RAW IS WAR
(April 2nd 2001)
(Live from Fort Worth, Texas)
(Your hosts Jim Ross and Paul Heyman)
Raw is War opens up with WWF Owner MR McMahon standing in the middle of the ring
(JR) Ladies and gentleman welcome to Monday Night Raw and as you can see we are about to be addressed here by MR McMahon.
(MCMAHON) You can still feel the shock, you can still feel the disbelief all around Texas and all around the world because everybody is thinking to themselves did last night really happen, did we really witness MR McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin join forces, did we really see the beginning of an unholy alliance and the answer is simple, you damn right you did.
You see despite the history between me and Stone Cold deep down I have always said we are very a like, we are both bad to the bones, we are both successful at what we do and we will both do anything it takes to get what we want and that is what you saw last night, Stone Cold Steve Austin didn’t do anything wrong he simply wanted that WWF Championship so bad that he was going to do everything in his power to get it, what I offered Stone Cold was a guarantee, a guarantee that he would walk out of Houston, Texas with what he craved and Austin sensibly took up my offer, you see on opposing sides myself and Stone Cold have dominated this industry for the last half a decade but can you imagine what we can do now we are a unit, what you have is the most powerful man in all of sports entertainment MR McMahon working alongside the toughest S.O.B in all of the WWF Stone Cold Steve Austin and together we will be unstoppable.
So without further ado let me introduce to you a man who some say has many questions to answer, I am proud to call him my new World Wrestling Federation Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin.
The glass breaks and outcomes Stone Cold Steve Austin to a mixed reception by his home crowd
(HEYMAN) The mixed reception by this crowd here tonight tells you all you need to know JR, these fans don’t know how to react to Stone Cold Steve Austin after what went down last night at Wrestlemania 17.
(JR) As a close friend of Stone Cold Steve Austin myself I can’t even tell you what was going through Austin’s mind last night when he seemingly sold his soul to the devil in order to reclaim that WWF Championship from The Rock, I like many thousands of fans in the Astrodome last night could not believe my eyes when I saw Stone Cold and MR McMahon shake hands and even share a beer, quite frankly it is a sight I never thought I would see in my life time.
(HEYMAN) You sound disappointed in your friend Stone Cold Steve Austin JR but what I want to know is why, all Austin did last night was do what was best for him, Stone Cold Steve Austin wanted to walk out of Wrestlemania 17 the new WWF Champion and he was going to do it at any cost even if that meant aligning himself with his bitter enemy Vince McMahon.
(JR) Stone Cold Steve Austin has some questions to answer that’s all im willing to say at this moment in time.
Stone Cold Steve Austin shakes hands with Vince McMahon as the crowd throws drinks cartons and signs into the ring.
(MCMAHON) May I suggest you stop throwing missiles into this ring before I have you all removed from my arena, why don’t you show some respect for your new WWF Champion.
Austin grabs the microphone as the crowd start up a huge why Austin why chant
(AUSTIN) It’s funny that you chant that chant here tonight because the last 24 hours that is all I have heard from my family, from my friends and from my fellow superstars, why Stone Cold why?
My answer to that question will be the same as I have given all day long and that is that I don’t owe you or anybody else any explanation about what I did last night because it is none of your damn business.
Going into Wrestlemania 17 I was in the middle of the single greatest come back in this company’s history, I had to come back from a broken neck, one year sitting on the shelf and still I managed to win The Royal Rumble and guarantee myself a WWF Championship shot at Wrestlemania, I have said for weeks that losing to The Rock last night was not an option, I needed to beat him, I needed to be the WWF Champion again and I needed it more then anything else I have needed in my life, I made The Rock a guarantee I would walk out the Champ and that is exactly what I did.
But I couldn’t have done it so successfully on my own and there is one man I need to thank here tonight from the bottom of my heart and that is you Vince.
The crowd boos
(JR) Stone Cold Steve Austin wants to thank MR McMahon, I feel sick just watching this.
(MCMAHON) Steve there is no need to thank me not in words anyway, the only way I want you to pay me back Steve is to help me create a legacy of dominance in this industry of the likes that have never been seen before, I know that together Steve with my brains and your brawn we can rule the world for years to come.
(AUSTIN) Vince that sounds great to me man and let me make another guarantee right here tonight, I guarantee that now I have won back the WWF Championship I am not going to relinquish it for a very, very long time, Stone Cold Steve Austin is the man again and whether you like it or not there is not one damn thing you can do about it.
(MCMAHON) And that’s the bottom line cause
Vince McMahon is cut off by Mick Foley’s music hitting and out he comes on the ramp to a standing ovation
(FOLEY) Sorry to interrupt your little loving boys and let me state for the record that listening to both of you tonight has almost made me throw up in my mouth a little, im not kidding I mean I think I speak for everyone here tonight when I say I never thought I would see the day that Stone Cold Steve Austin got into a WWF ring and kissed Vince McMahon’s ass, I hope that WWF Championship is worth it Steve?
(MCMAHON) Foley why the hell are you out here, who the hell do you think you are interrupting me and Stone Cold?
(FOLEY) Calm down Vince you see I am out here for a reason and that reason is your wife Linda McMahon, you see after last night understandably Linda is a little tired so she has taken the night off but the good news is she has sent me here to deliver a message to you and your new best buddy Stone Cold Steve Austin.
You see by the authority of C.E.O Linda McMahon right here tonight in that very ring Stone Cold Steve Austin will make the first defense of his WWF Championship inside a 15 foot high unforgiving Steel Cage and inside that steel cage with Steve Austin challenging him for the WWF Championship will be none other then The Rock.
The crowd explodes
(JR) Austin and The Rock inside a steel cage tonight for the WWF Championship, that sounds like a hell of an idea to me.
(MCMAHON) You can’t do this Foley, this isn’t fair.
(FOLEY) I think you will find Vince as you know that I can do this and I just have, right here tonight Stone Cold Steve Austin versus The Rock in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship and boys HAVE A NICE DAY!
Austin goes crazy and has to be calmed down by MR McMahon
(HEYMAN) What the hell has that idiot Mick Foley done, this isn’t fair, this isn’t right, what the hell does Linda McMahon think she is playing at.
(JR) Linda McMahon has sent Mick Foley here tonight to do what is fair and that is give The Rock his rematch for the WWF Championship, what a main event that is going to be later on here tonight.
COMMERCIALS
As the show comes back to air Eddie Guerrero’s music hits and outcomes the new European Champion
(JR) Latino Heat who last night successfully captured that European Title from Test and tonight just 24 hours later Test has invoked his rematch clause.
(HEYMAN) What a night it was last night for “Latino Heat†Eddie Guerrero winning that European Championship at Wrestlemania 17 but could his title reign be about to be short lived here?
Test’s music hits and out he comes
(JR) An amazing physical specimen is this young Canadian Test, Test was in no mood to wait for his title rematch so we are going to see him and Guerrero go at it again tonight with the title on the line.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
EDDIE GUERRERO VS TEST
The match begins with Test dominating Eddie Guerrero with his pure physical power, Test hits Latino Heat with a hard running suplex and goes for the first pin fall of the match 1, 2 but Guerrero kicks out just in the nick of time.
