WWE SummerSlam 2002 - Shawn Michaels vs Triple H (Unsanctioned Match)
Transcript
00:00And that is a non-sanctioned fight between two men who are, at one time, best friends,
00:06Shawn Michaels and Triple H.
00:08Well, uh, like you said, JR, this has been long awaited.
00:11There are a lot of fans out there that are watching this right now that probably have never even seen Shawn Michaels perform,
00:17but they're gonna see it tonight, and it's gonna be something they'll never forget.
00:20Shawn Michaels' last wrestle, 1,609 days ago, if you can believe that.
00:26He left the game due to a broken back,
00:29but this is about pride and passion, about evilness and ego.
00:34It's gonna be a fight.
00:38Shawn Michaels and Triple H are our best of friends, are closer than a lot of brothers.
00:43Triple H, my friend, is that a lie, or is that the truth?
00:48That is the ever-loving truth.
00:53But let me ask you a question.
00:55Who is the showstopper?
00:59Me.
01:00Who is the main event?
01:04Me.
01:05Shawn Michaels and Triple H, they're closer than a lot of brothers.
01:11Tonight, the game brings you his best friend, Shawn Michaels!
01:21Shawn Michaels and Triple H are our best of friends.
01:23That friendship is really what swayed Triple H.
01:26That's what brought him here to Raw.
01:30Let's get ready to suck it!
01:35Wait a minute. What the hell?
01:37No!
01:38Triple H is on territory of Shawn Michaels!
01:41Shawn Michaels and I were never best friends.
01:44I used Shawn Michaels to get to the top, just like Shawn Michaels used me to stay at the top.
01:51Now, I am the showstopper!
01:54Now, I am the icon!
01:57What the hell do you want?
01:59Stage manager.
02:01Dave Dawes telling him he's doing the game something.
02:03Is he going?
02:05What the hell happened?
02:06What the hell happened?
02:08Oh, my. Oh, wow.
02:09Somebody get help. Somebody go and get some help.
02:12Somebody obviously ran his head right through the side of that car window.
02:17The only thing I know for sure is that the guy jumped me from behind.
02:22Shawn, I swear to you, and I swear in front of all these people, I'm going to find out who did this to you.
02:27And when I find out who did this, that person is a mocked man.
02:36It was you, Hunter.
02:38You're damn right it was me, Shawn.
02:42I was trying to prove a point that you are weak.
02:46You are vulnerable.
02:48I recognize that I'm not in the best of shape right now.
02:51The doctors have told me I'll make a full recovery.
02:55They say I'll be 100%, 100% by, say, SummerSlam.
03:04I'm not going to sanction your match at SummerSlam.
03:06Officially, your match will never happen.
03:10But it will happen, Eric.
03:40I think I'm done.
03:42I'll come back stronger.
03:46Stronger.
03:48And every time you think that you've got me,
03:54I will fight you.
03:58Now I'll put you in the crown.
04:01Shawn Michaels is an amazing, amazing athlete.
04:03One of the best I personally ever saw.
04:05But after a four-year absence, what does Shawn Michaels have left in his tank?
04:09He's fat! You can't wrestle anymore!
04:11You're done! It's over!
04:13I will cripple your ass!
04:15H-B-K is dead!
04:18He's dead!
04:19Shawn Michaels in the game!
04:21Non-signs yet!
04:23I will fight till there's nothing left.
04:28Till my legs are gone.
04:30You won't forget me.
04:39Wow.
04:42Are you ready for this, JR?
04:44I'm ready.
04:45And is H-B-K ready?
04:59There he is!
05:10He is a showstopper!
05:13What an amazing, amazing athlete!
05:19His last match, March 29, 1998 at WrestleMania.
05:26He was the first ever Grand Slam winner.
05:31He has been the WWE Champion, Intercontinental Champion,
05:36European Champion, Anti-Champion.
05:39The first man in the history of this company to earn that honor.
05:48We are witnessing something that we quite frankly thought we'd never see.
05:55I always hope that Shawn Michaels gets back in the ring one more time.
06:00And that's what we're seeing here.
06:02So my personal dream has come true.
06:05But I swear, I pray, that this has not a mistake.
06:09That Shawn Michaels will regret.
06:11That his family will regret for the rest of his natural life.
06:20Look at Shawn Michaels.
06:22I don't know if there's ever been anyone in this industry
06:25that's had more charisma than that man.
06:28He was as controversial as anybody that ever stepped in the ring.
06:33He has had several life-changing experiences since his retirement.
06:37This match, as I said earlier, about passion and pride of Shawn Michaels.
06:42It's about the evilness and the ego of a man that
06:46Shawn Michaels used to call his best friend.
06:49He's got chills right now, JR.
06:51So does everybody in this arena.
06:53Yeah!
06:57Time to play the game!
07:05The following contest is not sanctioned.
07:08It's scheduled for one fall.
07:11Introducing, from Greenwich, Connecticut,
07:14weighing 272 pounds,
07:17Triple H!
07:21Now the game, the second man to ever hold the Grand Slam,
07:28Shawn Michaels, the first, The Game, the second.
07:32And how, what, what Triple H did to a man that revered him.
07:38That really was a callous and privileged ascension to main event status.
07:44It was beyond me.
07:46What kind of heart move and what kind of stare
07:49that ascends a man like Triple H?
07:52Well, there's two things you don't like about Triple H,
07:54and that's his face.
