Backstage, Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley welcome the rest of D-Generation X (X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) to Providence, Rhode Island. Triple H then congratulates Road Dogg and Billy Gunn for beating The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) last week and gives them the night off. X-Pac, however, has to face Test, and whoever wins that match will draw #30 in the Royal Rumble Match. It is also announced that Cactus Jack will not be here due to a family illness, and Triple H then says that Cactus Jack is just too scared to face him. Stephanie says this will be a night to remember.
Big Show shows up to start tonight show. He says that he should come out to the ring and apologize for not being what the fans want him to be and something he cannot and can never be, and says he will never be The Rock. He says that the fans sit and boo him, yet he takes the time away from his family when he is eating dinner to interact with the fans. He knows why the fans boo him and do not like him, and why everyone in the locker room does not like him, and that is because they all cannot be 7'2" and 500 lbs and it drives them absolutely nuts that he can stand in the ring and be the most dominating force to ever walk into the WWF, and all they can do is watch and boo with a sour grapes attitude because it is not them. He says that the fans think The Rock is going to win the Royal Rumble Match, but he has to get past him to do it, and there is nobody in the locker room who can stop him in the Royal Rumble Match, as he will be the one to win and take back the WWF Championship. As far as The Rock goes, he does not like him; as a matter of fact, he hates him. He plans to settle all his scores tonight, and if The Rock can come down to the ring, he will shine his pretty little head up, take his finger, push his eyebrow up, grab his neck, turn him sideways, and stick him straight up "The People's Ass." Suddenly, The Rock shows up, and Big Show says that if The Rock sees himself as "The People's Champion," then he can have the people. The Rock knows all about Big Show, but he questions the audacity of Big Show to complain about the fans booing him. He says there is a lesson to be learned, and that lesson is that when Big Show insults The Rock, he insults the people. Since he has insulted the people, that has left The Rock with two people: either heading to the back and waiting until the Royal Rumble Match to eliminate him, or he can walk down the ramp, stop in the middle of it, inhale the electricity from the millions - and millions - of his fans, keep walking, get in the middle of the ring and kick his candy ass all over Providence, Rhode Island. Suddenly, Kane and Tori show up. Tori says huge egos are running amok on SmackDown, and says they are the only ones who think they are capable of winning the Royal Rumble Match, then says there are 28 other people who think they are capable of winning the match, but only one winner, and announces that Kane is entering the Royal Rumble Match. Kane and Tori walk down the ramp, but before they can get to the ring, Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley show up. Triple H says that if there is one thing he hates,it is a bunch of egomaniacs putting themselves over and talking about how they're all going to beat each other, when the fact of the matter is that they are all going into the Royal Rumble Match to earn the chance to face him at WrestleMania for the WWF Championship. He has news for them: the winner of the Royal Rumble Match, April 2nd in Anaheim will be one long night and one big disappoint, because he will both enter and leave WrestleMania as WWF Champion. However, since they all seem so eager to fight tonight and the creative juices seem to be flowing in the air tonight, he and Stephanie can accommodate them. The three of them will compete in the first-ever Triple Threat Over The Top Rope Lumberjack Match, a match name that is whispered into Triple H's one part at a time. 27 other competitors will be around the ringside while Kane, Big Show and The Rock will be in, and the winner will be teh last man standing in the ring. The only difference between this match and the Royal Rumble Match is that the winner does not get a first-class ticket to face him at WrestleMania. As The Rock tells Triple H he can throw every kind of match he can at him, Big Show steps over the ropes and off the ring apron to attack The Rock from behind. Kane also gets involved in the ensuing brawl, and all three men go at it. The Rock takes both Kane and Big Show out with a steel chair to end it.
We look back to three months ago - the last time WWF was in Providence, Rhode Island - when The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) came to The Friendly Tap and had a barroom brawl with everyone inside.
X-Pac beats Test to become the 30th entrant in the Royal Rumble Match when The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) show up. Billy Gunn trips Test as he goes up top for an elbow drop to allow X-Pac to hit the X-Factor while Road Dogg distracts referee Teddy Long.