Test continues to have all the momentum as he sits Eddie on the top turnbuckle and delivers a huge superplex on him from the top, Test hurt himself on that impact but he rolls across to make the cover 1, 2 but again Eddie just kicks out, Test getting frustrated goes up top and tries to hit Guerrero with an axe handle off the top but Eddie counters with a drop kick to the face that turns Test’s lights out, Eddie may have swung this match in his favor and now he goes up top, Eddie from the top hits The Frog Splash on Test, he makes the cover 1, 2, 3 and Eddie Guerrero retains his European Title and beats Test for the second time in 24 hours.
The Winner in 7 minutes and 42 seconds and still WWF European Champion “Latino Heat†Eddie Guerrero
(HEYMAN) What a huge win for Eddie Guerrero in a match where for long periods it looked like he was going to be beaten by Test and lose that European Title he won less then 24 hours ago, somehow, someway Guerrero pulled it off.
(JR) The heart of “Latino Heat†coming through in this intense title match up and talking of title match ups what about later tonight when Stone Cold Steve Austin has to defend his WWF Championship inside the solid steel cage hanging above us against the man he won the title from controversially just 24 hours ago “The People’s Champion†The Rock.
(HEYMAN) Stone Cold Steve Austin and MR McMahon were livid when Mick Foley made that announcement and I don’t blame them one bit, you saw how much Austin and The Rock took out of each other last night, the last thing they should be doing tonight is getting inside a steel cage and kicking each others asses again.
(JR) I know one man who would disagree with you and that is The Rock, I know for a fact that “The People’s Champ†was incensed at how things went down last night at Wrestlemania 17 and “The Brahma Bull†is going to be out for revenge tonight.
Backstage we see new Women’s Champion Chyna getting ready when Trish Stratus walks by, Chyna calls Trish over.
(CHYNA) Trish I just wanted to say that I respect what you did last night, doing what you did to Vince and helping Linda like that took a lot of guts and you should be very proud of yourself.
(TRISH) Thank you Chyna but right now im a little scared that I am going to be made to pay for my actions, whether it was brave or not I crossed the boss.
(CHYNA) Don’t worry about Vince and his cronies; if he wants to mess with you then he will have to get through me.
(TRISH) Thank you Chyna
Chyna gives Trish a hug
COMMERCIALS
As Raw is War comes back to air “Right To Censor†Stevie Richards, Val Venis, Bull Buchanan, The Goodfather and Ivory are already in the ring
(JR) Im sorry to announce ladies and gentleman that the most boring people in WWF history are currently in the ring
(HEYMAN) For once me and you are not going to disagree JR.
(RICHARDS) Last night probably made all of you WWF fans happy because last night was a very bad night for “Right To Censorâ€, we lost our six man tag match to The A.P,A and Tazz and Ivory lost her Women’s Championship to Chyna, but despite that disappointment we want to let everybody know that this minor set back will not deter us from our mission, our mission to clear out of the filth from within the WWF, our mission to make this great sport of professional pure and clean, no more scantily clad divas, no more beer swilling thugs like The A.P.A and tonight we start by taking out a midget who calls himself a “Human Suplex Machine†a man who thrived on being hardcore, tonight we censor the man you all know as Tazz.
Tazz’s music hits and out he comes to a huge cheer
(JR) What an ovation here tonight for Tazz and I would dearly love him to make this another bad night for “Right To Censorâ€.
(HEYMAN) America is a free country JR, we like drinking beer, we like scantily clad women and if “Right to Censor don’t like those things perhaps they should censor themselves from us and immigrate to another country.
Stevie, Val, Bull, Ivory W/ THE GOODFATHER VS TAZZ
Tazz starts this match on fire dominating The Goodfather and tossing him all over the ring with his great range of suplexes, Tazz hits a Northern Lights Suplex into the bridge 1, 2 but The Goodfather just kicks out, Tazz is on a roll here tonight and he scoops Goodfather up and drops him right onto the back of his head with a back suplex, Tazz now locking in the deadly Tazzmission submission choke hold and The Goodfather is in big trouble, Tazz won’t let go but income “Right to Censor†and they start to 5 on 1 assault Tazz as the referee rings the bell and disqualifies The Goodfather, “Right to Censor†trying to send Tazz a message here, trying to censor “The Human Suplex Machine†but down run The A.P.A Faarooq and Bradshaw and The A.P.A clear “Right to Censor†out of the ring, “Right to Censor†have been thwarted here tonight by Faarooq and Bradshaw and you can see how livid they are.
(JR) The A.P.A coming to the rescue of Tazz tonight who was just about to be annihilated in a five on one attack by “Right to Censorâ€.
(HEYMAN) This “Right to Censor†are a movement with a cause and they hunt in packs they hope the numbers advantage will play in there favor but tonight they didn’t account for The A.P.A coming down here to ruin there plans.
The A.P, A help Tazz up as “Right to Censor†hold back there crazed leader Stevie Richards as they make there way up the ramp
Backstage WWE Diva and backstage interviewer Terri Runnels is with “Olympic Gold Medalist†Kurt Angle
(TERRI) Kurt Angle last night was a successful Wrestlemania 17 for you but what I want right now is your thoughts on this shocking alliance between MR McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin, since you have been here in the WWE you have been very close to MR McMahon you are though of as one of his men, why do you think McMahon has aligned himself with a man who for years has been his deadliest rival and tormenter “The Texas Rattlesnake†himself Stone Cold Steve Austin?
(ANGLE) Terri I don’t know, I haven’t a clue why somebody like Vince McMahon wants to align himself with a piece of trailer park trash like Stone Cold Steve Austin, to tell you the truth I am pretty pissed off about it because as MR McMahon’s friend I refuse, I refuse to conduct business with a snake like Steve Austin, so Terri I don’t know what Vince is thinking but I do think he has made a huge mistake trusting someone like Stone Cold and when I see him I will tell him that to his face.
(JR) Kurt Angle seemingly less then impressed there about the newly formed alliance between Stone Cold Steve Austin and as Kurt put it his friend MR McMahon.
(HEYMAN) Do you think Kurt is a little bit intimidated JR that someone like Stone Cold Steve Austin now has the ear of MR McMahon, maybe Kurt thinks Stone Cold has gone above him in the pecking order in the eyes of the WWF Chairman?
Backstage we see “The Big Red Machine†Kane making his way to the ring with the Hardcore Title over his shoulder
(JR) Up next “The Big Red Machine†Kane is action and it’s no doubt going to get hardcore.
COMMERCIALS
As Raw comes back to air the pyro explodes and outcomes The Hardcore Champion, “The Big Red Machine†Kane to a huge ovation
(JR) Through hell fire and brimstone “The Big Red Machine†Kane is ready to get hardcore again on Monday Night Raw, last night was a successful Wrestlemania for Kane as he defended his Hardcore Championship against Kane and The Big Show and you have to say these hardcore style of matches really suit Kane’s persona down to the ground, Kane seems to thrive on dishing out pain in these hardcore matches.