07:56Because only a two-faced individual would be able to stand
07:59and put his arm around Shawn Michaels,
08:01tell the world that he's Shawn Michaels' best friend,
08:05and then take Shawn Michaels' head and run it right into the car window.
08:08This match is not sanctioned by the WWE.
08:11Both men have signed an old, harmless contract
08:16that basically says that Shawn Michaels can't hold his head.
08:20It's a little more than a career fight, talking about they are.
08:23But you're right, as far as Eric Bishop is concerned,
08:27as far as the WWE is concerned,
08:30this is not even happening.
08:31This match is not even taking place.
08:33But it's going to happen.
08:34It is real.
08:37The showstopper, the cerebral assassin.
08:40And remember, the referee is here only to count a pinball
08:44to ring the bell signifying a submission.
08:47Oh, here we go!
08:50And the heartbreak hits Shawn Michaels with that Texas pride,
08:54scoring with the wrong hands.
08:55Oh, look out.
08:57He's trying to distance himself.
09:00The spear by Shawn Michaels.
09:02Hard, wrong hands.
09:03Right there on the man.
09:04His former best friend, Triple H.
09:07The evil, cerebral assassin.
09:10And Shawn Michaels scoring.
09:12You've got to believe that Shawn Michaels' back,
09:14that broken back, might as well have a bullseye on it
09:18as far as the game is concerned.
09:22Shawn Michaels, leapfrogged what an athlete.
09:24Yes!
09:25And Triple H, Michaels sidestepped the game.
09:27The game was settled right over the top.
09:29I'll tell you one thing, Triple H has made a big mistake
09:32if he underestimates Shawn Michaels.
09:33Oh, my goodness!
09:35The crossbody of the punter over the top.
09:38Again, these men can be killed out.
09:40And look at those right hands.
09:41Look at those right hands.
09:43Look into the forehead.
09:45Right between the eyes of the game.
09:47There's some question as to how much Shawn Michaels has left.
09:50And I can guarantee you this.
09:52I promise you this.
09:53He will give every ounce of it, every bit of it
09:56tonight in this match.
09:57Shawn Michaels, yes, he will give.
09:59He will give us his heart and his soul.
10:01Look at that.
10:02The side of his head bouncing off the ring post.
10:05But in my view, Shawn Michaels has got
10:07to get it over early here.
10:09He has not wrestled in over four years.
10:12He looks to be in great shape.
10:14He looks great.
10:15You got to give him credit.
10:16He looks fantastic.
10:18Look at that shot.
10:19Shawn Michaels catching the game with that clothesline.
10:22And thus far, in the early going,
10:24Shawn Michaels has been extremely offensive.
10:27Wait a minute.
10:28Again, it's non-sensual.
10:29This goes beyond a hardcore match.
10:32Wait a minute now, JR.
10:35Michaels throwing a trash can.
10:37I guess anything's going to go in this.
10:39You're right.
10:40There are no rules in a non-sanctioned match.
10:43Oh!
10:44Downstairs with the game.
10:46Oh, look out!
10:47Double-bending Michaels right under the security wall.
10:51Michaels bouncing off that security wall
10:54and the game rolling back in.
10:56Well, there's so many things that have got to be going
10:59through the mind of Shawn Michaels.
11:01I mean, you know, first of all, he's in the ring
11:03going against a man that just a few weeks ago
11:05he thought was his best friend.
11:07Now he's in the ring in a match that a few weeks ago
11:11he thought he'd never do again.
11:12What a shot that was.
11:14And he's got a real look at this.
11:15Shawn Michaels.
11:16That's it, Shawn Michaels.
11:17Skin in a cap.
11:18Wow!
11:19And then almost beheading Triple H
11:20with a thunderous clothesline.
11:22The heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels
11:24with his heart as big as Texas.
11:26Cowboy boots on.
11:27He's here for a street fight.
11:29A non-sanctioned affair.
11:30Wow!
11:31Right between the eyes with a trash can.
11:33And down goes the game.
11:35And probably the most important thing
11:37that's going through Shawn's mind
11:38is the fact that you mentioned Texas,
11:40that his young son is sitting at home in Texas
11:43watching every minute of this.
11:45Watching his daddy for the first time.
11:47Wow!
11:48That was a shot.
11:49Michaels off the top rope.
11:50Shawn Michaels wanted to get it over early.
11:52He's doing a hell of a job with his game plan.
11:55And Michaels maybe warming up the band king.
11:57It could be time for some sweet tune music.
12:00Yeah!
12:01That's it!
12:02That's it!
12:03Let's hear it!
12:04He went for it.
12:05Couldn't find it in the game.
12:07Oh, look out!
12:08Oh, my God!
12:09My God, what a back break.
12:10What a vicious back break.
12:13You said it.
12:14The bullseye on the back of Shawn Michaels.
12:17And the referee asking Shawn Michaels
12:19if he wants to stop this match.
12:21Nobody knows.
12:23Shawn Michaels saying no.
12:24No.
12:25Emphatically no.
12:26Nobody knows.
12:27I don't think Shawn Michaels even knows
12:29how much pain and punishment his back can take.
12:32Let's take a look one more time.
12:34Feel the impact of that.
12:35Wow!
12:36That was as perfectly executed by the Cerebral Assassin
12:39as you will ever...
12:40Well, not again.
12:41Not another back break.
12:44The gang said he was gonna try to maim.
12:47He was gonna try to cripple and destroy Shawn Michaels.
