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00:00Well, ladies and gentlemen, WrestleMania is one of the greatest one-on-one wrestling matches I've seen in 30 years in this great business.
00:08Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle, they've only met once in history. That was at WrestleMania.
00:14Let's take you back to that epic meeting between the showstopper and the Olympic gold medal winner.
00:24The following contest is inevitable by one-on-one.
00:29The showstopper, perhaps the wrestler of the decade.
00:33Kurt Angle disagrees.
00:35That's what this match is all about. This should be a classic.
00:39Neither one of these men may be able to continue.
01:09Michael scores with Sweet Tim music, but he can't capitalize at this moment.
01:27No!
01:28Angle out of nowhere.
01:29Oh, my gosh!
01:30Angle out of nowhere with a unique hold on.
01:32And Michael's fighting with everything he's got.
01:35We're fighting for his life here.
01:37Shawn Michaels taps out.
01:39Phenomenal effort by two amazing athletes.
01:42But on this night, it was Kurt Angle and his ankle lock that has led him to a very impressive victory at WrestleMania 21.
01:59Shawn Michaels, earlier tonight I had a chance to talk to Kurt Angle about your matchup tonight, and he seemed very confident.
02:05In fact, he practically guaranteed that he'd be the first man to make you tap out twice.
02:10What are your thoughts on this classic WrestleMania 21 rematch?
02:15Guaranteed?
02:17Guaranteed?
02:19Well, you see, that's perfect.
02:24I want Kurt Angle 100% confident going into tonight's rematch.
02:30You see, after WrestleMania 21, I thought to myself, HBK, are you going to have a chance to even the score?
02:36But thanks to the draft lottery, all things are possible.
02:42Now the big question is, WrestleMania 21, a classic story of my life.
02:48HBK, can you follow that?
02:52I don't know.
02:54One thing though, guaranteed vengeance.
02:59Vengeance will be mine.
03:30This contest is scheduled for one fall.
03:35Making his way into the ring, he's the only Olympic gold medalist in WWE history.
03:40And a former WWE champion, Kurt Angle.
03:45Angle has done it all since his amateur days.
03:48A two-time NCAA champion at Clarion University in the 1996 Olympic Games.
03:54He won the gold medal in the 220-pound freestyle division.
04:25And from San Antonio, Texas, he's a heartbreaking kid, Shawn Michaels.
04:31One of the great memories in my life, one of the great honors in my life,
04:35was seeing Shawn Michaels' very first professional match.
04:39He was only 19 years of age in the Irish Steel Boys Club, Shreveport, Louisiana.
04:45This kid is a legend.
04:47He was only 19 years of age in the Irish Steel Boys Club, Shreveport, Louisiana.
04:53This kid was a natural then.
04:55And we're seeing two future WWE Hall of Famers in the ring right now.
05:00This should be an epic match.
05:06Well, JR, we talked about it the very next night after Raw,
05:09Shawn Michaels alluded to it.
05:11If somehow he could get a rematch.
05:13Everybody in the world wanted a rematch.
05:15Everybody wanted to see it one more time.
05:18And like Shawn Michaels just said, thanks to the draft lottery,
05:21we're going to get to see it, witness it live here tonight.
05:24And he also said the story of his life has been, can you top that?
05:28I mean, Shawn Michaels has had some great matches.
05:30And JR and I have witnessed many of them.
05:32And we've said, there's no topping that after a bunch of them.
05:35But he's always somehow managed to come back and top himself.
05:39Can he do it tonight?
05:40You're convinced?
05:41JR, you say Shawn Michaels was a natural at 19 years of age.
05:45But what about Kurt Angle?
05:46Same story, a natural.
05:48He's been a great wrestler since day one,
05:51starting wrestling when he was about five years old and organized wrestling.
05:55He's been wrestling since he was five?
05:57He's tired.
05:59His clock's still ticking, baby.
06:01Yeah, still ticking.
06:03In 96, when Kurt Angle was winning a gold medal,
06:07Shawn Michaels was winning his first WWE title.
06:11Beating the legendary Bret Hart at WrestleMania 12
06:14as the collar-elbow tie-up pushes the showstopper back into the corner.
06:19Good break, guys.
06:20Come on.
06:21Come on.
06:22Good break.
06:23You know, you talk about nights that really make a career
06:26and what people remember.
06:27These guys wrestle all year round.
06:29But it's nights like tonight, JR, that people put a benchmark
06:33and say this was a night that these guys were really, really great.
06:36I believe that these are the kind of matches that when these guys retire
06:39and they want to show somebody one of the illustrations of their work
06:43and their record, it would be nights like this
06:45that Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle will review for their company, so to speak.