(HEYMAN) One of the most dominant and destructive performers in WWF history is Kane and to put this guy in a ring with weapons and make it legal is almost criminal JR.
Raven’s music hits and out he comes pushing a shopping trolley filled with weapons to use in this hardcore match.
(JR) It looks like Raven has come prepared and he may need every single one of those weapons in that trolley if he is to beat Kane here tonight and leave Texas the new Hardcore Champion.
(HEYMAN) Raven is all about hardcore and I know about that more then anyone JR, Raven can take just as much pain as he dishes out but has he bitten off more then he can chew in “The Big Red Machine†here tonight?
WWF HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP
KANE VS RAVEN
Raven rolls into the ring and tries to surprise Kane with a shot from behind before the bell has rung, Raven tries to take advantage of his early blow by opening up on Kane with hard right hand shots to the face but they are having no effect at all on “The Big Red Machineâ€, Raven hitting with all he has but he finally realizes he is not doing any damage to Kane and Kane with a huge uppercut puts Raven down like a sack of spuds, Raven is dazed by that huge shot and rolls out of the ring to recover while looking in that trolley of his for a weapon to use on Kane, Raven picks up a trash can lid and climbs on the ring apron, Kane goes to meet him and Raven meets him head on with a trash can lid shot to the head, a huge shot by Raven but still Kane is not hurt and Kane grabs Raven by the throat and hurls him over the top rope and into the ring, Kane drags Raven up and sends him off the ropes and Kane with a big boot to the face lays Raven out, Kane now scooping the lifeless body of Raven up and lifting him above his head like a baby, Kane takes Raven near the ropes and then throws him over the top rope to the outside right on top of his shopping trolley filled with weapons.
The crowd starts a holy shit chant as Raven writhes in pain
Kane goes to the outside and picks up a trash can off the floor, Kane picks Raven up stands him up against the ring apron and puts the trash can over Raven’s head, Kane takes a step back and then drives hi big boot into the trashcan with Raven’s head inside it, Kane covers Raven on the outside 1, 2, 3
The winner in 6 minutes 10 seconds and still WWF Hardcore Champion Kane
(JR) Destruction in its purist form is “The Big Red Machine†Kane, he retains his Hardcore Title here tonight and Raven might need some medical attention after a hell of an ass kicking by Kane.
(HEYMAN) I have never seen Raven dominated and destroyed like Kane just did to him, I suggest here tonight that Kane might be our Hardcore Champion for a very long time to come, who the hell can beat him?
Backstage Terri is with the WWF Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian
(TERRI) Edge and Christian congratulations on last night becoming the new World Tag Team Champions for an amazing seven times, how does it feel?
(EDGE) Terri it feels awesome because last night at Wrestlemania 17 we proved what we have been telling people all along, that we are the greatest tag team ever in WWF history, last night we won our amazing 7th Tag Team Championships, we became the first tag team in history to win the titles at two successive Wrestlemania’s and doing it last year and this year in the most brutal match in this company’s history Tables, ladders and chair’s. Last night on the grandest stage of all we proved we are better then The Dudley Boyz, better then The Hardy Boyz and better then any tag team the WWF has today or had in the past.
(CHRISTIAN) Quite frankly Terri our awesomeness cannot be surpassed, you see me and Edge are the trend setters, we are the bench mark and we are the MVP’S of tag team wrestling, to win not one but two successive TLC matches at a Wrestlemania is so cool I think me and Edge may have to create a new word for it.
(EDGE) Yeah that must be awesomundo or something.
(TERRI) Well awesomundo or not tonight in a six man tag team inter gender match you face The Hardy Boyz again what are your thoughts on that?
(EDGE) Terri it will be exactly the same result as last night at Wrestlemania, your winners the new WWF World Tag Team Champions, the awesomeness that is Edge and Christian.
The camera cuts to the corridors of the arena and we see The Undertaker seemingly on his way to the ring for action
(JR) And there is “The American Bad Ass†who last night beat “The Game†HHH to go 9 and 0 at Wrestlemania, up next The Undertaker in action on Monday Night Raw.
COMMERCIALS
As Raw comes back to air Limp Biscuits “Rolling†starts playing and outcomes The Undertaker on his Harley Davidson to a thunderous roar
(JR) He is Texas born, he is Texas bread, he is “The American Bad Assâ€, he is the one and the only Undertaker, Last night at Wrestlemania 17 in his home state of Texas The Undertaker extended his amazing Wrestlemania unbeaten streak to an incredible 9 and 0 when he beat “The Game†HHH in a epic match that nearly blew the roof off of the Houston, Astrodome, 24 hours later “Deadman Inc†is open for business again and he looks as focused and ready as ever.
(HEYMAN) Has there ever been a bigger influence on this company then that man The Undertaker, his legacy of being 9 and 0 at Wrestlemania is legendary, he is a monster that just keeps getting better and stronger and more focused with every single year that goes by, they say Wrestlemania marks the end of the wrestling year and the start of a new one, well who would bet against this next year being the year of The Undertaker?
Rikishi’s music hits and out he comes to a chorus off boo’s
(JR) What you are looking at ladies and gentleman is a bad, bad man, Rikishi in these past few months has demonstrated that he has no soul, he has no heart and he has no remorse for the damage he inflicts on other human beings.
(HEYMAN) You are completely right JR and that is what makes this such a bad match for The Undertaker, you have to remember that less then 24 hours ago The Undertaker was taken to the limit by HHH in an all out war at Wrestlemania, does The Undertaker have enough left in the tank tonight to beat a behemoth like Rikishi?
(JR) Any normal man you might bet against but The Undertaker is no normal man and I think he will be ready for Rikishi tonight even after that war at Wrestlemania with “The Gameâ€.
THE UNDERTAKER VS RIKISHI
The bell rings and The Undertaker and Rikishi square up as the crowd break into a loud Undertaker chant, Rikishi with a hard right hand tries to knock “The Deadman†back on his feet but The Undertaker strikes back with a massive right hand of his own that makes Rikishi wobbly, Undertaker grabbing Rikishi by the arm and he sends Rikishi off the ropes, Taker goes for a clothesline but Rikishi ducks it, Rikishi off the ropes again and this time Rikishi with a huge flying shoulder barge takes The Undertaker down, Rikishi off the ropes again and Rikishi now with a big leg drop right across the head of “The Deadman†Rikishi with the early cover 1, 2 but The Undertaker gets his shoulder up.
Rikishi drags The Undertaker up by his hair and Rikishi hits a hard knife edge chop right across the chest of his opponent, Rikishi grabbing Undertaker by his arm and Rikishi with a hard Irish whip sends “The Deadman†sturdom first and hard into the corner of the ring, The Undertaker winded by that impact and Rikishi with a huge clothesline that turns The Undertaker inside out puts Undertaker down, Rikishi with the pin fall attempt again 1, 2 but The Undertaker gets his foot on the ropes to break the count and Rikishi is frustrated there that he didn’t put The Undertaker away.