12:50It is Triple H's goal, as perverse as it sounds,
12:53as hideous as it is,
12:55to see Shawn Michaels in a wheelchair.
12:59Well, you know, I said we saw some vintage Shawn Michaels
13:02a little earlier in this match.
13:04Now we're seeing vintage Triple H.
13:07This is what made Triple H the game.
13:11This...
13:12Oh, this attitude and this...
13:15Triple H a five-time WWE champion.
13:18He didn't get there accidentally.
13:20What an Irish whip.
13:21So much velocity.
13:22Triple H even lift his feet
13:24to send Shawn Michaels
13:26like a shot right to the turnbuckle.
13:28Again, focusing on that back.
13:31How healed is the broken back?
13:33And you say, well, JR, it's been four years.
13:35For those of you that have ever had a broken back,
13:38I am told it never fully heals.
13:40You never get over it.
13:41And you damn sure don't get in the ring
13:43with an athlete like Triple H.
13:46That's why we knew this wasn't the smartest decision
13:49that Shawn Michaels could make.
13:52Shawn Michaels.
13:55Triple H totally disrespecting
13:57one of the great legends of our time.
13:59In this business, Shawn Michaels.
14:02And...
14:03Triple H is certainly not gonna waste any moment.
14:06Oh, boy!
14:08Vintage Triple H, the elbow.
14:10On the elbow.
14:11Oh, my God!
14:14Nothing but disrespect.
14:16But nothing that the Cerebral Assassin
14:18gives a damn about.
14:19And there's a cover.
14:20There's cover!
14:21Here we go!
14:22And Shawn Michaels
14:23able to kick out King.
14:25But you gotta wonder,
14:26if your back goes,
14:28the kickouts are...
14:29They stop happening.
14:30Yeah, they're gonna be few and far between.
14:32And this is legal.
14:34It's not sanctioned.
14:36This match, the WWE wants nothing to do with this match.
14:40Nothing to do with this chair.
14:42The whole harmless rematch is...
14:44No!
14:46Right in the lower back.
14:48Right in the spine of Shawn Michaels.
14:50And look at his face, King.
14:52That face tells this story.
14:54Michaels' legs are...
14:56His legs are...
14:57Oh, my God.
14:58It's gotta be...
14:59Oh, no, it's not over!
15:00It's not over!
15:02I'm gonna tell you,
15:03I'm just wondering if Shawn's doing the right thing
15:05by kicking out.
15:07I tell you what,
15:08this audience...
15:09He might be better off,
15:10and much better off for his family
15:12if he just let this end.
15:13You might be right.
15:14This audience absolutely was hushed
15:16over what we're seeing here.
15:18They know the jeopardy,
15:19the danger that Shawn Michaels is in.
15:21But Shawn Michaels' heart
15:22maybe doesn't know it
15:23because it's still beating.
15:24He's still trying to fight back.
15:26But to no avail here.
15:27The game.
15:28Six feet, four and a half.
15:30Look at this!
15:31260!
15:32Muscleman by Shawn Michaels!
15:33There's a roll-up!
15:34There's a roll-up!
15:35And Shawn Michaels,
15:36he just didn't have the strength
15:37to hold the game down.
15:40Right hands.
15:41Everything Shawn's got.
15:42But...
15:43Face!
15:44And again,
15:45Michaels back down to canvas.
15:47His arms.
15:48My God, he got his arms out.
15:50I want to see those arms and legs move.
15:53He doesn't have the strength,
15:54but he's got the heart.
15:55He's got too much heart.
15:58Again, the referee in this non-sanctioned match.
16:00Cannot stop him.
16:01Only one of the competitors can say,
16:03I quit.
16:04I give up.
16:05This match, one fall to a finish.
16:08I watch this.
16:09I call it heart.
16:10You can call it heart.
16:11You can call it ego.
16:12But they're both too big
16:13when it comes to Shawn Michaels.
16:14Look at this!
16:15DDT!
16:16On that steel chair!
16:17Scrambling the brains of HBK.
16:20And now the game...
16:21Boom!
16:22It's got to be over here.
16:23No, it's not over!
16:25Oh, Shawn Michaels busted open.
16:27Shawn Michaels has been
16:28busted open with that face first
16:30into that chair.
16:31Damn sure did.
16:33Now what?
16:34The Game taking that belt.
16:37The Game taking that belt off
16:38Shawn Michaels.
16:39And a quick Leather Belt!
16:42Blashing Shawn Michaels
16:43like he was an animal
16:44with that Leather Belt.
16:47Michaels bleeding.
16:49You can hear the leather
16:51on the skin of a human being
16:54being beaten
16:55immersible.
16:57And unfortunately,
16:58like you said,
16:59it's all legal in this match.
17:01The Game, anything
17:02methodically,
17:03taking his...
17:04He's got that Metal Belt buckle.
17:05And look at this.
17:06That's not a damn thing
17:07the referee can do about it.
17:10Those shots of that
17:11loaded right hand
17:12of Shawn Michaels' own belt
17:14and that, more specifically,
17:15that big belt buckle
17:16being used as a weapon
17:18by Triple H.
17:20I'm going to tell you something, JR.
17:21I'm beginning to think this is...
17:22This has got to be
17:23the biggest mistake
17:24Shawn Michaels has ever made
17:25in his entire career.
17:26You may be right.
17:28You may be absolutely right.
17:31But again, the referee
17:32is helpless.
