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00:00:00Federation action, but right now let's ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to take you back in a few moments to rustle mania three
00:00:0893,000 fans will be on hand and the Pontiac Silverdome a record-breaking
00:00:13Audience the largest indoor crowd for any event of any kind anywhere in the world
00:00:17It was Andre the giant versus Hulk Hogan. What a matchup. There was some controversy Jesse venture
00:00:24I'd say a little bit more than some let's go to this tape and you'll see more than that
00:00:30Look at the stare of the champion against the challenger
00:00:34The irresistible force meeting the immovable object. Look at the size of the giant. I
00:00:40Mean Hogan is 6 foot 8
00:00:43Andre is 7 foot 5 the Bell is gone
00:00:47This one is officially underway
00:00:50Look at the look of disdain on the face of Andre
00:00:54What's Hogan saying to him I wonder what could Hogan possibly be saying to him
00:00:58I'd certainly like to be able to read lips at this point. He's on what he's hulking up right now
00:01:04Shove by Andre and the champion retaliates. Oh
00:01:07big right hand block by the champion
00:01:11And the Hulkster unloaded going for a slam. Oh, he almost got him up
00:01:15He collapsed one two
00:01:18Two
00:01:20Was that two or was that three to count only who that was close gorilla shoulder was up
00:01:26Oh was that close Andre thinks he wanted just like that Hogan is hurt
00:01:31All right, Jesse Ventura now
00:01:33Did you or did you not see referee Joey Morella's arm come down three times there one two
00:01:39Three that was a three count in my opinion
00:01:42The only question in my mind is whether or not he came down for a three count to simply place his hands on
00:01:47The mat to lift himself off and say only two or whether or not it was indeed a third cow
00:01:52I must have taken you a year to think that one up things have changed indeed since that auspicious occasion at WrestleMania
00:01:59We make reference now to one million dollar man Ted DBS. He mr. DBS. He has something to say
00:02:07I'm going to buy
00:02:09the World Wrestling Federation
00:02:12Heavyweight championship, that's right, baby. It's gonna be mine
00:02:20I told you I told everybody I'd make an announcement next week
00:02:23I'm making a public announcement next week man in the decision
00:02:26I make the figures he quoted the decision I make whatever it is. It'll be one that I won't regret
00:02:33On behalf of all the little Hulksters and myself
00:02:38I'm gonna have to tell the million-dollar man
00:02:51You Hogan you've got a price I
00:02:55Might not get it right now, but I will get it. I get what I want and I want the World Wrestling
00:03:03Federation heavyweight title I will buy
00:03:07the World Wrestling Federation
00:03:09Heavyweight title and you can take
00:03:13The million-dollar man a very convincing individual
00:03:16however, Hulk Hogan indeed does not have a price for the million-dollar man, although certainly some individuals have had and
00:03:23Indeed we make reference to one Andre the Giant
00:03:28Andre certainly has a price you have stated in the past that you would even have a price for the million-dollar man most definitely
00:03:33I mean Hogan could have taken the easy way out. The man could have got into retirement
00:03:38Very very wealthy never had to worry about him his family even his mother for that matter
00:03:43He'd get so much money from the million-dollar man. I think he made a mistake
00:03:47I believe Andre the Giant was paid off to do this
00:03:50Let's take you now to some videotape footage courtesy of Saturday night main event Andre was the legal man outside the ring not in
00:04:04I
00:04:14Can't believe it Hogan looks helpless to me
00:04:21I'm the token. He is choking him down
00:04:24I
00:04:32Can't believe it Hogan looks helpless. Look at how small Hogan looks next to the size of Andre the Giant
00:04:41Piece of footage we just saw Jesse my reactions are this Hogan's a fool what he could have been a millionaire many times over
00:04:48Instead he chose that I
00:04:51Personally choose that he may not even show up here tonight. I'll tell you I know I'd have second thoughts
00:04:58Andre literally choking Hogan down Hogan's an idiot
00:05:03And then he does not have a price. That's the point
00:05:05ha
00:05:06head
00:05:07Demiossi hoping indeed that someone would have a price and he found someone who was going to have a price
00:05:14Whom he believes will take him to the championship
00:05:21The million-dollar man the World Wrestling Federation heavyweight title
00:05:26Mr. Debussy, I will tell you one thing
00:05:29I will deliver that belt
00:05:33the World War Wrestling
00:05:36Federation
00:05:43And indeed we're going to have the official signing in a matchup that will take place on February 5 the rematch the long-awaited rematch
00:05:50Perhaps the greatest of all time as we see Andre the Giant along with a million-dollar man and Virgil making their way
00:05:56To the table in the middle of the ring and we'll be right back
00:06:02We are back live from Hamilton, Ontario
00:06:05Canada Cox Coliseum this capacity a crowd awaiting the official signing of the matchup for February 5
00:06:12Andre the Giant and company already in the ring
00:06:15All right, ladies and gentlemen, this is the moment that millions of people all over the world all around the globe
00:06:21Have been waiting for the official signing
00:06:25For the bout that will be taking place on Friday night, February the 50th Indianapolis, Indiana
00:06:31for the World Wrestling Federation
00:06:34heavyweight championship
00:06:36I would like to introduce the man who will be defending his title on Friday night, February the 5th
00:06:42the current
00:07:07Oh
00:07:16Well, this is just a sample of the electricity that's going to happen February 5th
00:07:23This is just a sign and you imagine when the match takes place
00:07:36You can hardly hear yourself speak
00:07:46And look at the look on Andre the Giant's face. Andre looks confident doesn't he? He's not getting caught up in all of this hoopla.
00:07:56Look at the man. He looks ready for business. He doesn't care about all these thrills
00:08:01Listen to this, Mr. DiBiase. Listen to that. That's for you, Andre. Listen for that, Andre. All over there. Listen, Jesse, listen.
00:08:08You know what I find remarkable about this, McMahon? What? That's the song, Me of America, that we're in Canada.
00:08:15These people ain't Americans. What are they yelling about?
00:08:17He's the champion until February 5th. Then we'll find out who's the real champion.
00:08:47At this time, I would like to introduce the man who on Friday, February the 5th will be challenging Hulk Hogan for the title.
00:08:57He is 7 foot 4 and a half, 425 pound, Andre the Giant.
00:09:06You know, look at him, McMahon. He's never looked better. Look at the confidence.
00:09:12Look at the look of concern on the Hulkster's face.
00:09:14He better be concerned. Look at the confidence.
00:09:17Virgil for the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase.
00:09:24I mean, to me, Andre has the look of a champion. Hogan has the look of a challenger.
00:09:29At this time, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce to you the esteemed president of the World Wrestling Federation,
00:09:37the distinguished Jack Tunney. Mr. Tunney.
00:09:41Thank you very much. Gentlemen, your respective representatives have studied thoroughly the contractual material.
00:09:49Let's get with it and sit down.
00:09:53All right, gentlemen, if you'd please be seated. We can get the signatures fixed to the proper documents.
00:09:59You know, I'm not really sure if this table's big enough for both of them.
00:10:03I'm not too sure that a 20 foot square ring is big enough for both of them.
00:10:08Mr. Hulkster, he is put together.
00:10:10Kind enough, sir, please be seated.
00:10:12330 pounds. Incredible.
00:10:14I'm going to be interested to see who signs first.
00:10:18I think Andre's playing a weight game here. This is a sight game going on here.
00:10:23If you would be kind enough to please sit down.
00:10:26President Tunney.
00:10:28You better say please, Oberlin.
00:10:31Sit down and sign.
00:10:35Oh, come on. This is ridiculous. Who does that giant think he is?
00:10:39I get the impression that...
00:10:41Maybe he's not going to sign. Maybe there's not going to be a match.
00:10:44We are playing weight games here in anticipation of this big February the 15th in Indianapolis.
00:10:53I won't ask again, but Andre, please.
00:10:57There's a little exchange going on between the Million Dollar Man.
00:11:01That's right.
00:11:02He's conferring with the Million Dollar Man who now owns the rights to Andre.
00:11:06Courtesy of Bobby Heenan with a few dollars to...
00:11:09A few dollars.
00:11:11A couple of bucks here and there.
00:11:13Yeah, I'll bet.
00:11:15And the giant is moving.
00:11:17What do you think the price was that Heenan got?
00:11:20I have no idea. I'd love to know.
00:11:22Because you can bet, even though Andre the Giant sold out, you can bet he didn't come cheap.
00:11:30He didn't come cheap.
00:11:32Look at the size of Andre the Giant.
00:11:39Uh-oh. Look at him. Going to squeezing routine.
00:11:42We saw that before.
00:11:44And Hogan saw it, but not quite from that angle.
00:11:47Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
00:11:52I don't think I've ever seen a look of concern on the Hulkster's face quite like we see here tonight.
00:11:59Well, I mean, stop and think about it.
00:12:01The guy got by by the skin of his teeth in WrestleMania 3.
00:12:05Very controversial. Many people, including myself, feel Andre won it.
00:12:10And now Hogan's going to have to step right back in there again.
00:12:14I believe Mr. Hogan's signature is going on page 2...
00:12:18Go ahead, Hogan. Go ahead. Sign it.
00:12:21Sign it. Why are you hesitating?
00:12:23What are you waiting for?
00:12:25Are you having second thoughts, Hogan?
00:12:27Are you thinking maybe you should have accepted that generous offer I made?
00:12:31Why do you hesitate to look a little nervous?
00:12:34You think it's too late for Hogan to change his mind?
00:12:37You wanted to prove to all the Hulkamaniacs
00:12:40that your pride and your integrity means more to you than money.
00:12:44So why do you hesitate, Hogan?
00:12:47Are you getting cold feet?
00:12:50Are you thinking maybe that's not just a contract
00:12:54for the World Wrestling Federation anyway?
00:12:57Time in front of you. No, Hogan.
00:12:59That's a career-ending contract, and you know it.
00:13:02Because you know this man right here.
00:13:05Just about a year ago in WrestleMania 3, beat you.
00:13:08In just under three minutes, he beat you, Hogan.
00:13:12That's it. Sign it. Go ahead. Sign it.
00:13:15You just signed your career away, Hogan.
00:13:18Because as of February 5th, this man will have all the money in the bank.
00:13:23That title will be bought and paid for around my waist.
00:13:27And you, you will be history!
00:13:35Well, we're going to get Andre to sign it, but it's going to be official.
00:13:38Andre the Giant yet to affix his signature to the contract
00:13:42that will sign and seal the meeting of these two men
00:13:46for the first time since WrestleMania 3.
00:13:49Look at the size of those hands, Jesse.
00:13:51That's unbelievable.
00:13:53Look at the size of them.
00:13:57Look at Andre. He's taking no chances either.
00:14:00He's leafing through there to make sure Jack Tunney didn't pull no small print.
00:14:03Wait a minute. What's this?
00:14:05That's a little extra money. You know me.
00:14:07That's just a little extra. A little incentive money.
00:14:10Andre just pointed something out in that contract.
00:14:14Being pointed out to Andre.
00:14:17You know, the Hulkster,
00:14:21I believe that as more of a look of concern,
00:14:25I think he has a look of downright worry.
00:14:28I agree with you.
00:14:31That's a rarity.
00:14:33But certainly, all of that is justified.
00:14:36And Hogan has, I believe, had just about all he can take.
00:14:40Sign the contract, please.
00:14:43Boy, they're toying around with Hulkster.
00:14:45Hey, this is an important document, McMahon.
00:14:48Look at him toy around with him.
00:14:50Wait a minute. He's excited.
00:14:52We could have been over with this thing five minutes ago.
00:14:55Let me tell you something, little man.
00:14:57He can take all the time he wants.
00:14:59McMahon has waited for almost a year for this opportunity.
00:15:03He was robbed of this title just about a year ago.
00:15:06He can take his time. He is savoring the moment.
00:15:09You just hold the mic and shut up.
00:15:12Well, you know, the same thing applies, McMahon.
00:15:14If you were to sit down and buy some new rat-trap house,
00:15:18you'd sit down and read that mortgage real close.
00:15:22Jack Tunney already said,
00:15:24both principals and their respective representative
00:15:27have indeed read the contract thoroughly.
00:15:30Jack Tunney said it.
00:15:32That's like getting a guarantee from Ali North.
00:15:36There is nothing here that is going to prevent us
00:15:39from signing this contract here tonight,
00:15:42live in front of an audience all over the country.
00:15:44I certainly hope not.
00:15:46All right, make up your mind, Andre.
00:15:49Stop playing games with Hulk Hogan.
00:15:51Either sign it or get up and get out of here,
00:15:53and let's progress with the matches.
