WWE WrestleMania XX - Shawn Michaels vs Chris Benoit vs Triple H (Triple Threat Match, World Heavyweight Championship)
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00:00For the first time in WrestleMania history, the world title on the line were Triple Threat Cruel.
00:06For the first time ever, HBK and Chris Finball will challenge the World Heavyweight Champion Triple H.
00:14Three men with one goal.
00:20The Royal Rumble, two men stood in this ring.
00:23They scratched, they clawed, they fought for what they believed in.
00:29And that is the World Heavyweight Championship.
00:33As both men were unable to answer the count of ten, the referee has declared that Triple H is still the World Heavyweight Champion!
00:47Shawn Michaels, you wrestled one hell of a match, but you did not win the Royal Rumble.
00:53So right now, I'd like the winner of the 2004 Royal Rumble to come out here to this ring.
01:03Wait a minute, it's SmackDown's Chris Finball!
01:06Man, I gotta rub my eyes, I think I'm seeing things here, JR.
01:09You know, for 18 years, I fought to be the best.
01:13It took me 62 minutes to beat 29 men.
01:17Yes! Yes!
01:19Finball! Finball has done it!
01:21At WrestleMania, I will fulfill my destiny.
01:26I will be the next World Heavyweight Champion.
01:34I know this is a huge, huge moment for you.
01:38And the last thing I want to do, Ben, while I was reigning on your parade.
01:41You see, the issue with Triple H and myself has been nearly ten years in the making.
01:46And I am this close to finishing it.
01:50And I'm gonna do it on the biggest stage of them all.
01:54WrestleMania 20 for the World Heavyweight Championship.
02:00It's just not gonna happen at WrestleMania 20.
02:04It's gonna be me, not you.
02:08Uh-oh! Michaels just kicked Ben Wyatt to another lifetime!
02:13Wait a minute, what the hell is Shawn doing?
02:16It turns out Eric Bischoff made a decision regarding the world title at WrestleMania.
02:21So for the first time, the World Heavyweight Championship will be decided
02:26at WrestleMania in a triple threat match.
02:30Triple H versus Shawn Michaels versus Chris Benoit.
02:37Broken, yeah, you've been living on the edge of a broken dream.
02:44You know the thing, yeah, that's the only thing you'll ever take away from me.
02:50I'm never gonna stop, ain't never gonna drop.
02:53Ain't no different than it was before.
02:56So take some good advice, you better stop and think twice
02:59before you take your first step out that door.
03:02If you wanna step up, you're gonna get knocked out.
03:08If you wanna step up, you're gonna get knocked out.
03:13You're gonna get knocked out.
03:18Your egos will be all the edge I need.
03:23And now you're closer to life.
03:29You want me out your mind.
03:33If you wanna step up, you're gonna get knocked out.
03:39If you wanna step up, you're gonna get knocked out.
03:45The one thing we do share though, we both are passionate
03:48that Triple H will not be the one walking out of the garden with the title around his waist.
03:54You're gonna get knocked out.
03:56Step up.
03:57You're gonna get knocked out.
04:00Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is a triple threat match
04:07for the World Heavyweight Championship.
04:12In this contest, the first individual to score either a pinfall
04:18or a submission will be the winner.
04:25Introducing first, from San Antonio, Texas, weighing 225 pounds,
04:33The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Butler.
04:39The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Butler.
04:44The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Butler.
04:49The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Butler.
04:56Shawn Michaels is making his 11th appearance at WrestleMania.
05:01He debuted at WrestleMania V as a member of the Rockers tag team combination.
05:08This is Shawn Michaels' sixth WrestleMania main event king.
05:13And the last time that Michaels challenged for the championship,
05:18it was at WrestleMania XII, when Michaels defeated the great,
05:23legendary Bret Hart in the longest WrestleMania match ever to win the championship.
05:30And you see Shawn Michaels drop down to his knees to thank the good Lord above
05:34that he's here, but their commandment that you're not supposed to covet thy neighbor's title.
05:40And now presenting in Atlanta, Georgia,
05:46weighing 229 pounds, Chris Benoit.
05:52The Rabbit Wolverine has been on an 18-year journey.
05:58He has made it to WrestleMania, his fourth time at WrestleMania,
06:05his first time in a WrestleMania main event.
06:11Benoit and Michaels not taking their eyes off of each other.