17:33The referee can't stop him.
17:34And Shawn Michaels, King,
17:35you know him as well as I.
17:37He will not quit.
17:38As long as he's breathing,
17:39he will not quit.
17:41And I'm afraid
17:42neither will Triple H.
17:43I'm afraid Triple H won't quit
17:44until he fulfills
17:45what he said
17:46he was going to do.
17:48He wants to cripple
17:49and maim Shawn Michaels.
17:51Triple H wants to see
17:52Shawn Michaels
17:53in a damn wheelchair.
17:55And what kind of
17:56morbid, sick human being
17:57would even say
17:58something like that
17:59about another soul?
18:00What is Triple H
18:01looking for now?
18:02I have no earthly idea.
18:04God only knows
18:05what Triple H
18:06must be thinking
18:07or what he's
18:08contemplating here
18:09looking under the ring.
18:10Shawn Michaels
18:12trying to pull himself
18:13up with every fiber
18:14in his being.
18:15Shawn Michaels,
18:16oh my God.
18:17You've got to be kidding me.
18:18Wait a minute.
18:19You've got to be kidding me.
18:20Surely the referee
18:21can stop this.
18:22The dance
18:23wasn't,
18:24the tears
18:25were enough.
18:26Now we've got to
18:27sledgehammer him.
18:29The referee is helpless.
18:31And look at this.
18:32Shawn Michaels
18:33taking back.
18:34Shawn Michaels
18:35fighting for his life here.
18:36You got that right.
18:37Come on, Shawn.
18:38You're going to have
18:39to do something here.
18:40Michaels on his knees.
18:41Can he stand?
18:42He's got him.
18:45This crowd's heading
18:46for HBK.
18:47They're trying to
18:48carry him through.
18:50For the most
18:51crucial match.
18:52The most crucial night
18:53of his entire life.
18:54But another hard
18:55Irish whip
18:56back again.
18:57Oh, no.
18:58And the abdominal stretch
18:59putting more pressure
19:00and torque
19:01on that lower body.
19:02Shawn is like
19:03in a torture chamber.
19:04That's all Triple H is.
19:05He's just intent
19:06on torturing.
19:08I don't,
19:09I wish Shawn Michaels
19:10would just give it up here.
19:11Just,
19:12just give it up, Shawn.
19:13You,
19:14you made us all proud.
19:15You came back.
19:16You did everything
19:17you could.
19:18Everything under God's
19:19sun you could do,
19:20you have done.
19:23The game is a,
19:24he is an executioner.
19:27He's an executioner
19:28with a PhD.
19:29And
19:30that's legal.
19:32Referee can't count him.
19:33There's no disqualifications here.
19:35I tell you,
19:36you can see there
19:37Earl Henry doesn't like it.
19:38He's doing everything you ask.
19:39Earl's got a heart.
19:40He's got a soul.
19:41He knows what's right
19:42and what's not.
19:43Oh, look at this!
19:45Earl, you're overmatched,
19:46my friend.
19:47Earl Hefner's
19:48bowing right up
19:49to Triple H.
19:50I mean, he's getting
19:51right in Triple H's face.
19:52I,
19:53I admire Earl Hefner's
19:54I'm telling you right now,
19:55knock that off!
19:57I admire Earl Hefner's
19:58attitude
19:59and what he stands for.
20:02But remember,
20:03Earl,
20:04I'm telling you,
20:05Earl Hefner realizes
20:06when he,
20:07when he saw that sledgehammer
20:08come out,
20:09he didn't let anything
20:10go in this match.
20:11Earl Hefner's been
20:12the eye of controversy
20:13in his career before.
20:15That was shot to the midsection
20:16by Shawn Michaels.
20:17Earl doesn't want to be
20:18a part of
20:19seeing the demise
20:20of Shawn Michaels.
20:21To see Shawn Michaels
20:22confined to a wheelchair.
20:23To be maimed
20:24and crippled.
20:25But Shawn Michaels,
20:26he doesn't know that.
20:27He's running on,
20:28he's running on adrenaline.
20:29But how much
20:30adrenaline
20:31can Shawn Michaels
20:32have left?
20:33It's adrenaline
20:34and it's instinct.
20:36You're right.
20:37There's not much
20:38to be the one left
20:39right now.
20:40Shawn Michaels,
20:41Shawn, fight him!
20:42You gotta fight him!
20:43You know what Triple H
20:44is gonna try to do here.
20:45That's why that's instinct.
20:46Triple H knows
20:47that would have been over
20:48for him if Triple H
20:49had hit a superplex.
20:50And that one,
20:51the game would have
20:52a lot to have done.
20:53The game over here,
20:54Michaels back.
20:55Snap again.
20:56You gotta believe
20:57that's what the game
20:58wants to do.
20:59Break Michaels' back
21:00here at SummerSlam.
21:01Wait a minute,
21:02what are you gonna try,
21:03don't,
21:04don't think he's gonna
21:05try to come up
21:06with an elbow.
21:07It's very similar
21:08to what we saw earlier.
21:09The referee shoved
21:10into the ropes and
21:11Shawn Michaels
21:12losing his balance.
21:13What a crappy,
21:14oh come on.
21:15No!
21:16No!
21:17No!
21:18Michaels helpless
21:19hanging upside down.
21:20Just got a chair
21:21shot right to the
21:22lower back.