(HEYMAN) Have you ever seen anyone dominate The Undertaker physically like we are watching Rikishi do right now, I don’t know how long The Undertaker can hold on here.
(JR) The Undertaker just 24 hours off one of the greatest battles of his career has to dig deep into his reserves here to stay in this match with the devastating Rikishi.
Rikishi starts to lay into The Undertaker with hard kicks to the back and kidney area and once again Rikishi drags “The American Bad Ass†up by his hair, Rikishi lining up a big right hand shot but The Undertaker blocks it, Rikishi tries again but again The Undertaker blocks and now here comes The Undertaker with a flurry of right and left hand shots to the head and body of Rikishi, The Undertaker perhaps the best pure striker in the game teeing off on his opponent here and now The Undertaker with a huge uppercut sends Rikishi falling back against the ropes, Taker grabs Rikishi by the arm and sends him off the ropes, Rikishi coming off the ropes at pace and The Undertaker with a huge boot to the face puts Rikishi down, The Undertaker with the cover 1, 2 but Rikishi just kicks out as the referee’s hand was coming down for the three count.
The Undertaker with new momentum in this match up tries to drag the behemoth Rikishi to his feet but Rikishi grabs a hold of The Undertaker’s pants and drags The Undertaker right into a head on collision with the referee, both the referee and The Undertaker are down now with head injuries and up gets Rikishi looking to take advantage, Rikishi dragging Taker up and he is going to go for a suplex, Rikishi has The Undertaker at his mercy but out of nowhere The Undertaker counters with a double arm DDT driving Rikishi head first into the canvas, The Undertaker crawls across to make the cover but the referee is still down, The Undertaker has Rikishi beat here but there is no official to make the count.
The Undertaker tries to revive the ref but from behind HHH is in the ring, “The Game†HHH has come from the crowd and HHH has a sledgehammer in hand, The Undertaker turns around with no idea HHH is waiting and HHH drives his sledge hammer right into the ribs of “The American Bad Assâ€, HHH rolls out of the ring and starts to leave up the ramp, The Undertaker may have had his ribs crushed by that sledgehammer shot and the referee has not even seen it, Rikishi coming round after that DDT slowly crawls across to cover The Undertaker, the referee groggily stumbles to his feet and he see’s the cover, he slowly begins to count 1, 2, 3 and Rikishi has beaten The Undertaker with a huge help from “The Game†HHH and his sledgehammer.
The winner of the match in 12 minutes and 2 seconds Rikishi
(HEYMAN) I can’t believe what we have just seen JR, HHH picked his moment in this match to get in the ring and take The Undertaker out with that devastating sledgehammer, HHH just drove that hammer right into the ribs of Undertaker and who knows what damage that may have done.
(JR) “The Cerebral Assassin†HHH taking revenge for his defeat last night in the only cowardly way he knows how, The Undertaker didn’t have a chance to react, he just didn’t see that sledgehammer shot coming and not only has it cost him the match it may have cost him a few months out injured.
The Undertaker lays in the ring bleeding from the mouth as we go to commercial
(HEYMAN) The Undertaker clearly has internal injuries as you see him coughing up blood in the ring right now, there is no doubt that HHH has sent out a huge message to The Undertaker tonight and it’s a message The Undertaker certainly won’t forget in a hurry.
COMMERCIALS
As Raw comes back to air we see video footage from during the break with WWF officials helping a wounded Undertaker to the back
(JR) Ladies and gentleman as you can see The Undertaker injured tonight after that vile sledgehammer shot to the ribs by HHH during The Undertaker’s match with Rikishi and we understand that The Undertaker will be taken to a local medical facility by ambulance to get himself checked out.
(HEYMAN) The Undertaker must have broken ribs JR, you could almost here the ribs cracking as HHH just buried that sledgehammer into “The American Bad Asses†chest and the end result was that The Undertaker couldn’t even walk out of this arena without the help of 6 WWF officials holding him up.
(JR) HHH has certainly done some lasting damage to The Undertaker tonight and I suggest right now we haven’t heard the last of this feud between “The Game†and “The Deadmanâ€.
But talking of lasting damage that is what The Rock will be hoping to dish out to Stone Cold Steve Austin later tonight when they meet in that steel cage hanging above our heads with the richest prize in sports entertainment the WWF Championship on the line, it was 24 hours ago when The Rock in my view was screwed out of the WWF Title by Stone Cold and MR McMahon lets here from The Rock now who is standing by backstage with Terri Runnels.
The Rock appears on the screen as the crowd breaks into a huge Rocky chant
(TERRI) Rock last night at Wrestlemania 17 we saw one of the most controversial endings to a WWF Championship match in Wrestlemania history when Stone Cold Steve Austin and MR McMahon some say screwed you out of the WWF Championship, but tonight you get a chance to take back what many fans believe is rightfully yours inside a steel cage against your deadliest rival “The Texas Rattlesnake†Stone Cold Steve Austin, what are your thoughts?
(THE ROCK) Terri The Rock could have turned up here tonight and started crying and moaning about how I was screwed out of the WWF Championship tonight but The Rock isn’t going to do that, The Rock is a bigger man then that, instead what The Rock is going to do is walk down to that ring, bring down that steel cage lock Stone Cold Steve Austin in it, give him the single biggest ass whopping of his life and take back my WWF Championship.
You see last night Stone Cold Steve Austin made one huge mistake and it wasn’t selling his soul to MR McMahon, it wasn’t selling all of his fans down the river and it wasn’t even pissing The Rock off, Austin made a mistake when he had me laying in that ring and he was smashing me time after time all over my body with that steel chair, the imprint of The Rock’s body was all over that steel chair that’s how many times I got hit with it but that’s when Stone Cold Steve Austin made the biggest mistake of his career, the biggest mistake of his life because when he had the chance he didn’t finish me off, now The Rock stands here tonight pissed off, The Rock stands here tonight an angry man and Terri you wouldn’t like The Rock when he is angry and neither Terri will Stone Cold Steve Austin, because tonight when that steel cage comes down and only me and Austin are inside I am going to lay the Smackdown on his bald, yellow candy ass more then I have ever laid the Smackdown on anybody in my life.
So Stone Cold Steve Austin bring all you got, bring your bald head, bring your steel chair and even bring you new boyfriend MR McMahon because tonight you can’t stop, can’t stop The Rock.
Tonight “The People’s Champ walks to the Peoples ring without his WWF Championship but The Rock Guaran-damn-tees when I walk out of Fort Worth Texas tonight I will be not only “The Peoples Champion†but once again the WWF Champion IF YA SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING.
(JR) The Rock is ready; The Rock is ready for Stone Cold Steve Austin tonight and will that mean the WWF Championship reign of Stone Cold will last less then 24 hours inside that steel cage later on here tonight.
(HEYMAN) At the end of the day The Rock can talk all the trash he wants but the fact is Stone Cold Steve Austin beat him last night to win the WWF Championship and I think Austin will beat him again inside the steel cage tonight.
