WWE SummerSlam 2002 - Brock Lesnar vs The Rock (WWE Undisputed Championship)
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00:00Anticipated main event in SummerSlam history.
00:02And it's coming up next, the next big thing. Brock Lesnar gets his shot at the Undisputed Championship and the People's Camp, The Rock.
00:10Will The Rock continue his reign as champion? Or will 2002 be the Summer of Brock?
00:20Brock Lesnar, you are real. Because you are the next big thing.
00:27And tonight, tonight Brock, you become the next King of the Ring.
00:35The winner of this match, not only the prestigious King of the Ring, but he also
00:39earns the right to fight in the main event at SummerSlam against the Undisputed Champion.
00:45Oh my God. Lesnar caught Van Dam in midair! And it's over! Lesnar's the King of the Ring!
00:51And this rookie now has earned the main event shot at the Undisputed title at SummerSlam.
00:57For the Undisputed title on the line, who will go to SummerSlam to meet Brock Lesnar for the Undisputed title?
01:09The first man to score a pinfall or submission wins the match and therefore becomes the Undisputed Champion.
01:15No way! No! Rock Bottom! Rock Bottom! Rock Bottom! Yes! It's over! It's over!
01:23The Rock! The Rock! The Rock is the Undisputed Champion of the WWE!
01:32Yay! Though I walk through the valley of the extreme, I fear not reprisals from my enemies!
01:42For I walk with the next big thing, Brock Lesnar! Brock, you're in the wrong place.
01:51The wrong year, with the wrong guy. The blood of Hulkamania is in my hands.
02:01And Rock, the blood of you is going to be on my hand come SummerSlam.
02:09You know, Brock Lesnar, you want to play games with The Rock? You think you want to play mind games?
02:15Is that what you want to do? You want to send a message to The Rock?
02:19Well, The Rock's got a message for you. Just bring it!
02:25All I care about is being the absolute best. In my mind, I'm number one, always. I wouldn't be here
02:33if I didn't feel like I was number one. I don't care about being the biggest guy in the industry.
02:39I don't care about being the strongest. Outdo my opponent, always. In my mind, I'm number one.
02:46All I care about is being the absolute best.
03:01He is the challenger in the biggest match of his young career!
03:08The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is for the WWE Undisputed Championship!
03:16Introducing the challenger, being accompanied by his agent, Paul Heyman,
03:20from Minneapolis, Minnesota, weighing in at 295 pounds, the next big thing, Brock Lesnar!
03:30The next big thing, Brock Lesnar! Are we looking at the animalistic future of the WWE?
03:40The brutality that is Brock Lesnar! The time for talking's done! It's ass-kicking time!
03:48Lesnar knows that, and so does The Rock, and it's go time right now!
03:53Will the next big thing become the big thing tonight?
03:57If you smile, then that is the way!
04:03And from Miami, Florida, weighing in at 275 pounds, is the WWE Undisputed Champion, The Rock!
04:17And The Rock, we've got to see a little time!
04:20Brock's on a half-pull, crushing the ring, and here we go!
04:23The Rock and Brock colliding with the title of the World Heavyweight Champion!
04:28And what a belly-to-belly by Brock Lesnar!
04:31Just like that, left the hand, one strong!
04:34Here's a cover, hook of the leg, and The Rock takes it!
04:37Brock's sending a message, that's big, over the top, belly-to-belly, right to The Rock!
04:41And Brock Lesnar, with The Rock, just like a sack of potatoes, driving him into that knee!
04:48The ribs call! Again!
04:50The injured ribs from SmackDown, and the week before at Raw!
04:54And here's the cover, hook of the leg by Brock, and The Rock hits the shoulder off!
04:58It was six days ago, that Triple H injured the ribs of The Rock!
05:03On SmackDown Thursday night, Keith Benoit and Eddie Guerrero, along with Brock Lesnar,
05:07continue the damage, and Lesnar going right for the ribs, from Leon tonight!
05:12That big, thick, strong, belly-to-belly of Brock Lesnar, driven right through The Rock's ribs!
05:18And The Rock driven through the second rope, and outside the ring, and there you see the agent
05:23of Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman, with a cheap shot!
05:26And Heyman could be a wild card in this match-up!
