WWE RAW 23 MAY 2005 FULL SHOW HD

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00:00:00And the winner will advance to meet Batista for the World's Heavyweight Championship.

00:00:30I want you to tell Kane that what I did to Shawn Michaels last week is nothing compared to what I will do to your husband tonight to win this tournament.

00:00:41Trust me, Edge isn't going to be bothering you anymore. I want you to be out there to see me destroy him first hand.

00:00:54This is the seventh and final match to determine the number one contender for the World's Heavyweight title.

00:01:04Oh, look out, Kane. Oh! And some Kane running to the referee. Spear! The spear got Edge.

00:01:15Oh, Kane's set up. Oh, Edge got that damn briefcase. No briefcase tonight.

00:01:24Lita's got the briefcase for safekeeping.

00:01:26Wait a minute, wait a minute. Lita dropped the briefcase. Did she just?

00:01:36Oh! My God, Kane has burst into that metal briefcase. What in the hell is going on here?

00:01:44Edge got the lead hook. Kane's not moving. He's been screwed by his own wife.

00:01:49You're damn right he's been screwed. Has Edge destroyed this relationship? Is that the kind of man that he is?

00:01:57I know one thing. The Dirty Rotten Cat is going to wrestle for the world title. That's Monday night in Green Bay.

00:02:04That's the man's wife. What the hell are you people thinking here?

00:02:09And we welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, live to Green Bay, Wisconsin. Jim Ross and Jerry The King Lawler here live on Monday Night Raw.

00:02:20What is this, JR? Look at the security. Look at the police.

00:02:26Well, ladies and gentlemen, one thing we know for sure is that the World Heavyweight Championship will be decided tonight.

00:02:32Batista will take on the man that won the Gold Rush Tournament in the Mass Martin Controversy last week.

00:02:39And Lita will be in ringside. It's live tonight for the world title.

00:02:43But what about all these security guards? What's up with this?

00:02:46I have no idea. Security en masse here.

00:02:51You think you know me.

00:03:02Oh, look at this. Oh, there it is.

00:03:05Oh, look at this pair.

00:03:09And Edge and Lita. And you saw at the top of the broadcast how the finals of the Gold Rush Tournament went down last week.

00:03:17Indeed, Edge won the tournament, but certainly, certainly not without major assistance from King's wife Lita.

00:03:25She's a two-timer. She's a backstabber. She's a home wrecker. You can take that to the bank.

00:03:31And apparently, that's exactly what Mr. Money in the Bank has done.

00:03:36Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Lita and Edge.

00:03:41Well, I'll tell you what, in my own opinion, these two got a hell of a lot of explaining to do.

00:03:47Well, a picture's worth a thousand words. Check that out.

00:03:52I've seen their pictures. What are these guys? Are these bank guards? Is that what these guys are?

00:03:57Throw your stones. Go ahead. I'm here.

00:04:15I seem to have forgotten that I'm in an entire room full of saints, so go ahead and pass judgment.

00:04:24But you know what I did to Kane? Women do all the time. They use their husbands.

00:04:34I mean, can you blame me? Can you really blame me?

00:04:40Where do I start? Maybe the kidnapping, the whole boiler room incident.

00:04:47Oh yeah, maybe forcing me into having sexual relations with him.

00:04:54And then I got pregnant.

00:04:59Oh, and let's not forget the marriage that I didn't want to be in either.

00:05:05And because Kane couldn't protect me, I lost my baby.

00:05:12So the way I see it is Kane owes me. Yeah, Kane owes me.

00:05:20So I used him. Big deal.

00:05:25I used Kane to take care of Trish and anything else my heart desired.

00:05:33All I had to do is close my eyes and pucker up and give him a really gross, big, wet kiss.

00:05:49But I had Kane wrapped around my finger.

00:05:54Let's get one thing straight.

00:06:00Uh-oh.

00:06:04That's...

00:06:07Just because I've had more action in the past few months than any of you have in your entire lifetime, don't be jealous of me, okay?

00:06:17All right, didn't make her sweat.

00:06:21So let's get one thing straight, okay?

00:06:24Kane, I never loved you.

00:06:32I could never love a sick, twisted, sweaty freak like you.

00:06:44While you were running my errands, doing whatever I wanted, following me around like a cute little puppy dog,

00:06:54I was busy falling in love.

00:06:59I fell in love with a real man.

00:07:16Kane, you could never satisfy me.

00:07:21In fact, no man that I've ever been with could have satisfied me.

00:07:30Except one.

00:07:34The man I've been seeing behind your back for months now.

00:07:41The next World Heavyweight Champion.

00:07:50Edge.

00:07:57Oh, this feels good. This feels really good.

00:08:03You know, you can call her a slut.

00:08:14But she's my slut.

00:08:21And we don't owe them an explanation or an apology.

00:08:26They couldn't walk a foot in our boots, let alone a mile.

00:08:31And the only reason you say anything, the only reason you say anything is because you're all jealous.

00:08:42Jealous because we look the way we do?

00:08:47Because we do the things we do?

00:08:54And you're all jealous because I've got this fiery, red-headed sexpot by my side?

00:09:02Oh, are you a little jealous, JR? Look at—whoa. Pathetic.

00:09:11I'm on top of the world.

00:09:14I got the girl.

00:09:17And tonight, I get the world title.

00:09:33You see, at WrestleMania XXI, I went through five of the best superstars in this industry to become Mr. Money in the Bank.

00:09:45And in the Gold Rush Tournament, I beat Jericho, I beat Shawn Michaels and put him on the shelf, and I beat Kane.

00:09:58And tonight, Batista, I go through you.

00:10:02Say what you want, but you all know it's true, because tonight, tonight, I claim my destiny.

00:10:09I grab the throne, and I become the new world heavyweight champion.

00:10:16Bank on it.

00:10:46All right. I'm at a loss. This is hideous.

00:10:49Absolutely two pathetic human beings.

00:10:52Looks like he's been making a few night deposits.

00:10:55But the issue is that Edge has been on a roll.

00:10:59Like it or not, he has been on a roll.

00:11:02And tonight could be the biggest night of this professional life when he gets the opportunity to wrestle for the world's heavyweight title.

00:11:11But what these two have done to another human being's life is absolutely repulsive, in my view.

00:11:25You heard it. The words right out of his own mouth.

00:11:28Tonight's his night. World champion. Bank on it.

00:11:33The sad thing about it is that might well be true.

00:11:42Oh!

00:12:01Oh, man. Well, ladies and gentlemen, tonight, the main event for the heavyweight championship for the world, Batista,

00:12:07will defend the world title against the winner of the Gold Rush Tournament, Edge.

00:12:11And, yes, Lita, King's wife, will be at ringside.

00:12:16Oh, but that's not all. Are you ready for this rematch? I know I am.

00:12:20Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, going against Muhammad Hasan and Daivari.

00:12:25What a tag team match that's going to be, Jer. And that is next.

00:12:32Look, Richie, I'm not exactly sure what took you so long to get here, because we've got things to do tonight.

00:12:36I want to make sure you've got this right. I want a black podium. Got it?

00:12:40I want a black carpet, and I want you to make me a barbed wire wreath with ECW in the middle.

00:12:46No problem.

00:12:47Because we're going to have a funeral. Something I should have done a long time ago. An official funeral for ECW.

00:12:54Get to work.

00:12:55You got it, boss.

00:12:57Eric!

00:12:59Shelton, what are you doing here? You've got a tag team rematch with Hasan and Daivari, like, right now?

00:13:04Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm here about. My partner, Chris Jericho, is not here. I don't know where he is.

00:13:10I just need a little more time to, you know, see if he gets here, find him something.

00:13:13Shelton, Shelton, Shelton. That's not my problem. That's your problem. I've got my hands full tonight.

00:13:18I've got a world title match on the line, alright? I've got a funeral I'm in the middle of planning.

00:13:23And what about the draft? I've got the draft. Did you see John Cena last night?

00:13:28Man, we have got to figure out a way to get him to RAW. So, here's how I see it.

00:13:32Jericho's not here tonight. Your tag team rematch is a... it's a handicap match. Good luck.

00:13:39Handicap, huh?

00:13:40Yeah.

00:13:41That's great. You know, you're right about John Cena, though.

00:13:43Thanks.

00:13:44It'd be great having him on RAW. The only thing better is you going to SmackDown.

00:13:50Well, certainly, Shelton Benjamin has found himself in a very precarious situation.

00:13:54And as we all, our creatures, have had to Quiz Jericho, I hope has not been involved in a car accident or something of that nature.

00:14:04Because, I mean, Jericho is usually here. He's on time. Matter of fact, he's always on time.

00:14:10Certainly want to thank you folks for being with us here tonight on Monday Night RAW.

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00:14:34Certainly want to thank you folks for being with us here tonight on Monday Night RAW.

00:14:36Last week, our Monday Night RAW ratings were the highest they have been in over a year.

00:14:40Huge audience last week.

00:14:42And we thank you for inviting us into your home here again tonight.

00:14:46We're live in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

00:14:48Titletown, USA.

00:14:50And Sheldon Benjamin, the Intercontinental Champion, has found himself in a real rough spot.

00:14:57I would say fourth and long for Sheldon Benjamin here tonight in Green Bay.

00:15:02USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

00:15:12And don't stop me now!

00:15:17And from Orangeburg, South Carolina, weighing in at 148 pounds,

00:15:22he is the Intercontinental Champion, Sheldon Benjamin.

00:15:28Well, the Intercontinental Champion, Sheldon Benjamin, scheduled to be in a tag team match

00:15:32with Chris Jericho.

00:15:34For some reason, Jericho has not arrived here at the arena.

00:15:37We can only hope it's a mild transportation situation.

00:15:41And Sheldon Benjamin looking for the entrance area,

00:15:45hoping that Chris Jericho has perhaps just arrived or will arrive at any moment.

00:15:49Let me ask you this.

00:15:50Do you think Eric Bischoff did the right thing?

00:15:52Should he have given Sheldon Benjamin more time?

00:15:55I think the match was scheduled right now.

00:15:58Well, obviously, the General Manager has a great deal on his mind tonight,

00:16:03presiding over not only the World Heavyweight Title match later,

00:16:06but the ECW funeral.

00:16:08A funeral for ECW, that'll be great.

00:16:11Why is it going to be great?

00:16:12Well, you just really can't help admiring Eric Bischoff.

00:16:15If you don't, you get fired.

00:16:17Two-on-one handicap match, and Navarre and Hassan, I assume,

00:16:22will act as a tag team as they would have if Chris Jericho had been here.

00:16:26So it's Sheldon Benjamin versus two men.

00:16:29Well, it's just like the tag team match we were going to have,

00:16:31except Sheldon won't have anybody to tag out to.

00:16:34A little except.

00:16:35It's a little bit different.

00:16:36Just a little.

00:16:3750% of one team isn't here.

00:16:39But, you know, while that back's getting away,

00:16:41I have a good story.

00:16:42Side headlock, and there's a blind tag by Navarre.

00:16:45Navarre, the legal man.

00:16:48Uh-oh, look out here.

00:16:50Sheldon Benjamin manhandling Navarre right to the outside.

00:16:53Tried the hip lock.

00:16:54Couldn't hook it.

00:16:55But didn't connect with that right hand.

00:16:57Does the intercontinental champion.

00:16:59And right now Sheldon Benjamin, deep arm drag takedown,

00:17:03taking down Navarre.

00:17:04And Navarre, who got that blind tag a moment or two ago,

00:17:06is the legal man in this handicap match.

00:17:09I was about to say Navarre and Muhammad are not even bothering tagging,

00:17:13but I guess there was one official tag so far.

00:17:18That's what I recall.

00:17:21So Navarre, the legal man.

00:17:22Now Sheldon Benjamin, obviously.

00:17:25Got to keep Navarre isolated there if he can.

00:17:27Navarre, nice chain wrestling move.

00:17:30I saw you read the Raw magazine,

00:17:32and a story about Navarre in this month's Raw magazine.

