19 titles

01:21:10under the belt of Louis Abano.

01:21:12And there's no guarantee, even as good as Louis Abano is,

01:21:15as managing champions,

01:21:16that the Quebeckers are going to be derailed

01:21:19because they've proven themselves.

01:21:21They've had the belts a long time, Vince McMahon.

01:21:23Yes, they have.

01:21:24And of course, here in Burlington, Vermont,

01:21:26we're only about 100 miles from Montreal.

01:21:29So I would suggest there are a lot of

01:21:31Quebeckers fans here tonight.

01:21:32Here we go.

01:21:33I don't think very many people from Samoa made the trip,

01:21:36even though they're going to hear about it.

01:21:39And Pierre trying to muscle his way around

01:21:42against Fatu.

01:21:43And that is not likely to get him anywhere.

01:21:46It's not going to be easy to do.

01:21:49As you stated before,

01:21:50the Head Strikers, almost impervious to pain,

01:21:53and they are powerhousing.

01:21:54Oh, look at that!

01:21:57That's exactly right.

01:21:58Pierre just went back a step and a half.

01:22:03You can notice that the stakes are high,

01:22:05ladies and gentlemen.

01:22:06The tag team title up for grabs here tonight

01:22:08in a match that's been in the making for some time.

01:22:11And Pierre and Jacques are going to be

01:22:13very, very cautious as to how they defend the title.

01:22:17Likewise, the Head Strikers don't want to make a mistake.

01:22:20We don't want to get the Head Strikers

01:22:22wrapped up here too early.

01:22:24Could be a big mistake for the Quebeckers.

01:22:26Pierre now coming off the rope,

01:22:27and again, notice the strength factor and the size factor

01:22:31going unquestionably in favor of the Head Strikers.

01:22:36Pierre now perhaps will be looking to tag in his partner, Jacques.

01:22:39And there's a little communication here

01:22:40between Samu and Fatu.

01:22:42Pierre trying to shake it off.

01:22:44His manager, Johnny Polo, on the outside.

01:22:46Uh-oh. This could get nasty now.

01:22:49Oh, to the midsection!

01:22:50Left hand to Pierre.

01:22:51Whoa! What a headbutt!

01:22:53Nice try on Pierre's part.

01:22:54He tested him out.

01:22:55Almost a count of three.

01:22:57Almost the world's quickest tag team title match ever.

01:23:01Well, you can't turn your back on you for sure, kid.

01:23:03Lay on your back for any time at all.

01:23:04Otherwise, the Head Strikers will beat you.

01:23:07They are focused.

01:23:08You're right. They're focused all right.

01:23:10And I think it's because of Captain Lou Albano.

01:23:12That guy right there.

01:23:14And a look of concern in the face of Johnny Polo.

01:23:17Again, neither team wanting to make a mistake.

01:23:20A pretty conservative match thus far

01:23:23considering what the Head Strikers and the Quebeckers can do.

01:23:28But it's for all the marvels, so let it happen.

01:23:30And the survivors will have the belts.

01:23:33And here we go now with Jacques of the Quebeckers in there

01:23:36against Samu.

01:23:39And a clean break is asked for by Jacques.

01:23:43Oh, look at that.

01:23:44A break in the face.

01:23:45That wasn't a clean break, Vince McMahon.

01:23:47It looked like it was going to be one,

01:23:48but it didn't turn out that way.

01:23:50An interesting strategy on the part of the Quebeckers now.

01:23:52Jacques going downstairs.

01:23:53Right back up to the leap frog.

01:23:54Nicely done.

01:23:55Nicely done catching.

01:23:56No.

01:23:57Oh, the headbutt.

01:23:58Samu with a headbutt.

01:24:02And the strategy here on the part of the Quebeckers

01:24:05just may backfire.

01:24:06Here's a cover.

01:24:07Watch out for the top rope here.

01:24:09Oh, man.

01:24:10Pierre just came off the top rope

01:24:12and landed right on his tag team partner, Jacques.

01:24:14Oh, look at this.

01:24:15All four men in the ring all at the same time.

01:24:18Jacques and Pierre collide in the middle of the ring.

01:24:21The Strikers seem to have a sixth sense in there.

01:24:23Oh, a double clothesline.

01:24:25A topsy-turvy.

01:24:28And the Head Strikers are looking mighty good.

01:24:31The Quebeckers can't get it together,

01:24:33at least not at the moment.

01:24:35A smile on the face of Luis Albano on the outside.

01:24:38Hey, look at this.

01:24:39Polo doing anything but smiling.

01:24:41They know they're in trouble right now.

01:24:45The name of the game is tag team coordination.

01:24:48No matter how good you are individually,

01:24:50you must be able to collectively get it together

01:24:53in tag team fashion.