00:15:58I'll tell you what, if Andre doesn't sign it,
00:16:00I'll bet you they'd go at it right now.
00:16:04Because Hulk would not sit there
00:16:06and go through all of this humiliation
00:16:08to have Andre, wait a minute, is he signing?
00:16:10He's signing it.
00:16:11Finally, Andre the Giant
00:16:14is signing the contract for the big one,
00:16:17February the 5th, Friday night.
00:16:20Now that you've signed the contract, Andre,
00:16:23put your official stamp of approval on it.
00:16:26Oh, stamp of approval.
00:16:34We may have February 5th, Loretta.
00:16:36Put the official stamp of approval on it.
00:16:40Oh, no.
00:16:42Oh, no.
00:16:46Now look how easily he did that.
00:16:49Look at him.
00:16:50Take a long, hard look.
00:16:52Take a look what you're going to see on February the 5th.
00:16:57Andre the Giant on the way back
00:17:00to the dressing room.
00:17:02Hulk Hogan back in the ring.
00:17:07Andre, when Hulkster went for DiBiase,
00:17:11Andre grabbed Hulk Hogan,
00:17:13rammed his head right into the solid oak table
00:17:16and dumped the table right on top of him.
00:17:18We'll be back as we continue
00:17:21with more of the Royal Rumble.
00:17:51Names like Jake the Snake Roberts,
00:17:53Hillbilly Jim, Bret Hart,
00:17:55along with his tag team partner, The Anvil,
00:17:57Jim Neidhart, on and on and on.
00:17:59There are going to be 20 men in there.
00:18:01Now, the process of elimination
00:18:03is a throw over the top rope.
00:18:05That's right. It's over the top rope.
00:18:07It doesn't matter where your feet hit.
00:18:09If you go over the top rope, you're gone.
00:18:11And the key to this match,
00:18:13a lot of it is the luck of the draw.
00:18:15Well, that was held a little earlier, was it not?
00:18:17That's right, and the luck of the draw
00:18:19is that if you draw number 20,
00:18:21you don't have to enter the ring
00:18:23until dead last, and you can bet
00:18:25a lot of people are going to be eliminated before that.
00:18:27All right, let me explain that.
00:18:29We'll start out with two participants,
00:18:31and then from there, at two-minute intervals,
00:18:33someone else will join
00:18:35what's going on in the ring.
00:18:37A lottery was held earlier on,
00:18:39and as you brought up, the person who has number 20,
00:18:41well, he's going to be real, real lucky in here.
00:18:44We could wind up with all 20 men
00:18:46at the same time in the ring.
00:18:48Who knows what we're going to wind up with?
00:18:50Only the respective wrestlers really know.
00:18:52So with that in mind,
00:18:54let's begin the Royal Rumble.
00:18:56Let's go up to our ring announcer.
00:19:00Ladies and gentlemen,
00:19:02it is now time
00:19:04for the Royal Rumble.
00:19:09Earlier this evening,
00:19:11each of the 20 participants
00:19:13chose a number from 1 to 20
00:19:16in a random drawing.
00:19:18Participants number 1 and 2
00:19:20are currently in the ring,
00:19:22and when the bell sounds,
00:19:24they will commence the Royal Rumble.
00:19:27Every two minutes thereafter,
00:19:29another wrestler will enter the battle
00:19:31according to the number he pulled.
00:19:34This process continues
00:19:36until all 20 wrestlers
00:19:38have made their entrance.
00:19:40In this Royal Rumble,
00:19:42elimination occurs when a wrestler
00:19:44is thrown over the top rope
00:19:46at any time,
00:19:48and the one wrestler left
00:19:50in the ring at the Rumble's conclusion
00:19:53will be declared the winner.
00:19:55Here are the first two participants
00:19:57in the Rumble.
00:19:59To my right, number 1,
00:20:01managed by the Mouth of the South,
00:20:03Jimmy Hart.
00:20:05From Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
00:20:08a member of the Hart Foundation,
00:20:11Brett Hickman Hart.
00:20:19Entrant number 2,
00:20:21from Curcuma, Mexico,
00:20:23co-holder of the World Wrestling Federation
00:20:26Tag Team Championship,
00:20:28Strength Force member,
00:20:30Tino Santana.
00:20:33This brief word before this match
00:20:35actually officially begins,
00:20:37the Hulkster will be lifting
00:20:39underneath the pile of tables,
00:20:41chairs, etc.
00:20:43But I can tell you,
00:20:44before we went to commercial,
00:20:45or during commercial,
00:20:46I don't think I've ever seen anyone
00:20:48quite as angry as he was.
00:20:49He was angry, but you know,
00:20:51by that point in time,
00:20:52Andre was gone.
00:20:54So I don't think that anger came out
00:20:56until he was sure Andre had vacated the building.
00:20:58I think that was a disgraceful display
00:21:00of conduct on the part
00:21:02of the Million Dollar Man,
00:21:03Virgil, as well as Andre the Giant.
00:21:05Andre wants to be
00:21:06World Wrestling Federation Champion,
00:21:08and if that's the kind of conduct
00:21:09he's going to display,
00:21:11should he be title holder,
00:21:12it's going to be a pretty dark time
00:21:14for the World Wrestling Federation.
00:21:16Your opinion only.
00:21:17Let's get to the ring.
00:21:22Santana firing away.
00:21:24You know, it's quite ironic
00:21:26that Bret Hart and Chico Santana
00:21:28start the Royal Rumble,
00:21:29because believe me,
00:21:30there's no love lost between these two.
00:21:32No, that's for sure.
00:21:33Nice maneuver by Bret Hart.
00:21:35Oh!
00:21:36He ran into a right hand.
00:21:41And Santana hammering away
00:21:43on Bret Hart.
00:21:44Well, Santana's definitely
00:21:45turning it into its namesake,
00:21:47a rumble.
00:21:48Yes, he is.
00:21:50Uh-oh, Santana
00:21:51was going to attempt
00:21:52to get Bret Hart over the top rope.
00:21:54Bret Hart putting on the brakes
00:21:55a moment ago.
00:21:56Now, every two minutes,
00:21:58a new competitor's going to enter that ring.
00:22:01I'm going to be real interested
00:22:02to see who the next competitor is
00:22:04if neither of these two
00:22:05have been eliminated.
00:22:06Hopefully, for Chico Santana,
00:22:08it'll be Rick Martel,
00:22:09or maybe, perhaps,
00:22:10even jumping Jim Brunzel,
00:22:12at least one of his friends.
00:22:13Can you imagine, though,
00:22:14if it happened to me,
00:22:15Neidhart?
00:22:18I don't think it'd be too pleased.
00:22:20I mean, that would be
00:22:21one guy of strike force
00:22:23fighting both of the Hart Foundation.
00:22:25Yes, but again,
00:22:26well, that would see the count now
00:22:28before the next individual,
00:22:29whomever he may be,
00:22:30is going to come in,
00:22:31but it's every man for himself,
00:22:33Jesse.
00:22:34Oh, but you know
00:22:35there's going to be
00:22:36natural team-ups.
00:22:37You're not going to see
00:22:38a tag team fight.
00:22:39That's the natural.
00:22:40The natural Butch Reed.
00:22:41That's bad for Chico,
00:22:43I'd have to say.
00:22:45Well, to a certain extent,
00:22:46it is, but then again,
00:22:47as I said before,
00:22:49it's every man for himself.
00:22:54Butch Reed
00:22:55on Tito Santana.
00:22:57Now, here's a man
00:22:58that's put together.
00:23:00Butch Reed.
00:23:02And look at the advantage
00:23:03he's got.
00:23:04Chico's already hurt
00:23:06battling the Hitman.
00:23:08He's dizzy,
00:23:09and Butch Reed
00:23:10gets to come in
00:23:11virtually rested
00:23:12and work him over.
00:23:14But as you brought earlier,
00:23:15wait a minute,
00:23:16Santana's going to go over.
00:23:20No, not
00:23:21the natural Butch Reed.
00:23:24How about that?
00:23:25Santana working
00:23:26on the knee of the natural.
00:23:29But look at this.
00:23:32Yeah, look at this.
00:23:33Oh, yeah.
00:23:39Down goes Butch Reed.
00:23:41Santana with a stomp in the head.
00:23:43Another one.
00:23:44Another kick to the head.
00:23:46And behind.
00:23:47Bret Hart.
00:23:50Boy, this is a free for all.
00:23:51You know, I like this.
00:23:53Because this allows
00:23:54double teaming
00:23:55and you can't complain about it.
00:23:58Look at this.
00:23:59There's a double team effort.
00:24:00And that's legal.
00:24:01Yes, indeed.
00:24:02You can't complain.
00:24:04Santana might be
00:24:05complaining a little bit
00:24:06right now,
00:24:07justifiably so.
00:24:08But nonetheless,
00:24:09he's signed for the match
00:24:10just like the other
00:24:1119 entrants.
00:24:16Natural Butch Reed.
00:24:18Wait a minute.
00:24:19Oh, man.
00:24:20Whoa.
00:24:22900.
00:24:25Oh, look at that.
00:24:26Over.
00:24:27Not quite over.
00:24:31This is a nightmare
00:24:32for Santana.
00:24:37Santana has no chance.
00:24:39No way.
00:24:40Now he's being
00:24:41triple teamed.
00:24:42What lousy luck
00:24:43on the part of Santana.
00:24:44Well, you know,
00:24:45Chico never did have
00:24:46much luck.
00:24:47I remember
00:24:48back when he lived
00:24:49in Tijuana.
00:24:50He wasn't too lucky.
00:24:52You don't remember
00:24:53that.
00:24:54Look at this.
00:24:55And yes.
00:24:57I certainly do.
00:24:58I bought some
00:24:59rotten enchiladas
00:25:00from him down there
00:25:01when I was in the Navy.
00:25:03He was so...
00:25:04I don't believe this story.
00:25:05I'm not even going to
00:25:06get into it.
00:25:07Not Hart.
00:25:08And Hart,
00:25:09former tag team champions.
00:25:10Look at them.
00:25:11They're just sizing
00:25:12Chico up.
00:25:13They could throw him
00:25:14off right now,
00:25:15but they're just
00:25:16punishing him.
00:25:17Well, I'll tell you what.
00:25:18The Hart Foundation
00:25:19better be leery
00:25:20of the Natural Butch Reed
00:25:21because the Natural
00:25:22will double cross him
00:25:23in a second
00:25:24if he thinks it's
00:25:25to his advantage.
00:25:27Yeah,
00:25:28but the Natural's
00:25:29no dummy.
00:25:30He's going to go
00:25:31with the flow out there.
00:25:32Better to have
00:25:33two allies
00:25:34than two
00:25:35adversaries.
00:25:36Wait a minute.
00:25:37They're going to
00:25:38fire up Santana.
00:25:40Santana's going
00:25:41to be gone.
00:25:42Who's next?
00:25:43We've got ten seconds
00:25:44until the next man.
00:25:46Santana hanging on.
00:25:48Those idiots
00:25:49have been backed off
00:25:50with just that one man
00:25:51throwing him over.
00:25:52It would work,
00:25:53but they're working
00:25:54to each other's disadvantage.
00:25:55Wait a minute.
00:25:56Here comes
00:25:57Jake The Snake.
00:26:03Jake The Snake
00:26:04coming in.
00:26:05Oh, the Natural
00:26:06goes over.
00:26:12Well, the Natural
00:26:13Butch Reed's
00:26:14been eliminated.
00:26:15He got caught
00:26:16by The Snake.
00:26:19Oh, wait a minute.
00:26:22Jake The Snake
00:26:23Roberts.
00:26:29And Tito Santana
00:26:31is back on his feet.
00:26:35What a slam
00:26:36by Jake The Snake.
00:26:41DDT.
00:26:42The fans asking
00:26:43for the DDT.
00:26:47And there's
00:26:48a heart attack.
00:26:51Did you see
00:26:52that heart's hand
00:26:53hit off that hat?
00:26:58I can't believe
00:26:59how lucky
00:27:00Tito Santana is.
00:27:01Here it comes.
00:27:03Oh, my.
00:27:05Jake The Snake
00:27:06setting up the DDT,
00:27:07but was he ever
00:27:08leveled by a clothesline?
00:27:09Yep.
00:27:10The Anvil Neidhart
00:27:11caught Jake
00:27:12with the clothesline,
00:27:13and that finished off
00:27:14any thoughts
00:27:15of any DDT.
00:27:16We're down to eight seconds
00:27:17before another participant.
00:27:19Oh, my.
00:27:21The Heart Foundation
00:27:22taking over.
00:27:23It's two against
00:27:24oh, here we got
00:27:25The King.