William Regal’s music hits and out he comes to a chorus of boo’s
(JR) Last night at Wrestlemania 17 William Regal could not do enough to wrestle the Intercontinental Title away from Y2J Chris Jericho and tonight William Regal will be looking to avenge that loss and gain some sort of revenge on “The Ayatollah of Rock and Roller†Chris Jericho.
(HEYMAN) The Title is not on the line here tonight JR but for William Regal this is about more then Championship gold, this is about personal pride and proving to himself and the WWF fans that he is better then Chris Jericho.
(JR) William Regal grew up in the streets of Blackpool, England and as a 15 year old boy was fighting men for money, like him or not Regal is as tough as old boots and he nearly left Wrestlemania 17 last night the new Intercontinental Champion.
Chris Jericho’s music hits and out comes Y2J to a thunderous ovation
(JR) He is the current and reigning Intercontinental Champion, he is “The Ayatollah of Rock and roller†and he is perhaps the most charismatic superstar in all of the WWF, Chris Jericho is cocky, Chris Jericho is confident and he gets away with it because in the ring where it all matters he gets the job done night after night.
(HEYMAN) There is no doubt that Chris Jericho is one of the premiere stars in today’s industry and that is why he is the Intercontinental Champion, once again on the biggest stage of all last night when Y2J was asked to perform he stepped up to the plate and got the win he needed.
NON-TITLE
CHRIS JERICHO VS WILLIAM REGAL
The bell rings and William Regal flies into Jericho with a hard left hand shot to the back of the head before Y2J was even ready, Regal gaining the unfair early advantage in this match up and now the southpaw William Regal starts to just open up on the head of Chris Jericho with piston like left hand shots, Regal grabbing Y2J by the arm and sending him off the ropes and Regal burying his knee into the mid section of Jericho who was coming off the ropes at pace puts Jericho down, Regal with the pin fall 1, 2 but Jericho kicks out at the count of two.
William regal now locking in the sleeper hold on Chris Jericho and this is great strategy by the veteran William regal who is trying to wear the Intercontinental Champion down here, Regal with that sleeper hold synched in tight but Jericho is trying to fight it, Jericho trying to get back to a vertical base and he does and Jericho using his body weight drives Regal into the corner of the ring back first forcing Regal to break the sleeper hold, Jericho gasping for air trying to get his wits about him but back comes Regal with a clothesline and Jericho counters it with a double legged take down, what a counter there by Y2J and now Jericho locks in “The Walls Of Jericho†on William Regal, William Regal is in big trouble here but somehow Regal manages to scramble near enough to the ropes to grab hold of them and make Chris Jericho break the hold.
(HEYMAN) What a close escape for William Regal right there JR, if he hadn’t have reached the ropes when he did he would have had no choice but to tap out.
Chris Jericho shaking off the cob webs drags William Regal up to his feet and Y2J with a huge European uppercut puts Regal on dream street, Jericho assuming control now in this match up and here comes the Intercontinental Champion with a big suplex to William Regal driving Regal spine first into the canvas, Jericho with the cover 1, 2 but Regal kicks out, Chris Jericho so close to victory there but Jericho is gaining momentum in this match and here comes Jericho spring boarding off the middle rope and hitting “The Lion Sault†on Regal, Jericho hooks the legs and it must be over 1, 2 but Regal kicks out again and Y2J can’t believe it.
Jericho growing frustrated here as he drags Regal up again but look at Regal counter with a small package on Chris Jericho, the ref begins the count 1, 2 but Jericho just manages to kick out, how close was William Regal there to stealing this match?
William Regal with a kick to the gut of Y2J and now Regal setting up for a DDT but Jericho counters again and this time Y2J locks in “The Walls Of Jericho†on William Regal for the second time in this match, Regal screaming in pain tries to drag himself near the ropes but Jericho pulls him back into the centre of the ring and Regal has nowhere to go, Jericho applying the pressure here and William Regal has to tap out and submit, for the second time in 24 hours the Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho has beaten William Regal.
The winner by submission in 10 minutes 45 seconds Chris Jericho
(HEYMAN) What a great match and what another huge win for Chris Jericho over William Regal for the second time in 24 hours.
(JR) The Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho is on a hell of a roll right now and it has continued here tonight at the expense of William Regal who could do nothing expect tap out to that devastating “Walls of Jericho†submission hold.
Jericho celebrates up the ramp as William Regal looks on in anger
The camera pans backstage where we see The Rock getting ready for his steel cage match with Stone Cold Steve Austin later tonight when Stone Cold’s wife Debra walks past him, The Rock grabs Debra by the arm and drags her back.
(DEBRA) What do you want Rock?
(THE ROCK) Calm down Debra all I want to do is ask you a quick question, you see The Rock appreciates the last few weeks when you have been my Manager and I would like to think in that time that we formed some sort of bond, that we connected on some level am I right.
(DEBRA) I enjoyed being your Manager Rock but that is over now, our deal ended after Wrestlemania 17.
(THE ROCK) The Rock’s fine with that and as I said all The Rock wants right now is to ask you a big question that has been burning a hole in me all day long.
(DEBRA) Ok what’s your question?
(THE ROCK) Let The Rock see, how can I put this without offending you?
(DEBRA) Just ask me Rocky I don’t have all night.
(THE ROCK) Debra I really need to know in all honesty, what is it like to have a husband who is a bitch, what is it like to have a husband who was so scared of being beat by The Rock last night that he sold his soul to the devil himself Vince McMahon to take the WWF Championship from me, you see your husband Debra he isn’t even an man, your husband Debra is a yellow, gutless piece of trailer park trash and I want you to go to Steve’s dressing room right now and tell him that, you can also tell him to shine that WWF Championship belt up real nice before he comes out for our match tonight because when the match is over im taking my WWF Championship back.
Debra slaps The Rock hard across the face
(THE ROCK) You slap just like Austin does Debra, like a damn girl, now run along and give him that message.
Debra storms off upset
(HEYMAN) How dare The Rock talk to the wife of Stone Cold Steve Austin in that manner, who the hell does The Rock, think he is?
(JR) Maybe Debra is so upset because The Rock just told her some home truths about her husband; as much as it hurts me to say it perhaps The Rock is right.
COMMERCIALS
As Raw comes back to air we see WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin pacing up and down in his locker room trying to be calmed by MR McMahon
(AUSTIN) Did you see that Vince, did you see The Rock just running his mouth about me in front of my own damn wife, you don’t do that to Stone Cold Steve Austin, I am the WWF Champion and I deserve some damn respect.
(MCMAHON) You do deserve respect Steve but you need to calm the hell down and keep focused on your match or you might not leave here tonight with that WWF Championship.
(AUSTIN) That ain’t going to happen Vince, tonight inside that steel cage I am going to take The Rock out, I am going to make an example of that piece of trash and beat some damn respect into him.
(MCMAHON) I like that idea Austin; I like that idea a lot.