21:27I just,
21:28I'll tell you J.R.,
21:29somehow when I heard
21:30all of those,
21:31that big diatribe
21:32from Triple H,
21:33the things he said
21:34about Shawn,
21:35somehow I hoped
21:36that he really does,
21:37I mean,
21:38he really does
21:39want to cripple
21:40Shawn Michaels.
21:41Triple H hates
21:42Shawn Michaels.
21:43Triple H hates,
21:44hates our fans.
21:45Why?
21:46He hates everybody
21:47but himself.
21:48What an egotist.
21:49What an evil egotist.
21:50Oh no,
21:51no, no,
21:52no!
21:53Oh my God!
21:54Oh,
21:55look at that chair.
21:56And look at the man's back.
21:57A poor human being
21:58four years away
21:59from this carnage
22:00and comeback.
22:01This is a sick
22:02human being,
22:03folks.
22:04Counting down,
22:05quick counting.
22:06Get it,
22:07oh no!
22:08Shawn,
22:09what are you doing?
22:10Shawn Michaels
22:11refusing to die.
22:12This is not smart.
22:13It may be his
22:14last match
22:15but by God,
22:16he's not going
22:17to quit.
22:20What's the gang
22:21going to do here?
22:22The Cerebral Assassin.
22:23What sick,
22:24perverted thing
22:25does he have
22:26on his mind now
22:27with that steel chair?
22:28All he's got
22:29on his mind
22:30is,
22:31like you said,
22:32seeing Shawn
22:33in a wheelchair
22:34crippling the man.
22:35No!
22:36Sidewalk slam
22:37on that chair.
22:39A DDT on the chair
22:40is what busted
22:41Shawn open earlier.
22:43Michaels almost
22:44laying limp.
22:46Fast Counting Murrow
22:47get it over with
22:48and Shawn Michaels
22:49kicking out.
22:50Triple H
22:51trying to hook
22:52his hands
22:53but Michaels
22:54kicks out again.
22:55Where's he coming
22:56from?
22:58The will
22:59the will
23:00to win king
23:01or is it the will
23:02to survive
23:03and the game
23:04is getting frustrated.
23:06It's sold out
23:07crowd
23:08here at the
23:09National Coliseum
23:10with all they can
23:11to help.
23:12We knew this was
23:13going to happen.
23:14We knew,
23:15we said earlier
23:16that no matter what
23:17Shawn Michaels
23:18was going to give us
23:19every ounce
23:20of everything he had
23:21but he's done that.
23:22He doesn't need
23:23to give us anymore.
23:24He gave us
23:25for about
23:2615 years
23:27of his life.
23:28Tonight's
23:29enough's enough.
23:31I'll tell you what
23:32you know what I think
23:33I think that Triple H
23:34somehow still feels like
23:35he's living under
23:36in the shadow
23:37of under the cloud
23:38of Shawn Michaels
23:39of everything that
23:40Shawn Michaels
23:41has accomplished
23:42in this business.
23:43Oh no.
23:44Oh mighty.
23:45You can see it coming.
23:46The pedigree.
23:47Whoa!
23:50Did you see that
23:51coming JR?
23:52Triple H has got
23:53a pedigree
23:54Shawn Michaels
23:55on that steel chair.
23:56The chair has been mangled.
23:57Shawn Michaels'
23:58body's been mangled
23:59and another part
24:00of Triple H's anatomy
24:01has obviously
24:02been mangled.
24:03Yeah they'll get no
24:04safety from anybody
24:05in this arena.
24:09This crowd
24:10trying to get
24:11Shawn Michaels
24:12back into it.
24:13These fans are doing
24:14all they can
24:15and Michaels
24:16oh he's
24:17trying to pull
24:18himself up.
24:19Look at Shawn.
24:20He can't get up
24:21on his own.
24:22He's near the rose hole.
24:23Triple H's got that
24:24that chair.
24:25It's like a
24:26gun.
24:28Getting a little
24:29far away again.
24:32Oh!
24:33Sweet 10 music!
24:34Right back in the
24:35right back in the
24:36chair.
24:37Right back in the
24:38face of The Game.
24:39The big super kick.
24:41Shawn Michaels
24:42patented move but
24:43it may have taken
24:44everything that
24:45Shawn Michaels
24:46had out of him.
24:47Exactly.
24:48That may have been
24:49everything that
24:50Shawn had left
24:51for that one
24:52sweet 10 music.
24:53The chair went right
24:54back in the face
24:55of The Game.
24:56Shawn Michaels
24:57with a nicer
24:58gun.
24:59Listen.
25:00Wow!
25:01That's a beautiful
25:02sound.
25:03The steel arm.
25:04Oh look at this.
25:05Look at this.
25:06Triple H has
25:07opened up.
25:08The Game has been
25:09busted wide open
25:10at the hands of
25:11Shawn Michaels.
25:12Whoa!
25:13This super kick
25:14to the chair.
25:15And The Game
25:16is bleeding.
25:17Profusely.
25:18Look at Shawn.
25:19Now he realizes
25:20he's capable of
25:21doing some serious
25:22damage here.
25:23Shawn Michaels
25:24does not have
25:25enough left in this
25:26tank to finish
25:27Triple H off.
25:28Triple H
25:29one of those
25:30feared competitors
25:31in the history
25:32of the WWE.
25:33Oh!
25:34Bleeding.
25:35He's knocked down.
25:36Oh!
25:37Oh!
25:38Shawn Michaels
25:39lifts up
25:40where it got stained.
