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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the General Manager of RAW, William Regal, and the Chairman
00:23of World Wrestling Entertainment, Mr. McMahon.
00:24And we welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, to No Mercy, the All-State Arena here in Chicago
00:31has been sold out for weeks.
00:35I'm Jim Ross, alongside Jerry, the King Lawler, and King, no doubt, we will crown a new WWE
00:41Champion right here tonight.
00:42You're right, and in the famous words of the important Mr. McMahon, history will be made
00:48here tonight.
00:50The Chairman of the WWE, the General Manager of Monday Night RAW, has taken center stage,
00:56if you will, to begin this historic night.
00:59Last Monday Night on RAW, John Cena suffered a debilitating injury, which means that John
01:26Cena is out of action anywhere from six months to a year.
01:31And as Chairman of the Board, it is my duty to announce that John Cena is no longer WWE
01:44Champion.
01:45I see some of you people are rooting for the Diamondbacks, aren't you?
01:55And some of you losers are still rooting for the Cubs.
02:02Nonetheless, let's face it, my word is my bond.
02:09I'm a man of my word, which is why tonight, I have guaranteed you that history will be
02:17made.
02:18I've guaranteed you that we will have a new WWE Champion.
02:26I've guaranteed you that we will have a WWE Championship match right here tonight.
02:33Why do I guarantee things like that?
02:41Why do I make decisions such as that?
02:43It's simply because I make decisions for each and every one of you.
02:49Let's face it, I give you what you want.
02:54That's what I do.
02:56Which is what I'm about to do now.
03:02I'm going to give you what you want.
03:05I'm going to give you what you want.
03:11The power.
03:20I'm not going to give you that.
03:26I said I'm going to give you what you want.
03:29Therefore, by the power vested in me as the creator of all things WWE,
03:39allow me, ladies and gentlemen, to present to you the new WWE Champion, Randy Orton!
03:51Randy Orton!
03:58Well, this is a shocking development in as much as Randy Orton has been
04:06apparently awarded the WWE Championship.
04:11Wow.
04:15This has got to be the biggest night in the career of that young man.
04:20The 15,106 that have sold out the Allstate Arena here in Chicago tonight.
04:29I think they're as surprised and as shocked as we are.
04:33Well, Mr. McMahon says he gives us what we want.
04:36Apparently he knows what we want better than we know what we want.
04:39He's giving us Randy Orton.
04:41What a moment for the third generation star, Randy Orton, the new WWE Champion.
04:55This is historic.
04:56Look at this.
04:58Inside you are so hollow.
05:02You understand.
05:03The changing of the guard, the proverbial passing of the torch,
05:07a new WWE Champion.
05:17Wow.
05:19A night that Randy Orton will never forget, his first WWE Championship.
05:28Randy Orton.
05:36Of course, can you remember SummerSlam a few years ago?
05:40Randy Orton becoming the youngest world champion in WWE history.
05:45And now Orton can add the WWE Championship to his ever-growing
05:51and impressive resume.
05:54Boy, I'm gonna tell you.
05:56I tell you, I know as commentators, we're not supposed to ever be speechless,
06:01but that picture's worth a thousand words.
06:04Look at this, Jey, would you have ever thought you'd see that?
06:07Well, actually, no, not in this fashion.
06:12The WWE Championship has only been vacated four times in the history of
06:17this company.
06:18There you see what do we call this?
06:31This is the fourth era begun.
06:33I would suggest, I would suggest the era of the legend killer.
06:40I'll start it off very auspiciously.
06:44Allow me to be the first to congratulate you on becoming the new WWE Champion.
06:49But as Mr. McMahon said last week,
06:55you must defend that WWE Championship tonight.
07:03It seems that you're the champion now.
07:09It's up to you which WWE superstar that you want to defend against.
07:14Wow.
07:16That's quite a perk.
07:21R-U-J, R-U-J, R-U-J, R-U-J, R-U-J, R-U-J.
07:34Well, I know.
07:35Shut up.
07:36The champion's about to speak.
07:38And I know who I will not be defending this title against tonight.
07:51And that is John Cena.
07:58John Cena and I were supposed to have a last man standing match here tonight.
08:03But due to Cena's injury, that's not gonna happen.
08:09John, I know you're at home watching the pay-per-view right now.
08:17And I just want to say it's a good thing that you can't compete.
08:21Cuz it saves you the embarrassment of being defeated.
08:25Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena.
08:45I said shut up and show this champion some respect.