Backstage, WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon Helmsley and the rest of D-Generation X (Triple H, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) congratulate X-Pac on his victory against Test and becoming entrant #30 in the Royal Rumble Match. Triple H says that since X-Pac is a shoo-in to win the Royal Rumble Match, it'll be the two of them at WrestleMania.
Backstage, "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman is talking with Al Snow, telling him he will split his skull if he costs them their match tonight. Al Snow tells Blackman that he is the tag team partner that he has been looking for, but pushes it when he says Blackman has no personality or charisma.
Before the next match, Kurt Angle announces that at Royal Rumble, he will face an unnamed opponent who will supposedly break his undefeated streak. His concern does not lie with the unnamed man, but that America would be devastated if his undefeated streak came into an end. In the Olympic games, he did not know the names of all his opponents, but he won gold medals as he lived the three I's - intensity, integrity and intelligence. Tonight, he finds himself reminded that there are towns in America that make even the most depressed towns in America - or The British Bulldog's home country of England - look really good, and says Providence could be one of those towns, but if the towns follows his three I's, they can pull themselves out of their depression. It is then announced that Triple H will co-host Royal Rumble Radio this Saturday from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern Time exclusively on Westwood One.
Al Snow and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman quickly beat Kurt Angle and The British Bulldog.
Matt Hardy beats D-Von Dudley by disqualification after Buh Buh Ray Dudley bdrags Matt out of the ring by his ankles and whips him into the steel steps. Before the match, it is announced that there will be a "Diva signing" at WWF New York tomorrow at noon. It is also announced that there will be a Tag Team Tables Match between The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) and The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) at Royal Rumble where the object of the match is to put both members of the opposing team through tables. After the match, Buh Buh Ray fights off both Jeff and Matt before hitting them with a steel chair and punching out referee Jimmy Korderas. D-Von then attacks the Hardys as Buh Buh Ray sets up two tables next to the stage. Buh Buh Ray almost puts Matt Hardy through the tables as Terri Runnels pleads with The Dudley Boyz not to do it, but Jeff Hardy strikes back with a steel chair, attacking D-Von with it before doing the same to Buh Buh Ray, stunning him and sending him through the tables. Matt Hardy then puts D-Von through another table with a leg drop off the stage.
The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) head to The Friendly Tap.
We see very brief footage of Buh Buh Ray Dudley with his forehead busted open after being put through a table.
Backstage, Hardcore Holly tells Crash to get out of the locker room and find his own competition, as he has to tag with Chris Jericho and Chyna - whom he will be facing in the Royal Rumble Match - tonight, and he does not want to worry about Crash's problems. This deteriorates into a shoving match between between the Holly cousins which leads to Crash being pushed out the door and into Viscera, whom he immediately challenges to a match.
Before the next match, Chris Jericho states that the people currently in the ring reminds him of the cantina scene from Star Wars, as there are "a couple of Vanilla Ice wanna-bes, a freak of nature and her Mini-Me little buddy, a bleach blonde buffoon and a really fat guy in a diaper." After Sunday, when he becomes the undisputed Intercontinental Champion, he will never have to worry about any of them again.
Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi Phatu) beat Chyna, Hardcore Holly and Chris Jericho by disqualification when the latter team refuses to listen to referee Mike Chioda. This leads to an all-out brawl between Chyna, Hardcore Holly and Chris Jericho which endw with Rikishi flattening Chyna with a Banzai Drop.
At The Friendly Tap, The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) hear about The Acolytes' (Faarooq and Bradshaw) barroom brawl in the establishment three months. When one guy says that The Acoyltes will beat The Outlaws and take the tag team titles, however, he gets a shot glass to the side of the head before being thrown out. As everyone gets ready to play a game of pool, The Acolytes are watching what is going on on a television set backstage, and they decide to go out for a couple of drinks.
Before the next match, Prince Albert says that for years, he has watched The Big Boss Man and he became his mentor, teaching him more about the business than he has ever learned in a few short months. He taught him that when someone is down, you kick them to keep them down. He taught him that there is no such thing as cheating unless you get caught. Tonight, the student is done learning, and the student is going to teach him how to take an ass kicking.