06:50Well, just if you're judging this at home,
06:52I don't think Shawn gets any points for an escape there.
06:54Well, no, because it's obvious that Shawn Michaels can't out-wrestle Kurt Angle,
06:57so he has to do whatever he can to break a hold.
06:59If that means grabbing the rope, that means grabbing the rope.
07:01Michaels has an entirely different style.
07:04Michaels is a catch-as-catch-can wrestler in the pro style.
07:08Angle is more of a mat wrestler than Angle would do at all.
07:12And look at Michaels holding on to that side headlock,
07:14controlling the head.
07:15You control the body.
07:17Between these two men, they won 20 championships in the WWE.
07:22It's amazing.
07:26Key thing here is that Michaels knows he cannot allow himself
07:30to be put into a vulnerable position for the ankle lock.
07:33At the same time, Kurt Angle knows that the lights can go out
07:37in a heartbeat with sweet chin music, which is what we're seeing right here.
07:41You know one of the few things that I used to like about SmackDown?
07:43What?
07:44Well, that was when Kurt Angle, he had the Angle Invitational on SmackDown.
07:47He gave the local wrestler a chance to win his gold medal.
07:49Single leg takedown.
07:50That's great.
07:51I mean, that's how confident Kurt Angle has always been.
07:53He's willing to put his most prized possession on the line any night.
07:59With that diving single leg, Angle was the only man in WWE history
08:03to win the heavyweight title at under 200 pounds.
08:07I see these fans.
08:10I just, I gotta get this, Coach.
08:12Well, it's not fair.
08:13These fans are all over Kurt.
08:14They should be with both guys.
08:17They're both great athletes.
08:19Whatever happened to sportsmanship in this world?
08:21That's what I want to know.
08:22Whatever happened to a little patriotism?
08:24I mean, this one man won, Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal
08:27for the United States.
08:28Beautiful arm drag takeover.
08:30Beautiful arm drag takeover.
08:31Lightning quick by Shawn Michaels.
08:33That's that catch-as-catch-can style that I alluded to earlier.
08:36Michaels with a deep arm drag.
08:39And now Kurt Angle's got to wrestle from the bottom up,
08:43which he's used to doing.
08:45Coach, what have you done for me lately as far as these fans are concerned?
08:49There you go.
08:50Not on the bottom anymore, JR.
08:51Arm bar.
08:52I noticed that.
08:53Arm bar down.
08:54Look at that right knee of Kurt Angle.
08:56Well placed right there.
08:57There you see it.
08:58Controlling the head.
08:59That's how you get a cauliflower ear right there.
09:01A lot of people wonder how wrestlers get cauliflower ears.
09:03Perfect example right there.
09:05Now look at this.
09:06Oh, knee.
09:07That's how you get a dislocated shoulder, broken arm.
09:10And Michaels has got to find some distance here.
09:13That was a very vile, vicious move by Kurt Angle.
09:17And I don't know if it was the wrist or the elbow,
09:20but needless to say, the joint affected in that arm of Shawn Michaels.
09:26Well, it's also how you make a backhand become very, very short.
09:30By doing a move like that,
09:31I don't think Kurt Angle wants to be out here a long time tonight.
09:33He just wants to get in, get the job done, and get down to the strip.
09:37You think?
09:38I think so.
09:39I just can't imagine this match not being a grueling match.
09:44I just don't think either of these guys
09:47are going to get their business done early.
09:49Hard knock.
09:50Head's chopped.
09:51Angle back into the corner.
09:53Oh, my God.
09:55And now Angle pulling out of the outside.
09:58Angle regrouping.
10:00Two hard shots.
10:01They were little shots in the corner.
10:07Shawn rubbing that left arm.
10:09There was some damage done.
10:10He hates to admit it,
10:11and the worst thing he can do right now is to show Kurt Angle
10:14that his arm is hurt in any way.
10:16No doubt about that.
10:17Kurt Angle, a zero in on that.
10:18Look at those eyes.
10:19I guarantee he's looking at Shawn's left arm right now.
10:22Watch this.
10:23These guys went back and watched the tape of WrestleMania 21,
10:25and that's why it's taking them a little bit longer
10:27to feel each other out,
10:28because they know their strengths and weaknesses.
10:30Single leg takedown, and Michaels quickly scoots outside.
10:33That's the brilliance and the strategy of an Olympic gold medalist.
10:37Shawn's arm's hurt.
10:38Shawn's thinking, oh, he's going to go for my arm.