08:50This, this right here has been a long time coming.
09:05And nobody, nobody deserves to be WWE Champion more than I do.
09:13And the list of names of people is far too long.
09:21The people that I put on the shelf, but the latest is John Cena.
09:30And there is nobody, nobody in that locker room, in this industry,
09:37in this business that comes anywhere near to being.
09:43Well, perhaps King, just perhaps there is one.
09:55I am the game, you don't play me.
10:05I have control, no way you can shake me.
10:13I have everything, no way you can play me.
10:19I am the man, I know you can't defeat me.
10:23The loss between Mr. McMahon and Triple H.
10:26We know the Triple H's scheduled to take down Umanda later here tonight at No Mercy.
10:31But Triple H certainly making his presence felt.
10:36You got that right.
10:37We've always said, absolutely anything could happen in the WWE Jr.
10:42And look at this, this championship coronation being interrupted by the game.
10:49And the atmosphere here in Chicago is absolutely amazing.
10:59There have been Orton backers, there have been Cena backers, and
11:04now Triple H has this crowd all on their feet.
11:07Interrupting this WWE Championship ceremony, and
11:11again Orton gets to select who he makes his first title pitch here tonight.
11:17The game just out here to congratulate Orton.
11:25Go ahead, clap, come on, let's clap.
11:27Randy, I wanted to be the first one to come out here and
11:35congratulate you on being the new WWE Champion.
11:58And I've known you for a long time, so
12:01I know that you're gonna be a fighting champion.
12:08So I'm out here to say, since you have to defend it tonight anyways,
12:14what do you say Randy Orton and Triple H for
12:18the WWE Championship right here, right now?
12:24Man, wouldn't that be great?
12:55No.
13:01I figured you'd say that, I mean, if I was you,
13:03I wouldn't want my second title reign to be shorter than my first one.
13:09He said, he said, no.
13:17Who here would like to see Randy Orton defend the WWE Championship
13:21against me right here tonight?
13:24I don't know, Vince.
13:32That pretty much seemed like just about everybody here, and I know how you are.
13:36I mean, you do it all for them.
13:40You do what's in the best interest of the fans.
13:44You give them what they want.
13:46And you guaranteed them a match tonight.
13:49I say that's the match you give them.
13:55I mean, unless you're scared.
14:07You don't buy that?
14:09Is that a fact?
14:13So, you're telling me that me coming out here
14:18doesn't make you a little bit nervous, Vince?
14:22You guaranteed these people to give them what they want.
14:26This is what they want, and now you're not gonna do it.
14:29And I'm standing here looking you in the face now,
14:32and I'm saying that maybe the reason you won't do it is
14:35you're gutless.
14:41You're a coward.
14:46You're spineless.
14:48You have no balls.
14:56You know, you talk a big game.
14:59You come out here all puffed up and full of yourself
15:02in your expensive suit.
15:05But apparently, it's all just a fraud, a facade.
15:11Because I'm looking you in the eye right now,
15:14and I can see that you're scared.
15:18I can see the sweat rolling down your neck.
15:22You're standing here in this $5,000 suit,
15:26looking all big, but the fact is,
15:29underneath, there's not a big, huge, puffed-up guy.
15:33It's just a little shriveled-up old man.
15:40And hanging underneath that $500 alligator belt
15:47is not a big set of grapefruits.
15:50It's just a little, tiny, shriveled-up set of raisins.
15:57You son of a bitch! You're off!
15:59You've got your mouth! You're off!
16:02Wait a minute!
16:03Right here! Right now!
16:05We're gonna have that! Give me a referee!
16:07Give me a referee out here! Now!
16:10Oh, my God! W.W. Tyler's gonna...
16:15Right now?
16:16Get this thing out of here!
16:19Get it out of here, I said!
16:21Get in here and take it off!
16:25First match of No Mercy's gonna be for the WWE Championship.
16:30Now, that's historic in itself.
16:32Well, you're right there.
16:33I thought Orton got the biggest opponent,
16:35but Mr. McMahon got one.
16:38Could Orton, would you say, beckon to a corner?
16:41Put up or shut up?
16:43Ring the damn bell!
16:45And by the way, let me remind you,
16:47I beat you twice!
16:50Mr. McMahon reminding the Game
16:52that one last mind game before the bell rang.
16:55But the last couple of weeks,
16:57Mr. McMahon has got victories over Triple H
17:00in the most dubious of circumstances.
17:02To the back elbow by the challenger
17:05for the WWE title.