Prince Albert beats The Big Boss Man by disqualification. During the match, Prince Albert shoves the referee into Boss Man, who then shoves him into the ring apron before both men start having a ringside brawl. Referees and officials have to restore order.
Lilian Garcia interviews The Rock. He says it does not matter who his opponents are, because tonight, they do not have what he has, which is the Rock Bottom, the People's Eyebrow and the People's Elbow. They do not and never will have all his fans chanting his name.
The orange logo and lights show up before the next match, and Viscera briefly stops to look around before he gets in the ring.
Viscera beats Crash Holly.
It is announced that Michael Cole will interview "Stone Cold" Steve Austin this Saturday at 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern Time on Radio WWF.
Halftime Heat returns on January 30th!
Gangrel beats Edge by count-out when the women of this Miss Royal Rumble swimsuit competition in an attempt to sway his decision as a judge in the competition and Mae Young sloppily kisses Edge.
At The Friendly Tap, The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) show up to have a drink. All the customers leave the bar except for The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), the two guys who fought The Acolytes three months ago, and the guy in the hat and suit who sits in the corner (who was also there the last The Acolytes were in the bar).
The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) spot The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) and the two guys playing pool with them. This quickly leads to a barroom brawl where The New Age Outlaws flee. Bradshaw then throws a bar stool at a Boston Red Sox wall light.
Kane beats The Rock and Big Show in a Triple Threat Over The Top Rope Lumberjack Match. During the match, Knae throws The Rock over the top rope with one hand. The Rock runs back into the ring to fight Big Show, but gets tossed out by Kane again. Kane then clotheslines Big Show over the top rope to win. After the match, the lumberjacks get in the ring and attack Kane before fighting each other.
X-Pac shakes Triple H's hand and hugs WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley before leaving the building.
Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley show up. Triple H says that when he thinks of the Royal Rumble Match, he thinks back at the Royal Rumble Matches of the past and the devastation unleashed during them. He specifically looks back at last year's Royal Rumble Match, because it was a year ago when two best friends beat the hell out of each other, and we see footage from last year's Royal Rumble where The Rock and Mankind beat the crap out of each other for the WWF Championsip. What they did not show was Mick Foley's family watching in the crowd and crying their eyes out while seeing their father being destroyed, because they realized that their father was a loser and a failure. He gives a warning to Cactus Jack not to bring his children to Madison Square Garden in New York City or even let them see Royal Rumble on TV, as what The Rock did to him last year will be nothing to what he will do to him, as he will take it to a level even Cactus Jack has seen or been to before, and he will beat him worse than he has ever beaten before. If his kids are there in the front row crying, he knows that as he beats Cactus Jack, he will enjoy it, and even more so if the kids are crying in the front row. Suddenly, Cactus Jack shows up and tells Triple H that he is right and that they suffered enough last year and that they don't need to see anymore. They will not be watching the event or in New York City, but he is not worried about them seeing what happens to him, but he is deeply disturbed of them seeing what he will do to Triple H. He doesn't want their little innocent eyes to realize how violent their father can be and see the bloodshed that will take place. Above all else, he does not want them to realize their father will be loving it. He has every reason to believe every word Triple H has said, as he is the best in the business right now, but he will not show up at Royal Rumble without a few surprises in the form of sharp metallic objects that will be brought down upon him with great vengeance. When he sees Triple H's blood run down his face at Royal Rumble in Madison Square Garden, he will turn himn into the world's largest pincushion. His children may not be watching Royal Rumble, but they are watching SmackDown, and he does not want to deprive them of a little piece of action, and he will give Triple H a taste of what is to come at Royal Rumble. Cactus Jack and Triple H brawl at ringside. Triple H narrowly avoids a chair shot to the head and tries to flee through the crowd, but Cactus Jack grabs him. Both men then fight on the commentary table, and Triple H nearly puts Cactus Jack in the Pedigree. Cactus Jack counters it with a low blow, and hits Triple H with a piledriver on the table. Cactus Jack then hits Triple H with a steel chair shot to the head to end the show.
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