00:27:26Oh, bad luck
00:27:27for Santana
00:27:28and Jake The Snake.
00:27:29Look at the speed
00:27:30The King's moving
00:27:31down to that ring.
00:27:33He's shuffling on down
00:27:34all right.
00:27:36The King.
00:27:37Oh, my.
00:27:38Drops an elbow
00:27:39on Jake The Snake.
00:27:41Drops another one.
00:27:44Do you think
00:27:45there's any possibility
00:27:46in the back
00:27:47of someone cheating
00:27:48and getting out
00:27:49of the suit
00:27:50ahead of time?
00:27:52Well, there is an official
00:27:53back there,
00:27:54so I doubt it, Jesse,
00:27:55very much.
00:27:56Well, if it's Jack Tunney,
00:27:57he can be bought.
00:27:58Stop it.
00:28:00Uh-oh.
00:28:01Jake The Snake
00:28:02is gonna go over.
00:28:05Jake The Snake
00:28:06hanging on Santana,
00:28:08trying to get
00:28:09Bret Hart over
00:28:10on the other side.
00:28:12No, Jake puts
00:28:13the brakes on.
00:28:15Uh-oh.
00:28:16Neidhart coming
00:28:17to the rescue
00:28:18of his tag team partner
00:28:19The Hitman.
00:28:21Jake The Snake
00:28:23tapped on the shoulder.
00:28:29You know,
00:28:30what a concept
00:28:31of this match.
00:28:32It's just really interesting.
00:28:34I don't wanna be in there,
00:28:35I'll tell you that.
00:28:36You're being hit
00:28:37from all sides.
00:28:39Right now,
00:28:40the advantage is
00:28:41three to two
00:28:42in favor of
00:28:43The King and The Hearts.
00:28:45Wide open,
00:28:46Tito Santana.
00:28:47Oh, what a shot.
00:28:48Another one.
00:28:51And look how smart
00:28:52The King was.
00:28:53Wait a minute.
00:28:58That's one of the killer
00:28:59knees jumping
00:29:00Jim Brunsell
00:29:01as a man.
00:29:02He's going to top.
00:29:04Oh, yeah.
00:29:11Well, it's three to three
00:29:12now.
00:29:14Almost over.
00:29:18Look at The Anvil
00:29:19hanging on.
00:29:21We got them all
00:29:22in there now.
00:29:24No.
00:29:25Did he go over?
00:29:26No.
00:29:27Just fell through.
00:29:28No.
00:29:29He did not go over
00:29:30the top rope.
00:29:36And you know,
00:29:37Tito Santana
00:29:38and Bret Hart
00:29:39have got to be hurt
00:29:40right now.
00:29:41They've been in there
00:29:42since the start.
00:29:44Indeed.
00:29:45They'll be Iron Man
00:29:46if they make it all the way
00:29:47through this one.
00:29:48The King almost out.
00:29:49Thanks to the jumping
00:29:50Jim Brunsell.
00:29:54Santana
00:29:55hammering away.
00:30:05Look at The King
00:30:06hanging on for dear life.
00:30:08We've got ten seconds
00:30:09to go and we'll get
00:30:10somebody that's going to
00:30:11change the odds.
00:30:15Santana
00:30:17suffering LFA.
00:30:20Check the strength
00:30:21of The Devil King.
00:30:22Here comes John
00:30:23Sam Houston.
00:30:28Sam Houston
00:30:29going for it
00:30:30right away over The Anvil.
00:30:31Oh, wide open.
00:30:37The Anvil
00:30:38hit his partner.
00:30:39Houston got out of the way.
00:30:46What an exciting
00:30:47matchup.
00:30:48Boy, they're going
00:30:49from pillar to post.
00:30:57Check the snake
00:30:58stalking The Big Anvil.
00:31:01Shoulder block
00:31:02with authority.
00:31:04You know,
00:31:05it's hard to keep up
00:31:06with who's doing
00:31:07what to who.
00:31:08It sure is.
00:31:09There is action
00:31:10galore.
00:31:16Check the snake
00:31:17was hammered
00:31:18moments ago
00:31:19and The King
00:31:20is almost up.
00:31:21Uh-oh.
00:31:22Santana
00:31:23maybe going for the
00:31:24right.
00:31:25He's gone.
00:31:26That evens it up.
00:31:30Santana
00:31:31took a nasty fall.
00:31:32That's a long way out
00:31:33over that top rope.
00:31:34Definitely.
00:31:35And I'll tell you
00:31:36what fortitude
00:31:37Bret Hart's showing
00:31:38out there.
00:31:39He's been in
00:31:40such a start.
00:31:41Well, no more so
00:31:42than Santana.
00:31:43Santana's gone now.
00:31:44He's history.
00:31:45Well, he was
00:31:46just now gone.
00:31:47He's back selling
00:31:48rotten titles.
00:31:50The King
00:31:51back on.
00:31:52No, not this guy.
00:31:54Dangerous
00:31:55Danny Davis.
00:31:58Dangerous.
00:31:59We're going to find out
00:32:00how dangerous he is.
00:32:02Look at him
00:32:03going to work
00:32:04on Sam Ernst
00:32:05and Naturally.
00:32:07Davis and Houston
00:32:08who have no love
00:32:09love whatsoever.
00:32:10Here they go
00:32:11in toe to toe.
00:32:15The Kings hold on
00:32:16for dear life
00:32:17on the other side.
00:32:18Davis and Houston
00:32:19punching it out.
00:32:23Look at the poor King.
00:32:25Look at the King.
00:32:26The King in trouble.
00:32:27He's like a springboard.
00:32:28He keeps bouncing
00:32:29back up and the snake
00:32:30hits him again.
00:32:31Like one of those
00:32:32bolo bags.
00:32:33Look at him.
00:32:35Back up.
00:32:36Get him again, Jake.
00:32:37Get him.
00:32:42Davis
00:32:43caught by the ankle.
00:32:47Oh, what a right hand.
00:32:49What a right hand.
00:32:50Davis
00:32:51suplex.
00:32:59He's fantastic
00:33:00for the DDT.
00:33:02Davis
00:33:03Oh, and look how smart
00:33:04Danny Davis was there.
00:33:05He got away from the DDT.
00:33:10Ten seconds
00:33:11and we'll get somebody
00:33:13I'd love to see you
00:33:14run down there.
00:33:15Nah.
00:33:16I got my nice clothes on.
00:33:17I told you that.
00:33:19Truffington
00:33:20runs almost out.
00:33:21Uh-oh.
00:33:22Here comes
00:33:23Bikbara Fuqua.
00:33:25The Big Russian.
00:33:27He may not know
00:33:28who to go after.
00:33:29He's not gonna attack
00:33:30anybody.
00:33:31Oh, he goes right to work
00:33:32on Sam Houston.
00:33:34Somebody schooled him
00:33:35in the back.
00:33:37Couldn't have been
00:33:38Nikolai.
00:33:40Not as smart
00:33:41as a stunt.
00:33:44Try to stay a little bit
00:33:45unbiased out here,
00:33:46McMahon, if you can.
00:33:47Come on, you know
00:33:48Nikolai's IQ.
00:33:55Check the snake.
00:33:57Sam Houston
00:33:58just about ready
00:33:59to go out.
00:34:00He's gone.
00:34:01Just hanging on
00:34:02by a thread.
00:34:03Look, he hooked
00:34:04the rope there
00:34:05with his left foot.
00:34:06Nice, clever maneuver
00:34:07in a part of Sam Houston.
00:34:09Ha ha.
00:34:11There was something
00:34:12in the eye.
00:34:13I think he got
00:34:14something in his eye
00:34:15there, Jesse.
00:34:16Maybe some of the
00:34:17insects flying around.
00:34:18I just noticed
00:34:19something.
00:34:20The King's working
00:34:21over Zhukov.
00:34:22Why not?
00:34:23So the sides
00:34:24are kind of crumbling.
00:34:25Every man for himself
00:34:26in this thing.
00:34:27Every man for himself.
00:34:28It's turning into
00:34:29a total free-for-all.
00:34:31Davis is having fun
00:34:32now.
00:34:33Wide open
00:34:34Sam Houston.
00:34:37Zhukov attacking
00:34:38Jake The Snake.
00:34:42Frontzell's gonna get him.
00:34:44Uh-oh, look at Davis.
00:34:45Look at Davis.
00:34:48You know what's amazing?
00:34:49Bret Hart
00:34:50is still in there.
00:34:53That's amazing, is it?
00:34:54Started the Royal Rumble
00:34:55and he's still in there.
00:34:57You don't find
00:34:58that amazing?
00:35:00Well, to a certain extent,
00:35:01yes.
00:35:02I mean,
00:35:03Bret Hart is a survivor.
00:35:04Oh, and a dropkick.
00:35:06Because face it,
00:35:07the luck of the draw
00:35:08means a lot.
00:35:10You may not know it,
00:35:11McMahon,
00:35:12I might be number 20.
00:35:14I might run down there
00:35:15when nobody's left
00:35:16and win it all.
00:35:18Well, I wouldn't want
00:35:19to see that, that's for sure.
00:35:20Who's coming in?
00:35:22Here comes The Rock.
00:35:24Wait a minute,
00:35:25here comes two men.
00:35:28I think
00:35:29who's supposed to be
00:35:30legal here?
00:35:33There's something going on
00:35:34on the outside here.
00:35:35Who is legal?
00:35:36The Rock
00:35:37nailing
00:35:38Volkoff.
00:35:39The Rock is the legal man.
00:35:40You're letting The Rock
00:35:41stay in.
00:35:45Zhukov
00:35:46is on the verge.
00:35:48Jake The Snake
00:35:49and jumping Jimmy Brunzel
00:35:50got Zhukov
00:35:51halfway out of the ring.
00:35:54Zhukov
00:35:56hanging on
00:35:57for dear life.
00:35:58Now,
00:35:59Volkoff was smart
00:36:00and sneaky.
00:36:01And he's gone.
00:36:03Zhukov is
00:36:04history.
00:36:06He didn't last very long,
00:36:07he just got in there
00:36:08a little while ago.
00:36:10Nikolai has to wait.
00:36:12Nikolai jumped the gun.
00:36:15Well, you can't
00:36:16blame him.
00:36:17He doesn't totally
00:36:18understand English.
00:36:20I'm sure it's a
00:36:22illogical mistake.
00:36:24Yeah.
00:36:25You don't think he tried
00:36:26to come down early, do you?
00:36:27Oh, no.
00:36:28I don't think that at all.
00:36:29He's an honorable man.
00:36:30That's right.
00:36:32Kind of like you.
00:36:35The King
00:36:37almost out.
00:36:41You know, McMahon,
00:36:42I'm tired of your barbs
00:36:43tonight.
00:36:44And I'm tired of you
00:36:45getting down on me.
00:36:46And if you don't
00:36:47knock it off,
00:36:48you're going to hear
00:36:49from Barry Bloom.
00:36:50Who?
00:36:51You know who.
00:36:54Has he entered?
00:36:55He may...
00:36:56I don't see his name
00:36:57down here.
00:36:58We should...
00:36:59I'll tell you,
00:37:00we should be getting
00:37:01to another ten-second
00:37:02count here any time.
00:37:04Well, Bret Hart
00:37:05has sustained
00:37:06tremendous punishment.
00:37:08Right from the outset.
00:37:11And Sam Houston
00:37:12is giving Danny Davis
00:37:13a lesson here.
00:37:15I don't think it's
00:37:16no surprise
00:37:17next man up's
00:37:18gotta be Volkov.
00:37:19There he goes.
00:37:20There we go.
00:37:21See the smile
00:37:22on his face?
00:37:23Hey, he likes it.
00:37:24He can't wait to get in there.
00:37:25Look at that.
00:37:26Goes right in
00:37:27and grabs Houston.
00:37:28Holds him for Davis.
00:37:29Wow.
00:37:33Brunzel.
00:37:34Brunzel?
00:37:35No.
00:37:36Oh!
00:37:37The King is out!
00:37:41Morocco
00:37:42leveled the King.
00:37:51Bret Hart
00:37:52in the middle of the ring.
00:37:54Volkov
00:37:55and Brunzel
00:37:56going at it.
00:37:57The King wants to get back.
00:37:58He has been eliminated.
00:38:01Obviously,
00:38:02the King ain't happy with it.
00:38:05Stop with the double negatives.
00:38:06He's not happy.
00:38:08He ain't happy.
00:38:12You understood it,
00:38:13didn't you?
00:38:15I understand that Jake
00:38:16the Snake is almost
00:38:17out of it.
00:38:23Harley Race
00:38:24had better leave
00:38:25the ringside area.
00:38:27He's gonna be fined
00:38:28if not suspended.