10:40What does he do?
10:41Go for the leg.
10:42Unexpected.
10:43Michaels not going to forget that ankle lock single again.
10:46Modified single leg takedown.
10:48Michaels trying to fight out of this predicament here.
10:50Now Angle looking for that ankle lock.
10:53And Michaels kicking and fighting.
10:55Oh, here we go.
10:56He didn't kick and fight enough.
10:57It's not going to be long.
10:58It's not going to be quick.
10:59Back to the ropes.
11:00Half lost and crammed.
11:01Applied.
11:02And Michaels quickly and intelligently gets into the ropes
11:06before he suffers any more damage.
11:08Coach, I just want you to take note.
11:10That was quick and intelligent move by Shawn Michaels.
11:12And see what he says when Kurt has to use the ropes to escape.
11:15He's got you.
11:17Hard shot by Michaels.
11:18He'll be the Coward's Man.
11:22Go out of there.
11:26Angle does not like those chops and why would he?
11:30I hate a chop.
11:33Nice reversal.
11:35And Michaels now going to take a chance here.
11:37Michaels.
11:39Oh, look at this.
11:40Oh, look at Kurt.
11:41Oh, here we go.
11:42What's up?
11:43Again.
11:44Again.
11:45And Michaels able to quickly counter.
11:46And a clothesline.
11:48The Olympic gold medal winner goes to the outside.
11:51But Michaels got just a little appetizer.
11:53A little taste of that ankle lock.
11:56They don't have any clotheslines in the Olympics.
11:58Kurt laying on his head.
11:59He's holding his head.
12:00He might have.
12:01Not good.
12:02Angle's got that huge neck.
12:03Maybe that is a way he may win this fight here.
12:05But that ball's over with this.
12:07You are going to remember a match that Kurt Angle has tried to go
12:10for the throat, so to speak, so many times so early.
12:13More chops.
12:15Hard shot by one of our Spanish colleagues.
12:17Hugo Cervantes and Carlos Cabrera.
12:20Another shot by Michaels.
12:21Another knife edge chop.
12:25Angle slam.
12:28Angle trying to angle slam.
12:33Bricks on.
12:34Reverse elbow.
12:35Michaels.
12:36Another knife edge by Michaels.
12:38There you go.
12:39Oh, gosh.
12:40Oh, man.
12:41Oh, the thought of that was sickening.
12:43That feeling about suplex.
12:45About Kurt Angle drilling Shawn Michaels.
12:48Into the unforgiving Spanish announcer table.
12:52Now, let's count to 10.
12:54Hey, gang, let's get this one out of here.
12:56Kurt Angle, two for two.
12:57Get in the ring, Kurt, so the count can start.
12:59No way Shawn's going to get up before the count.
13:01Oh, not a chance.
13:03Angle back in the ring.
13:04Referee Jack Dole.
13:07Check this out one more time.
13:08See if you don't realize there are TV monitors underneath the cover
13:12right there on the table.
13:14And Shawn's head will land right on the floor.
13:17Shawn landed right on the back of one of those.
13:19Come on, Shawn.
13:20Come on, Shawn.
13:21And Angle, that was not a very bright move by Angle.
13:24Confronting the referee about his count.
13:26Referee has started his count again.
13:28Started his count over.
13:29The only thing the official can do, and Angle now,
13:32has got something else on his mind.
13:34Get this.
13:35Get this.
13:36Excuse me, King.
13:37Kurt Angle knows he can beat Shawn Michaels.
13:38He doesn't want to beat him with a count out.
13:40He wants to defeat him one, two, three, or in the angle.
13:43A cover.
13:44A cover by Angle.
13:45And Michael is able to kick out.
13:47JR, you said yourself,
13:48neither one of these guys want to get their business done early.
13:50And I think Kurt Angle now is in the driver's seat.
13:53He wants to punish.
13:54He wants to hurt Shawn Michaels, make an example out of him.
13:56And most importantly, show he is the greatest wrestler of all time.
14:00A knee lift by Kurt Angle, the Olympic gold medal winner now.
14:04A little hit off the neck breaker on Shawn Michaels.
14:08Angle quickly gets the cover.
14:10And Michaels fights out of the prediction.
14:12Again, Angle with the advantage.
14:14And again, Michaels is using a lot of energy here
14:17to get both shoulders off the canvas.
14:20Imagine the amount of pride between these two that's riding on this match, Coach.
14:24There's a lot.
14:25There's a lot.
14:26No doubt about that.
14:27These two have been great for a very, very long time
14:29and continue to be at the top of their game.
