Triple H shows up with WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley to start tonight's show. Triple H says that on Monday night, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon had an announcement that would rock the World Wrestling Federation from its foundation, and tonight, Stephanie will make an announcement that will not only rock the WWF from its foundation but also knock it off. In the meantime, Triple H has a question that he needs answered. He mentions the announcement of the main event for WrestleMania taking place that very night and how it was made under the premise that it would never happen again, then talks about how he won the match and retained the WWF Championship only to run into WWF co-owner Linda McMahon - whom he says was "ready to screw [him]" - and placed in a Fatal 4-Way match for the title at WrestleMania with the men he just beat as well as a re-hired Mick Foley. Triple H then asks his question: "Linda McMahon, who the hell do you think you are, to come out here and demand anything of me, to come out here and tell me what I am going to do?" Triple H then demands Linda to come out and tell him who she thinks she is. Linda shows up and reminds Triple H that she has as much stroke as anyone else, and because of that and the fact that Mick Foley is a deserving individual whose dream was to be in a WrestleMania main event, she made the Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match for the WWF Championship. Also, since a McMahon is in the corner of the three other participants, she will be in Foley's corner, and there will be a McMahon in every corner in the Fatal 4-Way Match. She also announces that Mick Foley is coming back for one night and one night only. Triple H tells Linda that he is not buying the "one night only" line, and asks what is next if Foley takes the WWF Championship, as Foley is retired. Linda says that in all likelihood, Foley will win the match at WrestleMania and go out on top as he has always wanted. However, if that were to happen, the title would be declared vacant and held up in a tournament that would take place for the next few weeks until Backlash, where a new WWF Champion would be crowned. Triple H admits that Linda has put a lot of thought into this, but tells her that she has wasted her time as he will be leaving as WWF Champion after beating The Rock first because he hates him the most before beating Big Show and saving Mick Foley for last to spite Linda. He also tells Linda that after brutally beating Mick Foley at WrestleMania, it will be on her, and that he hopes she will remain in Foley's corner afterwards as nobody will be behind Foley by then and Linda will be the one assisting Foley as Foley wonders why Linda could not leave well enough alone until he realizes that she did it because she is "a cold, heartless bitch." Linda is shocked at first, but then she leaves.
Backstage, Ivory gives a very tense and impatient Crash Holly a back massage. Suddenly, Ivory calls for referee Teddy Long before breaking a jar over the back of Crash's head to try to take the WWF Hardcore Championship from him. Crash escapes with the title.
Before the next match, Kurt Angle says he realizes that he made a bid to defend a title against Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho at WrestleMania, but now he has to put up not just one title, but both of them. He then announces that this match is a Two-Fall Triple Threat Match where one fall is for one title and the second fall is for the other. He then says one does not have to be a genius, much less "one of the several dairy farm inbreds from Wisconsin" to figure out that this is a conspiracy against him. He then says that tonight, he will give Benoit a taste of what to expect at WrestleMania with a little touch of integrity, intensity and intelligence (the last of which Angle claims Benoit does not have). Chris Jericho guests on commentary after Chris Benoit makes his way to the ring.
Kurt Angle beats Chris Benoit by disqualification after Chris Jericho hits ANgle in the back of the head with the WWF Intercontinental Championship before hitting Benoit with it and putting Angle in the Walls of Jericho. Bob Backlund is seen watching the match from backstage during the match. After the match, Jericho puts Angle in the Walls of Jericho before referes and officials try to restore order, then lets go of the hold and briefly does the same to Benoit.
Backstage, Kevin Kelly interviews WWF Chairman Vince McMahon. Vince says he has an idea as to what WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley's announcement is. Vince predicts that Stephanie will announce that she is pregnant and that she will deliver an eight-pound baby anteater in nine months. He then says he is proud to be in The Rock's corner at WrestleMania. He also announces that that at WrestleMania, The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) will be defending the WWF Tag Team Championships against The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) and the team of Edge and Christian in a Triangle Ladder Match. He also announces that tonight, Buh Buh Ray Dudley will go one-on-one with The Rock.