01:24:55Hey, Quebeckers are going the wrong way.

01:24:57The ring's the other way.

01:24:58Wait a minute.

01:24:59They're going back to the dressing room.

01:25:01The Quebeckers on their way back to the dressing room.

01:25:04Oh, no.

01:25:05Title cannot change hands on a count out.

01:25:07Look at this.

01:25:08That's not right.

01:25:09This is a ripoff.

01:25:11Can you believe Johnny Polo and his Quebeckers

01:25:14went back to the dressing room?

01:25:16They're going to lose the match,

01:25:18but they will not lose the title.

01:25:20Probably their only chance of keeping the belts,

01:25:22and they're going to take it.

01:25:23Is that a coward or what?

01:25:25Oh, this is a ripoff.

01:25:27I can't believe this.

01:25:29Albano.

01:25:30Where's he going?

01:25:31He's going back to the dressing room as well.

01:25:33We ought to all do a sit-down strike or something.

01:25:36Albano's not happy about this.

01:25:39The Hutt Shrinkers,

01:25:40yeah, they're going to win the match,

01:25:42but they're not going to win the championship.

01:25:43Wait a minute.

01:25:44The worst I've ever seen.

01:25:46Let's get this announced.

01:25:47I've just been informed by the official in the ring

01:25:49that if the Quebeckers do not re-enter the ring

01:25:53within a 10 count,

01:25:55they will not only lose the match,

01:25:58but also lose the title.

01:26:02All right.

01:26:03Yes, indeed.

01:26:05Good decision.

01:26:06The only decision.

01:26:08They're going to be forced to return

01:26:10or lose the championship one way or the other.

01:26:15Oh, here they come.

01:26:16Here they come.

01:26:17Smart cookies.

01:26:18Back in just before the count of 10.

01:26:21And Randy Savage,

01:26:22you sort of get the impression

01:26:23that maybe the Hutt Shrinkers smell victory.

01:26:25Cover, one, two.

01:26:27Oh, my.

01:26:28They not only smell it,

01:26:29they taste it.

01:26:30Isn't it terrible that the Quebeckers

01:26:31are forced to fight?

01:26:32What a terrible thing.

01:26:33I'm laughing.

01:26:34I mean, think about it.

01:26:35I mean, they tried to get out of here.

01:26:37They tried to get out of here

01:26:38with their championship still around their waist,

01:26:39even though they knew they were going to lose the match

01:26:41if there had been a count out.

01:26:43People do desperate things.

01:26:45Indeed they do.

01:26:46However, the official,

01:26:47on the spot here on Monday Night Raw,

01:26:49Ensamble,

01:26:50Slash!

01:26:51This could be it.

01:26:52No.

01:26:55Pierre and John

01:26:56have not been functioning well as a unit.

01:26:58The tag is made now.

01:27:00Oh, my goodness.

01:27:02My chest is sore from that chop.

01:27:05Wow.

01:27:06Pierre having his problems.

01:27:07He must get over and tag his partner.

01:27:11Often just go to ham and Swiss on pork vernickel,

01:27:13double tomato, hold the mustard.

01:27:15I can't believe it.

01:27:16Really?

01:27:17Coming off the rope now.

01:27:18Going over his man.

01:27:19Oh, wait a minute.

01:27:20Look.

01:27:21Jacques just need him.

01:27:22Oh, no.

01:27:23I think we got a knockout.

01:27:24Unbelievable action.

01:27:26Tag is made now.

01:27:27Pierre just tagged in Jacques.

01:27:29We saw Jacques with the knee.

01:27:30Wait a minute.

01:27:31What's this?

01:27:32Pierre wheeling Fatou to the outside.

01:27:33Jacques out there as well.

01:27:35Turn around.

01:27:36What's going on?

01:27:37Look at this.

01:27:39And Fatou ramped down to the step by Jacques.

01:27:42I think we need some new steps out there.

01:27:44Those are cracked.

01:27:46Jacques is the legal man in the ring, ref.

01:27:48Come on.

01:27:49Turn around.

01:27:50The tag was made.

01:27:51And now to the outside.

01:27:53Pierre and Fatou.

01:27:55Doesn't look good.

01:27:57Spun around.

01:27:58Thrown back in.

01:27:59Perhaps for the pin now.

01:28:01No.

01:28:02Jacques.

01:28:03Did you hear that?

01:28:04Do you know who we are?

01:28:05Is that what he said?

01:28:06Jacques trying to set up Fatou.

01:28:08Looking at far side now.

01:28:09Elbows.

01:28:10Crunching around the sternum area.

01:28:12Reflectors are stuffed right now.

01:28:14If they got it, they better show it.

01:28:16Oh, yeah.

01:28:17Now we see some coordination.