14:31And Angle, the extra incentive of the fact that he's just come to Raw,
14:35just right here during the draft,
14:37you think he doesn't want to impress some people, turn their heads?
14:40Obviously, he wants to show everybody that's here,
14:43that he could compete with in the near future,
14:46that he is still at the top of his game,
14:48and he's going to be a force to be reckoned with.
14:50Kurt Angle, no doubt, a wrestling machine,
14:52using the flat-ass move, having Shawn Michaels trapped in the corner.
14:56Michaels is now on the half-in, half-out terrain.
15:01And again, this crowd is so disrespectful of the Olympic gold medalist.
15:06And Kurt Angle's finding it hard to focus right now.
15:09Man, what an uppercut.
15:11What a shiver that was by Kurt Angle.
15:14And Michaels with a hook coming from under his left eye there.
15:20Another hard shot.
15:22I mean, that's like a kick by a mule,
15:24and Angle is in dominant control here.
15:27Look at this.
15:29You can hear that.
15:31I'm so impressed with Angle tonight,
15:33coming back with clearly more intensity than Shawn Michaels had.
15:37A kick by a mule, Coach. Where are you from, Coach?
15:39I'm from Kansas.
15:40Have you ever seen a mule?
15:41I've seen a couple. They're mostly in Oklahoma.
15:46Right next to one here in the black hat, too.
15:48But I didn't want to say that.
15:50Sorry about that, John.
15:54Sometimes it just comes out of my mouth.
15:55I never know what I'm going to say.
15:56No kidding. We've noticed.
15:58Oh, look out here. This could do it.
16:00Oh, my. Jesus Christ. Oh, my goodness.
16:04The powerbomb.
16:05That's it.
16:06Drilled him, and there's no way in hell Michaels
16:08Michaels got a shot.
16:10That may have been the
16:12That may be the damnedest thing I've ever seen.
16:14That was amazing.
16:16Here comes the damnedest thing you've ever seen again.
16:18Look and feel this.
16:19Well, Jake, look at the neck.
16:20Look at the neck, the snap on the top turnbuckle.
16:23We all know the history of Shawn Michaels' neck.
16:26And this is after Michaels gets suplexed on the
16:29Spanish announce table on the outside.
16:32Kurt Angle, intelligently enough,
16:34balling up on punishing that
16:35that mid-back area of Shawn Michaels.
16:38And now it is certainly Kurt Angle
16:41in the wrestling driver's seat here.
16:43JR, you're always talking about doing your homework,
16:45coming prepared.
16:46Wouldn't you say, Kurt Angle,
16:47certainly can't prepare here tonight.
16:49Absolutely, no doubt about it.
16:50Cover.
16:52You get that whenever you're a great amateur.
16:54And Michaels will take that one more time.
16:56What's the name?
16:57Oh.
16:59Slow motion.
17:01Oh, wow.
17:02Man, the torque of that.
17:03That's like a whiplash in a bad car wreck.
17:06Absolutely.
17:07That is car accident material.
17:08Now, Shawn Michaels, the question is Angle.
17:11Now, notice Angle is making Michaels carry Angle's weight,
17:15gripping that neck.
17:18Well, I believe it's just a matter of time
17:20after that last move we saw in slow motion
17:23that Shawn Michaels is pretty much finished
17:25with absolutely no offense in this match.
17:28Oh, but wait.
17:29Shawn Michaels said vengeance is gonna be his tonight.
17:31I wouldn't count Shawn Michaels out
17:33if he was on his deathbed.
17:34You can talk and talk,
17:35but sometimes, well, always,
17:36you gotta walk the walk, too.
17:39That's creative.
17:40Shot down by Michaels,
17:41trying to fight back in.
17:43And Michaels knows that
17:44Angle hates such knife-edge chops.
17:46He's relied on him several times here.
17:48And Michaels, a little bit jealous.
17:51He released jealous,
17:52took him here, the hook with the leg.
17:55And Michaels just refuses
17:57to keep his service on the canvas.
18:00Hang on, Kurt.
18:01Don't get upset.
18:02Don't lose your focus.
18:03Well, Kurt Angle's bringing everything
18:05out of the bag right now,
18:07and he can't finish Shawn Michaels off.
18:09The heart that JR alluded to,
18:10but King.
18:11It's just a matter of time.
18:12Frustrating.
18:13It's gonna be very frustrating.
18:14Angle slam.
18:16Countered into the arm drag by Michaels.
18:18Oh, the clothesline.
18:19Big-time clothesline.
18:20That could do it.
18:21On the shoulders is Kurt Angle
18:23and got a near fall.