25:41Did he get that?
25:42Whoa!
25:43There!
25:44That's pure adrenaline
25:45right there.
25:46Shawn Michaels
25:47hammering The Game.
25:48HBK!
25:49Oh!
25:50Got body dropped
25:51on The Bloody Game.
25:52I can assure you
25:53Shawn Michaels' son
25:54came completely
25:55out of his chair
25:56when he saw
25:57his dad do that.
25:58Look out!
25:59Oh!
26:00Taps out.
26:01The Game
26:02tried to block it
26:03but to no avail.
26:06A Jason Gianni
26:07lock swing
26:08by Shawn Michaels.
26:09The steel chair
26:10between the eyes
26:11of The Bloody
26:12is battered
26:13Triple H.
26:18These people
26:19can sense it.
26:20Shawn may have
26:21the opportunity
26:22to get a victory here.
26:24Reversal of
26:25The Game
26:26going over the top.
26:27And here comes
26:28Shawn Michaels
26:29right out after him.
26:30Shawn Michaels
26:31showing so much guts.
26:32So much courage.
26:34Listen to this.
26:35Woo!
26:36Oh!
26:37Well, that is sick.
26:38That is some
26:39that'll kill
26:40some brain cells.
26:41That'll scramble
26:42your brains.
26:43And now Shawn Michaels
26:44has got his
26:45whole leather belt.
26:46It ain't as sick
26:47as what
26:48Triple H
26:49did to his best friend.
26:51And now Shawn Michaels
26:52laying the leather.
26:55Come on.
26:56He's returning the favor.
26:58Return the cinder
26:59for Shawn Michaels
27:00and that leather belt.
27:04I'm gonna tell you something.
27:05When Shawn agreed
27:06to this match
27:08I was just hoping
27:09he'd be able to survive.
27:10Now I think he can win.
27:13It'll be huge.
27:15I hope so, King.
27:16But this one
27:17I've got to believe
27:18is a long way
27:19from being over.
27:24Look at all these fans.
27:29Oh!
27:30Shot that one.
27:32I don't know.
27:33Get out.
27:34Get out of the way, Michael.
27:35I don't know if this one
27:36of the game
27:37can stand it.
27:38Hey!
27:39Shawn Michaels
27:40just took off.
27:41Give us some
27:42innovations
27:43in our status
27:44announcement.
27:45The game
27:46with the heel
27:47move.
27:48That's a heel for a heel.
27:51A heel for a heel.
27:53And now Shawn Michaels
27:54moving the furniture around.
27:55Where's he going?
27:58I guess he's as good as mine.
28:01I'm surprised
28:02he's still in this thing.
28:03Look out!
28:04Oh!
28:05God!
28:06Provides his bloody face
28:07bouncing off those steel steps
28:09from the Bulldogger
28:10Shawn Michaels.
28:12My God.
28:13This is unbelievable
28:14somehow.
28:15Some way.
28:16Oh, wait a minute.
28:17Uh-uh.
28:18Shawn, don't do it.
28:21Shawn Michaels
28:22Look at the smile on his face.
28:23The innovator
28:24of the ladder match.
28:25He is the showstopper.
28:27Shawn Michaels
28:28pulled that ladder
28:29from under the ring.
28:30And remember
28:31it's all legal.
28:32This is not sanctioned.
28:38We don't have to ask
28:39these people
28:40if they want to see that.
28:41Of course they do.
28:42Look out!
28:43Oh!
28:44Michaels using that ladder
28:45and the battering ram.
28:47Exploding in the face
28:48of Triple H.
28:53Oh, man.
28:54That's low.
28:56Sorry.
28:58Again, a shot
28:59of that
29:00shot to the border there.
29:01Maybe
29:02a couple of shots.
29:03But again
29:04who's keeping score there?
29:05It's a non-sanctioned fight.
29:10Watch this move.
29:12Ladder right to the face
29:14and the head
29:15of Triple H.
29:18Shawn put the brakes on.
29:19He blocked it.
29:20Shawn Michaels put the brakes on.
29:21Double leg takedown
29:22by Shawn Michaels.
29:23Uh-oh.
29:28Right into the ladder.
29:30The bloody face of the game.
29:31His face
29:32a crimson mask
29:33here at SummerSlam.
29:34I can assure you
29:35I can assure you
29:36never in his wildest dreams
29:37did Triple H think
29:38for one minute
29:39that he'd be in this situation.
29:41Give it!
29:42Oh!
29:43Did he get him?
29:45A two count.
29:48No.
29:49Triple H never
29:50would have imagined
29:51that he would be bleeding
29:52a bloody mess
29:53at the hands
29:54of HBK.
29:55Absolutely not.
29:56But that's exactly
29:57what has happened here.
30:00Again, baseball
30:01sliding right to the ladder
30:02and the ladder
30:03jamming Shawn Michaels' ribs.
30:05Look at how bad
30:06Triple H is bleeding.
30:08His hair is soaked.
30:09His face is covered.
30:10Triple H has lost
30:11a lot of blood.
30:12He's fading away here
30:13before our very eyes
30:15in this bloodbath
30:16in this non-sanctioned matchup.
30:18Shawn, you gotta get up!
30:19You gotta take advantage of this!
30:21And Shawn Michaels
30:23we may have seen
30:24Shawn Michaels' best chance
30:25of winning.
30:26Just
30:27just leave us.