00:17:35Somewhat interesting and a fat body drop,

00:17:39almost into a suplex.

00:17:41On the outside, undetected by the referee.

00:17:44Look at that trick by Muhammad Hassan, who is still unpinned.

00:17:48Has not been made to submit on Raw.

00:17:50And look out here.

00:17:53Illegal interference on the outside to the nth degree.

00:17:58Navarre had the referee distracted,

00:18:00so the mugging of the intercontinental champion on the outside

00:18:04goes undetected by the official.

00:18:07Well, Muhammad Hassan, though,

00:18:08exhibited quite a bit of pretty impressive strength there.

00:18:11That was a pretty impressive maneuver.

00:18:13There's no doubt that Hassan is not a very,

00:18:16he's a very gifted athlete.

00:18:18His athletic abilities speak for themselves.

00:18:21Here's the advantage of the double team.

00:18:24This is what happens when your partner doesn't show up.

00:18:26Oh, man.

00:18:28Can you imagine Chris Barber coming out here to play a game with the Packers

00:18:31and the other ten guys not showing up?

00:18:34Well, no, quite frankly.

00:18:36And the reverse chin lock,

00:18:39Muhammad Hassan, again,

00:18:41has amassed a very impressive record here on Raw.

00:18:44Never being pinned.

00:18:46Never being made to submit on this broadcast.

00:18:50Nice snap suplex by Muhammad Hassan.

00:18:55Certainly the leader of this duo.

00:18:57Emphatically the leader.

00:18:59It's almost like Navarre was, I don't want to say a servant,

00:19:03because that's really demeaning.

00:19:05Go ahead. You can demean him.

00:19:08Hello, Shama!

00:19:12Sheldon Benjamin.

00:19:14And Benjamin now.

00:19:18Nice slingshot suplex.

00:19:21Might have been a teleblancher, that slingshot suplex.

00:19:24Navarre, I guess he had told Muhammad Hassan

00:19:27that he could suplex Shelton Benjamin,

00:19:29but that certainly backfired.

00:19:32Benjamin now with Navarre in the ring.

00:19:35Should certainly be thinking about a tag,

00:19:37but it may be too late for that.

00:19:40Sheldon Benjamin now trying to build up a head of steam.

00:19:43The Intercontinental Champion.

00:19:45Scheduled to be in a tag team match

00:19:47when he just joined us with Chris Jericho,

00:19:49just Hassan and Navarre.

00:19:51For some reason that we are not aware of,

00:19:53Chris Jericho has not arrived here to Green Bay.

00:19:58Side back body drop.

00:20:00Sheldon Benjamin involved in the Gold Rush Tournament.

00:20:03One of the greatest matches I can remember seeing

00:20:05in decades with Shawn Michaels.

00:20:07And Shawn Michaels had so many great things to say

00:20:10about this amazing young athlete,

00:20:12Sheldon Benjamin, a week later.

00:20:15Shelton Benjamin living up to every word of it right now.

00:20:17Taking care of both Navarre and Muhammad Hassan.

00:20:22Running knee lift.

00:20:24Million dollar knee lift by Sheldon Benjamin.

00:20:27Taking care of Navarre.

00:20:29And Hassan brought in the ring.

00:20:32Where he landed he won't sprain any ankles.

00:20:34You're right there.

00:20:35And Navarre backing away.

00:20:37Navarre wants to wait a minute here.

00:20:39Navarre begging off of Sheldon Benjamin.

00:20:45Navarre's got the chair.

00:20:46Yeah, look at this now.

00:20:47Oh, the ref's got the chair.

00:20:51Oh, a double sledge referee unarming Navarre

00:20:54and face first with Benjamin.

00:20:57Hassan, the illegal man.

00:20:59Wait a minute.

00:21:02And Navarre beats the Intercontinental Champion.

00:21:04No, Navarre didn't beat anybody.

00:21:06Here are your winners, Navarre and Muhammad Hassan.

00:21:11The referee was trying to unarm Navarre

00:21:15who came in the ring with a steel chair.

00:21:19And while the referee was busy doing that

00:21:21for the second time, another unfair advantage created

00:21:24by Muhammad Hassan.

00:21:29I can't believe the outcome of this.

00:21:31Well, check it out one more time.

00:21:33Seeing is believing.

00:21:34Starts here.

00:21:35The referee gets the chair away from Navarre.

00:21:39Sheldon going for that T-bone suplex.

00:21:42That's what he got by the illegal man.

00:21:45Look at that, cheap cover by Navarre

00:21:47after Muhammad Hassan done the damage.

00:21:50And I tell you, what a heartbreaking loss

00:21:52for Sheldon Benjamin.

00:21:53Another big victory for those two.

00:21:55But where in the hell is Jericho?

00:22:00Hey, Chris.

00:22:01Hey, man.

00:22:02Hey, Chris, real quick.

00:22:03I just thought I got a match.

00:22:04That match is actually over, Chris.

00:22:06General Manager Eric Bischoff made it a handicap match

00:22:09and Sheldon lost to Muhammad and Navarre.

00:22:11You weren't there.

00:22:13The match is already done?

00:22:17I put together a flazzy tour of Australia

00:22:19and I lost track of time

00:22:21and Sheldon had to wrestle by himself?

00:22:25Wait, he's still the Intercontinental Champion, right?

00:22:27Sheldon's still a great competitor.

00:22:29One loss isn't going to hurt him.

00:22:30He'll get over it.

00:22:31I'll tell you what, though.

00:22:32If you see Bischoff around anywhere,

00:22:33let him know that I'll face anyone tonight

00:22:34on a one-on-one match.

00:22:35Okay?

00:22:36Jericho's equals ratings, right?

00:22:37Tell him if you see him.

00:22:38Don't you feel a little bit guilty

00:22:40not being there for your tag team partner?

00:22:47Spare me the lecture, Todd, okay?

00:22:50I told you I was sorry.

00:22:51I had business.

00:22:52I'm not going to be punished

00:22:53for having a life outside of wrestling.

00:22:56Okay.

00:23:02Look at the SmackDown roster.

00:23:04This show definitely, definitely

00:23:06needs a charisma bypass.

00:23:08I mean, John Cena?

00:23:11That poser would never, never make me say I quit.

00:23:15Booker T.

00:23:16Rey Mysterio.

00:23:17Who's Mark Jindrak?

00:23:20I don't know.

00:23:21But I beat him.

00:23:22Guys, guys, guys, guys.

00:23:23Watch the door.

00:23:24Look out for Ken.

00:23:25You know what your job is.

00:23:26Thank you.

00:23:27Tomko.

00:23:28Christian.

00:23:29What's up?

00:23:30Well, I'll just talk about SmackDown

00:23:32and let's face it, the odds are

00:23:34you're going to stay right here on Raw.

00:23:37What's your point?

00:23:38Well, my point is

00:23:39I saw what Batista did to you guys last week.

00:23:42Thought maybe that

00:23:43might be a little bit of motivation

00:23:45to see him get beat tonight.

00:23:47That is good motivation, but

00:23:50what's in it for me?

00:23:52Well, you see,

00:23:53if Batista were to get beat tonight

00:23:57I wouldn't need this anymore.

00:23:59And the world title contract in here

00:24:01I can do anything I want with it.

00:24:05So, if I were to beat Batista

00:24:09and if someone

00:24:11were able to help me

00:24:13that someone

00:24:14might get rewarded

00:24:15with this.

00:24:17Comprende?

00:24:18Yeah.

00:24:19I think I understand, so, um

00:24:23maybe we'll see you later then, huh?

00:24:25Maybe we will.

00:24:53With the world's biggest love machine

00:24:55Mizrahi

00:24:56I can't wait to find out

00:24:57how big Miz did with

00:24:58Lillian Garcia last week.

00:25:03Oh, boy.

00:25:17I can tell you this

00:25:19this week may be a little bit different

00:25:20for the Masterpiece.

00:25:23You're not supposed to talk like that.

00:25:54The following contest is

00:25:55scheduled for one fall.

00:25:56Introducing first

00:25:58from Los Angeles, California

00:26:00weighing in at 275 pounds

00:26:03the Masterpiece

00:26:04Chris Masters.

00:26:06C.J.R., when you go into museums

00:26:07and see Masterpieces

00:26:08Oh, big boy.

00:26:10Shut up.

00:26:11Ladies and gentlemen

00:26:12three months ago

00:26:13in one of Masters' first matches

00:26:15he was in the ring with

00:26:16Steven Richards.

00:26:17Now watch this double sledge

00:26:18right here.

00:26:19Right there.

00:26:21That broke Richards' nose

00:26:22Oh.

00:26:23It broke his orbital bone

00:26:24it cracked his cheekbone

00:26:25essentially

00:26:27broke several bones

00:26:28in Richards' face

00:26:29and then

00:26:31your museum-loving

00:26:32Masterpiece

00:26:33applied that

00:26:35Master Lock.

00:26:36Yeah.

00:26:37Now take a look here

00:26:38we'll go back to the

00:26:40the

00:26:41medical

00:26:42look at the nose.

00:26:43Look at the broken

00:26:44the broken nose.

00:26:45I know.

00:26:46After that

00:26:47Steven Richards came to me

00:26:48and said,

00:26:49King, my nose is broken

00:26:50in two places.

00:26:51I can't stay out of those

00:26:52places.

00:26:54I'll show you.

00:26:55You'll see.

00:26:57Well, Richards returned

00:26:58last week.

00:26:59At the Philadelphia

00:27:00Pennsylvania

00:27:01weighing in at

00:27:02230 pounds

00:27:03Steven Richards.

00:27:05Certainly unannounced

00:27:06last week

00:27:07coming through the crowd

00:27:08is looking for

00:27:09retribution

00:27:10and some revenge

00:27:11here tonight.

00:27:12But can

00:27:13even Steven Richards

00:27:14in this emotional

00:27:15state

00:27:16overcome the

00:27:17physical powers

00:27:18of this young

00:27:19Masterpiece

00:27:20Chris Masters.

00:27:21And the answer to that

00:27:22is no.

00:27:23I told Steven Richards

00:27:24to stay out of

00:27:25those places.

00:27:27He's come back

00:27:28for more.

00:27:29Tremendous strength

00:27:30by the chiseled

00:27:32Masterpiece

00:27:33Chris Masters.

00:27:35A young man

00:27:36in his early 20s

00:27:37from Los Angeles

00:27:38California

00:27:40and Steven Richards

00:27:41has got a lot of heart

00:27:42he's got

00:27:43a lot of guts

00:27:44so much pride

00:27:45in what he does

00:27:46in the ring.

00:27:47He's got a lot of bones

00:27:48in his body

00:27:49so he's got to

00:27:50break his face.

00:27:55Masters I'm sure

00:27:56never met a mirror

00:27:57he didn't love.

00:27:59He's going to give him

00:28:00the double sledge

00:28:01again.

00:28:04He's going to crush

00:28:05his whole head.

00:28:07Richards counter

00:28:08with a kick

00:28:09right to the

00:28:10handsome

00:28:11Hollywood features

00:28:12of Chris Masters.

00:28:15Richards now

00:28:16right to the left.

00:28:17Wait a minute

00:28:18what is happening here

00:28:19what is going on here?

00:28:20Richards going ballistic.

00:28:21This is not right.

00:28:23Richards out of action

00:28:24about three months.

00:28:25He was off work

00:28:26not making any money

00:28:27he's not been able

00:28:28to take care of

00:28:29his loved ones.

00:28:32Thanks to the

00:28:33Masterpiece

00:28:34oh my gosh

00:28:35what a shot that was

00:28:36right to that knee.

00:28:37That hyperextended

00:28:38to say the leak

00:28:39may be broken.

00:28:40What a clubbing blow

00:28:41right to that

00:28:42kneecap

00:28:43and this

00:28:44taking that knee

00:28:45in the wrong direction

00:28:46and now

00:28:47with the Masterlock

00:28:48and Richards

00:28:49is in a

00:28:50helpless state.