In footage from earlier today, Al Snow tries to get "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman to milk a cow at a Wisconsin dairy farm. When milk splatters onto Blackman's face, Blackman goes outside, take his nunchuaku and smacks the cow with them.
The Godfather beats Bull Buchanan by disqualification after The Big Boss Man gets in the ring and attacks The Godfather with his nightstick. After the match, Boss Man and Buchanan attack The Godfather, and Buchanana attacks him with a baton.
Backstage, Crash Holly tells Hardcore Holly that somebody that he feels somebody is going to try to take the WWF Hardcore Championship. Hardcore tells him that he has talked to everyone in the back and that nobody is going to attack him during his next match, and implies that if Crash cannot trust him, he cannot trust anybody.
Al Snow and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman beat The Hollys (Hardcore and Crash Holly) by count-out. During the match, the crowd is heard chanting "Let's go Head Cheese." Also during the match, Hardcore Holly shoves referee Jimmy Korderas into the path of a clothesline by Al Snow that is meant for him. Afterwards, Hardcore attacks Crash and chases him into the crowd after unsuccessfully trying to pin him to win the WWF Hardcore Championship. A second referee shows up for the match between Hardcore and Crash in the tech area as Snow and Blackman win by count-out. After the match, Snow and Blackman are attacked by T&A (Test and Prince Albert), then Trish Stratus shows up as Test and Albert make their way up the ramp. Trish says that T&A gives the fans what they want to see: T for Test and A for Albert..
Backstage, WWF co-owner Shane McMahon gives The Mean Street Posse (Rodney, Pete Gas, Joey Abs) some opportunities to live like Triple H, Mick Foley and The Rock for one night.
Before the next match, The Rock comes out to Know Your Role by Method Man from WWF Aggression, which is now available in stores.
The Rock beats Buh Buh Ray Dudley.
Jim Ross interviews Mick Foley in the ring. Foley mentions that a few weeks ago, he said he would not be like all those who had retired before only to come back six weeks later, and says he was a man of his word by coming back in only four. He then assures that his return will be for one night only, and says in the last four weeks, he not only got his first real haircut in sixteen years, but he did relatively little until he got a call from WWF co-owner Linda McMahon asking him if he wanted to be apart of WrestleMania. Foley said he look forward to meeting the fans over the weekend at Fan Axxess, but Linda then told him that he was going to be part of the main event of WrestleMania, which he had never been a part of. For the next 20 minutes, he tried to talk Linda out of it, but then realized that as a wrestler, you do not just walk out on WrestleMania. He accepted, but he had never been more nervous than when he showed up in Chicago, Illinois as he did not know how the fans would react. Thankfully, the reaction blew him away, as most everyone is happy to have him back for one night. He knows some people will not forgive him for coming back soon, but Foley fells that he would not forgive himself if he let the opportunity to main event WrestleMania slip away. As for the main event, it has four of the best athletes to step into a WWF ring, but it is his night and not theirs. He then addresses Triple H verbally attacking Linda McMahon, and says that he will not threaten him with barbed wire baseball bats and thumbtacks because he has done that already, and he admits that he enjoys seeing stitches on his face as they were put there because of him. He then says that he understands fully how to hurt Triple H, and that is to take his belt and make him realize there is a thing he can do about him WWF Champion as he will be retired. He then says he will walk down the aisle and look at Triple H, and Triple H will realize his last act as an active wrestler was kicking his ass. Foley then says that as great a match as No Way Out was, it will not end with him looking back with blood on his face, tears in his eyes and a sad smile on his face, as WrestleMania will end with blood on his face, tears in his eyes and the WWF Championship in his hands.
We see GTV footage where The Kat returns a skirt to Terri Runnels. The Kat leaves, then Terri Runnels finds dark spots all over it, much to Terri's disdain.
Jacqueline beats Lita after Lita becomes overconfident during a roll-up. After the match, Lita hits Jacqueline with a DDT before hitting her with a moonsault off the top rope.
We see a small part of the music video for The Kings by RUN-DMC from WWF Aggression, available in stores now.
