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00:00of Bobby Lashley and his billionaire representative,
00:04Donald Trump.
00:06Oh, Bobby!
00:07Bobby!
00:09Good God.
00:17I almost have empathy for Mr. McCladman.
00:21Yeah, he working almost, huh?
00:25Austin Lashley and Trump celebrating with a cold one.
00:30Mr. McMahon won't be celebrating anything for a long, long time.
00:36They are.
00:42You ever notice how big Mr. McMahon's ears are?
00:45Not big, your pardon?
00:47You ever see how big Mr. McMahon's ears are?
00:49Hey!
00:53Austin, Austin stunned the Donald!
00:55What?
00:56Stone Cold just stunned him!
00:58Good God Almighty!
01:00What a WrestleMania!
01:01Stone Cold just stunned Donald Trump!
01:04What a loss is that going to be!
01:06You can't stun Donald Trump!
01:08I bet Trump's ex-wives are doing cartwheels.
01:14That's better than alimony!
01:16A stutter on the Donald from the Rattlesnake!
01:20That's a real hostile takeover!
01:22Oh my God!
01:27Look, every hair is still in place!
01:33Stone Cold Steve Austin has put an indelible imprint,
01:38a Rattlesnake imprint, on WrestleMania 23
01:41and did every single thing that he said he was going to do.
01:49Well, let's check this out one more time.
01:52The clothesline!
01:53The billionaire clothesline!
01:55Mr. McMahon had promised a billionaire bitch slap,
01:57but instead, he got clotheslined!
02:00Umaga went for the spike!
02:01Austin avoided it!
02:02Hits a stunner on Umaga!
02:05And then lastly, bam!
02:07Oh God, what a collusion!
02:11And here's what happens when you lose a battle
02:15with a billionaire hair man.
02:19Your man loses, you lose your hair.
02:24If you have Mr. McMahon and hair in the WrestleMania pool,
02:30you lose.
02:32Don't do this to me!
02:37Oh my gosh.
02:38Hey, Cate, what do you think that hair's worth?
02:40I don't know, but I know that tonight,
02:41if Mr. McMahon wants to run his fingers through his hair,
02:44he's going to have to cut holes in his pants pocket.
02:48If anybody saves that hair, it'll be worth a ton on eBay.
02:53Well, that is some...
02:57Get the hair out of there!
02:58Go and get the hair.
03:00I'm not going to touch his hair.
03:02Maybe Vince will buy it back.
03:06Oh my God.
03:10The art of the deal has resulted in Mr. McMahon being balled.
03:19I remember a time watching them in the ring.
03:24And I would dream about what it was like
03:27just to live in that world.
03:30So I chased my dream.
03:33Now here I am, all grown up,
03:37and proof that you're never too little to dream big.
03:49WrestleMania was only the beginning.
03:53Now, prepare for The Backlash.
03:57At Backlash, I'm going to whip your ass.
04:00Rest in peace.
04:03At Backlash, there is no tomorrow.
04:05At Backlash, the talking stops.
04:07At Backlash, you're finished.
04:09It is all about retribution.
04:11The Backlash begins.
04:14WWE Backlash, live Sunday, April 29th, only on Pay-Per-View.
04:45And I don't think I would bring up his hair right now, Michael.
04:48Ladies and gentlemen, WrestleMania really got underway
04:50before we went on the air with the Pay-Per-View.
04:52It was the first time ever.
04:53WrestleMania felt special bonus match.
04:55A Lumberjack tag team matchup.
04:57Superstars from all three brands
04:59surrounding the ring here at Ford Field.
05:02It would be Ric Flair and his protege Carlito
05:05against Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero
05:07and former champion Gregory Helms.
05:10And it turned out to be a hell of a matchup.
05:12Ric Flair and Carlito look really good here at Ford Field.
05:16He's found what a way to start WrestleMania
05:19before they even start.
05:21And see the Nature Boy, 16-time world champion,
05:25here in front of 80,000 people.
05:28And WrestleMania is all about passion.
05:30There are very few men as passionate in this business
05:34as the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
05:36the former 16-time world champion.
05:38And that passion will seem to be playing off a little bit
05:41on his protege, Carlito.
05:43He said that's the one thing Carlito lacked.
05:45Carlito, second-generation wrestler,
05:47has stepped up to the plate since Flair challenged him.
05:50Speaking of stepping up to the plate,
05:51how about what we have witnessed here tonight
05:53at WrestleMania 23?
05:55History's been made in so many ways.
05:57The Battle of the Billionaires match,
05:58Mr. McMahon losing his hair.
06:00How about The Undertaker once again,
06:02well, winning the world championship?
06:04The greatest streak in all of sports
06:06goes to 15-0, a decade and a half undefeated,
06:10paralleled in all genres of entertainment.
06:13For the first time ever, ECW is represented here.
06:16Wow!
06:17At WrestleMania.
06:18And we talked about the Lumberjack match earlier.
06:20Guess what we've got for you here now?
06:22We've got Lumberjills!
06:27The following is the Lumberjill match,
06:30scheduled for one fall,
06:32and it is for the WWE Women's Championship.
06:36Now, this match can be won by pinfall or submission.
06:41And during the course of the match,
06:43if one of the Divas is thrown from the ring,
06:47they will be thrown right back in.
06:50Introducing first, the Lumberjills.
06:54Well, Divas from...
06:55Mickie James, Tory Wilson,
06:57Candice Michelle,
06:59Maria, Kelly Kelly,
07:02Brooke Adams, Crystal,
07:05Victoria, Jillian,
07:08Michelle McCool, and Trinity.
07:11There are Divas everywhere.
07:13I am in heaven.
07:15Like a fat kid in a chocolate factory.
07:19I love it.