01:28:19Listen to this capacity crowd, though.

01:28:22Coming on their own.

01:28:24Oh, double team everything they've been thinking.

01:28:26Down to the canvas.

01:28:27Jacques and Pierre, the scooper and the slam on Fatou.

01:28:30That'll do it.

01:28:31One, two.

01:28:33Oh, no.

01:28:34Not quite.

01:28:35The capacity crowd chanting USA, USA.

01:28:38Obviously for American Samoa.

01:28:41Yes, and the Hedge Swingers can unquestionably use a bit of encouragement

01:28:44from this capacity crowd.

01:28:45The Quebecers are really taking it to the Hedge Swingers.

01:28:49Pierre.

01:28:50Tagging Jacques, who's the legal man right now.

01:28:52Look at this.

01:28:53Off the rope and oh, my goodness.

01:28:56A devastating move right there by the Quebecers.

01:28:59You can't knock the Quebecers.

01:29:00They can't wrestle.

01:29:02And look at this.

01:29:03Right behind the official's back.

01:29:06Choking his man down.

01:29:08Jacques.

01:29:09Here's a cut rope with Jacques now on.

01:29:11And a kick out.

01:29:12That was a test for the Hedge Swingers right there.

01:29:14That was devastating, that move right before that.

01:29:17There's no doubt.

01:29:18The Hedge Swingers want to be tag team champions.

01:29:20Just as their relatives were before them, Alpha and Sika,

01:29:24who were managed by Alphano.

01:29:25We made that point earlier on.

01:29:27But the Hedge Swingers now have to reach way down.

01:29:30Look at this.

01:29:31Pierre tagged in.

01:29:32Pierre.

01:29:33Oh, my goodness.

01:29:35Unbelievable.

01:29:36One, two, and a kick out.

01:29:39Are we watching history in the making right here?

01:29:41Are the Hedge Swingers going to win the titles?

01:29:43Are the Quebecers going to keep them?

01:29:44What action.

01:29:45What a tag team battle this is.

01:29:47Here comes Pierre now.

01:29:48Right into Fatu.

01:29:49No.

01:29:50Back body drop.

01:29:51Over the top.

01:29:52Right in front of us.

01:29:53Almost in our laps.

01:29:54This action right here has not stopped.

01:29:56Jacques.

01:29:57Look at this.

01:29:58Jacques is hauling Pierre, his tag team partner,

01:30:00back into the ring.

01:30:01The action's accelerated.

01:30:03Unbelievable.

01:30:04Unbelievable.

01:30:05Man, they're going for the titles.

01:30:07Now the tag is made.

01:30:08And indeed they are.

01:30:09Here we go.

01:30:10And Samu in there.

01:30:12Samu taking it to both Quebecers.

01:30:14Look at this.

01:30:15Headbutt.

01:30:16Pierre receiving a headbutt as well.

01:30:20Jacques and Pierre all go together.

01:30:23Samu's going hog wild.

01:30:26And Samu with a slam.

01:30:28Samu, a one-man gang in there.

01:30:30Hooked up with Pierre now.

01:30:31Coming off the rope and back body drop.

01:30:33Big back body drop.

01:30:35Look out.

01:30:36Samu.

01:30:37Oh, no.

01:30:38Oh, look at that.

01:30:39Hang him high.

01:30:41Oh, no.

01:30:42This will end the effort on the part of the head swingers

01:30:46of becoming tag team champions.

01:30:48No, and look at that.

01:30:49An unfortunate occurrence there on the part of Samu.

01:30:53Not only that, but Samu's legal.

01:30:55Look at this.

01:30:56Samu's trying to get out of it.

01:30:57Oh, finally.

01:30:59Unbelievable.

01:31:00That had to take everything there was out of Samu.

01:31:03It's just a question of which Quebecer

01:31:05has got to pin Samu now.

01:31:07I've got a bad feeling about the head swingers' chances

01:31:10now about taking the title.

01:31:11There we go.

01:31:12There's the gesture from the tower.

01:31:14Pierre's going to go up to the top rope

01:31:16right after this setup.

01:31:17Look at this.

01:31:18Now it's Jacques in there.

01:31:20Jacques with Samu.

01:31:22A pile driver perhaps coming to set him up.

01:31:25I don't like it.

01:31:27And look at this.

01:31:28Clicking a blood rush down to the head.

01:31:32And the impact.

01:31:33Oh, devastating.

01:31:34Unbelievable.

01:31:35And that should do it for the head swinger.

01:31:37Don't count your chickens or your Samoans

01:31:39before their hats, McMahon.

01:31:41I don't know about that signaler.

01:31:43Here for the tower once again.

01:31:45Tag is made.

01:31:46Legal man is Pierre.