00:38:33One, two, three.
00:38:35Ray's still insisting
00:38:37he's gonna run into whomever.
00:38:42Ray's go back
00:38:43to the dressing room.
00:38:45We got four seconds
00:38:46and we get a new contestant.
00:38:49Whoa!
00:38:50Whoa!
00:38:52Watch, he's gonna come in
00:38:53and beat everybody
00:38:54with the two-by-four.
00:38:57It's high top
00:38:58Jim Jorgen.
00:39:00Jorgen!
00:39:01Oh, look what he's...
00:39:03Oh!
00:39:04Jorgen and Ray!
00:39:06Uh-oh.
00:39:07We're gonna have something
00:39:08on the outside
00:39:09before we have it
00:39:10on the inside.
00:39:11No, no, no!
00:39:18Now, when he gets in there
00:39:19he's gonna clean up.
00:39:21Well, this ought to be
00:39:22Jorgen's style of a match.
00:39:25As he certainly don't know
00:39:26much about wrestling
00:39:27but he can fight.
00:39:28He is a brawler.
00:39:35Jorgen in Morocco
00:39:36working on the big anvil.
00:39:39And again,
00:39:40I gotta say it again,
00:39:41Bret Hart
00:39:42is still in that ring.
00:39:44That's remarkable.
00:39:45Indeed it is.
00:39:49Oh, my!
00:39:51Jorgen,
00:39:52one of the biggest,
00:39:53baddest brawlers
00:39:54in the World Wrestling Federation.
00:39:59Oh!
00:40:04The rock
00:40:05and both are
00:40:06going at it
00:40:07tooth and nail.
00:40:16DDT they're asking
00:40:17for again.
00:40:18Here it comes.
00:40:19Uh-oh.
00:40:20The outlaw
00:40:21brought fast.
00:40:22Ah.
00:40:24Now we're getting down
00:40:25to the guys who were
00:40:26had the luck
00:40:27to be the outlaw.
00:40:28That's right.
00:40:29And this is also
00:40:30the outlaw's
00:40:31kind of a match.
00:40:32He's a brawler.
00:40:33He's a stomper.
00:40:38Bret Hart's still in there
00:40:39along with his tag team
00:40:40partner, the anvil.
00:40:42And Danny Davis,
00:40:43I don't think will ever be
00:40:44the same after this match.
00:40:45I'll tell you.
00:40:46Oh, they have been
00:40:47punishing him.
00:40:48Davis!
00:40:49Oh, not quite over.
00:40:58Dick Ron Bass
00:40:59in there with Volkov
00:41:00and jumping jack runs in.
00:41:02He's out.
00:41:03He's gone.
00:41:04Odintel is gone.
00:41:05You see him
00:41:06doing right on the side
00:41:07out on the concrete floor.
00:41:09Whoa!
00:41:10The rock
00:41:11almost went out.
00:41:13Upside down.
00:41:15Ron Bass
00:41:16hooking into the buckle.
00:41:18And the momentum
00:41:19almost took Morocco over.
00:41:24How about
00:41:25one of the
00:41:27Hart's still in there.
00:41:36Morocco working
00:41:37over Danny Davis
00:41:38in the corner.
00:41:39Definite weight advantage
00:41:40to Morocco on that one.
00:41:42Davis, an expert
00:41:43on cheap shots.
00:41:44Here it comes.
00:41:46He, Brian Blair,
00:41:47another killer move.
00:41:54Blair firing away.
00:41:56And look at Blair.
00:41:57He picks on Bret Hart,
00:41:58the guy who's been in there
00:41:59the longest.
00:42:01He doesn't know that, maybe.
00:42:03He picked on the one
00:42:04who was closest to him.
00:42:05He certainly knew that.
00:42:06What do you think?
00:42:07He didn't watch
00:42:08to see who started the match.
00:42:12Blair saw his chance
00:42:13to go in and pick on somebody
00:42:14that's all wore out.
00:42:18And Neidhart
00:42:20is...
00:42:22Nope.
00:42:23Nope.
00:42:26Oh, wow.
00:42:27Wide open.
00:42:28Beat Brian Blair.
00:42:29They want the DDT again.
00:42:31They want the DDT.
00:42:40Danny Davis
00:42:43is going to go out,
00:42:44I believe.
00:42:46Nope.
00:42:47Boy, his lady luck
00:42:48riding on his shoulders here.
00:42:50We're told later on,
00:42:51hopefully, we'll have a word
00:42:53from World Wrestling Federation
00:42:54champion Hulk Hogan.
00:43:02And right now,
00:43:03we're waiting for the next person
00:43:04to enter.
00:43:06That'll be...
00:43:07What will it be now?
00:43:08About number 16 or so?
00:43:09Yeah, you know, McMahon,
00:43:10I'm a lot more interested
00:43:11personally to hear from Andre the Giant
00:43:13than I am of Hogan.
00:43:15Here comes Hill.
00:43:16Big mountain of a man.
00:43:17Hillbilly Jim.
00:43:20Right away,
00:43:21the anvil goes to work.
00:43:23No, Hillbilly's got the advantage here.
00:43:24The anvil's got to be tired.
00:43:26Hillbilly Jim's the freshest man
00:43:27in the ring.
00:43:29Uh-oh.
00:43:30Look at that.
00:43:31Neidhart's gone.
00:43:37Neidhart is gone.
00:43:39And now, you're wondering
00:43:40what's going to happen
00:43:41to Hillbilly Jim?
00:43:42Well, here's the thing.
00:43:43Neidhart's gone.
00:43:45And now, you wonder
00:43:46how well Bret Hart
00:43:48will do
00:43:49without his tag team partner in there.
00:43:50Look at this.
00:43:51Let him have it.
00:43:52Go ahead.
00:43:53Hit him.
00:43:59Davis hanging onto those ropes
00:44:00with dear life.
00:44:01According to my count,
00:44:02McMahon,
00:44:03Hillbilly Jim
00:44:04was the 16th man
00:44:05to come in that ring.
00:44:07And Bret the Hitman,
00:44:08who is number one,
00:44:09is still in that ring.
00:44:15Davis
00:44:16at Houston
00:44:17still going at it.
00:44:19Jake the Snake in there
00:44:20along with
00:44:21Hacksaw Jim Duggan,
00:44:22Ron Bass,
00:44:24in a bit of trouble.
00:44:26The Rock in some trouble.
00:44:28Seesaw,
00:44:29match-up action
00:44:30to the right,
00:44:31the left,
00:44:32everywhere.
00:44:35Two big men
00:44:36in over the corner there.
00:44:38Paul Gough
00:44:40and Big Hacksaw.
00:44:42We're down to one.
00:44:43We're down to one.
00:44:44Uh-oh.
00:44:45Dino Bravo,
00:44:46strongest man in the world.
00:44:49Strongest man in the world.
00:44:50Come on,
00:44:51give me a break.
00:44:52I'm not too sure
00:44:53he set the world
00:44:54bench press up.
00:44:56It could be like
00:44:57you helped him up
00:44:58a little bit.
00:45:00All I was there
00:45:01was for a proper
00:45:02spot,
00:45:03that's all.
00:45:04And Sam,
00:45:05oh, wow.
00:45:06He went off
00:45:07from 10 feet.
00:45:11I hope
00:45:12everything's gonna be alright.
00:45:14Whose shoulders was he on?
00:45:15He was way up there.
00:45:16I'm not sure.
00:45:17I think it was
00:45:18uh,
00:45:19I don't know, Ron Bass,
00:45:20I think.
00:45:21I'm not real sure.
00:45:22He felt the shoulders of Ron Bass
00:45:23in the ring all the way
00:45:24to the outside.
00:45:26Oof.
00:45:28Oh, Danny!
00:45:29Danny!
00:45:30Fred!
00:45:31Fred!
00:45:32Come on, baby!
00:45:34Help Fred!
00:45:35Help Fred, Danny!
00:45:36Help Fred!
00:45:37Come on!
00:45:38Come on, Danny!
00:45:41A taxing matchup
00:45:42all the way through
00:45:43no matter what
00:45:44your number is.
00:45:45But as you brought
00:45:46earlier on,
00:45:47Jesse,
00:45:48the later the number,
00:45:49the better
00:45:50your chances of winning.
00:45:51Oh, most definitely.
00:45:52I mean, these guys
00:45:53coming out here now,
00:45:54Fred Hart's been in there
00:45:55since the start.
00:45:57And you're looking at now
00:45:58I think number 18,
00:46:00if I'm not mistaken,
00:46:01will be coming out
00:46:02in about eight seconds.
00:46:04They're trying to get
00:46:05Jake the Snake out.
00:46:09Jake hanging on.
00:46:10Oh, here comes
00:46:11the Ultimate Warrior!
00:46:15There's a man
00:46:16who can throw his weight around.
00:46:25Over the rope!
00:46:26Fred Hart has won!
00:46:28Well, I'll tell you what.
00:46:29You gotta give
00:46:30Fred Hart credit, McMahon.
00:46:32He was number one,
00:46:34and he stayed in there
00:46:35till the 18th man
00:46:37got in that ring.
00:46:40Danny Davis hanging on.
00:46:42I hope they keep Davis
00:46:43in there for a while.
00:46:45Davis could be
00:46:46a surprise winner.
00:46:48Yeah, look at this.
00:46:49That'd shock you,
00:46:50wouldn't it?
00:46:51It sure would.
00:46:54I don't think they're
00:46:55gonna let Davis out.
00:46:57Just keep him right in there.
00:47:01Oh, no.
00:47:02Whoa!
00:47:04The one-man gang!
00:47:08He's gonna definitely
00:47:09make a difference.
00:47:11He definitely will.
00:47:14The gang
00:47:15officially now
00:47:16in the Royal Rumble,
00:47:17and he goes to work
00:47:18on Jake the Snake.
00:47:20Why are they picking on Jake?
00:47:22Because he's a snake.
00:47:26One-man gang.
00:47:28The Warrior on top of it.
00:47:39Whoa!
00:47:40How about his
00:47:41Brian Blair style?
00:47:45Who threw him over,
00:47:46the gang?
00:47:47I'm not really sure.
00:47:48All I saw was the body.
00:47:49Oh, look at this!
00:47:50Jake the Snake going over!
00:47:53He's got it.
00:47:54Jake the Snake
00:47:55eliminated.
00:47:58Look at Danny Davis.
00:47:59He's up there.
00:48:02The Warrior being
00:48:03attacked now
00:48:04by Volkoff.
00:48:06The last man's
00:48:07coming in at it.
00:48:08You, isn't it, McMahon?
00:48:10Definitely not.
00:48:13Oh, it's the
00:48:14Jacky Arthur!
00:48:16Well, this is it.
00:48:17We're down to the 20 now.
00:48:19Six, seven, eight.
00:48:31Ten men in the ring!
00:48:34Only one of them
00:48:35will be the winner!
00:48:40What do we got?
00:48:41Ten guys left.
00:48:43Pick one.
00:48:44Pick one.
00:48:45Pick one.
00:48:46Pick one.
00:48:47Pick your winner,
00:48:48McMahon.
00:48:49Who you going with?
00:48:51Well,
00:48:52I think I'd have to
00:48:53go with the dog.
00:48:54Or maybe the gang.
00:48:56The dog, the last
00:48:57person to enter.
00:48:58Or the gang will be
00:48:59the toughest to get
00:49:00out of there, I think.
00:49:01That near five
00:49:02undercut.
00:49:03Volkoff is gone!
00:49:06Hacks off
00:49:07Jim Duncan.
00:49:08Eliminated
00:49:09Nikolai Volkov.
00:49:11That was a big one
00:49:12to eliminate.
00:49:13You know, I gotta agree
00:49:14with you.
00:49:15I think the one-man
00:49:16gang has thrown
00:49:17either two
00:49:18or three individuals
00:49:19out.
00:49:20Well, you gotta
00:49:21figure that this is
00:49:22the gang style
00:49:23of match.
00:49:25I mean, the guy
00:49:26comes from the streets
00:49:27of Chicago.
00:49:28He's probably
00:49:29born and raised
00:49:30rumbling and
00:49:31street fighting
00:49:32just like this.
00:49:35Ultimate warrior
00:49:36with a chop
00:49:37on the one-man
00:49:38gang head
00:49:39but by the
00:49:40junkyard dog.
00:49:41You really can't
00:49:42call this.
00:49:43Too much action.
00:49:44Oh, what a
00:49:45place.
00:49:46Danny Davis is
00:49:47almost out of his feet.
00:49:48You know, it's
00:49:49remarkable.
00:49:50Get down, get set.
00:49:51Get Davis!
