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00:00We're down to one minute and change.
00:04This match has been ordered to continue.
00:18I think the wrong guy won.
00:32I don't like him, I don't trust him, and I don't believe him.
00:38You know, a lot of people don't agree with my lifestyle, but it is mine.
00:41It's a phony little shit.
00:44Just because I come out here and choose to live my life openly and freely,
00:51does not make you a better man.
00:54I don't respect you.
01:01You don't understand what it means to have dignity, to have poise,
01:06to bring prestige to the World Wrestling Federation.
01:09I do this because I like it.
01:12You do it because in your mind, Martin man,
01:16you really think all of this is yours.
01:20I want to go next, pal.
01:23And the new World Wrestling Federation Champion,
01:28Bret Hickman!
01:32This here is what it's all about.
01:35You are a zero, my hero.
01:38You're a disgrace to professional wrestling.
01:40The heartbreak kid, Shawn Michaels, is the icon that can still go.
01:46You're nothing but a degenerate.
01:48Who is the showstopper?
01:51Me.
01:52The lowest form of scum.
01:54Who is the main event?
01:57Me.
01:58Let's settle the score right here, right now.
02:01My super kick is going to be one foot down your throat.
02:05I'm going to kick your little scrawny ass.
02:35Where are we going?
02:36I don't even know where to go.
03:06Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:08Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:10Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:11Let's go, let's go, let's go!
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03:30Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:31Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:32Let's go, let's go, let's go!
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03:34Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:35Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:36Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:37Let's go, let's go, let's go!
03:39I'm just a sexy boy.
03:44I'm just a sexy boy.
03:48I'm just a hot boy.
03:50I'm just a hot boy.
03:51I'm just a hot boy.
03:52I'm just a hot boy.
03:53I'm just a hot boy.
03:54I'm just a hot boy.
03:55I'm just a hot boy.
03:56I'm just a hot boy.
03:57I'm just a hot boy.
03:58I'm just a hot boy.
03:59I'm just a hot boy.
04:00I'm just a hot boy.
04:01I'm just a hot boy.
04:02I'm just a hot boy.
04:03I'm just a hot boy.
04:04I'm just a hot boy.
04:05I'm just a hot boy.
04:06I'm just a hot boy.
04:08I'm not your boy toy.
04:13I'm just a sexy boy.
04:17Not your boy toy.
04:23I'm just a hot boy.
04:27I'm just a hot boy.
04:28I'm just a hot boy.
04:38I'm just a sexy boy.
04:42I'm not your boy toy.
04:46I'm just a sexy boy.
04:50I'm not your boy toy.
04:52Well, Shawn Michaels certainly not endearing himself to the fans here in the Molson Center.
04:58Somewhat disrespecting the make-believe, obviously.
05:01We apologize for that to our friends and our fans in Canada.
05:05Michaels is very arrogant.
05:07But he is the greatest athlete in the history of the World Wrestling Federation.
05:12Bar none.
05:16I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
05:18I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
05:48I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:18I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:19I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:20I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:21I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:22I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:23I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:24I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:25I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:26I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:27I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:28I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:29I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:30I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:31I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:32I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:33I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:34I'd like to see you tell Bret Hart that.
06:35Bret!
06:36Bret!
06:37Bret!
06:38Bret!
06:39Bret!
06:40Bret!
06:41Bret!
06:42Bret!
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07:11Bret!
07:12Bret!
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07:14Bret!
07:15Bret!
07:16Bret!
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07:18Bret!
07:19Bret!
07:20Bret!
07:21Bret!
07:22Bret!
07:23Bret!
07:24Bret!
07:25Bret!
07:26Bret!
07:27Bret!
07:28Bret!
07:29Bret!
07:30Bret!
07:31Bret!
07:32Bret!
07:34You can feel the electricity.
07:41Well, we on the line momentarily.
07:44And what an ovation for the 21 year veteran, Bret Hart.
07:50Who debuted at the age of 19 in 1976.