01:31:47We've seen this before.

01:31:49A devastating maneuver from the top rope.

01:31:53Here it comes.

01:31:54Pierre, yes.

01:31:55No, no.

01:31:57Moving out of the way.

01:31:58Just in the nick of time.

01:31:59Samo with Johnny Polo.

01:32:01Check this out.

01:32:02Albano with Johnny Polo holding.

01:32:05Oh, my goodness.

01:32:07He's monophysized.

01:32:09Awful.

01:32:10Just let Johnny Polo have it.

01:32:12But here comes the tag.

01:32:13Here comes Pierre.

01:32:14Wait a minute.

01:32:15Here comes that two as well.

01:32:17Two freshmen in there.

01:32:18The referee didn't see it.

01:32:19The referee didn't see it.

01:32:20Oh, no.

01:32:21He didn't see the tag.

01:32:22Walk him up and throw away the key.

01:32:24But no.

01:32:25A forearm that caught Pierre right in the mush by mistake.

01:32:29We're getting down to the nitty gritty right now for the titles.

01:32:33Pierre and Chuck.

01:32:35Oh, wait a minute.

01:32:36Did you see that?

01:32:37Check that out.

01:32:38Unbelievable.

01:32:39Pierre just nailed his own tag team partner.

01:32:42On purpose.

01:32:43Yes, we talked about tag team coordination before.

01:32:46Chuck and Pierre having it out here on Monday Night Raw.

01:32:50What a stupid thing to do.

01:32:52Real stupid.

01:32:53Real stupid.

01:32:54A little miscommunication could cost him the titles right there.

01:32:57Now, it's up to Chuck to get over and tag Pierre.

01:33:01Meanwhile, the tag is made and Fatu is back in.

01:33:03Fatu and Sam.

01:33:04Oh, no.

01:33:05Oh, no.

01:33:06Look at this.

01:33:07Double team down.

01:33:09They almost buried Chuck.

01:33:11Look at that.

01:33:12Pierre is knocked off the apron.

01:33:14The head triggers aren't letting up, brother.

01:33:16They're going for it.

01:33:17Oh.

01:33:18Up onto the top rope now.

01:33:21Samu barks to the corner.

01:33:23Fatu off the top and down.

01:33:26One, two, yes.

01:33:28They got it.

01:33:30They got it.

01:33:32Look at this place.

01:33:34It's over.

01:33:37Burlington, Vermont.

01:33:40The setting for Monday Night Raw.

01:33:43The setting for the tag team championship changing of the guards.

01:33:48They get Goof Bumps on top of Goof Bumps.

01:33:52It took a long, long time.

01:33:54But nonetheless, yes, the Head Shrinkers did what they had to do.

01:34:00They became tag team champions here tonight on Monday Night Raw.

01:34:05It's not over until it's over.

01:34:07But it's over now and it's party time.

01:34:11Oh, yeah.

01:34:12Captain Luis Albano is thrilled with himself.

01:34:17More fantastic WWF action coming up in mere moments

01:34:20here on German Fan Favorites 2.

01:34:22What a classic this was.

01:34:24Lex Luger taking on the big 7-foot Diesel

01:34:27requested by Stephan Seawald of Weisbaden.

01:34:31I hope you like it, Stephan.

01:34:32The German Federation Intercontinental Championship

01:34:36coming down the aisle,

01:34:38accompanied by Shawn Michaels,

01:34:42weighing 360 pounds.

01:34:45Well, there you see, ladies and gentlemen,

01:34:477 feet tall, and he is all man.

01:34:50I can guarantee you that.

01:34:52The Intercontinental Champion, Diesel.

01:34:55And I'll tell you, this guy came very, very close, Macho Man,

01:34:58in becoming the WWF champion back at the King of the Ring.

01:35:02He could very well be the World Wrestling Federation champion

01:35:05if it wasn't for Jim The Anvil Neidhart.

01:35:08Well, what we do know is that if this match is half as good

01:35:11as last week's Bret Hart 1-2-3 Kid WWF Championship match,

01:35:16it is going to be something to see right here tonight.

01:35:19And look at the fireworks.

01:35:21They're starting already.

01:35:22Check this out.

01:35:23This place is going to erupt.

01:35:25You're looking at the Intercontinental Champion,

01:35:27Big Daddy Cool, and his name is Diesel.

01:35:31And we expect to see the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase,

01:35:36accompanying Lex Luger to the ring.

01:35:39Coming down momentarily.

01:35:53And I see Lex Luger, but I do not see the Million Dollar Man.

01:35:57Well, I don't see him either, but Lex Luger,

01:36:00his eyes on the Intercontinental title,

01:36:02and whether or not he's with Ted DiBiase,

01:36:05I know he's thinking title right now.