00:49:54Well, you gotta
00:49:55give Danny Davis
00:49:56some credit.
00:49:57I mean, he stood
00:49:58in there for quite
00:49:59a while.
00:50:00If I'm not mistaken,
00:50:01he was like the
00:50:027th, 8th, or 9th
00:50:03man to go in there.
00:50:04He lasted a long time.
00:50:05No, I think it just
00:50:06kept him in there.
00:50:07Wait a minute,
00:50:08the Warrior's over.
00:50:09I think they kept
00:50:10Davis in for a while
00:50:11just so they could
00:50:12beat on him.
00:50:13You know what I
00:50:14don't like?
00:50:15Bruno ain't in there.
00:50:16Oh, come on.
00:50:17I'd love to see that
00:50:18old man take a few
00:50:19lumps.
00:50:20Let me tell you,
00:50:21Bruno would have a
00:50:22great opportunity
00:50:23if something
00:50:24had come by the
00:50:25junkyard dog.
00:50:28The dog!
00:50:29Oh, I can't believe
00:50:30that.
00:50:31Brock Lesnar
00:50:32hits the dog.
00:50:33Boy, you have to
00:50:34look all around.
00:50:35You have to look
00:50:36over your shoulder,
00:50:37behind your back.
00:50:38They'll come at you
00:50:39from all over the place.
00:50:41He passes the ball.
00:50:43Boy, you can tell
00:50:44it's taking its toll.
00:50:46They're tiring out now
00:50:47because guys are
00:50:48getting eliminated
00:50:49pretty quickly.
00:50:50We're down to four.
00:50:52I've got to save
00:50:53a gang.
00:50:54I'd say it's in his favor.
00:50:57I'd have to go
00:50:58with that as well.
00:50:59Of course,
00:51:00Bravo can bench-press
00:51:01700 pounds
00:51:02so he can throw
00:51:03the gang out.
00:51:04I don't know.
00:51:05I can do over six.
00:51:06I'm not too sure.
00:51:07Oh, the gang
00:51:08just rushed.
00:51:09It's a beautiful
00:51:10bit of teamwork
00:51:11right there by
00:51:12Bravo and the gang.
00:51:13And The Rock
00:51:14trying to keep away
00:51:15from these two.
00:51:16Did you ever see
00:51:17the day you'd see
00:51:18The Rock on the horse
00:51:19running?
00:51:20Look at this.
00:51:21The Rock
00:51:22holding his own.
00:51:27Drop kick!
00:51:28Oh, I thought
00:51:29for sure it'd knock
00:51:30the...
00:51:31Oh!
00:51:32Look at that!
00:51:35I don't think
00:51:36Frenchy Mark
00:51:37will be coming up
00:51:38after that.
00:51:39Well, why did
00:51:40Morocco do that?
00:51:41Frenchy Martin's
00:51:42not part of this.
00:51:43He was there.
00:51:44He had no business
00:51:45on the apron.
00:51:46Ah, that was
00:51:47uncalled for.
00:51:48Totally.
00:51:49Uh-oh.
00:51:50Look at this.
00:51:51Morocco wide open.
00:51:52Oh!
00:51:53Wow!
00:51:54That's it.
00:51:55I think
00:51:56Jim Duncan
00:51:57is in trouble.
00:52:00You got
00:52:01two to one out there.
00:52:02And I don't see
00:52:03the two by four
00:52:04anywhere in sight
00:52:05for him to even
00:52:06this up.
00:52:09As you said,
00:52:10odds
00:52:11are not in favor
00:52:12of Hacksaw
00:52:13Jim Duncan.
00:52:14Well, it's an
00:52:15amazing plan.
00:52:16He waited on the
00:52:17attack.
00:52:18He didn't run away
00:52:19at all.
00:52:20He attacked.
00:52:21The gang's
00:52:22talking.
00:52:23Hacksaw
00:52:24Jim Duncan.
00:52:27Duncan
00:52:28a real brother.
00:52:29So is the
00:52:30one-man gang.
00:52:31Well, it's down to
00:52:32these three.
00:52:33Interesting.
00:52:35Canada's
00:52:36strongest athlete
00:52:37claims
00:52:38double
00:52:39close line
00:52:40with the gang.
00:52:41And you know,
00:52:42all of these guys
00:52:43entered pretty late
00:52:44in the competition.
00:52:45So it obviously
00:52:46shows that the
00:52:47luck of the draw
00:52:48is very, very
00:52:49important.
00:52:51Because these three
00:52:52guys came in
00:52:53relatively late
00:52:54in the competition.
00:52:55And they're the
00:52:56survivors right now.
00:52:57Yeah, well,
00:52:58Duncan's been in there
00:52:59longer than the
00:53:00other two.
00:53:01Here comes the gang
00:53:02right at him.
00:53:03Oh!
00:53:04Wow!
00:53:07That may have been
00:53:08intentional.
00:53:09I don't know.
00:53:11Oh!
00:53:12Wow!
00:53:15Hacksaw
00:53:16Jim Duncan
00:53:17hammering away
00:53:18on the big
00:53:19one-man gang.
00:53:20How does he get the
00:53:21gang over the top?
00:53:22Wow.
00:53:23That is the
00:53:24question,
00:53:25McMahon.
00:53:26The gang weighs
00:53:27somewhere between
00:53:28450-500 pounds.
00:53:29How is Duncan
00:53:30going to get him
00:53:31over the top rope?
00:53:34Obviously,
00:53:35he'd have to do
00:53:36what I believe
00:53:37in some sort of
00:53:38fashion in which
00:53:39the gang's momentum
00:53:40is heading into
00:53:41the rope.
00:53:42And thus,
00:53:43with the gang's weight
00:53:44going into the rope,
00:53:45Duncan can get
00:53:46underneath,
00:53:47he'll go.
00:53:48There might be
00:53:49another way, too.
00:53:50What?
00:53:51If he can find
00:53:52the two-by-four.
00:53:53Wise guy.
00:53:54Well, he can hit
00:53:55the gang with
00:53:56the two-by-four.
00:53:57That would be
00:53:58the only equalizer
00:53:59I can see.
00:54:00Then again,
00:54:01the Hacksaw
00:54:02himself,
00:54:03somewhere around
00:54:04a 285-pound mark.
00:54:06He pulled
00:54:07the top rope down.
00:54:10I can't believe it.
00:54:11Out of all the people
00:54:12that rim this thing,
00:54:13it's him.
00:54:14What a smart thing
00:54:15to do.
00:54:17Boy, was that smart.
00:54:18Hacksaw,
00:54:19Jim Duggan,
00:54:20drops the top rope
00:54:21on the one-man gang.
00:54:23I can't believe
00:54:24he actually did it.
00:54:25Winner
00:54:26of the Royal Rumble,
00:54:28Hacksaw,
00:54:29Jim
00:54:30Duggan.
00:54:31You know,
00:54:32with the brain power
00:54:33that Duggan's got,
00:54:34I'll bet you
00:54:35he tripped
00:54:36and fell
00:54:37and the gang toppled
00:54:38over the top.
00:54:39He's the winner.
00:54:40He sure didn't do it
00:54:41with brains.
00:54:42He's the winner,
00:54:43and that's all there is
00:54:44to it,
00:54:45the winner
00:54:46of the Royal Rumble.
00:54:47We'll be right back.
00:54:55All right,
00:54:56Jesse Venturi,
00:54:57in a moment,
00:54:58we're going to take you
00:54:59back to what we saw
00:55:00earlier on,
00:55:01which unquestionably
00:55:02is one of the most
00:55:03memorable moments
00:55:04of this entire adventure.
00:55:05Andre the Giant
00:55:06had an official signing,
00:55:07dumping the table
00:55:08on top of Hulk Hogan,
00:55:09disgracing himself,
00:55:10I believe,
00:55:11as a worthy challenger.
00:55:12I don't think it was
00:55:13really despicable.
00:55:14I think it was the Giant
00:55:15sending a message
00:55:16to Hogan,
00:55:17saying,
00:55:18Hogan,
00:55:19you've now made
00:55:20the mistake of your life.
00:55:21Well,
00:55:22they sent a message
00:55:23to the Hulkstar,
00:55:24all right?
00:55:25Let's go back now
00:55:26and take a look
00:55:27at what we saw.
00:55:28Here,
00:55:29we saw this.
00:55:30This was after
00:55:31DiBiase asked him
00:55:32to put the official seal
00:55:33on the contract.
00:55:34Look at that!
00:55:35Has that conduct
00:55:36becoming of a challenger?
00:55:37Well,
00:55:38you know,
00:55:39you couldn't look at it.
00:55:40He could have
00:55:41did more to him.
00:55:42Let's take you now,
00:55:43ladies and gentlemen,
00:55:44to Craig DeGeorge
00:55:45and the
00:55:46World Wrestling
00:55:47Federation
00:55:48champion,
00:55:49Hulk Hogan!
00:55:50Good evening,
00:55:51everyone,
00:55:52and here he is,
00:55:53World Wrestling
00:55:54Federation
00:55:55heavyweight champ,
00:55:56Hulk Hogan!
00:55:58All right,
00:55:59Hulkster,
00:56:00we all know
00:56:01the official date
00:56:02is coming one week
00:56:03from this Friday night,
00:56:04February the 5th.
00:56:05That's the official date
00:56:06when Andre the Giant
00:56:07will challenge you
00:56:08for your heavyweight
00:56:09championship belt
00:56:10for the first time
00:56:11since WrestleMania 3,
00:56:12and I think tonight
00:56:13it appeared to many,
00:56:14as did me,
00:56:15and he was trying
00:56:16to send you a message
00:56:17tonight,
00:56:18Mr. DiBiase the Giant.
00:56:19Your thoughts on that?
00:56:20Yeah,
00:56:21yeah,
00:56:22I think
00:56:23that's a good idea.
00:56:24I think
00:56:25that's a good idea.
00:56:26Your thoughts on that?
00:56:27Yeah,
00:56:28he was sending me
00:56:29a message,
00:56:30all right,
00:56:31but these guys
00:56:32are getting
00:56:33their wires crossed,
00:56:34man.
00:56:35Every time
00:56:36they pull a cheap shot
00:56:37or try to pull
00:56:38a stunt on me,
00:56:39it's like they
00:56:40stick the dagger
00:56:41in my ribs,
00:56:42man,
00:56:43and it's just
00:56:44like adding
00:56:45more fuel
00:56:46to the fire,
00:56:47man.
00:56:48When I think
00:56:49about you,
00:56:50Andre the Giant,
00:56:51when I think
00:56:52about WrestleMania
00:56:533,
00:56:54brother,
00:56:55I'm so proud
00:56:56that you have Andre
00:56:57for this encounter
00:56:58again,
00:56:59brother,
00:57:00and the fact
00:57:01that he's aligned
00:57:02himself with
00:57:03Ted DiBiase,
00:57:04man,
00:57:05these Hulkamaniacs,
00:57:06they don't have
00:57:07a price for him,
00:57:08man.
00:57:09None of these
00:57:10Hulkamaniacs would
00:57:11sell out,
00:57:12and I won't
00:57:13either,
00:57:14and Andre the Giant,
00:57:15on February 5th,
00:57:16just like you
00:57:17couldn't break me
00:57:18with that table,
00:57:19you can't break
00:57:20any of my
00:57:21Hulkamaniacs
00:57:22because they
00:57:23believe in me,
00:57:24to beat me,
00:57:25Andre the Giant,
00:57:26you've got
00:57:27to beat
00:57:28every one
00:57:29of these
00:57:30Hulkamaniacs
00:57:31in here,
00:57:32and you can't
00:57:33do it.
00:57:34Nobody.
00:57:35Hulkster,
00:57:36certainly,
00:57:37you have learned
00:57:38in the past few weeks
00:57:39that you cannot
00:57:40trust the Giant,
00:57:41he choked you
00:57:42a few weeks ago,
00:57:43then the happening
00:57:44tonight.
00:57:45Yeah,
00:57:46he choked me,
00:57:47brother,
00:57:48the Chiefs
00:57:49are not here,
00:57:50but it's fuel
00:57:51to the fire,
00:57:52like I said.
00:57:53And all they're doing
00:57:54is building
00:57:55my confidence,
00:57:56and like I said,
00:57:57Andre the Giant,
00:57:58to beat me,
00:57:59to beat
00:58:00Hulkamania,
00:58:01you've got to beat
00:58:02every Hulkamaniac
00:58:03in here,
00:58:04and you can't
00:58:05do it.
00:58:06Alright,
00:58:07there he is,
00:58:08the World Wrestling
00:58:09Federation
00:58:10Heavyweight Champion,
00:58:11Hulk Hogan!