Austin and McMahon look at each other with evil intent in there eyes
As the camera pans back to the arena The Hardy Boyz music hits and outcomes Matt, Jeff and Lita to a great ovation
(JR) It was a disappointing night for The Hardy Boyz at Wrestlemania 17 less then 24 hours ago when “Team Extreme†lost the WWF Tag Team Championships to Edge & Christian in the amazing Tables, Ladders and Chairs match, Matt and Jeff must have been affected by such a huge loss but tonight they have a chance to at least get some revenge on the new Tag Team Champions in this inter gender six person tag match we have coming up right now.
(HEYMAN) Last night at Wrestlemania 17 I was privileged to sit next to you JR and call the amazing TLC II match, all three teams The Hardy’s, The Dudley Boyz and Edge & Christian put all there body’s on the line, they took every risk in the book to try and leave Wrestlemania the WWF Tag Team Champions and unfortunately for the Champions going in The Hardy Boyz they just couldn’t defend those titles successfully in that match.
Edge & Christian’s music hits and out they come with there partner tonight former WWF Women’s Champion Jacqueline
(JR) Love them or hate them and most do the latter you have to respect Edge & Christian for last night becoming seven time World Tag Team Champions, to also do that for the second Wrestlemania in a row both in TLC matches makes the achievement all the more amazing.
(HEYMAN) You are right JR, I mean the Table’s, Ladders and Chairs match is so hard to predict, it is so difficult to win and for Edge & Christian to win two in a row both at Wrestlemania makes Edge & Christian in my view not only the kings of TLC but the greatest tag team in WWF history.
(JR) That is a huge statement right there Paul and I have a feeling The Hardy Boyz might disagree with your reading of that situation.
INTERGENDER SIX PERSON TAG MATCH
THE HARDY BOYZ & LITA VS EDGE & CHRISTIAN & JACQUELINE
The bell rings and it is Matt Hardy and Christian to get this match up under way, Matt and Christian lock up in the centre of the ring and Matt uses his weight advantage to back Christian up into the corner of the ring, Matt Hardy trying to dominate Christian here but Christian with a rake to the eyes halts the attack of Matt and Christian with a drop kick to the knees of Matt Hardy puts Matt down, Christian now going to work on Matt’s knees with hard stumps and Christian goes for an early cover putting his feet on the ropes for leverage the ref counts 1, 2 but then the ref see’s Christians legs on the ropes and breaks the count, Christian frustrated that he got caught there and he now tags in the other half of the Tag Team Champions Edge, incomes Edge and he grabs Matt hardy up by his long hair, Edge swinging Matt off the ropes and Edge with a hard clothesline puts Matt down, Edge with the cover 1, 2 but incomes Matt’s brother Jeff to break up the count, the referee now removing the illegal Jeff Hardy back out of the ring and an angry Edge tries to get to Jeff Hardy, Edge here taunting Jeff who is now back on the ring apron but as Edge turns his focus back to the legal man Matt Hardy he walks right into a big clothesline from Matt Hardy, Matt Hardy now crawling across the ring to his corner, Matt Hardy needs to make a tag here and he does by tagging in his brother Jeff.
Here comes Jeff Hardy dragging Edge up by his long blonde hair, Jeff Hardy with a big right hand to Edge and now he sends the Tag Team Champion off the ropes and Hardy with a big back drop sends Edge crashing spine first into the mat, Jeff Hardy with the cover 1, 2 but Edge kicks out to keep his team in this inter gender six person tag match.
Edge is down here and Jeff now tags in the most extreme diva in all the WWF the beautiful dare devil Lita, Lita now going up top and Lita is going to go for a moon Sault on Edge but Christian comes into the ring drags Edge back to his corner and Jacqueline tags in, here comes Jacqueline and Jacqueline grabs Lita by the hair and slams her from the top turnbuckle back first into the canvas.
On the outside Edge and Christian are retrieving there Tag Team Title belts and look to be leaving but into the ring come Matt and Jeff, The Hardy Boyz off the ropes and Matt and Jeff both hit suicide bombs over the top rope to the outside taking out both Edge and Christian in the process, what carnage, what a move by the risk taking “Team Extreme†The Hardy Boyz.
In the ring Jacqueline drags Lita up but Lita out of nowhere counters with a Twist Of Fate, Lita now going up top again and this time she won’t be stopped, Lita is going to fly and she hits the flying back Moon Sault from the top on Jacqueline, Lita with the cover 1, 2, 3 and “Team Extreme†win this six person tag team match.
The winners of the match in 9 minutes 22 seconds “Team Extremeâ€
Matt and Jeff get in the ring to raise Lita’s hand in victory as the crowd gives the trio a standing ovation
(JR) A little bit of revenge handed out tonight here by The Hardy Boyz to Edge & Christian but you know The Hardy’s won’t be satisfied until they reclaim those Tag Team Championships Edge & Christian won last night.
(HEYMAN) An amazing win for “Team Extreme†here tonight and you have to give kudos to them for putting in a performance like that less then 24 hours after the grueling TLC match.
The camera pans backstage where we see Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle seemingly making his way to the ring
(JR) Kurt Angle had an extremely good Wrestlemania last night and can he continue his roll when up next we see him in one on one action on Monday Night Raw.
COMMERCIALS
As Raw comes back to air Kurt Angle’s music hits and out he comes to a mixed reception
(JR) Last night at Wrestlemania 17 that man Kurt Angle had himself a hell of a match with Chris Beniot and as a result Chris Beniot suffered a neck injury that is set to sideline him for at least a year, what the match did though was continue the great roll the former WWF Champion Kurt Angle is on and he will want to continue that winning form into tonight.
(HEYMAN) Kurt Angle is just a legit bad ass JR, he is the only Olympic Gold Medalist in WWF history, he has won King Of The Ring and he has won every single individual Title we have in the WWF all in his first pro year including winning the WWF Championship from The Rock in October last year.
(JR) Kurt Angle has certainly achieved a huge amount in a very little period of time and he has no problem in letting people know about it.
Steve Blackman’s music hits and outcomes “The Lethal Weaponâ€
(HEYMAN) Now this is going to be an interesting match, “The Lethal Weaponâ€, the martial arts expert Steve Blackman one on one with the Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle.
(JR) What we have here are two very technically gifted performers and it’s going to be a battle of styles here in this match.
KURT ANGLE VS STEVE BLACKMAN
The match starts as Kurt Angle tries to belittle Steve Blackman by playfully slapping him around the head, Kurt Angle in a good mood here tonight but his mood is soon changed when Steve Blackman unleashes one of his hard martial arts kicks right to the side of Kurt Angle’s knee and Angle’s knee buckles under that impact and Kurt has to roll out of the ring to take cover.