01:36:10What an ovation for American-made Lex Luger.

01:36:14And he looks to be ready to go.

01:36:18Fireworks erupting here tonight on Monday Night Raw.

01:36:24Everybody's getting unglued, getting ready for the big showdown.

01:36:30I'm still somewhat confused that the Million Dollar Man

01:36:33is not here at ringside.

01:36:35But all we heard this past weekend,

01:36:38it seemed as if, at least according to DiBiase,

01:36:41it was a done deal.

01:36:43Well, I'll tell you one thing right now, Jim Ross.

01:36:45I saw the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase,

01:36:48in the dressing room, and I yelled at him.

01:36:50I said, what's the deal?

01:36:51And he just, hey, that's why I don't know anything more than you do.

01:36:54So we know that he is in the facility,

01:36:57but he is not at ringside.

01:36:59From the looks of Shawn Michaels' face

01:37:01this past weekend on the Heartbreak Hotel,

01:37:04I think he was a little concerned

01:37:06that DiBiase would be at ringside as well.

01:37:09So we gotta go with what we know,

01:37:11and we know it's Lex Luger versus Diesel.

01:37:13But Shawn Michaels on the outside,

01:37:15and I figure that Razor Ramon is watching somewhere, someplace.

01:37:20Razor Ramon certainly would like to take on the winner

01:37:23of this confrontation for the Intercontinental Championship.

01:37:26And I'm sure that Lex Luger hopes that he has better luck

01:37:29in this title match than some of his others.

01:37:31Conor Noble tie-up for the 7-foot Diesel

01:37:34and the challenger, Lex Luger.

01:37:36The red, the white, and the blue

01:37:38versus Big Daddy Cool, and they're strong,

01:37:40Michael, at least on the outside.

01:37:43I expect this match to be very hard-hitting,

01:37:46perhaps even a deliberate pace, Macho Man.

01:37:49Both these guys like to rely on their power,

01:37:52and Diesel especially likes to rely on his brawling tactics.

01:37:56Well, since the main element, Ted DiBiase,

01:37:58is not at ringside, and that's cool with me.

01:38:00I just hope the Heartbreak Kid doesn't get involved.

01:38:05Test of strength here in the early going.

01:38:07Diesel, at 7 feet tall, will have the leverage advantage.

01:38:13I'll tell you something, that Diesel

01:38:15is one of the most incredible athletes

01:38:17I have ever seen in my entire lifetime.

01:38:22Back into the ropes they go.

01:38:24Both men trying to gain an advantage here.

01:38:27Referee calling for the break.

01:38:31They don't want a break.

01:38:32Look at Diesel pawing Lex Luger's face.

01:38:36Diesel almost taunting Luger,

01:38:38and Luger pushing him away,

01:38:39and look at the power of Diesel,

01:38:41sending Luger all the way outside to the fold.

01:38:43That's what I'm talking about.

01:38:44There's where the power lies,

01:38:45right there in that man right there, Diesel.

01:38:48He's kind of a little champion.

01:38:49Shawn Michaels doing a little psycho

01:38:51on Lex Luger in the outside.

01:38:57Shawn Michaels can certainly be

01:38:59a factor in this contest,

01:39:01as Macho Man Randy Savage alluded to moments ago.

01:39:05Hopefully he will not be,

01:39:06as Diesel picks Luger up.

01:39:09And Luger caught him in the shoulder.

01:39:11Over the top goes Luger,

01:39:12trying to get the big man down.

01:39:14The Intercontinental Champion is staggering.

01:39:17He's working for it.

01:39:18He got him down.

01:39:19One, two, and a near fall.

01:39:21First of the contest.

01:39:22That's how quick it can happen

01:39:23in Intercontinental Championship match right there.

01:39:26Look at Diesel, he's a little stunned.

01:39:27And the Heartbreak Kids tell him

01:39:28to cool down, Big Daddy.

01:39:31Shawn Michaels up on the apron,

01:39:33wanting Diesel to keep this thing

01:39:35at a very methodical pace.

01:39:37Luger is the quicker of the two.

01:39:42Boy, Luger is in unbelievable condition.

01:39:45Two powerhouse styles of wrestling

01:39:47against each other.

01:39:51As I mentioned earlier,

01:39:52Lex Luger's championship opportunities

01:39:54here in the WWF have not been fruitful for him.

01:39:57He's been a little snakeman.

01:39:59You're right about that.

01:40:00And the crowd is trying to get the USA champ kicked in.

01:40:02And there's a need in the gut.

01:40:06High impact elbow to the back of the head

01:40:07by the Intercontinental Champion.

01:40:10Another one.

01:40:11And Diesel, you can expect a lot

01:40:12of high impact maneuvers from the champion here.