07:55In Calgary, Alberta.
07:57It has been a long journey for the Hitman.
08:04This match was a long journey in itself.
08:07It took 18 months to get it done.
08:12And the smart money is, is that you will never, ever see it again.
08:49The Hitman Hart refused to allow the Hardin Foundation to accompany him either.
09:05Possibly the two biggest egos in all of wrestling are about to be unleashed.
09:17And of course, you know, it's not about the money, it's about the title, but it's about
09:27more than that.
09:29As you said, King, these two men truly believe in their hearts that they are the better man.
09:37It's all about the power, Ross.
09:39You know it, I know it.
09:41Let's don't kid ourselves.
09:43Bret Hart has helped the title five times.
09:49Look out!
09:51And Shawn Michaels is in.
09:53And Shawn Michaels is not going to waste any time.
09:55Shawn Michaels will win a fist fight.
10:01Shawn Michaels will win a fast-paced matchup.
10:05And Bret Hart is not mixing any of his technical expertise.
10:09It's just hard, hard right hands.
10:11Bret Hart so badly wants to damage the goods of Shawn Michaels.
10:19There's a clothesline.
10:21Michaels goes up and over.
10:23And a blow on Michaels.
10:29Face first into the ring post.
10:31I don't think this match has officially even started.
10:33I think you're right.
10:35We haven't heard the bell.
10:37And a referee, Earl Hebner, the senior official, has yet to start this matchup.
10:43But we've got one heck of a Donnybrook going right here.
10:47Michaels trying to block the steps there.
10:49I'm looking over at the timekeeper.
10:51He's looking at the referee.
10:53I don't think it's really officially underway.
10:55Michaels turned into the railing.
10:57And here comes Bret Hart right after him.
10:59My god, Shawn Michaels is in no man's land.
11:03Bret Hart in a sea of Canadians.
11:07And Michaels being pummeled.
11:11It's about 20,000 pounds of weight.
11:15And Shawn Michaels is in no man's land.
11:19And Michaels being pummeled.
11:23It's about 20,500 something against one right now.
11:33Oh, this is chaotic.
11:35Shawn had better somehow get back in the ring.
11:37This match may not happen.
11:39Michaels may not make it back.
11:43Look at Michaels' body.
11:45All red.
11:47All red on this body.
11:49On his chest, on his back.
11:51Commissioner Slaughter.
11:53And a handful of referees are down here.
11:55There's Vince McMahon.
11:57Vince McMahon is here.
11:59We thought this was going to get out of hand.
12:01All kinds of speculation regarding Bret Hart and his future.
12:05Everybody's got the answer.
12:07Everybody knows the story.
12:09Be ready to move.
12:11Now Shawn Michaels is taken back home.
12:13I guarantee you this match is going to happen.
12:15Come hell or high water.
12:17The referees, three of them.
12:19Sergeant Slaughter, they're all screaming get back in the ring.
12:21But nobody is listening.
12:23Michaels has pushed the cameraman out of the way.
12:25Wow.
12:27Hart went face first into the steel steps.
12:35Michaels is now choking Bret Hart.
12:39And yes, we talked about speculation.
12:41There has been a lot of speculation
12:43that if Bret Hart loses this match
12:45that this will be his last match in the WWF.
12:57Michaels turning the table.
13:01Has the match really even started yet?
13:07Michaels now is dominating Bret Hart.
13:11Bret Hart just ate a mouthful of security railing.
13:21And the folks in the front row are getting worked up.
13:23Look at this.
13:29Michaels backdrop back in the ring.
13:31From the first row, over the rail, back to the floor.
13:41That was a mouthful by Bret Hart.
13:49What does McMahon think he's doing out there?
13:55He moved this place.
13:57He wants to get the match started.
13:59And we're going to deliver it.
14:01At least I hope we can.
14:11Now look at Michaels right on the floor.
14:13Which is certainly very unforgiving.