07:21I'm gonna find the next Mrs. Layfield tonight.
07:24You say that every week.
07:25Yeah, I've got high hopes.
07:32I'm gonna love you nice.
07:34I'm gonna do it right.
07:37Introducing the challenger,
07:42Playboy Covergirl,
07:44Ashley!
07:45She's the 2005 WWE Divas Search winner,
07:48current Playboy Covergirl,
07:50while making her first WrestleMania appearance
07:53in a matchup here tonight,
07:55with an opportunity to win the Women's Championship.
07:58You talk about the sexiest women on television, Michael.
08:01Look around the ring.
08:03How can you lose?
08:06And could be the sexiest of them all,
08:08the sexiest to ever press the cover of Playboy.
08:11Our lovely Ashley.
08:15And WWE presents
08:17WrestleMania 23, sponsored by 360 OTC,
08:21the official pain relief for WrestleMania.
08:23I think Mr. McMahon could use a few of those right now.
08:26I think I would shut up if I were you about Mr. McMahon.
08:30And making her way to the ring from Los Angeles, California,
08:42she is the WWE Women's Champion,
08:46Melina!
08:47A horde of paparazzi
08:50for the Women's Champion, Melina,
08:52in an interesting headgear, or jacket, I guess,
08:55here at WrestleMania.
08:57And you know, this Women's Championship match,
08:59John, really has been bred out of jealousy.
09:02Melina's jealous over the fact that
09:04she's not getting as much attention from Ashley,
09:07even though she's the Women's Champion.
09:09Why would you say that?
09:11Well, Melina is one of the hottest chicks
09:13I've ever seen in my life.
09:14What has she got to be jealous of?
09:16The only person that should be jealous is Peeta,
09:18right now, of that animal that she stole that thing from.
09:26Melina made her WrestleMania debut in 2005.
09:30I should say her WWE debut in 2005.
09:33Won the Women's Championship earlier this year
09:35by knocking off Mickie James,
09:37who happens to be one of the lumberjills
09:39in this match here tonight.
09:42And that's what it's all about,
09:44the Women's Championship,
09:45third title to be defended here tonight at WrestleMania 23.
09:48Of course, still to come,
09:50the WWE Championship between John Cena and Shawn Michaels.
09:55I've never actually witnessed a lumberjill match.
09:58This matchup underway,
10:00Women's Championship on the line again.
10:02You must win by pinfall or submission.
10:04Those lumberjills are outside the ring
10:06to toss these divas back in if they're thrown out.
10:09And look at the aggression from Ashley
10:11in the early going into the matchup.
10:12And Melina gonna take a breath, but not for long.
10:15Gonna be tossed right back in by the divas,
10:17the lumberjills.
10:19Ashley, good schoolgirl here,
10:21may have her shoulders down.
10:24It's a quick schoolgirl.
10:25Exactly.
10:27And look at, oh, and Ashley.
10:30Had to pull it off that rope, whiplash there.
10:32And Melina, the Women's Champion,
10:34with that boot up underneath the neck.
10:37And how lucky is this record-breaking crowd
10:39here in Brockport?
10:40You've got all the sexiest women on television
10:43all right here in front of you right now.
10:45Even you've gotta like this.
10:47Again, 80,103 WWE fans,
10:50a four-field attendance record,
10:52the second-largest crowd in WrestleMania history.
10:56And I do like it.
10:57Why, you think you're better than me?
10:59Come on!
11:00Playboard is phenomenal.
11:01Ashley on the cover.
11:03One, two, three!
11:06Melina's asking her,
11:07do you think you're better than me?
11:10Ashley believes she is.
11:12Melina, the Women's Champion,
11:13dragging Ashley toward the center of the ring.
11:16What's she up to in here?
11:19Talk about a phenomenal month for Ashley.
11:22She could win the World's Champion here
11:25on the cover of Playboy the same month.
11:28And Melina into the cover, hooks the leg,
11:31tells the referee to count,
11:32and a kick out at two by Ashley.
11:34Could be one of the most incredible months
11:36by any diva in WWE history.
11:41I want you to centerfold from far and wide.
11:44You did?
11:45Yeah.
11:46What month?
11:47January.
11:48And look at Melina,
11:49driving those boots right into the spine,
11:53the back of Ashley.
11:55A submission maneuver here.
11:57Will Ashley tap out?
11:58Will Melina retain the Women's Championship
12:01at WrestleMania?
12:02You see some of the lumberjills
12:04willing Ashley on.
12:05And Melina, look at the smile on Melina's face.
12:07She's wicked.
12:08That had to be one of the most unique versions
12:10of the bow and arrow I've ever seen.
12:12Melina is wicked.
12:14And Ashley, Melina in trouble.
12:16Great counter.
12:17By the number one contender
12:18for the Women's Championship.
12:22Ashley delivering those forearms to the face.
12:31Look at this.
12:32Sending Melina halfway across the ring.
12:35Ashley up to the second rope.
12:37Is Melina too far away?
12:39Ashley going for starstruck
12:40as she went to drop the elbow.
12:42Melina rolled out of the way,
12:43toward the cover.
12:44Here's the hook to the leg.
12:46May have Ashley here.
12:47Who kicks out at two.
12:51And frustration building.
12:52And Melina, direct right hand
12:54right in front of referee Chad Patton's face.
12:56But that's the thing about Melina.
12:58She doesn't give a damn.
12:59She wants to keep the Women's Championship.
13:01And it's been a name-calling feud
13:02between these two, Michael.
13:04Ashley calling Melina easy.
13:06Oh, but have her.
13:07Women's Championship on the line.
13:08Melina rolled through.
13:09Shoulders down for Ashley.
13:11There's two.
13:12Bridge got her.
13:13Melina has not retained the Women's Championship.