00:28:51The powerful

00:28:52Chris Masters

00:28:53the Masterpiece

00:28:55clamping down

00:28:56on Steven Richards

00:28:57and Richards

00:28:58has come here for

00:28:59retribution.

00:29:01But what is he

00:29:02doing now?

00:29:04There'll be no

00:29:05retribution

00:29:06on this night

00:29:08for the Masterpiece.

00:29:09Here is your winner

00:29:10by submission

00:29:11the Masterpiece

00:29:12Chris Masters.

00:29:18Very confident

00:29:19borderlining

00:29:20on being arrogant

00:29:22this young man

00:29:23with a magnificent physique

00:29:24there's no doubt

00:29:25about that

00:29:26but not conceited

00:29:27he's convinced

00:29:28look at him J.R.

00:29:31There was this

00:29:32Masterlock

00:29:33his version of the

00:29:34Bull Nelson

00:29:35is a deadly weapon.

00:29:37I'll tell you that

00:29:38flow to

00:29:39Steven Richards

00:29:40knee before that

00:29:42hyperextended

00:29:43the knee of Richards

00:29:45could have done

00:29:46Richards not moving

00:29:47back in the ring

00:29:48and that

00:29:49the effects of the

00:29:50Masterlock

00:29:51that knee may be

00:29:52ripped and torn

00:29:53who knows

00:29:54I'd say Richards

00:29:55should definitely

00:29:56stay away from

00:29:57Chris Masters.

00:30:00Chris Jericho

00:30:01said that?

00:30:02Jericho equals

00:30:03ratings, huh?

00:30:04That's what he said.

00:30:05I'll see about that.

00:30:06You go tell Jericho

00:30:07he's got a match

00:30:08and it's coming up next.

00:30:09No problem.

00:30:10Oh and

00:30:11Todd

00:30:12Todd

00:30:13I understand that

00:30:14Kane's in the building

00:30:15but I'd like to

00:30:16get an idea

00:30:17what kind of

00:30:18frame of mind he's in.

00:30:19Alright so you want me

00:30:20to get security

00:30:21to bring Kane

00:30:22to your office?

00:30:23No

00:30:24I'd like to make things

00:30:25a little more interesting.

00:30:26I'd like

00:30:27you

00:30:28to interview Kane.

00:30:30Come on

00:30:31you're kidding

00:30:32right?

00:30:33I mean

00:30:34you don't

00:30:35Do I look like I'm kidding?

00:30:37And Todd

00:30:39don't be afraid

00:30:40to ask the

00:30:41the tough questions.

00:30:45Oh

00:30:46I said earlier

00:30:47JR

00:30:48pictures worth

00:30:49a thousand words

00:30:50here's some pictures

00:30:51of some more

00:30:52of the

00:30:53beautiful entrance

00:30:54in the

00:30:55quarter million dollar

00:30:56Raw Diva Search

00:30:57that's

00:30:58well I mean

00:30:59it's taking place

00:31:00right now

00:31:01they're all in there

00:31:02casting specials

00:31:03going to happen

00:31:04in a couple of weeks

00:31:05and then the

00:31:06eight finalists

00:31:07are going to be

00:31:08right here on Raw

00:31:09and you fans

00:31:10out there

00:31:11got to go

00:31:12and see them

00:31:13because

00:31:14I'm sure

00:31:15a lot of you fans

00:31:16out there

00:31:17are going to get

00:31:18your chance

00:31:19to vote.

00:31:20All these

00:31:21lovely ladies

00:31:22have

00:31:23entered.

00:31:24Yes.

00:31:25Nice to look at

00:31:26not bad to listen to

00:31:27either.

00:31:28Audio Slave

00:31:29out of Exile

00:31:30be yourself

00:31:31that CD

00:31:32is available

00:31:33tomorrow.

00:31:34Great music

00:31:35tell you that.

00:31:36Well

00:31:37better late than never.

00:31:45I'll tell you what

00:31:46I bet that's the

00:31:47fastest Jericho

00:31:48ever had to get

00:31:49get dressed for a match.

00:31:53The following contest

00:31:54is scheduled for one fall.

00:31:58Born in Manhattan

00:31:59New York

00:32:00weighing in

00:32:01230 pounds

00:32:02Chris

00:32:03Jericho.

00:32:04Well Chris Jericho

00:32:05is scheduled to wrestle

00:32:06earlier tonight

00:32:07with Sheldon

00:32:08Benjamin against

00:32:09Hassan and

00:32:10Daivari

00:32:11and it's going to

00:32:12end up in a

00:32:13handicap match.

00:32:14Well

00:32:15I know one thing

00:32:16if I was Sheldon

00:32:17Benjamin

00:32:18no

00:32:19I'd not suffer

00:32:20through that.

00:32:21I'd sort of want to

00:32:22know where

00:32:23Chris Jericho was.

00:32:24Well luckily

00:32:25Jericho

00:32:26is not involved

00:32:27in an accident

00:32:28he was

00:32:29Sheldon Benjamin

00:32:30looked like he was.

00:32:31His

00:32:32other business

00:32:33life

00:32:34keeping him

00:32:35a little

00:32:36preoccupied.

00:32:37Guess that

00:32:38could happen

00:32:39to anybody.

00:32:40Tonight's Raw

00:32:41is being brought

00:32:42to you

00:32:43only on

00:32:44Xbox.

00:32:45Become a legend.

00:32:46WrestleMania 21

00:32:47and by

00:32:48Stanley Toole

00:32:49make something great.

00:32:50And by

00:32:51Mazing

00:32:52the new

00:32:53Chatham Bar

00:32:54with Eminem

00:32:55Finney.

00:32:56Mazing

00:32:57are you?

00:33:01And making his way

00:33:02to the ring

00:33:03from the province

00:33:04of Quebec

00:33:05weighing in

00:33:06at 230 pounds

00:33:07Law Resistance

00:33:08member

00:33:09Sylvain Gragnet.

00:33:10You know

00:33:11Law Resistance

00:33:12and a great deal

00:33:13of singles matches

00:33:14as they are

00:33:15still trying to

00:33:16one up

00:33:17each other

00:33:18as they develop

00:33:19their singles career.

00:33:20Robert Conway

00:33:21and of course

00:33:22Sylvain Gragnet

00:33:23here.

00:33:24So Chris Jericho

00:33:25hurriedly

00:33:26getting dressed.

00:33:27I don't know

00:33:28how loose he is

00:33:29but he'll have

00:33:30a challenge here

00:33:31against

00:33:32Sylvain Gragnet

00:33:33on a night

00:33:34where the

00:33:35world title

00:33:36will be at stake.

00:33:37And Gragnet

00:33:38going downstairs

00:33:39early and

00:33:40Gragnet

00:33:41picked a great night

00:33:42to notch his gun

00:33:43so to speak

00:33:44against a

00:33:45superstar

00:33:46of the caliber

00:33:47of Chris Jericho.

00:33:48Gragnet

00:33:49starting off

00:33:50fast and furious

00:33:51right here.

00:33:52Jericho

00:33:53like I said

00:33:54I mean

00:33:55hey

00:33:56obviously

00:33:57looked like last week

00:33:58and maybe this week

00:33:59as well.

00:34:00He's got his mind

00:34:01on another thing.

00:34:02Well he's a

00:34:03renaissance man

00:34:04of sorts.

00:34:05He's very

00:34:06busy outside

00:34:07of the WWE

00:34:08and outside

00:34:09of his

00:34:10best ever

00:34:11undisputed champion.

00:34:12Chris Jericho

00:34:13now

00:34:14seems to

00:34:15have found

00:34:16his legs

00:34:17and Raymond

00:34:18did a nice job

00:34:19there of avoiding

00:34:20the contact.

00:34:21Now he's

00:34:22found Gragnet's

00:34:23legs.

00:34:24And Jericho

00:34:25looking for the

00:34:26walls of Jericho

00:34:27inside cradle

00:34:28and Gragnet

00:34:29got a near fall

00:34:30and then

00:34:31knocks down

00:34:32Jericho

00:34:33quickly so

00:34:34offensive advantage

00:34:35back to

00:34:36Sylvain Gragnet.

00:34:37Well I can

00:34:38tell you

00:34:39there are all

00:34:40of these other

00:34:41things that

00:34:42Chris Jericho

00:34:43has going on.

00:34:44He just wants to

00:34:45prove that he's

00:34:46a better singles

00:34:47competitor than

00:34:48Rob Conley.

00:34:49Hard knee by

00:34:50Sylvain Gragnet.

00:34:51Jericho is

00:34:52very talented.

00:34:53He's got a lot

00:34:54of irons in the fire.

00:34:55Maybe he just

00:34:56needs to work on

00:34:57time management

00:34:58a little bit better.

00:34:59We can all say

00:35:00that about ourselves.

00:35:01A back breaker

00:35:02applied by

00:35:03Sylvain Gragnet

00:35:04and look at

00:35:05Jericho

00:35:06find his way

00:35:08We'll get into that

00:35:09later.

00:35:10I don't have time

00:35:11to talk about it.

00:35:14Nice counter.

00:35:16Nice counter indeed

00:35:17by Jericho

00:35:18kind of a

00:35:19modified

00:35:20sunset flip.

00:35:23Ranier reverses

00:35:24the whip to the

00:35:25rope.

00:35:26Jericho

00:35:27connects with

00:35:28a forearm

00:35:29and now Jericho

00:35:30seems to be back

00:35:31in the driver's seat.

00:35:34Ranier frustrated

00:35:35can't catch

00:35:36and the

00:35:37running ends of

00:35:38Gary Granier

00:35:39tried to block it

00:35:40but he didn't

00:35:41block it enough

00:35:42I don't think.

00:35:44Get out of here.

00:35:45Maybe he did.

00:35:46Ranier avoided

00:35:47the contact there

00:35:48and that might have

00:35:49been a thumb

00:35:50right to the eye.

00:35:54Jericho

00:35:55off the top rope

00:35:56and now Jericho

00:36:00a lion's salt

00:36:01met by both

00:36:02knees of

00:36:03Granier

00:36:04very deep

00:36:05in the abdomen

00:36:06of Chris Jericho

00:36:07and now

00:36:08Granier's got

00:36:09a wonderful

00:36:10opportunity here

00:36:11to score the upset.

00:36:12There's a cover

00:36:13to the leg.

00:36:16Referee said two.

00:36:23Granier and referee

00:36:24having a dispute

00:36:25over the count

00:36:26but Jericho

00:36:27springboard

00:36:28dropkick by

00:36:29Jericho

00:36:30and unfortunately

00:36:31for Granier

00:36:32he fell back

00:36:33into the ring

00:36:35Jericho

00:36:36trying

00:36:37He's got him!

00:36:38He's got him!

00:36:39Walls of Jericho

00:36:40flying

00:36:41and fans now

00:36:42are listening to him

00:36:43and Granier

00:36:44pats

00:36:45Silver Granier

00:36:46pats

00:36:47to the walls

00:36:48of Jericho

00:36:49Here's your winner

00:36:50by submission

00:36:51Chris Jericho

00:36:53Somewhere right now

00:36:54I bet Rob Cathway

00:36:55is just as excited

00:36:56as all of these

00:36:57Jericho-holics.