Before the next match, The Mean Street Posse (Rodney, Pete Gas, Joey Abs) are accompanied to the ring by WWF co-owner Shane McMahon dressed like Triple H, The Rock and Mick Foley. Shane then introduces them as such, then brings out Big Show. He then proposes all four men in the ring have a preview of what will happen at WrestleMania, which starts a quick squash match where Big Show beats The Mean Street Posse, Shane guests on commentary, and Big Show allows Rodney to go for the People's Elbow only for Rodney and Joey Abs to fall victim to a double choke slam. The match ends with Big Show pinning all three members of The Posse.
Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi Phatu) beat The Radicals (Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero). After the match, X-Pac and "Road Dogg" Jesse James attack Too Cool from behind along with The Radicalz, then Kane shows up with Paul Bearer and becomes a one-man wrecking crew, attacking The Radicals until Road Dogg pucnhes the back of Kane's knee before X-Pac hits Kane with a steel chair. Rikishi tries to battle back, but he also gets laid out with a steel chair.
WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley shows up. Stephanie asks WWF co-owner Linda McMahon to come to the ring so she can feel the impact of what she is about to announce first-hand. Linda shows up, and Stephanie says she wishes that she was surprised to see her mother Linda, especially on Raw, but she knew it was just a matter of time before Linda meddled in her business. She says it is not unheard of for a mother to feel jealous or threatened by her daughter, for after she was born, she took away the last bit of affection that her father, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon, showed Linda, and instead of showing love and affection, Linda tried to control her. She uses example making her make her own bed instead of letting the maid do it, restricting her funds to $100 a week during junior week and not letting her buy the turbo model sports car in high school. Linda says it was all for her own good, but Stephanie counters by saying that in college, Linda only gave her enough money for a one-bedroom apartment and she had to convince the CFO to slip her a little extra cash, for even at 19, she knew how to use her assets to get what she wanted, as this was a trick that Linda taught her: the power of persuasion, especially that of the opposite sex, as control equals power. Stephanie says there is only room for one dominant female in the company, and that is her. She gives Linda credit for having the guts to change the main event at WrestleMania to stack the deck against Triple H as well as re-hire Mick Foley, if only for one night. Linda says it was the right thing to do, and Stephanie tells Linda she is not as smart as she thinks she is and that Triple H is right for calling Linda "a conniving bitch." Stephanie then slaps Linda and sends her falling to the mat. Linda is crying as Triple H shows up, approving of what has happened as the show ends.
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Thursday, March 23, 2000
Thursday, February 24, 2000
Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for February 24, 2000
Before the next match, Hardcore Holly confronts Crash Holly in the locker room for challenging Test for the WWF Hardcore Championship, saying the title is named after him. Crash says he shares the same last name as he does, and that he can be more hardcore than Hardcore ever will be before shoving him to the floor.
Crash Holly beats Test to become the WWF Hardcore Champion after Hardcore Holly - who has been watching from the stage - walks down the ramp with a steel chair and hits Test in the head with a chair shot seemingly intended for Crash.
In the DX Express, WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and Triple H have a team meeting with the rest of D-Generation X (X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), Tori, and The Radicalz (Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, Eddie Guerrero). Billy Gunn gets to face Buh Buh Ray Dudley tonight, while Saturn and Malenko have a tag team match. Benoit gets to take on Kane tonight, while Triple H, X-Pac and Road Dogg will take care of Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi Phatu). Triple H then says that Cactus Jack is off-limits to everyone but himself.