13:16Here is your winner,
13:17and still WWE Women's Champion,
13:22Melina.
13:24Well, even if she is easy,
13:25which I don't think is a bad trait,
13:27Melina is still the Women's Champion.
13:32And Ashley not happy.
13:34And there's the trash talk by Melina.
13:36And Ashley has heard enough
13:37in this trash talking war
13:39over the past few weeks.
13:43Melina sent back into the ring.
13:45And uh-oh.
13:46Here come the Lumberjills.
13:48From ring to ring.
13:49Here we go.
13:50It's bugging out.
13:52Chaos, the order of the night.
13:53A ring full of Lumberjills and Divas.
13:55This, Michael, is what we've been waiting for.
13:58Oh, my God.
14:02Divas everywhere.
14:03It's Lumberjill pandemonium.
14:06Lumberjill pandemonium.
14:07Lumberjill pandemonium.
14:09That could go down as the best sports call in history.
14:12Lumberjill pandemonium.
14:14Yeah, right up there with Al Michaels.
14:15Do you believe in miracles?
14:16J.R., Stone Cold, Stone Cold.
14:18The day JBL said Lumberjill pandemonium.
14:22Nonetheless, Melina retains the Women's Championship.
14:25But Ashley sending a message, making her mark.
14:29She's heading up with Melina's trash talking.
14:33Ashley, you're good here tonight.
14:36Lumberjill pandemonium.
14:43Ever since I could remember,
14:45I'd do anything to be the center of attention.
14:49I'd go against the grain,
14:52take chances,
14:54and risk everything to steal the spotlight.
14:58Now, I'm all grown up.
15:02Not much has changed,
15:04and I like it that way.
15:13Well, Detroit has been a great host for WrestleMania 23.
15:16Our main event's still to come.
15:18Shawn Michaels looking to make history
15:20and become the WWE Champion,
15:22but he goes face-to-face with his tag team partner
15:25and co-tag team champion, John Cena.
15:28We asked you earlier how you would vote
15:31on our AT&T mobile vote,
15:34and here's how you voted.
15:37Whoa, 59% think that John Cena
15:41will retain the WWE Championship.
15:44That's the official wireless partner of the WWE
15:46giving that information,
15:48which may motivate Shawn Michaels even more.
15:52John Cena has been WWE Champion
15:55on the last 24 months.
15:58Shawn Michaels looking to regain the WWE title
16:02he has not held in nine years.
16:05And Michaels got back in the game
16:07by qualifying for this match
16:09in a Triple Threat Rules contest.
16:14I say it'll be Randy Orton
16:17squaring off against Edge
16:19and against Shawn Michaels.
16:21Who is going to go to WrestleMania?
16:23Who will face John Cena?
16:25Michaels, oh!
16:27A super kick!
16:30Yes, that's darn it!
16:32WrestleMania 23.
16:34John Cena versus The Showstopper!
16:39This is what our business is all about.
16:42This is what our business is all about.
17:12āŖāŖāŖ
17:41The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
17:43and it is for the WWE Championship!
17:47āŖāŖāŖ
17:57No matter what the odds,
17:59the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels,
18:01The Showstopper, is back!
18:04Nobody has ever outperformed
18:07Shawn Michaels in a big man situation.
18:10My name is John Cena,
18:13the WWE Champion,
18:16and I am right here!
18:19Tension is in the air!
18:21HBK, you have had opportunity
18:25after opportunity to kick Cena's head
18:28right off his shoulders,
18:30and you didn't do it.
18:32Nobody tells the Heartbreak Kid
18:35when to deliver sweet chin music.
18:38I do it when I want,
18:40and I do it when you least expect it.
18:44My God, Michaels just kicked Cena's head off!
18:47John Cena, hold on tight,
18:49because the Heartbreak Kid is gonna take you
18:51to the top of the mountain!
18:52One man will have his hand high!
18:55Ladies and gentlemen, get ready!
18:57One man will proudly say,
18:59Mr. WrestleMania, the champ has arrived!
19:03He is here!
19:05It don't get no bigger than this.
19:07It don't get no bigger than this.
19:13This contest is scheduled for one fall,
19:16and it is for the WWE Championship!
19:22Are you ready?
19:24Do you think you can tell us what to do?
19:29Do you think you can tell us what to wear?
19:33Do you think that you're better?
19:37You better get ready.
19:41Bow to the masters.
19:44Are you ready?
19:49Introducing the challenger,
19:52Triple H,
19:53who just got tired of doing what you're told to do
19:56in the face of the world.
19:59And D-Generation X member,
20:03the Heartbreak Kid,
20:06Shawn Michaels!
20:14DX is Shawn Michaels,
20:16with a golden opportunity
20:19to once again make history
20:21in the WWE.
20:29King, in 30 years
20:31that I've been around this business,
20:32I don't think I've ever seen a better big man wrestler
20:35than Shawn Michaels.
20:42Well, he's certainly super kicked his way
20:45right into this WWE Championship match tonight.
20:52Shawn Michaels delivering sweet tin music
20:55to his tag team partner, John Cena,
20:57let's not forget that.
20:59John Cena and Michaels
21:00are the new tag team champions.
21:04Well, Shawn Michaels told us,
21:07and he even told John Cena
21:09that you would never see it coming,
21:11and quite frankly,
21:13I didn't see it coming,
21:15nor did John Cena,
21:16but it came,
21:17the super kick from HBK.
21:20But tonight, John Cena may see it coming
21:23because he knows it's coming.
21:28You can tell me what to do
21:33No one knows what to do
21:37When you're mad and you're too soon
21:39When you're pulled back
21:40I see what you got
21:41Maybe she's an outset
21:43But that's a breeze, boy
21:45Yeah
21:46That's a breeze, little man
21:47With 80,103,
21:50setting a new four-field record
21:52here in Detroit,
21:54surpassing Super Bowl 40,
21:56Shawn Michaels has the opportunity,
21:59as I mentioned,
22:00to make history.