18:24And as Kurt Angle comes at you from every angle,
18:26every way, every angle, no pun intended,
18:28I'm telling you,
18:29this guy never stops being offensive.
18:33Well, not now.
18:34What now?
18:35I don't think Angle's getting frustrated at all.
18:37I think he's enjoying what he's doing here.
18:38I don't think so either.
18:39Angle is completely dominating Shawn Michaels
18:41at this juncture,
18:42and Michaels' back has been the object,
18:45not the ankle.
18:46Oh, wait a minute.
18:47Wait a minute here.
18:48This could be ugly and real nasty here.
18:50Shawn doing everything.
18:51He's hanging on for the old
18:52proverbial dear life right here.
18:55You heard it.
18:56Right into the ribs of Kurt Angle.
18:58It looked like Angle had the idea of a suplex
19:01from that position,
19:02which would have certainly spelled the end for Michaels.
19:05Uh-oh, Michaels.
19:08Quick as a cat.
19:09Belly-to-belly overhead suplex by Kurt Angle.
19:13And will this finally do it?
19:14And Michaels desperately,
19:17with a huge sense of urgency,
19:19able to kick out.
19:21Coach, I heard that cats,
19:22when they do something,
19:23they say,
19:24quick as Kurt Angle.
19:25That's how quick this guy is.
19:26He's unbelievable.
19:27It just takes a snap of a finger
19:28for him to be on the offensive pin.
19:30One, two, three.
19:31You never know when it's going to happen.
19:34Boy, what a pickup for Raw,
19:35Kurt Angle was.
19:36Look at this.
19:38Angle trying to,
19:39they're trying to block off,
19:40maybe a sleeper momentarily.
19:42It's a reverse chin lock.
19:45We've got to make sure that's not a choke.
19:48Well, I guarantee you,
19:49you heard from Kurt Angle earlier tonight, boys.
19:51It's starting to come to fruition,
19:53and even more impressive
19:54than I thought Kurt Angle was going to be.
19:58Look at him.
19:59He's got to find an escape in that rock.
20:02Shawn Michaels, once again,
20:03trying to go for the ropes.
20:04He's used the ropes at least twice
20:06that I can remember in this match.
20:08Hey, guys, real quick,
20:09I know you're all enjoying my commentary
20:10with you out here tonight,
20:11but after this match,
20:12a little coup for you.
20:13The coach is going to go backstage
20:15and catch up with the World Heavyweight Champion,
20:17Batista.
20:19You are?
20:20He's going to get his thoughts on Hell in a Cell.
20:21I got double duty tonight, baby boy.
20:23Ow.
20:24Come on.
20:25Michaels' shoulders on the canvas here.
20:27So when you care enough
20:28to send the very best,
20:29you go yourself, right?
20:30Well, I can't allow Todd Grisham to do it.
20:31Come on.
20:32Enough of that.
20:33What was that story you told
20:34while you were defeating the other one?
20:35Never mind.
20:36Here we go.
20:37Here we go.
20:39Michaels' shoulders on the canvas.
20:41Referee Jack Dunn there to count again,
20:43and Angle, now look at that neck.
20:45Now, that is a painful, painful maneuver.
20:48The angle that the neck of Shawn Michaels
20:51has turned in.
20:52Their shoulders are down.
20:56At least the referee said they're down.
20:58He's counting they're down.
20:59That's all that matters.
21:00Kurt Angle's lip busted,
21:02bleeding from the mouth.
21:03You think he even knows it?
21:04You think he cares?
21:05Right now, all he cares about
21:06is being impressive
21:07and defeating Shawn Michaels
21:09for a second time in three months.
21:11The pain right now in the neck of Shawn Michaels.
21:14Behind those cold blue eyes of Kurt Angle
21:17is a mind of a wrestling genius.
21:19There's no doubt about that.
21:21And Michaels fighting back up.
21:22Can the will, the spirit,
21:24the heart of Shawn Michaels
21:26prevail here tonight?
21:27That's the question as this match is going on.
21:30And Michaels with a suplex.
21:32Where'd that come from?
21:33A page right out of Angle's suplex book.
21:36It's a desperation page, if you ask me.
21:39You know what they say,
21:40desperate men will take desperate measures.
21:43I think Shawn Michaels realizing
21:45that the end may be creeping up on him here.
21:48Not a man want this match to end by a count out.
21:53Certainly the fans around the world would concur.
21:57Oh, another right hand.
21:59And now these two men may be finally to a point
22:02to where they're gonna throw wrestling out the window
22:05and go straight fist in street fight style here.