00:58:12The Hulkster
00:58:13of a quality
00:58:14compassionate
00:58:15crowd,
00:58:16sucking himself
00:58:17up,
00:58:18but Friday
00:58:19night,
00:58:20February 5th,
00:58:21he'll need
00:58:22and I believe
00:58:23he'll need
00:58:24every Hulkamaniac
00:58:25in the world
00:58:26in order to
00:58:27defeat
00:58:28the challenge
00:58:29of Andre
00:58:30the Giant.
00:58:31We'll be back
00:58:32with more
00:58:33of the World Wrestling
00:58:34Federation
00:58:35Royal Rumble!
00:58:53Ladies and
00:58:54gentlemen,
00:58:55the following
00:58:56tag team attraction
00:58:57is scheduled
00:58:58for the best
00:58:59two out of
00:59:00three falls.
00:59:01Approaching
00:59:02the ring area,
00:59:03at a total
00:59:04combined weight
00:59:05of 541 pounds
00:59:06from the South
00:59:07Pacific,
00:59:08Haku and
00:59:09Tama,
00:59:10who will
00:59:11be the
00:59:12winner of
00:59:13the World
00:59:14Wrestling
00:59:15Federation
00:59:16Heavyweight
00:59:17Championship
00:59:18title?
00:59:19The winner
00:59:20of the World
00:59:21Wrestling
00:59:22Championship
00:59:23is
00:59:24Haku and
00:59:25Tama,
00:59:26the
00:59:27Islanders!
00:59:28Haku and
00:59:29Tama,
00:59:30the Islanders,
00:59:31their manager
00:59:32Bobby the Brain
00:59:33Heenan,
00:59:34many of you
00:59:35will recall,
00:59:36are indeed
00:59:37directly responsible
00:59:38for the ill
00:59:39health,
00:59:40I suppose you
00:59:41would say,
00:59:42of Matilda.
00:59:43Now,
00:59:44how can you
00:59:45say that?
00:59:46Do you have
00:59:47proof?
00:59:48Not exactly,
00:59:49no.
00:59:50Haku and
00:59:51Tama,
00:59:52the
00:59:53Islanders,
00:59:54have a
00:59:55total
00:59:56combined weight
00:59:57of
00:59:58450
00:59:59pounds!
01:00:00Here are
01:00:01Paul Robock
01:00:02and Jim
01:00:03Powers,
01:00:04the
01:00:05Young
01:00:06Stallions!
01:00:07Right,
01:00:08yeah!
01:00:09You know,
01:00:10getting back to
01:00:11the Matilda
01:00:12situation,
01:00:13you can't
01:00:14as a
01:00:15broadcaster
01:00:16McMahon,
01:00:17come out and
01:00:18make assumptions
01:00:19like that.
01:00:20Why not?
01:00:21You do not,
01:00:22for one minute.
01:00:23They do it all
01:00:24the time.
01:00:25You don't,
01:00:26for one minute,
01:00:27have proof that
01:00:28the Islanders and
01:00:29Bobby Heenan did
01:00:30anything to Matilda.
01:00:31Now,
01:00:32wait a minute.
01:00:33When we last
01:00:34saw Matilda,
01:00:35she was in the
01:00:36hands of the
01:00:37Islanders and
01:00:38Bobby Heenan,
01:00:39correct?
01:00:40From there,
01:00:41she was missing
01:00:42for several weeks,
01:00:43correct?
01:00:44Right.
01:00:45From there,
01:00:46the Islanders were
01:00:47suspended,
01:00:48her whereabouts
01:00:49were known.
01:00:50Right.
01:00:51Matilda's whereabouts
01:00:52were known,
01:00:53thanks from a call
01:00:54to,
01:00:55apparently,
01:00:56Bobby Heenan.
01:00:57Jack Toney,
01:00:58then,
01:00:59got on the phone,
01:01:00established her
01:01:01whereabouts,
01:01:02the Islanders are
01:01:03back in the ring.
01:01:04Matilda has been
01:01:05suffering the
01:01:06consequences.
01:01:07She's been a little
01:01:08disconsolate,
01:01:09she's lost weight.
01:01:10I mean,
01:01:11we're not talking
01:01:12about just an
01:01:13ordinary dog here,
01:01:14we're talking about
01:01:15a very,
01:01:16very special dog.
01:01:17What was that?
01:01:19Some criticism
01:01:20of Matilda,
01:01:21who, of course,
01:01:22is the mascot of
01:01:23the British Bulldogs,
01:01:24and the Bulldogs
01:01:25have not taken
01:01:26too kindly
01:01:27to the actions
01:01:28of the Islanders.
01:01:31Nice maneuver
01:01:32by Powers.
01:01:33Well, you know
01:01:34what's unique about
01:01:35this,
01:01:36Bobby Heenan right
01:01:37now,
01:01:38I got word,
01:01:39is in Barbados
01:01:40watching this via
01:01:41the satellite,
01:01:42courtesy of the
01:01:43Million Dollar Man.
01:01:44Yeah, I understand
01:01:45that too.
01:01:46I'm concerned he can
01:01:47stay in Barbados.
01:01:48I'll tell you what,
01:01:49certainly we've had
01:01:50our share of
01:01:51excitement thus far,
01:01:52and this is bound
01:01:53to be a very
01:01:54exciting tag team
01:01:55matchup here.
01:01:56Of course,
01:01:57excitement in the
01:01:58past,
01:01:59we saw,
01:02:00what a matchup
01:02:01that Royal Rumble.
01:02:02Hacksaw Jim Duggan
01:02:03coming out on top,
01:02:04and then the signing
01:02:05of what unquestionably
01:02:06is the most important
01:02:07rematch,
01:02:08I think,
01:02:09of maybe
01:02:10a decade.
01:02:11Andre the Giant
01:02:12and Hulk Hogan.
01:02:13I would go farther
01:02:14than that,
01:02:15than that signing
01:02:16in the history
01:02:17of professional wrestling.
01:02:18The only thing tonight,
01:02:19I think thus far,
01:02:20that's been absolutely
01:02:21dull,
01:02:22and almost went to
01:02:23sleep during
01:02:24the attempted
01:02:25bench press record
01:02:26of Dean O'Brien.
01:02:27I thought you guys
01:02:28were boring.
01:02:29Other than that,
01:02:30it's been a great night.
01:02:31Yeah, I would expect
01:02:32that from you,
01:02:33McMahon.
01:02:34A little twinkie
01:02:35like you,
01:02:36who's never done
01:02:37anything athletic
01:02:38in his life.
01:02:39If we'd have been
01:02:40up there reading
01:02:41prose or poetry,
01:02:42you would have been
01:02:43ecstatic about that.
01:02:44And strength,
01:02:45you know nothing
01:02:46about that.
01:02:47Listen, I thought
01:02:48it was boring,
01:02:49and I'm...
01:02:50Did you ever get
01:02:51the official weight
01:02:52on that bar?
01:02:53Have they weighed
01:02:54the bar yet?
01:02:55The word that I heard,
01:02:56and this is still
01:02:57unofficial,
01:02:58I heard the bar
01:02:59weighed out
01:03:00at 712.
01:03:01You know,
01:03:02because some of
01:03:03those big plates
01:03:04can be off
01:03:05by a half a pound
01:03:06or so.
01:03:07But I heard
01:03:08it weighed out
01:03:09at 712.
01:03:10Well, Jesse,
01:03:11with your assistance
01:03:12on the bar,
01:03:13I'm not going to
01:03:14go down in
01:03:15the record books
01:03:16just as a record,
01:03:17but for a tag team
01:03:18record.
01:03:19You and Bravo
01:03:20lifting 712.
01:03:21They don't have
01:03:22tag team weight lifting.
01:03:23I think we just saw it.
01:03:24I don't think so.
01:03:25Shoulder block
01:03:26by Islander Haku.
01:03:27Haku,
01:03:28a real tank
01:03:29in there.
01:03:30Nice maneuver
01:03:31by Roma.
01:03:32And again,
01:03:33right back at him.
01:03:34How about that
01:03:35reversal?
01:03:36It was very good.
01:03:37You know,
01:03:38McMahon,
01:03:39if you keep
01:03:40making these assumptions,
01:03:41these unfounded
01:03:42assumptions,
01:03:43you might be involved
01:03:44in a Royal Rumble
01:03:45right here at the desk.
01:03:47When's the last time
01:03:48you had a fish sandwich?
01:03:50A two-in!
01:03:51Whoa!
01:03:52Almost three.
01:03:55Powers and Roma
01:03:57hoping to obtain
01:03:58victory here
01:03:59over the Islanders.
01:04:01Roma and Powers
01:04:02in fabulous
01:04:03physical condition
01:04:04taking nothing away
01:04:05from the Islanders.
01:04:06Nice double team.
01:04:10Powers in there now.
01:04:11Of course,
01:04:12you know,
01:04:13McMahon,
01:04:14I really should not
01:04:15mind you so much.
01:04:16You being an Ivy Leaguer,
01:04:17you know,
01:04:18the biggest thing in sports
01:04:19in the Ivy League
01:04:20was probably goldfish eating.
01:04:21You know,
01:04:22that's top of the line
01:04:23for the Ivy League.
01:04:24You think so, huh?
01:04:25We got high school teams
01:04:26where I come from
01:04:27that beat them.
01:04:28Really?
01:04:29Yeah.
01:04:30Back is made
01:04:31in Tama Hand,
01:04:32the high flyer.
01:04:33Tama with maybe
01:04:34the most,
01:04:35one of the most devastating
01:04:36leaps in all
01:04:37of the World Wrestling
01:04:38Federation.
01:04:39Well,
01:04:40that's so good.
01:04:41You've got the power
01:04:42match in Hanku
01:04:43and then you've got
01:04:44the speed match
01:04:45in Tama
01:04:46and that's the style
01:04:47you need,
01:04:48I think,
01:04:49in wrestling.
01:04:50You need two guys
01:04:51that in a way
01:04:52contradict each other
01:04:53and that leads
01:04:54to success
01:04:55where you look
01:04:56at the case
01:04:57of the young stallions,
01:04:58Roma and Powers,
01:04:59I mean,
01:05:00look at them.
01:05:01They think they're
01:05:02Sylvester Stallone
01:05:03lookalikes or something.
01:05:05I don't know about that.
01:05:06Oh,
01:05:07my what an elbow.
01:05:09A cover here.
01:05:10We get two and no.
01:05:12Tama
01:05:14and Hanku
01:05:15hoping to wear down
01:05:16these young stallion
01:05:17Powers and Roma.
01:05:18The advantage is with
01:05:19the Islanders
01:05:20because the young stallions
01:05:21are young.
01:05:22They're climbing the ladder.
01:05:23They've made some
01:05:24great improvements
01:05:25over the last year
01:05:26but I really don't think
01:05:27their championship caliber yet
01:05:29where I think
01:05:30the Islanders are.
01:05:34Well, we'll see here
01:05:35in this matchup.
01:05:36Double headbutt.
01:05:39And that's
01:05:40Powers in there right now
01:05:41suffering the consequences
01:05:42of the assault
01:05:43of the Islanders.
01:05:45I'm anxious to see
01:05:46Haku in that kick.
01:05:48I love that kick he does.
01:05:49That's a sensational maneuver.
01:05:51Oh, my.
01:05:53Haku ran into the knee
01:05:54of young Jim Powers.
01:05:56Powers needs to make a tag.
01:05:57Oh, he will.
01:05:58Won't make it,
01:05:59I don't believe.
01:06:03You know,
01:06:04double clothesline.
01:06:05You know,
01:06:06the unique thing
01:06:07about a tag match
01:06:08when it's two out of three
01:06:09and allows you
01:06:10to make a mistake.
01:06:12It does?
01:06:13Oh, yeah.
01:06:14Definitely.
01:06:15Because if you drop a fall,
01:06:16you're not out of it.
01:06:17You've got other chances.
01:06:18But we're in a
01:06:19one-fall tag match.
01:06:20Wait a minute.
01:06:21Let's go back.
01:06:22Did you see those feet?
01:06:23Did you see those toes?
01:06:24What about them?
01:06:25That man could hang
01:06:26upside down
01:06:27from the top rope.
01:06:29Now,
01:06:30wait a minute, McMahon.
01:06:31I find that a bit
01:06:32of a racist remark.
01:06:33Definitely not.
01:06:34I'm simply trying
01:06:35to distract the man's toes.
01:06:36Coming in right now.
01:06:38Who should be fresh here.
01:06:40Roma.
01:06:42And Paul Roma
01:06:43going to work
01:06:44on Islander Tama.