14:25The Hitman again.
14:27Oh my God, what a suplex.
14:29Michaels just suplexed all over the concrete.
14:31I have never seen so many referees.
14:33I've never seen so much security.
14:35There you go.
14:37They may clear some of it out on their own now.
14:39Pat Patterson just took a shot.
14:41Patterson, a Hall of Famer from around here in Montreal.
14:43Oh, this is a...
14:45Hell, this is...
14:47This looks like a locker room.
14:49This looks like a locker room.
14:51This looks like a locker room.
14:53This looks like a locker room.
14:55This looks like a locker room.
14:57This looks like a locker room.
14:59This looks like a locker room in Hartford.
15:03Come here.
15:05You know what, Rolf?
15:07Oh!
15:09Michaels just ran Hart right into
15:11referee Tim White.
15:13Right.
15:15This is just what you gotta love.
15:17It's a good old-fashioned fight.
15:19It's just a down and dirty fight
15:21between two guys that hate each other's guts.
15:23There's Cheryl Slobbernocker.
15:29That's a fire extinguisher.
15:34Well, they've both done enough for each other to be disqualified.
15:39There's no doubt about that.
15:42However, I don't think that this match has ever been started.
15:47There you see Vince McMahon there.
15:52Trying to convince these guys to get in the ring.
16:02Red Heart just knocked down referee Jack Doan.
16:12This is so personal.
16:18Such vile, intense feelings between these men.
16:24Don't push your luck McMahon.
16:29You ever try to stop a fight between two people that really hate each other,
16:35they'll both turn on you.
16:37They're making their way, I thought, back up to the ring.
16:50Michael's knocked down again.
17:02Michael's almost out on his feet.
17:06And again, Michael's reined into the security railing.
17:21Michael's tossed in the ring.
17:23I think I'll ring the bell, Red, to get this under way.
17:28Ring the bell.
17:30The match has started.
17:32Finally.
17:35And Red Heart is choking Shawn Michaels.
17:40Now remember, the match has started.
17:48Michaels is so resilient.
17:50Michaels is younger.
17:53He isn't carrying as much body weight as Red Heart.
17:56And he's going to need all those attributes to survive
17:59at the Survivor Series.
18:06Michael's saying hello there.
18:08I'm sure it wasn't that complimentary to the Hitman,
18:11inverted atomic drop.
18:14And right now, at this point in time,
18:17Red Heart is owning the challenger.
18:19Right.
18:20And you usually talk to somebody when you're kicking their butt,
18:23not when you're getting your butt kicked.
18:25That would really make me mad.
18:26Michaels explodes.
18:29Flying forearm across the Hitman.
18:32Michaels, with his superior quickness,
18:34knocks down Red Heart with a flying forearm right off the ropes.
18:38That's the explosive element that Michaels brings to the dance.
18:46Michaels, he measured that one, King.
18:49Michaels measured that kick right to Red's face.
18:58Oh!
19:00Michaels with a flat foot, again, to the face of the Hitman.
19:05And Michaels now, I think that's the flag of Quebec,
19:09around Red Heart's neck.
19:11And Red Heart looks to be bleeding from some part of his anatomy.
19:15It looks like maybe it's his hand, his knuckles.
19:17Knuckles busted.
19:18I'm not so sure.
19:19Well, he probably busted them on Shawn Michaels' hand.
19:27Michaels now in control.
19:29Michaels measuring Red Heart.
19:33Michaels unusually methodical in his approach at this point in time.
19:40Yes, he is brash.
19:41Yeah.
19:42I mean, the biggest match of your life.
19:45The biggest match probably in the history of the World Wrestling Federation.
19:47And he stopped and takes time out to mess with the fans.
19:53Well, he certainly isn't precious as to whom he insults.
19:58If you're here, you're breathing, you're fair game.
20:01And the reigning European champion, by the way,
20:04the European title is not at stake in this match.
20:09Michaels stinging jab in a right hand.