Big Show shows up. He says he lies awake at night, not understanding why the fans constantly boo him. Two months ago, people cheered for him. Now he wants to know what has changed, and asks if he has changed that much in two months. He says he likes The Rock and supports him, but at the same time, The Rock insulted him by calling him a jabroni, and while it may be funny to the fans, he considers it an insult and he will not put up with it. As he keep saying he is not a bad guy, Big Show also talks about losing the WWF Championship to Triple H and not getting a rematch despite doing everything Triple H wanted him to do, as well as how he won the Royal Rumble Match instead of The Rock. He then says he got screwed due to a few incompetent referees, then says he was trying to win back the fans by proving he won it, and if he has to prove it one more time, he will do it. He shows the footage of the finish to the Royal Rumble Match again - the second time from a different angle and the third time in slow motion - and says his feet did not touch the mat before The Rock's. He then says the fans would cheer loudly for a loser instead of the actual winner, and says he does not understand how the fans can do this. He asks if anyone can explain how this is right, then Kurt Angle shows up. He says he has been listening to what Big Show has been saying, and wants to shake his hand, which he does. He shames the fans for booing Big Show for having a little bit of integrity, and says some people in the WWF do care about the rules as well as what is right and wrong. Angle then tells a story to prove that point about how in 1992, he was training for the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. All of a sudden, Chris Jericho and Chyna show up before Angle can get further into the story. Jericho welcomes everyone to "Nashville Is Jericho," then mentions how "an Olympic hero with no neck and a ridiculous giant with no testicles" is something you do not see everyday before talking how about "Kirk Angel" made Big Show seem entertaining recently and that he wishes Kurt Angle would shut the hell up. Jericho then says he will give Angle a Y2J beating he will never, ever forget again at No Way Out, and Angle tells Jericho that if he has a problem, they should have their match tonight. He then proposes a tag team match against himself and Big Show, and says that Jericho will never find someone who lacks the intelligence to team up with him. Suddenly, The Rock shows up, and Big Show covers his ears as The Rock speaks. The Rock tells Chris Jericho that while tag team wrestling is not in his repertoire, he will team with him as long as he can get "that Olympic goof" Kurt Angle to know his role and shut his mouth. He could care less about Angle, however, as he is only teaming up with Jericho to get his hands on Big Show. He tells Big Show he has heard his complaints and seen his footage, and tells him that he is absolutely right. He says his feet did touch the ground first, that he did call him a jabroni, and his fans do boo Big Show. He then says the fans boo Big Show and do not give him the respect he deserves for a reason, and has some footage of his own of the one thing Big Show thinks he does best. The footage is The Rock making fun of Big Show raising his hand up and yelling in the locker room that was recorded earlier in the day, and the footage is shown again from a different angle and in slow motion. The Rock then says the fans Big Show because he whines, bitches, moans and complains. He realizes Big Show is seven feet tall, 500 lbs. and the biggest threat to his career. He then tells Big Show to forget about the crowd, as he should be focused on how to keep him from kicking his candy-ass and going to WrestleMania.
Players from the Tennessee Titans football team are in the front row tonight.
We see a video package on the brief history of the Hell In A Cell Match.
Before the next match begins, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero attack Kane before being ejected from the ringside area by referee Jimmy Korderas.
Kane beats Chris Benoit by disqualification. During the match, Tori shows up and slaps Paul Bearer, and Paul Bearer grabs at Tori only to be struck from behind by Chris Benoit. This ends the match, but Kane slowly stalks Tori up the ramp. Suddenly, X-Pac shows up and shoots Kane in the face with a flamethrower, and EMTs immediately have to tend to Kane.
Al Snow, "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman and The Radicalz (Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn) beat Edge, Christian and The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) after the action at ringside distracts Christian and leaves Jeff Hardy vulnerable. After the match, The Hardy Boyz and the team of Edge and Christian argue in the middle of the ring, and Matt Hardy slaps Edge in the face. This starts a brwawl between both teams, and referees and officials have to rush into the ring to break everything up. During the match, it is mentioned that Kane ahs been transported to a local medical facility.
D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James) beat Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi Phatu) after Triple H smacks a steel chair into Rikishi's injured ankle and X-Pac pulls Road Dogg away from the Hip Hop Drop. Throughout the match, The Radicalz (Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero) are seen watching the match on a television monitor backstage. After the match, DX continues to attack Too Cool, and The Radicalz continue to make fun of what is happening to Too Cool.
Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty help Rikishi into the trainer's room.