05:29I think Heyman might have just thrown a hamstring, that's the first possible thing he's done about,
05:33I don't know, since he's hotel room, really, tonight.
05:35The Llama Bull, up on the barricade, and it's this animal, Brock Lesnar drives Brock into the crowd!
05:42But check out Paul, look at this, a sneaky, nasty maneuver by The Master of Sneaking, isn't he?
05:49If you're the youngster, Brock Lesnar, you could not ask for this match to start off any better!
05:54And The Rock dropped on those ribs, on the steel barricade!
05:59Brock Lesnar, just all-power, 6'4", 295 pounds, two-time Big Ten champ, four-time All-American,
06:09and two-time national champ from the University of Minnesota!
06:13And Brock Lesnar continues the pressure on The Rock!
06:17And if you're Brock Lesnar, the toughest opponent perhaps that The Rock has ever faced,
06:22you have to continue this ground-based attack on the people's chest!
06:26And another belly-to-belly, and you see The Rock, writhing in pain,
06:30Brock into the cover, could crown a new champion!
06:33And Rock just gets the shoulder up.
06:36No, Rock came roaring in like gangbusters, that was about it offensively for him,
06:41and Lesnar just grounded The Rock!
06:43And The Rock, with a right hand, tried to battle back.
06:46Another one from the undisputed champion, look at Paul Heyman!
06:51Heyman grabbing the leg of The Rock, giving the advantage again to Lesnar!
06:56As if Brock Lesnar needs an advantage from Heyman!
06:58And Lesnar continues that brutal attack on the ribs of the undisputed champion!
07:04And Heyman again, look at him!
07:06I'm begging the ref for somebody, get Heyman the hell out of here!
07:10Paul Heyman, he's riding the gravy train with Brock Lesnar!
07:14A win tonight for Lesnar makes Paul Heyman virtually a millionaire!
07:18He's got the champion, the youngest champion ever, in his corner!
07:23Heyman is a man, he owes a lot of people money, so hopefully he'll become a millionaire!
07:26And here's The Rock ripped off the ropes by Paul Heyman,
07:28but the inexperienced rookie, he showed it!
07:31He telegraphed it!
07:32Wow!
07:32The Lesnar exploding!
07:34Big, big powerslip by Lesnar!
07:37There's two!
07:38The Rock just gets the shoulder up again!
07:40The Rock's all hot!
07:41Look at Heyman, that face!
07:43Well, Taz, The Rock will never say quit!
07:46The Rock will do anything to keep the title!
07:49He'll never use those injured ribs as an excuse!
07:52Well, you know what?
07:54The Rock, five-time Tag Team Champion, two-time Intercontinental Champion,
07:58and a seven-time WWE Champion!
08:01What more can you bring to the table?
08:02But he's never faced a man like Lesnar before!
08:05Oh, wow!
08:06The ribs, the ribs, the ribs!
08:08Lesnar, simple, but effective attack!
08:12And Brock Lesnar, here comes the speed!
08:14Oh!
08:15Into that steel post!
08:16Inexperienced!
08:17And Lesnar's shoulder into the steel post!
08:20Driving force!
08:22And The Rock trying to recuperate!
08:24The Bravo Bull!
08:26Come on, Rock, here you go!
08:27Get a big throw!
08:28Yeah!
08:28What a suplex!
08:29A little taste of a Rock's message in there, with a big fat suplex!
08:34Now The Rock hoping to gain, to catch his breath!
08:37Both men down center of the ring!
08:39First man in the speed here could gain the momentum in this championship matchup!
08:44And Rock ain't showing any signs of life!
08:46Brock Lesnar's moving at least!
08:49This is a war, man!
08:50This thing has been...
08:52Both men, hip hop!
08:53Can you believe it?
08:55That was cool, man!
08:56And The Rock, with right hand!
08:59To Brock Lesnar, the champion!
09:01Reversed into the post!
09:03Trying to knock The Big Man down!
09:04But that's like hitting a brick wall!
09:06A line!
09:07Again, a clothesline!
09:08Go low, Rock!
09:09Go low, Rock!
09:10Go low, go low!
09:11Ducks underneath the clothesline by Brock Lesnar!
09:13Now knocks The Rock down!
09:14Go high, Rock!