22:01It has been nine years, King,
22:04since HBK was WWE champion.
22:07Here is a man that left the WWE
22:10due to a back injury for four years
22:13and returned to become
22:16the World Heavyweight Champion,
22:18the same title The Undertaker
22:20won here tonight.
22:21Well, this is indeed
22:22a history-making night.
22:24We saw The Undertaker
22:26win World Championship gold
22:28first time in 10 years,
22:29and now we see Mr. McMahon
22:32get his head shaved bald.
22:34What would cap off this historic night
22:36more than Shawn Michaels
22:38once again being the WWE Champion?
22:45Michaels loves the spotlight,
22:47loves the main event,
22:48and we've got nothing but great
22:49main event treatment here
22:50in Detroit this week.
22:54Hulk's here at fourth field,
22:55and that's a four-drive there,
22:56by the way.
22:58Ford Mustang!
22:59Ford Mustang, JR!
23:00What the...
23:19What is this, JR?
23:20The Fast and the Furious?
23:21Look out!
23:22I'm not sure, King.
23:25We're in here.
23:27By the way, it's here,
23:29whatever or whoever it is.
23:33My God.
23:36Look out!
23:55Oh, my God.
23:59That Ford Mustang
24:00right through the WrestleMania glass.
24:18The champ is here!
24:19The champ is here!
24:23What a trick!
24:26And from West New Jersey,
24:27Massachusetts,
24:29weighing in at 248 pounds,
24:32he is one-half of the world's
24:34heavyweight champion,
24:35and the WWE Champion,
24:40John Cena!
24:43Oh, that's what I call
24:44making an entrance!
24:47Remind me to not
24:48ride shotgun with John Cena.
24:52John Michaels,
24:53nonplussed by John Cena's arrival.
24:59And the steel-blue eyes of
25:00John Michaels has one thing
25:02on his mind,
25:03and that's to become
25:04the WWE Champion
25:05here in the magnificent
25:06fourth field,
25:07where the hospitality this week
25:09has been absolutely overwhelming.
25:13Well, I don't know about you,
25:15but after that little driving
25:18experience by John Cena,
25:20the Detroit Police might
25:21issue him a season ticket.
25:25And that, ladies and gentlemen,
25:26is what it's all about.
25:28The WWE title
25:29that has been defended
25:3022 times at WrestleMania.
25:33It has changed hands
25:3415 times at WrestleMania.
25:37If you do the math,
25:38you can compute the odds
25:40as John Cena,
25:41who has never lost
25:42at WrestleMania,
25:43appearing on his third
25:44straight WrestleMania main event.
25:47Does all that math
25:48stack up for a Cena win
25:50or a Cena loss?
25:54Well, when Cena's
25:55against the Showstopper,
25:57you can throw all the statistics
25:59out the window, JR,
26:00because Shawn Michaels
26:02is a man with tremendous passion,
26:04a man with tremendous heart.
26:07And he is capable
26:08of just about anything
26:09in big match situations.
26:11That's certainly not
26:12discounting John Cena's heart,
26:14his determination.
26:15Cena has dominated the WWE
26:17in the last couple of years.
26:19Specifically,
26:21has Cena been the WWE champion
26:2320 of the last 24 months?
26:25That's what I call dominating.
26:30Michaels knows all about
26:32the WWE title.
26:33He's going for his fifth title reign
26:36in Michaels' sure-to-be
26:39Hall of Fame career.
26:41Both of these superstars,
26:43Shawn Michaels, John Cena,
26:45tremendous fan favorites.
26:47But tonight,
26:49these over 80,000 fans,
26:52they're gonna have to choose.
26:54I mean, I don't think
26:55many of these fans
26:56are gonna sit here
26:57and just be complacent,
26:59not really care who wins this match.
27:03We certainly appreciate
27:04the fans from all over the world
27:06converging on the Motor City
27:07here in Detroit
27:09and helping us set
27:10a new Ford Field record.
27:13John Cena concerning
27:14about his one lost record,
27:16his record at WrestleMania,
27:18his record at Main Event
27:19at WrestleMania.
27:20And, uh, Michaels,
27:24I gotta think,
27:25is playing some more mind games
27:26with John Cena.
27:27Michaels, uh,
27:28gotten Cena's head
27:29and Cena's face
27:31with Sweet Chin Music
27:32six days ago.
27:34And Shawn Michaels
27:36acting as if he has
27:38not a care in the world.
27:39Yeah, so, uh,
27:40I'm concerned,
27:42if you will.
27:43And you know,
27:44that has got to,
27:46well, as you said,
27:47that's gotta be playing
27:48a little bit of mind game
27:49on that man, the champ.
27:53No doubt,
27:54Shawn Michaels, uh,
27:55hoping to rattle
27:56Cena's cage here
27:57in the early going.
27:58And Michaels with that
27:59great advantage
28:00and experience.
28:03And that,
28:04in a big match environment
28:05at an event,
28:07well, there's no event
28:08like WrestleMania.
28:09WrestleMania is the
28:10most unique
28:11sports entertainment
28:12extravaganza
28:13that has ever been created.
28:15And Michaels
28:16inviting Cena
28:17to step in.
28:18And Cena did
28:19step toward Michaels.
28:20That could backfire
28:21on John Cena.
28:22Being so reactive
28:23to Michaels, uh,
28:25seemingly his commands.
28:28I can't tell if Shawn Michaels
28:29wanted to shake hands
28:31to start the,
28:32uh-oh, no,
28:33there's gonna be no handshaking!