The Godfather and D'Lo Brown beat The Big Boss Man and Prince Albert. During the match, it is announced that Kane has been transferred to the burn ward of a local medical facility. Later on in the math, Tazz shows up and attacks both Boss Man and Prince Albert as referee Jack Doan is pre-occupied with D'Lo Brown, allowing The Godfather to hit the Pimp Drop for the win.
Jim Ross interviews Cactus Jack in the ring. Cactus Jack says that when he looks back, he thinks of three WWF Championship, eight WWF Tag Team Championship, being the very first WWF Hardcore Champion, being the king of the Japanese deathmatches, writing New York Times #1 best-seller and having his own Chef Boyardee ravioli commercial. He says he has done everything he has ever set his sights on. He admits that he finds it hard to move around in the mornings after putting his body on the line every night, and told Vince McMahon that he consider hanging the boots up because of it. He was embarrassed of his performance in the ring, and while he funny and "The Rock 'n Sock Connection" was "pretty damn good," but when he looked at his goals, he never set out to make people laugh; he set out to be Cactus Jack. He talks about his career changed after seeing "The Thrilla in Manila," and says it was "The damnedest thing [he] had ever seen in his life" and ended with Joe Frazier sitting on the stool unable to complete the last room. He says he saw himself in Joe Frazier, and saw a guy who had given up his all for fifteen years, and if he had hung up the tights that, nobody would have thought any less of him except for himself, as he did not want to finish his career "sitting on a stool." This led to the match between him and Triple H at Royal Rumble, and he lost to Triple H as he was the better man and just a little bit better. He then challenged Triple H to Hell In A Cell, and mentioned that the last time Hell In A Cell happened, he got two teeth knocked out, knocked out for the first time in his career, a dislocated shoulder and jaw, fourteen stitches below his lip, two broken legs, and kidney damage that wouldn't make him feel the same for ten weeks. He says it was without a doubt the worst beating of his life and the greatest day of his career. Jim Ross leaves the ring, and Cactus Jack says that after all that was done and he tried to stick his tongue through the hole in his lip, he got up and finished the match. Cactus Jack then says that the last five or six retirement matches he has seen were a couple of guys who were prostituting their names and careers for a few extra dollars or to take a six-week vacation, but the two greatest things he has in his life are his name and his word, and he has given his word that No Way Out will be his last match if he loses. He is fully prepared for that match to be his very last, and he realizes that by looking in the crowd, tonight may be the last time he has a chance to talk to the fans. He thanks everyone who believed in "the 22-year-old kid diving off the apron in Texas," everyone who stood up in Worcester, Massachusetts when he won his first WWF Championship, and everyone who bought Have A Nice Day. He cannot guarantee he will win at No Way Out, but he can guarantee he will not end his career sitting on a stool, as he will go down swinging or he will not go down at all. Cactus Jack then tells Triple H that win, lose or draw, he will climb up to the top of the cell and come down on top of him. For the Mankind fans, he says "Have a nice day," and for the Cactus Jack fans, he says "Bang bang!" Cactus Jack is about to walk up the ramp when WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley is seen on the stage. Stephanie says Cactus Jack is a dreamer and a very passionate man, but so is she, and last night, that dream turned into a nightmare when Mankind drove a wooden beam through the front windshield of the DX Express. Stephanie says that Cactus Jack caused over $5,000 worth of damage, and she had to pay well over $350,000 for the DX Express. She then says that at No Way Out, Cactus Jack will be the one who pays with his career when Triple H beats him in Hell In A Cell. She also has a warrant for his arrest, and says he should start paying tonight. Stephanie then brings out four police officers, who pulls out a pair of handcuffs. Cactus Jack allows himself to be handcuffed and to go quietly, then Triple H shows up to watch Cactus Jack being arrested.
Cactus Jack is placed in a jail cell by police as they try to work things out with Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
Johnathan Coachman reports that Kane has suffered second-degree burns to his neck as well as vision problems, and that doctors will be running more tests to find out the extent of his injuries. It is also reported that Kane's mask has saved him from suffering even worse injuries.
The police hand Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley the keys to Cactus Jack's cell.
Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley taunt Cactus Jack with the key to the cell and a box of pizza.