17:07Randy Orton is the WWE Champion
17:10about ten minutes now.
17:12His first title win in our first match
17:15here on No Mercy.
17:23Orton regrouping in a hurry.
17:25Wait a minute, I think he wants to take his title and go home.
17:28And Orton, look out!
17:30Orton was certainly aware that
17:33he must be pinned or made to submit
17:36to lose the WWE title.
17:38It would not be beyond Randy Orton
17:41a shortcut to take the easy way out,
17:43if necessary.
17:46Right now, Randy Orton would like to tell Mr. McMahon
17:49this is another fine match.
17:50He's got the victory!
17:52And the Game letting Orton get too far
17:55from the ring in this one-fall match
17:58for the WWE title.
18:00Again, the kickoff.
18:02Oh, no mercy!
18:04And the Game, the challenger,
18:06showing no mercy to the newly awarded
18:09WWE Champion.
18:12This is absolutely amazing.
18:14Oh!
18:15We have a new champion, Randy Orton, crowned.
18:17And then, suddenly, Randy Orton's having to defend
18:20that new title immediately.
18:22And these two men, as we know,
18:24are extremely familiar with each other.
18:26The Game actually serving as a mentor to Orton
18:29in the Evolution days.
18:31And Orton does it.
18:33But Orton does not avoid that high knee
18:37that caught the new WWE Champion
18:40in the jaw, taking down
18:42that man, Randy Orton.
18:45Man, the fans at home
18:47gotta be just as excited as we are
18:50to start off this event with such
18:52historic...
18:54Watch this huge knee from Triple H.
18:57Right to the head, the jaw of Randy Orton.
19:00Man, that shot right to the jaw.
19:04Triple H now in control, obviously.
19:06Again, a one-fall match.
19:08And Orton!
19:10Inverted backbreaker by Randy Orton.
19:13A great counter by Orton.
19:18You know, King, it's obvious that...
19:20Oh, there's a cover. A cover by Orton.
19:22And got a near fall.
19:24Triple H, again, able to get under the skin
19:26of Mr. McMahon,
19:28goading the Chairman of the WWE
19:30into aggressively
19:32and impassionately
19:34agreeing to this match
19:36as Orton pounds the challenger
19:38with right hands.
19:40Well, it put the new champion, Randy Orton,
19:42on the spot, forcing him
19:44to defend his...
19:46New title.
19:48I mean, right from the get-go.
19:50This is the first
19:52real opportunity to get out of the box here.
19:54Yeah, but the situation was
19:56Orton was gonna be able to pick his opponent
19:58tonight, his challenger.
20:00I guarantee you, if Orton made a list,
20:02the game would have been on the bottom of it.
20:06And another right hand. The game's flashed back.
20:08Triple H, a ten-time champion,
20:10looking to make it 11
20:12in our first match
20:14here in Chicago tonight at No Mercy.
20:16And, folks, what a hell of a way
20:18to start off this match.
20:20And a power slam by Orton.
20:22Again, momentum changing.
20:24Orton with the hook of the leg!
20:26And a near fall.
20:28Orton got a near fall
20:30from that power slam.
20:34And now Orton's dumping away
20:36at a grounded game.
20:38Well, as you look at Randy Orton,
20:40no doubt he's championship material.
20:42I mean, let's face it,
20:44John Cena's injury forced Mr. McMahon
20:46into making a...
20:48It had to be a difficult decision for Mr. McMahon,
20:50but you can't fault that decision.
20:52I mean, Randy Orton,
20:54he is definitely
20:56championship material.
20:58He's showing Triple H that right now.
21:00Orton, the third-generation star,
21:02the youngest world champion in WWE history.
21:04And the guy who put John Cena
21:06out of action for...
21:08Among others.
21:10The Lord knows how long.
21:12Among others, no doubt about that.
21:14And Orton with a hard knee
21:16right to the sternum of the challenger
21:18for the WWE title.
21:20Orton now hooking the far leg,
21:22and the lateral press results
21:24for the newly crowned
21:26WWE champion, Randy Orton.
21:30Orton has grounded the game
21:32and has ceased
21:34the momentum build
21:36that the challenger, Triple H,
21:38was erecting
21:40before this turn of events.
21:42Talk about adrenaline
21:44and adrenaline rush.
21:46How fucked up must Randy Orton be?
21:48I mean, coming out here tonight
21:50at No Mercy and being crowned
21:52WWE champion, and then
21:54suddenly being put in this match,
21:56he knows this is a do-or-die match for him.