22:10Right hand, another right hand,
22:11and another hard chop.
22:13I don't think Kurt Angle can ever afford
22:15to throw wrestling out the window.
22:17You're right, he's tough,
22:18but he's also an Olympic gold medalist.
22:21Oh!
22:22I don't think Shawn Michaels can afford
22:24to throw punches against Kurt Angle either.
22:28Both men are down again.
22:29Referee Jack Dawn again,
22:31beginning his 10 count.
22:33A real gut check for these two men
22:36who have each pressed their own individual advantages
22:39at various times in this contest.
22:43It would seem until just a couple of moments ago
22:45that Angle had the advantage,
22:47especially after suplexing Michaels
22:50on the table outside.
22:51Michaels lifts up!
22:52What does he get?
22:53I don't know, I'd say he pops up like a pimple on a brown night.
22:58Three right hands by Michaels.
23:00Oh!
23:02And a clothesline, a knockdown.
23:05And now Shawn Michaels has got this crowd
23:08back involved as far as he's concerned.
23:12Offensively, Michaels,
23:14and look at Michaels.
23:16He's fierce.
23:18Well, they don't call it the showstopper or nothing.
23:22He's a showstealer.
23:23He wants to be in that spotlight.
23:26He wants to end this with a big splash.
23:29Bang!
23:30Michaels with the elbow off the top.
23:33Michaels bouncing up.
23:35Somehow, someway,
23:37the resilience of Shawn Michaels is overwhelming.
23:40Well, wherever he's getting it from,
23:42he better be able to finish.
23:44Well, wherever he's getting it from,
23:45he's looking strong.
23:46Michaels looking strong now.
23:47Wait a minute.
23:48Do you hear something?
23:50I think I hear it, Coach.
23:52I don't hear it.
23:54I don't hear it.
23:55I heard that, though.
23:57Man, what contact, what impact.
23:59Michaels was tuning up the band.
24:01Angle beat Michaels to the punch.
24:03Will this be it here?
24:05Michaels kicks out.
24:06But you've got to wonder how many more kickouts
24:08Michaels has left in his body.
24:10Well, you're right.
24:11Michaels was tuning up the band,
24:12but then the fat lady started to say,
24:14well, maybe none after that.
24:16I'm saying zero.
24:19Angle sets.
24:21Oh, wait, wait.
24:23Oh, my God!
24:24What a DDT.
24:26Swinging DDT, and Curtis hurts.
24:29And Michaels with the arm bar.
24:31This will do.
24:33Is it a three?
24:34Can the government give an angle?
24:38Is Angle kicking out of there?
24:40I don't know, but I'm doing the shoulder.
24:42Michaels is hurting.
24:43Angle is bleeding from the mouth.
24:47Talk about the definition of quick.
24:49Look at Kurt Angle right here.
24:52Quick, strong, powerful.
24:55Shawn about to deliver that superkick instead.
24:57Great closing speed by Kurt Angle.
25:00But right after that, Shawn did deliver a huge DDT.
25:05Facelock again by Michaels.
25:06Let's see if Michaels can figure out the combination.
25:09Kurt Angle here.
25:10Michaels is going on will.
25:12Oh, boy.
25:14Suplex counter.
25:15$100 suplex.
25:17A German suplex.
25:19And Michaels holding the back of his head and his neck.
25:22And landed Shawn Michaels right on the back of his head.
25:24And that neck is taking a lot, a lot of damage in this match.
25:27And so is the back of Shawn Michaels.
25:29And Michaels trying to, oh, right in the,
25:31that caught Angle right in the face.
25:33What a hard shot that was.
25:34Angle slam.
25:35Angle slam.
25:36That's it.
25:37It's over, baby.
25:38Angle slam.
25:39The hook to the leg.
25:40Yes.
25:41No, it's not the three.
25:42What?
25:43It's not the three.
25:46Watch this stiff elbow.
25:48Bang.
25:49Oh, Kurt Angle.
25:50Forehead.
25:51Kurt Angle may have a broken nose after that kick.
25:53Well, but Kurt Angle delivered the angle slam.
25:55Maybe after that elbow, he didn't have everything that he could put in it.
25:58Because Shawn Michaels somehow was able to get his shoulder up.
26:02Kurt Angle got up out of his bad-mouthing style.
26:04Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
26:05Here we go.
26:06Hey.
26:07It's on Kurt Angle.
26:08It's on Kurt Angle.
26:09Oh, what a counter to that ankle lock.
26:13Kurt Angle.
26:14Kurt Angle.
26:16He's got it.