"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn beats Buh Buh Ray Dudley by disqualification after D-Von Dudley pulls the top rope down as Billy Gunn is about to go off the ropes to hit the Fameasser. After the match, D-Von whips Billy Gunn into the steel steps, then pulls a table out from underneath the ring. After a brainbuster from D-Von, "Road Dogg" Jesse James shows up and hits Buh Buh Ray with a low blow as he ands on the table, and Billy Gunn puts Buh Buh Ray through the table with a Fameasser after Road Dogg knocks D-Von out of the ring.
Triple H kicks at the walls around the cell Cactus Jack is in, revealing that the steel cage Cactus Jack is in is connected by chains to the DX Express. He then threatens to drag Cactus Jack "from here to Hartford."
Kurt Angle and Big Show beat Chris Jericho and The Rock by disqualification after Chyna hits Big Show in the back with a steel chair to no effect. The Rock saves Chyna from a choke slam, then hits Big Show with a Rock Bottom before Jericho puts Big Show in the Walls of Jericho. Referees run in to restore order, then Jericho gets back in the ring so he and Chyna can brawl with Angle and put him in the Walls of Jericho, while Big Show and The Rock take a brawl of their own to the back. Big Show eventually puts The Rock through a backstage window, and Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley give Big Show the thumbs up before getting in the DX Express, which drags the cage with Cactus Jack in it on its way out of the arena.
Crash Holly beats Test to become the WWF Hardcore Champion after Hardcore Holly - who has been watching from the stage - walks down the ramp with a steel chair and hits Test in the head with a chair shot seemingly intended for Crash.
In the DX Express, WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and Triple H have a team meeting with the rest of D-Generation X (X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn), Tori, and The Radicalz (Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, Eddie Guerrero). Billy Gunn gets to face Buh Buh Ray Dudley tonight, while Saturn and Malenko have a tag team match. Benoit gets to take on Kane tonight, while Triple H, X-Pac and Road Dogg will take care of Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi Phatu). Triple H then says that Cactus Jack is off-limits to everyone but himself.
Big Show shows up. He says he lies awake at night, not understanding why the fans constantly boo him. Two months ago, people cheered for him. Now he wants to know what has changed, and asks if he has changed that much in two months. He says he likes The Rock and supports him, but at the same time, The Rock insulted him by calling him a jabroni, and while it may be funny to the fans, he considers it an insult and he will not put up with it. As he keep saying he is not a bad guy, Big Show also talks about losing the WWF Championship to Triple H and not getting a rematch despite doing everything Triple H wanted him to do, as well as how he won the Royal Rumble Match instead of The Rock. He then says he got screwed due to a few incompetent referees, then says he was trying to win back the fans by proving he won it, and if he has to prove it one more time, he will do it. He shows the footage of the finish to the Royal Rumble Match again - the second time from a different angle and the third time in slow motion - and says his feet did not touch the mat before The Rock's. He then says the fans would cheer loudly for a loser instead of the actual winner, and says he does not understand how the fans can do this. He asks if anyone can explain how this is right, then Kurt Angle shows up. He says he has been listening to what Big Show has been saying, and wants to shake his hand, which he does. He shames the fans for booing Big Show for having a little bit of integrity, and says some people in the WWF do care about the rules as well as what is right and wrong. Angle then tells a story to prove that point about how in 1992, he was training for the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. All of a sudden, Chris Jericho and Chyna show up before Angle can get further into the story. Jericho welcomes everyone to "Nashville Is Jericho," then mentions how "an Olympic hero with no neck and a ridiculous giant with no testicles" is something you do not see everyday before talking how about "Kirk Angel" made Big Show seem entertaining recently and that he wishes Kurt Angle would shut the hell up. Jericho then says he will give Angle a Y2J beating he will never, ever forget again at No Way Out, and Angle tells Jericho that if he has a problem, they should have their match tonight. He then proposes a tag team match against himself and Big Show, and says that Jericho will never find someone who lacks the intelligence to team up with him. Suddenly, The Rock shows up, and Big Show covers his ears as The Rock speaks. The Rock tells Chris Jericho that while tag team wrestling is not in his repertoire, he will team with him as long as he can get "that Olympic goof" Kurt Angle to know his role and shut his mouth. He could care less about Angle, however, as he is only teaming up with Jericho to get his hands on Big Show. He tells Big Show he has heard his complaints and seen his footage, and tells him that he is absolutely right. He says his feet did touch the ground first, that he did call him a jabroni, and his fans do boo Big Show. He then says the fans boo Big Show and do not give him the respect he deserves for a reason, and has some footage of his own of the one thing Big Show thinks he does best. The footage is The Rock making fun of Big Show raising his hand up and yelling in the locker room that was recorded earlier in the day, and the footage is shown again from a different angle and in slow motion. The Rock then says the fans Big Show because he whines, bitches, moans and complains. He realizes Big Show is seven feet tall, 500 lbs. and the biggest threat to his career. He then tells Big Show to forget about the crowd, as he should be focused on how to keep him from kicking his candy-ass and going to WrestleMania.