01:40:16Oh, right hands.

01:40:17Look at those right hands by Diesel.

01:40:19Really clubbing the challenger.

01:40:21And another elbow.

01:40:23Diesel is leveling Lex Luger in the corner.

01:40:26The only thing holding Lex Luger up

01:40:28is the turnbuckle.

01:40:30Diesel is a real powerhouse.

01:40:34And that big size 14 in the face of Lex Luger

01:40:38has the challenger in a lot of trouble here

01:40:41in the early going

01:40:42in this Intercontinental Championship match.

01:40:45Diesel can worry out in a hurry.

01:40:47Reversing the Irish whip.

01:40:49And Luger caught him.

01:40:50He caught him.

01:40:51He caught him.

01:40:52The power slam.

01:40:53One, two, half.

01:40:54A half a count away.

01:40:56That would have been a miracle right there.

01:40:59Luger now with hard right hands.

01:41:01Has the champion in trouble.

01:41:02And Diesel through the ropes.

01:41:04Look at the power of Lex Luger.

01:41:07I can't believe what I've just seen.

01:41:10It's the crowd exploding here

01:41:13just as Lex Luger exploded

01:41:15on the Intercontinental Champion.

01:41:17I gotta say that he knocked Diesel through the ropes

01:41:19but Diesel landed on his feet on the outside.

01:41:21But look at this.

01:41:23He went to knock their heads together

01:41:25but Diesel's too into it.

01:41:27Diesel now pulling Luger outside.

01:41:30This is Diesel's domain.

01:41:32And Luger counters.

01:41:34Ramming Diesel's head into the ring apron.

01:41:38What a fight we have here.

01:41:40Smart move by Luger getting the champion back in the ring.

01:41:43You gotta win it by pinfall or submission here.

01:41:47Irish whip.

01:41:49Diesel may set him for the jackknife here.

01:41:52He's got him in position.

01:41:54But Luger powers out.

01:41:55Luger is too strong.

01:41:56Too early. Lex Luger is too strong.

01:41:58Just like I said, Jim Ross.

01:42:01Luger on the top rope.

01:42:03Diesel fell out of sight.

01:42:05And Luger went all the way on the top rope.

01:42:08Luger is hurt right here in front of us, ladies and gentlemen.

01:42:11All of a sudden we're at the critical part of the match.

01:42:14Diesel out there to inflict more pain and punishment

01:42:16on the challenger.

01:42:19Big body slam by Big Daddy Cool.

01:42:25The Intercontinental Championship on the line.

01:42:28And that man, Lex Luger, the challenger,

01:42:30in a great deal of trouble here

01:42:32as the champion steps back over the top rope.

01:42:35Wait a minute.

01:42:38Shawn Michaels with a cheap shot.

01:42:40What a match we're watching on Monday Night Raw right here

01:42:43with Diesel, the Intercontinental Champion,

01:42:45versus Lex Luger.

01:42:47Snake Eyes!

01:42:50The Intercontinental Champion is on the line here tonight

01:42:52on Monday Night Raw.

01:42:54The champion going for the cover.

01:42:55One, two, and a half a count.

01:42:58That's as close as you can come with those three.

01:43:03Yeah, we saw the Snake Eyes.

01:43:04Shawn Michaels, you need to help us.

01:43:06We're recovering it.

01:43:09Diesel punishing Lex Luger on that second rope there.

01:43:12Diesel left the ground, as we pointed out earlier.

01:43:15He is a tenacious champion,

01:43:17and drops at 317 pounds right across Luger's back.

01:43:22But Diesel is incredible.

01:43:27Luger may not be able to withstand this punishment here.

01:43:31This might be it.

01:43:32One, two, and Luger kicked out.

01:43:35Hey, if Diesel would have covered him

01:43:36just a little bit better than he did,

01:43:38but he didn't, so he didn't get him.

01:43:40We saw now the reverse chin lock

01:43:42has dictated the pace here.

01:43:44Notice the knee that Diesel has

01:43:46in the middle of Lex Luger's back.

01:43:48He's got him in a torture rack.

01:43:51Diesel pulling back on the neck of the challenger

01:43:55for the Intercontinental Championship

01:43:57that you are watching here on Monday Night Raw.

01:44:00Thanks for being with us.

01:44:02Man, it's really getting hot in here.

01:44:04That an open star match or the July heat.

01:44:07Diesel pulling back on that neck.

01:44:10I mean, he's got a lot of pressure,

01:44:11a lot of torque on that neck.

01:44:14It's not over.

01:44:15I can tell you that, Michaels.

01:44:16It's not over.

01:44:17Might be wishful thinking that it's part of it.

01:44:19This isn't funny.

01:44:20I'm starting to sweat.