26:17Ankle lock.
26:18Kurt Angle's got the ankle lock on Shawn Michaels.
26:21It may be academic from here.
26:23Well, Kurt promised that he would make Shawn Michaels tap out
26:27for a second time.
26:28Oh.
26:29Oh.
26:30Oh, man.
26:31Angle and referee Jack Dole colliding.
26:33They hit heads, I think.
26:34I think they did hit heads.
26:36Michaels down.
26:37Angle is beginning to stir somewhat.
26:39But the referee is incapacitated.
26:42That may have been the only thing that could save Shawn Michaels for the moment.
26:46Because Kurt Angle had that ankle lock locked in.
26:49Don't say it might have been.
26:50That's the only thing that could have changed Shawn Michaels.
26:53But it's only a matter of moments at this time.
26:56Referee in the wrong place at the wrong time.
26:58Both men back up.
26:59Michaels, an angle match.
27:01And Michaels may have elevated.
27:04And Michaels hurt that knee or that ankle lock.
27:06Could be hyperextended his knee.
27:09Michaels elevated.
27:10Back dropped over the top rope from the ring to the floor.
27:14Come on.
27:15Come on.
27:16Send somebody out.
27:17Come on.
27:19That knee is bent just like his back is, just like his neck is.
27:22He may have hyperextended it.
27:25I think they're, I can't remember what's our time here.
27:28Somebody there on the right side of the ring asking for help.
27:31A WWE doctor or trainer went out there.
27:35Come on, Kurt.
27:36Come on.
27:37Well, the match is not over.
27:39The referee, if Shawn wants to give up, he can get medical attention.
27:42You can't get medical attention right in the middle of a damn match.
27:46It's all about that killer instinct.
27:48And I love it.
27:49Referee is just trying to navigate a little bit.
27:51I'm not so sure that the referee wouldn't stop this match on the outside.
27:55Well, Shawn can tap out.
27:56He can stop you when he wants.
27:57Here we go.
27:59Look at this.
28:00The ankle lock.
28:02I'll be damned if he's going to do that to him.
28:05It won't matter about the knee.
28:07It doesn't matter about the back, the neck.
28:09All that matters about is the ankle.
28:12Well, Kurt promised it.
28:14Michaels is trying to hold on.
28:16Shawn Michaels with this amazing will to win, the will to survive.
28:21He held on.
28:23He held on.
28:24Angle is so tenacious.
28:26He is pit bull like.
28:28Look at the look of determination on Kurt Angle's face.
28:31And look at Shawn's leg.
28:33It's ankle twisted.
28:34Oh, my God.
28:35No, you can't escape.
28:36Michaels is trying everything he can think of here.
28:38You cannot get away from this man.
28:40And this crowd, they're all on their feet a la WrestleMania 21.
28:46Michaels is trying to figure out a way, get to the ropes,
28:49do what you've got to do.
28:51You've got to break the hold somehow, some way.
28:54Look at this HBK champ.
28:56But it may all be in vain.
28:58Oh, yeah, did it.
29:00Back to the center of the ring.
29:02And Michaels ragging in pain.
29:04Those ribs might as well be ten miles away right now.
29:07Shawn Michaels' ankle could snap.
29:09Did I hear Shawn tap?
29:11I heard Kurt Angle screaming, tap, tap.
29:13Let's scream with him, King.
29:15Tap, tap, tap.
29:17There you go.
29:19Come on, Shawn, make it easier on yourself.
29:21Michaels is trying to hold on.
29:23Live to fight another day.
29:24And how much longer can any human being withstand it?
29:27Come on.
29:28Michaels countered, but you saw where Angle landed.
29:31Shoulder first into the ring post.
29:33No, Kurt was not ready for that.
29:34He was not expecting that.
29:35Yeah, but Shawn Michaels, JR, can't even get to his feet.
29:38So it doesn't matter where Kurt Angle ended up.
29:41Well, at least Michaels has bought himself a little time.
29:44That cure of desperation, and it finally paid off.
29:47Kurt, coach, I'll tell you, you haven't been around long enough
29:49to count Shawn Michaels out.
29:52He wants a little bit more cake.
29:54I've been around long enough to know Kurt Angle,
29:56when he's a finisher.
29:59Look at Kurt.
30:01He's hurt, but he's back.
30:03There it is.
30:04Kurt.
30:06What a comfort.
30:07Sweet tin music.
30:08Sweet tin music.
30:10Kurt.
30:11The shot right to the face.
30:13Kurt, are you there?
30:15Angle is bleeding from the mouth even more now,
30:18thanks to that shot right to the face by Shawn Michaels.