Players from the Tennessee Titans football team are in the front row tonight.
We see a video package on the brief history of the Hell In A Cell Match.
Before the next match begins, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero attack Kane before being ejected from the ringside area by referee Jimmy Korderas.
Kane beats Chris Benoit by disqualification. During the match, Tori shows up and slaps Paul Bearer, and Paul Bearer grabs at Tori only to be struck from behind by Chris Benoit. This ends the match, but Kane slowly stalks Tori up the ramp. Suddenly, X-Pac shows up and shoots Kane in the face with a flamethrower, and EMTs immediately have to tend to Kane.
Al Snow, "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman and The Radicalz (Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn) beat Edge, Christian and The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) after the action at ringside distracts Christian and leaves Jeff Hardy vulnerable. After the match, The Hardy Boyz and the team of Edge and Christian argue in the middle of the ring, and Matt Hardy slaps Edge in the face. This starts a brwawl between both teams, and referees and officials have to rush into the ring to break everything up. During the match, it is mentioned that Kane ahs been transported to a local medical facility.
D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James) beat Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi Phatu) after Triple H smacks a steel chair into Rikishi's injured ankle and X-Pac pulls Road Dogg away from the Hip Hop Drop. Throughout the match, The Radicalz (Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero) are seen watching the match on a television monitor backstage. After the match, DX continues to attack Too Cool, and The Radicalz continue to make fun of what is happening to Too Cool.
Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty help Rikishi into the trainer's room.
The Godfather and D'Lo Brown beat The Big Boss Man and Prince Albert. During the match, it is announced that Kane has been transferred to the burn ward of a local medical facility. Later on in the math, Tazz shows up and attacks both Boss Man and Prince Albert as referee Jack Doan is pre-occupied with D'Lo Brown, allowing The Godfather to hit the Pimp Drop for the win.
Jim Ross interviews Cactus Jack in the ring. Cactus Jack says that when he looks back, he thinks of three WWF Championship, eight WWF Tag Team Championship, being the very first WWF Hardcore Champion, being the king of the Japanese deathmatches, writing New York Times #1 best-seller and having his own Chef Boyardee ravioli commercial. He says he has done everything he has ever set his sights on. He admits that he finds it hard to move around in the mornings after putting his body on the line every night, and told Vince McMahon that he consider hanging the boots up because of it. He was embarrassed of his performance in the ring, and while he funny and "The Rock 'n Sock Connection" was "pretty damn good," but when he looked at his goals, he never set out to make people laugh; he set out to be Cactus Jack. He talks about his career changed after seeing "The Thrilla in Manila," and says it was "The damnedest thing [he] had ever seen in his life" and ended with Joe Frazier sitting on the stool unable to complete the last room. He says he saw himself in Joe Frazier, and saw a guy who had given up his all for fifteen years, and if he had hung up the tights that, nobody would have thought any less of him except for himself, as he did not want to finish his career "sitting on a stool." This led to the match between him and Triple H at Royal Rumble, and he lost to Triple H as he was the better man and just a little bit better. He then challenged Triple H to Hell In A Cell, and mentioned that the last time Hell In A Cell happened, he got two teeth knocked out, knocked out for the first time in his career, a dislocated shoulder and jaw, fourteen stitches below his lip, two broken legs, and kidney damage that wouldn't make him feel the same for ten weeks. He says it was without a doubt the worst beating of his life and the greatest day of his career. Jim Ross leaves the ring, and Cactus Jack says that after all that was done and he tried to stick his tongue through the hole in his lip, he got up and finished the match. Cactus Jack then says that the last five