01:44:21Sweat kills the color of my hair.

01:44:23The humidity.

01:44:24You're going to be sweating a lot.

01:44:25A little bit.

01:44:26That's what I know.

01:44:27This guy's got a real bad attitude.

01:44:29Some Michaels and Diesel think

01:44:30they got this match wrapped up,

01:44:31but that's not true, man.

01:44:33Not until it's done.

01:44:36Macho Man, what do you think?

01:44:38Where's DiBiase?

01:44:39He was fine watching earlier.

01:44:41What do you think he is now?

01:44:42Well, I'm going to give you an analytical

01:44:44and very, very, very direct answer.

01:44:47I don't know.

01:44:49I have no clue.

01:44:51Luger fighting back up to a vertical base,

01:44:53ladies and gentlemen.

01:44:54He's got to get back on the attack here.

01:44:56The Intercontinental Championship

01:44:57is on the line right here tonight.

01:44:59Diesel misses with a clothesline.

01:45:01Luger has, oh, my!

01:45:03Diesel caught him with that size 14 right in the face.

01:45:08I'd rather be hit by a clothesline

01:45:10than I'd rather be hit by a roadway truck

01:45:13than be hit by Diesel's big foot like that

01:45:16coming off the ropes.

01:45:18And Diesel misses.

01:45:19Caught him with the elbow, lateral press.

01:45:22He's got one, two, and a half away

01:45:25from retaining the Intercontinental title

01:45:27right here tonight on Monday Night Raw,

01:45:30and Luger's got to suck it up.

01:45:32Can't believe the power of Diesel.

01:45:34Give Lex Luger all the credit in the world

01:45:35just hanging in there.

01:45:37He's got him in a sleeper.

01:45:38Diesel, at 7 feet tall,

01:45:40has Lex Luger in a sleeper here.

01:45:43Listen to this crowd.

01:45:44They're backing Lex Luger all the way.

01:45:46They are pro-Lex Luger, no doubt about it,

01:45:49as Diesel continues to apply the pressure

01:45:52on this sleeper hold.

01:45:54Well, what a repertoire.

01:45:56Diesel has not only powerful moves

01:45:59but intense scientific moves like the sleeper.

01:46:02Look at Lex Luger's eyes.

01:46:04He's half out now.

01:46:05Diesel is not a one-dimensional champion.

01:46:08As we pointed out, he likes to brawl.

01:46:10He likes to fight,

01:46:11but he certainly increased his wrestling knowledge.

01:46:15This is a very scientific maneuver

01:46:17and a very smart maneuver, Macho Man,

01:46:19because he's got the leverage advantage

01:46:21with all that height.

01:46:23Check out the heartbreak hidden outside.

01:46:25There's arguably the uncrowned

01:46:26World Wrestling Federation champion.

01:46:29Yeah.

01:46:30Must be excruciating here for Lex Luger,

01:46:33his face turning a bright crimson red

01:46:36as he fights with all he's got

01:46:38to get back up to that vertical base.

01:46:40He's got to relieve the pressure here.

01:46:42Takes Diesel to the corner,

01:46:43but Diesel put on the brakes

01:46:44and got the sleeper right back on the challenger.

01:46:47Nice try by Lex Luger,

01:46:48but Diesel's even smart, too.

01:46:51That's scary.

01:46:54Luger now may be fading and fading fast.

01:46:59He's done.

01:47:01That's it.

01:47:02Diesel has dictated a very deliberate pace here.

01:47:08What's John Michaels coming over here for?

01:47:15He wants him to ring the bell.

01:47:16Not a chance.

01:47:18Luger hanging in there.

01:47:21It's not over, that's for sure.

01:47:22It's not happening yet.

01:47:25Luger fighting back up,

01:47:26up to one knee now,

01:47:27and Michaels getting a little frantic out here.

01:47:30I think he thought that Diesel

01:47:31would have had Luger put away by now with his sleeper.

01:47:34No doubt about it.

01:47:35The heartbreak kid thought that,

01:47:36but look at Lex Luger right now.

01:47:37Uh-oh, Luger turning in.

01:47:39Impossible, but he did it.

01:47:41Good suplex there by Lex Luger.

01:47:43This is not over.

01:47:45We'll see now if Luger can get back on the offensive attack.

01:47:50Right hand by the challenger,

01:47:52and another one.

01:47:54The seven-foot Intercontinental Champion is reeling here.

01:47:58Luger smelling a title.

01:48:01Luger gets momentum and rocks the champion.

01:48:04That almost knocked Diesel down.

01:48:10He went for the foot there,

01:48:11and Luger averted it and caught him in the DDT.

01:48:14He caught him flush to the mat.

01:48:15He's got it.

01:48:16He's got one, two, a new champion.