06:19I do think both men have a great deal of respect for the other.
06:22I think they have a pact.
06:24They're gonna work together to try to defeat Ripley.
06:26From Greenwich, Connecticut,
06:32weighing 272 pounds,
06:38the World Heavyweight Champion,
06:45Ripple East.
06:49Ripple East.
06:54The Game is making his ninth consecutive WrestleMania appearance.
06:59His last two in main events.
07:02He won, retained his title last year, won the undisputed title two years ago.
07:08If you look back at the long tradition of Madison Square Garden,
07:12there have been four gardens in New York in the last 145 years.
07:16In 1905, the first world title created for
07:20this business was decided in the old Madison Square Garden.
07:25In May 1905, Acton Smith defeated Jenkins,
07:29the fourth Acton Smith, and lost the game.
07:33Well, you know what that tells me?
07:36That the titles, the World Championship, and
07:39even this storied arena, Madison Square Garden, have evolved over the years.
07:44And that's what this man represents.
07:46Evolution.
07:47Evolution, JR.
07:50It's a fact of life.
07:53Well, certainly evolution early tonight.
07:55Defeated the Rock and Shock Connection.
07:57Can Triple H make it a clean sweep here tonight?
08:02With the richest prize in our business on the line.
08:06The Heavyweight Championship of the World.
08:10Benoit wants it.
08:11Shawn Michaels needs it.
08:14But I don't think anyone wants it or needs it as badly as the reigning champion.
08:25First time ever in WrestleMania history that a Triple Threat match has decided
08:29the World's Heavyweight Title.
08:31The champion will have no advantage.
08:34The match can only-
08:35Advantage? I guess not.
08:36You got a disadvantage.
08:37Go ahead.
08:38The match can only end by pinfall or submission.
08:42The first man to score that pinfall or submission wins the match
08:48and will become the World's Heavyweight Champion.
08:52Triple H must win.
08:55He must pin either Benoit or Michaels or make them submit.
09:00He has no other choice.
09:02Triple H does not even have to be involved in the decision.
09:05That's the big disadvantage he has.
09:08Look at those white boots Triple H is sporting tonight.
09:11You know good guys wear white, JR.
09:14Well, maybe the boots will bring him good luck.
09:16We'll find out.
09:18Benoit and HBK agreed on one thing and that's the only thing-
09:22Look, look, look, look.
09:23They're not agreeing now.
09:26Here we go.
09:27Shawn Michaels now catches Triple H.
09:29And Benoit-
09:31Benoit, he'll say something.
09:32Benoit and Michaels, they've got to stay unemotional if they can
09:36or they can self-destruct.
09:38They can self-destruct.
09:39I'm just telling you this.
09:40They have a funny way of showing it, but there's obviously-
09:42Whoa, look out.
09:43Crossface.
09:44And Michaels rolls out of that crossface.
09:46Wow.
09:48Triple H said that the egos of Michaels and Benoit
09:51would give Triple H the edge.
09:54If I were Triple H and I know he's smarter than I am,
09:56that's why he's a serial assassin.
09:58Whoa.
10:00By the way of that, I'd just sit back and let this warm rain
10:02and Shawn Michaels beat the whole hell out of each other.
10:05That's what they're doing right here.
10:06And they-
10:07Triple H has got to be aware of what's going on.
10:10Again, he doesn't have to be involved in the decision
10:15to lose his title.
10:18Benoit's great strength.
10:21Benoit bridging out.
10:24Backside here.
10:27Not this time.
10:28Benoit again.
10:29Going to what brought him to the dance for the-
10:31Right there.
10:32Right there's what I'm talking about.
10:34Michaels, if he can pin Benoit right there,
10:37we got a new world champion.
10:40No, it's hard to find suplex.
10:41This time, Benoit.
10:43One of these guys pinned the other one.
10:45They're the champion.
10:46Triple H loses it all.
10:47He'd be a spectator.
10:49Oh, there.
10:50Triple H is back.
10:51That's making an impact, returning to the ring.
10:53How smart was that?
10:55Sat outside the ring and watched HBK and Chris Benoit
10:59beat each other up.
11:01They took a calculated risk
11:03that neither Benoit or Michaels were going to pin the other.
11:06A calculated risk.
11:07He's a calculating champion, isn't he?