or six retirement matches he has seen were a couple of guys who were prostituting their names and careers for a few extra dollars or to take a six-week vacation, but the two greatest things he has in his life are his name and his word, and he has given his word that No Way Out will be his last match if he loses. He is fully prepared for that match to be his very last, and he realizes that by looking in the crowd, tonight may be the last time he has a chance to talk to the fans. He thanks everyone who believed in "the 22-year-old kid diving off the apron in Texas," everyone who stood up in Worcester, Massachusetts when he won his first WWF Championship, and everyone who bought Have A Nice Day. He cannot guarantee he will win at No Way Out, but he can guarantee he will not end his career sitting on a stool, as he will go down swinging or he will not go down at all. Cactus Jack then tells Triple H that win, lose or draw, he will climb up to the top of the cell and come down on top of him. For the Mankind fans, he says "Have a nice day," and for the Cactus Jack fans, he says "Bang bang!" Cactus Jack is about to walk up the ramp when WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley is seen on the stage. Stephanie says Cactus Jack is a dreamer and a very passionate man, but so is she, and last night, that dream turned into a nightmare when Mankind drove a wooden beam through the front windshield of the DX Express. Stephanie says that Cactus Jack caused over $5,000 worth of damage, and she had to pay well over $350,000 for the DX Express. She then says that at No Way Out, Cactus Jack will be the one who pays with his career when Triple H beats him in Hell In A Cell. She also has a warrant for his arrest, and says he should start paying tonight. Stephanie then brings out four police officers, who pulls out a pair of handcuffs. Cactus Jack allows himself to be handcuffed and to go quietly, then Triple H shows up to watch Cactus Jack being arrested.
Cactus Jack is placed in a jail cell by police as they try to work things out with Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
Johnathan Coachman reports that Kane has suffered second-degree burns to his neck as well as vision problems, and that doctors will be running more tests to find out the extent of his injuries. It is also reported that Kane's mask has saved him from suffering even worse injuries.
The police hand Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley the keys to Cactus Jack's cell.
Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley taunt Cactus Jack with the key to the cell and a box of pizza.
"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn beats Buh Buh Ray Dudley by disqualification after D-Von Dudley pulls the top rope down as Billy Gunn is about to go off the ropes to hit the Fameasser. After the match, D-Von whips Billy Gunn into the steel steps, then pulls a table out from underneath the ring. After a brainbuster from D-Von, "Road Dogg" Jesse James shows up and hits Buh Buh Ray with a low blow as he ands on the table, and Billy Gunn puts Buh Buh Ray through the table with a Fameasser after Road Dogg knocks D-Von out of the ring.
Triple H kicks at the walls around the cell Cactus Jack is in, revealing that the steel cage Cactus Jack is in is connected by chains to the DX Express. He then threatens to drag Cactus Jack "from here to Hartford."
Kurt Angle and Big Show beat Chris Jericho and The Rock by disqualification after Chyna hits Big Show in the back with a steel chair to no effect. The Rock saves Chyna from a choke slam, then hits Big Show with a Rock Bottom before Jericho puts Big Show in the Walls of Jericho. Referees run in to restore order, then Jericho gets back in the ring so he and Chyna can brawl with Angle and put him in the Walls of Jericho, while Big Show and The Rock take a brawl of their own to the back. Big Show eventually puts The Rock through a backstage window, and Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley give Big Show the thumbs up before getting in the DX Express, which drags the cage with Cactus Jack in it on its way out of the arena.
Thursday, January 20, 2000
Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for January 20, 2000
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.
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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