30:28Just
30:29just go away
30:30after that ladder shot.
30:32The ladder just
30:33kicked right into the ribs
30:34and chest area of Shawn.
30:36Michaels' back
30:37has gotta be killin' it.
30:39His body's gotta be
30:40a rack of pain.
30:41Watch the gang
30:42going upstairs.
30:44The gang going upstairs
30:45and Shawn Michaels
30:46scored with right hands.
30:48This is not smart, Shawn.
30:49You don't need to be-
30:50Oh, Shawn Michaels.
30:51No, Shawn!
30:52It's gonna hurt you, too!
30:53Don't do it!
30:54Don't do it!
30:56You saw Shawn, though.
30:57He did turn to-
30:58He tried to land on his side.
30:59The cover!
31:00It's gonna be-
31:01No!
31:02No!
31:03No!
31:04How close was that?
31:05Man.
31:07Oh, my God.
31:08How close was that?
31:12Michaels reversed.
31:14Whoa!
31:15My gosh!
31:16Look at that!
31:17The roll-up!
31:18He's got-
31:19No, he doesn't.
31:20He doesn't have the strength
31:21in that back to hold
31:22the gang down.
31:23The gang behind him
31:24right to the face
31:25of Shawn Michaels.
31:27The game is awesome.
31:28There's no doubt about it.
31:29But he is so evil,
31:30so hideous.
31:31The cover!
31:32And who knows now?
31:33The game is awesome.
31:34What about Shawn Michaels?
31:36Shawn Michaels is off the page.
31:37This is-
31:38This is
31:39beyond my wildest dreams
31:40that this match
31:41would go this long
31:42and that Shawn Michaels
31:43would thus far
31:44be able to survive
31:46the most calculated,
31:47the most perfectly sound
31:49in-ring competitor
31:51in the entire WWE.
31:53Not just to mention Raw,
31:54but the WWE.
31:56I don't know if-
31:57Yeah, I guess I-
31:58I guess he does know
31:59what he's doing.
32:00Triple H is staggering around.
32:01As you said,
32:02he's lost so much blood.
32:03He's got to be
32:04in a weakened condition.
32:06The gang bringing
32:07those stairs in.
32:08We could hit Shawn Michaels
32:09with those stairs.
32:10That's exactly
32:11bullseye here.
32:13Oh!
32:14A drop toehold!
32:15A drop toehold!
32:16Oh!
32:17The gang's face
32:18bouncing off those stairs!
32:19Hit him!
32:20Cover him!
32:21Oh, he's not down.
32:22He has got to-
32:23He's barely able to stand.
32:25But so is Shawn Michaels.
32:26And Shawn Michaels
32:27with the bullseye.
32:28Taking the game over.
32:30The game.
32:31They have reached
32:32this knee and that leg.
32:33And Michaels going
32:34to the outside.
32:35What's he going to get now?
32:36Someone else is under there.
32:37Oh!
32:38Hey!
32:40First it was
32:41a sledgehammer.
32:42The stairs.
32:44A ladder.
32:45And now a table.
32:46Well, these people were asking
32:47for tables.
32:48We want tables.
32:50Shawn has always been
32:51a man that would love
32:52to give the people
32:53what they want.
32:54He is a showstopper.
32:55But is this-
32:56Will this backfire
32:57on Shawn Michaels?
32:58Ooh!
32:59What a knockdown.
33:00Not a straight right hand.
33:01Triple H had his hands down.
33:03And that bloody-
33:04Maybe he couldn't see it coming.
33:05With so much blood
33:06in his face.
33:08What?
33:11Shawn Michaels
33:12setting this table up.
33:13And I have no earthly idea
33:15what Shawn Michaels
33:16has planned
33:17for Triple H.
33:19All sorts of stuff
33:20under that ring.
33:21Hey!
33:22Is that a-
33:23Is that a fire stick?
33:24Ooh, yes!
33:25Right to the head.
33:27And again,
33:28landing on that table.
33:30Oh, no!
33:31Oh, my God.
33:32Shawn.
33:34Shawn Michaels
33:35spaghetti leg.
33:37He's going on guts.
33:39Look, yeah, you are.
33:40You're crazy.
33:41Don't do it.
33:42It's a suicide move
33:43for Shawn Michaels.
33:44For these fans.
33:45Shawn Michaels
33:46putting his life
33:47on the line.
33:48Oh!
33:49God, the carnage.
33:51For the love of
33:52God almighty.
33:55Now what?
33:57Shawn Michaels
33:58off the top.
33:59Through the body
34:00of the Game.
34:01On his wish.
34:02Those pinfalls
34:03count anywhere.
34:04Because I think
34:05this one will be over.
34:06Here and now.
34:07See if you can drag him
34:08into the ring.
34:09Have you ever seen
34:10anything like that
34:11in your life, JR?
34:12Oh, my God.
34:13Shawn Michaels
34:14in the shape
34:15that he's in.
34:16Touch it again.
34:18Watch this!
34:20Good gosh!
34:22This is-
34:23One more look at this.
34:24Unbelievable.
34:25Unbelievable.
34:29It is truly vintage
34:30Shawn Michaels.
34:31He just throws
34:32caution to the wind.
34:33No matter what condition
34:34his body's in.
34:35Two men from RAW
34:37giving us everything
34:38in their bodies.
34:39Every fiber of their being
34:41is on display here.
34:43And Michaels now
34:44bringing that ladder
34:45back in.