20:24Oh, Michaels now measuring Red Heart.
20:27Michaels may have more cardiovascular conditioning here.
20:32Michaels again is so resilient.
20:35Remember what Michaels did, King,
20:37in St. Louis just a month ago against The Undertaker in that cage.
20:41He survived and won, thanks to King.
20:44Hell in a cell, I remember.
20:49Well, they're moving furniture now.
20:51Oh, my God.
20:52Look at this.
20:55What's he going to do here?
20:58Face first suplex.
21:03Michaels now, Red Heart's face, flat on that step, just got stomped.
21:08And now Michaels reaching for the make-believe.
21:17And Michaels using that black hole to drive it
21:20right into the anatomy of Red Heart.
21:23Got him in the throat, I think.
21:28Michaels has gained firm control.
21:37Right now he's got firm control of the Hitman's hair.
21:41Look out.
21:43No doubt a close fist there, but who's counting?
21:49Michaels has done it all.
21:53Grand slam winner.
21:56Nobody else has ever done that.
21:59And Michaels double sleds right off the top.
22:03And you can almost feel Michaels continue to build and build
22:08and build the momentum.
22:12Hard front face lock.
22:16One of the most elementary moves in the game,
22:19but one of the most painful.
22:21Trying to wear the man down now.
22:23I think you're right.
22:25I think that Shawn Michaels feels like he is in the driver's seat.
22:29That's a move right from Stu Hart's dungeon.
22:33An old front face lock where you just grind that forearm
22:36right into your opponent's face.
22:39Right into your opponent's face.
22:42Right across his jaw.
22:44It's a hole of control.
22:46Uh-oh.
22:51It's almost a little slap in the face for Red Heart
22:54because that's something, the front face lock,
22:57that you would expect Red Heart to utilize.
22:59Right, and ordinarily by this time,
23:01you'd see the Hitman already going downstairs,
23:04starting to weaken the legs of his opponent.
23:07But we haven't seen that.
23:08Instead, we see Shawn Michaels.
23:11Oh!
23:13Almost in control, but not anymore.
23:17Red Heart now able to counter,
23:19and Red Heart looking to go downstairs,
23:22driving the elbow into the knee.
23:25I'm a prophet.
23:28And Shawn Michaels wrecking at the face.
23:31Michaels certainly sensing that Red Heart
23:33was going to start to soften up Shawn's legs
23:36Shawn Michaels up for the sharpshooter.
23:38Right.
23:49Irish whip.
23:51Michaels head lowered, paid for it.
23:54And now Red Heart focusing on the left knee of Shawn Michaels
23:58who again goes to the face to rake the eyes for the counter.
24:03Red Heart gasping for air.
24:07This match really taking its toll,
24:09obviously, on both these athletes.
24:11I think it was the match before the match
24:13that took the toll on everybody.
24:16I guess that was just a little bonus
24:19for all the fans watching,
24:21not only here, but on pay-per-view.
24:24Across body, wait a minute.
24:26Trap rolls through, and Michaels kicked out.
24:32Shawn Michaels with a cross body,
24:34and it was countered by Red Heart,
24:36who again goes right back downstairs.
24:38If Red Heart gets the advantage,
24:40and feels the advantage in the legs, King,
24:42he won't go anywhere else.
24:43You're right, because all that's in the back of his mind
24:45is the sharpshooter.
24:47Here he goes, he's setting him up for it right now.
24:50Ooh, you can hear that.
24:53Michaels' leg right off the ring post.
24:55Hope that wasn't a ball snapping.
24:57And now it's Red Heart
25:00with a figure-four leg lock on Shawn Michaels.
25:06Michaels could have his leg snapped.
25:10Michaels is trying to hold on,
25:13but the damage has been done.
25:16Brett breaks before the count of five,
25:19if you can believe that.
25:21There's no disqualification on that exchange,
25:26but the damage has been done to the challenger's legs.