Kurt Angle limping on the outside trying to get the feeling back in his knee but here comes Blackman to the outside himself in pursuit of Kurt Angle, Blackman grabs Angle by the head and he bounces Angle’s head right off the steel steps, Blackman now lining up another kick and he takes a run up but Kurt Angle counters with a release German Suplex on the outside sending Blackman back first into the hard ringside flooring, Kurt Angle drags Blackman up and rolls him back into the ring, Angle crawls across the make the cover 1, 2 but “The Lethal Weapon†gets his shoulder up, Angle dragging Blackman up again and Angle sends Blackman off the ropes, Angle setting up for the back drop but he telegraphs it and Blackman counters with a huge kick right into the face of Kurt Angle, Blackman with the cover and he may have knocked Angle out with that kick 1, 2 and Angle just gets his shoulder up at the last millisecond, Blackman sits there is disbelief, he can’t believe Angle has kicked out from that hard kick to the head, Steve Blackman now up to his feet and Blackman starts to climb up to the top turnbuckle, this is not usual Steve Blackman strategy, Blackman is not a high flyer and as he tries to balance himself Kurt Angle suddenly nips up and Angle hits “The Olympic Slam†on Blackman all the way from the top turnbuckle down to the canvas, Angle with the cover 1, 2, 3 and Kurt Angle picks up another win.
The winner of the match in 7 minutes 18 seconds Kurt Angle
(HEYMAN) Steve Blackman made a huge mistake going up top JR and you can’t make any mistakes when your opponent is a guy like Kurt Angle, Blackman went against his style, he took a risk in order to try and win and Kurt Angle made him pay the ultimate price.
(JR) Kurt Angle’s impressive few weeks continues here tonight on Raw and that “Olympic Slam†from the top turnbuckle was really a move to remember.
Kurt Angle celebrates up the ramp
Backstage we see HHH sitting on a chair with the sledgehammer he took The Undertaker out with earlier tonight still in his hands, suddenly from behind appears MR McMahon, HHH turns to face him.
(MCMAHON) I saw what you did to The Undertaker earlier tonight and I have to say I liked it, it was so typical of you, so aggressive, so ruthless, you are family HHH and earlier tonight when you buried that sledge hammer into The Undertaker’s ribs I have to say you reminded me of myself.
(HHH) That’s real nice Vince but what I want to know is what the hell is going on with you and Steve Austin, one minute you hate each others guts, you have been deadly rivals for years and now his your new best friend, let me make one thing clear Vince, you and Austin might be on the same page these days but I am not, I have a long and recent history with Austin myself and unlike you Vince I am not willing to forgive and forget and what I need to know is what will happen when me and Austin clash, what will happen when I want the WWF Championship back, will you be on my side, will you be on your Families side, or will you be on Austin’s side?
(MCMAHON) Hunter you know how much I admire you, you are family now and what you saw last night at Wrestlemania between me and Austin was business, it’s good business Hunter and I hope you can understand that, now what I would love tonight is when Stone Cold Steve Austin goes out there next to meet The Rock for The WWF Championship in a steel cage match, is if you were to have Stone Cold Steve Austin’s back, not for Austin but for me?
(HHH) As you like to say Vince, there is no chance in hell that I will have Austin’s back tonight, if anything Austin should watch his back.
HHH storms off sledge hammer in hand as Vince looks concerned
(JR) “The Game†HHH seemingly not on the same page as Vince McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin tonight
(HEYMAN) What was Vince expecting, everybody knows that HHH and Stone Cold hate each others guts; it looks like Austin’s going to be on his own tonight JR.
(JR) Up next when we come back perhaps the biggest main event in Raw history, Stone Cold Steve Austin defends the WWF Championship against The Rock inside a 15 foot high steel cage.
COMMERCIALS
As Raw comes back to air the steel cage starts to be lowered from the ceiling of the arena as the crowd cheer
(JR) The unforgiving structure that is the steel cage but who will it be unforgiving to tonight The Rock or the new WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin?
Suddenly on the Titantron appears Mick Foley
(FOLEY) Sorry to drop in like this again but I have one more message to give tonight from WWF C.E.O Linda McMahon and this one is for my old friend sitting out there at the commentary position Paul Heyman.
You see Paul what I need you to do is stand up and start walking up the ramp because you are not going to be commentating on this WWF Championship match, infact as far as far as the WWF goes you are not ever going to be needed for commentary again,
A bemused Paul Heyman throws his cap off and angrily makes his way backstage as the fans chant him a goodbye song
(FOLEY) Now I don’t want you to worry JR because we are not going to leave you out there alone to call this big match, I want to introduce to you now somebody I think you know pretty damn well, so here he is the returning color commentator of Monday Night Raw I give you Jerry “The King†Lawler.
Outcomes “The King†to a huge ovation
(JR) The King is back, I can’t believe my eyes here, Jerry “The King†Lawler is back on Monday Night Raw.
The King shakes JR’s hand and puts on his head set
(JR) King welcome back to the announce table buddy and it is a privilege to have you back out here to call this huge WWF Championship match up next.
(KING) Thank you JR and I must thank C.E.O Linda McMahon for bringing me back but you are right, what a time to come back just before a huge WWF Championship steel cage match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock.
Ring announcer Howard finkel gets into the steel cage
(FINKLE)The following match is a steel cage match and it is for the World Wrestling Federation Championship.
The Rock’s music hits and out he comes to a huge roar
(KING) “The People’s Champion†receiving a huge ovation by his people in Texas tonight but can The Rock do what he said he was going to do earlier JR and win back the WWF Championship 24 hours after losing it at Wrestlemania 17?
(JR) The Rock is hurt by the way things went down last night at Wrestlemania 17, The Rock feels he was screwed out of the WWF Championship by Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon and tonight I think The Rock will go to any lengths to get his revenge.
The Rock climbs the cage to pose for the fans but is cut off by the glass breaking of Stone Cold Steve Austin’s music and outcomes the new WWF Champion with MR McMahon.
(JR) Seeing Stone Cold Steve Austin and MR McMahon together is still hard to comprehend, there are still questions to be answered as to why Austin did what he did last night when he sold his soul to the devil incarnate Vincent Kennedy McMahon.
(KING) You need to take the blinkers off JR and realize like all these fans need to realize what happened last night, Stone Cold Steve Austin did sell his soul, he did sell his fans down the river in order to win the WWF Championship and I don’t blame him one bit, Stone Cold did what was best for Stone Cold.
(JR) No matter what I or the fans believe Stone Cold Steve Austin could have one of the shortest WWF Title reigns in this company’s history if The Rock has his way tonight.
(KING) I can’t disagree with you there JR, what we have tonight is the two biggest stars in this industry today locking horns for the second time in 24 hours and what makes tonight even bigger is that they are locked inside a solid, unforgiving steel cage.
STEEL CAGE MATCH
WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIP
MR McMahon W/ STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN VS THE ROCK
Stone Cold Steve Austin climbs into the cage and the door is locked behind him as The Rock stares a hole in the five time WWF Champion, Austin and The Rock go face to face as the crowd break into a Rocky chant and The Rock and Stone Cold begin to trash talk, Austin then gives Rock the middle finger salute and The Rock explodes opening up on “The Texas Rattlesnake†with a flurry of hard right hands, The Rock going to town on Austin in the corner and The Rock spits on his hand and then delivers another huge right hand shot to Austin in the corner that nearly takes Stone Cold out of his boots, The Rock fired up here tonight grabs Austin by the arm and he Irish Whips Austin hard from one corner of the ring to the other and Austin just bounces sturdom first off that turnbuckle padding, what impact there and that may have broken ribs of the WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin.