11:09He's a cerebral assassin.
11:10And now Michaels looks like he's skinning a cat
11:16as Benoit hammers away at the champion.
11:20And a little unstructured teamwork by HBK and-
11:24You bet that wasn't intentional.
11:25Absolutely not.
11:29Back body drop.
11:30That lower back can take a pounding.
11:33A big, muscular guy like Triple H
11:35can get those back spasms severely and quickly.
11:39Great right hand by Shawn Michaels.
11:41These shows stop him.
11:43He knows it.
11:44It takes one second to deliver sweet champ music.
11:47And you better believe there's a hearty race like I need
11:50by Triple H.
11:51And the cover by the champion.
11:54I'd love to end it there, but it's not to be.
11:57You know that we heard-
11:59We heard it last week right out of the mouth of HBK.
12:03He said that he and Shawn Michaels
12:04should work together to ensure that Triple H
12:07didn't leave Madison Square Garden
12:08with the World Championship.
12:10If that's not a pact, I don't know what is.
12:14Triple H came out and sowed the seeds of dissension
12:17between the two.
12:18Triple H ramming the lower back of Benoit
12:20to the edge of the ring.
12:23Again, there can be no countouts.
12:26Oh, look out.
12:27Baseball slide by Michaels,
12:29taking down both Benoit and the champion.
12:33Benoit's back has been damaged here.
12:35And Michaels-
12:36I don't know if this is a smart move for Shawn Michaels.
12:38Oh, my God.
12:39My God, Michaels with a moonsault off the top.
12:43Is he crazy?
12:45They're all down.
12:47And man, oh, man.
12:49All three of these gladiators.
12:53Good God almighty.
12:54Look at this again.
12:55Watch this.
12:56First, Shawn Michaels, the baseball slide.
12:58Oh, they're both out.
13:00And then after this dive, they're all three out.
13:03Michaels with that moonsault off that top turnbuckle
13:07into no-man's land.
13:09And Michaels now not worrying about Benoit.
13:12And Michaels going for the cover.
13:14Michaels going for the cover here.
13:16And a near fall.
13:17Okay, check out once again the moonsault, as you said,
13:20leaving all three men down from the outside.
13:22But now Shawn Michaels, the Triple H back inside.
13:24Boom.
13:25So absolutely no fear.
13:28No intimidation of crashing and burning with that moonsault
13:32from the top out.
13:33Could have been to the top of the-
13:34Oh, yeah.
13:35And the punch.
13:36Oh.
13:37The facebuster by The Game.
13:39And-
13:40And look at this.
13:41Oh.
13:42Back in.
13:43There's that back working.
13:45Benoit back in.
13:46And-
13:47Oh, Benoit trying to cut in the back.
13:48Michaels blocked it.
13:49Oh, Benoit hammering Michaels' back.
13:51Oh, Benoit's a back fighter.
13:52He's an opportunist, isn't he?
13:53Benoit with a Wolverine.
13:56You saw the damage that Triple H had done to Shawn Michaels.
14:00And Benoit quick to take advantage of it.
14:02And Michaels' shoulder may be separated.
14:04He hammered that ring post in Shawn Michaels.
14:08And now it's Benoit with the advantage
14:11of the World's Heavyweight Champion.
14:13And now Triple H can just dump Benoit.
14:15I think Triple H can pin Shawn Michaels.
14:19Benoit's got something to say about that.
14:21Michaels is still hung up over there in the corner.
14:24Right in front of us.
14:25And a hard chop by Benoit.
14:27Come on, let him out.
14:29A rabid Wolverine.
14:32Now resides in Atlanta.
14:34Oh, man.
14:35And look at this.
14:37Triple H still here.
14:40Triple H carrying.
14:41That's a lot of strength.
14:42Triple H taking Benoit from one corner to the other.
14:46And Triple H has some evil intentions.
14:48He wanted to do something really bad to Benoit from that time.
14:51And he wanted to get Benoit.
14:54Oh, look at this.
14:55Benoit went upside down.
14:56Michaels in one corner.
14:58In the opposite corner is Chris Benoit.
15:00Michaels is trying to get back up and regain himself.
15:03Oh, no, no, no.
15:04Look out.
15:05Oh, man.
15:07Triple H has the game.
15:08And a cover by The Game.
15:10And he goes home.