01:06:45You know,
01:06:46McMahon,
01:06:47getting back to it,
01:06:48if Jimmy the Greek
01:06:49can be replaced,
01:06:50so can you.
01:06:52You remember that.
01:06:53Right.
01:06:55Next thing you're gonna tell me,
01:06:56it's because of breeding.
01:06:58No.
01:07:03In control of things
01:07:04right now.
01:07:06It's Paul Roma.
01:07:07Nice maneuver.
01:07:08Roma.
01:07:10Cleaning house.
01:07:11Well, you know,
01:07:12the young stallions
01:07:13are surprising me.
01:07:14I really didn't think
01:07:15they would give the Islanders
01:07:16this much trouble.
01:07:18Tama.
01:07:19Drop.
01:07:20Drop kick.
01:07:21Just hitting the side of the hand.
01:07:22A cover.
01:07:24He caught him,
01:07:25but not good enough
01:07:26with that drop kick.
01:07:27He didn't stun him
01:07:28like he should have.
01:07:32Uh-oh.
01:07:33Islander Tama now.
01:07:35Look at that.
01:07:36Whoa.
01:07:37That was a hacksaw
01:07:38Jim Duggan move.
01:07:39Taken right out of
01:07:40the Royal Rumble there.
01:07:41Pulled them ropes down
01:07:42and gone.
01:07:44Paul Roma
01:07:46may have hurt his,
01:07:48like his left knee.
01:07:49He took a nasty,
01:07:50nasty fall
01:07:51over that top rope.
01:07:52Nasty fall.
01:07:55Could be a count out
01:07:56if Morello's...
01:08:00If Morello was capable
01:08:01of counting to ten,
01:08:03we might get a count out here.
01:08:05Why hasn't Morello counted?
01:08:07He's counting them now.
01:08:08Oh, now.
01:08:09Yeah, 30 seconds has gone by.
01:08:11Wait a minute.
01:08:12The Islanders were standing
01:08:13in the way
01:08:14and everything else here.
01:08:15Unfortunately...
01:08:17McMahon, you always got
01:08:18an excuse when your
01:08:19favorites aren't called.
01:08:20I'm simply calling it
01:08:21as I see it.
01:08:22That's what you say
01:08:23you do all the time.
01:08:24The guy's been outside
01:08:25the ring for 40 seconds.
01:08:26Why hasn't he counted out?
01:08:29Look at Morello.
01:08:30That's it.
01:08:31For the first fall.
01:08:33Gee, Morello counted to ten.
01:08:37Let's take a look
01:08:38at that replay
01:08:39if we have it now.
01:08:41Paul Roma.
01:08:42Take a look at this, Jesse.
01:08:43There it is.
01:08:44Look at the smart move.
01:08:45There it is.
01:08:46Boom.
01:08:47Aku pulling the ropes down.
01:08:48Roma going out,
01:08:49hitting the ring apron
01:08:50down onto the floor.
01:08:52And fortunately,
01:08:53Joey Morello was able
01:08:54to use his toes
01:08:55and count to ten.
01:08:57We'll be right back
01:08:58after a brief word
01:08:59from your local cable systems
01:09:00for the next fall.
01:09:04The Young Stallions
01:09:05back in the dressing room area.
01:09:07The Young Stallions are.
01:09:08Hopefully, they'll come back
01:09:09for the second fall.
01:09:10A little damage done
01:09:11to the knee there
01:09:12on Paul Roma.
01:09:13But earlier on,
01:09:14ladies and gentlemen,
01:09:15we saw the signing
01:09:17of the matchup
01:09:18between Andre the Giant
01:09:20and, of course, Hulk Hogan.
01:09:22Here's the way
01:09:23that we saw
01:09:24the official signing.
01:09:25The match had been signed
01:09:26at this point,
01:09:27and DiBiase's saying
01:09:28put the official seal
01:09:29of approval on it.
01:09:30And there you saw
01:09:31you saw Hogan
01:09:32take a swing at DiBiase
01:09:33and the Giant do nothing
01:09:35but defend his manager
01:09:36and center,
01:09:37Ted DiBiase,
01:09:38the Million Dollar Man.
01:09:39With that in mind,
01:09:40let's take you now
01:09:41to Craig the George.
01:09:44Earlier tonight,
01:09:45as we saw,
01:09:46after a long deliberation,
01:09:48by the way,
01:09:49the contract was officially
01:09:50signed between this man,
01:09:52the challenger,
01:09:537'5",
01:09:54525 pounds,
01:09:55Andre the Giant.
01:09:57And we're all wrestling
01:10:00Federation Heavyweight Champion
01:10:02Hulk Hogan
01:10:03for that major title matchup
01:10:05on February the 5th.
01:10:06First of all,
01:10:07Mr. DiBiase,
01:10:08it appeared that you were
01:10:09trying to make some sort
01:10:10of statement
01:10:11and taking so much time.
01:10:13Was that the idea?
01:10:14Statement.
01:10:15Statement, little man.
01:10:16We did more than make
01:10:17a statement here tonight.
01:10:18We painted a picture.
01:10:20We showed you a picture.
01:10:21We showed you a look
01:10:22into the future.
01:10:23We showed you Hulk Hogan
01:10:25as you will see him
01:10:26on Friday night,
01:10:27February the 5th,
01:10:29in Indianapolis, Indiana.
01:10:31Flat on his back
01:10:32in the middle of the ring,
01:10:34but it won't be a solid
01:10:35old table covering him.
01:10:37It'll be this man right here,
01:10:39Andre the Giant.
01:10:41That's right.
01:10:42Tonight,
01:10:43you saw,
01:10:44you witnessed the signing
01:10:46of a contract
01:10:47that is the beginning
01:10:48of the end
01:10:49of Hulkamania.
01:10:51That's right.
01:10:52I've told you people
01:10:53ever since I came here,
01:10:54you've all got a price
01:10:56for the Million Dollar Man.
01:10:57Each and every one of you.
01:10:59You, Hogan,
01:11:00you say
01:11:01that we've got to beat
01:11:02all the Hulkamaniacs.
01:11:04Well, that's what
01:11:05we're going to do
01:11:06when Andre puts you down
01:11:08in the middle of the ring.
01:11:10I've told you time
01:11:11and time again,
01:11:12Hogan,
01:11:13I always get what I want,
01:11:16and I want that belt
01:11:17around my waist,
01:11:18and through this man
01:11:19right here,
01:11:20on February the 5th,
01:11:22it's going to happen.
01:11:23Andre, please,
01:11:24tell me one more time
01:11:26how are you going to do it?
01:11:30Ted DiBiase,
01:11:31just like I said before,
01:11:32Hogan,
01:11:33many times,
01:11:34I'm undefeated,
01:11:36and I'm still undefeated.
01:11:40I'm still undefeated,
01:11:42and on February the 5th,
01:11:44Hogan,
01:11:45we will make history.
01:11:49You don't know why,
01:11:50Hogan,
01:11:51because when I say why,
01:11:53it's myself,
01:11:55Mr. DiBiase,
01:11:56and Virgil,
01:11:58and Mr. Hulk Hogan.
01:12:00The way I'm going
01:12:01to make history
01:12:02is because I'm going
01:12:03to destroy Hulkamania.
01:12:07I'm going to try.
01:12:09Don't ever stop me.
01:12:12And you know why,
01:12:13Hogan,
01:12:15when I will destroy
01:12:16Hulkamania,
01:12:18Giant Tomania
01:12:20will be born.
01:12:22And not just Giant Tomania,
01:12:24Giant Tomania
01:12:25will be born,
01:12:26but we will have
01:12:28a new world champion,
01:12:30because I will deliver
01:12:32the world championship belt
01:12:34to Mr. DiBiase,
01:12:35Hogan.
01:12:37Remember that,
01:12:38February the 5th.
01:12:41Can you see it,
01:12:42Hogan?
01:12:43Here it is.
01:12:44It's right in front of you.
01:12:45On February 5th,
01:12:46on for the Giant
01:12:47against Hulk Hogan.
01:12:50Oh my.
01:12:51You know what,
01:12:52McMahon,
01:12:53I'm going to make
01:12:54a statement right now.
01:12:55I have never in my life
01:12:56seen Andre the Giant
01:12:58look any better shape,
01:13:00bigger,
01:13:01badder.
01:13:02Did you see the confidence
01:13:03in his eyes?
01:13:04Yes.
01:13:05The animalistic look
01:13:06in his face
01:13:07tells me
01:13:08that Andre
01:13:09is not going to be stopped
01:13:11by any force
01:13:12in this universe,
01:13:13let alone Hulkamania.
01:13:15That remains to be seen,
01:13:16but we can see right now
01:13:17where we are indeed
01:13:18going to have a resumption
01:13:19of our tag team matchup.
01:13:21The Stallions on their way
01:13:22to the ring,
01:13:23and we'll be right back
01:13:24after a brief word
01:13:25from your local cable systems.
01:13:28All right,
01:13:29we are back
01:13:30for the resumption
01:13:31of our tag match.
01:13:32Second fall here,
01:13:33and it looks like Roma
01:13:35is indeed going to have to...
01:13:38Oh yeah,
01:13:39the Stallions are trying
01:13:40to pull a fast one here.
01:13:42They're trying to get
01:13:43powers in the ring
01:13:44when Roma's the man
01:13:45who lost the fall.
01:13:49The loser and winner
01:13:50of the falls
01:13:51must start the next fall.
01:13:52Uh-oh,
01:13:53you can see the left knee
01:13:54of Paul Roma all taped up.
01:13:55What a nasty fall he took
01:13:57heading into the rope.
01:13:58And of course,
01:13:59we saw earlier on the replay
01:14:00where Islander Haku...
01:14:02Oh, look at that.
01:14:03Come on.
01:14:04Tama goes right away
01:14:05for the leg.
01:14:06Well, hey,
01:14:07it's up to referee
01:14:08Joey Marella.
01:14:09If he figures that Roma
01:14:10can't defend himself,
01:14:11he can step in
01:14:12and stop the match.
01:14:14Referee's discretion.
01:14:15He can stop it.
01:14:17A scoop and a slam.
01:14:19Tama.
01:14:21I really didn't think
01:14:22that the Stallions
01:14:23would come back out.
01:14:25Takes a lot of guts
01:14:26to come back out.
01:14:27It looks like more damage
01:14:28was done to the left knee
01:14:29of Paul Roma.
01:14:30I warn you right now.
01:14:31Or maybe a lot of stupidity.
01:14:33Tag your partner.
01:14:34Powers tagged in.
01:14:38Powers now
01:14:39against Big Haku.
01:14:41Powers trying to set up
01:14:42the big man off the rope.
01:14:43Drops the back.
01:14:44Nice maneuver.
01:14:45Whoa, was that a nice
01:14:46back body drop.
01:14:47That was beautiful.
01:14:48He better try for a quick pin here.
01:14:49He didn't get it.
01:14:50You know, I think Roma's
01:14:51physically unable
01:14:52to compete in this match.
01:14:53It's going to be
01:14:54two against one on Powers.
01:14:55I have a question for you.
01:14:57Fire.
01:14:59What is giant-a-mania?
01:15:01Huh?
01:15:02What is giant-a-mania?
01:15:03What is giant-a-mania?
01:15:04Giant-a-mania are all
01:15:06the real people out there
01:15:08who aren't caught up
01:15:09in this fantasy Hulk-a-mania.
01:15:11It's the realness
01:15:12that's out there.
01:15:14Powers with a cover too.
01:15:15No, he can't quite get him.
01:15:17Or maybe a better way
01:15:18to put it.
01:15:19You know, Hogan
01:15:20stands for the moral,
01:15:22what's called the moral majority.
01:15:24You think so?
01:15:25Giant-mania, I would say,
01:15:26would come from the
01:15:27immoral minority.
01:15:29That sounds like
01:15:30more like your speed.
01:15:31Yeah.
01:15:32All right.
01:15:33I'm from the immoral minority.
01:15:36And another nice maneuver
01:15:39by Jim Powers,
01:15:40who has really been
01:15:41asserting himself
01:15:42before the tip
01:15:43on a pin here
01:15:44on the part of Jim Powers.
01:15:48I guess the difference
01:15:49would be this.
01:15:50If you look at Hulk-a-mania,
01:15:52you're gonna find people
01:15:53like Jerry Falwell.
01:15:54If you look at giant-mania,
01:15:56you'll find people
01:15:57like Abby Hoffman.
01:15:58Abby Hoffman?
01:15:59He's one of my heroes.
01:16:01Really?
01:16:02Yep.
01:16:03Maybe Jim and Tammy
01:16:04are in there too.
01:16:05Well, they'd be Hulk-a-maniacs.