34:46The Game
34:47is busted up.
34:48He may have
34:49internal injuries
34:50after that shot to the top
34:51through the table.
34:52And what a gosh
34:53move.
34:54Wait a minute now.
34:57Shawn Michaels
34:58has said this is his
34:59one night only.
35:00He's doing it
35:01one more time.
35:03And by God
35:04he's gonna leave us
35:05with everything he's got.
35:06With something that
35:07we will never
35:08ever forget him.
35:12Michaels on top of that
35:13that 10-foot ladder.
35:15The referee is begging him
35:16not to do it.
35:19Shawn Michaels
35:20Oh!
35:21Fans
35:22for the love of God
35:23in the elbow.
35:24Right to the heart
35:25of the Game
35:26and the ladder.
35:27He's alright!
35:28He's okay!
35:31Yes, he realizes
35:32he's still got it,
35:33JR!
35:35Shawn Michaels
35:36with the elbow
35:37from the ladder.
35:38And now King
35:39tuning up that band.
35:44Yes!
35:45One of the all-time
35:46great hits.
35:47Number one
35:48with a bullet.
35:49Get up, Triple H.
35:51Get up and meet
35:52your best friend now.
35:53Triple H has
35:54lost a lot of blood
35:55in this bloodbath
35:56here at SummerSlam.
35:57Your friend's got
35:58something for you.
35:59Bang!
36:00No!
36:01It's blocked!
36:02I thought he had it!
36:03It was blocked!
36:04Oh, no!
36:05Henry!
36:06My God!
36:07No!
36:08Oh, Michaels!
36:09Roll up!
36:10Will it be?
36:11Can it be?
36:12Yes!
36:13HBK!
36:14My God!
36:15HBK!
36:16Here is your winner
36:17and the top-ranked kid
36:19Shawn Michaels!
36:21In 25 years
36:22I've never seen
36:23this much courage
36:25and the will to win!
36:29What about that?
36:31What about that?
36:32A young man
36:33that's hall of fame bound
36:34with nothing to prove!
36:36It was pride
36:37and passion
36:38prevailing!
36:39Oh, oh!
36:40Oh, my God!
36:41He hit him in the back
36:42with a slam backstab!
36:44He hit him in the back
36:45with a slam backstab!
36:46Right in the back!
36:48Triple H
36:49hit Shawn Michaels!
36:50Get that away from him!
36:51Get that hammer away!
36:52No!
36:53No!
36:54No!
36:55No!
36:56No!
36:57For God's sake,
36:58no!
37:00Get somebody out here!
37:03Oh, God!
37:04Oh, no!
37:05Earl, get the hammer!
37:07Oh, no!
37:10Oh, God, oh, my, no!
37:14I refuse to believe
37:15what I see!
37:17I refuse to believe
37:19that after the most
37:20courageous victory
37:21that many of us
37:22have ever seen
37:23that son of a bitch
37:25used that hammer
37:26on Shawn!
37:28He's hitting twice
37:29with a sledgehammer!
37:31My God, oh, my!
37:34Triple H is gonna run!
37:36He's gonna run in hell
37:38for what he did here tonight!
37:42Oh, no!
37:44Oh, this makes me sick!
37:48Are you proud of yourself now?
37:49Look at that stinkin' smile
37:51on his face!
37:52How in God's name
37:53can that human being
37:54be from this planet?
37:56How can he?
37:57Does he have no conscience?
37:58Does he have no heart?
37:59Do you have no soul?
38:01You son of a bitch!
38:02Do you realize
38:03what you've just done?
38:05I cannot believe
38:06he said he was gonna
38:07he said he was gonna
38:08leave Shawn Michaels
38:09in a wheelchair!
38:10He may have just done it!
38:11How in God's name
38:12can he be smiling?
38:13The gang is laughing
38:14at his accomplishments!
38:17HBK, beat your ass!
38:19And now you may have
38:20you may have succeeded
38:22in what you wanted to do,
38:23damn you!
38:25I can't believe it.
38:27This is absolutely
38:28perverse.
38:31Not once, but two.
38:32Two times he drove that
38:34sledgehammer into Shawn's back.
38:37We always have a
38:38physician here at our events
38:40and, yeah,
38:41they got a collar on Shawn,
38:42my God.
38:44Let's see this one more time.
38:48The gang is trying to
38:49block the sweet chin music,
38:51but what a counter
38:52for the Pedigree King.
38:54What a counter.
38:56What a victory.
38:57My God, what a moment
38:58in WWE history.
39:00Yeah, but speaking of moments,
39:01look, look at this.
39:04Oh, God!
39:07I mean, with no
39:08no malice,
39:10total malice,
39:11no conscience.
39:13And one was enough,
39:14but no.
39:15Look at this low life.
39:16He wanted Shawn to
39:17look him in the eyes.
39:18I did it, Shawn!
39:19I did it!
39:20Oh my God!
39:21And we just may have
39:22seen the game.
39:24His prophecy may have
39:25come true.
39:28The game wanted to
39:29put Shawn Michaels
39:31in a wheelchair.
39:34Oh, God.
39:36Damn, Triple H said that
39:37Shawn Michaels would have
39:38to be carried out
39:39from this match.
39:41After one of the most
39:42awesome performances
39:43I've ever seen in 25 years
39:45for it to end like this,
39:47but the hands of Triple H
39:48is, by God, repulsive.
39:51Oh, my God.