01:48:18Oh, I thought we had a new champion,

01:48:20and we were inches away from a new Intercontinental Champion.

01:48:23It doesn't get any closer than that.

01:48:26Diesel's reeling.

01:48:27And Luger knocks him down again.

01:48:29Underneath the chin.

01:48:30He's got it.

01:48:31He's got one, two.

01:48:33The left shoulder barely came off the table.

01:48:36What a match we're witnessing right here.

01:48:39The gold eluding Lex Luger ever so slightly here.

01:48:43Oh, Diesel caught him coming in.

01:48:45The foot right to the face.

01:48:47Irish whip.

01:48:48It's reversed.

01:48:49Diesel ran right into the referee in the corner.

01:48:52Referee at the wrong place at the wrong time.

01:48:55And Luger found the strength.

01:48:56I can't believe this.

01:48:57Look at the strength.

01:48:58Luger's got him in the ring.

01:48:59He's got Diesel up.

01:49:01Oh, Michaels with that Sabat kick right to the back.

01:49:05Lex Luger had Diesel in the rack.

01:49:07This match would have been over.

01:49:09We would have had a new Intercontinental Champion.

01:49:13Michaels trying to revive the referee.

01:49:16Both men, Diesel and Lex Luger, are down.

01:49:22Diesel, the first one, is so light.

01:49:25Diesel crawling over to Luger.

01:49:29On top.

01:49:30Referee, one.

01:49:32This one, two.

01:49:33This is it.

01:49:34And no, Luger kicked out.

01:49:36Luger kicked out.

01:49:37Give Lex Luger all the credit in the world

01:49:41for hanging in there against the power of Diesel.

01:49:48Right hand.

01:49:49Here comes Razor Ramon.

01:49:51Razor Ramon coming to ringside.

01:49:54Right hand by Luger rocks Diesel.

01:49:56And Razor Ramon has his sights set on Shawn Michaels.

01:50:00And the race is on here.

01:50:03Hard right hand by Luger.

01:50:05Around and around we go.

01:50:06Luger and Diesel still slugging it out.

01:50:10Oh, Michaels in the ring.

01:50:11And Luger tattooed him right there.

01:50:13I love it.

01:50:14Referee's calling for the bell.

01:50:16The bell is sounding.

01:50:18We got a mini battle royal going on here.

01:50:21Diesel throws Luger outside.

01:50:23Razor Ramon down in the ring.

01:50:25He's the former Intercontinental champion.

01:50:27No doubt came here to help Lex Luger.

01:50:29Comes to the party with right hands.

01:50:31And another.

01:50:32Here comes that right.

01:50:33Big roundhouse right.

01:50:34Look out behind.

01:50:35Look out from behind Razor.

01:50:37Shawn Michaels meet Razor Ramon.

01:50:39You haven't seen him since WrestleMania 10

01:50:41at the ladder match.

01:50:43Shawn Michaels trying to sneak up on the bad guy.

01:50:47And Michaels is doing some dancing.

01:50:49Oh, from behind.

01:50:50Big sledgehammer.

01:50:51And then a martial arts kick.

01:50:53Michaels with those right hands now

01:50:55to the bad guy, Razor Ramon.

01:50:57Michaels might be the reason that Diesel's

01:50:59the Intercontinental champion now.

01:51:02They're double teaming.

01:51:04Razor Ramon.

01:51:05Luger's trying to pull himself back up on the outside.

01:51:08Get in there quick.

01:51:09Look at this.

01:51:10They went for a piledriver.

01:51:11But Luger came in with right hands.

01:51:14Diesel and Michaels on the outside.

01:51:16Second too soon.

01:51:17Lex Luger saves Razor Ramon.

01:51:19Here is the referee's official decision.

01:51:22He has disqualified both men and rules

01:51:26this bout a double disqualification.

01:51:29Look at DiBiase.

01:51:31DiBiase with not a very happy look on his face.

01:51:35This match ending in a double disqualification.

01:51:37Intercontinental champion.

01:51:40Nobody's happy.

01:51:43Well, DiBiase in a look of disgust

01:51:45walking back to the locker room area.

01:51:48Well, obviously, folks, we've run out of time here.

01:51:50And too bad because there's so many other matches

01:51:53that we wanted to see.

01:51:54So many more matches that you folks requested.

01:51:57Well, I can guarantee you this.

01:51:59There will be a German Fan Favorites 3.

01:52:01No question in my mind.

01:52:03Hats off to you, Coliseum Video,

01:52:05for putting it all together.

01:52:06And, folks, keep those letters and cards coming in.

01:52:09And we'll just keep doing it over and over again.

01:52:12Until next time, Gorilla Monsoon Team.

01:52:14So long, everybody.

01:52:42We'll be right back.

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