09:15And the champion!
09:17Lesnar with a DDT!
09:19Moved into the cover!
09:20Hooks the leg!
09:21To and out!
09:21Lesnar just gets the shoulder up!
09:24Brock's picking the pace up!
09:28Lesnar didn't expect that arsenal from The Rock!
09:31And Heyman!
09:32And The Rock locking in!
09:34Waiting for the sharpshooter!
09:35But Heyman in the air!
09:36Causing the distraction again!
09:38And Heyman knocked down!
09:40Legless!
09:42Leg drag!
09:42I've cracked myself, man!
09:44A leg drag by The Rock!
09:45Setting Brock Lesnar up for perhaps the submission maneuver that is the sharpshooter!
09:50And there it is!
09:51Locked in!
09:52Sit back!
09:53Lesnar might be too strong for this hold!
09:55The sharpshooter locked in by The Rock!
09:57Will Brock Lesnar submit for the first time in his career tonight?
10:00Brock Lesnar with his amateur background is conditioned for a maneuver like this on his lower back!
10:06Conditioned for this!
10:08And The Rock, you can see, putting everything he has into the sharpshooter!
10:13Referee Mike Chioda in the face of Brock Lesnar!
10:16Will the next big thing tap out?
10:19Look how low The Rock's hips often get a shot!
10:21Look how low The Rock's hips are!
10:236 foot 5!
10:24Keeping the leverage down!
10:26Keeping the pressure on the lower back of Lesnar!
10:29The experience of The Rock grounding the monster that is Brock Lesnar!
10:35Lesnar's down on his belly!
10:37He's pancake right now!
10:38And The Rock knows it!
10:39Keep that hold on, Brock!
10:41You got the big kick coming!
10:42The right hand is up!
10:43Will Lesnar tap?
10:44Will Lesnar tap to the sharpshooter?
10:47But Heyman's back on that damn apron!
10:50Heyman again distracting The Rock!
10:52Dropping a steel chair into the ring!
10:55Uh-oh!
10:56Heyman in the hard way!
11:00Heyman's gonna wish he'd never been in this match!
11:03Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar!
11:05A clubbing blow to the back of the neck of The Rock!
11:08Heyman's field kicking the neck of the big, big Brock Lesnar!
11:12Just saved Paul Heyman!
11:15And Brock Lesnar clawing!
11:17Clawing toward the steel chair!
11:19Heyman has the referee distracted!
11:21The animal with a weapon in hand!
11:23He don't need a weapon!
11:24His hands are involved!
11:25Into the ribs!
11:26The injured ribs of The Rock!
11:27That steel chair!
11:28Drilling like a javelin!
11:31The Rock is in a bad way right now!
11:34There's that big, thick bear hug!
11:36And we saw what this bear hug did to the legendary Hollywood Hulk Hogan just a few weeks ago!
11:41Brock Lesnar's massive arms sucking the life out of Hogan!
11:45Causing internal bleeding!
11:47Blood dripping from the mouth!
11:49Will The Rock suffer the same fate tonight?
11:52It ain't just the thickness of Brock's arms, Paul!
11:55It's that great hand strength!
11:57That grip from all those years of wrestling as an amateur!
12:01That's taken from Paul!
12:04Paul told what he should be to say on The Rock's back!
12:06The Rock with a right hand to Brock Lesnar!
12:09Still has that bear hug!
12:10Almost a stand!
12:12And Brock Lesnar!
12:13Rightly!
12:14Again!
12:15Back into the ribs!
12:16Back into the bear hug on The Rock!
12:19Now remember, like we said!
12:21The Rock's ribs first injured!
12:23That gut wreck!
12:23Brock's!
12:24His shoulders down!
12:25Rolls back over to his belly!
12:26The instinct of the champion!
12:28Brock's ribs were initially injured!
12:30Reached back on the wall by Triple H!
12:32Again, shoulders down!
12:33Again, champion gets his shoulder up!
12:35The Rock, despite the pain, knows where he is at all times!
12:39That's what this title!
12:40Hanging on to this title means to The Rock!
12:42A lot of these fans here, man!
12:43They're into Brock Lesnar!
12:45But you're right!
12:46That great match!
12:47That instinct of Brock Lesnar!