00:36:59Uh oh

00:37:00he'll finish

00:37:04Intercontinental champion

00:37:05Sheldon Benjamin

00:37:06walking down here

00:37:07to the ring

00:37:08and again

00:37:09earlier tonight

00:37:10it was supposed to be

00:37:11Jericho and

00:37:12Benjamin against

00:37:13Hassan and Daivari

00:37:14in a tag match

00:37:15with Jericho

00:37:16being late

00:37:18reporting here to

00:37:19RAW tonight

00:37:20it was a

00:37:21gentleman

00:37:22who turned it

00:37:23into a handicap match

00:37:24Benjamin versus

00:37:25both men

00:37:26Hassan and Daivari

00:37:27Jericho's leaving

00:37:30Hold on

00:37:31Hold on

00:37:32Hold on Sheldon

00:37:33I just want to

00:37:34reiterate before

00:37:35I'm really

00:37:36I'm sorry

00:37:37about what happened

00:37:38before I'm sorry

00:37:39that I left you hanging

00:37:40but let me explain

00:37:41something to you Sheldon

00:37:42you're a tremendous

00:37:43athlete

00:37:44there's no doubt

00:37:45about it

00:37:46but think about it

00:37:47from my side

00:37:48I'm a tremendous

00:37:49athlete as well

00:37:50as long as a singer

00:37:51and a radio show host

00:37:52and a pop culture

00:37:53pundit

00:37:54and an actor

00:37:55I got a lot of

00:37:56stuff going on

00:37:57so when you got

00:37:58that much stuff

00:37:59going on

00:38:00you have to realize

00:38:01sometimes

00:38:02there's no country

00:38:03that I can afford

00:38:04though because

00:38:05I'm Chris Jericho

00:38:06and no matter

00:38:07what I do

00:38:08the Jericho-holics

00:38:09will always be

00:38:10on my side

00:38:16wow

00:38:20you know what they

00:38:21say about being late

00:38:22if you're important

00:38:23they'll wait

00:38:24well ladies and

00:38:25gentlemen

00:38:26coming up next

00:38:27Eric Bischoff's

00:38:28funeral

00:38:29of ECW

00:38:30well I never

00:38:31thought I'd see a

00:38:32funeral that I would

00:38:33enjoy attending

00:38:34but I think I'm

00:38:35gonna enjoy this one

00:38:36how can you say that

00:38:37ECW

00:38:38extremely crappy

00:38:39wrestling

00:38:40folks it's next

00:38:41live

00:38:44it's time to

00:38:45shake things up

00:38:46together

00:38:47all hell has

00:38:48broken loose here

00:38:49I can't believe it

00:38:55we are back live

00:38:56here in Green Bay

00:38:57on Monday Night Raw

00:38:58the ECW funeral

00:39:00take your hat off

00:39:01JR it's a funeral for you

00:39:13we are gathered here

00:39:14tonight

00:39:18to celebrate

00:39:20the life

00:39:23and more importantly

00:39:24the death

00:39:26of ECW

00:39:31but before I get into

00:39:33my eulogy

00:39:34allow me to

00:39:36to give you a little

00:39:37history

00:39:39on ECW

00:39:41see back in the 90's

00:39:43extreme championship

00:39:45wrestling

00:39:47was a young

00:39:48upstart

00:39:49promotion

00:39:57a young upstart

00:39:58promotion

00:40:01wrestling out of all

00:40:02places

00:40:04a bingo hall

00:40:05in South Philadelphia

00:40:11but

00:40:13ECW thought that

00:40:14they were

00:40:15a group of

00:40:16groundbreaking

00:40:18innovative

00:40:19rebels

00:40:21but in the end

00:40:23ECW

00:40:25ECW was crushed

00:40:28crushed

00:40:29by me

00:40:31so you can understand

00:40:34my surprise

00:40:36see

00:40:37when I was

00:40:38when I was running

00:40:39WCW

00:40:40I took

00:40:42all of ECW's

00:40:44stars

00:40:45and I put on

00:40:46a vastly

00:40:48superior

00:40:49product

00:40:51and in the end

00:40:54well in the end

00:40:56ECW just

00:40:59died

00:41:01so I was shocked

00:41:03when all of a sudden

00:41:04I start seeing

00:41:05commercials for ECW's

00:41:07one night stand

00:41:09pay per view

00:41:10on my show

00:41:11RAW

00:41:14well let me make one thing

00:41:15really

00:41:16really clear

00:41:17I killed

00:41:18ECW

00:41:20once

00:41:22and this funeral

00:41:23signifies the fact

00:41:26that I'm going to

00:41:27kill it

00:41:28again

00:41:33see I'm on a crusade

00:41:35and over the next few weeks

00:41:36I'm going to be putting together

00:41:37a group of

00:41:39volunteer

00:41:40RAW superstars

00:41:42who were all going to buy tickets

00:41:44to ECW's one night stand

00:41:46pay per view

00:41:47June 12th

00:41:48at the Hammerstein Arena

00:41:49in New York City

00:41:50with one

00:41:52intention

00:41:53and one intention only

00:41:55that's to put

00:41:56ECW

00:41:58out of business

00:41:59once

00:42:00and for all

00:42:02and there is no one

00:42:03no one

00:42:04who's going to stop me

00:42:07not Paul Heyman

00:42:10not Sam Boo

00:42:12not the Sandman

00:42:14no one

00:42:15no one

00:42:18ashes

00:42:19to ashes

00:42:20dust

00:42:21to dust

00:42:22dust

00:42:26oh no

00:42:27wait a second here

00:42:29the ladies and gentlemen

00:42:30the chairman

00:42:31of the WWE

00:42:33Mr. McMahon

00:42:37making his

00:42:38presence here

00:42:39live tonight

00:42:40in Green Bay

00:42:42well maybe he just wants to

00:42:44be a part of the funeral

00:42:46throw a little extra dirt on

00:42:48ECW

00:42:53nothing to stop

00:42:54his way into the ring

00:42:55doesn't it

00:42:56I know this

00:42:57the crowd came to their feet

00:42:58when they heard the music

00:42:59of the chairman

00:43:00of the WWE

00:43:01and

00:43:04you know something's

00:43:05going to happen

00:43:06whenever he comes out here

00:43:15oh hi

00:43:16how you doing?

00:43:17Mr. McMahon

00:43:18what a

00:43:20what a pleasant surprise

00:43:21I

00:43:22can only assume

00:43:23you're here to say

00:43:24a few words

00:43:25on behalf of

00:43:26the memory of

00:43:27ECW

00:43:31no Eric

00:43:32I'm not here to

00:43:33join your eulogy

00:43:34of ECW

00:43:37quite frankly

00:43:40it's the contrary

00:43:41I'm here to let you

00:43:42and everyone else know

00:43:43that

00:43:44I have a

00:43:45vested

00:43:46interest

00:43:48in the well-being

00:43:49of ECW

00:43:51what?

00:43:55I

00:43:56I'm not sure I understand

00:43:59well I wouldn't expect

00:44:00that you would understand

00:44:01Eric but you see

00:44:02for years behind the scenes

00:44:04my organization

00:44:06financially supported

00:44:08ECW

00:44:11yeah

00:44:13for many years

00:44:14nobody knew about it

00:44:15you see I had the

00:44:16philosophy that

00:44:18the stars of ECW

00:44:20might one day become

00:44:21the superstars

00:44:23of WWE

00:44:25and boy was I right

00:44:28there's a whole litany

00:44:30of individuals who became

00:44:31superstars

00:44:33here in the WWE

00:44:34who passed through

00:44:35ECW

00:44:39I mean

00:44:41names too numerous to mention

00:44:42but I will throw out a couple

00:44:43like Mick Foley

00:44:45the Dudley Boys

00:44:51there was that guy that you

00:44:52fired down there

00:44:54and then went to ECW

00:44:56Stone Cold Steve Austin

00:45:06you see Eric

00:45:08while I was supporting ECW

00:45:10what were you doing?

00:45:12you were raping

00:45:14pillaging

00:45:15and robbing

00:45:17their locker room

00:45:18and why Eric?

00:45:19why did you

00:45:20why did you want to do that?

00:45:21Eric you

00:45:22do you realize you

00:45:23you single handedly

00:45:24drove them into bankruptcy

00:45:28yeah

00:45:29you what?