15:11The Cerebral Assassin using Michaels' own injured body part
15:15as a weapon on the helpless Benoit.
15:18And then Triple H.
15:20What a hell of a move putting this all together.
15:22You're right, though, about Shawn Michaels.
15:24His shoulder may be separated.
15:28Michaels had left shoulder and left arm been hanging.
15:31The Game is The Game, JR.
15:32That's why they call him The Game.
15:34Look out now.
15:35At this time, Michaels reversed the kick, the cover, the cradle.
15:39And Michaels got a near fall on the World's Heavyweight Champion.
15:42I don't know if this is exactly fair or should be allowed for Michaels
15:45and Benoit to work together like this against Triple H.
15:48Michaels with one arm hammering as much and as hard as he can
15:52on the World's Heavyweight Champion.
15:55Look out.
15:56Knocked down by Michaels.
15:58Uh-oh.
15:59Whoa.
16:00Michaels with a nipper.
16:02Whoa.
16:03Benoit takes Michaels right out of the game.
16:05See, there goes the show, HBK.
16:07You can't trust that lowly wolverine.
16:10Benoit on the head of HB.
16:11And what a better back suplex.
16:13The waistlock by Benoit.
16:15He likes these in threes.
16:16He likes the hat trick.
16:18Triple H knows it.
16:19He's fighting to block it.
16:20And look at Benoit.
16:22Clubbing blows at the spine.
16:24And another triple suplex by Chris Benoit.
16:29And there is the trifecta, the hat trick by Benoit
16:34here in the home of the New York Rangers.
16:37Come on, Triple H.
16:40Suck it up.
16:42Triple H is down and Benoit with a golden opportunity here
16:45to lead Madison Square Garden as the World's Heavyweight Champion.
16:51Trying to get Benoit down.
16:53Benoit not listening.
16:54Michaels makes his way back in the ring.
16:56Oh, my goodness.
16:58That'll bring Benoit down.
17:00That'll bring everything down to a snail's pace.
17:03And Benoit straddle that top turnbuckle.
17:09Shawn Michaels turning up the music here.
17:12And Shawn Michaels looking for a sweet tune of music.
17:14It took like dogs to haul Michaels with a DDT.
17:18The impact brought Michaels right out of the ring.
17:21Shawn Michaels had just fallen in the ring.
17:23This thing might be over right now.
17:25And Benoit still trying to go up top.
17:27Triple H caught there in the proverbial no man's land.
17:30And the game trying to climb up.
17:32And Benoit has got evil intentions.
17:36And Benoit in a hell of a place here.
17:38No solid footing.
17:39And now both men taking a shot, taking a chance.
17:45Triple H hammering these guys.
17:47Just literally pounding each other.
17:49They're pounding the flesh here.
17:51Another right hand by Benoit.
17:53Triple H says, to hell with that, I'm coming back up.
17:55And the headbutt.
17:57The champion with a headbutt.
17:59And now the front face lock into the superflex.
18:03Man, does one superflex equal three Germans?
18:06It may.
18:07Triple H now rolls over.
18:08The cover.
18:09The hook.
18:10Come on, ref.
18:11Triple H again.
18:12Again.
18:13And Benoit a third time.
18:16One for each age, I guess.
18:18Three times.
18:19And Benoit having to expend so much energy,
18:22so much of what strength he had,
18:24to kick out a three combination.
18:26Triple H now just working on the face.
18:29Maybe want to knock the rest of those teeth out
18:32from the mouth of Chris Benoit.
18:36Crowd chanting, let's go, Benoit.
18:40Yeah, let's go.
18:41Go, Benoit.
18:42Take Shawn Michaels with you.
18:43Come on, Triple H.
18:44Place downstairs with a knee.
18:45Straight right hand.
18:47That familiar taped right hand of Triple H.
18:51Yeah.
18:52He's in for the ride.
18:53Uh-oh.
18:54Left to right.
18:55Here's a little ride.
18:56Here's a ride.
18:57Chris Benoit's not going to like it.
18:58Oh, no, no, no.
19:00He's turned the crib across.
19:02Fight it.
19:03Fight it.
19:04He's done it.
19:05He's done it.
19:06Triple H is fighting for all he's earned here.
19:08He's over.
19:09No, no, no.
19:10Block it off.
19:11Benoit's got it.
19:12Got it.