28:34And Michaels
28:36striking first!
28:39Insulting Cena
28:40with a slap.
28:41Avoiding the big bombs
28:42of Cena's right hand.
28:44And now he is...
28:47Rocked the chop there, King.
28:48Well, you're right.
28:49That's that Shawn Michaels
28:50attitude, JR.
28:52And John Cena,
28:53you can tell from the look
28:54on his face that,
28:55well, he,
28:56I would imagine right now
28:57he feels like he just
28:58got punked.
28:59Cena's gotta regroup
29:00mentally.
29:01Obviously, physically,
29:02both these men are
29:03in magnificent shape.
29:04Both coming into
29:05this match,
29:06as far as I know,
29:07are at 100%.
29:08No physical ailments.
29:10It should be
29:11an amazing matchup.
29:12The main event
29:13here at WrestleMania,
29:14Michaels.
29:15Nice chain wrestling
29:16maneuver to the side,
29:17headlock,
29:18changes arms.
29:19Both Shawn Michaels
29:20and John Cena
29:21wrestling in front
29:22of the largest
29:23group of fans,
29:24the biggest crowd
29:25that they have ever
29:26competed in,
29:27in front of.
29:28Of course,
29:29our fans voting on
29:30the official wireless
29:31partner of the WWE,
29:32AT&T,
29:33picking Cena to win it.
29:34And Michaels,
29:35again,
29:36Cena can't connect,
29:37but Michaels does.
29:38Michaels beating
29:39Cena to the punch,
29:40literally,
29:41and figuratively,
29:42in this one-ball
29:43match for the
29:44WWE Championship.
29:45And it's deja vu
29:46all over again
29:47for John Cena
29:48right there.
29:49And Michael not only,
29:50uh,
29:51not only beating
29:52John Cena to the punch,
29:53but also laying a little,
29:54a little, uh,
29:55trash talking
29:56on the champ.
29:58Shawn Michaels
29:59can talk smack
30:00with the best of them.
30:01Again,
30:02Michaels has,
30:03has rattled
30:04Cena's, uh,
30:05cage.
30:06There's no doubt
30:07about it.
30:08Cena's spending
30:09more time
30:10looking down
30:11at his shoes.
30:12Now,
30:13Shawn's saying,
30:14your chest
30:15is a little red.
30:16No kidding.
30:17And those,
30:18uh,
30:19Ric Flair-like
30:20knife-edge chops
30:21of Shawn Michaels,
30:22John Cena,
30:23with his
30:24pectoral region
30:25very red.
30:26And now
30:27Michaels again
30:28outwrestling Cena,
30:29getting the advantage
30:30here in the,
30:31in the exchange.
30:32And Michaels
30:33using his shoulder
30:34as a,
30:35as a block.
30:36And the blocking
30:37that shoulder
30:38of John Cena.
30:39So Michaels
30:40affecting the,
30:41uh,
30:42shoulder joint
30:43of John Cena.
30:44The powerhouse
30:45John Cena.
30:46Well,
30:47JR,
30:48when you're competing
30:49in the main event
30:50at WrestleMania,
30:51you gotta prepare
30:52for this match.
30:53You gotta,
30:54you gotta think
30:55a hundred,
30:56maybe a thousand times.
30:57And I can assure you,
30:58the champ,
30:59this is not what he thought
31:00would be happening
31:01at this point in that match.
31:02Driving that big Ford Mustang
31:03through the streets
31:04of Detroit.
31:05Prancing it through
31:06that glass wall.
31:07Getting in the ring
31:08and pretty much
31:09being embarrassed
31:10so far by HBK.
31:11Look at this.
31:12Michaels outwrestling
31:13John Cena here
31:14in the early going.
31:15Another nice takedown.
31:16Michaels in control.
31:17Controlling the upper body
31:18of John Cena.
31:19Cena's strength
31:20lies in his upper body.
31:21Michaels attacking
31:22the strength
31:23of the reigning
31:24heavyweight champion
31:25John Cena.
31:26He's got the shoulder
31:27on a canvas
31:28that referee Mike Kiyota
31:29got a one count out of.
31:30Cena's arm,
31:31look at his arm,
31:32trapped by
31:33Shawn Michaels.
31:34Michaels using his body
31:35and leg strength
31:36to get Cena
31:37in a pinning predicament.
31:38And the more
31:39pinning predicaments
31:40you can force
31:41your opponent in,
31:42the more
31:43they're gonna make
31:44a mistake.
31:45And the longer
31:46the pressure,
31:47King,
31:48and the longer
31:49Shawn Michaels
31:50maintains control
31:51of this match,
31:52the more that's gonna play
31:53into John Cena.
31:54Look at that!
31:55Cena missed twice,
31:56but not the third time.
31:57And that big arm
31:58of John Cena.
31:59Cameron Michaels
32:00with a clothesline.
32:01And listen, JR,
32:02listen to this
32:03big crowd react.
32:04Michaels certainly
32:05needs to be wary
32:06of being overconfident.
32:07As Cena now,
32:08I think,
32:09is refocused
32:10after not the most
32:11auspicious of starts
32:12with Michaels
32:13out wrestling
32:14John Cena.
32:15John Cena
32:16has been
32:17out wrestling
32:18John Cena
32:19for a long time.
32:20John Cena
32:21has been
32:22out wrestling
32:23John Cena
32:24for a long time.
32:25What did our
32:26AT&T poll say?
32:27Uh,
32:2859% of our fans
32:29think that
32:30John Cena's
32:31gonna win this,
32:32but I don't think
32:3359% of these fans
32:34in this huge stadium
32:35want John Cena
32:36to win this right now.
32:37And Michaels
32:38with a fast press.
32:39Look at this!