00:45:30I didn't

00:45:31really

00:45:32the hell you didn't

00:45:35you single handedly

00:45:36drove them into bankruptcy

00:45:38and then

00:45:39after you did

00:45:40and by the way

00:45:41as a matter of public record

00:45:42you look up that bankruptcy

00:45:44and you'll see

00:45:45creditor

00:45:46WWE

00:45:48for loans

00:45:49totaling

00:45:50five hundred

00:45:52eighty seven thousand

00:45:54five hundred dollars

00:45:56Eric

00:46:02do you see Eric

00:46:03I told you

00:46:04I told you

00:46:05I told you

00:46:06I told you

00:46:07do you see Eric

00:46:08I have

00:46:09a vested interest

00:46:10I had to acquire the assets

00:46:12of the bankrupt organization

00:46:14to protect my interest

00:46:15and in doing so

00:46:16obviously I would very much

00:46:18like for

00:46:19ECW's one night stand

00:46:21to be a viable financial success

00:46:26makes sense

00:46:27and you wonder

00:46:29where

00:46:30all these ECW commercials

00:46:32come from and how they

00:46:33magically appear on RAW

00:46:35and soon to be on Smackdown

00:46:37hell I put them there

00:46:48by the way

00:46:49just to give you some ideas

00:46:51to how this

00:46:52one night stand

00:46:53thing is going to go

00:46:54I'm hopeful we'll get a little taste of that

00:46:56because

00:46:57I'm personally going to present a match

00:46:58that you cancelled last week

00:47:02yeah

00:47:03as a matter of fact

00:47:04it's going to be next

00:47:05it's that

00:47:06ECW Rules match

00:47:07between Benoit and Tajiri

00:47:16do you see Eric

00:47:17ECW

00:47:19ECW

00:47:20ECW

00:47:21ECW

00:47:22ECW

00:47:23ECW

00:47:24ECW

00:47:25ECW

00:47:26ECW

00:47:27ECW

00:47:28ECW

00:47:29ECW

00:47:30ECW

00:47:31do you see Eric

00:47:33here you are

00:47:34out here

00:47:35attempting to have a eulogy

00:47:36for a brand that you claim

00:47:38is dead

00:47:41but you know Eric

00:47:42I

00:47:43I don't think this brand

00:47:44is dead at all

00:47:45I mean

00:47:46every place I go

00:47:48in every WWE arena

00:47:49all over the world

00:47:50I hear the chant

00:47:51we just heard

00:47:54what's wrong with these men

00:47:55ECW

00:47:56ECW

00:47:57ECW

00:47:58ECW

00:47:59ECW

00:48:00on the contrary

00:48:01I don't think that brand

00:48:02is dead at all

00:48:03as a matter of fact

00:48:04it could very well be

00:48:05at one night stand

00:48:06some sort of a

00:48:07resurrection if you would

00:48:15oh but wait a minute

00:48:16wait a minute

00:48:17it's coming to me now

00:48:19I do recall

00:48:20one brand of wrestling

00:48:21that is totally

00:48:23dead

00:48:29that's right

00:48:30it's the WCW brand

00:48:39and just for the record

00:48:41just as you want to take credit

00:48:42and should

00:48:43for the demise

00:48:44and death

00:48:45and killing

00:48:46the ECW brand

00:48:48Eric

00:48:51I killed

00:48:52WCW

00:49:01but enough about me

00:49:02talking about this

00:49:03ECW one night stand

00:49:04and so forth

00:49:05because quite frankly

00:49:06I'm not qualified

00:49:07to talk about it Eric

00:49:09I didn't have a damn thing

00:49:10to do with

00:49:11creating ECW

00:49:12I didn't have anything

00:49:13at all to do with

00:49:15with the legacy of ECW

00:49:17in helping build the brand

00:49:19I didn't have anything

00:49:20at all to do with it

00:49:21but perhaps

00:49:23an individual I've

00:49:24invited

00:49:25to join us tonight

00:49:26yep

00:49:28this man had a hell of a lot

00:49:29to do with it

00:49:31oh no

00:49:33Paul

00:49:35Heyman

00:49:36oh my gosh

00:49:38Heyman

00:49:39Paul Heyman

00:49:40back on the ropes

00:49:44the evil genius

00:49:45who created

00:49:46Extreme Championship Wrestling

00:49:49has literally been

00:49:50an exile

00:49:52and now

00:49:53he's back

00:49:54he's got to be thinking

00:49:56my brand

00:49:57my creation

00:49:58has a pulse

00:50:05look at what we have

00:50:06in the ring

00:50:09would have thunk it

00:50:12just a

00:50:13not to get too formal here

00:50:15Paul Heyman

00:50:16this is Eric Bischoff

00:50:17Eric this is Paul Heyman

00:50:19well well

00:50:20well well

00:50:21well well

00:50:22well well well

00:50:24look at this

00:50:26for the first time ever

00:50:27in history

00:50:28in the same ring

00:50:29at the same time

00:50:31Vince McMahon

00:50:32Eric Bischoff

00:50:34and Paul Heyman

00:50:40WWE

00:50:43WCW

00:50:49and EC

00:50:52W

00:50:56speaking of ECW

00:50:59please remember our deal

00:51:01you can own

00:51:03ECW

00:51:05but I still control

00:51:07ECW

00:51:13and as

00:51:15for you

00:51:17Eric Bischoff

00:51:22you think you understand

00:51:24ECW

00:51:26you think you got

00:51:27what Extreme Championship Wrestling

00:51:29was all about

00:51:31Eric Bischoff

00:51:32you're so

00:51:33wrong

00:51:35ECW wasn't about

00:51:36garbage wrestling

00:51:37and just bloodshed

00:51:38and violence

00:51:39ECW

00:51:40Eric Bischoff

00:51:42was about

00:51:43the cruiserweight

00:51:44Lucha Libre style

00:51:46brought to this country

00:51:47by Rey Mysterio

00:51:52WCW

00:51:53didn't bring

00:51:54Rey Mysterio

00:51:55to this country

00:51:56WWE

00:51:57didn't bring

00:51:58Rey Mysterio

00:51:59to this country

00:52:00Rey Mysterio

00:52:01was discovered by

00:52:03ECW

00:52:08ECW

00:52:09was about

00:52:10the pure

00:52:11scientific

00:52:12wrestling style

00:52:13the submission style

00:52:14perfected by the likes

00:52:15of Chris Benoit

00:52:16and Eddie Guerrero

00:52:17and the human

00:52:18suplex machine

00:52:19Taz

00:52:22that innovative style

00:52:23didn't debut

00:52:24on Monday Nitro

00:52:25it didn't start

00:52:26in WWE

00:52:27somebody

00:52:28had the guts

00:52:29to put that

00:52:30on the air

00:52:31that somebody

00:52:32was

00:52:33E

00:52:34C

00:52:35W

00:52:37ECW

00:52:38was about

00:52:39the entire audience

00:52:40believing in their

00:52:41favorite wrestlers

00:52:42so much

00:52:43that everybody

00:52:44in the crowd

00:52:45would take their

00:52:46thumb

00:52:47point it

00:52:48at themselves

00:52:49and say

00:52:50in unison

00:52:51the initials

00:52:52R

00:52:53V

00:52:54D

00:52:56Rob Van Dam

00:52:57wasn't a

00:52:58Monday Nitro

00:52:59phenomenon

00:53:00and long before

00:53:01Rob Van Dam

00:53:02was

00:53:03Mr. Monday

00:53:04Night

00:53:05in WWE

00:53:06R

00:53:07V

00:53:08D

00:53:09was

00:53:10E

00:53:11C

00:53:12W

00:53:13and you're

00:53:14right Eric

00:53:15ECW

00:53:16was about

00:53:17wrapping up

00:53:18the rules

00:53:19in barbed wire

00:53:20and power bombing

00:53:21them through

00:53:22a flaming

00:53:23table

00:53:26a style

00:53:27personified

00:53:28by Tommy

00:53:29Dreamer

00:53:30and the

00:53:31Dudley

00:53:32Boys

00:53:33and the

00:53:34Sandman

00:53:35and Mick

00:53:36Foley

00:53:37and the

00:53:38suicidal

00:53:39homicidal

00:53:40genocidal

00:53:41death defying

00:53:42sabu

00:53:43ECW

00:53:44was a

00:53:45lifestyle

00:53:46it was

00:53:47anti-establishment

00:53:48it was

00:53:49it was

00:53:50anti-torpenton

00:53:51and anti-

00:53:52menstruation

00:53:53it was

00:53:54anti-

00:53:55cleansing

00:53:56and anti-

00:53:57cancer

00:53:58and it

00:53:59is

00:54:00tonight

00:54:01it is

00:54:02ECW

00:54:03it is

00:54:04ECW

00:54:05the

00:54:05ECW

00:54:06the

00:54:07ECW

00:54:09the

00:54:10ECW

00:54:11is

00:54:12the

00:54:13ECW

00:54:14as

00:54:15for

00:54:16as

00:54:17for

00:54:18And it means a lot to a lot of people, Eric, and I invite you to experience what ECW is

00:54:25about, live, in person, Sunday night, June 12th, at ECW One Night Stand.

00:54:36Let me make one thing clear to both of you gentlemen here.

00:54:44As much as I support ECW, obviously I support RAW.

00:54:51And its general manager, Eric Bischoff.

00:54:54And if Eric Bischoff wants to lead an entire group, a whole band of crusaders, into the

00:55:00Hammerstein Ballroom at One Night Stand and kick the living hell out of ECW, then you

00:55:06know what?

00:55:08That's all right with me, too.

00:55:10Because if there's one thing I love just as well as a big pot full of money, it's a damn

00:55:15good fight.

00:55:16Best man may win.

00:55:17Oh, you like that, huh, Eric?

00:55:18Eric, let me inform you that this won't be the first time that a billion dollar corporation

00:55:31came after little ole ECW.

00:55:35You can call it a crusade, Eric.

00:55:38I call it gang warfare.

00:55:42And I will take your gang warfare straight to the extreme.

00:55:49Hey, man, I don't think that's a problem whatsoever.

00:55:54You know, Eric, you're going to have a big problem, because I guarantee you, you're going

00:56:03to start a fire that you cannot put out.

00:56:22What have we just heard?

00:56:23Well, things are certainly heating up.

00:56:27What have we just heard and seen and bear witness to?

00:56:34ECW's One Night Stand pay-per-view is going to have some raw visitors.

00:56:41It'll be extremely raw in the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

00:56:47Put that out.

00:56:49Oh, this is going to be good.

00:56:53This is getting really good.

00:56:57Really good.

00:56:59And folks, it's only going to get better later tonight live, because the heavyweight championship

00:57:03of the world will be decided right here tonight live.

00:57:07It'll be Batista.

00:57:09The beast will be unleashed against the number one contender, Edge.

00:57:13And that damn Lita will be at ringside.

00:57:16It's all likely.

00:57:18It's tonight.

00:57:20Man, what a night it has been thus far here in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

00:57:24The crowd is live.

00:57:26That huge announcement regarding the ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view.

00:57:30We're in Titletown, the world title, on the line later tonight.

00:57:34And speaking of Titletown, some of the Green Bay Puppets, King, have joined us at ringside.

00:57:39Brady Jackson, Chris Johnson, some of the impactors are here.

00:57:42And Stone Cold's the cameo in the longest show that is this Friday.

00:57:49You know, King, I talked to Stone Cold.

00:57:51He dropped by and quickly shot a few scenes.

00:57:53Made a cameo in the longest yard.

00:57:55It debuts this Friday.

00:57:57It's a remake of the classic.

00:57:59Should be great.

00:58:00Stone Cold's cameo.

00:58:01Something I want to see.

00:58:02I can't wait to see it.

00:58:03The longest yard.

00:58:04I'm, like, making it feel like I want to tackle you right here.

00:58:06Uh-oh.

00:58:07Titletown.

00:58:08Uh-oh.

00:58:09I don't know about this, JR.

00:58:12The following is an ECW One Night Stand.

00:58:15Oh, look out.

00:58:16What?

00:58:17To Jerry, the kendo stick.

00:58:18To Jerry, the kendo stick.

00:58:20This is ECW rules.

00:58:22Mandated by the chairman of the WWE.

00:58:25And that means, folks, that it's hard core.

00:58:28Anything goes.

00:58:29We tried to have this match last week.

00:58:32Yeah, but Eric Bischoff put a stop to that.

00:58:34Just like, I guess, he plans on putting a stop to that ECW pay-per-view once it starts.

00:58:39Oh, the miss.

00:58:42The eyes of Benoit.

00:58:44That's legal in this type of a match.

00:58:47No doubt about it.

00:58:48Anything that Jerry wants to do to Benoit is legal.

00:58:51And certainly, in my view, Benoit embodies the spirit of the ECW athletes.

00:58:56It can be described in one word.

00:58:58Passion.

00:58:59That's how I look at club traffic.

00:59:01Passion.

00:59:02Well, you never watched the program, did you, very much?

00:59:04I watched it a lot.

00:59:05Watch this, Jerry.

00:59:06I invaded it.

00:59:07I showed up at that bingo hall.

00:59:10I was surprised it wasn't made out of toilet paper, considering what was inside of it.

00:59:14Well, to Jerry now, throwing whatever's not nailed down into the ring.

00:59:18These weapons on this particular type of match are legal.

00:59:22You call this wrestling, JR?

00:59:24Huh?

00:59:25Come on, answer me that.

00:59:26Well, it's exciting.

00:59:27It's not catch-as-catch-can classic.

00:59:29It is damn sure exciting.

00:59:30Yeah, there's the man.

00:59:31He's got a kendo stick in his hand.

00:59:33Green mist in his eye.

00:59:34Garbage cans all over the ring.

00:59:35Oh!

00:59:36Jerry instinctively caught that kendo stick and then got knocked down by a thunderous

00:59:41chop by Benoit.

00:59:43Benoit very proud.

00:59:44And so is to Jerry, I'm sure, of the time that they spent as ECW alumnus.

00:59:49I thought Mr. McMahon made some great points about that.

00:59:52Some of the greats that came out of the ECW.

00:59:55And that's a price to pay in ECW rules.

00:59:59You pay a physical price.

01:00:00I don't even know why you call them ECW rules.

01:00:02There are no rules in ECW.

01:00:05Watch this.

01:00:06If you don't believe me, watch this.

01:00:09Oh, Green Benoit throw right at Garbage Can.

01:00:11Benoit with the German Suplex.

01:00:13Benoit dodged the trash can lids.

01:00:17Going for a trifecta here.

01:00:19And to Jerry frantically getting out of the grip there.

01:00:23Look out, Jerry.

01:00:24That kendo stick.

01:00:25And another German Suplex by Benoit who's holding on tenaciously.

01:00:29Benoit looking out for the crossface.

01:00:31Can you imagine watching three hours of this, JR?

01:00:33The crossface.

01:00:34You're damn right.

01:00:35The crossface.

01:00:36Benoit's got it.

01:00:37To Jerry trying to get the kendo stick.

01:00:39To Jerry trying to break the hold.

01:00:43Wait a minute.

01:00:44Wait a minute.

01:00:45That's not fair, is it?

01:00:46That's not fair.

01:00:50To Jerry tapping out.

01:00:51Benoit using the kendo stick.

01:00:53And another crossface.

01:00:57I've said it before.

01:00:58A picture's worth a thousand words.

01:01:02But that picture's only worth one word.

01:01:04Crappy.

01:01:05Extremely crappy wrestling.

01:01:07I don't know how you can say that.

01:01:09And with a straight face.

01:01:11What do you mean?

01:01:12Honest to God, don't.

01:01:13Oh, no.

01:01:14You're the big Paul Heyman fan, I guess.

01:01:16I'm not a Paul Heyman fan.

01:01:18ECW was about more about than Paul Heyman.

01:01:21Big victory for Benoit, nonetheless.

01:01:30Hey, Troy.

01:01:36I've wanted to say this all day long.

01:01:38I just didn't know how to do it.

01:01:40And you know me pretty well.

01:01:43And you've been in each.

01:01:45For 30 plus years, sometimes it's hard

01:01:49to say things that are very heartfelt.

01:01:52But I want to say thanks for last week.

01:01:56I think you really showed the people

01:01:58what kind of man you really are.

01:02:03And

01:02:08this is where I want to go with it.

01:02:11It means that much.

01:02:20Good luck with that, Jeanette.

01:02:21For a guy like you, easy.

01:02:22Easy money.

01:02:23Easy money, baby.

01:02:24For a guy like you, easy.

01:02:25Easy money.