01:16:07No, I don't think so.
01:16:08Oh, yeah.
01:16:09I don't know.
01:16:10Whoa, what a shot
01:16:11to the abdominal area.
01:16:13See, they're supposedly
01:16:14for the good of mankind.
01:16:15Uh-huh.
01:16:16Just like you are.
01:16:18No.
01:16:19I've never advocated
01:16:20I'm for that.
01:16:22You're for one thing
01:16:23that I know of
01:16:24and only one thing,
01:16:25and that's Jesse.
01:16:28Islander Tama.
01:16:29Can you think of anything else
01:16:31for me to be for?
01:16:34Yes, a lot.
01:16:35Different discussion.
01:16:37It's now both
01:16:38on a double headbutt.
01:16:40And it looks to me now,
01:16:42they're trying to set up
01:16:43Jim Powers,
01:16:44much like they did
01:16:45with Paul Roma earlier on.
01:16:46Oh, yeah.
01:16:47You know what's unique, though,
01:16:48about February 5th?
01:16:50Oh, pocket!
01:16:51One, two, get him!
01:16:52Oh, my.
01:16:53What's unique about
01:16:54February 5th
01:16:55in Indianapolis, Indiana
01:16:57is I truly believe
01:16:58this colossal rematch
01:17:01between Hogan and the Giant
01:17:03is gonna make all them people
01:17:05in Indianapolis forget totally
01:17:07about that go-kart race
01:17:09they got there
01:17:10that they call
01:17:11the Indianapolis 500,
01:17:12you know,
01:17:13where they race around
01:17:14in them things in go-karts.
01:17:16Yes, I know what you mean, Jesse.
01:17:18They're hardly go-karts.
01:17:20I'd love to see you drag
01:17:21behind one of them
01:17:22at top speed.
01:17:23Stop with your violent adjectives,
01:17:26McMahon.
01:17:27Oh, my!
01:17:28Look at this.
01:17:29Come on, sucker!
01:17:30Get up, boy!
01:17:31Come on, sucker!
01:17:32Is that what he said?
01:17:33I think so.
01:17:34What advantage do you obtain
01:17:36by talking to your opponent
01:17:37like that?
01:17:38The advantage is
01:17:39a psych-out advantage.
01:17:40You'll see it in boxing.
01:17:41You'll see it in football.
01:17:42You'll see it in wrestling.
01:17:43If you can get your opponent
01:17:45to think about
01:17:46what you're saying to them,
01:17:48well, then, obviously,
01:17:49they're not gonna react
01:17:50so well to the heat
01:17:51of the battle.
01:17:55Islander Haku,
01:17:56the big man,
01:17:57the big powerhouse
01:17:58back in there.
01:18:00Whoa!
01:18:01What a drop kick!
01:18:02Incredible maneuver.
01:18:03Standing drop.
01:18:04Yes.
01:18:05Nope.
01:18:06Nope.
01:18:07No pair.
01:18:08See, and Jimmy Powers
01:18:09is essentially by himself
01:18:10because Roma's knees
01:18:11obviously blowing out.
01:18:12He's gonna need
01:18:13medical attention,
01:18:14and he can't get back
01:18:15in the ring.
01:18:17The cover.
01:18:19Listen, it's not over
01:18:20until it's over, Jesse.
01:18:21You've said that
01:18:22yourself many times.
01:18:24Gee, that's an original
01:18:25quote, McMahon.
01:18:26No, it's not.
01:18:27But it's something
01:18:28that you need to be reminded of
01:18:29from time to time.
01:18:30Well, I'd say it's getting
01:18:31close to over right now.
01:18:34I mean, Jimmy Powers
01:18:36right there looks
01:18:37like a beaten man.
01:18:40Don't let him beat us, Jimmy!
01:18:41Don't let him beat us!
01:18:42Come on!
01:18:43Roma yelling
01:18:44at his tag team partner.
01:18:47Look at this!
01:18:50Well, what Powers
01:18:51has got to do,
01:18:52he's got to unhook
01:18:53that leg,
01:18:54and he's doing it.
01:18:55There he goes!
01:18:56Remarkable.
01:18:57I didn't think
01:18:58he had it in him.
01:18:59Reaching to tag
01:19:00his partner.
01:19:03Now, if you're Haku,
01:19:04would you want Powers
01:19:06to tag out or not?
01:19:08No, at this point
01:19:09in the match, no,
01:19:10because Powers
01:19:11is pretty beaten.
01:19:12Oh, my!
01:19:13Look at that!
01:19:14Islander Haku
01:19:15missing
01:19:16with a maneuver
01:19:17that definitely
01:19:18would have polished off
01:19:19on Jim Powers.
01:19:20Haku needs to get over
01:19:21and tag Tama.
01:19:23Get the fresh man in there.
01:19:25I don't know why Powers
01:19:26is even bothering to tag,
01:19:28because what's Roma
01:19:29going to do on one wheel?
01:19:31I don't know,
01:19:32but nonetheless,
01:19:33he may tag
01:19:34just out of instinct.
01:19:35I mean, here now,
01:19:36the big man,
01:19:37the big tank in there
01:19:38right now.
01:19:39Islander Haku
01:19:40trying to set up
01:19:41Powers off the rope.
01:19:42Nice maneuver by Powers.
01:19:44Very nice maneuver.
01:19:46I think maybe he's hurt.
01:19:47His back must be
01:19:49terribly hurt.
01:19:50Come on!
01:19:51Come on!
01:19:52Let's play!
01:19:53Haku making a mistake.
01:19:55He should have tagged Tama.
01:19:56Oh, what a shot!
01:19:58Whoa!
01:20:00That's Tama,
01:20:01not Toma.
01:20:02Tama means
01:20:03something unsavory,
01:20:04something unspeakable.
01:20:05Oh!
01:20:06Missed dropkick.
01:20:09Hey, listen.
01:20:10Look at Roma.
01:20:11He's trying to tag in.
01:20:12Roma wants to tag in.
01:20:14This will be interesting.
01:20:15I kind of hope
01:20:16he makes the tag.
01:20:17I want to see what
01:20:18Roma's got left in him.
01:20:21With one wheel.
01:20:22Oh, here's the tag.
01:20:23Here's the tag.
01:20:29A gallant effort
01:20:30on the part of Paul Roma.
01:20:32Look at, look at,
01:20:33goes right after the leg.
01:20:34Leg sweeping
01:20:35right on the leg.
01:20:36Oh, yeah.
01:20:37Oh, yeah.
01:20:38I mean, look at Roma.
01:20:39Roma's withering.
01:20:40Oh!
01:20:41Come on!
01:20:42The only thing
01:20:43that I feel bad about
01:20:44McMahon,
01:20:45that's not Jeremy.
01:20:48I'll bet you a part.
01:20:49That's the only thing
01:20:50that I feel really bad about.
01:20:51Look at this!
01:20:53Oh!
01:20:54Referee should stop him.
01:20:56Referee should stop him.
01:20:58Look at this.
01:20:59Into the grab.
01:21:00He's going to get a submission.
01:21:02Yeah.
01:21:03That's it.
01:21:06Powers and Roma,
01:21:07the young stallions.
01:21:08And to show you,
01:21:09McMahon, I'll even say,
01:21:10truly a gallant effort
01:21:12by Roma,
01:21:13but to no avail.
01:21:16Certainly proved
01:21:17what these men are made of.
01:21:19The winners of this contest
01:21:21in two straight falls,
01:21:23the Islanders!
01:21:27Islanders victorious.
01:21:29We'll take you back now
01:21:31and show you that leap
01:21:32if we haven't.
01:21:33The way the Islanders
01:21:34polished off.
01:21:43Yes, there it is.
01:21:45What a devastating,
01:21:46devastating maneuver
01:21:48right down across the knee.
01:21:51And that was the final thing
01:21:53behind the referee's back
01:21:54that did in Powers and Roma,
01:21:56the young stallions.
01:21:57We'll be back
01:21:59with a final word
01:22:01in just a moment.
01:22:05Just minutes away.
01:22:07There were 20-some thousand fans
01:22:09jam-packing this arena,
01:22:10the Cops Coliseum,
01:22:11here in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
01:22:14What a night this has been
01:22:15for the Royal Rumble, Jesse.
01:22:17Definitely the Royal Rumble.
01:22:18The first time it's ever been done.
01:22:20It was an experience for me
01:22:21to see one
01:22:22because I'd never seen it before.
01:22:24A very interesting match.
01:22:26But again, I think the key
01:22:27to the Royal Rumble
01:22:28is the luck of the draw.
01:22:30Coming in late.
01:22:31No question of that.
01:22:32No question of that.
01:22:33Hacksaw Jim Duggan, of course,
01:22:34proving, I believe, his superiority,
01:22:36notwithstanding Lady Luck
01:22:38riding on his shoulders
01:22:39in terms of the luck of the draw.
01:22:41But right now,
01:22:42let's talk a bit more
01:22:43about what you claim
01:22:45was a world bench-press record
01:22:47at 712 pounds.
01:22:49Right.
01:22:50What do you want to talk about?
01:22:51Jesse, it seemed to me
01:22:53that Mr. Bravo
01:22:54was having a little difficulty there
01:22:56in the last lift
01:22:58before he attempted
01:22:59to set the world record.
01:23:01What was that lift?
01:23:02Do you recall?
01:23:03That lift was approximately
01:23:05around 685, 675 pounds.
01:23:09That's an awesome lift.
01:23:10Definitely.
01:23:11He just barely got that up.
01:23:12He got it up.
01:23:13No, he got that up.
01:23:14And let me state for the record,
01:23:16McMahon,
01:23:17I did not help on that lift.
01:23:20Did you see the 685-pound lift?
01:23:24Did you see how
01:23:25on the right shoulder, Jesse,
01:23:26it was further down?
01:23:27The bar was dipping down
01:23:28on the right side.
01:23:29He obviously had more power
01:23:30on the left.
01:23:31He almost didn't make it
01:23:32back to the rack.
01:23:34But he did make it
01:23:35back to the rack.
01:23:36I helped it back to the rack.
01:23:37Okay.
01:23:38At 685, yes.
01:23:39And at 715,
01:23:40I did not assist
01:23:41in that lift, McMahon.
01:23:43Wait a minute.
01:23:44You're saying that he totally
01:23:45locked out,
01:23:46which would be a legal lift,
01:23:47correct?
01:23:48Definitely.
01:23:49You're saying he totally
01:23:50locked out,
01:23:51and then you assisted him
01:23:52with the lift.
01:23:53I was right down there
01:23:54prepared in case he didn't,
01:23:55but I did not offer
01:23:56any assistance on that lift.
01:23:57It'll remain, I'm sure,
01:23:58an unofficial,
01:23:59an unofficial
01:24:00World Bench Press mark.
01:24:03Now let's talk a bit
01:24:04about Hogan and Andre.
01:24:06And we heard from the hoaxter
01:24:08after he went through
01:24:10the ordeal of the official signing.
01:24:12Any comment on
01:24:13the hoaxter's remarks?
01:24:14Well, I think Hogan is scared.
01:24:17I think Hogan
01:24:18got in front of the crowd.
01:24:20I think if the crowd
01:24:21wouldn't have been here,
01:24:22he wouldn't have signed.
01:24:24But he knew
01:24:25in front of 20,000 people
01:24:28and in front of all
01:24:29of the civilized world,
01:24:30he was forced into that signing.
01:24:32Let's go back.
01:24:33He's stuck now.
01:24:34Let's go back
01:24:35and take another look,
01:24:36this time in slow motion,
01:24:37at what we saw earlier on.
01:24:38And take a look here.
01:24:39Hogan going after DiBiase.
01:24:41Justifiably,
01:24:42the head hitting the table.
01:24:44Andre the Giant
01:24:45dumping that solid oak table
01:24:47over on Hulk Hogan,
01:24:48striking his head again,
01:24:50knocking him semi-conscious
01:24:52at best.
01:24:53And look at the look
01:24:54of disdain on the face
01:24:55of one Andre the Giant.
01:24:57Obviously feeling
01:24:58no remorse whatsoever.
01:24:59You know, McMahon,
01:25:00I can't wait
01:25:01until February 5th
01:25:02in Indianapolis, Indiana,
01:25:048 o'clock Eastern,
01:25:067 Central,
01:25:076 Mountain,
01:25:085 Pacific.
01:25:10We certainly hope
01:25:11you have enjoyed
01:25:12the Royal Rumble,
01:25:13ladies and gentlemen.
01:25:14So from the Cops Coliseum,
01:25:16this is Vince McMahon
01:25:17along with Jesse the Body
01:25:18saying so long
01:25:19from ringside.