19:13Benoit's got the crossface.
19:14Benoit's got the crossface.
19:15Oh, Shawn Michaels interrupted.
19:18Boy, he totally interrupted.
19:20A mild turn.
19:21You reap what you sow.
19:22That's what Benoit did to HBK earlier.
19:25This is every man for himself.
19:28There's no doubt about that.
19:30Everybody wants to win the fall or earn the submission.
19:34I'll tell you, I was-
19:36Oh, man.
19:37Shawn Michaels taking a page out of Benoit's playbook.
19:41That's to the dismay of some Benoit fans.
19:44And Benoit counters.
19:47Benoit counters.
19:49That's two Germans.
19:51Two German suplexes.
19:53And a head trip on Michaels now.
19:55If Benoit pins Michaels, Benoit's a champion.
19:58Triple H.
19:59Triple H.
20:00Benoit, he may have missed a golden opportunity right there.
20:06He may have-
20:07Benoit going up to the top.
20:09Gonna take a high-risk chance here.
20:12We waste some valuable time showboating for these fans.
20:15Oh, no.
20:16He did it.
20:18Change of the dynamite kid from a generation ago with that headbutt.
20:22Benoit's got it.
20:23Benoit's gonna-
20:24Oh, man.
20:26Triple H didn't even realize how close he came to being the ex-champion.
20:30Cover again.
20:31Benoit covering Michaels for the second time.
20:35Two near falls in a matter of seconds.
20:38Now, how resilient is Shawn Michaels?
20:40He took everything the Wolverine had to offer.
20:42Like you said, the three German suplexes.
20:44And then the huge headbutt off the top and still was able to kick out.
20:48No one possesses Shawn Michaels' will to win.
20:51His will to be champion.
20:52No one possesses any more will than Shawn Michaels.
20:55I can promise you that.
20:56Well, Shawn Michaels insinuated himself into this situation to begin with
21:00just because of his hatred for Triple H.
21:04And Michaels somehow nipping right back up in the game.
21:08Oh, he burned an atomic drop.
21:10And a clothesline knocking down the champion.
21:12Shawn Michaels looking at a pace.
21:14It's scary.
21:15Shawn Michaels got a lot of momentum going here.
21:17A scoop slam by Michaels.
21:20His back has got to be killing him.
21:22But Michaels now is looking for a chance.
21:25Michaels looking for one big hit, one big move.
21:28That home run in the bottom of the ninth.
21:31Here it comes.
21:33And Michaels with the elbow.
21:34That might be the grand slam.
21:36Michaels needs a cover here.
21:38Michaels got that adrenaline rush.
21:42Michaels is feeling it.
21:44He knows what he's thinking.
21:45Yeah, he's tuning up the band.
21:47The Fat Lady's tuning up as well.
21:50The Fat Lady's clearing her throat.
21:53Sweet Chin Music is the most requested song in the ring right now.
21:58Don't get up.
21:59Don't look at him.
22:00Don't look this way.
22:01Triple H, you got him.
22:02No, no.
22:03The Kid.
22:04Sweet Chin Music.
22:06It's got to be over.
22:07Michaels has done it here.
22:10What?
22:11Finn Balor's still in this match.
22:13Finn Balor's sold.
22:15Triple H has-
22:16Finn Balor just pulled Triple H completely out of the ring.
22:19Triple H was there, then he disappeared.
22:21Thanks to Chris Finn Balor.
22:23Two and three quarters.
22:25Remember, these men cannot be counted out.
22:28Nor can they be disqualified.
22:32This is mayhem.
22:33You've got that right.
22:35All for the heavyweight championship of the world.
22:41Every one of these individuals has demonstrated
22:43that it's going to take something.
22:45It's going to take whatever.
22:47I can't even imagine to beat any one of these three guys.
22:54Upside down.
22:56Michaels turned inside out.
22:58And now Benoit.
22:59Benoit looking.
23:01He's making another sharpshooter.
23:04I know that.
23:05Shawn Michaels has felt sharpshooters before.
23:07He don't want to be there.
23:08Look out.
23:09Michaels catapulted.
23:11Head first into the-
23:13Turned up on the ring.
23:15I'm not sure.
23:16Michaels is in no-
23:17He's in Never Neverland.
23:19And Michaels has a bloody mess.