01:02:26Easy money, baby.

01:02:40Kane.

01:02:43Sorry to bother you.

01:02:46Eric Bischoff asked me to

01:02:50come and see how you're

01:02:52coping about

01:02:53losing your

01:02:54wife to another man.

01:02:56Edge.

01:03:21My whole life

01:03:23has been about pain.

01:03:28I was born into pain.

01:03:32I was born

01:03:34to bring

01:03:36pain.

01:03:40Pain has always been

01:03:43my best friend.

01:03:48My only friend.

01:03:53But now

01:03:56it's my worst

01:03:58enemy.

01:04:05This

01:04:07pain

01:04:10hurts

01:04:13so

01:04:16much.

01:04:23Maybe

01:04:24I deserve

01:04:25this

01:04:27for all the

01:04:28things

01:04:30that I've

01:04:31done.

01:04:39I don't

01:04:40know

01:04:41what to

01:04:42do.

01:04:43I don't

01:04:44know

01:04:45what to

01:04:46do.

01:04:47I don't

01:04:48know

01:04:49what

01:04:50to

01:04:51do.

01:04:52I don't

01:04:53want this

01:04:54pain.

01:04:55I don't

01:04:56want

01:04:57this

01:04:58pain.

01:05:00I don't

01:05:01want it.

01:05:03Get it

01:05:04off me.

01:05:06I don't

01:05:07want to

01:05:08have

01:05:09pain.

01:05:10I

01:05:11want

01:05:12to

01:05:13give

01:05:14pain.

01:05:16I

01:05:17want

01:05:19to

01:05:22I

01:05:23want

01:05:27to

01:05:29be

01:05:31left

01:05:33alone.

01:05:37Leave

01:05:39me

01:05:41alone.

01:05:52We

01:05:53are

01:05:54back live

01:05:55here,

01:05:56ladies and

01:05:57gentlemen,

01:05:58on Raw.

01:05:59It's

01:06:00certainly

01:06:01a very

01:06:02mentally

01:06:03disturbed

01:06:04King

01:06:05leaving

01:06:06the arena

01:06:07here in

01:06:08Green Bay

01:06:09King.

01:06:10And

01:06:11I can

01:06:12only imagine

01:06:13what he

01:06:14must be

01:06:15feeling or

01:06:16thinking.

01:06:17I

01:06:18don't

01:06:19know

01:06:20what

01:06:22to

01:06:23say.

01:06:24Oh,

01:06:25wow.

01:06:26And

01:06:27back here in

01:06:28the arena,

01:06:29of course,

01:06:30Maria,

01:06:31our broadcast

01:06:32colleague,

01:06:33Maria,

01:06:34she's got

01:06:35a huge

01:06:36assignment

01:06:37awaiting

01:06:38her.

01:06:39Oh,

01:06:40yes.

01:06:41Ladies and

01:06:42gentlemen,

01:06:43please welcome

01:06:44Viscera!

01:06:45Well,

01:06:46we have

01:06:47calling on

01:06:48the world's

01:06:49largest

01:06:50love machine

01:06:51the WWE

01:06:52version of

01:06:53Barry White.

01:06:54He has a

01:06:55ravenous appetite

01:06:56for groceries.

01:06:57I can

01:06:58relate to that

01:06:59and for

01:07:00these ladies.

01:07:01Oh,

01:07:02yes.

01:07:03I can relate to

01:07:04that.

01:07:05I'm a very

01:07:06fan.

01:07:07I can relate.

01:07:08You know what I mean.

01:07:09I can't

01:07:10roll.

01:07:11I just

01:07:12can't wait to

01:07:13find out

01:07:14how big

01:07:15Viscera

01:07:16laid out

01:07:17with

01:07:18Lillian

01:07:19Garcia

01:07:20Watch it.

01:07:26Food or

01:07:27trying to

01:07:28do a little

01:07:29kiss there?

01:07:32Kiss somebody.

01:07:33Gosh,

01:07:34how big is

01:07:35this man?

01:07:36He's close to

01:07:377 feet tall,

01:07:38500 pounds,

01:07:39and a,

01:07:40you know what,

01:07:41I can't wait to

01:07:42hear the first

01:07:43question from

01:07:44Maria.

01:07:45Viscera,

01:07:46I have to

01:07:47admit that

01:07:48I have an

01:07:49idea.

01:07:50I also

01:07:51saw what

01:07:52happened between

01:07:53you and

01:07:54Lillian Garcia

01:07:55last week.

01:07:56So,

01:07:57Lillian,

01:07:58would you

01:07:59please make

01:08:00your way up

01:08:01here?

01:08:02Based

01:08:03on what

01:08:04happened

01:08:05last week,

01:08:06I came

01:08:07up with a

01:08:08theory.

01:08:09You

01:08:10like

01:08:11Lillian.

01:08:12That's a

01:08:13good theory.

01:08:14So,

01:08:15my question

01:08:16is,

01:08:17am I

01:08:18right?

01:08:20You're

01:08:21right,

01:08:22sweet little

01:08:23sexy thing,

01:08:24you.

01:08:25I am

01:08:26feeling

01:08:27Lillian

01:08:28Garcia.

01:08:31But I don't

01:08:32know if she

01:08:33feels the same

01:08:34way.

01:08:35You see,

01:08:36I waited

01:08:37all night

01:08:38long

01:08:39for you to

01:08:40come to

01:08:41my hotel

01:08:42room last

01:08:43week,

01:08:44but you

01:08:45didn't show.

01:08:47So,

01:08:48I got

01:08:49a little

01:08:50surprise

01:08:51for you.

01:08:52Lights.

01:08:53Uh-oh.

01:08:54Music.

01:08:55Oh,

01:08:56my.

01:08:57Hot

01:08:58dog.

01:08:59Hot

01:09:00dog.

01:09:01Hot

01:09:02dog.

01:09:03Hot

01:09:04dog.

01:09:05Hot

01:09:06dog.

01:09:07Hot

01:09:08dog.

01:09:09Hot

01:09:10dog.

01:09:11Hot

01:09:12dog.

01:09:13Hot

01:09:14dog.

01:09:15Hot

01:09:16dog.

01:09:17Hot

01:09:18dog.

01:09:19Take a sexy

01:09:20little ass

01:09:21over there and

01:09:22get that

01:09:23hot dog

01:09:24from that

01:09:25guy right

01:09:26there.

01:09:27Go ahead.

01:09:28Go ahead.

01:09:29Go and

01:09:30get it.

01:09:31Yeah,

01:09:32you always

01:09:33gotta have a

01:09:34good meal

01:09:35with romance.

01:09:36You know

01:09:37that,

01:09:38don't you?

01:09:39Always

01:09:40gotta have

01:09:41a good

01:09:42meal,

01:09:43baby.

01:09:44Yeah,

01:09:45uh-oh.

01:09:46Yeah.

01:09:47That is harshly

01:09:48eaten.

01:09:49I think

01:09:50Viscera doesn't

01:09:51care.

01:09:52Damn,

01:09:53that's

01:09:54really

01:09:55good.

01:09:56You know,

01:09:57Lillian,

01:09:58I think

01:09:59it's about

01:10:00time for

01:10:01me to show

01:10:02you what

01:10:03you've been

01:10:04missing.

01:10:05Last

01:10:06week,

01:10:07you heard

01:10:08me sing

01:10:09and I was

01:10:10pretty damn

01:10:11good.

01:10:12This week,

01:10:13it's time

01:10:14for me to show

01:10:15you what

01:10:16you've been

01:10:17missing,

01:10:18baby.

01:10:19Dance.

01:10:20Look at

01:10:21this.

01:10:22Look at

01:10:23the big man.

01:10:24He's

01:10:25eating and

01:10:26dancing at

01:10:27the same

01:10:28time.

01:10:29Apparently

01:10:30he eats and

01:10:31does something

01:10:32else at the

01:10:33same time,

01:10:34too.

01:10:35Oh,

01:10:36wait a

01:10:37minute.

01:10:38Viscera

01:10:39wants to let

01:10:40Lillian get a

01:10:41glimpse of

01:10:42what she missed

01:10:43last week.

01:10:44That's

01:10:45500 pounds.

01:10:46He's shaking

01:10:47his groove

01:10:48thing.

01:10:49He is.

01:10:50I think so.

01:10:51He's

01:10:52moving and

01:10:53grooving.

01:10:54Whoa.

01:10:55Oh,

01:10:56no,

01:10:57wait a

01:10:58minute now.

01:10:59What is

01:11:00this?

01:11:01He's

01:11:02shaking that

01:11:03big booty.

01:11:04Come on,

01:11:05Lillian.

01:11:06Uh-oh.

01:11:07Whoa.

01:11:08Now he's

01:11:09got her,

01:11:10JR.

01:11:11I think

01:11:13that's

01:11:14a big miss.

01:11:15Maybe.

01:11:16Oh,

01:11:17wait a minute.

01:11:18Oh,

01:11:19wait a

01:11:20minute here

01:11:21now.

01:11:22On the

01:11:23phone.

01:11:24That's

01:11:25don't

01:11:26unholster

01:11:27nothing.

01:11:28Wait a

01:11:29minute.

01:11:30Whoa,

01:11:31whoa,

01:11:32miss.

01:11:33Control

01:11:34yourself.

01:11:35Oh,

01:11:36Lord.

01:11:37Look out.

01:11:38Look at

01:11:39this.

01:11:40That's

01:11:41the biggest

01:11:42roar.

01:11:43Wait a

01:11:44minute.

01:11:45Stop this.

01:11:46Stop this.

01:11:47Please.

01:11:48Viscera.

01:11:49Eric

01:11:50Bischoff

01:11:51already has

01:11:52a lot on

01:11:53his plate.

01:11:54The last

01:11:55thing that

01:11:56he needs

01:11:57is a

01:11:58sexual harassment

01:11:59lawsuit.

01:12:00So

01:12:01I would

01:12:02suggest

01:12:03that you

01:12:04leave this

01:12:05ring

01:12:06right now.

01:12:07Oh,

01:12:08and

01:12:09this,

01:12:10this little

01:12:11piece of

01:12:12friendly

01:12:13advice.

01:12:14I know

01:12:15you're

01:12:16feeling

01:12:17awful

01:12:18comfortable

01:12:19out here

01:12:20in Green

01:12:21Bay,

01:12:22Wisconsin

01:12:23where you

01:12:24where you

01:12:25are even

01:12:26considered

01:12:27thin.

01:12:28But

01:12:29I got

01:12:30some news

01:12:31for you,

01:12:32Big

01:12:33Bish.

01:12:34You're

01:12:35nothing

01:12:36but a

01:12:37big joke

01:12:38and a

01:12:39big

01:12:40embarrassment.

01:12:41Now

01:12:42Mr.

01:12:43Bischoff

01:12:44has

01:12:45ordered

01:12:46you.

01:12:47He's

01:12:48not asking,

01:12:49not

01:12:50requesting.

01:12:51Mr.

01:12:52Bischoff

01:12:53is telling

01:12:54you to

01:12:55leave.

01:12:56So

01:12:57the coach

01:12:58would suggest

01:12:59that you

01:13:00step.

01:13:01And

01:13:02I

01:13:03don't

01:13:04want to

01:13:05and I

01:13:06don't

01:13:07want to

01:13:08ask you

01:13:09again.

01:13:10Now

01:13:11then,

01:13:12Lillian

01:13:13what the

01:13:14hell

01:13:15are

01:13:16you

01:13:17doing?

01:13:18Wait a

01:13:19minute.

01:13:20Big

01:13:21Bish

01:13:22Big

01:13:23Bish

01:13:24left

01:13:25massive

01:13:26hand

01:13:27around

01:13:28the

01:13:29throat

01:13:30of

01:13:31coach.

01:13:32Wait

01:13:33a minute.

01:13:35Coach has been exposed

01:13:36years ago

01:13:37and those big

01:13:38chops

01:13:39hammering the coach

01:13:40who was

01:13:41trying to throw

01:13:42his weight around

01:13:43is a general

01:13:44manager influence.