The Rock wants back his WWF Championship tonight and he is totally controlling the early going here in this steel cage WWF Championship match, The Rock off the ropes and The Rock with a huge knee drop right into the ribs of Steve Austin, The Rock with the cover 1, 2 but Austin kicks out much to the relief of MR McMahon who is watching on anxiously outside of the cage.
The Rock and Stone Cold picking up where they left off just 24 hours ago at Wrestlemania 17 and here comes The Rock again with another hard right hand to Austin, The Rock is just teeing off on “The Rattlesnake†and these fans like what they are seeing, Stone Cold Steve Austin tonight is perhaps paying for his sins committed last night when he screwed The Rock out of the WWF Championship,
The Rock is out for revenge tonight and he sets Austin up for a pile driver, The Rock is going to try and break Austin’s neck, The Rock has Austin where he wants him but Austin counters with a backdrop sending “The People’s Champion†spine first into the canvas, an escape just in the nick of time there by Stone Cold Steve Austin and here comes Austin off the ropes with a big time clothesline to The Rock, Austin nearly took The Rock’s head off there with a big Texas sized clothesline and Austin makes the cover 1, 2 but The Rock kicks out, perhaps running on pure adrenaline The Rock would not stay down.
Vince McMahon on the outside trying to shout instructions to Steve Austin and Austin seems to be listening to his new partner in crime, Stone Cold Steve Austin drags The Rock up and Austin now runs The Rock head first right into the Steel cage, Austin now bouncing The Rock’s head time after time off that steel mesh and The Rock has been busted open here, The Rock’s head must have just bounced off that unforgiving steel at least eight times there, Stone Cold Steve Austin is ruthless, Stone Cold Steve Austin has no remorse and just as last night he proved he would do anything to win the WWF Championship, tonight it seems he is willing to go to any lengths to keep it, Stone Cold Steve Austin with a big right hand shot to The Rock who is dazed and barley able to stand up here, Stone Cold Steve Austin having his way with the bloody and battered “People’s Champion†but somehow The Rock begins to fight back with right hand shots of his own, where is this coming from, how is The Rock still standing, The Rock with a big right hand shot that rocks the WWF Champion and now The Rock sends Austin off the ropes, The Rock goes for a backdrop but Austin reads it and Austin counters with a huge swinging neck breaker that may put The Rock down for the last time in this match, The Rock’s head and neck just bounced off the canvas there with huge impact and Austin rolls across to make the pin 1, 2 but The Rock kicks out again, Austin can’t believe it, McMahon can’t believe it, what the hell will it take to keep “The Great One†down tonight?
Stone Cold Steve Austin is getting frustrated, Stone Cold is looking to MR McMahon on the outside for answers saying what the hell do I have to do to beat this man, Stone Cold Steve Austin turning his attention back to The Rock trying to once again do enough to put The Rock away, Austin dragging The Rock up and out of nowhere The Rock hits “The Rock Bottom†on Austin, “The Great One†just Rock Bottomed the WWF Champion out of his boots but has The Rock got the energy to crawl across, make the pin and reclaim his WWF Championship, The Rock is stirring and with every ounce of energy left in his body he starts to crawl his way over to Stone Cold, The Rock makes it and he puts his arm over Austin’s body to make the cover 1, 2 but Austin kicks out, somehow, someway Stone Cold Steve Austin just kicked out of The Rock Bottom, this crowd are stunned, MR McMahon on the outside is nearly having a heart attack but this amazing WWF Championship match continues.
The Rock drags himself up to one knee and now The Rock still bleeding from the head drags up the limp body of Stone Cold Steve Austin up to his feet, The Rock grabbing Austin by the arm and sending “The Rattlesnake†off the ropes, The Rock attempts the clothesline but Austin ducks it, Austin off the ropes again and now The Rock and Austin both take each other out with a double clothesline, Rock and Austin both had the same idea there and now both men are down, both men are out on there feet and the WWF Championship still hangs in the balance here.
Suddenly on the ramp appears HHH with his sledge hammer in hand and he starts to make his way to the ring
(KING) It’s “The Game†JR, HHH is on his way to ringside with that sledgehammer in his hand but who the hell is he coming for?
(JR) You heard HHH earlier tonight, he said to MR McMahon that there was no chance in hell he would have Austin’s back tonight, so does that mean “The Game†is out here right now to take out Stone Cold Steve Austin, to take out the man who has took his spot as Vince McMahon’s number one guy?
Vince McMahon confronts HHH on the ramp and tries to send him away but “The Game†shoves Vince on his backside
(KING) HHH just put his hands on his own father in law MR McMahon JR.
HHH walks up to the steel cage door and he uses his sledge hammer to bust the padlock, HHH opens the cage door and steps inside to a huge roar from the crowd.
Stone Cold and The Rock both start to stumble to there feet and HHH starts to line up Stone Cold Steve Austin, HHH is going to take Austin’s head off here with that sledgehammer but suddenly HHH turns in the other direction and nails The Rock in the head with the sledgehammer, HHH has just knocked The Rock out and now “The Game†smiles at Austin, I can’t believe this Stone Cold Steve Austin and HHH are on the same page, this whole thing was a set up.
HHH drags The Rock up and Pedigree’s him hard face first into the mat, Stone Cold Steve Austin tells HHH to drag The Rock back up and HHH does it, HHH holding the lifeless body of The Rock up straight and now Austin hits The Rock with “The Stone Cold Stunner†Austin covers the bloody “People’s Champion†and the referee has to count 1, 2, 3 and Stone Cold Steve Austin with the help of all people “The Game†HHH is still the WWF Champion.
Vince McMahon’s climbs into the steel cage with a case of beers and he hands them out to Austin and HHH, Vince, HHH and Austin then open there beers and toast standing over the limp body of there victim The Rock.
The steel cage is raised as MR McMahon raises the hands of Stone Cold Steve Austin and HHH to the crowds displeasure.
(KING) Did you ever think you would see this day JR, a day when HHH, Vince McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin are all on the same page, a day when they would all share a beer in the middle of a WWF ring on Monday Night Raw?
(JR) I don’t know what to think anymore King, what we are looking at is an unholy alliance, what we are looking at is three of the baddest sons of bitches in WWF history all on the same page and like it or not who the hell can stop this trio of destruction?
(KING) The answer is nobody JR, there is nobody out there that can stop HHH, MR McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin doing exactly what they want to do and that is a scary reality the whole World Wrestling Federation has to get used to.
(JR) We are witnessing the dawning of a new era and it’s an era that makes me sick to the pit of my stomach, the bottom line tonight is that with a little help from his new friends Stone Cold Steve Austin still rules the WWF.
The show goes off air with Austin, McMahon and HHH trash talking the unconscious Rock and soaking him with beer