23:21That ring post laid Shawn Michaels wide open.
23:23Right over his left eye.
23:25Michaels got busted wide open when he struck his face
23:27and head struck the ring post.
23:31Finn Balor.
23:32Finn Balor's got the cross face.
23:34Finn Balor's going to beat Michaels and become the champion.
23:36He doesn't have it locked in yet.
23:38Does not have the cross face locked in.
23:40He's got it now.
23:41He's got it.
23:42Finn Balor's got it.
23:43He's got the cross face locked.
23:44Don't tap.
23:45Don't tap.
23:46This match could be over.
23:47Don't tap.
23:48Michaels about to tap.
23:49Michaels about to tap.
23:51He's tapping.
23:52Look at this.
23:53Look at Triple H.
23:54Michaels was going to tap.
23:56He's going to tap.
23:57But Triple H stopped his hand from hitting the mat.
24:00I swear to goodness.
24:01I guarantee.
24:02I thought that Michaels was going to tap out.
24:05And Triple H must have felt the same thing
24:07because he stopped it.
24:09But Michaels is bleeding profusely because of this.
24:11And here's the reason why.
24:12Look at this.
24:13Oh, man.
24:15Shawn Michaels right into that metal turnbuckle.
24:21Oh, no.
24:22Michaels head tapping off the steel steps.
24:24Right into those metal steps.
24:25You've got to wonder.
24:26Shawn Michaels will be able to put a cracker in this match now.
24:31Well, the referee needs to check Shawn Michaels' eye
24:33because his vision is totally impaired.
24:36We saw the first thing he tried to do was throw a punch
24:38and he couldn't even see his opponent.
24:41Benoit chopping that massive chest
24:43of the world's heavyweight champion
24:45with everything that Benoit has.
24:48Oh, look out.
24:50Benoit is lower back in those ring posts.
24:54And Benoit, is he bleeding below his eye now?
24:56I think that's Shawn Michaels' blood.
24:58It might be.
24:59Shawn Michaels, it looks like he's been in a bad car wreck.
25:04Oh, man.
25:06Michaels is a hideous mess.
25:09Oh, look at this.
25:11Look at this.
25:13Look out, Michael Cole.
25:17I don't like the looks of this at all.
25:19There's not anything anybody can do about it.
25:21There's no disqualifications here.
25:23And Tribulation's not tying the place up.
25:26No, he's not.
25:28Oh!
25:29Benoit going downstairs.
25:31Benoit now.
25:33Look out!
25:34Tribulation's head cracking into the Spanish announce table.
25:38Oh, no.
25:40Look at that.
25:42Benoit, Tribulation's body bouncing off this Spanish table.
25:46Get out of the way. Keep going, Carlos.
25:48What the hell is-
25:50Get out of the way!
25:52Look at this.
25:54Tribulation's trying to bled out of this.
25:58Come on. Get out of the way.
26:00He's talking about evil intentions here.
26:02He's got Triple H right under you and I.
26:04Look at Triple H now, hammering on that back.
26:06Smashing shots to the kidneys and lower back by the champion.
26:12Oh, my God.
26:13Now what?
26:14My God almighty.
26:15Now what?
26:16Oh, no.
26:17Tribulation with a pedigree, but Benoit fighting right back.
26:21Shawn Michaels.
26:22What the hell?
26:23Michaels with a bloody mask.
26:25All three men are on the table.
26:28Michaels and Tribulation looking at each other in the eye.
26:32You've got to be kidding me.
26:33Michaels and Tribulation didn't say a word.
26:35They looked at each other in the eye and-
26:38Oh, my God!
26:39Oh!
26:40And one double suplex.
26:42Oh, my God.
26:43Three down.
26:44Oh, my God.
26:45Oh, my God.
26:46Oh, my God.
26:47Oh, my God.
26:48Oh, my God.
26:49Oh, my God.
26:50Oh, my God.
26:51Oh, my God.
26:52Oh, my God.
26:53I can't believe this.
26:54I thought that Michaels had been eliminated from the equation.
26:56Well, I think it's safe to say now that Chris Benoit has been eliminated from the equation.
27:01This match now boils down to Triple H against a bloody and battered Shawn Michaels.
27:06And look at Shawn Michaels.
27:07Shawn Michaels.
27:08It's you and me.
27:09Michaels standing in the ring.