01:13:45Bischoff was

01:13:46almost exposed

01:13:47right now.

01:13:48Coach

01:13:49gets his.

01:13:50That might

01:13:51be the biggest

01:13:52Samoan drop

01:13:53I've ever seen.

01:13:54Oh my gosh.

01:13:55Don't do this

01:13:56Vince,

01:13:57don't do it.

01:13:58No,

01:13:59no,

01:14:00oh no.

01:14:01Look,

01:14:02Lillian likes

01:14:03it.

01:14:04Oh,

01:14:05how's coach

01:14:06ever going to live

01:14:07this moment

01:14:08down?

01:14:09And

01:14:10there's a

01:14:11loving

01:14:12coach.

01:14:13He does

01:14:14like it.

01:14:15Here's the

01:14:16champion.

01:14:17The winner

01:14:18here.

01:14:19Uh oh.

01:14:20Whoa.

01:14:21Oh,

01:14:22oh,

01:14:23oh,

01:14:24oh,

01:14:25oh,

01:14:26oh,

01:14:27oh,

01:14:28oh,

01:14:29oh,

01:14:30oh,

01:14:31oh,

01:14:32wow.

01:14:33Oh,

01:14:34wow.

01:14:35Oh look at

01:14:36this.

01:14:37Oh look,

01:14:38oh,

01:14:39oh,

01:14:40oh,

01:14:41the love

01:14:42machine is

01:14:43working overtime.

01:14:44He just

01:14:45put a

01:14:46big time

01:14:47lip lock

01:14:48on Lillian

01:14:49Garcia.

01:14:50And I think

01:14:51she liked it,

01:14:52look.

01:14:53What do you

01:14:54think?

01:14:55Look at

01:14:56Maria,

01:14:57she looks

01:14:58a little bit

01:14:59I mean, Maria's a little bit voyeuristic, she likes to watch.

01:15:04Voyeuristic.

01:15:06Well, ladies and gentlemen, split screen tells it all.

01:15:10This is what's next.

01:15:12The World's Heavyweight Championship.

01:15:14Batista will defend the gold against Edge.

01:15:17Lita via ringside.

01:15:19And this one starts live next.

01:15:23ECW One Night Stand is presented by THQ and Destroy All Humans.

01:15:28One giant step on mankind.

01:15:36You think you know me.

01:15:38And we are back live here, ladies and gentlemen, on Monday Night Raw.

01:15:41Jim Ross and Jared The King are live from Green Bay, Wisconsin.

01:15:45This title town and the richest title in this business about to be decided.

01:15:50The World's Heavyweight Championship.

01:15:54Well, you've got to give credit to Edge, JR.

01:15:57I don't care what you think about Edge and Lita's relationship.

01:16:01You've got to give credit to Mr. Money in the Bank after all he's been through to see where he is now.

01:16:08The following contest is scheduled for one fall.

01:16:10And it is for the World's Heavyweight Championship.

01:16:14Introducing the challenger from Toronto, Canada.

01:16:17Weighing in at 260 pounds, Edge.

01:16:22Well, Edge can certainly be called a lot of things.

01:16:26Mr. Money in the Bank could be one.

01:16:29A relationship breaker.

01:16:31A relationship wrecker could be another one.

01:16:33But tonight it could be the best of all.

01:16:35The heavyweight champion of the world.

01:16:37He likes being called that.

01:16:41And that's what it's all about in this business.

01:16:44To be on top of the mountain.

01:16:46Looking down upon all as the heavyweight champion of the world.

01:16:52A lot of kissing on Raw.

01:16:56I like that.

01:16:58Don't get no ideas.

01:17:10Big ovation!

01:17:13And from Washington, D.C.

01:17:15Weighing in at 315 pounds.

01:17:18He is the world heavyweight champion.

01:17:24Six feet six.

01:17:25317 pounds.

01:17:28He's all men and a yard wide.

01:17:30The heavyweight champion of the world.

01:17:36About to defend his championship against the number one contender.

01:17:49You blew your head off!

01:17:51He cut down your head!

01:17:53Now can he cut down Edge?

01:17:57For Paul Edge.

01:17:58For the heavyweight championship of the world.

01:18:01What better place than Titletown, U.S.A.

01:18:04Here in Green Bay.

01:18:06And Edge has got one thing on his spine.

01:18:09With that woman in ringside.

01:18:11And that's to leave Green Bay as the world's champion.

01:18:19I have a lot of respect.

01:18:21And admiration.

01:18:23For personally and impersonally.

01:18:25For the world's heavyweight champion.

01:18:27He is a horse.

01:18:28Look at him.

01:18:31What do you have for those two, J.R.?

01:18:33Go ahead, say it.

01:18:34Don't sugarcoat it.

01:18:35Just tell me.

01:18:36My officer don't have a very high opinion of those two.

01:18:40Well, what if he becomes the world heavyweight champion?

01:18:43I didn't say a damn thing about his athleticism.

01:18:46Or his ability in the ring.

01:18:49His transgression, to the best of my knowledge, didn't happen in the ring.

01:18:55As far as the lead is concerned.

01:18:58But the bottom line is, is that Edge won the Gold Rush Tournament.

01:19:03And he's a champion.

01:19:05He's a champion.

01:19:06He's a champion.

01:19:07He's a champion.

01:19:08He's a champion.

01:19:09He's a champion.

01:19:10He's a champion.

01:19:11In the gold rush tournament.

01:19:14He beats some impressive individuals.

01:19:17Right, and you need to get over this thing with him and Lita, transgressions.

01:19:20Breakups happen every day, J.R.

01:19:22That's what it's about right there, ladies and gentlemen.

01:19:24The World Heavyweight Championship.

01:19:26It's not about relationships and none of that other BS.

01:19:29It's about being the heavyweight champion of the world.

01:19:32That's why a man gets into this business.

01:19:35To be the best.

01:19:36And to be the best, you've got to be the world's heavyweight champion.

01:19:39of the world's heavyweight champion, Batista is the man.

01:19:43Edge wants to be the man

01:19:45and they're here to settle it tonight, live,

01:19:47here in Green Bay.

01:19:49Lita has hung her star on the man

01:19:51that she thinks is gonna be the man,

01:19:53the next world heavyweight champion, and that's Edge.

01:19:56Oh, look at that shot.

01:19:57Cheap shot by Edge.

01:19:59Edge blows up, forearm shots now

01:20:01and pulls the best right hands in the corner

01:20:03with Rich Atkins, the official here.

01:20:05Batista, set, brace, reverse, and a big shoulder blow.

01:20:09Edge, by winning the tournament,

01:20:11earned this opportunity, and let's not forget,

01:20:14he also won the Money in the Bank Battle Royale

01:20:16at WrestleMania Target.

01:20:17Oh my God, what velocity right there.

01:20:21So, Edge has got another opportunity in that briefcase.

01:20:24That's right, he's got two shots

01:20:26at winning the world championship.

01:20:27Tonight's shot, and any other night he will.

01:20:31And that other shot, though,

01:20:32and that other shot doesn't expire.

01:20:34That's WrestleMania, and, oh, incoming is right.

01:20:38Batista, 317, absolutely manhandling

01:20:42and dominating Edge here, the number one contender.

01:20:46Oh, oh, he's here, he's here.

01:20:49Well, I'll tell you what, I don't like the smell of this.

01:20:52That's Christian and Tom Cole,

01:20:54and earlier tonight, folks, if you just joined us,

01:20:56there was a deal that was made between Edge,

01:20:59Christian and Tom Cole, and Christian and Tom Cole

01:21:01and Edge, Christian and Tom Cole.

01:21:03We'll tell you about it, this match continues live

01:21:06from Green Bay when we come back.

01:21:10We're back live here on Monday Night Raw,

01:21:12from Green Bay, Wisconsin,

01:21:13the world heavyweight title on the line,

01:21:15and Batista, the world champion,

01:21:17with a decided advantage here now,

01:21:19here and now, look at this, Christian with a teeth shot.

01:21:23And Batista down, earlier tonight,

01:21:26Edge went into Batista, or excuse me,

01:21:29Christian and Tom Cole's locker room,

01:21:31and essentially made a deal.

01:21:33Edge said to Christian, you help me win the world title,

01:21:37and I might give you what's in this briefcase.

01:21:39Well, here's a little help.

01:21:41And what's in that briefcase

01:21:42is another world title match

01:21:44that's good up until next year at WrestleMania,

01:21:47and that steel ring post did not budge an inch.

01:21:50That's right, Christian doesn't have to wait

01:21:53or worry about what's behind door number one, two, or three,

01:21:55it's what's in that briefcase.

01:21:57That's money in the bank, it's a world title shot,

01:22:00anytime he wants it.

01:22:03So, Edge is trying to hedge his bets

01:22:06in this collusionary arrangement with Christian.

01:22:09Collusionary, that's what it is,

01:22:12and he's backed up.

01:22:13I guess he didn't feel like he was man enough

01:22:15to beat Batista one-on-one.

01:22:18Well, he's a big banker now, you know?

01:22:20He's got money in the bank,

01:22:21and he needs insurance policy.

01:22:24Oh!

01:22:26You hear the impact.

01:22:27Four shots, that's a massive back

01:22:29of the world's heavyweight champion, Edge.

01:22:32And this crowd here in Green Bay

01:22:34really trying to wheel Batista back into this fight

01:22:37for the world's heavyweight title.

01:22:41And look at that blatant rake to the eyes.

01:22:44Batista blinded temporarily.

01:22:46Oh, and a shot right to the face

01:22:48from the defenseless champion.

01:22:50And there's a cover, foreleg hook,

01:22:52and Batista powered out at the two count.

01:22:56Edge a second away from beating the world's,

01:22:58look at the count, the body scissors.

01:23:01Boy, what do you think?

01:23:02Speaking of body scissors,

01:23:04what do you think Edge and Lita's celebration

01:23:06will be like tonight

01:23:07if he wins this world heavyweight championship?

01:23:09I don't know, maybe for people like you,

01:23:10they could take it and they could sell it on the internet.

01:23:13How about that?

01:23:14I'll buy it.

01:23:16Those long legs of Edge have grounded

01:23:19the world's heavyweight champion, Batista,

01:23:23and again, the problem solver, Tomko,

01:23:25Christian, and certainly, of course, Lita,

01:23:29and all at ringside,

01:23:30the deck really stacked against the world's champion.

01:23:34It's just weird as Lita looked more seductive

01:23:37now that she's with Edge.

01:23:40Uh-oh, look at the strength of Batista here.

01:23:42Batista now trying to disturb this advantage

01:23:46that Edge had earned,

01:23:48and now Batista, uh-oh,

01:23:50turn those hips,

01:23:51mid-right hands,

01:23:52won't take too many of those.

01:23:55They're beginning to decide an advantage.

01:23:56Chris is about to enter the ring.

01:23:58He needs to get himself off the apron,

01:24:00and a little thumb to the eye,

01:24:02fingers to the eye,

01:24:03get blinded as Batista

01:24:05couldn't see that spinning heel kick coming.

01:24:08The lateral press, no,

01:24:09there's a column count,

01:24:10and a near fall,

01:24:12the second near fall in the last minute or so

01:24:15created by the number one contender.

01:24:19I want you to answer me this question.

01:24:21What's more illegal in this match?

01:24:23A mere thumb to the eye,

01:24:24or those big hammering fists,

01:24:26those big right fists

01:24:27that Batista was throwing at Edge's head?

01:24:29Well, they're both violations of the rules.

01:24:31No doubt about that.

01:24:33But I gotta tell you,

01:24:34what's more disturbing than that

01:24:35are all these Edge's allies,

01:24:38at least for this night,

01:24:39around the ring.

01:24:41It's gotta be distracting.

01:24:42We know why Christian and Tom Cole are here,

01:24:45to interfere if they can,

01:24:47to distract the referee if they can,

01:24:50and to help Edge win if they can.

01:24:51It's money in the bank for Captain Charisma.