25:29Oh, without a doubt, and I thought I saw
25:31Shawn Michaels' head shaking in a yes fashion,
25:34but I guess the referee didn't think that.
25:36Well, it wouldn't count anyway.
25:38Brett Hart was outside the ring.
25:40It may be sharpshooter time.
25:42We may be moments away from a sharpshooter
25:45as Brett Hart continues to torture the leg of Shawn Michaels.
25:51Oh, my gosh.
26:00Oh, crap.
26:05Well, the Canadian hero
26:08is pulling out every dirty trick that he can
26:12to counteract the same dirty tricks
26:15that Shawn Michaels has been utilizing.
26:20I don't know if... Oh, here we go.
26:22Here we go. Nope.
26:24Crap. Figure-four.
26:27Figure-four leg lock.
26:30Michaels has fighted.
26:32How much longer? It can't be much longer
26:35before Shawn Michaels gives it up.
26:37He's got him in the middle of the ring, Rose.
26:40Nowhere to go.
26:42Michaels, he's got to quit.
26:44Michaels has got to give it up.
26:47There's not a human being alive
26:50that can withstand this much pressure,
26:52this much punishment in the center of the ring
26:55with a figure-four leg lock.
26:59Here we go. Here we go.
27:03Michaels is trying to turn to his stomach.
27:10If he can't get it, if he can get turned over,
27:13it'll take the pressure off of Shawn and put it on Brett.
27:16And there's a counter.
27:18There is a counter, and Brett Hart wisely
27:21and quickly goes to the ropes,
27:24which causes a break.
27:30That was all advantage, Brett.
27:33Michaels, to his credit,
27:35can you believe that the arrogant Shawn Michaels
27:38did not give up?
27:48Oh, what a right hand.
27:51Brett Hart laying it in there.
27:53Catching Michaels right in the forehead.
27:55And Michaels limps.
27:57He can barely stand.
27:59Upside down.
28:01Look out! Shawn Russian leg sweep.
28:04You know what's next.
28:06There's a cover. One, two, and...
28:08Can you believe Shawn Michaels again?
28:11My God, Michaels has shown a lot of guts here.
28:13He wouldn't give up in the figure-four.
28:15He wouldn't stay down for the lateral press
28:18after the Russian leg sweep.
28:21And then the lower abdomen takes a pounding.
28:23Matter of time, Ross.
28:25He's being set up for the sharpshooter.
28:27You know it, and I know it.
28:29No doubt that would be Brett Hart's crowning achievement.
28:32You kidding me?
28:34Make Shawn Michaels give up.
28:38That's all he wants to do.
28:40Lateral press, and Michaels again,
28:42showing great tenacity, is able to kick out
28:44so many of these 20,593 fans standing.
28:49Watching this matchup, there's a backbreaker.
28:51And Michaels again finds himself
28:53in one hell of a lot of trouble.
28:56He's resilient, but how resilient is he?
28:59How much of this abuse can he take?
29:01How long can he stand it?
29:04Oh, Michaels just pulled a referee
29:06right in front of the hitman.
29:08What about that?
29:11Michaels pulled referee Earl Hebner
29:13right in front of Brett Hart.
29:15And I think Hart and the referee hit head.
29:17Is that a disqualification?
29:19It might be if he could get up and call it.
29:25And again, Michaels raking the face.
29:36Look at this!
29:38Oh, you're kidding me.
29:40Are you kidding me?
29:42Are you going to try to beat Brett Hart with a sharpshooter?
29:44Yes, he is!
29:46Are you kidding me?
29:52What?
30:01What happened?
30:07What happened?
30:08Brett Hart gave up with a sharpshooter.
30:17John Michaels!
30:23While you talk about controversy,
30:28this crowd is living.
30:33Michaels with a sharpshooter
30:35has become the WWF champion.
30:38And Brett Hart is standing in disbelief.
30:43Ladies and gentlemen,
30:45a nice remark for y'all.