21:58He didn't think he was appointed
22:00WWE champion. Awarded the W...
22:02Gifted the WWE title.
22:08Orton now reverses the chin lock,
22:10gripping the neck of the game,
22:12who's trying to regain a vertical base.
22:14Orton at 6'4", he has a leverage
22:16advantage at this point over the game.
22:18He won't as soon as the game stands
22:20and turns into the...
22:22Well, there's gonna be no turn without right hand.
22:24That hit would take right hand of the game,
22:26finding its mark in the ribs of Orton,
22:28who counters with a big overhand right of his own.
22:34A game-putting Orton
22:36almost out of the ring
22:38and takes Orton down
22:40with a thunderous clothesline
22:42that echoed throughout the All-State
22:44arena here.
22:46And Orton is grounded.
22:48There's no way this sold-out crowd
22:50of 15,000-plus
22:52could have ever dreamed that our first
22:54match of the night would be for the
22:56WWE title. Look at this.
22:58Good Lord, what a match.
23:00That could crush your larynx.
23:04Can you remember, I certainly can't,
23:06can you remember the last time that a WWE
23:08pay-per-view started off
23:10with a WWE championship match?
23:12I can't remember ever off the top of my head
23:14this situation ever occurring.
23:18Man, that was another hard clothesline.
23:20Oh boy, Orton's hurtin'.
23:22Orton in that corner had nowhere to go.
23:24And then sternum first, the Game,
23:26the Supremal Assassin,
23:28has now started to physically die
23:30from that contempt, the cover, the good hand.
23:34Another near fall
23:36in this matchup
23:38for the WWE championship
23:40that was created in the most
23:42bizarre of circumstances,
23:44the most surreal of moments
23:46here at No Mercy.
23:48Uh-oh.
23:52The WWE champion, Randy Orton,
23:54Bam! Hello.
23:56Orton being placed in a rather
23:58precarious position.
24:00I don't think he's gonna like this, JR.
24:02This is not the
24:04first-class trip the champion
24:06was looking for on his first night
24:08as champ. Superplex!
24:10Both men
24:12paying the price,
24:14but Orton's body bouncing.
24:16And there's the cover!
24:18It could be!
24:22Oh, I almost said new champ.
24:24The three was coming down,
24:26and the Game
24:28was a cut or less
24:30away from becoming the
24:32champion for the eleventh
24:34time, but Randy Orton
24:36hanging on, and now Orton out of desperation
24:38catches the Game.
24:40Reverse elbow!
24:44Spinebuster!
24:46Could be it! Could be it!
24:48Go!
24:50Randy Orton's a new champ,
24:52but we always had a newer champ.
24:58Orton is in a bad way.
25:00The smartest move he can do is get out of the ring.
25:02Look at this spinebuster. Boom!
25:04Hello.
25:06As bad as the Game
25:08wants to be the WWE champion,
25:10one has to believe that
25:12Randy Orton wants to keep
25:14this championship even more.
25:16And if that means getting
25:18countered out of this butterfly,
25:20that's exactly what I believe Orton
25:22could do to retain the WWE title.
25:24Well, and certainly the Game knows that.
25:26That's why every time we've seen Orton
25:28try to take a little walk,
25:30the Game is...
25:32This is bad!
25:34That'll do it!
25:36That should do it!
25:38The DDT from the second story!
25:40And the Game kicked out!
25:42What?!
25:44It's all about the WWE title!
25:46This is vintage Randy Orton!
25:48Oh, man!
25:50I mean, the Game just literally
25:52planted, but somehow survived.
25:54Uh-oh.
25:56One maneuver
25:58will change the momentum
26:00in a wrestling match.
26:02Oh, man! The Game's head
26:04bouncing off the canvas.
26:06Can Triple H regroup?
26:08Orton's thinking RKO.
26:10Look out, Game!
26:12No!
26:14RKO counter!
26:16The Game downstairs!
26:18Pedigree!
26:20Oh, what a counter!
26:22The Game was a heartbeat away
26:24from the Pedigree.
26:26Orton senses that.
26:28What a match.
26:30A body drop.
26:32Good Lord, what a match.
26:34Orton made a mistake.
26:36Now can the Game tap the box?
26:38Triple H laid there low.
26:40Hey!
26:42Figure Four!
26:44The Figure Four Leg Lock!
26:46Orton may have to tap!
26:48Is Orton going to give it up?
26:50Or will the Game break Orton's leg?