01:24:54I would love to see him get a chance

01:24:55at the World Heavyweight Championship.

01:24:59Batista grounded for the time being.

01:25:03Edge, gotta be thinking,

01:25:04I gotta get, maintain this advantage.

01:25:08We know why Lita's here.

01:25:09I've gotta hit a spear, too.

01:25:11Behind every successful man,

01:25:12there's a woman.

01:25:13There she is.

01:25:14There she is.

01:25:15Edge turning into a sleeper.

01:25:18Lita's literally pouring her heart out over there.

01:25:20We had stopped about Lita already.

01:25:22It's not about Lita, it's about the world title.

01:25:25And the world's champion now has that sleeper hold applied.

01:25:29Oh, damn it.

01:25:31Captain Charisma keeping an eye on that briefcase

01:25:32that contains that world championship contract,

01:25:36money in the bank.

01:25:37The number one contender for the world title

01:25:39with a sleeper hold applied to Lita.

01:25:41The number one contender for the world title

01:25:43with a sleeper hold applied to Batista.

01:25:45He's down, he's out.

01:25:46If his arm drops for three times, this one is over.

01:25:50It's two.

01:25:51And we are up.

01:25:52It's like having a two count.

01:25:55If the arm drops, who's got a new world's champ?

01:26:00Batista is reaching down with everything he's got.

01:26:04He's gotta fight back in this thing.

01:26:06Batista's gotta, he's gotta stand up front

01:26:09and fight for everything he's got here.

01:26:13Look at that drop kick.

01:26:14What a drop kick.

01:26:15A beautiful drop kick by the number one contender.

01:26:19Man, what a drop kick.

01:26:20And that oxygen restricted to the brain of Batista.

01:26:24He got hit with that drop kick

01:26:25and now he is in a bad, bad way as the world's champ.

01:26:28What does it take you, JR, to get impressed with Edge?

01:26:32This man is very impressive.

01:26:33Look at him, the world's heavyweight championship.

01:26:36We are live in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

01:26:39This match is for the heavyweight championship

01:26:41of the world, the champion Batista now.

01:26:44Climbing to the second rope

01:26:45to face his number one contender, Edge.

01:26:48Man to man.

01:26:50And his hand went away.

01:26:51Be careful, nothing good can happen up there.

01:26:55You need to get out of there.

01:26:56Edge trying to step up and get away.

01:26:58He's not going.

01:26:59Oh, no!

01:27:00Superplex.

01:27:02He can do it later.

01:27:03It hurt the champion,

01:27:04but it may have destroyed the challenger.

01:27:07And the superplex, Edge came off the top turnbuckle.

01:27:12Referee Chad Patton's got an in town to work with.

01:27:15The championship cannot change hands

01:27:17on a disqualification or a count out.

01:27:21Wow.

01:27:24Batista's trying to regather himself.

01:27:27He's a little disoriented, you know?

01:27:28No doubt about that.

01:27:29There's no doubt about that.

01:27:31It is anybody's, anybody's ball game here.

01:27:35Edge on the inside.

01:27:36Lead of Christian Tompkins on the outside.

01:27:39But one big right hand.

01:27:41Edge fighting back, to his credit.

01:27:43But he's staggered by the world's champion, Batista.

01:27:45So big, so powerful, so strong and intense.

01:27:49And there he is.

01:27:50You cannot, that's what,

01:27:51Batista, oh!

01:27:54Clothesline, what impact?

01:27:57Oh, no, Batista's gaining momentum here.

01:28:01The clothesline could connect.

01:28:03Oh, no!

01:28:04Oh, my God!

01:28:05Now the referee's getting a little crackled.

01:28:08Edge and the referee collided.

01:28:10And Batista, oh!

01:28:12A modified powerslam on Edge.

01:28:14Oh!

01:28:16Oh, the referee's down.

01:28:19This is unsettling as hell, and Batista.

01:28:22Look at him fall!

01:28:23Oh, what a shot!

01:28:24What a shot by Tompkins.

01:28:26Did you see that?

01:28:27Look at this double team.

01:28:28Like a pack of wild dogs,

01:28:29attacking the world's champion with a referee down.

01:28:33And a title on the line.

01:28:34This is money in the bank.

01:28:35You can't help but enjoy this, J.R.

01:28:37This is absolutely hideous.

01:28:38This is a deal coming to fruition.

01:28:40This is a, what the, what the hell is,

01:28:43what is Flair doing?

01:28:45Nature Boy Ric Flair.

01:28:46What the hell?

01:28:47Flair coming to Batista's aid.

01:28:49Look out!

01:28:51The Nature Boy is styling and profiling.

01:28:54Look at him, look, look.

01:28:57And what, oh!

01:28:58Spear, Flair just got speared.

01:29:01I mean, a big time spear.

01:29:04And now look at Tompkins and Christian

01:29:06beating the hell out of Ric Flair.

01:29:08Who came to save Batista.

01:29:10Oh, and now Batista's about to pick up where he left off.

01:29:14Look at Tompkins!

01:29:15Oh!

01:29:16That was fine wrestling.

01:29:18Look out, Capgarasma!

01:29:19Big time!

01:29:21That was quick.

01:29:22And the Rose and Tundra, the big hose line.

01:29:24There goes the prompter.

01:29:26There goes Christian with his teeth.

01:29:29The spear, the spear.

01:29:31It may be over, it may be over.

01:29:33Oh, look at the referee.

01:29:34Get over there referee, it's a spear.

01:29:36Everybody's trying to get there.

01:29:37Edge is done.

01:29:38No, no, no, no.

01:29:39Yes!

01:29:40No!

01:29:40Yes, he's done it!

01:29:41Kill him!

01:29:42Let's go, kid!

01:29:43Kill him!

01:29:44Come on!

01:29:46Batista kicked out, by God.

01:29:49And now look at Lita.

01:29:50Great game, son.

01:29:51Yeah, great game.

01:29:52This is not right.

01:29:54This is not right.

01:29:55This is how Edge won the tournament to start with.

01:29:58And the referee is still out.

01:30:00This is why it's called money in the bank.

01:30:02And Edge is about to cash it in.

01:30:05Oh, no.

01:30:06Come on, open the box!

01:30:07Oh, no!

01:30:08Oh, my God, Batista.

01:30:11He unbuttoned that leather briefcase.

01:30:14But what a slam to Edge.

01:30:16Raw animalistic power.

01:30:18Oh, I like the looks of the animals.

01:30:20Goes down.

01:30:21Goes down.

01:30:22And we know what that means.

01:30:24Edge!

01:30:25Edge!

01:30:26Batista bomb!

01:30:28Batista bomb!

01:30:30The leg is up!

01:30:32Finally, the count!

01:30:33No!

01:30:34No!

01:30:35Batista wins it!

01:30:36The world's champion wins it!

01:30:38The beast has been unleashed!

01:30:40Here is your winner, and still the world heavyweight champion, Batista!

01:30:47The animal rose to the occasion!

01:30:50He overcame every odd, every obstacle!

01:30:54And thank God that Ric Flair was able to pull Christian and Tomko,

01:30:58at least for a moment, off of the world's champion.

01:31:03I can't believe it!

01:31:04I can't believe it!

01:31:05I'm stunned!

01:31:08Batista has overcome every obstacle and all the odds.

01:31:16The world's champion has walked through hell, fired.

01:31:21I'll tell you why he has done it.

01:31:25I'll tell you what, folks, you can damn sure thank Ric Flair,

01:31:28because Flair had a major part in Batista surviving this ordeal.

01:31:35Batista certainly thanking the native boy right here.

01:31:38The legendary Ric Flair.

01:31:40And Batista did the right thing by Flair last week.

01:31:44Flair is the center of the night.

01:31:45He knows what's gonna win.

01:31:50What?

01:31:52I can't talk.

01:31:53What?

01:31:58What the hell?

01:31:59Oh, my God!

01:32:01What the hell is Triple H doing here?

01:32:04He's got that sledgehammer!

01:32:08Uh-oh, he don't look right.

01:32:10I thought the game was over!

01:32:15Oh, no!

01:32:18Oh, my God!

01:32:19Oh, the long wall of Batista!

01:32:21What the hell is that?

01:32:24What the hell is that?

01:32:26The son of a bitch!

01:32:28Oh, no!

01:32:29It is vintage Ric Flair, the dirtiest damn player in the game!

01:32:33That's what it is!

01:32:35The long wall of Batista!

01:32:37For what reason?

01:32:40And now the former world champion, Triple H, and the Flair.

01:32:45You better sit down, JR.

01:32:46You don't want to go down there.

01:32:47You don't want any more of that.

01:32:49My God, I don't believe this.

01:32:51This is making me...

01:32:52No!

01:32:53No!

01:32:54No!

01:32:55The sledgehammer right to the face of Batista by Triple H!

01:33:03My God!

01:33:04Triple H looking at the world title belt that he used to carry.

01:33:18I still can't believe this.

01:33:19Check it out one more time.

01:33:21Vintage Ric Flair.

01:33:23Oh, my God!

01:33:25Can you believe your eyes, JR?

01:33:27Now, watch this.

01:33:28Sledgehammer.

01:33:29Bam!

01:33:30Right in the face.

01:33:31Right in the face of the animal Batista.

01:33:33And, oh, Batista's forced to wind over.

01:33:35And Flair.

01:33:36And Triple H is leading the hell out of Batista.

01:33:38Batista hitting the head of the sledgehammer.

01:33:41And now the battle of the bloody by Triple H.

01:33:45Triple H has got absolutely berserk here.

01:33:49The former world champion who walked off the wall a couple of weeks ago.

01:33:56I cannot believe this.

01:33:57After going through everything that...

01:34:02Human anatomy against steel steps.

01:34:05Guess who won?

01:34:06Batista bleeding like a stuffed hog here for no reason.

01:34:10All because of Triple H.

01:34:12And Flair in a down low blow.

01:34:14I can't believe it.

01:34:15For no reason.

01:34:16It's for the fact that...

01:34:20Uh-oh.

01:34:23Three shots.

01:34:24One of the fist was champion.

01:34:26Batista bleeding.

01:34:28And bleeding.

01:34:29You said for no reason.

01:34:30There is a reason.

01:34:31The reason is that Batista is the world champion.

01:34:35And Triple H is not.

01:34:36That's the reason for this.

01:34:39Batista beat Triple H not once but twice.

01:34:42Fair and square.

01:34:43In world title matches.

01:34:45And now this.

01:34:46The world's champion is being physically dissected.

01:34:49By the gang.

01:34:51By the success.

01:34:52This jealous Triple H.

01:34:57Oh my god.

01:34:58This is getting nastier.

01:35:00Nastier from the winner.

01:35:01We've done enough damage with that hammer.

01:35:03You're damn right.

01:35:04A sledgehammer is too much.

01:35:08No.

01:35:10Batista barely is standing.

01:35:12But...

01:35:13No, no, no!

01:35:15Another shot to the head with that sledgehammer.

01:35:20And Batista trying to get back up.

01:35:22Look at that.

01:35:23Batista back on his feet.

01:35:25Being held by Flair.

01:35:27And look at this.

01:35:29Slapping.

01:35:30Triple H slapping Batista in the face.

01:35:35You wanna fight me now, huh?

01:35:37You wanna fight me now?

01:35:43Hell.

01:35:45In a cell.

01:35:50What is...

01:35:51Hell in a cell?

01:35:56Batista has absolutely been...

01:35:59I've never seen Batista in this condition.

01:36:02Look at him.

01:36:03He's still trying to pull himself to his feet.

01:36:05You're damn right he is.

01:36:06That's the kind of man the world's champion is.

01:36:08Knock him back down.

01:36:09Oh, no. This will be even better.

01:36:10No, no.

01:36:11No!

01:36:12No, come on!

01:36:13Look at this!

01:36:14No!

01:36:15God damn it!

01:36:16How symbolic is that?

01:36:18The pedigree of the title belt!

01:36:20Damn you, Triple H!

01:36:22Oh, my God!

01:36:24Batista's hurt!

01:36:25All because of the game!

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