27:11These two are going to settle it between themselves once and for all.
27:15It's been ten years in the making.
27:19And Michaels is saying, I don't give a damn.
27:21Get in the ring.
27:23We're going to do it.
27:24Triple H, Shawn Michaels, we're going to settle it at WrestleMania XX.
27:28Well, believe me, JR, Triple H is thinking the same thing.
27:31Look at the look of determination on his face.
27:33And look at the blood on the face of Shawn Michaels.
27:36Man, we need some EMTs out here to check on Benoit.
27:39As Michaels and Triple H are hammering Michaels with the advantage.
27:43That's how Michaels is doing it, King.
27:45He's lost so much blood.
27:46Yes, he has.
27:47And look at Triple H now.
27:48Can you just get a stretcher out here for Benoit?
27:50Because he needs it.
27:51Cart him out of here.
27:58Benoit has-
27:59Benoit, folks, I don't know where we are.
28:03Triple H, my God.
28:04Triple H knocking down our camera man.
28:08We need EMTs out here.
28:10I've said it three times now.
28:11If somebody in the back can hear me, we need an EMT out here for Benoit.
28:15And our camera man.
28:17Camera man knocked down, the carnage.
28:21Good God.
28:25The sickening thud of a man's skull on the ring post.
28:31That was sick to hear.
28:33It was sick to see.
28:35I can only imagine the results.
28:41Oh, now, look at Triple H. He's busted.
28:43God, these men look like they've been in a car wreck.
28:46And Benoit still hasn't moved.
28:51No disqualification.
28:53No count out.
28:54I don't think Benoit will be moving until sometime tomorrow.
28:57But these two men right now, this is going to boil down to a willpower, JR.
29:02Who has the will to win?
29:05Triple H walking right into those right hands.
29:08Triple H is busted open.
29:09Now, Triple H going downstairs.
29:11Pedigree!
29:12Pedigree!
29:13The Game hit the pedigree.
29:15It's over.
29:16Triple H cover and capitalize.
29:18The Game hit the pedigree.
29:22Roll over to your right.
29:24I don't think there's any way Michaels can kick out.
29:26He's lost too much blood.
29:30The Game is going to win it here.
29:32There it is.
29:33The arm over.
29:34The cover.
29:36What?
29:37Where did Benoit come from?
29:39What?
29:41I thought Benoit was done.
29:43Finished.
29:44Out of it.
29:45Did the EMTs throw him in the ring?
29:47How did he get up?
29:49My God, King.
29:50All these men are battered.
29:52They're hurt.
29:53They're bruised.
29:54Two are bloody.
29:55Who's going to win the World's Heavyweight Championship?
29:57Who is going to win this thing?
30:01This is bad.
30:02This is really bad for Triple H.
30:06Oh, my God.
30:07Triple H's face, much like Michaels,
30:09the proverbial crimson mask.
30:12Come on, Triple H.
30:13You've got to focus.
30:14You've got to...
30:15Don't concentrate on the fact that your own blood is pouring down your face and your chest.
30:20You've got to grab one of these guys and beat him somehow.
30:23Triple H, don't count him out.
30:25We have seen him in these predicaments on many occasions.
30:30And Benoit...
30:32Trying to fight back.
30:33What shape is Benoit's back in?
30:35How long can he last?
30:38After what he's endured in the Game now,
30:40looking for the Pedigree.
30:41Oh, no!
30:43Benoit!
30:44Benoit looking for the Sharpshooter!
30:48Oh, no!
30:49And the Sharpshooter!
30:50You got it!
30:52Benoit's got the Sharpshooter!
30:55How prophetic!
30:57Don't count, sir!
30:58Don't count!
30:59Fight him!
31:00Triple H is...
31:01Pain is on him!
31:03Wrapping his body through his shoulder!
31:05Fight him, Triple H!
31:08Knocked off the bloody mask on the outside.
31:11And the two men are about to tap.
31:13The affinity is gonna tap.
31:15My gut's telling me he's gonna tap here.
31:18And the Sharpshooter.
31:20Get to those ropes somehow and just reach out!
31:23The pain must be asphyxiating.
31:26No, no, no, no, no, no!
31:30Benoit has...
31:31Triple H's back to the center!
31:33Triple H is gonna tap here!
31:35Triple H is gonna tap here!