30:22Shawn Michaels doesn't have the strength to cover him,
30:24but Kurt may get counted out here.
30:27Get up, Kurt.
30:29Referee's counting to seven.
30:31He's at eight.
30:32He's at eight now.
30:33That usually follows seven.
30:34We don't want a double count out.
30:36The arm over.
30:37The arm over.
30:38He got it.
30:39Oh, my God.
30:40Oh, man.
30:41Oh, my God.
30:42I've never seen that.
30:43I've never seen anybody kick out of sweet tin music.
30:47Boy, the super kick.
30:49The sweet tin music comes out of nowhere.
30:51Oh, wow.
30:52Not even time to tune up the band.
30:54And what a shot that was.
30:56Michael's got his arm back over.
30:58Referee is back.
30:59Live ax here.
31:00Angle is trying to just shake it loose.
31:04Angle knows he dodged a bullet there.
31:07Angle knows he's on his back.
31:08He feels Shawn Michaels' arm across and just instinct.
31:11My God, fellas, what a match.
31:12We all question, could they follow up WrestleMania 21?
31:16I think, yes, they have.
31:18Oh, without a doubt.
31:19This is a great one-on-one matchup.
31:22But it won't be complete for Kurt Angle unless he can follow up his prediction
31:26and make Shawn Michaels tap twice.
31:28We're going to have a great match with the same result.
31:30What is Angle thinking here?
31:32Angle's on the outside of the ring.
31:34You can't think like Kurt Angle.
31:37JR, no way.
31:38I realize that, Keith.
31:39JR talking to the rest of the Geniuses.
31:41Your head would explode if you thought like Kurt Angle.
31:45What's he going to do here?
31:46Angle, though, he's on the high-risk territory here.
31:49And oh!
31:51Sweet Tim music.
31:53Angle went to the high-risk part of town, took another chance,
31:57and got another sweet Tim music.
31:59The cover will it be?
32:01Yes, it is.
32:02Coach, can you believe it?
32:03I can't believe it.
32:04Shawn Michaels believes it.
32:06Here is your winner, the Heartbreak King, Shawn Michaels.
32:13What an amazing one-on-one match-up.
32:16Shawn Michaels got some redemption tonight just like he said he was.
32:23Well, we talked about it.
32:25It only takes a split second.
32:27And unfortunately for my main man, Kurt Angle, that's what happened to him.
32:31Shawn Michaels catching Kurt Angle for the second time with sweet Tim music.
32:36And right now, fellas, I got to tell you,
32:38I got to get ready for my big interview with the team.
32:41Shawn Michaels said it, Coach.
32:43Vengeance will be his.
32:46And it is.
32:47Coach, your lead.
32:49Shawn Michaels losing at WrestleMania,
32:52returning at Vengeance to win this amazing match
33:00Kurt Angle somehow, someway,
33:02Michaels just refusing to give up,
33:05but never stopped his heart kept beating.
33:08The fans stayed behind him.
33:11Two shots.
33:14This is certainly vintage HBK King as far as I'm concerned.
33:19Wow.
33:20The will to win.
33:22As good as any in-ring performer I have ever seen.
33:27You said it.
33:28No matter what the odds,
33:30you can never, ever, even if he's on his deathbed,
33:33count that man out.
33:34Not Shawn Michaels.
33:37It's amazing that Michaels is able to walk out of this ring
33:42after the punishment that he sustained
33:44from a phenomenal, phenomenal athlete in Kurt Angle.
33:48But the Angle-Michaels rivalry is tied at one.
33:53And I like it.
33:54Wow.
33:55Well, Coach was in such a state of shock
33:59after witnessing this right here.
34:01This was the story of super kicks.
34:03This was Shawn Michaels' first try.
34:06He didn't connect, but he did connect on this one.
34:11I thought that put Kurt's life down for sure.
34:14The turning point of the match right here,
34:16ladies and gentlemen.
34:19Michaels able to counter.
34:21The ring post gave Michaels a chance.
34:23An unlikely assist.
34:24And then the final super heel.
34:26Whoa.
34:27Kurt coming falling, free falling right into that boot.
34:32That drove the air out of the Olympic gold medal winner
34:35who's being helped from the ring.
34:37Shawn Michaels said he was gonna get redemption today.
34:41He has done that,
34:42making this crowd very appreciative
34:44of the amazing effort by these two Raw superstars, King.
34:47I'm gonna tell you something.
34:48This is not gonna sit well with Kurt Angle
34:50after just coming to Raw.
34:53Is he crying?