32:40And Michaels
32:41with Cliff's Piss
32:42hammering away
32:43at John Cena.
32:44And
32:45Whoa!
32:46Cena side-stepping
32:47Shawn Michaels.
32:48Oh!
32:49And Cena
32:50being
32:51caught up
32:52on the top rope
32:53by his challenger
32:54for the WWE title.
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35:16Cold as hell tonight.
35:17By John Cena, and John's knees, if you know what I mean.
35:18Michaels blocks Cena, and then, right on that knee joint, Michaels, uh, with a clubbing blow-
35:23a very base offense by Shawn Michaels, yet, extremely effective.
35:28Cena trying to create some distance- Michaels like a shark, going right for that injured
35:38leg.
35:39And Michaels now exploding the left knee of John Cena.
35:43and he's got a counter, is ready for everything that the champ is throwing at him.
35:47No, no.
35:48Remember, these men are tag team partners.
35:50Wait a minute, wait a minute.
35:51Not that way!
35:52Right in the patella of a kneecap.
35:54Man.
35:55And that knee taken against the way it's supposed to bend,
35:59the kneecap was the focal point.
36:02Michaels has isolated that body part.
36:05Well, you're right.
36:06Shawn Michaels trying to...
36:08Look at that.
36:09This is how this entire thing started,
36:11with John Cena's leg, and then ended with...
36:14Michaels trying to hyperextend the knee of John Cena.
36:16If you don't have your legs, J.R., you don't have any vertical base to talk about.
36:20Oh, man.
36:21And, King, certainly no legs mean no F.U. for John Cena.
36:25And no championship.
36:27Michaels, that chop block, again, focusing on the left leg of John Cena.
36:32I guarantee you, if you've seen Michaels get up...
36:34Can you continue this match?
36:36As far as the rest of this match is concerned, it'll be a miracle.
36:42Get your first, Cena!
36:47The referee is concerned.
36:49I think he just asked John Cena if Cena feels like he can continue.
36:55Couldn't make out what the referee was saying.
36:56I can only assume that the referee was asking John Cena if he wanted to continue.
37:01And you know Cena's not gonna...
37:03Cena's not gonna fold his hip for anybody.
37:05Love him or hate him, John Cena has got lots of guts.
37:08And we're seeing that display right now
37:10because Cena is essentially competing in this match on one leg.
37:16You know the old cliche.
37:18And Cena trying to turn away, but can't.
37:21Michaels is relentless.
37:24And Michaels utilizing the ropes.
37:27Illegally, yes, but breaking before the count of five.
37:33I'm gonna tell you something, J.R., I did not expect this type of match.
37:38Shawn Michaels basically just giving John Cena a wrestling lesson, if you will.
37:45Beating him to every punch.
37:49Cena's got no legs.
37:52He couldn't strike.
37:53And Cena is a great striker, there's no doubt about that.
37:57Michaels has actually made John Cena look bad.
37:59Eye to eye, eye to eye.
38:08I can't make out what he's saying.
38:10I do think I heard the word partner.
38:12And that's all I can make out.
38:15I'm sure it was more mind games by Shawn Michaels.
38:19Or more verbiage to confuse perhaps John Cena.
38:26Cena again being punished with another knife edge.
38:29But Cena comes back with a hard right hand.
38:31A body shot that scores and bends Michael over.
38:34And a right hand, but Michaels comes back with a knife edge.
38:37And Cena strikes again.
38:38The WWE champion using the ropes to hold himself up.
38:42A lot of power behind those blows of John Cena when they do land.
38:46Oh, look at that.
38:48And Michaels, now he's on unsteady legs himself.
38:51It's Shawn Michaels.
38:54Michaels backing Cena in the corner.
38:58And a right arm.
38:59A hard knife edge.
39:01And then the big time right hand.
39:03The first huge right.
39:04Oh, and Cena has landed.
39:06Takes Michaels down, but only for a moment.
39:09As Michaels with that rush of adrenaline
39:11buries his shoulder in Cena
39:13who is still using the ropes in that corner
39:16to hold Cena upright.
39:17Well, Shawn Michaels so far in this match
39:20has made John Cena miss many times.
39:23But Shawn Michaels does not want to get in a slugfest with the champ.
39:26I can assure you of that.
39:28Michaels pugnacious.
39:29And continuing to focus on the left leg of John Cena.
39:35And a one-legged man cannot be WWE champion in my estimation.
39:40No offense to John Cena or any one-legged man.
39:44It's just the way it is when you're in a ring with somebody like Shawn Michaels.
39:49John Cena trying to fight back here.
39:53Well, you know, John Cena King's not going to lay down or roll over.
39:57Cena's not going to make excuses either.
39:59I know he's not.
40:00Shawn Michaels is doing his best to lay John Cena down.
40:06Oh!
40:07Michaels head.
40:10I think Michaels head hit the ring post
40:12while Cena fell out of the way.
40:15Cena's leg gave away on him.
40:17Michaels going to deliver a shoulder.
40:19Oh, yes.
40:20Oh, man.
40:23Michaels in a bad way.
40:25Bleeding after striking that ring post.
40:30Let's get another look here.
40:31Just that one more time.
40:33Shawn Michaels charging.
40:36Charging at John Cena.
40:37Cena moving out of the way.
40:38And Shawn Michaels.
40:40A second shot.
40:41A much better angle.
40:43And it was clear that Michaels head struck the ring post.
40:46Michaels very unsteady now.
40:49And rightfully so.
40:50John Cena not too steady.
40:51Oh, man.
40:52Cena measured Michaels.
40:54And Cena now mounting Michaels.
40:57And smashing Michaels in the face with those mid-ride hands.
41:01Just like Michaels did Cena earlier.
41:03The WWE Champion is retaliating.