26:52Orton reaching.
26:54And Orton gets a sanctuary
26:56on the ropes.
26:58Orton gets a break,
27:00but the damage has definitely
27:02been done.
27:04Triple H going to have to
27:06capitalize, right, like you said, on the damage
27:08that that Figure Four did to Randy Orton's legs.
27:10Oh, look at Orton!
27:12Orton bought himself some time.
27:14That tells you how much
27:16Orton's legs are killing him right now.
27:18Orton bought himself
27:20some time.
27:22Desperate men do desperate things, JR.
27:24Can't fault Randy Orton for that.
27:26Oh!
27:28Oh!
27:30Orton's throat right across that top rope.
27:32Shades of the other Evolution
27:34member, the legendary Ric Flair,
27:36in that Figure Four Leg Lock earlier.
27:38And the Game, uncharacteristically,
27:40climbing to the top,
27:42he paid for that risk
27:44that he was willing to take
27:46to become WWE Champion.
27:48Oh!
27:50Orton introduced a repulse.
27:52Roll up!
27:54Triple H!
27:56Look at this!
27:58I can't even stop it!
28:00Here is your winner
28:02and the new
28:04WWE Champion,
28:06Triple H!
28:08Can you believe it?
28:10History has been made
28:12again
28:14here at No Mercy.
28:16Triple H for the 11th time
28:18is the
28:20WWE Champion!
28:24What a moment!
28:26What a way to
28:28start No Mercy.
28:30Randy Orton went to the ring post.
28:32The Game didn't get fancy.
28:34Just got infected.
28:36And we've got a new WWE Champion.
28:38Randy Orton cannot believe
28:40his reign is over.
28:44Just as it was beginning,
28:46just like that,
28:48Randy Orton is an ex-champ.
28:50And for the rest
28:52of the WWE,
28:54may we suggest
28:56that Game is on.
28:58And yes, Randy Orton,
29:00you've got to believe it.
29:02You are no longer
29:04a WWE Champion.
29:06Oh, man.
29:08That fact is sinking in.
29:10To Randy Orton,
29:12look at the look on his face.
29:14He's in disbelief.
29:16He's in denial.
29:18He's in denial.
29:28Randy Orton cannot believe
29:30this moment by threatening
29:32neither can we.
29:34The Game saluting these amazing
29:36fans here tonight.
29:38And we're just getting this night started.
29:42Randy Orton may have
29:44a breakdown here.
29:48We started tonight
29:50with the proclamation of a new
29:52WWE Champion
29:54that was less than 30 minutes ago
29:56approximately.
29:58And we've already got a new
30:00WWE Champion.
30:02We've got two champions
30:04in possession
30:06of a champion here tonight.
30:08Mr. McMahon, Darren D'Antonis,
30:10this will be a historic night.
30:12I don't think this has ever happened before,
30:14so history has been made.
30:18What an atmosphere here,
30:20ladies and gentlemen.
30:22For those of you watching around the world,
30:24wherever you may be,
30:26I wish you could be here to experience
30:28this moment at this point in time
30:30where history has been made
30:32and the Game is now
30:34the WWE Champion.
30:44Boy, there's a lot more
30:46controversy to come,
30:48but how do you follow this?
30:58Well, I'm gonna tell you,
31:00this was absolutely amazing.
31:02Look, Randy Orton about to go for that
31:04match-ending RKO, and then,
31:06no, it wasn't the beam.
31:08The Game going for the pedigree,
31:10but even that was blocked.
31:12That was a great counter by Orton,
31:14Orton going for that taquito,
31:16but it's good.
31:18The ring post caught Orton,
31:20and the Game capitalized immediately.
31:22The cradle, the cover,
31:24the three, and a new
31:26WWE Champion.
31:36How many of these do we have tonight?
31:38Another picture worth more
31:40than a thousand words.
31:42Look at this!
31:50What an exhilarating moment
31:52in the annals
31:54of the WWE.
31:58Within 35 minutes
32:00of coming on the air,
32:02for no mercy,
32:04we have the WWE title
32:06awarded to Randy Orton.
32:08We have Triple H
32:10goading Mr. McMahon into
32:12allowing the Game to challenge
32:14Orton immediately.
32:18And the Game capitalized
32:20on the opportunity.
32:24This is not the way
32:26I'm sure that Mr. McMahon,
32:28Randy Orton, how many of us
32:30thought this night would begin
32:32with The Game,
32:34the new WWE Champion.