31:37No!
31:39Sweet tune music on Benoit!
31:42That was almost beheaded!
31:44The Wolverine!
31:45There was nothing sweet about that if you're Chris Benoit!
31:48His jaw's gotta be fractured!
31:49But Triple H's back has been damaged
31:52by the Sharpshooter!
31:55Benoit's down!
31:56The champion is down!
31:58Michaels is crawling!
32:00Who does he want to cover?
32:01He covered Benoit!
32:02It's over!
32:03No!
32:04It's not over!
32:06Can you believe it?
32:07After this?
32:08Look at this thing!
32:11That was a shock.
32:12What a shock to the face on how Benoit
32:14really himself in this match.
32:17As is Shawn Michaels.
32:21Michaels has pulled himself up.
32:23The champion is lying prone on the canvas.
32:26And Michaels is tuning it up one more time!
32:34I think he'll kick the first man to his feet
32:36and that looks like Benoit!
32:39Benoit dumped him!
32:40Sweet tune music!
32:42And dumped Michaels over the top!
32:44Triple H has backed up!
32:47Come on!
32:48Yes!
32:49Come on!
32:50Yes!
32:51Triple H can't reach high!
32:53Oh!
32:54Countered!
32:55Countered!
32:56Countered!
32:57The crossface!
32:59No!
33:00No, no, no!
33:01Get the ropes!
33:02Triple H is desperate!
33:04The sense of urgency is overwhelming!
33:06The champion reaching for the ropes!
33:09Triple H can't!
33:11Can Benoit do it?
33:13Ropes!
33:14Get the ropes!
33:17He's fading!
33:18He's fading, JR!
33:20Triple H is fading away!
33:23Is Benoit this close to winning the heavyweight championship of the world?
33:29Come on, Gabe!
33:30Reach your foot out!
33:31Anything!
33:32It's the world heavyweight championship!
33:37Triple H!
33:38He's still alive!
33:39There's life left!
33:40Breathe!
33:41The game is being tortured by the Wolverine!
33:44And it's all over!
33:45Oh, no!
33:46Benoit!
33:47Benoit!
33:48Benoit held on with a pinfall!
33:51Benoit's torturing the champion with a crossface!
33:54Will Triple H tap out?
33:56Will he tap out?
33:57There's gotta be something that can be done!
33:59Something!
34:00Anything!
34:01The title's on the line!
34:03Benoit ripping it!
34:04No!
34:05It's over!
34:06It's over!
34:07No!
34:12The winner of this bout
34:14and
34:15new
34:17world
34:18heavyweight
34:19champion
34:20Chris
34:22Benoit!
34:23The sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden
34:26has erupted!
34:28Chris Benoit's
34:3018-year odyssey
34:32has culminated
34:33by winning the world heavyweight title
34:36at WrestleMania 20!
34:45Benoit's
34:46so many times
34:47have been so close
34:49year after year
34:51mile after mile
34:53continent after continent
34:55but Benoit never gave up!
34:57He never gave up!
34:59And Benoit has done it!
35:01Benoit is living his dream!
35:04Finally!
35:05Finally, my God!
35:07Finally!
35:08Chris Benoit has become
35:11the heavyweight champion
35:13of this world!
35:17But look there, look!
35:19This is in the ring!
35:22Eddie Guerrero, the WWE champion!
35:27But let's not forget the history of these two men!
35:31Eddie Guerrero
35:33with a heartfelt embrace
35:35on his friend
35:37Chris Benoit!
35:39These men have traveled
35:41the world over
35:42so many times
35:44and they're both shedding tears
35:46of joy
35:48because Chris Benoit
35:50can say
35:52I won the heavyweight championship
35:55of the world
35:56in Madison Square Garden
35:58at WrestleMania 20!
36:11Well, I'll tell you what folks
36:13for my money
36:14this has been the greatest
36:15WrestleMania of all time!
36:19Seven championships were decided
36:21but none bigger, King
36:23than what we are just witnessing!
36:26The WWE champion
36:28the world champion
36:29together in the ring
36:31at the same time
36:32what a sight!
36:33Only like you said
36:34they are at WrestleMania 20!
36:36Well, ladies and gentlemen
36:37thank you for being with us!
36:39We certainly appreciate it!
36:41This has been WrestleMania
36:42where it has all begun
36:43again!