41:06John Cena sees his opportunity and he seizes it.
41:11And now the power.
41:12The intensity of John Cena coming to the front.
41:15And now Cena with a shoulder block.
41:17And Shawn Michaels face a crimson mask.
41:20And Cena now starts to build a noticeable advantage.
41:26Momentum has changed.
41:29Momentum has changed.
41:30That is an understatement.
41:32John Cena completely in control now.
41:34Shawn Michaels bleeding.
41:35Flat on his back.
41:45John Cena.
41:49You can't see me.
41:51I think we're about to witness a little five knuckle shuffle from the champ.
41:55Oh!
41:56And Michaels unable to protect himself.
41:59Michaels receiving another big time right hand.
42:02And John Cena now measuring his challenger.
42:05And a bloody Shawn Michaels.
42:07Again, Michaels and Cena are the World Tag Champions.
42:10But they're not partners tonight.
42:12No, they are not.
42:14And here comes that FU.
42:16Uh-oh, wait a minute.
42:17John Cena unable to free himself.
42:19Perhaps out of desperation from the FU.
42:22And Michaels upside down in the corner from the velocity of that Irish whip.
42:28The strength of Cena.
42:30Oh!
42:32Oh no.
42:34John Michaels super kick.
42:36His sweet chin music was an errant one.
42:39Intended for Cena.
42:41Cena ducked.
42:42And Shawn Michaels.
42:44Looked like he took the head of the referee.
42:47Took this out one more time.
42:49Cena ducks that then.
42:51Cena ducks the super kick.
42:53But it lands square in the face of the referee.
42:56Yeah, the referee didn't get hit in the shoulder.
42:58That was right in the face.
43:00And now John Cena with the FU.
43:02And no referee.
43:04John Cena with his FU.
43:06Michaels countered.
43:08Michaels countered with a DDT.
43:10Michaels countered out of the FU into a DDT.
43:12Both men are down.
43:14Champion and challenger.
43:16John Cena's eyes rolled back and his head glazed over.
43:18Check out this.
43:20This counter move.
43:22Oh man!
43:24HBK tore one off.
43:26That was a brilliant counter.
43:28By the magnificent Shawn Michaels.
43:30The challenger for the WWE title.
43:33Who made his Wrestlemania debut at Wrestlemania 5.
43:37Tonight in the main event at Wrestlemania 23.
43:40And a bloody Michaels can sense the spirit of competition.
43:46The gamesmanship of Shawn Michaels.
43:52Now what?
43:54We had a pretty fair fight going.
43:56Shawn Michaels navigating those steel steps around.
44:00It has been a war zone out here at ringside tonight.
44:03Referee is down.
44:05And it looks like Shawn Michaels is going to throw that spirit of competition to the winds.
44:08They are.
44:10I think you're right, King.
44:12Michaels positioning Cena.
44:14Remember no referee here.
44:16Referee Mike Chioda got super kicked inadvertently.
44:18And Michaels, what's he going to do here?
44:20Oh, wait a minute!
44:22Piledriver!
44:24Piledriver!
44:26On the steel steps!
44:28Michaels!
44:30Oh my God!
44:32A spike piledriver!
44:34Shawn Michaels spike piledriving John Cena on the ring steps!
44:36He may have broken the champ's neck!
44:39Oh man!
44:41Michaels is debilitating John Cena, the WWE champion.
44:45Look at this.
44:47What's this?
44:49Cena's head!
44:51Smashing into the steel steps.
44:53Michaels knows full well he cannot become WWE champion by winning by count out.
45:00But the damage has been done.
45:02The back of Cena's head has been gashed.
45:05A serious, serious injury.
45:08There you see John Cena.
45:10His head exposed.
45:12Driven into the steel steps by Michaels spike piledriver.
45:16And John Cena will soon be lying in a pool of his own blood in his quest to remain WWE champion.
45:25No referee, Shawn!
45:29And this is a tense situation.
45:32Cena bleeding.
45:34Michaels in control, obviously.
45:36Perhaps the understatement of the night.
45:38Michaels is in complete control.
45:40Michaels calls for another referee in here.
45:42Here comes another ref!
45:44And the count.
45:46Oh!
45:48Oh!
45:50Oh!
45:52Referee John Doan dropped the longest two count I can remember seeing.
45:57And man, I love that.
45:58How close was that to being three?
46:00I cannot believe that John Cena was able to get his shoulder up.
46:03What two and seven-eighths?
46:05Like you said.
46:07The fact that John Cena was able to kick out is a testament to Cena's guts and determination.
46:13Now what has Shawn Michaels got in store for his tag team partner?
46:18Well, he's got a lot going for him.
46:20He's got a lot going for him.
46:22He's got a lot going for him.
46:24He's got a lot going for him.
46:25He's got a lot going for his tag team partner.
46:28Wait a minute, reversal!
46:30Cena reversal!
46:32And Michaels, good as Shawn Michaels.
46:34Oh, the feeling here.
46:36I wish you know where you are.
46:38You could be here at ringside with us.
46:40This is the feeling you get.
46:42Look at the expression on Shawn Michaels' face.
46:44This is a WrestleMania moment as Michaels can sense his fifth WWE title reign.
46:50I think I'm starting to sense it as well, JR.
46:53Everything that John Cena tries to come up with.
46:58Somehow, HBK blocks or stops it.
47:02Michaels contemplating, but not for long.
47:05Going to the top rope.
47:07Shawn Michaels with a bloody face.
47:09Here he comes!
47:11That may not have been matched in the WWE's history.
47:15Shawn Michaels can sense, he can feel, he can taste the WWE championship
47:21here at WrestleMania 23.
47:24Shawn Michaels will do absolutely anything he can to win this title.
47:29Michaels has pleaded.