12:49Keeping The Rock in the middle!
12:50Keeping that gut wrench!
12:51That bear hug!
12:52That waist lock around The Rock's ribs!
12:54The Rock desperately trying to make it to the ropes!
12:57Paul, you gotta question The Rock's conditioning!
13:00We've seen all those videos of him training!
13:02Upright!
13:03Running!
13:03Through the steps!
13:04Training the weights!
13:05But no mat work!
13:06He didn't even have a mat!
13:07But how can you question the stamina of The Rock?
13:09The cardiovascular condition!
13:11Hey, look at Brock Lesnar!
13:12Continuing to squeeze The Rock's gut!
13:15His ribs!
13:16I'm not saying the stamina!
13:17What I'm saying is he didn't train on a mat!
13:19He didn't train on a mat!
13:21Training by The Rock!
13:22The arm down one time!
13:25The arm down a second time!
13:26Brock Lesnar made Hollywood Hulk Hogan pass that to The Bear Hug!
13:30Will it happen to The Rock tonight?
13:32No!
13:33The fight of the form of Paul lives on!
13:38These people, they're not digging a rock here in Long Island!
13:40But that's right!
13:41The Rock's roll hard!
13:42The undisputed title is on the line!
13:46The Rock, the champion!
13:47The challenger, Brock Lesnar!
13:49A sold out Nassau Coliseum!
13:51Begins to come on!
13:52Go for The Rock!
13:53Now The Rock with chances!
13:54I'm begging these people to pick a side!
13:56Now they want The Rock!
13:58A right hand!
14:00To the side of the head of Lesnar!
14:01And another!
14:02And the champ begins to build momentum!
14:06The champ, The Rock, wants to hold on to the most prestigious championship
14:10in this great business!
14:11The WWE champion!
14:12And so Paul Heyman again distracted The Rock!
14:14Or he could have helped The Rock that time!
14:17Heyman may have found his own man that time!
14:19Hey!
14:20You don't have his back turned!
14:21Look at The Rock's eyes, man!
14:23The Rock is a gladiator!
14:25This is a battle!
14:26And that's it!
14:27It's all about winning the match!
14:28The champion can sense perhaps a turning point!
14:31Perhaps a momentum!
14:33And looks to get to it!
14:34Back to it!
14:35Driving The Rock into the corner!
14:36And maybe The Rock took a little too much time there!
14:40Oh, looks like he got hit by a big full back!
14:43From Florida State!
14:45By driving shoulder into the ribs!
14:49Can you imagine?
14:50Brock Lesnar, in three weeks, could change the entire sports entertainment industry!
14:54But The Rock!
14:56Exploding out of the corner!
14:58Never seen that attitude of The Rock!
15:00The promo bull digging deep down!
15:03The right hand to The Challenger!
15:08Back down!
15:09And Lesnar knocked out of the ring!
15:12Listen to Nassau Coliseum!
15:15Well, half to The Bull and half to Kieran!
15:18Some like The Rock!
15:19Some like Brock Lesnar!
15:23I don't know the last time Cole has seen The Rock use these tactics and be this intense!
15:27You want to fight a vicious warrior, you've got to be vicious!
15:30This was perhaps the most anticipated title match in the history of SummerSlam!
15:36And thus far, The Rock and Brock have delivered!
15:40And the promo bull clearing the announce table!
15:43What does The Rock have on his mind?
15:46Well, I'm thinking, I ain't no genius!
15:47I'm thinking he wants to put Lesnar around those, with that table, but...
15:52Now, Paul Heyman, much as if he thought he does, he tried to sneak up on The Rock!
15:57Look at Lesnar's head!
15:59And Brock Lesnar!
16:01Trying to ambush The Rock, the promo bull,
16:03dealing him with eyes in the back of his head!
16:06Shining up the old ring post, and you know where he's going to stick it!
16:10Yeah, right now, right across Lesnar's big head!
16:13Lesnar!
16:14Off the steel post!
16:15Head first goes The Challenger!
16:19I've got a funny feeling, Cole, that The Rock's got something in mind for Happy Heyman!
16:26Brock Lesnar's agent is in deep, deep trouble!
16:30Oh, and I'm so happy right now!
16:32Oh my God!
16:33Look at this!
16:36Paul Heyman driven to the damn table with a rock bottom by the promo bull!
16:41And Paul Heyman deserves every bit of it!
16:44Hallelujah, there is a God!
16:49Brock Lesnar, steel reeling after his head collided with the steel ring post,
16:54and now you can see The Champion!
16:56You can almost see the smoke coming from the nostrils of the promo bull,
17:00and he senses victory is near!
17:03No doubt, Rock is snorting, and The Rock knows, focus, go right back to Lesnar!
17:09The Rock taking it to Brock Lesnar, tosses him back into the ring!
17:13Lesnar's unbeaten, Cole, never been pinned, never been out of the ring,
17:16he's up in the air, and this crowd now saw a coliseum of mixed reactions throughout.
17:23You get that big match feel here tonight at SummerSlam.
17:27The fans into this match every single step of the way,
17:30and The Rock is stalking The Challenger!
17:32Brock Lesnar was 53-3 in college, but I don't think that's gonna matter much right now!
17:36The Rock is poised and pumped and ready to deliver, probably a rock bottom!
17:41Lesnar, there it is!
17:42Rock bottom! Rock bottom! Rock bottom by The Champion!
17:46Into the cover, one, two, he's got it!
17:49Lesnar kicked out! Lesnar kicked out of the rock bottom!
17:54I can't believe it!
17:55Give it up for the toughness, toughness of the next big thing, Brock Lesnar!
18:00And look at The Rock, The Rock perhaps questioning himself, talking to himself,
18:04perplexed at great low, The Rock cannot believe Lesnar kicked out of the rock bottom!
18:09Most of us here including you and I can't believe Lesnar did!
18:13Brock, you need to pick the game up now my man, and I think The Rock can smell it!
18:20The damage from the rock bottom has been done!
18:23Brock Lesnar! Rock bottom of his own!
18:25Rock bottom?
18:27Driving The Rock into the mat!
18:30Cover of Brock!
18:31We could have a new champion!
18:32He's free! He's free!
18:33A new champion in the rock bottom!
18:35Kicked out!
18:36Oh, what a match!
18:39The Rock kicked out of a rock bottom as Taz named it!
18:44And now both men are down!
18:46Who will be first to his feet?
18:48Who will gain important momentum as this match drags along?
18:52This is where conditioning takes over!
18:54The fourth quarter!
18:56The bottom of the ninth!
18:57All those damn PJs!
18:59But this is the WWE!
19:01You gotta get up to survive!
19:04Two proud men, two national champions, The Rock and College Football!
19:08Brock Lesnar and College Wrestling!
19:10And tonight going for the most prestigious prize in sports entertainment today!
19:15The undisputed title!
19:19Brock Lesnar!
19:20I'm so very surprised that's in the cranking of that five right there!
19:23Spinebuster!
19:24Spinebuster!
19:26And here it comes!
19:28From which time, Rock?
19:30Now, as people know, my man, the most direct, refined move in sports entertainment carry on any day!
19:37You've seen it so many times!
19:39Brock Lesnar!
19:40And a close one!
19:41What a hit!
19:42What a hit!
19:44Brock like a loadbacker!
19:45Almost taking The Rock out of his boots!
19:47Here he is!
19:48Oh no!
19:49It's a five pound pull!
19:52And The Rock counters!
19:53The Rock counters!
19:54And a proper pull!
19:56With one hand battling back!
19:58Lesnar blocked the rock bottom!
20:00And look out!
20:01Went for another rock bottom!
20:02Go, go, go!
20:03Brock Lesnar!
20:04He's got him!
20:05Oh man!
20:07It's a five!
20:08An F5 to The Rock!
20:11The cover!
20:11One, two, three!
20:13Brock Lesnar has defeated The Rock!
20:16Brock Lesnar is champion!
20:21WWE Undisputed Champion, the next big thing, Brock Lesnar!
20:30An F5 from Brock Lesnar has taken out The Rock!
20:35Brock Lesnar has become the youngest champion in WWE history!
20:43Who in the hell will be able to stop the next big thing?
20:49Best of luck!
20:50Brock Lesnar has climbed the mountain in just five short months!
20:55This monster's on top of the world!
20:57The next big thing has arrived!