47:31Cena has pleaded.
47:33A referee has been knocked out.
47:35A second referee in place.
47:37Uh-oh, and the band is tuning up.
47:39Well, we first saw Shawn Michaels focus on Cena's knees, his legs.
47:43Then, the piledriver in the stairs.
47:45And now, Shawn wants to finish it off with this.
47:48Oh!
47:49Oh, my God!
47:51Cena out of nowhere.
47:53And Michaels didn't see it coming.
47:56Have we heard that before?
47:58Michaels did not see the clothesline coming.
48:0180,103 on their feet.
48:04Oh, man!
48:06Impact.
48:08See, I like the smash, man.
48:10That was a hell of a slugger knock of a clothesline.
48:13That almost beheaded the challenger, Shawn Michaels.
48:16But Michaels is stern, and so is John Cena.
48:19You gotta hand it to HBK.
48:21How do you get up?
48:23Yeah, that may have been a tooth that Shawn Michaels has spit out.
48:25How do you get up after that clothesline?
48:27Oh!
48:29Back on the top.
48:31Cena with a right hand.
48:33Cena with a big-time right.
48:35And now Michaels comes back with a right hand of his own.
48:37The clinch fists are fine.
48:39And if you ask me, I'm just saying I don't think that this is a battle that Shawn Michaels can win.
48:45I think you're right.
48:47Cena's gonna win a round war.
48:49He's gonna win this fight.
48:51And that's no disrespect to Shawn Michaels.
48:53Cena's been very strong.
48:55Oh, no!
48:57Cena, look at the FU.
48:59Michaels!
49:01Wait a minute!
49:03Michaels!
49:05Michaels went out the back porch, down the back of John Cena.
49:09Cradled Cena, got a near fall.
49:11So even when it seems like Cena's in control, Michaels has the ability to think and make the counter.
49:17You're right.
49:19We've seen it not once, but twice now.
49:21Twice the FU has been blocked.
49:23The counter by Shawn Michaels.
49:25He doesn't have another counter left in him.
49:27Michaels shoots Cena off.
49:29Not long in the headlock from Michaels.
49:31Michaels tried to leapfrog John Cena.
49:33FU again!
49:35This time, will he?
49:37Yes!
49:39Got a thunderous FU on Shawn Michaels.
49:41Michaels' body was...
49:43You gotta cover it, Cena!
49:45Cornered in pain.
49:47Covering!
49:49And now John Cena...
49:51Cena's best opportunity of the night!
49:53We know how bad Cena's hurting.
49:55Not able to capitalize on that FU.
49:57But will it be...
49:59It may still be enough.
50:01Cena, got the cover.
50:03No!
50:05No!
50:07John Cena's strength just...
50:09Look at this.
50:11Right there.
50:13John Matt was so resilient moments ago.
50:15John Cena catching Shawn Michaels in midair,
50:17turning it into that FU,
50:19but that FU's still not enough
50:21to keep HBK down.
50:25Cena's strength and his guts,
50:27his desire,
50:29has brought Cena back into contention
50:31for his own WWE title
50:33in a match that started out
50:35all Shawn Michaels.
50:38Momentum has changed
50:40on numerous occasions
50:42in this confrontation.
50:43This memorable confrontation.
50:45If Shawn Michaels is able
50:47to make it back after that FU
50:49that we've seen beat so many superstars,
50:51that FU that's so devastating,
50:53what a testament that'll be to HBK.
50:55Oh, no!
50:57Not an FU from up there!
50:59John Cena's strength.
51:01You saw the elbow.
51:03He got three elbows right to the jaw.
51:05And I think that person really rivaled John Cena.
51:07You're right.
51:09That'll dislocate your jaw.
51:11Michaels causing some separation
51:13to say the least.
51:15Michaels' first elbow
51:17really connected with Cena.
51:19And then Michaels followed up with two more.
51:21And now Shawn Michaels,
51:23the showstopper,
51:25the main event,
51:27looking to win the main event.
51:29Here he comes!
51:31Oh, my God!
51:33The strength of John Cena
51:35rolling through and picking up Shawn Michaels.
51:37You've got to be kidding me!
51:40No!
51:41Oh, look at Michaels!
51:43Oh!
51:45And Cena, of course,
51:47sleeps in music.
51:49Cena looking for the STFU,
51:51no doubt.
51:53Shawn trying his best to fight out of that.
51:55Look at that!
51:57Look at that!
51:59Oh, my God!
52:01Man, that's Cena's power
52:03came to the dance again.
52:05Cena able to power out
52:07of a modified inside cradle.
52:09Another brilliant counter
52:11by Shawn Michaels.
52:13But Cena refusing to stay down.
52:15What a series of moves
52:17and counters and near misses
52:19that we saw there, JR.
52:21This match is emotionally draining.
52:23As exciting as we have seen all night long.
52:25Michaels misses with the enziguri.
52:27And there, yes,
52:29the STFU.
52:31Cena's got it locked in!
52:33Powerhouse John Cena
52:35torturing Shawn Michaels
52:37with the STFU.
52:39Shawn Michaels' only hope now
52:41making it to the ropes.
52:43There's no way to break this.
52:45Cena's hand.
52:47Look at Cena's hand.
52:49He's got the STFU locked.
52:51Michaels trying to turn on his side.
52:53And Cena trying to block
52:55that right arm of Shawn.
52:57That's the only one that can
52:59probably reach the ropes.
53:01If Michaels does not reach the ropes,
53:03he is a weak man.
53:05And this crowd loves it
53:07because this match will continue.
53:09Look at the referee
53:11indicating.
53:13You're not going to do that too soon!
53:15I'm going to knock it off!
53:17He's got you up!
53:19Hey!
53:21Listen to me!
53:23No!